US1070566A - Index system. - Google Patents

Description

G. P. WIGGINTON.

INDEX SYSTEM.

APPLICATION FILED 0015, 1912.

1,97%566, Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

add OM04" G51. WIGGINTON.

INDEX SYSTEM.

APPLIOATION'IILED 00T.5, 1912.

Patented Aug. 19,1913.

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a citizen "of the; United States, residing at the city of Ka'l mazoo, county of Kalamazoo, State. ofjM chigan, have invented oer tain new and useful Ii'n'provements in Index Systems',f of which the following is a speci- 'fication.

This invention relates to improvements i1 indexsystems.

My improved index system is especially designed and adapted by me for use in corn nection Withloose-leaf devices, card systems,

nd cabinet filing indexes.

provements herein as embodied in and adapted to a loose-leaf ledger.

The main objects of my invention are, tirst,lto provide improvements in index systems' enabling very rapid reference. Second, to provide an improved index system in which the names may be arranged in alphabeticalorder as to surnames and Christian or firm named and at the same time, one whichyvill give a numerical index withoutduplicating the members so that each indexed sheet or member has an unduplicated identifying member. Third, to provide an improved index system by which the page and position of each i'ndexed sheet or member inthe indexed element. is indicated.

, Etirther objects, and objects relating to in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which:

Figure I is a perspective view of a loose leaf ledger embodying the features of my invention, theledger v being. shown open.

.Fig. II is a detail plan view of the sheets shown .at the night. in Fig. I, the top index sheet; or member 1.

sheetor member broken away to partially disclose its indexed element below. Fig. .1

III is a detail rea'r view of the master index In the drawing, similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the severalfviews.

In: the structure illustrated in the sccom:

' INDEX SYSTEM.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed hotelier 5, 1912. Serial-1E0. 7%,010.

-li-have illustrated and described my im- 1 bodiment cannon r. Wiser-neon, or'xnnamaaoo; mrcmenn.

Patented Aug. 19,1913.

panying drawing, a loose-leaf binder is shown. The style of binder, however, is immaterial and my improvements are equally well adapted to card systems and dex sheets or members 1 having surname indicia tabs 2 thereon characterized by alphabetical surname indicia and numerals,

the numerals being neit'erably consecutive. For convenience in lllllSlI'Zllll0I1,- the struc ture shown is provided w1th only, 19 of the index members, the alphabetical surnamev subdivisions beginning with An and extending to El. It will be understood that in practice, the entire alphabet is subdivided in a suitable manner to provide a complete surname index. The number of the surname subdivisions may, of course, be developed to the extent desired.

T he index sheets or members 1 are provided with name columns ruled into name spaces 8 having consecutive numerals associated therewith. In the structure illustrated every alternate name space is pro; vided with a nmneral. The purpose of this alternate arrangement of the name space numerals will appear later. The-index sheets 1 of the embodiment illustrated are providedwith name spaces on both sides, the name space numerals running from 00 to 99. For convenience, the tabs 2 are providedwvith the surname indicia and characterizing numerals on both sides, as is clearly shown in he drawing. The name spaces are divided into sections or subdivisions by alphabetical merals are, however, not essential as the name space numerals also indicate sections.-

particularly where the name space sections are grouped or dividedb'y tens as inthe-emillustrated. That is, the first Christian'or surname subdivision 62 embraces thename space numerals 00 to, 09;.

the second, A to B, embraces the name space numerals 10 to 19; the third, 0,

embraces the name space numerals 20 to 29, so that it will be readily understood that the Christian or firm name subdivision & is

; third, and so on.

s'heets 4,;the sheets shown bein the section; A' to B the first section; C, the. second: section ;'D to E-, the

' betical Christian or firm name indicia correand theChristian or firm n.

sponding to the Christian or-firm name indicia of the index member 1. I preferably also associate with the firm or Christian name indicia of the indexed element, section indicia corresponding to the section indicia of the index member. The index sheets or members 1 extend to the edges of the sheets of the indexed element so that the tabs 5 thereof are covered by the index sheet of the element when it .is closed thereon, the surf name indicia tabs being spaced as shown, so as tobe visible. On their rearsides, the indexed sheets t are provided. with the firm or Christian name indicia corresponding to and alined with theChristian or firm name indicia of the tabs-on both sides of the indexed element. The indexed member is indicated by combining the numeral of an index member tab with a name space numeral, and its position in the indexed elementis designated by the Christian-or firm name and section indicia of the index member,

indicia tabs of the indexed e ement. For example,the name Chauncy & Co. would. be placed on the sheet or index member'characterized by the alphabetical surname indicia Ch, which is-further characterized by the numeral 11, it being the 11th of the surname subdivisions in the embodiment of my invention illustrated. The osition of the name Chauncy & Co. on the index sheet is determined by the Christian or firm name subdivisions thereof, 8: being the first Christian name subdivision. Assumin Chauncy & Co. to be the first name entered in that subdivision, it would be placed. in the 00 name space. By combining the surname indicia numeral 11 with thename space numeral 00, the account is determined to be 1100. This account is placed on the sheet of the indexed element having the surname indiciav & thereon, and the sheetgiven the number 1100, as at 6. The sheets are also preferably provided with a space for entering the section number as shown at 7 although this is not an essential.-

To enter the account of Chattam & Sons, supposing it to be the second account to be entered under the Christian orfirm name subdivision &, it would be entered .in the v 01 name space and the number of the ac-.

. count would be 1101, the account sheet being inserted immediately after the 1100 sheet.

Chester & Bro, supposin it to be the-third,

accounten-teredii u the -& Christian or.

'e and section and positioned and woul be provide fi rm name subdivision, would be 1102, and. the account sheet would be inserted immedi-- 'ately after the 1101 sheet. David Chambers would be entered in the D to E Christian or firm name subdivision, supposing it to be the first account-entered in thisv Christian or firm name subdivision, and itsnumber would be 1130, and the account 'would be placed on the index sheet characterized by the Christian or firm name section D to E. .Otheraccounts under the D to E "Christian name subdivision or sectionwould be p placed in the binder following the sheet D to E and numbered according to their name space entry. In the event of two accounts under the same name, as, for instance,

.Chester &Bro., the second name would be written in the index name spaces after the name Chester & Bro. first entered and designated as 02a so that the account number would be 1102a. A second David Chambers account would be designated by the numeral 1130a, and so on. It is obvious that any numberof firms having the same name could be distinguished by this method so that each accountwould have a different distinguish-- ing number. A further advantage of my improved index is that a no confusion is likely to occur in entering new accounts and determining the proper account and page number, and further, the'entered accounts may be referred to very rapidly as the account number and page can, be quickly deter mined and its position in the indexed element indicated.- Should an account, be closed and transferred from the current or live accounts, its existence and identifying number is determined from an inspection of the proper surname subd1v1s1on index sheet.

This is of decided advantage to the bookkeeper and accountants as the existence of such accounts and their identifying numerals can be quickly determined. My improved index has also the advantage of being adapted to take care of a large number of accounts. For instance,*an index having 40 surname subdivisionswill care for 4000 accounts providing for properarrangenient .under surname and Christian or.firm name and providing .a distinguishing :numeral for each account Similarly, a 60 surnameedi vision index would care for 6000 ac Further,- in the eventiof duplicatin such accounts would-be with their distinguishing numbers by entering 'as I have indicated for the second account of Chester & Bro. for example, as 02a on the.

indexsheet shown.

scr be various modifications and adaptations wh ch lcontemplate and which are entirely feasible, such as'the. adaptation of my im-.

provements to card systems, cabinet filinghave not attempted to illustrate or desure made will enable those skilled in the art to adapt my invention as conditions or betical surname indicia and consecutive numerals, and having name spaces with con-. -secutive numerals assoclated therewith and merals, and having name spaces with consecutive numerals associated therewith and divided into sections by alphabetical Christian or firm name indicia having section indicating numerals associated therewith; and an indexed element associated with each index member and'comprising members having stepped index tabs bearing alphabetical Christian or firm name indicia and section indicating numerals corresponding to the section indicating numerals associatedwith the Christian or firm name indicia 'of the index member. whereby an indexed member of the element may be indicated by combining the numeral of an index member tab with a name space numeral and its position in the indexed element further designated by the Christian or firm name and section indicia of the index member and the Christian or firm name and section indicia tabs of the indexed element.

2. An index comprising index members having surname indicia tabs bearingalphabetical surname indicia and consecutive nudivided into sections by alphabetical Christian or firm name indicia; and an indexed element associated with each index member and comprising members having stepped indextabs bearing alphabetical Christian or firm name indicia corresponding to the Christian or firm name indicia of the index member, whereby an indexed member of the element may be indicated by combining the numeral of an index member Lab with a name'space numeral and its position in the indexed element further designated by the Christian or firm name indicia of the index member and the Christian or firm name in dicia tabs of the indexed element.

3. An index comprising index members bearing alphabetical surname indicia and a numeral and having name spaces with numerals associated therewith and divided into sections by alphabetical Christian or firm name indicia: and an indexed element associated with each index member and comprising members bearing alphabetical Christian or firm name indicia corresponding to the Christian or firm name indicia of the index member, whereby an indexed member of the element may be indicated by combining the characterizing numeral of an index member with a name space numeral thereof and its position in the indexed element further designated by the Christian or firm. name indicia of the index and indexed members.

4E.-An index comprising an index member bearing an alphabetical-surname indicia and a numeral and having name spaces with numerals and Christian or firm name indicia associated therewith; and an indexed element comprising members bearing alphabetical Christian or firm name indicia, whereby an indexed member of the elementmay be indicated by combining the characterizing numeral of an index member with 'a name space numeral thereof and its posi-' tion in the indexed element further designated by the Christian or firm name indicia.

5. An index comprising an index member bearing an alphabetical surname indicia and a numeral and havlng name spaces with numerals associated therewith and divided into sect-ions by alphabetical Christian or firm name indicia having section indicating numerals associated therewith, whereby an indexed member may be. indicated by combining the characterizing numeral of an index member with a name space numeral there of and the position of the indexed member indicated by the section indicia.

6. An index comprising an index member bearing in alphabetical surname indicia and a numeral and having name spaces with numerals and Christian or firm name indicia whereby an indexed member may be indicated by combining the characterizing numeral of an index member with a name space numeral thereof and the position of an indexed member indicated by the Christian or firm name indicia.

7. An index comprising an index member having a surname indicia tab bearing an alphabetical surname indicia anda numeral, and having name spaces with consecutive numerals 00 to 99 associated therewith and divided into sections of tens by alphabetical Christian or firm name indicia, whereby an indexed ,member may be indicated by combining the numeral of an index member tab with a name space numeral.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE P. ll IGGINTON. [1 s.]

Witnesses M. PHIXA VOODRUFF, PEARL E. LILLIE.

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