CA2249737A1 - Apparatus for inserting pictures in an album - Google Patents

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CA2249737A1
CA2249737A1 CA 2249737 CA2249737A CA2249737A1 CA 2249737 A1 CA2249737 A1 CA 2249737A1 CA 2249737 CA2249737 CA 2249737 CA 2249737 A CA2249737 A CA 2249737A CA 2249737 A1 CA2249737 A1 CA 2249737A1
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Max Miller
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949092 ONTARIO Ltd
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42FSHEETS TEMPORARILY ATTACHED TOGETHER; FILING APPLIANCES; FILE CARDS; INDEXING
    • B42F5/00Sheets and objects temporarily attached together; Means therefor; Albums

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Abstract

Apparatus for inserting pictures in an album comprising a pocket formed of two layers of sheet material of rectangular shape bound on three sides and open on the fourth side to form a pocket, the front sheet being transparent to permit viewing of a picture inside the pocket, and the outside surface of the back sheet having at least one strip of transfer tape providing the pocket with the strip of adhesive and a removable cover strip. The pocket is usable in conjunction with a page to which the pocket may be affixed by the adhesive and on which notes or titles may be written, and in conjunction with an album in which the pages may be inserted.

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APPARATUS FOR INSERTING PICTURES IN AN ALBUM
This invention relates to improvements in mounting or inserting pictures such as photographs or stamps etc. in an album and the method of manufacturing same. More particularly, it relates to an improved means for inserting articles such as photographs or stamps in an album in a varied and convenient manner.
Photograph albums have been in existence for virtually as long as the science of photography, and many varieties of albums and methods of inserting photographs have been devised. Nearly all have some disadvantage.
The earliest forms involved a sheet of paper to which photographs could be affixed by adhesive corners which fit over the corners of the photograph and had an adhesive on the back. These, unfortunately, left the photographs exposed to finger marking and damage and frequently came unglued or otherwise allowed the photographs to pop out of their fixture.
In more recent times, since the development of highly sophisticated plastics, numerous developments have been conceived which allow photographs to be mounted behind a transparent plastic sheet, which provides protection, but these usually involve some form of adhesive which requires that the photographs be permanently mounted on a sheet having a tacky surface which does not allow the owner to make written notations.

Many of these modern substances, including the plastics or the adhesive, are not "acid-free" and are physically or chemically harmful to the photographs.
Other devices include double layered sheets of clear plastic which allow the photographs to be inserted in a pocket between the adjacent sheets. However, these have the disadvantage that the pockets are of a fixed size and configuration and most do not provide any paper or cardboard surface on which notations can be written.
It is, therefore, the purpose of this invention to provide means by which photographs may be protected and easily inserted in an album in a convenient or artistically varied arrangement.
It is also the purpose of this invention to provide a mounting means which is protective of the photographs and does not cause them to deteriorate over time due to physical or chemical damage.
It is also the purpose of this invention to provide a means by which photographs of different sizes may be mounted in different configurations while allowing a space for written notations adjacent thereto.
It is also the purpose of this invention to provide a mounting means which is simple, efficient, automated and inexpensive to manufacture.
These obj ect and other advantages are intended to be achieved by the present invention which comprises a pocket formed from two sheets of mutually rectangular size and configuration bounded together on three sides and unbound on the fourth side to present an opening and having a front sheet which is transparent and a back sheet which has on the outside thereof a strip of transfer tape providing an adhesive layer and a removable covering layer. Ideally, in one embodiment the unbound edge of one sheet is longer than the other so as to make the opening more accessible.
Preferably, one or more of said pockets are provided with pages capable of inserting in an album on which at least one of said pockets may be affixed at desirable locations and orientations by means of said adhesive once said covering strip of the transfer tape is removed.
Said pages with mountable pockets may also be provided with albums in which to be inserted so as to provide a complete apparatus for storing and preserving pictures.
The invention may be better understood by a description of one embodiment thereof with reference to the attached drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a plan view of a transparent pocket for receiving a photograph or the like in accordance with the present invention;
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the back side of the pocket in Figure 1 showing the adhesive strip and transfer tape;
Figure 3 is an alternative arrangement of a file pocket similar to Figure 1;
Figure 4 shows a photo album page with photographs mounted thereon by means of the pockets showing in Figure 1;
Figure 5 is a schematic illustration of the method of making pockets as shown in Figure 1; and Figure 6 illustrates a modified version of the pocket in Figure 1.
In Figure 1 of the illustrated embodiment, a photograph 2 is shown partially inserted into a mounting pocket 4 which is constructed of two sheets of plastic material, at least one of which is transparent, which are welded together along three sides 6, 7 and 8.
Along the fourth side 10, the edge of the lowermost sheet 12 extends beyond the edge of the uppermost sheet 14 so as to make the opening readily accessible for insertion of the photograph 2.
On the outside surface of the back sheet 12 there are two adhesive strips 16 and 18 which allow the pockets to be mounted to a sheet of paper or cardboard material such as 20 shown in Figure 4.
This adhesive strips are better illustrated in Figure 2 where the transfer tape 22 which is used to apply the adhesive 24 to the back of the pocket is shown partially peeled away.
As contemplated, the pocket would be provided to the user as seen in Figure 3 with the transfer tape, with an adhesive on one side, being applied to the outer surface of the back sheet so that the pockets may be stored or handled without sticking to each other. The user can then peel off the transfer tape 22 which leaves the adhesive 24 exposed on the back surf ace to be f fixed to the sheet 2 0 as i l lustrated in Figure 4 or applied to the door of a refrigerator or any other desired surface.
Figure 3 illustrates a pocket 5 similar to Figure 1 in which the adhesive strips are provided in a transverse configuration instead of the longitudinal arrangement of Figure 1.
This arrangement of strips of adhesive allows the pocket to be easily affixed to the page of an album as shown in Figure 4. It overcomes the difficulties of using photo adhesive corners for photographs which are difficult to handle and often come loose. It is also easier than a pocket which has a complete surface of adhesive on the back as these often become wrinkled or contain bubbles when they are applied.
They also require a large amount of adhesive and are difficult to handle when the adhesive is exposed.
While it is possible to apply a pocket, as illustrated, to a sheet of an album using a single strip, this often allows the pocket to lift off the page and become folded or bent.
Some of the advantages of the illustrated pockets are apparent in Figure 4 where a sheet 20 of a photograph album which is insertable or removable by virtue of the ring holes 26, allows pockets containing photographs to be mounted in a horizontal configuration as shown at the top or a vertical configuration as shown at the bottom or in any other position or angle.
Furthermore the paper sheet 20 allows the owner to insert titles or notations as shown at 28 if the sheet is made of conventional paper or cardboard.
Of course, the illustrated pockets may be made in any size to conform with the conventional size of most photographs such as 4 ins. x 6 ins., 5 ins. x 7 ins., etc., etc. , or a pocket may be trimmed to a smaller size if desired.
All of this allows a collection or arrangement of photographs or various sizes, shapes and configurations to be mounted in a pleasing arrangement on a page of an album as the user wishes.
It is also contemplated that pockets illustrated in Figures 1 to 4 may be made available in large quantities, inexpensively by virtue of the ease of manufacture as illustrated schematically in Figure 5.
Since the pockets illustrated in Figure 1 are preferably made of two layers of transparent plastic, the manufacturing process begins by feeding from a roll of indeterminate length 30, a first layer of transparent plastic such as polyethylene or polypropylene (although the latter is considered preferable since it is not chemically harmful to photographs and stamps, etc.) into an automated machine 32 while a second layer of the same material is fed from the roll 34 at the same time and the same rate.
In the illustrated schematic diagram of Figure 5, two layers are brought together through rollers 36 and from there travel forward in an overlying position.
At position A an advancing mechanism 38 is designed to clamp the two layers and move them forward (to the right in the diagram of Figure 5) one space which is approximately the length of one pocket.
After advancing the sheets one space, the advancing mechanism releases and returns to its original place to clamp the sheets again for the next advance.
Once the sheets have been advanced, at Station B, a heated dye descends as illustrated at 40 and fuses the two sheets together to form the three sealed edges shown at 6, 7 and 8 in Figure 1. Once the edges have been sealed, the heated dye is raised off from the sheets and the advancing mechanism 38 can push the sheets forward one more space.
Once the sheets have been advanced one more space, a cutting mechanism 42 shown at Station C cuts the pockets in the shape shown in Figure 1 and at the next advance stage the pockets 4 are produced at the outlet end of the machine in a continuous automated production flow.
If it is desired to provide a pocket in which the back sheet is longer at the opening than the front sheet (although it could be the reverse, if desired), this can be accomplished by feeding the back sheet from a roll 34 which is slightly wider than the front sheet roll 30. If the dyes are arranged so that the two parallel bound edges are perpendicular to the direction of travel, and the third bound edge is adjacent to the centre line of the sheet material, this will leave the open edges along the outside edges of the sheet material where one edge will extend beyond the other because of the wider material provided for that layer.
In order to provide the adhesive strips 16 a roll 44 of transfer tape 46 is provided with an adhesive substance 24 on one side. The transfer tape is fed with the transparent plastic film into the rolls 36 with the adhesive side adjacent to the film 34 so that it adheres to the outside surface of the backing sheet and travels along with the backing sheet through the machine at stages A and B and C and appears as _ g _ longitudinal strips on the back of the pockets 4 at the outlet end of the machine.
It will be realized that if the fusion dyes and cutting dyes B and C are turned 90 degrees, the pockets will emerge with the transfer tape in the transverse configuration as shown in Figure 3 instead of longitudinally.
The transfer tape is a well known product with a low affinity for the adhesive so that when the adhesive surface is fed onto the backing sheet it remains sufficiently fixed to cover the adhesive strip and protect it from attaching to other materials or collecting dust or lint. However, when the transfer material is separated from the back of the pocket the adhesive remains with the pocket and allows the pocket to be fixed to an album page or other surface. It is also conventionally known to provide an adhesive which may be capable of removal and reaffixing if the user wishes to change its location or position.
To change the shape or size of the pockets it is only necessary to change the dyes at Stations B and C and adjust the travel of the advancing mechanism at Station A. It may also be possible to have two or three production lines as illustrated in Figure 5, running in parallel, all forming pockets from a pair of plastic sheets of appropriate width.
Thus, by means of the invention described above, a large volume and extensive variety of pockets may be produced _ g _ at relatively low cost. The end user, on the other hand, may be able to afford a large number of pockets which can be affixed in various orientations and positions to pages of whatever quality or material is required such as paper or cardboard, and in whatever colour is required for a background. The pockets can handle various sizes of photographs and allows the user a great flexibility in how photographs or similar articles such as stamps may be arranged and displayed.
Since the pictures are enclosed within a transparent pocket (preferably of "acid free" material such as polypropylene), they will not be exposed to chemicals such as adhesives.
It is further contemplated that the modified version of the present invention might be employed in which three layers or sheets could be employed providing two pockets, the frontmost adapted to hold a picture visible through a transparent layer, and a back pocket which could be used to hold negatives of a photograph or other information about the Picture.
In addition, if the rearmost sheet is made transparent (either in the one pocket, two layer system, or the two pocket, three layer system) and a strip of adhesive was provided near one edge, preferably the upper edge, the pocket could hold two pictures, one visible to the front layer and the other visible through the rearmost layer if the pocket is flipped over about the adhesive strip forming a hinge, as shown in Figure 6.
It will, of course, be realized that numerous modifications and variations from the illustrated embodiment may be employed without departing from the inventive concept herein.

Claims (7)

1. Apparatus for inserting pictures in an album comprising:
- a rectangular pocket having a front sheet and a back sheet bound together along three respective sides and having one side of each sheet unbound;
- at least one sheet forming the front being transparent;
- the other sheet forming the back and having on the outside surface thereof a strip of transfer tape comprising a strip of adhesive material fixed to the back sheet and having a removable strip covering said adhesive.
2. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 including a page capable of being inserted in an album and adapted to receive at least one of said pockets affixed thereto by said adhesive at selectable positions thereon.
3. Apparatus as claimed in claims 1 or 2 in which said pages are adapted to receive writing.
4. A pocket as claimed in claims 1, 2 or 3 in which the unbound edge of one sheet extends beyond the unbound edge of the other sheet.
5. Apparatus as claimed in claim 2 in which said pages are paper.
6. Apparatus as claimed in claims 2 or 5 including an album for receiving said pages having pockets thereon with pictures inserted therein.
7. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 including a third sheet forming a second pocket with said first pocket.
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WO2007002985A1 (en) * 2005-07-01 2007-01-11 Maclaw No. 477 Pty Ltd Journal with pocket inserts

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2007002985A1 (en) * 2005-07-01 2007-01-11 Maclaw No. 477 Pty Ltd Journal with pocket inserts

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