Year: 1888

page_text: We, WILLIAM LOVEL BONNETT, and GODFREY MASON SHUм, of the firm of
Bonnott and Shum, of 43 and 44 Jewin Street, London, in the County of Middlesex,
Wholesale Stationers, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
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This Invention relates to improvements in manifold memorandum or Sales Books,
whereby the memorandum or sales sheets and the carbon sheet or transfer paper are
securely held within the cover in convenient relative position for use without the aid
of spring clamps or elastic bands, a better writing surface provided and the possibility
of failing to copy the whole of the Cash columns obviated; further, the book when
opened for use presents no salient points to inconvenience the writer, and when closed
is neat and compact.
Our Book is composed of a cover of paste-board, leather, or any suitable material,
with flexible back; we may make pockets diagonally or otherwise at the four corners
within this cover, but we preferably make a deep pocket on the left side (assuming
the book to be lying open) and a pocket at the top and bottom corner of the right side
of the cover.
To the right hand cover we hinge (at right hand side) cardboard or other material
to form a hard writing surface when folded back, which also does duty by securing
the writing sheets firmly in the book cover when closed, and also a pocket for its
opposite end when folded bookwise to form the writing pad or tablet; or we may
otherwise attach the writing tablet to fold as desired.
We secure the carbon sheet or transfer paper, in our book by folding it, together
with the ordinary sheet of tissue paper, over the free edge of the writing tablet
and passing this end of the tablet into the pocket formed as aforesaid to receive it.
The memorandum or sales sheets, perforated in the usual manner down the centre,
are held within the cover simply by being passed into the aforesaid pockets, and
being held there when closed by the insertion of the folding-back writing surface
pad.

page_text: We now prefer to make the left hand pocket-deeper than the right hand pocket, or
pockets, and to place a summary slip or other meinorandum-slip upon this pocket ;
securing these slips by passing them into pockets or overlaps, at top or bottom of
the inside of the cover, but we may secure them in any convenient manner.
To prepare this Book for use, the free edge of the writing tablet is drawn from the
pocket on the right, the carbon sheet, together with the usual sheet of tissue paper, is
folded over this edge which is then returned to the pocket, and the carbon leaf being
thus securely fixed the book is ready for use.
In using the book one of the sales sheets is drawn from the supply held by the
pockets within the cover, one end of this sheet is then passed under the carbon or
transfer leaf, and it is folded down so that one half lies upon the carbon or transfer
paper, the other half beneath it, the memorandum of sales is then written in the usual
way, and the sheets drawn from beneath the transfer paper separated at the perfora-
tions. It will be evident that as the fold of the sales sheet is passed up to the
free edge of the transfer paper the cash column on the right of such sales sheet
must infallibly be upon the transfer paper while the memorandum is being written,
and as nothing intervenes between the part of the Sales sheet beneath the carbon
paper and the hard smooth surface of the writing tablet the writing will come out
sharper and clearer than if written upon a pad formed of the other sales sheets as in
manifold memorandum or Sales Books now in use.

page_text: Improvements in Memorandum or Sales Books.
We WILLIAM LOVEL BONNETT and GODFREY MASON SHUM of the firm of Bonnett.
and Shum, of 43 and 44 Jewin Street, London, in the County of Middlesex,.
Wholesale Stationers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:-
This Invention relates to improvements in manifold memorandum or Sales Books,.
whereby the memorandum or Salos sheets and the carbon sheet or transfer paper are
securely held within the cover in convenient relative position for use without the aid
of spring clamps or clastic bands, a better writing surface provided and the
possibility of failing to copy the whole of the cash column obviated; further, the
book when opened for use presents no salient points to inconvenience the writer, and
when closed is neat and compact.
We will proceed to describe our Invention by reference to the accompanying
Drawings upon which :-
Figure 1 is a plan of the covers of our memorandum or sales book when open,
with suminary slip and carbon leaf in position ;
Figure 2 is a tranverse section through the same;
Figure 3 is a similar view to Fig. 1, but with Sales Sheets inserted and ready for
use;
Figure 4 being an end view of the same.
Similar letters of reference indicating similar parts in each of the figures
respectively.
AA are the covers of the book,
B the flexible back,
C pocket for Sales sheets,
D hinged writing tablet or pad-d. free edge of same.
E pocket to receive end of same,
F summary slip,
G pockets for same,
H carbon sheet or transfer paper,
J tissue paper, attached to same,
K Sales-sheets.
Our Book is composed of a cover A A of paste board, leather, or any suitable material,
with flexible back; we may make pockets diagonally or otherwise at the four corners
within this cover, but we preferably make a deep pocket C on the left side A,
assuming the book to be lying open as at Fig. 1; we might however have-a-pocket at
the top and bottom corner of the right side of the cover, to retain the other end of the
sales sheets.
To the right hand corner A' we hinge (at right hand side) cardboard or other
material D, to form a hard writing surface when folded back, which also does duty

page_text: hy securing the writing sheets K firmly in the book cover when closed, and also a
pocket E for the opposite end when folded book wise to form the writing pad or tablet;
or we may otherwise attach the writing tablet to fold as desired.
We secure the carbon sheet or transfer paper H in our book by folding it, together
with the o.dinary sheet of tissue paper J, over the free edge of the writing tablet and
passing this end of the tablet into the pocket E formed, as aforesaid to receive it.
The memorandum or Sales sheets K. perforated in the usual manner down the
centre, are held within the cover simply by being passed into the aforesaid pockets C
being held there when closed by the insertion of the folding back writing surface
pad D.
or
We now prefer to make the left hand pocket deeper than the right hand pocket
pockets, and to place a summary slip F or other memorandum slip upon this pocket,
securing these slips by passing them into pockets or overlaps, at top, or bottom of the
inside of the cover, but we may secure them in any convenient manner.
To prepare this book for use, the free edge of the writing tablet D; is drawn from
the pocket E, on the right, the carbon sheet H, together with the usual sheet of
tissue paper J, is folded over the edge d which is then tucked into the pocket E, and
the carbon leaf being thus securely fixed the book is ready for use.
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In using the Book one of the Sales sheets K (Figs. 2 and 4) is drawn from the
supply held by the pockets G within the cover. one end of this sheet is then passed
under the carbon or transfer leaf, and it is folded down so that one half lies upon the
carbon or transfer paper, the other half beneath it; the memorandum of sales is then
written in the usual way, and the sheets drawn from beneath the transfer paper
separated at the perforations. It will be evident that as the fold of the Sales sheet.
is passed up to the free-edge-of-the-transfer paper the cash column on the right of
such sales-sheet must infallibly be upon the transfer paper while the memorandum is
being written, and as nothing intervenes between the part of the sales sheet beneath-
the carbon paper and the hard smooth surface of the writing tablet the writing will
come out sharper and clearer than if written upon a pad formed of the other Sales
sheets as in manifold-memorandum or Sales books now in use.
Having now particularly described, and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, wo declare that what we
claim is
1. In a manifold memorandum or Sales book, a folding writing tablet arranged and
combined with the cover of the book so as to secure the transfer paper and the Sales
or other sheets therein substantially as described.
2. In a manifold memorandum or Sales book, the pocket C, or its equivalent, on
the cover A, in combination with the writing tablet D, secured to cover A', sub-
stantially as and for the purpose specified.
3. The memorandum or Sales book hereinbefore described and shown on the
accompanying Drawings.
Dated this Ninth day of February 1889.