An Improved Combined Book and Index, Map, or the like.
Year: 1889

page_text: te of Application, 7th May, 1889-Accepted, 29th June, 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Combined Book and Index, Map, or the like.
A communication from abroad by GEORGE DUGAN and WALTER CRAIG CARR, both of
Kansas City, in the State of Missouri, United States of America.
I, PHILIP MIDDLETON JUSTICE of 55 and 56 Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents 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 that class of books in which an index or other reference
matter is bound with the book so as to be a permanent portion thereof, and the
invention consists of a book provided with an index so connected with one of the
leaves, through the medium of one or more flexible strips, that the index may be
drawn out to an extent limited by said strips, and the leaves both of the book and the
index may be fully opened without interference with each other.
In the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a book, and index, and my improved
method of connecting the same
Fig. 2 is also a perspective view illustrating the same subject matter as Figure 1,
the book being provided with a pocket for receiving the index.
Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view, in part section, illustrating the
construction shown in Figure 2, the index being inserted in the pocket.
A represents the book of any suitable character, as for instance, a ledger or other
account book, or letter press copy book, or any other book in which it is desirable
to have an index.
To one of the leaves a of the hook, preferably a heavy leaf next to the cover of
the book, is connected by one or more flexible bands, strips or tapes b, an index B,
of any suitable construction, and which as shown consists of a series of leaves bound
together and provided at the edges with index letters.
One end of the strip or strips b is connected to the leaf a, near the outer edge
thereof, while the opposite end is connected to the binding edge of the index B,
the said strip or strips being of such length that when the index is withdrawn from
the book A, as far as the strips will permit, the leaves of the leaves of the book may
be turned over without covering or overlapping those of the index, and in like manner
those of the index may be open as shown in dotted lines without overlapping those
of the book.
When the book is not in use, the index is placed with its binding edge & parallel
and close to that of the leaf a, as shown in Fig. 1, and the book may then be closed to
confine the index within the covers of the same, and when the book is to be used it is
only necessary to open the same, grasp the index and carry.it to the position shown
in dotted lines, Fig. 1, when the book and index may be used together without
interference.
In order to retain the index more securely in its position when it is between the
covers of the book, the leaf a may be provided with a case d containing a pocket y
in which the index B may be placed as shown in Fig. 3, and from which it may be
readily withdrawn to the position shown in Fig. 2.
Another mode of securing a firmer attachment of the index to the book would be
to increase the number or the width of the strips b.
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Under the term "index" as applied to the removable portion B, may be included
any other matter that it may be desirable to connect with the book, but in such
manner as to permit it to be fully spread out when the book is opened without
overlapping any portion of the book, as for instance a man any other like
matter.
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page_text: 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 (without limiting myself to the precise
construction and arrangement of parts shown) what 1 claim is :-
1. A book provided with an index connected with one of the leaves of the book
through the medium of one or more flexible strips b, substantially as set forth.
2. The combination of a book and index, and one or more flexible strips >> connected
at one edge near the edge of a leaf near the back of the book, and at the other to
the binding edge of the index, and of a length to permit the index to be opened
without overlapping the book, substantially as set forth
3. The combination of a book having a case d, enclosing a pocket y, adapted to
receive an index B, and one or more flexible strips b connecting the index with a leaf
of the book, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 7th day of Man 1880
PHILIP M. JUSTICE