US900646A - Account-cabinet. - Google Patents

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J. S. BASE. ACCOUNT CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED APRJI. 190s.

900,646.' Patented Oct. 6, 1908.`

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JOSEPH S. BASH, OF OHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS.

AocouNT-CABINET.

i Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct'. 6, 1908.

Application led April 7, 1908. Serial N o. 425,733.

To all whomc't may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH S. BASE, citizen ofthe United States, residing at Champaign, in the county of Champaign and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Account-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a cabinet or device for keeping accounts, particularly adapted for the use of merchants, and useful in connection with the ordinary duplicate sales-checks given when purchases are made.

The invention includes means for holding slips to show the total amount due from any customer, thereby serving asa ledger, the accounts being kept in -such position that they can be readily consulted, and which at all times show the state of the accounts.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of the filing case in which the accounts are kept and exhibited. Fig. 2 is afront elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross section thereof. Fig. 4 is a plan view of one of the holders for the salesslips. Fig. 5 is an edge view thereof. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the slips indicating the state of an account, which are inserted in the casing referred to. Fig. 7 is a plan of one of the sales-checks.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 1 indicates a wooden or metallic box of proper size and shape to hold the arts hereinafter described. At opposite sies this box has strips 2 properly recessed to receive and support the ends of the series of strips 3 which extend across the box and which are arranged stepped in slightly higher position, from the front to the rear of the box. The upper face of the strips 3 is divided into a series of spaces 4 by small metal ribs 5 which are s 1 pped into grooves in the strips and whichV project slightly above the face of the strips. Instead of the ribs, other equivalent devices may be used, or the strips can be cut across to form the spaces referred to. Glass plates 6 are laid upon or over the successive strips 3,l

in such a way as to cover the spaces referred to and to also form a top or cover for the box by extending from one stricp to the next. The end of the glass plates fit in grooves 7 in the sides of the box 1.

The box is provided with a drawer 8 which f sale.

may be locked, and in which the holder for the sales-checks will be kept. One leaf of said'holder is indicated in Figs. 4 and 5. It consists of a sheet of cardboard 11 provided on each side with rubber bands 10 which extend through and are held in slits 12 made in f the/ cardboard, the loops of the bands projectingon opposite sides of the sheet. These bands hold cards or pieces 9 of cardboard,

the bands extending around the same at the y ends and the middle thereof, the cards being notched at theirl lower ends, as indicated at 13, where the lower band engages, and having shoulders 14 at their upper ends, whereby the cards are prevented from slipping out of place. These cards form a series of pockets, as indicated at 16, between the same and the sheet 11 and these pockets are of proper size to receive the ordinary sales-checks 17 which have a space at the top for the final or total amount due and which are also numbered in series, at the time the check is made out, for each customer. One of the pockets will be appro riated or designated for each customer, an the names of the various customers will be placed opposite each of the spaces in the strips 3 by means of strips of paper, as indicated at 18, pasted on the under side of the glass plates 6. Small blank slips or cards are also provided, as indicated at 19 in Fig. 6, and these slips are of proper size to be slipped in under the glass plates and between the ribs 5, so that they will show opposite the name of the customer.

In the use of the system the sales-slip 17 will be made out and will be numbered according to the number on the slip 19, and the nal or total amount will be inserted according to the amount previously due, as shown by said slip 19 and the amount of the present At the same time, a slip 19 will be made out containing the number of the salescheck and the total amount due. The original sales-check will be inserted in the proper pocket 16 and the duplicate will be given to the customer, as usual. The slip 19 will then be inserted between the glass late 6 and the strip 3 in the space opposite t e name of the customer. It is slipped in from the outside, and when it is slipped in the prior slip is pushed or forced out and drops into the drawer 8. Thus in the embodiment illustrated the sales-check of John Smith is numbered 3 and shows a `final or total of $5 due, and the indicator slip 19 is marked 3-St5 which shows that three bills remain unpaid, with a total of $5, and the corresponding bills or checks may be found, if necessary, by referring to the check holder which, as stated, will be kept in the drawer 8.

By the means shown the state of any mans account can be instantly determined by looking at the indicator. When the account is paid the sales-checks are removed from the pocket and the slip from the indicator. The total amount due from all customers can be quickly ascertained by adding the amounts shown on the indicator. Bookkeeping is reduced to a minimum since the accounts of all customers are totaled and recorded by the clerk who makes the sale, at the time the sale is made. In consequence of the construction shown the indicating slips I9 Will be held in their appropriate places until intentionally forced out by the insertion of another slip.

The invention is not limited to the exact embodiment shown, but various modifica tions may be made Within the scope of the following,l claims.

I claim: 1. The combination ol' a casing' having` a transparent top, and a support with a series of spaces under said top adapted to receive charge slips, the transparent top extending;l beyond the support to receive slips bearing customers names.

2. The combination. of a box, a glass plate ceive slips which may be inserted therein i from the outside.

3. The combination of a box, a series of glass plates arranged in steps and extending across the box, and a eorrespomlingr series of strips located under the edges ol' lsaid plates and having` spaces under the plates into Which slips may be inserted from the outside.

In testimony whereof I allix my signalnre, in presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH S. BASII.

Witnesses CHAs. J. MULLIKIN, F. M. BROWN.

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