US1766071A - Binder - Google Patents

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June 24, 1930. c. GREEN 1,766,071

BINDER Filed June 17, 1929 INVENTOR Leger a Green Patented a 251 930 f I unimfg-STAT S;

o it i s in rrnnywAsHInGToNf i j B DE pp wefi emline The invention is a binder of the loose leafitype in which theleaves areipermanently held 7 uponconcave-convex rings permanently mounted in the-covet v The object of theinvention is to" provide simple and efiic'ient means for permanently rholding'rings upon which leaves may-be freely mounted, in-abinder;

Another object of the invention is to prov vide a ring for binders which'isfofisuolr a moved from onepo'sition to' another thereon.v

Another object of theinvention is to pro- I vide a binder ring which is [so shaped'that 15,l-leaves may readily be "placed thereon.

' Alfiirtl er object ,of-the iinvention is-to provide a ring for binders; that may readily be' heldin the binder fwitl" single on- I neotion. I 1 v i 20 And a still furtheriobjeot ofthe invention f is to provideatbinder in which thejleavcs are permanently mounted" and latthe same time freelyheld, whichisfof ausimpfle-and economical construction; a r

VVith these ends in" View thi invention em bodies a binder havingawplurality;of con .cav o-convex rings substantially [forming a section of a helixwhen in Itheffre position and in which the ends of the, rings may be placed upon a rivet and permanently held afterf the leaves have been placed upon them.

1 Other features and advantages of the illfollowing description takenin connection with p the draw ngs, wherein Figure'lis a view showing the device as it would vappear in use." r H Figure 2 s a new showing'pneof th rings morihted in the cover. r. v

Figure 3 is 'a' View. showing one of the ringsin. a free position; i v

Figure l'is a viewshowing a cross section through one of theirings, and also showing 7 a portion of one of thej leaves mounted thereon. I

. Inthedrawing'the device is shown'as it wouldjbe made wherein numeral 1 indicates 'one of the rings numeral 2 the binder'cover, and nume'ralB the leaves. a

.jThe rings 1 are made of 9'when the rivet is drawn tight.

material having 1 929; jser rarno. 371,557.

a conc vo eomei cross" section; and are formed "so that they will substantially form the section of a helix when in the free posi; tion, as shown 1n F1gure3.; The ends may have'shortstr'aight zfiat sections as in; dioatedflby-the numerals 14; and 5 and these sections" are provided with openings '6- that f shown in Figure '2. The rivet-7 maybep I v I -placedthroughthe'vertical backof-thefcover cross section that leaves lw'i'll'notj bind when I ma be placed over a tubular rivet 7, as r and-after the ringsfhavebeen plaoedithrough a V thej openings 8 infthe leaves 3the endsufot-j over hown sothat the rings will be per-'- ;un'de'r the the firing, as ierivet may, f desired, be pro vi'dedivith facomparatively large head as manent y; held fto' the-Q 351:1 back of the v ibind The binder baokxn vbe' reenforoed indicated by the numeral 10- which will; hold the back rigidly against the plate or washer" It will be understood "that although rings are shown as belng of a concave-convex section s they may be made of material 5 or any'other shape or design and may arranged'in any oth'ersuitable manner; V

It willbe understoodthat other changes 7 p I may be made in the construction without'de- "vcntion W111 be'readily understood from the parting fromjthe spirit of theaihventio'n.

One ofwhich changes maybe in the use of otlier;1ncans for holding the rings inthe-" cover, another may be in the useof acover of a different type or design, andst'illianother may be in the formation of the ends of, thegrings. V

use" the device may beflprovide'd as shown and the leaves or pages may be placed'uponl may be placed through the back of the the ringswith the rings in the free position as shown 1n Figure-3 and then, thel'rivets395 binder, and first one end and then the other end of the. rings placed upon the f'rivet s'; The end of the rivet may thenbeturned over i or riveted down againstthe ends ofthering is'o'rtl'la t' the "ring will be rigidly heldQ T his 'willl form an'inexpensive type 'of binder of' theloose leaf typ'e an di n which the leaves are; perma ently held in thebinder and the "curvature ref the ril1gsgwill mal;e it pdssible to movefthe leaves Withouthaving theleayes 5 b indilpo n t he ring."

r a, plurality of open, ringsfilpon Whieh the [leaves of the bi nder inzpyflbe placed, and l v elmezmsfer permanently clesing; attaching; Qand .rigidlylmlding the r ipgs 130 theiback v 30 .7 V

WhaLflI claim as new andfdesiie'rto seeureby beck of abinder cover;

.2. Inia binder fthe eh'aractef deseribech zijeover; a plurality of'rings, saidvrings having openings'in the ends, and suitable 'ri'vet".

1 in-the backof'the binder Cover upon which .jthe ends, of the rings may be placed, one

; up0n,the-othegand held. I .e 3. In a'binder ofthe' chataeter described, 7

1m binder of l thel ehapaeterdescribed; at Ie'over,7a plurality-pf open end rings, and I v e livetsin theQhxdkgof 'fuheIbin dL-iteoVer tof" 'Whiehthe 'ehds" Qfjtheringsdnay be pel' ll '1 [-35 rne tlyfatt ached'fiherete, and heldielosedl r c l": 1IntestimonyWhemef a ix y m' I r 1 GREEN.

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