EP1209003A1 - Binding device - Google Patents

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EP1209003A1
EP1209003A1 EP98966977A EP98966977A EP1209003A1 EP 1209003 A1 EP1209003 A1 EP 1209003A1 EP 98966977 A EP98966977 A EP 98966977A EP 98966977 A EP98966977 A EP 98966977A EP 1209003 A1 EP1209003 A1 EP 1209003A1
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strap members
folding line
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Shigeki Kanaji
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42F—SHEETS TEMPORARILY ATTACHED TOGETHER; FILING APPLIANCES; FILE CARDS; INDEXING
    • B42F13/00—Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots
    • B42F13/02—Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots with flexible or resilient means
    • B42F13/06—Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots with flexible or resilient means with strips or bands
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42F—SHEETS TEMPORARILY ATTACHED TOGETHER; FILING APPLIANCES; FILE CARDS; INDEXING
    • B42F13/00—Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots
    • B42F13/02—Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots with flexible or resilient means
    • B42F13/06—Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots with flexible or resilient means with strips or bands
    • B42F13/10—Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots with flexible or resilient means with strips or bands of plastics

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  • the present invention relates generally to filing materials made from a sheet of relatively thick paper or the like folded along a generally center line to provide front and rear covers and for filing sheets of paper (leaves) or clear files each having punched holes along one edge thereof, more specifically to those capable of easily removing, or replacing any page of the filed leaves or adding one or more leaf at any page and also less expensive to make.
  • flat files comprise a sheet 1 of thick paper or the like to define front and rear covers, a pair of flexible plastic strips 5 disposed adjacent to folding line or lines 21 of the sheet 1 made from thick paper and a fastening fixture 6 for securing the plastic strips 5 after being folded substantially parallel with the leaves 4.
  • the filing material according to the present invention comprises a sheet 1 folded along a folding line 21 at a substantially center portion of the sheet 1 for filing leaves 4 each having punched holes 41 along one edge.
  • a length of slippery and flexible strap members 31,32 are symmetrically implanted at both sides of the folding line 21 in alignment with the punched holes 41 of the leaves 4.
  • the filing material according to the present invention comprises a sheet having 4 sections defined by a folding line 21 at a center portion and a pair of folding lines 22 at substantially one-quarter of the length at both sides of the center folding line 21.
  • a pair of flexible strap members 31,32 are implanted at symmetrical locations near the center folding line 21 corresponding to the punched holes 41 of the leaves 4.
  • a pair of extended portions 2 of the sheet 1 are folded inwardly along the outer folding lines 22 for doubling the sheet at both sides and also folded along the center folding line 21 for filing the leaves 4.
  • Holes 23 are bored along edges of the pair of extended portions 2 so that the strap members 31,32 extend through the holes 23.
  • a first embodiment of the filing material of the present invention comprises a sheet 1 made from a thick paper or the like and to be folded along a folding line 21 at the center portion as illustrated in FIG.1.
  • Implanted on the sheet 1 at both sides of the folding line 21 symmetrically with respect to the folding line 21 are slippery and flexible strap members 31,32 by bonding or adhering to the sheet 1 in an upright manner. Locations of the implanted flexible strap members 31,32 correspond to the spacing of punched holes 41 of leaves 4 to be filed.
  • the strap member 31(or 32) is integrally formed with a flat base portion 33 using flexible plastic material as best shown in a perspective view in FIG.2(a).
  • the flat base portion 33 is preferably secured on the inner surface of the sheet 1 by any adhesive coated on the rear surface of the flat base portion 33.
  • it may be secured to the sheet 1 having an opening through which the strap member 31,32 extends by coating any adhesive on the front surface of the flat base portion 33 so that the flat base portion 33 is secured on the outer surface of the sheet 1 while the strap member 31,32 extends inwardly through the opening in the sheet 1.
  • a pair of strap members 31,32 with a constant spacing corresponding to punched holes in each filing leaf 4 may be integrally molded with a common flat base portion 34 which is secured to the sheet 1.
  • the strap member 31(or 32) may be integrally molded with a suitable plastic material in L-shape, as shown in FIG.2(c), with cranked base portion 35 having an end portion 36 larger than the corresponding hole not to be drawn therefrom and a jointing portion 37.
  • Implanting such strap member to obtain the filing material of the present invention can be carried out as shown in a cross section view in FIG.3. That is, two pair of openings are bored in the sheet 1 adjacent to the center folding line 21. The strap member is secured to the sheet on the outer surface thereof after one of the strap members 31 (or 32) is inserted into one opening and the other strap member 32 (or 31) inserted into the other opening until the end portions 36 of the base member about against the sheet 1.
  • the strap members 31,32 are made from any flexible plastic material including nylon and polyethylene.
  • the strap members may have any desired cross section as long as a pair of strap members 31,32 can be smoothly inserted into one hole in the leaf 4 to be filed.
  • Leaves 4 having punched hole or holes can be filed in the filing material of the above configuration by opening the filing material as shown in a perspective view in FIG. 4 and then inserting the strap members 31,31 into the respective two holes 41 in the leaf or leaves 4 and inserting the other strap members 32,31 in the holes.
  • Folding or closing the sheet 1 as best shown in FIG.5(a) and (b) allows the right and left strap members 31,32 to intersect in the holes 41 in the leaves 4, thereby embracing the leaves 4 to hold them in position.
  • the filed leaves 4 are kept substantially in position or in proper order by dividing them into right and portions on the front and rear covers even if the right and left strap members 31,32 are extracted, thereby effectively maintaining the filed leaves 4 in proper order.
  • a sheet 1 for defining the cover of thick paper or the like comprises four sections divided by a center folding line 21 and a pair of folding lines 22 at substantially the center of each side of the center folding line 21(or one-quarter positions), thereby defining right and left extended portions 2.
  • Slippery and flexible strap members 31,32 are implanted on the sheet 1 by bonding or adhering at symmetrical locations with respect to the center folding line 21 with the strap members 31,32 extending substantially perpendicular to the sheet 1.
  • the extended portions 2 are folded inwardly along the respective folding lines 22 to double the front and rear covers of the filing material.
  • the sheet 1 is formed with holes 23 at both outer edges of the extended portions 2 at the locations through which the base portions of the strap members 31,32 pass and also acting to pass the free ends of the strap members 31,32 implanted at the other side.
  • the sheets 1 and 2 can be relatively thin and the outer edges of the covers are folded portions rather than sheared edges, thereby providing improved feeling.
  • a third embodiment of the filing material according to the present invention is shown in a perspective view in FIG.9 and comprises a sheet 1 made from thick paper or the like and has a center folding line 21 and flexible strap members 31,32 implanted to a base member 34 having a tongue 39 disposed at substantially symmetrical locations with respect to the center folding line 21.
  • the strap member 31 may be a single flexible strap member 31 (or 32) integrally formed with a flat base member 33 using a plastic material as shown in a perspective view in FIG. 10(a).
  • the base member 33 has a flat tongue member 38 having an opening 382 and foldable along a folding line 381.
  • the flat base member 33 may have adhesive on the rear surface and secured on the inner surface of the sheet 1 with the folding line 381 being parallel with and opposed to the folding line 21.
  • the flexible strap members 31,32 may be plastic material integrally formed with a single flat base portion 34 at a spacing corresponding to two holes in each filing leaf.
  • a flat tongue member 39 having a hole 392 is formed integrally with the flat base portion 34 in a foldable manner along a folding line 391.
  • the base portion 34 is secured by adhesive on the inner surface of the sheet 1 with the folding line 391 opposed to the folding line 21 of the sheet 1.
  • the strap members 31,32 are implanted by inserting them into the holes 382,392 in the tongue member 38,39 as illustrated in a cross section view in FIG.10(c). It is preferable that the hole or holes 382,392 in the tongue member 38,39 is/are substantially the same size as the hole 41 in each filing leaf 4 for smooth insertion of the strap member 31,32.
  • the filing material is opened as shown in a perspective view in FIG.4 and then the strap members 31 and 32 at either side of the center folding line 21 are inserted into the two holes 41 in the leaf 4 and the strap members 32 and 31 at the other side are then inserted into the holes 41 to obtain the configuration as shown in a cross section view in FIG.11(a).
  • the filing material will be as shown in a cross section view in FIG. 11(b),i.e., the strap members 31,32 at the right and left sides will intersect within the holes 41 of the filed leaves 4 for holding them in position.
  • the provision of the tongue member 38,39 in continuous with the base portion 33,34 having the strap member 31,32 implanted thereon and the tongue member 38,39 having the holes 382,392 for passing the strap member 31,32 ensures relatively narrow intersecting angle of the two strap members 31,32 within the holes 41 in the filed leaves 4.
  • a fourth embodiment of the filing material according to the present invention is particularly suited for filing leaves having 4 holes.
  • flexible strap members 31,32 are secured at both asymmetrical locations on the sheet 1 with respect to the folding line 21. The locations are aligned with the four holes of the leaves 4 to be filed and the strap members 31,32 are implanted on the sheet 1 by bonding or adhesion with the strap members 31,32 standing substantially upwardly with respect to the sheet 1.
  • the filing material is first opened as shown in a perspective view in FIG. 13, the strap members 31,32 at either side are inserted into two holes of the leaves 4 to be filed and then the strap members 32,31 at the opposite side are inserted into the remaining two holes.
  • the sheet 1 is closed, the strap members 31,32 at the right and left sides intersect in different holes 41 of the leaves 4, thereby holding them in position in the filing material.
  • the strap members 31,32 are inserted into different holes of the leaves 4, they may by any cross sectional shape as long as one strap member 31 or 32 may be smoothly inserted into one of the holes of the leaves 4.
  • only one strap member can be implanted on the sheet 1 at either side on the front and rear covers in substantially symmetrical relationship so that the strap members can be inserted into the single hole from the both sides as shown in FIG.14, thereby enabling single hole leaves to be filed in the filing material.
  • the sheet forming the front and rear covers in the filing material of the present invention may have any number of folding line or lines 21 at the center portion. It is preferable to have a plurality of parallel folding lines 21 at about 5 ⁇ 15mm space between adjacent folding lines for accommodating leaves 4 in different thickness.
  • the filing material can be folded at any selected folding line 21 depending on the thickness of the filed leaves 4.
  • the above embodiments of the filing material comprise only the cover and the strap member(s)
  • the holes 71 correspond in size and location to the holes of the leaves to be filed.
  • the filing material of the present invention comprises the strap members made from slippery and flexible material so that the free ends of the strap members are free from restriction in the filed condition, thereby permitting the filed portion to follow the opening and closing of the filing material.
  • the open position as shown in a perspective view in FIG.6, the entire areas of the open pages are visible.
  • the closed position as shown in a cross section view in FIG.5, the thickness can be adjusted depending on the filed leaves.
  • both right and left pages are visible and flat for ease of writing or making a photo copy.
  • the strap members when the strap members are extracted in the open position, the strap members take upright position by separating on the right and left covers as shown in a perspective view in FIG.7, thereby enabling one to remove, replace or add any leaves without mixing or losing them.
  • filing leaves 4 by using the sheets 7 as show in FIG.15 enables one to classify the leaves 4 to be filed and easily remove, replace or add leaves of any particular classification.
  • the filing material of the present invention is very simple in construction, requires less materials and less expensive to make.

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JP26290897 1997-09-11
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JP9320621A JP2933899B2 (ja) 1997-09-11 1997-11-07 ファイリング用具
JP32062197 1997-11-07
PCT/JP1998/000143 WO1999012750A1 (fr) 1997-09-11 1998-01-16 Accessoire de classement

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WO1999012750A1 (fr) 1999-03-18
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