An Improved Cover for Containing and Securing Books of Checks, or the Counterparts thereof, and also the Carbon Sheet for use in connection therewith.
Year: 1892

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cover for Containing and Securing Books of Checks,
or the Counterparts thereof, and also the Carbon Sheet for use
in connection therewith.
I, PERCY HARRY SEARGEANT of the firm of Seargeant Brothers of County
Works Queen Street Abergavenny in the County of Monmouth, Manufacturing
Stationer 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 accompanying drawings illustrate my improved arrangement in perspective
view and details of same.
Similar letters of reference relate to similar parts.
The first part of my invention relates to a method of attaching and securing
checks or their counterparts within the covers or backs for containing the same,
whereby they can be easily abstracted or a fresh supply replaced when required,
and it consists in rivetting or otherwise suitably attaching to the cover A. Figure 1
a strip of any suitable metal B Figures 1, and 2 which I will call the bottom plate,
this plate B is turned up at right angles upon its one side C, thus making a back
plate for the thickness of checks or counterparts to fit up to, the bottom plate B is
provided with two or more sharp pointed projections D formed on or punched up
from the flat surface thereof to assist in holding and securing the check books or
counterparts.
The upper or lower end (as the case may be) of the bottom plate B is turned up
in its narrow width and upon this end is hinged or otherwise connected in any
suitable manner as at E a top plate F, which is for the purpose of holding down
and retaining the checks, this top plate F, is securely fastened at the opposite end
to the hinge E, by a suitable catch G Figure 3. This catch may be made of
any metal and of any suitable character to suit the requirement but preferably I
make it as shewn being of spring steel rivetted or otherwise attached to the bottom
plate, and having a lip H for the top plate F, to catch under, thus when the top
plate or bar is pressed down over the checks or counterparts it is secured tightly
by such catch, and when required to refill with a fresh supply of checks it is
merely necessary to release the catch when the top plate or bar can be raised and
the book of checks placed therein.
The second part of my invention in connection with this improved cover or
back relates to an arrangement for holding and retaining in position the carbon
sheet which is used with the check books and it consists of a strip of any suitable
metal shaped to form three sides of a square viz. having a base plate I and the
sides Jat right angles thereto, thus forming a trough seen in Figures 1 and 4
which is rivetted or otherwise connected at the base to the cover, into this trough
a second inverted trough K of a similar formation fits or shuts down and is attached
to the lower one at the upper or lower end thereof by a hinge or pivot L or if
preferred this upper part may be made solid fitting into the lower trough in a
similar manner, the carbon sheet is placed over the walls of the lower trough and
the upper or inverted trough being pressed down securely holds the carbon sheet
which passes beneath the sides of the inverted trough thus the carbon sheet can be
easily used with the checks and is always in place. The sides of the lower trough
it may be mentioned are slightly curved outwards to allow the carbon sheet passing
without damage to same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I wish it to be under-
stood that I do not limit mrself to the precise details herain enccified as I mov

page_text: vary the same without departing from the main features of this my invention, I
declare that what I claim is,
Firstly. The improvements in covers for containing and securing books of checks
or their counterparts by the means herein specified or any mere equivalents thereof
consisting of a bottom plate attached to such cover and having a top plate hinged
or otherwise connected to the bottom plate and fastened by a spring catch for the
purpose substantially as herein set forth and illustrated.
Secondly. The improvements in the above named covers or backs and the method
of retaining the carbon sheet in position by the particular formation and arrange-
ment of parts described and illustrated.
Dated thin 95th Jo of AAD 1000
EDWARD J. PAYNE & SON,
104, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.