US1479607A - Temporary binder - Google Patents

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,if l' 1 H. D. INMAN l TEMPORARY BINDER Filed Aug. v15

Jan.

Patented Jan. 1, 1924.

UNITED STATES maar PATENT cerros.

HERBERT D. IIll'ML/-IIL', OF FOXBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO SALES FOLIO COM- PANY, OF FGXBORO, MASSACHUSETTS. f

TEll/IEORARY BINDER.

Application filed August 13, 1921. Serial No. 492,051.

T 0 all whom it may concern.:

,Be it known that I, HERBERT D. INMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Foxboro, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an- Improvement in rlemporary Binders, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a speciiication, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to a loose-leaf binder, and more particularly to that type of binder in which the loose leaves are secured to a cover, or between a pair of covers by a binding string.

Loose-leaf binders have been used heretofore in which the loose leaves were secured in place by threading a binding string through perforations in the covers and in the loose leaves and then drawing the string tight and tying the ends together along an outer face of one of the covers. Such a binder satisfactorily holds the loose leaves in place, but t-he knot which secured the ends of the string together forms a more or less objectionable projection on the outer face of the cover, and is unsatisfactory in other respects.

An important feature of the present invention, therefore, co-nsists in means located upon the inner face of a cover of a looseleaf binder to hold the binding string, which means issimple and compact in construction, and may be easily manipulated to either engage or release the binding string.

Another feature of the invention consists in novel means for securing the string` holding ine-ans to a cover of the loose-leaf binder.

The above and other features of the invention and novel combination of parts will be herein described in connection with the accompanying drawing which `shows one good, practical form of the invention.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a loose-leaf binder having an embodiment of the linvention applied to a cover of the binder;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the looseleaf binder viewed from one side; o

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the looseleaf binder, viewed from the other side;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the string holding means showing the string released; and

Fig. 6 is a further enlarged, sectional view of the string holding means showing the string gripped. Y

The novel means forming the subject-matter of the present invention is adapted to be used in connection with various types of loose-leaf binders, andr to removably secure various types of loose leaves in place.

The invention is illustrated in the drawing as applied to a loose-leaf binder consisting of covers 10 and 11 connected by a flexible back 12, and between the covers are mounted a number of stub leaves 13. rI`he stub leaves shown are adapted to secure photographic prints 14 in place, and each stub leaf consists of a rib 15 of sheet metal or other strong stiii' material, having a flexible strip 16 secured thereto. The strips 1G are preferably covered with adhesive, so that the photographic prints 14 may be readily secured to the stub leaves 13, and thereby secured in place to form the leaves of a book as will be apparent from Fig. 1 of the drawing.

In the loose-leaf binder illustrated, the loose-leaf stubs 13 are vremovably secured in place by passing a binding string 17 through the rib portion of the stubs 13 adjacent their opposite ends, and through the covers 10, 11 so that a portion of the string indicated by 18 lies along the outer face of the cover 11 while other portions of the string pass: through apertures 19 in the cover 11 and through the leaf stubs 13 as at 2O.` o After the binding string has been passed through the loose leaves which are to loe secured to a cover, it is necessary to secure the end or ends of the string so that it will retain the leaves in place. Novel means to this end will now be described.

In the present instance this is accomplished by securing Aupon the inner face of the cover 10 two independent gripping means adapted to gripQand hold the opposite end portions of the string 17. One gripping means is located near one end of the cover 10 as indicated by 21, and the other gripping means is located near the other end of the cover as at 22. p

The gripping means 21 and 22 may be similar in construction, and in the embodiment illustrated, each consists of a plate 23 secured to the inner tace ot the cover 10, and a second plate 251i pivotally secured to the plate 23, the arrangement being such that when the plate 2li is swung to the gripping position shown in Fig. l, it will grip or clamp the string 17 between the adjacent faces of the plates, and when the plate .24 is swung to the releasing position shown in Fig. 5, it will release the string 17.

Various means may be provided for securing the gripping means 21 and 22 tothe cover i0, but in theprese'nt instance the lined plate 2 3 is secured to the cover l0 by tworivet- e'yelets 25 and 26. The rivet-eyelet 26 serves also to pivotally secure the plate 24E upon the plate 23., as will be apparent ironi Fig. 6. The eyelets 25 and 26 serve a dual function, for in addition to securing the plates to the cover, they provide apertures through which the end portion ot the string 17 is threaded.

The location ot' the gripping means 2l 'and 22 upon the cover l0 is preferably such that the eyelets 25 llie in alignment with the portions 2O ot the binding string, so that the ends ot the string may be threaded through the eyelets 25, along the outer tace of the cover l0 as at 27, and then inwardly through the eyelets 26. This arrangementcauses the ends of the string to lie inside ot the cover as at 28 where they out oi the way. And when it is desired to clamp or secure an end portion of the string, all that is necessary to swing the pivoted member into position to grip that portion of the string which extends over the Yplate 23 and into the eyelet 25. `Since the string l? is gripped the point where it enters theeyelet 25, a pull upon the binding portion of the string does not tend to move the plate 2e to its releasing p'osition. llur'theimore, the 4construction or the clainping means 2l and 22 isv such that they o`ccupy a small an'ionnt of space, and can be cheaply made and secured to the cover.

ln some instances it may be 'desirable to provide the pivot plate 2iwith a small clearance space 'over the eyelet 25, to assist in holding the pivot plate in the clamping' position. ln the present instance this is :iecoinplished by forming an aperture 29 in the plate 24 adapted lto receive the curved portion oit the string entering the eyelet.

y Although the novel string` holding means herein disclosed is illustrated in connection with a particular typeot loose-leaf binder, it will be understood that 'the present invention is adapted tor use in connection with` variousv types ot hinders employing binding string to secure loose leaves in place.r Y

lWh'at is claimed is i l. A loose-leaf binder comprising, in combination, a cover, a `binder string adapted to be passed through removable leaves to secure them to the cover, and means Jfor reinvasor inovably securing an end portion ot the string to the cover to hold the leaves bound to the cover, comprising plate secured to the cover by rivet-eyelets, the eyelets torming apertures adaptedv to have the string threaded therethrough, and a-second plate pivotally mounted to be swung into gripping engagement with a portion ot the string protruding from one of said eyelets.

2. loose-leaf binder comprising, in combination, a cover, a binder string adapted to be passed .through removable leaves to secure them to the' cover, and inea-ns tor removably securing an end' portion oia the string to the cover to hold the leaves bound to the cover, comprising` a plate secured to the cover by rivet-eyelets, the eyelets torining aperatures adapted to have the string threaded theretl'i'rough', and a second p'late pivotally secured to the l'irst plate by one of said rivet-eyelets and adapted to be swung into position to hold the binding string gripped betii'feen the plates.

3. A. loose leaf binder for stub leaves, comprising a pair ot covers connected by a flexible back piece, eyelets mounted in each cover, stub leaves between the covers and provided with adhesive strips 'for engage ment vwith loose leaves, a binding string extending along the outer tace oi' one cover and 'extending inwardly tl'n'ough the eyelets thereof and threaded through the stub leaves and through the eyelets oit the second cover, additional eyelets in the second cover through which the ends of the binding string are threaded inwardly, and string gripping means mounted upon lthe inner face oit the second cover and positioned to grip the string at the point where it passes through an eyelet.

4. A looseV leaf binder, comprising a pair ot covers connected by a flexible baci; and adapted to receive loose leaves between the covers, a biinling string l'raving its intermediate portion secure'd toone cover and extending from this cover through the removable leaves,`and means tor removably securing the ends ot the binding string to the Vopposite cover to secure the leaves in place, connl rising plates each secured to the inner tace of the cover and having two apertures one tor the passage of the string outwardly through the plate and cover and the other for the passage or the stringv in'- wardly through the plate and cover, and a second plate pivotally secured to the Afirst and adapted to be swung into position to gripbetween the plates the j ior'tion ot the string entering one oit the apertures.

5. A loose leaf binder for stub leaves-,comprising a pair of covers connected by a flexible back piece, stub leaves between the covers and provided with adhesive strips for engagement with loose leaves, abinding string secured to one cover and threaded through the stub leaves and through the second cover, and means for removably securing an end portion of the string to the second cover to hold the stub leaves bound between the covers, comprising a plate secured to the second cover and having apertures for the passage of the string therethrough, a second plate pivotally secured to the first plate by means of an eyelet through which the string is threaded, and the latter plate adapted to be swung into position to grip the binding string between the two plates.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

HERBERT D. INMAN.

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