US1184099A - Binder. - Google Patents

Description

G. H. JENKINS.

BINDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY H, mm.

1 ,1 84,099. Patented May 23, 1916.

GEORGE H. JENKINS, OF OAK PARK, ILLINOIS.

BINDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 23, 1916.

Application filed May 11, 1914. Serial No. 837,898.

To all wiwmc't may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. JENKINS,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Oak Park, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Binders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to binders within which leavesmay be temporarily or permanently bound, and has reference to certain peculiarities of construction by which a permanent binding may be effected, the temporary binding means cooperating for this purpose.

In this invention, I have sought by very simple arrangements to provide a binder,

the covers of which are utilized in the ordinary manner,;but which are capable of further use in cooperating to effect a permanent binding of the leaves therein while still retained within the covers; and to accomplish the above end without adding materially to the cost of manufacture or size of the binder. 7

The invention further consists in numerous other features of construction and combinations of parts as will more fully hereinafter appear.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective View, showing the covers of the present binder in operative position; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, showing a number of leaves arranged in position; Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the leaves as permanently bound; Fig. 5 is a detail of the end of one ofthe covers, exhibiting a modification of the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 3; and Fig. 6 is a detail of a further modification of cover construction.

In the embodiment of my invention, two binder covers are utilized, between which a stack of leaves are bound through the instrumentality of posts, thongs, straps, or any other suitable means. The binder covers, for present purposes, may be considered as temporary, in that they are used only until their binding capacity has been reached, after which a transfer of their contents to permanent covers is made. In the transferring of the leaves to the permanent covers and binding of same'therein, the temporary covers are not at first removed, but are used to assist in this operation.

Referring to the drawing, I have shown two covers 8 and 9 for current leaves, the

means for securing the same between the covers comprising posts 10 threaded to receiveeach a thumb nut 11. As is usual in covers of this kind, the end binding portion 12 is joined to the body 13 thereof by a flexible connection 14 to permit of ease in manipulation and facility in handling.

The end portions 12 in the present device are each reinforced-by a suitable plate, to which the posts or other connecting means are secured, and in which a plurality of openings 15 are arranged, these openings being interconnected by slots 16 of a width less than the diameter of said openings. It is intended that the openings and slots in the end binding portions of each cover shall be located in registering positions. The slot and enlarged opening arrangement may be modified without, however, departing from the underlying principles of this invention. Instead of this precise construction, a single continuous and widened slot may extend between the outermost openings 15 in either or both of the covers.

During use, it is contemplated that one of the covers 17 (which, for purposes of differentiation, will be termed a permanent cover) shall be inserted adjacent the inner side of one of the binder covers. The leaves are added from time to time, as required,

and are secured in position upon the posts,

the invention illustrated, this end is accomplished by screwing down the thumb nuts 11 against the reinforced end binding portions, so that the bound edges of the leaves are compressed and firmly held. If the leaves between the covers are, previous to insertion, punched with holes adapted to register with the openings 15 in' the end portions of the covers, no punching or drill ing operation is required at this time. If otherwise, however, the binder, together with the leaves, is brought into operative position with a punch. for this purpose, or suitable drills are employed, to provide openings through othefleaves in alinement with the openings 15. Cords or other suit able tying devices are then strung'throughf the ope'nings and alining holes in the paper to secure the same in permanent bound form. Inasmuch as the end portions 12 are tightly compressed upon the edges of the paper to be' bound, no appreciable amount of labor is required for this operation. It

is obvious, as the cords are strung throughto their permanent position, that they will lie tightly against. the permanent covers, passing through the temporary covers to such position through the'slots 16. The op- V eration having be'encarriedout in the manner described, the temporary covers are removed, to be again available for'use, While the leaves theretofore bound between such covers are permanently bound as an independent book.

It 1s contemplatedthat to the permanent cover which :lies" adjacent the temporary cover at thetime the leaves were first placed" on file, a flexible backing 18 should be attached which is folded back out. of the way prior to use in the manner indicatedin Fig.

'2. 'When the binding operation has been completed, this backing is carried around and secured in position across thezback of the permanent covers, as appears in Fig. 4:.

In this manner, the cords extending across the end portions ofthe permanent covers are concealed and protected, and asurface is providedon the back of the file to which labels' or other marks may be attached.

Although the binder illustrated in Fig. 1

.sho'ws but two posts andthree openings between the same, it is obvious that the num ber ofposts or openings maybe varied to suit special requirement oi use. In Fig. 5, for: instance, an end portion having three posts is shown, between each two of which openings 15, 16 are provided through which a cord may be, strung for binding purposes.

provided, eliminating the necessity of be strung through the space thus punchingthe "outermost'holes, as is required .in the 7 further strengthening'or reinforcement of device-illustrated in Fi 1. If any holes,.thajt any tendency of the leaves to checked] 'Iclaim: (Y

1. Ina binder, the combinationfof apair: of covers arranged to retain therebetween a a quantity of leaves, meansfor holding said j cover and leaves'together in operative relas I tion, the said covers being provided each with corresponding openings and 'interconnecting slots, thersaid openings serving as the bound book'of leaves is needed, I find,o} 1 7 by driving wooden legs Tor posts; into the i work loose or. out of positionisefifectually f guides through which an instrumenfimay of leaves between the covers and the slots enabling a tying device tolie against said I ,75 the leaves together, substantially as deleaves when passed through the sameto bind scribed. 1

2. A binder embodying leaves, covers therefor, and means'for binding the leaves be tween the covers, each leaf being provided with registering openings for use in perma-- nent binding only, and: at least one of the covers being provided. alsovwith similar'registering openings and a slot interconnecting the same, enabling a tying device to pass through the said cover and engage with the adj acent'leaf thereunder,

and extending to' the other through each of the leaves, the leaves beingprovidedwith registering openings 'for use in permanent binding only, the post bearmg cover havlng also s1m1lar reglstering' openings and a slot interconnecting the same, enabling a tying .device'to pass through the said cover. and engage with the adjacent leaf thereunder,

pass tov rovide similar openings in thestack l V V whereby. the leaves 7 may-be per nanentlybound' together inde- 5 30 covers, leaves bewhereby the 'leavesfmay be permanently V bound 1 together independent of the slotted cover, substantially as described. V

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'Witnesses: V

EPHRAIVM B NN Ne, WM. P. Bonn. I

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