US780857A - Manifold-check device. - Google Patents

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W. S. BREWER. MANIFOLD CHECK DEVICE.

nrmcnmn FILED D110. 11, 1903 I INVENTOR A TTOHNE r I UNITED STATES Patented. January 24, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

MANIFOLD-CHECK DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,857, dated January 24, 1905. I Application filed December 1'7, 1903. Serial No. 185,488-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. BREWER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manifold-Check Devices, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description.

My invention relates vto a duplicate-check systemthat is, to one in which the matter written upon an original or main check is entirely or in part simultaneously duplicated on a duplicate or secondary check; and myobject is to improve and simplify such constructions.

.and side views of a modification. Fig. 5 is an end view of Fig. 1, showing a mod1fied shape of retaining-post.

Figs. 6 and 7 are plan and side views of another modification. Figs. Sand 9 are sideand-front elevations of the pivot-post of Fig. 1, and Fig.- 10 is a sectional detail of Fig. 1 on line a m.

In carrying out my invention I provide a 2 base or back, which preferably consists of two covers hinged in the middle and adapted to hold between them when closed two sets of paper sheets, the samecomprising, respectively, the original and duplicate checks or leaves, although other forms of base may be employed, as will be seen hereinafter. The original checks or leaves are superposed that is, they lie or are adapted to lie one above anotherand the leavesor checks of the manifold or duplicate series are also superposed in the form of a pad, and means is provided for transferring an impression upon the original check to the underlying duplicate check, preferably by a suitable transfer or carbon sheet on top of the pad, and means are provided whereby any one of the originals may be caused to lie upon the transfersheet without detaching any of said original checks from the base. The waiter then writes the entire order on the original check, thus also making a duplicate order or a partial 1 sheets constituting the original checks, said I00 or leaves.

.of'the base, as shown.

duplicate order on the duplicate check lying underneath the transfer-sheet. Other features embraced in but not essential to my invention'will be described in a subsequent portion 3 or otherwise hinged together, so that they may be folded over upon each other. 4 is the pad of manifold or duplicate checks These are preferably loose paper sheets superposed one on another like the leaves of a book and attached to the base at one edge onlyof the pad. The pad may be 'attached to the base at different points and still be within my invention;- but I prefer to attach the left side of the pad to the left side I preferably attach the pad by perforating it with two holes, through which pass posts 5 and 6 on the base; but it will be obvious that such a construction is only one of many pad-holding devices which might be devised. A locking means for preventing accidental removal of the sheets or of the transfer-sheet 7, which lies on top of the pad, may be provided, and in Fig. 1 I have shown the posts 5 and 6 cut away to form a head thereon,as' shown in Figs. 5 and 10, and two spring-wires 8 and 9 attached to the base, which. press down upon a perforated "follower-strip of metal 10, which rests on top of the transfer-sheet, the ends of the wires being located under the heads on the posts, as seen in Figs. 5 and 10, thus locking the sheets in place and continually pressing the trans fer-sheet down upon the pad. The sheets of the' pad are preferably unattached to each other and made of some Weak paper, so that a slight pull on a sheet will tear it away from the posts. The right edge of the pad is preferably beveled, as in Fig. 5, so that the upper sheets project slightly beyond those underneath, so that the upper one maybe more sheets being preferably unattached to each other and held to the base or back, preferably, but not necessarily, by being pivoted to the base so that they may be swung on said pivot and any one of them caused to lie directly on said transfer or carbon sheet, as shown by the sheet 11 in Fig. 1. This pivot for the originals may be a post 14. substantially perpendicular to the base beyond the margin of the pad and passing through holes in the checks, or the pivot may be a loop or ring, as shown at 15 and 16 in Figs. 3 and 6. I may also provide a holder for the original checks, and this is preferably formed by a plate 17 raised above the base and supported by the posts 5 and 6, thus forming a pocket open at the right side and both ends. A holder open at one side and end is also shown at 18 in Figs. 1 and 2. 19, Figs. 3 and 4:, and 20, Figs. 6 and 7, show other forms of holders or retaining devices for the original checks.

When the set of originals is to be attached to the base, the locking-spring 25 of Fig. 1 is released from the catch on post 1 1, (see Figs. 8 and 9,) the originals slipped over the post, and the spring then reengaged with the catch. The set of originals may then be swung around to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and then back into the pocket below plate 17, or they may be swung around into the position of check 12, so as to be retained by the holder 18.

Now if the waiter wishes to take an order he swings the uppermost original check out to the dotted position and then into the position indicated by check 11 and writes the order upon it.

The original checks may be consecutively numbered, (as indicated by 119 on check 12 and 120 on check 11,) and each original and duplicate check may also bear a correspondingdesignation, such as Waiter 4:, and the duplicate checks are preferably consecutively numbered, as 53 for the uppermost duplicate, 54: for the next one, &c. As the waiter starts to write the order he writes the number (0. 9., 120) of the original on the margin of the duplicate, as shown. Now if the bar, eatables, and cigars are in separate departments he detaches check 53 after writing the first item, then writes the next two items, and puts 120 on check 5 1 and detaches it, and so on for each department. He thus has a separate order on each department for those articles, and those only which are furnished by that department, and as the combined duplicate checks marked 120 on the margin must correspond in items to the total on original check 120 of VVaiter4 the head of each department has a separate order for only what his department has furthe books has complete track of every item.

It will be obvious that any one of the original checks may be superposed directly on the pad. If, for example, the waiter has taken several other orders since he wrote the first three items 011 check No. 120, that check will be somewhere in the midst of the used originals held by the retaining device 18, or perhaps it may be in the pocket underneath plate 17 but in either case it can he brought out and swung into position above the pad-in the first case by swinging it from the position of check 12 directly onto the pad and in the second case by swinging the checks above it in the pocket around to the position of check 12 and then swinging check 11 into place on the pad. The cigars and bar orders are then written on the original and a separate duplicate order made on the cigar and bar departments, as before explained. Consequently any original check may be superposed directly on the transfersheet and pad without detaching any of the original or duplicate checks from the base.

It will be observed that l have provided two sets of checksone an original set and the other a duplicate both fastened to the base and one of said sets (in this case the original set) pivoted so that it may be swung substantially in its plane and that the sheets of the other set are detached from each other except at the edge where they are fastened together, whereby the duplicate set may be caused to lie beneath any one of said originals.

In Figs. 3 and 1 a modification is shown in which the base 21 is merely a metal plate bent up at one end, as shown in Fig. 1, and is not provided with any cover corresponding to the part 2 of Fig. 1. This modification, however, has a pocket formed by plate 17 the same as in Fig. 1, but slightly broader, so as to support thereon two independent pads and 4c of duplicates. It also has a modified form of retaining device for the pads, consisting of spring-strips 22 fastened to the base at one end and perforated at the other end to pass over the retaining-posts. The pivot for the originals is also of modified form, being an elongated loop of wire 15 normally held in the full-line position shown by a springcatch 23. The originals can thus be swung to the right out of the pocket and onto the pad, or when the loop is in the dotted position they may be swung over on this loop in a plane perpendicular to their face, substantially as in Figs. 6 and 7, and caused to lie against the back of the base, where they may be held by the spring-clip 19. In this modiiication 1 have shown the originals as having a weakened line 26 in each, such as a line of perforations lying substantially at the adjacent edges of said pads, so that the original may be easily divided at that point, if desired.

Figs. 6 and '7 show a modified form also included in my invention. This form has a two-part base, one of the parts having a plate 17 forming a pocket thereon open at the top,

right side, and bottom, a pad 4 of duplicates held by the left edge to the left side of the pivot-hole as to be adapted to receive therein the opposite side of the pivot ring or staple 16 when the checks are swung to the transverse position or at right angles to that occupied when in the pocket. Such notches are shown at 24 in Fig. 6. While I have shown the pivot as being a ring, it is evident that it might be made as a staple and the two parts 1 and 2 of the cover be made as one rigid memher, or the hinge 3 may be placed above the staple or ring 16.

I am aware that many variations from the constructions shown may be made without departing from the scope of my invention as claimed, and I therefore do not limit myself to the constructions illustrated and described.

What I claim is '1. In a manifold-check device, in combination, a base, a pad of duplicate checks fastened to said base, a transfer-sheet secured on top of said pad, a set of superposed original checks pivoted to said base, whereby any one of said original checks may be swung on said pivot independently of the others and substantially in the plane of said original checks to thereby be brought to lie directly on said transfersheet.

2. In a manifold-checlidevice, in combination, a base, a pad of duplicate checks fastened by an edge to one side of said base, a transfersheet secured on top of said pad, a set of superposed original checks pivoted to said base'by a pivot passing through them and located beyond the margin of said pad, whereby any one of said originals may be swung on said pivot independently of the others and caused to lie directly on said transfer-sheet.

3. In a manifold-check device, in combination, a base, a pad of duplicate checks fastened by an edge to one side of said base, a transfersheet secured on top of said pad, a set of superposed original checks pivoted to said base by a pivot passing through them and located beyond the margin of said pad, whereby any one of said originals may be swung on said pivot independently of the others and caused to lie directly on said transfer-sheet, and a holder for said original checks when swung on said pivot.

4:. In a manifold-check device, in combination, a base, a pad of duplicate checks fastened by an edge to one side of said base, a transfer- Sheet secured to lie on top of said pad, a set of superposed original checks independently pivoted to said base beyond the margin of said pad and in position to be overlapped on said pad whereby any one of said original checks may be swung on said pivot independently of the others and brought to lie directly on said transfer-sheet, a pocket open at one side and end for the reception of said original checks when swung on said pivot, said pocket being located beneath said'pad .of duplicate checks 5. In a manifold-check device, in combination, a base, a pad of duplicate checks fastened by its left edge to the left side of said base, a transfer-sheet adapted to lie on top of the same, a-set of superposed original checks independently pivoted to said base on a post located on said base beyond the margin of said pad,whereby any one of said originals may be swung on said post and caused to lie directly on said transfer-sheet.

6. A manifold-check holder comprising a base, a pocket thereon open at one end and the right side, a device at the left side of said base and above said pocket for holding the left edge of a pad of duplicate checks, and a pivot on said base beyond the open edge of said pocket and adapted to pass throughholes in the ends of a set of superposed original checks. 7

. 7. A manifold-check holder comprising a base, a device at the left side-thereof for holding the left edge of a pad of duplicate checks, a pivot-pin on said base beyond the margin of said pad, a set oforiginal superposed checks having holes for the reception of said pivotpin, whereby said checks may be independently swung on said pivot, said pivot-pin being located at adistance from the edge of the duplicate pad at least equal to the distance of the pin-holes from the edge of the original checks.

8. A manifold-check holder comprising a base, a pair of posts at the left side thereof for holding the left edge of a pad of duplicate checks, said posts having locking means to retain said pad, a pivot on said base beyond another edge of said pad, anda set of original superposed checks having holes adapted to receive said pivot, whereby said checks may be individually and independently swung on said pivot.

9. In a manifold-check device, in combination, a base, a set of-original checks, a pad of duplicate checks attached to the said base, a transfer-sheet adapted to lie on top of said pad, and means for holding said set of originals on the base whereby any one of said originals may be superposed directly on said transfersheet without detaching any of said checks from said base, each of said original and du-- plicate checks bearing corresponding designations, and said sheets of saidpad being also numbered consecutively.

10. A manifold book or tablet, comprising a back carrying a pivot extending at right angles thereto, a series of sheets of paper, mounted and adapted to turn on said pivot, and another series of sheets of paper independently mounted on said back in such relative position to the pivoted series that when a sheet of the pivoted series is swung round on its pivot it may be brought to register with the other series.

11. Amanifold book or tablet, comprising a back carrying a pivot extending at right angles thereto, a series of sheets of paper mounted and adapted to turn on said pivot, and another series of sheets of paper independently mounted on said back in such relative position to the pivoted series that when a sheet of the pivoted series is swung round on its pivot it may be brought to register with the other series, and a carbon-sheet attached to said back in a position to be placed between the juxtaposed sheets of the two series.

12. A manifold book or tablet, comprising a back carrying a pivot extending at right angles thereto, a series of original leaves mounted on said pivot, a series of manifold slips of paper and an impression-sheetindependently mounted on said back, each sheet of said pivoted series, independentof the others, adapted to be turned on said pivot and superposed on said manifold series, or independently withdrawn from the said original series.

13. In a manifold-cheek device in combination, a base, a set of duplicate checks fastened to said base, a set of superposed original checks also fastened to said base, one of said sets being pivoted on said base whereby said set may he swung on said pivot substantially in the plane of said set, the sheets of said other set being detached from each other whereby any one ol said original checks may be caused to lie direetly upon said duplicate set, and means for transferring to said duplicate set the impression made on the original check which was superposed thereon.

14. In a manifold-check device in combination, abase, a set of duplicate cheeks fastened to said base, a set of superposed original checks also fastened to said base, one of said sets being pivoted on said base whereby said set may he swung on said pivot substantially in the plane of said set, the sheets of said other set being detached from each other whereby any one of said original checks may be caused to lie di rectly upon said duplicate set, and a transfersheet fastened on said duplicate set for transferring to said duplicate set the impression made on the original check which was superposed thereon.

Signed at St. Louis, Missouri, this 2d day of December, 1903.

\VI LLlAM S. BREWER Witnesses: I

(ir. E. GOLTERMANN, EDW. A. NOONAN, Jr.

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