EP1961579A1 - Reliure de tri rapide pour classer des documents en forme de feuille ou similaire - Google Patents

Reliure de tri rapide pour classer des documents en forme de feuille ou similaire Download PDF

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EP1961579A1
EP1961579A1 EP07425092A EP07425092A EP1961579A1 EP 1961579 A1 EP1961579 A1 EP 1961579A1 EP 07425092 A EP07425092 A EP 07425092A EP 07425092 A EP07425092 A EP 07425092A EP 1961579 A1 EP1961579 A1 EP 1961579A1
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Alberto Cusanno
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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
    • B42F13/0006—Covers for loose-leaf binders
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42F—SHEETS TEMPORARILY ATTACHED TOGETHER; FILING APPLIANCES; FILE CARDS; INDEXING
    • B42F7/00—Filing appliances without fastening means
    • B42F7/14—Boxes
    • B42F7/145—Boxes for vertically storing documents

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  • the present invention relates to a quick sorting binder for filing documents in sheet form or the like.
  • Binders for filing documents are known which are meant mainly to be used in offices. Many of these binders are provided with a ring mechanism for tidily retaining documents which are perforated beforehand or are arranged in appropriately provided perforated pockets so that they can be engaged by the ring mechanism.
  • binders generally comprise a binder body which is composed of two cover sheets, respectively a front cover and back cover, which are connected to each other by a spine.
  • the front cover and the back cover can be folded with respect to the spine along folding lines or scorings which are mutually parallel so as to allow to arrange the body of the binder in an open position, in which the front and back covers are substantially coplanar in order to allow access to the ring mechanism usually applied to the internal face of the back cover, or in a closed position, in which the front and back covers face each other.
  • Such binders are generally completed by a case which is shaped like a parallelepiped and is open at one of its lateral faces, and the body of the binder can be inserted in such case so that its back is arranged at the open lateral face of the case.
  • Such binders allow to file documents tidily; however, the filing operation, preceded or interrupted by an activity for selecting and sorting the documents to be inserted in the binder to which they belong, which is already demanding and boring for administrative or secretarial personnel familiar with this activity, is experienced as a true waste of time by people who, while not having an organizational structure dedicated to the handling of documents, cannot avoid doing so, such as for example traders, professionals, et cetera, who are therefore forced to interrupt frequently, often at the least appropriate time, their main activity in order to sort and file the documents to be stored or accumulate such documents for mass filing in at more suitable times.
  • the accumulation of documents awaiting to be filed entails the risk of losing sight of documents awaiting filing, of making it more difficult to find documents awaiting filing and to perform the subsequent filing operation, since it is necessary to pick up multiple times a same binder, since it is necessary to file documents which are stacked in order of arrival or randomly as a consequence of searches and browsing performed on such documents during the step for awaiting filing, not in an order for classification or sorting in file, unless actual filing is preceded by a sorting step, with a temporary and cumbersome extension of the space dedicated to documents which are subsequently to be inserted in the binders.
  • additional containers are used, sorting trays which are stacked and arranged on the desk of the person who handles the documents for filing, in which a first sorting of the documents is performed.
  • additional containers in order to be truly effective, requires these containers to be equal in number to the number of binders to be subsequently used for final filing, and therefore requires, in addition to the cost of such containers, considerable additional spaces.
  • the aim of the present invention is to solve the problems described above, by providing a binder for filing documents or the like which allows to perform immediate sorting of the documents into the same binder which will be used for final filing.
  • an object of the invention is to provide a binder which allows to organize filing work by optimizing it, allowing to perform mass filing when this activity is easier to manage, while keeping the documents that are awaiting filing tidy and available and keeping the workplace tidy.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a binder which allows the filing activity to be easier and more ergonomic, making available within the binder the documents that have already been sorted for each binder to which they belong, thus preventing the assigned person from having to pick up and put down several times a same binder, as would occur if one drew for filing from a stack of documents which were not sorted by a preliminary sorting activity.
  • Still another object of the invention is to provide a binder which allows to minimize the space reserved for filing, avoiding the resort to additional containers or the indiscriminate stacking of documents awaiting filing.
  • a binder for filing documents or the like which comprises a binder body composed of two cover sheets, respectively a front cover and a back cover, which are connected to each other by a spine and can fold with respect to said spine along mutually parallel folding lines or scorings for the passage of said binder body from an open position, in which said front and back covers are substantially coplanar, to a closed position, in which said front and back cover face each other, and vice versa, characterized in that in said spine there is a slot through which it is possible to insert, within said binder body, even in said closed position, sheets or the like to be filed in the binder.
  • the binder according to the invention comprises a binder body 2, which is composed of two cover sheets, respectively a front cover 3 and a back cover 4, which are connected to each other by a spine 5 and can fold with respect to the spine 5 along corresponding folding lines or scorings 6 and 7, which are mutually parallel, in order to allow the binder body 2 to pass from an open position, in which the front cover 3 and the back cover 4 are substantially coplanar, to a closed position, in which they face each other and are parallel to each other and so that the spine 5 is arranged at right angles to them, and vice versa.
  • the binder comprises a box-like case 8, which is shaped substantially like a parallelepiped and is open at a lateral face, and the binder body 2 can be inserted removably within the case 8 until the spine 5 is at the open face of the case 8.
  • the binder body 2 and the case 8 can be made, like binders with corresponding cases of the known type, of paper-like material in sheet form, in one or more layers, optionally covered on one or both of its faces by a covering layer which has aesthetic and/or protective purposes.
  • the dimensions of the binder body 2 and of the corresponding case 8 also are preferably the standardized dimensions for this type of products, although it is possible to provide the binder body 2 and the corresponding case 8 in other sizes or materials depending on requirements.
  • the binder body 2 is provided internally with means for retaining the sheets 30 or the like to be filed in the binder.
  • Such retention means are constituted preferably by a ring clamping mechanism 9, of the known type which is shown only schematically, which is applied to the internal face of the back cover 4 and which can engage pre-perforated sheets 30 or pockets, also of a known type.
  • the spine 5 there is a slot 10 through which it is possible to insert into the binder body 2, even when the binder body is in the closed position, sheets 30 or the like to be sorted and subsequently filed in the binder 1.
  • the slot 10 is oriented parallel to the folding lines 6 and 7 which join the front cover 3 and the back cover 4 to the spine 5 and lies closer to the front cover 3 than to the back cover 4.
  • the longitudinal extension of the slot 10 is preferably such as to allow to insert through it sheets 30 or perforated pockets of the standardized type, which are oriented so that their longer side is parallel to the longitudinal extension of the slot 10.
  • a guiding flap 12 protrudes toward the inside of the binder body 2 from one of the longer sides of the slot 10 and more precisely from the side which is parallel to the folding lines 6 and 7 and lies furthest from the front cover 3.
  • the guiding flap 12 can be applied to the spine 5 or preferably can be constituted by the portion of the spine 5 which is cut along three sides in order to define the slot 10 and is then folded toward the inside of the binder body 2 along the fourth side.
  • the slot 10 can be rectangular and obtained by the simple removal of the corresponding material of the spine 5 of the binder body 2 and therefore may lack the guiding flap 12.
  • the edges of the slot 10 can be covered simply with a material in sheet form of the same type used to cover the internal face of the binder body 2, or can be reinforced with a border, made for example of metal, to contrast their wear even if the binder is used intensively.
  • edges of the guiding flap 12 also can be optionally reinforced with a border made for example of metal.
  • the slot 10 has, at an intermediate region of its longitudinal extension, a wider portion or expansion 13, which is defined by a recess of the same side from which the guiding flap 12 protrudes, in order to facilitate viewing, from the outside, of the collection compartment 11 and to facilitate the operation for inserting sheets 30 or the like through the slot 10, as will become better apparent hereinafter.
  • the collection compartment 11 is delimited by a containment structure 22, which is shaped substantially like a parallelepiped, is connected to the internal face of the front cover 3 and is open at its side which is directed toward the slot 10 when the binder body 2 is in the closed position. Moreover, the containment structure 22 is open on its side that lies opposite with respect to the front cover 3 or can be opened to facilitate access to the collection compartment 11 when the binder body 2 is in the open position.
  • the containment structure 22 or sorting folder which delimits the collection compartment 11 comprises three flaps 14a, 14b, 14c, which are connected to the front cover 3 at each of its perimetric sides except for the side connected to the spine 5.
  • Each of the flaps 14a, 14b, 14c has two folding lines 15, 16, which are parallel to the side of the front cover 3 to which it is connected, so as to allow the arrangement of the flaps 14a, 14b, 14c in an open position, in which they are substantially coplanar to the plane of arrangement of the front cover 3 in order to open the collection compartment 11 completely, as shown in Figure 4 , or in a closed position, in which they are arranged so that their portion located between the two folding lines 15, 16 lies on a plane which is substantially perpendicular to the plane of arrangement of the front cover 3 and so that the remaining portion, arranged outside the folding lines 15, 16 and spaced from the front cover 3, lies on a plane which is parallel and spaced with respect to the plane of arrangement of the front cover 3, as shown in particular in Figures 5 and 6
  • the flaps 14a, 14b, 14c can be provided with a tab 17a, 17b, 17c for fixing, for example by pasting or another known type of fixing method, to the internal face of the front cover 3 and can also be made of paper-like material in sheet form in one or more layers, optionally covered on one or both of its faces, or of another material.
  • the flaps 14a, 14b, 14c and the corresponding folding lines 15, 16 are provided so as to allow said flaps 14a, 14b, 14c to pass from the closed position to the open position a large number of times without deforming the flaps or causing failure of the folding lines 15, 16.
  • the step between the fixing tabs 17a, 17b, 17c and the internal face of the front cover 3 can be covered by means of the covering sheet, not shown, which covers the internal face of the front cover 3.
  • the flaps 14a, 14b, 14c can be formed monolithically with the front cover 3 as an extension of three of its four sides, except for the side connected to the spine 5.
  • the folding line 16 coincides with one side of the front cover 3.
  • the flap 14b which is connected to the side of the front cover 3 which lies opposite the one connected to the spine 5, is partially superimposed on the other two flaps 14a and 14c, providing with them a sort of sorting frame or folder which delimits perimetrically the collection compartment 11 on three sides and is open at the fourth side which is directed toward the slot 10.
  • the blocks 18a, 18c are preferably shaped substantially like a parallelepiped and are fixed inside the containment structure 22 which delimits the collection compartment 11 in such a position as to not hinder the passage of the flaps 14a, 14b, 14c of the containment structure 22 from the open position to the closed position or vice versa and not interfere with the open passage provided by the containment structure 22 toward the slot 10.
  • the function of the blocks 18a, 18c is to keep the open passage between the containment structure 22 and the slot 10 at its maximum value, contrasting the effect of compressions which, with the binder body 2 in the closed position, might tend to reduce the thickness of the containment structure 22 or the dimension of the containment structure 22 determined by its sides which are perpendicular to the front cover 3 of the binder body 2.
  • means for retaining the flaps 14a, 14b, 14c in the closure position are provided.
  • Such retention means can be constituted by an elastically extensible cord 19, which is connected, at its ends, to the flaps 14a, 14c so that it can be superimposed diagonally on the flaps 14a, 14b, 14c when they are in their closed position or so that it can be arranged around the flaps 14a, 14b, 14c or, as an alternative, be superimposed externally to the spine 5 of the binder in order to allow to move said flaps 14a, 14b, 14c into their open position.
  • an elastically extensible cord 19 which is connected, at its ends, to the flaps 14a, 14c so that it can be superimposed diagonally on the flaps 14a, 14b, 14c when they are in their closed position or so that it can be arranged around the flaps 14a, 14b, 14c or, as an alternative, be superimposed externally to the spine 5 of the binder in order to allow to move said flaps 14a, 14b, 14c into their open position.
  • the means for retaining the flaps 14a, 14b, 14c in their closed position can be constituted by press-studs or rivets 20, as shown in the variation of embodiment of Figure 9 , or by spots of glue which are arranged at the regions of the flap 14b which are superimposed on the flaps 14a, 14c.
  • the containment structure 22 that delimits the collection compartment 11 can be constituted by a frame which is shaped like a parallelepiped, as shown in Figure 10 , and has no moving parts and is connected, for example by gluing, to the internal face of the front cover 3 and is open at least on its side directed toward the slot 10.
  • This frame can be provided monolithically, for example by using plastics, or can be constituted by flaps made of paper-like material, which are rigidly coupled one another by pasting, riveting or other fixing methods.
  • the flaps that compose the frame can be pasted to the internal face of the front cover 3 or can be constituted by extensions of the sides of the front cover 3 with at least the exclusion of the side of said front cover 3 that is connected to the spine 5 of the binder body 2.
  • the containment structure 22 is provided so that when the binder body 2 is in its closed position it does not interfere with the means for retaining sheets 30 or the like to be filed.
  • a chute 21 is connected to the internal face of the front cover 3, in the collection compartment 11, and in the illustrated example is shaped like an inclined plane which moves gradually away from the plane of arrangement of the front cover 3 starting from the open side of the collection compartment 11 that faces the slot 10 when the binder body 2 is in the closed position.
  • the chute 21 can be constituted by a sheet of plastics or cardboard of suitable strength, which is folded into an L-shape and is provided with a tab 21 a of the short side of the L-shape to facilitate fixing, for example by pasting, of the chute 21 to the inner face of the front cover 3.
  • the long side of the L-shape is also fixed, for example by direct pasting, to the internal face of the front cover 3.
  • the long side of the L-shape that constitutes the chute 21 is entrusted with the task of keeping the free passage provided by the collection compartment 11 at the insertion slot 10 at its maximum size, following the sheets 30 or the like that are introduced in the collection compartment 11 through the slot 10, making them converge gradually toward the flaps 14a, 14b, 14c, partially flattening any sheets 30 or the like which might be bulky due to the shape assumed as a consequence of previous folding, moving away from the slot 10 the sheets 30 or the like that have already been inserted in the collection compartment 11 and producing, in addition to what has been described above, a tilting effect of the sheets 30 or the like with respect to an axis which is parallel to the slot 10, so as to move the spine of said sheets 30 or the like as far as possible away from the opening of the slot 10.
  • the task of determining the inclination of the chute 21 is assigned to the short side of the L-shape, which constitutes the chute 21.
  • the chute 21 is preferably arranged in a central region between the flaps 14a, 14c, with the end of the long side of the L-shape which is fixed to the inner face of the front cover 3 proximate to the slot 10 and with the short side of the L-shape arranged substantially at right angles to the inner face of the front cover 3 and the tab 21 a superimposed and fixed to the internal face of the front cover 3.
  • the chute 21 can be shaped as a curved surface which in any case moves gradually away from the plane of arrangement of the front cover 3 starting from the open side of the collection compartment 11, which faces the slot 10 when the binder body 2 is in the closed position.
  • the binder 1 is arranged so that the binder body 2 is in the closed position and inserted in the case 8, which usually rests on a supporting surface.
  • the slot 10 is arranged vertically.
  • Insertion can be assisted, if required, by a mechanical action of the fingers on the sheets 30 or the like, which can be applied at the expansion 13 in the intermediate region of the slot 10.
  • the sheets 30 or perforated pockets inserted in the slot 10 gather in the collection compartment 11, awaiting to be filed stably.
  • the degree of filling of the collection compartment 11 can be checked through the expansion 13 in the central region of the slot 10.
  • the binder body 2 is extracted from the case and is opened.
  • the flaps 14a, 14b, 14c are also brought into the open position, if allowed by the means for retaining the flaps 14a, 14b, 14c in the closed position, as shown in Figure 4 .
  • the filing operation is extremely easy, since the documents to be filed in the same binder are already collected in the collection compartment 11 of the binder.
  • the binder body 2 is returned to the closure position and stored in the case 8 with the collection compartment 11 empty and ready to receive other documents.
  • the binder according to the invention fully achieves the intended aim and objects, since it simplifies and speeds up the operation for sorting the documents to be filed without requiring the use of additional containers.
  • the materials used, as well as the dimensions, may be any according to requirements and to the state of the art.

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FR2687346A1 (fr) * 1992-02-18 1993-08-20 Assayah Patrick Perfectionnements apportes aux classeurs et, notamment, classeurs d'archivage.
WO1996014996A1 (fr) * 1994-11-15 1996-05-23 Roberto Boccacci Dossier a volume variable pour documents
FR2816882A1 (fr) * 2000-11-21 2002-05-24 Avery Dennison Corp Reliure et procedes pour sa fabrication
US20050254884A1 (en) * 2004-05-11 2005-11-17 Brandt Diane S Binder having compartment with slotted access

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US4793633A (en) * 1986-07-09 1988-12-27 Rose Jr Robert D Device for supporting bound material
FR2687346A1 (fr) * 1992-02-18 1993-08-20 Assayah Patrick Perfectionnements apportes aux classeurs et, notamment, classeurs d'archivage.
WO1996014996A1 (fr) * 1994-11-15 1996-05-23 Roberto Boccacci Dossier a volume variable pour documents
FR2816882A1 (fr) * 2000-11-21 2002-05-24 Avery Dennison Corp Reliure et procedes pour sa fabrication
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