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binder differ from those heretofore disclosed
in patents heretofore granted to me in that
the said eyelets project through the stubs and
binder to such an extent as to permit the slit-
5 ted ends of the same to be readily turned or
bent either with the fingers or with a tool de-
signed for that purpose, which ends can be
readily raised and bent to straight position
again at any time it is desired to remove the
1o eyelet, which could not be done in my former
construction, as in the said construction the
eyelets were usually riveted securely. These
bent tubes or eyelets, as heretofore stated,
extend entirely through the stub ends of the
15 checks and through the binder 8 and are re-
tained in position by flanges formed on one
end of said tube, which bear upon one outside
surface of the binder, and by turning over the
long projecting prongs or other end of said
20 tubes upon the other outside surface of the
said binder.
In order to bind the sheets of checks within
the cover, it is simply necessary to pass the
eyelet over the threaded tubes or stems 5 and
25 secure the caps 10 into the said threaded
tubes or stems 5, whereby the bound checks
will be securely held in position within the
cover. When it is desired to disengage the
bound sheets of checks from the cover, it can
30 be accomplished by simply unscrewing the
caps and removing the same and slipping the
eyelets off from, the tubes.
It will be observed that with my construc-
tion the checks are bound together by means
35 of the open tubes 9, which latter are held in
place by means of flanges and the long prongs
provided on the same, which construction
and arrangement enable me to keep the
checks in a compact condition always ready
40 for use and when the checks have all been
used to file away the stubs in a bound form
and without occupying nearly as much space
in a safe as would be the case if the bound
stubs had to always remain permanently in
45 the cover and with greater security and with
greater facility for restocking than if .the
stubs were only removed from the cover in
the form of loose sheets.
By the use of my invention banks in com-
50 paratively small towns having facilities for
printing but not for binding are greatly con-
venienced, for the reason that when a cus-
tomer desires a check-book with his name
upon the end of each check, for instance, it
55 is simply necessary for the banker to take as
many punched checks as would be required
to make up the sized book desired and sendthem to his local printer for printing the
name of his customer thereon, and then bind
the printed checks with stubs attached by 6o
use of the binding-strip 8 and then place the
same in the cover, as just described.
It will be observed that neither the eyelets
nor the screw-threaded caps extend through
or into both lids of the cover, but are at- 65
tached to one of the lids to one side of the
flexible hinge.
Having thus fully described my invention,
what I claim as new, and desire to secure by
Letters Patent, is- 70
1. A bank check-book comprising in its
construction an upper and a lower lid secured
together by a flexible back, threaded tubes
secured to one of the backs and projecting
upwardly from the same, sheets of checks 75
provided with apertures and secured together
by means of a binder also provided with
apertures which register with the apertures
in the sheets of checks, eyelets passed through
the apertures in the binderand in the checks, 8o
said eyelets being formed with a flange on
one end and with long prongs on the other
end, which latter are adapted to be turned
over by the fingers or with a suitable tool so
as to bear against one of the outer faces of 85
the binder, and threaded caps which pass
through the eyelets and engage the threaded
tubes, substantially as described.
2. A bank check-book comprising in its
construction an upper and a lower lid secured 90
together by a flexible back, internally-thread-
ed tubes secured to'one of.the backs and pro-
jecting upwardly from the same, sheets of
checks provided with apertures and secured
together by means of a binder also provided 95
with apertures which register with the ap-
ertures in the sheets of. checks, eyelets
passed through the apertures in the binder
and in the checks, said eyelets being formed
with a flange on one end and with long prongs ico
on the other end, which latter are designed
to be turned over by the fingers so as to bear
against one of the outer faces of the binder,
and flanged, threaded caps passed through
the eyelets and engaging the internally- zo5
threaded tubes so as to bear with their flanges
upon the stub-binder for the checks, substan-
tially as described.
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my
signature in presence of two witnesses.
MARCUS P. EXLINE.
Witnesses:
C. A. BLAKE,
W. R. BARNES.
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Exline, Marcus P. Check Book, patent, August 18, 1903; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth511020/m1/3/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.