Adaptable stencil for different mimeograph machines

Claim 1

A mimeograph stencil having an elongated heading portion secured to a stencil body portion at one end of a lengthwise extent of said stencil body portion, said heading portion providing a means for holding the stencil in one of a plurality of different brands of duplicating machines, said heading portion comprising: a plurality of separate and lengthwise spaced lines of laterally aligned holding pin holes, each line comprising a different series of laterally spaced pin holes sized and positioned so as to hold said heading portion in a different one of said duplicating machines, each of said spaced lines formed in adjacent, separate lengthwise spaced areas of said elongated heading, tear line means for removing a part of said heading portion from the remainder of said heading portion secured to said stencil body, said tear line means comprising a single perforated tear line extending laterally across said heading portion and between each of said adjacent, separate lengthwise spaced areas, permitting one or more of said spaced, pin hole lines to be tearingly removed from said stencil, and a series of stencil cutting guide lines positioned on said stencil body portion for defining boundaries within which the written matter should be imprinted on the stencil body, said heading portion and stencil body having markings which designate a respective certain one of said series of stencil cutting guide lines to be utilized for a given respective line of holding pin holes whereby said stencil cutting guide lines coordinate each particular line of holding pin holes with one of said series of stencil cutting guide lines for a particular duplicating machine so as to provide correct positioning of written matter on print paper for that particular duplicating machine.