IMPROVEMENTS IN COVERS OF MANUSCRIPT BOOKS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, Fel. Inst. P. A. of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 6, Lord Street Liverpool in the County of Lancaster, and
323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex Civil Engineer do hereby declare
the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN COVERS OF MANUSCRIPT
BOOKS (a communication from abroad by Jean Etienne Lacoste père, Louis Marc
Lacoste fils and Jean Baptiste Geneste, all of Labruyère près Thiviers, Dordogne
in the Republic of France, Paper Manufacturers) to bo as follows:-
"
The objection of our present invention is the production of covers for copy books
and other similar manuscript books adapted for use as blotting pads.
Loose blotting sheets of whatever forin, are inconvenient and wasteful, especially
for children's use.
Taking a copy or other book with an ordinary cover, we attach to the inside
edge of the front leaf of the cover a sheet of blotting paper large enough to cover
the writing, allowing for the thickness of the book. Several sheets may be
attached in this manner upon each other, or the one to the loose edge of the other.
By another modification, we make the whole cover of blotting paper, giving a double
length to the front page for the same purpose. With such a cover, the writer
always has his blotting sheet at his left hand, and it is equally convenient for use
on either side of the page. On closing the book, the blotting sheet is folded over
upon the page last written, acting also as a book mark and enabling the place to be
found again immediately.
If desired the blotting sheet can be detached and replaced by a fresh one
at any time.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON 6 Lord Street Liverpool do hereby declare the
naturo of the said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN COVERS OF MANUSCRIPT BOOKS
(a communication from abroad by Jean Etienne Lacoste père, Louis Marc Lacoste
fils, and Jean Baptiste Geneste all of Labruyère près Thiviers) and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and 5
by the following statement :-
The object of the present invention is the production of covers for copybooks
and other similar manuscript books, adapted for use as blotting pads.
Loose-blotting sheets,-of-whatever-form-are-inconvenient-and-wasteful, especially-
-for-children's-use. The improvements herein described render the cover both-1
economical and easy of operation, and obviate the necessity for loose blotting
sheets.
Taking a copy or other book with an ordinary cover d, as shown in Figures
1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 which may be printed on or illustrated if desired, there is attached
to the outside edge of the front leaf of the cover a sheet of blotting paper large 1
enough to cover the writing, allowing for the thickness of the book.d.. Several
sheets may be placed one on the other or attached the one to the loose edge of the
other. The whole-cover-may-be-made-of-blotting-paper,-giving-a-double-length-to-
the front page for the same purpose. With such a cover the writer always has his
blotting sheet at his left hand, and it is equally convenient for use on either side 2
of the page. The mode of using it is represented at Figure 5, which shows it as
employed for blotting each side of the page. On closing the book, the blotting
sheet is folded over upon the page last written, acting also as a book mark and
enabling the place to be found again immediately.
If desired, the blotting sheet can be detached and replaced by a fresh one at 2
any time,
It will be understood that the form and dimensions of the cover may bo varied,
and the invention may be applied to all kinds of manuscript books, ledgers, or copy
books, and further that the invention is not limited to the use of a blotting sheet
attached to the front leaf of the cover as if desired, it may be attached to the back 3
leaf of the cover or a sheet of blotting paper may be attached to both leaves.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated
to me by my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is
1st. The improvement in the covers of manuscript books consisting in attaching 3
to the cover, preferably to the front leaf, a sheet of blotting paper sufficiently large
to cover the writing, or forming the cover entirely of blotting paper, and three
times larger than the leaves of the book, substantially as described and shown.
2nd. In combination with and attached to the covers of manuscript books, the
use of sheets of blotting paper gummed at one edge for replacing those already used 4
up, substantially as described.
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