CN102596584A

CN102596584A - Ring binder

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Publication number: CN102596584A
Application number: CN201080047904XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 托马斯·西蒙·考毕舍利
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2009-10-23
Filing date: 2010-10-08
Publication date: 2012-07-18
Also published as: WO2011048402A3; BR112012009516A2; WO2011048402A2; GB2474682B; GB0918595D0; GB2474682A

Abstract

A binder (1) for binding sheets having holes therein, the binder (1) comprising a sheet of material arranged to be bent so as to form a front panel (4) and a rear panel (6), at least one binder strip (7) extending from said sheet at a respective first position (10), an individual head (8) provided at the free end of the or each strip, an aperture (11) associated with the or each strip for permitting the or each head to be passed from one surface of the sheet to another surface of the sheet at a respective second position and means for securing the or each head in position after it has been passed from said one surface to said other surface, wherein the width of the or each head as it passes through a respective aperture (11) is no wider than that portion of the respective strip (7) which in use extends through the respective aperture and holes of sheets to be bound by the binder (1).

Description

The latch closure loose-leaf binder

Technical field

The present invention relates to the latch closure loose-leaf binder, and especially but do not relate to the latch closure loose-leaf binder like disclosed type among open GB 2 222 113A of British Patent Application exclusively.

Background technology

Among GB 2 222 113A disclosed latch closure loose-leaf binder comprise have the folding line that limits front panel, ridge and rear board or groove by the monolithic of processing such as materials such as polypropylene.Sheet is stamped into from behind plate and cuts out at least two loose-leaves and carry secretly, and wherein, each band has end being linked to ridge at the primary importance place and at the head with certain shape of opposite free end.Also be in punching in the spine with the adjacent corresponding second place with each.So, inserting the respective aperture pass in the spine with before forming ring at band, each band plate from behind lifts so that will bind paper in loose-leaf binder and can be through and be with.Then, paper remains on by on the ring that forms of band, and wherein, ridge is passed in another end that ridge and ring are fixed in an end of ring.Then, back pass the slit that cuts out band in the rear board, head is locked in the appropriate position, so at the slit place, head is held in position owing to having the width wideer than slit through the head that makes each band.

Because the latch closure loose-leaf binder of disclosed type can be used as preparatory section and by being sent fully flatly, so this latch closure loose-leaf binder is particularly suitable for posting among GB 2 222 113A.Therefore; Can be with first partly to be seen off because produce and post relatively cheap loose-leaf binder by stages; When the recipient receives other part by stages, can other part by stages then be inserted loose-leaf binder then, seen off publication contribution to the individual so find that this loose-leaf binder is specially adapted to bind as many parts by stages.

The inventor observes, and disclosed loose-leaf binder has the head wideer than slit thus than bandwidth among GB 2 222 113A.Because the Breadth Maximum of head cannot so band has the width littler than the width of head, be generally 3mm greater than the diameter that the loose-leaf binder manufacturer in the paper that is fixed had often been controlled not and be generally the hole of 5.5mm.In addition, can pass in order to make head, the hole of head and the chi chung that passed of band also must have and the width of head equal widths at least.This cause with respect to hole in the paper and chi chung be used for will be with the two the narrow width of hole that keeps in position.The inventor has realized that this causes with having limited lateral stability at ridge and paper in the two, and this latch closure loose-leaf binder that is above-mentioned loose-leaf binder is only applicable to approach is usually used the reason of (having 10mm to 15mm capacity usually).

Summary of the invention

According to the present invention, a kind of loose-leaf binder is provided, it is used for the binding papers with hole therein, and said loose-leaf binder comprises: the sheet that material is processed, said is configured to the ability bending to form front panel and rear board; At least one band, its at each primary importance place from said extension; Head with shape, it is arranged on the free end of said band or each band; The hole, it is associated with said band or each band, with allow said head or each head at each second place place from a surface of said through another surface of said; And fixed part; Said fixed part is used for said head or each head are fixed in position after through said another surface from a said surface at said head or each head; Said loose-leaf binder is characterised in that, said head or the width of each head when passing corresponding hole are wide unlike in use in said loose-leaf binder, forming ring and extending through the part in the hole that is associated of the band that is associated.

Through employing the present invention, in loose-leaf binder, form the width that the width that encircles and extend through the part in the hole that is associated can equal or only be slightly less than the hole in hole and the paper during use of band.This increases substantially lateral stability and makes loose-leaf binder can be used in above the bookbinding of 10mm to 15mm capacity and uses.The width of said band is 0.8 times of width in the hole that is associated, but is preferably at least 0.9 times of width in hole.The width of each band preferably at 4.5mm between the 5.5mm.Thus, each band can pass usually in the hole of going out the standard 5.5mm that uses on the paper in hole.

Advantageously, each the said primary importance that is associated with said band or each band and each said second place are closed in a time-out at said front panel and said rear board and are positioned at common plane (being usually located on the ridge).This is avoided when opening and closing front and back panel, in loose-leaf binder, producing stress.

Advantageously; Said band or each band and the head that is associated cut out to stay corresponding slit from said material; Wherein, An end of the contiguous said slit of said primary importance, said thus head and said band can pass corresponding hole so that said head can with the edge join of the said slit that said fixed part is provided.With this mode, through make band pass the hole and through head is engaged with edges of slots so that will be with anchoring in position owing to the rigidity of band, thereby will locate maintenance in position with the end of hole vicinity by the ring that forms of band.This provides stable especially ring structure.

According to an embodiment of the invention; The width of head said band or each band is identical with the width of said band; And the head of said band or each band is limited the recess that the free end near said band cuts out in said band; Wherein, The slit that is associated narrower than the remainder of said slit with the contiguous end of said primary importance, said thus head can pass said slit and retracted towards said primary importance, thus narrow of said slit with said engage so that said head is kept in position.In this embodiment, in loose-leaf binder, forming ring during the use of the band that is associated and extend through the part in the hole that is associated can be the same with head wide, the same wide with the hole and the hole that will be maintained in the paper of the appropriate location in the loose-leaf binder thus.Therefore, as previously mentioned, band can closely be assemblied in the hole and lateral stability is provided.Yet through the very short narrow portion that makes band have next-door neighbour's primary importance, the counterpart of the slit that is associated also has narrow with engage and head is kept in position.

For the auxiliary latch closure loose-leaf binder of untiing adding or to remove paper, expectation be that head has remarkable length (afterbody) thereby so that the people can easily catch head to untie the latch closure loose-leaf binder head is pulled away from primary importance.Yet, can be outstanding via slit uglily when loose-leaf binder is closed unlike the long-tail portion that slit is wide.Therefore; Preferably, have crooked afterbody according to each head of this embodiment, make when said engage when said narrow of said slit is middle; The afterbody of said head does not align with said slit, prevents that thus said afterbody is outstanding via corresponding slit.

According to optional embodiment of the present invention, said head or each head preferably are configured to manually distortion to be used to pass said hole.With this mode, head can have the natural shape wideer than the width in hole, but head can easily be out of shape to pass the hole.Therefore, head can be than bandwidth, and still the width of band still can be substantially equal to the width in hole.

In a particularly advantageous embodiment, said head or each head comprise a pair of wing that extends from corresponding band, and the width of each wing makes the said wing to fold so that said head can pass said hole smaller or equal to the width in the hole of association.

Advantageously; The form of two wings of said head or the V-shaped extension of each head; Wherein, Said band is linked to the base portion of the V-arrangement of said head through movable hinge portion, and said movable hinge portion is configured to allow said head when passing said slit, can back be folded on said being with, make that the V-arrangement head straddles said band with the contiguous part of said primary importance and plug said band with the contiguous part of said primary importance below.This base portion place at band produces neat locking, and this locking provides fixing through being locked in the closed position effectively with the latch closure of the loose-leaf binder that forms.Movable hinge portion can be the base portion place that is arranged in head or near the form of the folding line of the band of the base portion of head.

In a preferred embodiment; Material is processed said be configured to can be crooked to form the central ridge between said front panel and the said rear board; Each band all is configured to be used for binding papers in said loose-leaf binder; Each primary importance is positioned at said ridge with each second place, and said hole is formed at said ridge at said second place place.

Description of drawings

To only two embodiments of the present invention be described with reference to accompanying drawing now through embodiment, wherein:

Fig. 1 is the plane according to loose-leaf binder of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the stereogram of the loose-leaf binder of Fig. 1, and a band that is in the state of lifting is shown;

Fig. 3 is the side view of the loose-leaf binder shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is the stereogram of the loose-leaf binder of Fig. 1, and the head that is in folded state is shown;

Fig. 5 is the side view of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a stereogram, illustrates to pass the hole to form the head of latch closure loose-leaf binder;

Fig. 7 is the side view of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a stereogram, and the head that manifests through slit is shown;

Fig. 9 is the side view of Fig. 8;

Figure 10 is the stereogram of the loose-leaf binder of Fig. 2, and the band that is used to form ring that is in the lock state is shown;

Figure 11 is the side view of Figure 10;

Figure 12 is the stereogram of outside with loose-leaf binder of Fig. 1 band shown in figure 10, when being in closed condition;

Figure 13 is the plane according to the optional embodiment of loose-leaf binder of the present invention that is in open mode;

Figure 14 is the stereogram of the loose-leaf binder of Figure 13, and a band that forms ring and be in the lock state is shown;

Figure 15 is the stereogram of outside with loose-leaf binder of Figure 13 band shown in figure 14, when being in closed condition.

The specific embodiment

Referring now to Fig. 1, shown loose-leaf binder 1 is formed by polypropylene chip, and folding line 2 and 3 has been impressed in the polypropylene chip to form front panel 4, ridge 5 and rear board 6.

Sheet also has been cut into four of formation and has been with 7, and each band all has corresponding head 8.Each head 8 is linked to through flexible movable hinge portion 9 and is with 7, and each flexible movable hinge portion is formed by the pressurized line in the sheet.

Each be with 7 in the position 10 places are linked to ridge 5.The respective aperture 11 that cuts out from sheet is adjacent with each position 10.Hole 11 have with the identical Breadth Maximum of 7 width, make and to be with 7 can pass hole 11.

With reference to Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, be in the state of lifting and stay of respective slots 12 in the back in the plate and be with 7 thereby illustrate.Distal attachment with 7 has head 8, and head is the form of two wings that dispose forming V-shape.Like Fig. 4 and shown in Figure 5, two wings can force together (between thumb and another refer to), make diameter like Fig. 4 and the head that folds 8 shown in Figure 5ly with identical with the diameter in 7 width and hole 11, are generally 5.5mm.Under the folded state shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, head can pass the standard punching in the page or leaf (not shown) that will bind in loose-leaf binder 1.Then, can pass hole 11, be pulled through identical hole 11 with 7 simultaneously like Fig. 6 and head shown in Figure 78.Then, pass the slit 12 in the rear board 6 like Fig. 8 and head shown in Figure 98, wherein, in a single day the wing of head 8 is released the plane V-arrangement of the nature that just presents them.

Like Figure 10 and shown in Figure 11, then, head 8 can back fold on one's body oneself at movable hinge portion 9 places, as Figure 10 is clearly shown that, makes the wing of head 8 straddle with 7 the position that is connected in ridge at primary importance 10 places.As shown in the figure, head 8 can be filled in below being with 7 with locking strip 7 now.

For the loose-leaf binder that is in state shown in Figure 7, be used for fixing page or leaf by with 7 rings that form primary importance 10 be with the second place 11 oneselfs of place that pass the hole to be fixed on loose-leaf binder 1.In addition; Because be anchored in the hard relatively flatness of the response opposing hole 11 of band at slit 12 places any rotational motion and through making band withdraw from the circular form that hole 11 is used for retaining ring with the tapered plane form similar with the plane of ridge 5, also serve as reasons and rigidity be provided so be anchored at the hard relatively flatness of the response of the band at slit 12 places with 7 rings that form.

Be with 7 to be fixed on primary importance 10 and the second place (hole) 11 places, and primary importance 10 and the second place (hole) 11 all are positioned at ridge 5.This make otherwise can cause by the opening and closing of loose-leaf binder with on stress reduce.In addition; See from Figure 10 and Figure 11; Easily used at the wing that allows head 8 and to become to make head can retract, discharge and back pass slit 12 and hole 11 from its lock-out state so that other pages can add on the ring and then with Figure 10 and mode shown in Figure 11 under the fixing situation; Because head 8 is fitly turned up the inboard against ridge, so dispose special " neatly ".The loose-leaf binder that is in closed condition is shown in figure 12, and wherein, head (shown in broken lines) is in lock-out state shown in figure 10.

With reference to Figure 13 and Figure 14 optional embodiment of the present invention is described below.

Figure 13 shows with 7 and is attached with the embodiment that the top is the head 8 of crooked afterbody.Be with 7 and head 8 between, two recesses 13 are gone into from the band pleurapophysis.Except being linked to position 10 next-door neighbour's the part 14 of ridge 5 with band, head 8 with have the width identical with 7 with the width in hole 11.This part 14 has and the narrower width that equates basically with 7 the width that reduces between recess 13.

In use, Figure 13 and the embodiment shown in Figure 14 with before fixed referring to figs. 1 through the 12 similar modes of mode described.Head 8 passes the paper that will be fixed in the loose-leaf binder 1 before passing hole 11 and slit 12 (remove with 7 stay with head 8 through plate 6 from behind).Then, referring to Figure 14, the part with recess 13 with 7 is pulled towards primary importance 10, up to recess 13 with engage so that head keeps in position with 7 narrow 14.So, thereby head 8 discharges loose-leaf binder 1 from the afterbody of narrow 14 extension that discharges recess 13 owing to having to be drawn easily.The afterbody of head 8 can be straight, but because head 8 still can be outstanding via slit 12, so this is not preferred.Therefore, in the embodiment shown in Figure 13 and Figure 14, head 8 has crooked afterbody, makes the end of afterbody be used to prevent that head is outstanding via slit 12.

The loose-leaf binder that is in closed condition is shown in figure 15, and wherein, head (shown in broken lines) is in lock-out state shown in figure 14.

Only the above-mentioned embodiment with reference to accompanying drawing has been described through embodiment.The interior various optional embodiment of scope that falls into appended claim will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

Claims

1. loose-leaf binder, it is used to bind the paper with hole, and said loose-leaf binder comprises: the sheet that material is processed, said be configured to can be crooked to form front panel and rear board; At least one band, its at each primary importance place from said extension; Head, it is arranged on the free end of said band or each band; The hole, it is associated with said band or each band, with allow said head or each head at each second place place from a surface of said through another surface of said; And fixed part; Said fixed part is used for said head or each head are fixed in position after through said another surface from a said surface at said head or each head; Said loose-leaf binder is characterised in that, in use in said loose-leaf binder, forming ring and extending through the part in the hole that is associated of the band that said head or the width of each head when passing corresponding hole are configured to unlike be associated is wide.

2. loose-leaf binder according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the width of said band or each band is at least 0.9 times of the width in the hole that is associated with said band or each band.

3. according to the described loose-leaf binder of each claim of front, it is characterized in that, the width of said band or each band at 4.5mm between the 5.5mm.

4. according to the described loose-leaf binder of each claim of front, it is characterized in that each the said primary importance that is associated with said band or each band and each said second place are closed in a time-out at said front panel and said rear board and are positioned at common plane.

5. according to the described loose-leaf binder of each claim of front; It is characterized in that; Said band or each band and the head that is associated cut out to stay corresponding slit from said material; Wherein, an end of the contiguous said slit of said primary importance, said thus head and said band can pass corresponding hole so that said head can with the edge join of the said slit that said fixed part is provided.

6. loose-leaf binder according to claim 5; It is characterized in that; The width of head said band or each band is identical with the width of said band; And the head of said band or each band is limited the recess that the free end near said band cuts out in said band, and wherein, the end with said primary importance vicinity of the slit that is associated is narrower than the remainder of said slit; Said thus head can pass said slit and by being retracted towards said primary importance, thus narrow of said slit with the engage of said head with in position with said head maintenance.

7. loose-leaf binder according to claim 6; It is characterized in that; Said head or each head have crooked afterbody; Make when said engage when said narrow of said slit is middle, the afterbody of said head does not align with said slit, prevents during normal use that thus said afterbody from giving prominence to via said slit.

8. loose-leaf binder according to claim 5 is characterized in that, said head or each head are configured to manually distortion to be used to pass said hole.

9. loose-leaf binder according to claim 8; It is characterized in that; Said head or each head comprise a pair of wing that extends from corresponding band, and the width of each wing is smaller or equal to the width in said hole, and the said wing is configured to fold to allow said head to pass said hole.

10. loose-leaf binder according to claim 9; It is characterized in that; The form of two wings of said head or the V-shaped extension of each head, wherein, said band is linked to the base portion of the V-arrangement of said head through movable hinge portion; Said movable hinge portion is configured to allow said head when passing said slit, can back be folded on said being with, make that the V-arrangement head straddles said band with the contiguous part of said primary importance and plug said band with the contiguous part of said primary importance below.

11., it is characterized in that said loose-leaf binder has and is configured to be used for at least two bands of binding papers in said loose-leaf binder according to the described loose-leaf binder of each claim of front.

12. loose-leaf binder according to claim 11; It is characterized in that; Material is processed said be configured to can be crooked to form the central ridge between said front panel and the said rear board; Each band all is configured to be used for binding papers in said loose-leaf binder, and each primary importance is positioned at said ridge with each second place, and said hole is formed at said ridge at said second place place.

13., it is characterized in that the material of the sheet of processing is a polypropylene according to the described loose-leaf binder of each claim of front.