Year: 1889

page_text: I; HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 :-
The invention relates to an account book, such as a journal ledger, entry, blank or
similar book, having leaves adapted to be reduced in width by the removal of a
portion thereof and which leaves have a line of perforations extending from the top to
the bottom to assist in the removal of such parts thereof. These leaves are interposed
preferably in regular order hetween full or unperforated' leaves, as, for instance, first
a full leaf and then a leaf adapted' to be made narrow by the removal of a longitudinal
section thereof, and then a full leaf and then a leaf adapted to be made narrow, and
so on, or the leaves adapted to be made narrow may be separated from each other by
two,, three or more full leaves, or two or more leaves adapted to be made narrow may
be arranged in consecutive order, and separated from two or more of the same kind
by a full or unperforated' leaf.
The object of this part of the invention is to enable entries, accounts and the like
to be made in horizontal lines or on three or more pages of the book without trans-
ferring the names and addresses of the persons, firms, corporations and the like under
which the items are entered, from the original place of entry. For instance, supposing
the book to be used as a ledger or book of summaries, the names of the persons,
firms, corporations or things with which the accounts are kept' are entered in the left
hand column or side of an unperforated' leaf upon the left hand page: This will
permit the remainder of that page and also of the opposite page to the line of
perforations to be utilized for the reception, upon horizontal lines, of the items and
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page_text: the entry of said items to be continued upon new or additional pages without
transferring the names from the name column of the first page, it being necessary to
accomplish this simply to remove the section of the second page which is beyond the
line of the perforation, and this removed portion of the page is of a width of the
portion of the first page upon which the names are entered. I have represented
the invention as applied to a book having four divisions upon the two opposing pages,
and these four divisions are subdivided into as many separate columns as may be
desired. For the purpose of book-keeping each one of these sub-divisions is adapted
for one month's use, and with such a sub-division of the pages there should be two
perforated pages placed between two full or unperforated pages so that upon the six
pages thus provided, there would be fourteen columns first the address column and
then a column for each month, and an additional column for a summary, which may
or may not be used, as preferred.
The invention further relates to an account book, such as a ledger, having lines
numbered or otherwise designated consecutively from the upper to the lowermost line
in one or more places upon each page by the same number or designation. This
enables the account to be accurately filled across two pages and the proper lines for
entry to be quickly ascertained. It also provides opportunity for indexing by line as
well as by page.
The invention further relates to the manner of numbering the full or unperforated
pages at the bottom and top or either with the same numbers upon their opposing or
facing sides and to the forming of the interposed pages at their corners, so that these
numbers may be seen, either by rounding or otherwise, so that the number of the full
pages is exposed.
The invention further relates to the arrangement of the columns into divisions
having certain headings, whereby the separation and proper entry in a summarized
form of the facts or entries of a business may be obtained.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is a view of the book open.
Figure 2 is a view in perspective of an open book illustrating the margin of two of
the leaves detached.
Figure 3 is a view in end elevation of the book.
Figure 4 is a detailed view.
In the drawings A represents an unperforated leaf. It has the names column a.
B is a leaf having the longitudinal line of perforations b, by which the outer section b¹
of the page is adapted to be removed. The two pages are divided by the lines c into
six columns, one is for the names column four columns are used in any way desired,
and the right hand column of the perforated page may or may not be used, and is
removed from the page when it becomes necessary to employ the next page in order.
The lines of the leaf A are represented as numbered in the left hand margin, as are
also those of the leaf B. In the drawings the unperforated leaf A is paged as two and
the right page when opened of the next unperforated leaf in order is also numbered
two, and between these two full pages, each numbered two, are two perforated pages
or leaves which are unnumbered, and from which the corners have been removed.
Each monthly section is represented as divided into two sets of columns one headed
debits and the other credits. The debits section is divided into columns as follows, a
column headed date, another book page, another terms, another sales and so on, the
columns of the credits sections are headed date, book page, cash and so on debit
balance. The address section has columns headed trans, from and debit balance, or
the headings may be as represented in Figure 4.
An account book having this construction and subdivided into monthly sections,
each of which has columns for debit and credit entries is of very great assistance in the
keeping of books, and much simplifies the present method.
In some instances instead of removing the margins from the pages to shorten them
as above specified, the book may be made with the pages made shorter and the book
as then constructed will have the wide pages and the interposed narrow pages but in
all other respects it will be as above specified.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is
First A blank or entry book having leaves of substantially the same width, a
portion of which is provided with longitudinal lines of perforations 6 and a portion of
which is unperforated, the perforated and unperforated leaves having any desired
arrangement in relation to each other, as and for the purposes described.
Second A blank, entry or similar book having full unperforated pages separated
from each other by narrower pages or pages adapted to be made narrower by the
removal of the outer margins thereof, the said full pages upon their opposing sides
bearing the same page designation, as, and for the purposes, described.
Third A blank, entry, or other similar book having pages the lines of which have
a common consecutive designation as and for the purposes described.
Fourth A blank, entry, or other similar book having wide pages and narrow or
comparatively narrow pages, the wide pages extending beyond the narrow pages
sufficiently to provide a spacious column for the entry of names outside the edge of
the narrow pages substantially as and for the purposes described.
Fifth The account book having address leaves or pages paged at their upper or
upper and lower corners, the facing pages of which bear the same page number, and
interposed pages or leaves having their corners cut away or rounded at the top or top
and bottom to expose the numbering of the address pages, as and for the purposes
described.
Sixth The account book having a column for the entry of names and divided into
monthly sections by appropriate ruling each of which has a debit and credit side
divided by rulings into columns and having appropriate heading, substantially as
described.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.