Improvements in Multiple Sales Slips.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Jan., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 3rd May, 1890-Accepted. 7th June, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Multiple Sales Slips.
I JAMES YATE JOHNSON of 47 Lincolns Inn Fields in the County of Middlesex
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this Invention which Invention has been
communicated to me from abroad by Lebbeus Harding Rogers of New York City in
the State of New York one of the United States of America, Manufacturer, to be as
follows:-
The object of this Invention is to facilitate the rapid production of two or more
invoices of bills for goods sold in retail shops or stores whereof one copy is retained
by the cashier and a second copy given to the customer and if required a third copy
retained by the salesman.
The invention relates to the manner of multiplying copies by use of carbon paper
and the manner of binding or arranging the same in pads, books or series.
Heretofore it has been the custom to make the books or pads, and then as each set
of books is made out or written by the salesman a piece of carbon paper is inserted
between the sheets, thus necessitating the handling of the carbon paper which
consumes valuable time in its manipulation, and is annoying if the carbon is not clean
in its manufacture.
Another way has been the binding in the book at various places and in various
ways of pieces of carbon paper to save the trouble of extra handling of the
same.
Another way has been to bind in the book alternate sheets of carbon paper,
but this plan adds considerably to the expense as well as to the bulk of the
book.
According to the present invention each sheet, whether in a pad, book, tablet,
roll or other form, is subdivided into two or more parts, by lines upon which the
sheet is adapted to be folded to form two or more thicknesses, the lines of folding
being either lengthwise or crosswise as preferred. One section of each sheet is
clean on both sides whereas the other section or sections (if the sheet has more than
two) are or may be clean on one side, and on the other prepared with carbon or
transfer material. When folded, and the reverse or clean side of the prepared section
is written or printed on, the characters are reproduced on the other section. If the
sheet is subdivided into three or more sections and folded, three or more copies of
the transaction recorded are made. When the sheet is designed to furnish triplicate
copies, the carbon layer may be applied on alternately opposite sides of the sheet
instead of on alternate sections on the same side.
Inasmuch as the carbon or transfer material is to be used but once, a very thin
layer suffices, and the cost is slight.
When folded the sheet may be printed with an ordinary press or hand stamp, and
one or more reproductions of the printing (which may be of a bill head for example)
produced at one operation. The printing as well as the transfer material may be in
different colors.
For binding in book form each sheet is provided on one edge with a margin
adapted to form a stub, which may be separated from the body of the sheet by a line
of perforations, so that the latter can readily be detached. If in the completed book
the leaves are folded, and not left to the salesman to fold as used, the stub should
be of double width folded on itself to make a double thickness corresponding to that
of the sheets.
The sheets may of course be sold loose, or they may be arranged in packs or

page_text: tablets by making a long strip, prepared as already described, alternate sections
being coated with transfer material, then folding the web or sheet on a longi-
tudinal line, and finally back and forth on transverse lines, which are scored or
perforated..
The sheets may be prepared so as to preserve duplicate or triplicate records of each
transaction, as may be desired.
The transfer material may either be on a separate sheet as now commonly practised,
or be applied directly to certain sections or leaves of the tablet.
By folding the web on a longitudinal line, and then folding the double (or it
may be triple) thicknesses on transverse lines, first one way and then the other,
a pack is formed which has duplicate (or triplicate) recording slips in each fold
or leaf.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Multiple Sales Slips.
I, JAMES YATE JOHNSON of 47 Lincolns Inn Fields in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this Invention (which has been com-
municated to me from abroad by Lebbens Harding Rogers of New York City, in the.
State of New York, one of the United States of America, Manufacturer) and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:-
The object of this Invention is to facilitate the rapid production of two or more
invoices or bills for goods sold in retail shops or stores whereof one copy is retained
by the cashier and a second copy given to the customer and if required a third copy
retained by the salesman.
The invention relates to the manner of multiplying copies by use of carbon paper
and the manner of binding or arranging the same in pads books or series.
Heretofore it has been the custom to make the books or pads, and then as each
set of books is made out or written by the salesman, a piece of carbon paper is
inserted between the sheets thus necessitating the handling of the carbon paper which
consumes valuable time in its manipulation and is annoying if the carbon paper is
not clean in its manufacture.
Another way has been the binding in the book at various places and in various
ways of pieces of carbon paper to save the trouble of extra handling of the same.
Another way has been to bind in the book alternate sheets of carbon paper,
but this plan adds considerably to the expense as well as to the bulk of the book.
When
According to the present invention each sheet, whether in a pad book tablet roll
or other form, is subdivided into two or more parts, by lines upon which the sheet is
adapted to be folded to form two or more thicknesses, the lines of folding being either
lengthwise or crosswise as preferred. One section of each sheet is clean on both sides
whereas the other section or sections (if the sheet has more than two) are or may be
clean on one side, and on the other prepared with carbon or transfer material.
folded, and the reverse or clean side of the prepared section is written or printed on,
the characters are reproduced on the other section. If the sheet is subdivided into
three or more sections and folded, three or more copies of the transaction recorded are
made. When the sheet is designed to furnish triplicate copies, the carhon layer may
be applied on alternately opposite sides of the sheet instead of on alternate sections on
the same side inasmuch as the carbon or transfer matterial is to be used but once, a
very thin layer suffices, and the cost is insignificant.
When folded the sheet may be printed with an ordinary press or hand stamp, and
one or more reproductions of the printing (which may be of a bill head for example)

page_text: produced at one operation. The printing as well as the transfer material may be in
different colors. For binding in book form each sheet is provided on one edge with
a margin adapted to form a stub, which may be separated from the body of the sheet
by a line of perforations, so that the latter can readily be detached. If in the
completed book the leaves are folded, and not left to the salesman to fold as used,
the stub should he of double width folded on itself to make a double thickness
corresponding to that of the sheets.
The sheets may of course be sold loose. Or they may be arranged in packs or
tablets by making a long strip, prepared as already described, alternate sections being
coated with transfer material, then folding the web or sheet on a longitudinal line,
and finally back and forth on transverse lines, which are scored or perforated.
The sheets may he prepared so as to preserve duplicate or triplicate records of each
transaction as may be desired.
This special formation of a manifolding tablet for use of clerks in making invoices
records of sales or other like transactions is new broadly, that is to say whether the
transfer material be on a separate sheet as now commonly practised, or be applied
directly to certain sections or leaves of the tablet. By folding the web on a
longitudinal line and then folding the double (or it may be triple) thicknesses on
transverse lines, first one way and then the other, a pack is formed which has duplicate
(or triplicate) recording slips in each fold or leaf.
And in order that the said Invention may be fully understood I shall now proceed
more particularly to describe the same and for that purpose shall refer to the several
figures on the annexed sheets of drawings the same letters of reference indicating
corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figures I and II show single sheets divided into two sections.
Figures III and IV single sheets divided into three sections.
Figure V a sheet provided with a stub for binding into book form.
Figure VI a series of sheets adapted for folding into a pack.
Figure VII an edge view illustrating the method of folding.
Figures VIII and IX illustrate modifications.
Figures X and XI illustrate the front and back, respectively, of a triplicating strip.
The whole under surface of the sheet shown is preferably left clean. On the face
exposed one or more sections (marked B) is or are treated with a coating or layer of
carbon while the other section A is left clean. A line of perforations a divides the
sections from one another, and this line may run lengthwise of the sheet, as in Figure I,
or crosswise, as in Figure II. For use the sheet is folded on line a so that section B
is turned inward and its back exposed for the original record, of which the transfer
material on its now inner side produces a duplicate on section A.
In Figures III and IV the sheet is shown as divided into three sections of which
two B B are treated with carbon, as indicated by the shading, the intermediate
section A being clean. In folding B is turned over on A, and B' on B, and triplicate
records may be thus preserved.
A strip for making triplicate records may be prepared as shown in Figures X
and XI. The slips 1, 2, 3, make one series or set, 4 5 6 another and so on.
The first
slip is clean on the front side (marked 1) and coated on the rear side 1. The second
is coated on the front and clean on the rear. The third and sixth are clean on both
sides. On folding, the slip 1 is outermost, and on writing upon it a duplicate record
is formed on 2ª and another on 3. These three slips being detached the next record
is made on 4* and so on. The slips shown in these figures and in Figures I to IV
are designed to be sold loose. The sheets may be formed into pads, books or tablets
in various ways.
As shown in Figure V each sheet is provided with a margin D* for binding, it
being separated from the adjacent section A by a line of perforations b. This
margin D may be used to clamp paste or bind the sheets into pads or books. At the
time the lines ab are perforated the margin D' may be perforated at the points e,

page_text: through which perforations wires may be passed for binding the sheets together. The
margin D can be folded in the midde before binding or otherwise securing the sheets
-together, if it be desired to fold the sections A B before the book or pad is delivered
to the salesman. Of course the latter can fold the sheets as he uses them, if
preferred.
The sheets can be formed into packs or tablets by folding first in one direction and
then in the other. In this form, instead of using separate detached sheets, a sheet or
strip is formed of any desired length, according to the thickness of the tablet desired,
the sheets being prepared to be readily detached from one another by lines of
perforations in the usual way. Figures VI and VII illustrate this plan. The long
sheet or web shown in Figure VI is divided longitudinally into two parts by a line of
perforations d. On one side of this line the paper is treated with carbon. The sheet
is further subdivided by cross-lines e at regular intervals, forming the panels or
sections A A B B. The sheet is then folded over on the longitudinal line d for its
entire length so that a carbon face B is in contact with each clean section A the
reverse sides of sections B being outside. The doubled strip is then folded on cross
lines e each fold being in the opposite direction to the preceding one, producing a
tablet of connected double leaves, the folds being alternately at opposite sides, or at
top and bottom, as the case may be. Each fold of the, tablet is a complete duplicating-
slip whereas as heretofore prepared it required two leaves to make a duplicate of the
record.
Sheets or webs prepared as above described, with portions or sections of one or
both surfaces carbonized or coated with transfer material, could be made and supplied
to manufacturers of different styles of sales-slips to be by them printed and folded in
any way to suit the varying methods or preferences of customers.
The plan of folding a tablet (illustrated in Figures VI and VII) is believed to be,
broadly, new, whether a carbon coating is applied directly to a portion of the web or
the duplication is effected in the ordinary way by introducing a separate carbon leaf.
A folded tablet of this form-i.e., one in which each fold constitutes a complete
duplicting-strip-is included in the invention.
As represented in Figure VI the clean sections A are printed in any desired way
to constitute sales slips.
The sheet could of course be formed as in Figures III and IV that is with a carbon
treated strip on each side of the clean sections A.
As shown in Figure VIII the carbon surface could be on sections alternately above
and below the line d. If in printing it is desired to have any matter on sheet A,
Figure IX, in a distinct colour, a hole E of proper size can be made in the sheet B or
a corner cut off to permit the desired impression to be made on the part A.
Where it is desired to produce the sheets in such length that they cannot conve-
niently be folded into tablets, they may be prepared, as shown in Figure VI folded on
the longitudinal line of separation, and then rolled up, as by winding on a reel, to be
unrolled as used. The carbon, after being applied can be treated to prevent its coming
off readily and soiling the fingers or articles with which it may come in contact.
further prevent injury or annoyance from this cause, a clean margin may be left
around the edge of each sheet B as shown at fin Figure 1.
To
It will be observed that while the original record of the transaction, which is to be
retained in the store or office, is coated on one side with carbon the duplicate, to be
put up with the goods or delivered to the customer, is clean on both sides.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. A sheet, web, or slip having a section or sections coated with transfer material
and other sections left clean for writing, substantially as described.
2. A tablet comprising a series of slips printed to constitute sales-slips, the tablet

page_text: being formed of a web or sheet folded longitudinally the double thickness being folded
on transverse lines, which are scored or perforated to facilitate detachment, thus
including duplicate recording-slips in each fold or leaf, substantially as described.
3. A tablet for making multiple records the said tablet consisting of a sheet or web
of paper divided by lines of perforations and prepared on some of the sections or
subdivisions with transferring material, the said sheet or web being folded on a
longitudinal line, and further folded in alternately-opposite directions upon transverse
lines at regular intervals substantially as described.
Dated this 3rd day of Max 1890.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
Agents.