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P 3, 1935 E. K. BOTTLE 1,998,651

RECORD Filed June 3, 1930 IN VEN TOR.

BY M,

A TTORNEYS.

5 ing against relative displacement the several Patented Apr; 23, 1935 UNITED STATES REoonn Edward Kirby liottle, Elmira, assignor to American Sales Book Company,

Limited,

Toriinto, Ontario, Canada, a corporation or Ontario, Canada Application une a, 1930, Serial No; 459,043

claims. ((11. 281 -21) This invention relates to a functionally and structurally improved record. f

Considerable difiiculty has been heretofore experi'enced in connection with properly maintainsuperposed layers of a record and to this end various expedients have been resorted to in an endeavor to prevent such displacement. However, there such fastening expedients have involved an element such as for example a rivet or its equivalent passing through the several sheets of the record, objections have been noted incident to the difficulty in subsequently removing the fastening element without mutilation of the record sheets.

With this in mind, the present invention aims to provide a record embodying a fastening provision by means of which the sheets of a pack may be secured against relative displacement but in which, when desired, these sheets may readily be separated from each other with maximum expediency and minimum danger of mutilation.

' A further object of the invention is that of providing an improved record embracing a fastening provision and in which the several sheets forming a record may, prior to the elimination of the fastenin'g element and after detachment from the body of the record (conceding that they form a part of such a record) be conveniently moved with respect to each other so that corrections and additions may be noted to the individual sheets of the pack.

Another-object is that of furnishing a record embodying constructions capable of achieving the foregoing objects and which may be manufactured largely by the use of automatic machinery with consequent minimum expense.

With these and further objects in mind, reference is had to the attached sheet of drawing illustrating one practical embodiment of the invention, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a face view of a record pack;

Fig. 2 is a somewhat diagrammatic side view thereof;

Figs. 3 and 4 are views similar to Fig. 2, but showing slightly different forms of the invention; and

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view of a complete record.

Referring primarily to Fig. 5, the numeral I0 indicates packs of sheets connected end to end to form a continuous record which preferably embraces lines of fold defining the ends of each pack so that the entire record may be compactly disposed in the form of a zigzag packet. Also preferably at the lines of fold, the record is formed with transverse rows of perforations by means of which its severance along these lines may be facilitated, and subsequent to such severance, it will be appreciated that a pack of the nature shown in Figs. 1 to 4" will be in the hands of the operator. Usually, prior to such severance,

the pack passes through the inscribing station of any suitable apparatus such as a typewriter, billing machine, register, etc., and at which point the top sheet of the pack receives directly the inscription which is simultaneously duplicated upon underlying sheets of the pack either by the use of carbon paper suitably interleaved between the sheets or else by having one of the sheets of the pack formed of a copying material such as carbon paper. Of course, the sheets underlying the topmost sheet might be formed of carbonless paper ifthis is'desired, thereby eliminating the necessity for leaves of transfer material. The

several record and transfer sheets or strips are thus relatively superposed in manifolding relation with each other to form a multiple composite manifoldin'g web. Also, while the pack has been illustrated as forming "a part of a continuous record of any desirable length-and this is preferablythe case according to the present inven- 'tion'it will be understood that within the scope of this invention, this need not necessarily be so.

As in Fig's. 1 and 2', the numeral ll indicates the upper inscription receiving sheets below which sheets [2 and I3 are disposed, all of these sheets being of any desired material; These sheets are each formed with apertures l4 which when the sheets are in proper positions are in alignment. With a view to providing a'retaining element, a pair of disks l5 are utilized. These disks may be formed of paper or any other desired material, and their central portions are bowed towards each other as at it so as to intimately contact, and at this point of contact by means for example of a spot of adhesive the disks are attached. Of course, in lieu of the adhesive, any substitute material or element might be employed, but in view of the fact that the convex portions of the disks l5 are of less area than the apertures l4 while the diameters of the disks are of greater area than these apertures, a rivetlike fastening element is provided extending through the apertures to retain the sheets against displacement. Consequently, with the severed pack before her, the operator in the manner indicated in Fig. 1 may freely swing the sheets so that the face of each of them is available for inspection, corrections and additions and the pack may be kept in this condition and filed as desired. Eventually, however, it will probably be desirable to separate the several sheets of the pack and when this is necessary it may readily be accomplished by simply either grasping the two disks and pulling them in opposite directions; exerting a pull upon the sheets I I, l2, 13 in different directions to automatically cause such a severance; or crimping one of the disks so that the fastening element provided by the same drops through the aperture. Thus the attaching disks form frangible attaching devices which can readily be destroyed or rendered ineffective when it is desired to separate the sheets.

In lieu of the construction shown in Fig, 2, the lowermost sheet H as in Fig. 3 may be unapertured and a single disk I8 may be employed extending through the apertures I9 of the. upper sheets and in contact with the upper face of the lower sheet to provide a fastening element accomplishing the desired results. Likewise as in Fig. l, two disks may be employed, but these disks instead of being in direct contact may engage the opposite faces of a sheet which forms the central or any other desired portion of the pack.

In all instances, however, a pack is presented which, upon severance from the record, permits of its individual sheets being freely swung with respect to each other and in which, moreover, these sheets may readily be removed when desired. However, normally the fasting expedient provided by the present invention serves adequately to prevent movement of the sheets-particularly when they form an integral part of the record, and immediately after such severance, the sheets are freed for swinging movements Thus, among others, the several objects of the invention as specifically afore stated are achieved. It will be appreciated that numerous changes in construction and rearrangements of the parts might be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by the claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A composite record assembly including, in combination, a pack of superposed manifolding sheets, one of the outermost sheets having an aperture, an attaching device for said sheets including an outer frangible sheet member overlying said aperture and being larger than the latter and having an inwardly deflected central portion extending into said aperture and loosely en aging therein so as to provide for pivotal movement of the apertured sheet substantially in its own plane on said attaching device as a pivot, and said deflected portion of the frangible member having attachment with the other sheet or sheets of the assembly so as to bind all of the sheets together.

2. A composite record assembly including, in

combination, a pack of superposed manifolding sheets, one of the outermost sheets having an aperture, an attaching device for said sheets including an outer frangible sheet member overlying said aperture and being larger than the latter and having an inwardly deflected central portion extending into said aperture and loosely engaging therein so as to provide for pivotal movement of the apertured sheet substantially in its own plane on said attaching device as a pivot, the outer sheet opposite to said first mentioned outer sheet being unapertured, and said deflected portion of the frangible sheet member having attachment with said last mentioned outer sheet in alignment with said aperture so as to bind all of the sheets together.

3. A composite record assembly including, in combination, a pack of superposed manifolding sheets, the outer sheets having apertures aligned with each other transversely of the plane of the assembly, an attaching device for said sheets including two oppositely disposed outer frangible sheet members overlying the respective apertures and being larger than the latter and each having an inwardly deflected central portion extending into the respective aperture and loosely engaging therein so as to provide for pivotal movement of the apertured sheets substantially in their own planes on the attaching device as a pivot, an intermediate sheet overlapping the apertures of the others and the deflected portions of said frangible attaching members being attached thereto so as to bind all of the sheets together.

4. A composite record assembly including, in combination, a pack of superposed manifolding sheets each having an aperture and the apertures being in alignment transversely of the plane of the assembly, an attaching device for said sheets including two oppositely disposed frangible sheet members overlying said apertures and being larger than the latter and each having an inwardly deflected central portion extending into the aperture and loosely engaging therein so as to provide for pivotal movement of the sheets substantially in their own planes on the attaching device as a pivot, the deflected portions of said frangible members having attachment with each other in the apertures so as to bind all of the sheets together.

5. A record having a plurality of sheets in superposed relation, two of said sheets having superposed apertures with aperture margins, a portion of a third sheet being interposed between said apertures, and oppositely disposed paper attaching disks respectively overlying said two sheets at the said aperture margins thereof, said disks having portions rotatably engaging in said apertures and being pasted to said third sheet.

EDWARD KIRBY BOTTLE.

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