EP3102421B1 - Assembly of three notebooks and fact sheets - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information sheet, intended to be introduced between two pages of a stationery product, such as a notebook.

More particularly, the invention relates to such an information sheet adapted for such a product which has its pages connected to each other by a spiral binding. Such bindings are often referred to as "full binder" or "wire-O". More particularly, the invention relates to such an information sheet comprising along one of its sides a row of perforations in which can be introduced the turns of the binding to removably retain the plug to the turns.

Cards with rows of perforations are known from the document FR2943948 , or FR871385 . The document FR2943948 describes a solution of removable plugs to attach to leaf binding turns of a notebook. The cards are adapted to a single type of coil binding for detachable attachment between two sheets of the notebook. Now, it would be practical to be able to use identical cards in notebooks with different predetermined turns.

FR 871 385 A discloses several types of forms that can be used for notebooks with turns, but does not describe a cross-functional relationship between the cards and two different notebooks.

• chaque perforation comprend un orifice de réception de spire et un col élastiquement déformable de passage de spire pour l'engagement ou le dégagement de la fiche relativement à la reliure, la largeur de chaque col étant inférieure à la dimension longitudinale de l'orifice correspondant et le col de passage des perforations oblongues étant plus large que le col des perforations plus étroites ;
• chaque col est délimité par deux lèvres en regard l'une de l'autre, les lèvres étant élastiquement déformables pour se déformer lors de l'introduction et lors du retrait des spires de la reliure au travers du col pour, respectivement, les loger ou les retirer des orifices ;
• les perforations oblongues d'une part et les perforations plus étroites d'autre part sont périodiquement écartées de sensiblement 25,4 millimètres pour correspondre à l'écartement périodique d'une spirale de la reliure qui présente deux spires par période de sensiblement 25,4 millimètres ou trois spires par période de sensiblement 25,4 millimètres ;
• les orifices des perforations plus étroites sont à contour circulaire et les orifices oblongs sont à contours circulaires d'extrémité, à fond de contour droit et à col de passage de spire en regard du contour droit de fond ;
• la fiche a un grammage compris entre 150 grammes et 250 grammes par mètre carré ;
• la fiche est réalisée en carton, papier plastifié ou matériau polymère ;
• la fiche peut être utilisée comme intercalaire.

The present invention is intended to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art by providing an improved solution. For this purpose, the subject of the invention is an assembly according to claim 1. In various embodiments of the form, it is also possible to resort to one and / or the other of the following provisions:

• each perforation comprises a coil-receiving orifice and an elastically-deformable neck of passage for engaging or disengaging the plug relative to the binding, the width of each neck being less than the longitudinal dimension of the corresponding orifice and the passage neck of the oblong perforations being wider than the neck of the narrower perforations;
• each neck is delimited by two lips facing each other, the lips being elastically deformable to deform during the introduction and during removal of the turns of the binding through the neck to, respectively, accommodate them or remove them from the orifices;
• the oblong perforations on the one hand and the narrower perforations on the other hand are periodically spaced substantially 25.4 millimeters to correspond to the periodic spacing of a spiral of the binding which has two turns per period of substantially 25.4 millimeters or three turns per period of substantially 25.4 millimeters;
• the holes of the narrower perforations are circular contour and the oblong holes are circular end contours, with a straight contour and a spire passing neck opposite the right bottom contour;
• the plug has a basis weight of between 150 grams and 250 grams per square meter;
• the card is made of cardboard, plasticized paper or polymer material;
• the card can be used as an interlayer.

Other objects, features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of one of its embodiments and a variant, given by way of non-limiting examples, with reference to the accompanying drawings.

• la figure 1 est une vue schématique en perspective montrant de dessus un cahier ouvert comportant une fiche d'annotation pour aider à comprendre l'invention, cette figure permettant d'illustrer le contexte d'utilisation d'une telle fiche ;
• la figure 2 est une vue de dessus d'une fiche d'annotation, séparée du cahier ;
• la figure 3 est une vue agrandie représentant une partie de la fiche de la figure 2, pour mieux montrer les dimensions de perforation de la fiche ;
• la figure 4 est une vue de dessus de la fiche, en situation d'accrochage sur des premières spires d'un premier cahier ayant un premier type de spirale ;
• la figure 5 est une vue agrandie représentant une partie de la fiche et des spires de la figure 4, pour mieux montrer l'accrochage de la fiche sur les premières spires ;
• la figure 6 est une vue de dessus de la fiche, en situation d'accrochage sur des deuxièmes spires d'un deuxième cahier ayant un deuxième type de spirale ;
• la figure 7 est une vue agrandie de la fiche et des spires de la figure 6, pour mieux montrer l'accrochage de la fiche sur les deuxièmes spires ;
• la figure 8 est une vue conforme à la figure 1 pour une fiche des dimensions plus grandes.

On the drawings:

• the figure 1 is a schematic perspective view showing from above an open notebook including an annotation sheet to help understand the invention, this figure to illustrate the context of use of such a sheet;
• the figure 2 is a top view of an annotation card, separated from the notebook;
• the figure 3 is an enlarged view representing part of the record of the figure 2 , to better show the perforation dimensions of the sheet;
• the figure 4 is a top view of the sheet, in a snap situation on first turns of a first book having a first type of spiral;
• the figure 5 is an enlarged view showing part of the plug and turns of the figure 4 , to better show the attachment of the card on the first turns;
• the figure 6 is a top view of the sheet, in a situation of attachment on second turns of a second book having a second type of spiral;
• the figure 7 is an enlarged view of the plug and the turns of the figure 6 , to better show the attachment of the card on the second turns;
• the figure 8 is a view according to the figure 1 for a sheet of larger dimensions.

The present invention relates to the field of stationery products of the kind with pages connected to each other by a spiral binding, such as for example notebooks for school or professional use, notebooks or others. Such a spiral binding is often referred to as "full binder" or "wire-O".

The invention will be described in the application to a notebook for academic or professional use, but it is understood that it can be applied to any other type of similar stationery product.

It often happens that the user of such a product is brought, during a work, to enter important information apart from those noted on one or more pages of the stationery product and may have a link or not with the annotated work on each corresponding page of the stationery product.

The known use of flying cards of the bristol type makes it possible to note valuable information that one does not want to lose, such as urgent appointments, tasks to be performed, contact details of people, creative ideas, bibliographic notes, or to keep permanent information that is frequently used, such as lists of phone numbers, a schedule.

However, such flying plugs have the disadvantage that they can easily be lost even if they are slipped between two pages of the stationery product.

Referring to the figures, reference numeral 10 denotes a notebook whose pages 12 are connected to each other by a binder 14 in the form of turns. To the figure 1 the turns 14S are parallel rings passing through the perforations of the pages 12, each turn having a single wire. This representation clarifies the drawing. Each turn 14S can consist of two son in twin rings, as in the case of representations of the figure 4 to the figure 7 in which the turns are represented in section.

The notebook 10 may comprise in addition to the pages 12 one or more sheets forming 12T interlayers securely inseparable from the binding 14. Of course, the assembly 12 pages and 12T tabs is disposed between two cover elements 16 of the notebook.

The notebook 10 comprises at least one plug 30 that can be removably attached to the turns 14S of the binding 14 at any location chosen between two pages 12 of the notebook 10 or between the front cover element and the first page or between the last page and the first page. back cover element of this notebook.

Each plug 30 is made of a material, such as for example cardboard type Bristol, for the registration of handwritten information and / or printed from a printer type laser or ink jet. The plug 30 may be made of another material such as plasticized paper or a polymer-based material.

This information may consist of important notes, one or more telephone numbers or any other type of information that must be kept in connection with the work done on the corresponding page 12 of the booklet 10.

Thus, each plug 30 can be separated from the binder 14 for handwriting any useful information or to print such information from a printer. In the latter case, the information may consist of printed graphics relating, for example, to changes in the price of articles or goods in connection with the work done on one or more of the pages of the notebook or in drawings.

Once the information entered on the form 30, the latter is repositioned on the notebook above the appropriate page 12 by fixing it to the turns 14S of the binding 14 at a selected location along this binding. However, such information may be handwritten on the remaining card attached to the binding.

In the case of the use of several plugs 30, they can be positioned with their information written on them at any appropriate location between two pages 12 of the notebook 10 and fixing the binding 14 in a selected location along of it.

The information that can also be written on each sheet 30 include notes called "apart" extremely important or valuable not to mix with the other notes on pages 12 of the book and requiring special treatment, such as for example tasks to perform , customer contact information, new creative ideas, bibliographic notes or any other type of information not to be lost. Each sheet 30 containing this information can be attached to the binding on the first blank page 12 of the notebook so as to be visible immediately and not to forget them. For cards containing permanent information, such as lists of telephone numbers, addresses, tariffs, timetables, tables, these can be linked to binding at the beginning or end of the notebook or on the first blank page of the latter to be easily found.

Each turn 14S is constituted by a wound wire as shown schematically at the figure 1 and at the figure 8 constituted by two adjacent sections of wire, as is apparent from some of the figures, in this case from the figure 4 to the figure 7 . The bookbinding spiral technology is of a classical type and does not deserve further explanation.

Each plug 30 comprises along one of its sides, in this case the left side, a series of perforations 33 in which can be introduced the turns 14S of the binding 14 to removably retain the plug 30 to the turns 14S. Performances open into an outer edge 30A of the plug 30. The direction of this edge 30A, as the direction of the alignment of the perforations 33, determine the direction defined as longitudinal of the plug.

Since each plug 30 is made of a tearable material, it is preferable to reinforce the perforations 33 by a longitudinal reinforcing strip 35 which can be made of a plastic material and which is glued all along the left side of the plug 30 according to a width determined from the outer edge 30A of the plug 30. The reinforcement strip 35 is of course precut according to the perforations 33 on the plug side 30. In addition, the reinforcement strip 35 is preferably made in a transparent material, although a band 35 of a certain color is possible. The reinforcement strip 35 is shown schematically at figure 2 only.

The perforations 33 of each plug 30 have, from each other, a spacing which must correspond to the pitch of the turns 14S of the binding 14. Advantageously, the perforations 33 of each plug 30 are particular to adapt to different steps of different types of bindings 14 of different notebooks. Each perforation 33 generally comprises a coil-receiving orifice and a deformable pass-through collar during engagement or upon release of the plug relative to a binding. The collar is elastically deformable. The width of each neck is less than the longitudinal dimension of the corresponding orifice.

Each neck is generally delimited by two lips facing each other, elastically deformable in particular thanks to the elasticity provided by the reinforcing strip 35 of plastic material when introducing a 14S turn ring binding 14 through the neck to lodge in the corresponding hole. Of course, the width between two lips of the neck is less than the width of the corresponding orifice.

The perforations 33 are particular in being arranged in a row having a regular alternation of round orifices 33R and oblong orifices 33G, each oblong orifice 33G being shaped to receive either a turn 14S or two turns 14S according to the spacing pitch of the turns of the notebook constituting the stationery product to which each sheet can be adapted. As shown for example in figure 2 each circular perforation 33R is adjacent with an oblong perforation 33G. The pass neck of the oblong perforations is wider than the neck of the narrower perforations with round orifice.

Each round perforation 33R comprises a circular orifice 43R capable of encircling the turn ring 14S and a narrow neck 43C communicating with the circular orifice 43R and opening at the outer edge 30A of the plug. In the embodiment shown, the diameter corresponding to the width L1 of each circular orifice is 5 millimeters ( figure 3 ). The turn passage width L2 in the narrow neck 43C is 1 millimeter. The narrow neck 43C is constituted by two circular arcs of radius L3 connected on the one hand tangentially to the contour of the circular hole 43R and on the other hand to the outer edge 30A of the plug. The neck arc radius L3 is here 1.8 millimeters.

Each oblong hole 33G comprises an oblong hole 53G adapted to accommodate at least one turn 14S and a wide neck 53C communicating with the oblong hole 53G and opening at the outer edge 30A of the plug. In the embodiment shown, the width L4 of turn passage in the wide neck 53C is 10 millimeters ( figure 3 ). The ends of each oblong orifice 53G are circle portions of diameter L1, connected to a flat bottom of length L5. This length L5 also corresponds to the spacing of the two centers of the circular portions of the ends of the oblong orifice. This length L5 is equal to 6.5 millimeters. The largest longitudinal dimension L5G of the oblong holes 53G is equal to 11.5 millimeters. Each wide neck 43C is constituted by two circular arcs of radius L6 connected on the one hand tangentially to the circle portions of the ends of the oblong orifice and on the other hand to the outer edge 30A. The L6 radius is here 4 millimeters.

A distance L7 separates the center of each circular orifice 43R with the center closest to the circle portions of the ends of the oblong orifice. This distance L7 is equal to 9.5 millimeters. A distance L8 separates the bottom of the perforations relative to the outer edge 30A. This distance L8 is equal to 7.5 millimeters.

A spacing pitch L10 of the circular holes 43R is substantially equal to 25.4 millimeters, to correspond to one inch which serves as a reference unit for notebook spirals. This spacing pitch L10 is also that between the oblong holes 53G.

Given the size of the perforations and their spacing pitch with regular alternation of round perforations 33R and oblong perforations 33G, the plug 30 is universal for several types of spirals.

A first type of spiral is visible by being mounted schematically to the figure 4 and at the figure 5 . For this first type of spiral, the turns 14S are each two rings and are spaced a first pitch P1 corresponding to a pitch of two turns per inch. It is therefore in this case spiral with two turns per period of 25.4 millimeters.

This type of first spiral is commonly used in notebooks. In this case, the turns 14S have a relatively large spacing and, alternately, a turn 14S is substantially in the center of a circular hole 43R of round perforation 33R which is narrow and an adjacent turn is substantially in the center of an oblong hole. 53G oblong 33G perforation which is wide.

To fix each plug 30 to the first turns 14S of the binding 14, it suffices to press the lips of the narrow necks 43C against a turn 14S on two of the binding 14 to make them penetrate to the circular holes 43R which then encircle the rings 14S turns after the lips of the necks are enclosed by their elasticity. In addition, during the support of the lips of the narrow necks 43C, the lips of the wide necks 53C are traversed with clearance by the other turns 14S of the binding. In the end, half of the 14S turns of the first type are retained by hooking on the plug 30, namely the turns engaged in the round perforations 33R, the other half of the turns being received with play in the oblong holes 33G of the plug.

A second type of spiral is visible by being schematically shown at the figure 6 and at the figure 7 . For this second type of spiral, the turns 14S are each two rings and are spaced a second pitch P2 corresponding to a pitch of three turns per inch. It is therefore in this case a spiral with three turns per period of 25.4 millimeters.

This type of second spiral is also commonly used in notebooks. In this case, the turns 14S have a relatively small spacing. In alternation, a turn 14S is substantially in the center of a round aperture 43R circular hole 33R which is narrow and, in an adjacent oblong orifice 53G, two consecutive turns are substantially at the ends of said oblong hole 53G of oblong hole 33G which is wide .

To fix each plug 30 to the binding 14, it suffices to press the lips of the narrow necks 43C and the lips of wide necks 53C against the turns 14S of the second type of the binding 14 to make them penetrate to the circular orifices 43R and to the oblong orifices 53G which then encircle the rings of the turns 14S after the lips of the necks are enclosed by their elasticity. Finally, all the turns 14S of the binding are retained by hooking to the plug 30, one turn of 14S three being engaged in the round perforations 33R, the other two turns of the trio being engaged in the oblong perforations 33G of the plug.

As is apparent from the figure 1 and some figure 8 each record 30 may have a specific format. According to figure 1 , form 30 presents a format of type A6 whereas it presents a format A5 in figure 8 . On the figure 2 , the figure 4 and the figure 6 , the cards are represented in a more elongated format than the A5 format or the A6 format. The plug could, in variant not shown, be in A4 format. In addition, each plug 30 may include a printed ruling.

Advantageously, the longitudinal dimension L5G of the oblong orifices 53G is such that a pair of turns can be housed in each oblong hole 33G, an adjacent turn then being in a round perforation 33R. In the case of a spiral of the first type and a second type with two turns per inch or three turns per inch, the lips of the necks of the perforations allow the removable engagement of the perforated plug on turns of the notebook. The rounded edges of the lips facilitate the insertion and removal of the cards relative to the spiral of the notebook.

In the embodiments previously described and shown, the perforations have rounded lateral portions and arcuate lips of circles, but in variants that are not shown, the perforations may be straight-angled contours connected at angles. For example, the portions of a circle may be replaced by portions of a hexagon or ellipses.

To be particularly easy to use, each sheet 30 may have a basis weight of between 150 grams per square meter and 250 grams per square meter, synonymous with a sheet of quality material that values the information written or printed on the sheet.

It should also be noted that each sheet 30 can be used as an interlayer to divide the book 10 into several parts in order to mark its corresponding page 12. In this case, each sheet 30 will be fixed to the binding 14 at a determined location along of the latter, so that part of the plug 30 will overflow or not the upper or lower edge of the corresponding page 12 of the notebook 10. Thus, the tabs 30 can be customized and moved at will in the notebook to to be repositioned.

When the plug 30 has a format identical to the format of a page 12 of the notebook 10, the plug 30 may include a colored strip, for example orange, on the right side opposite the left side having the perforations 33 to indicate the location of the card 30 in a notebook with white sheets. This band may overflow the associated page 12 of the notebook.

Preferably, each sheet 30 has a white color, but may have other colors as soon as the inscriptions that are made are legible.

The repositionable cards 30 allow a user to keep important information, to carry them with the notebook in an appropriate location therein without risk of loss and without the need to use paper clips or other accessory to attach the sheet to a page of the notebook. According to the invention, the plugs 30 with universal perforations can be marketed in a plug book notebook. Thus, it is sufficient to pick up the sheets of the reserve book for use in a notebook 10 such as that represented in the figure 1 in which the plug is hung. This plug-in notebook may have either a spiral of the first type at one turn per inch, or the second type at three turns per inch. The universal perforation plugs 30 may be marketed in a set of sheets, including, for example, at the beginning or at the end of the leaflet of the notebook, the sheets that can be detached from the spiral binding to be used while being used. inserted between the sheets of the sheet at the desired location.

Claims (7)

1. A stationary assembly made up of a spiral-bound notebook having two turns (14S) per period of 25.4 millimeters, a spiral-bound notebook having three turns (14S) per period of 25.4 millimeters and a reserve notebook of fact sheets (30), able to be inserted between two pages (12) of a stationary product (10), connected to one another by a spiral binding (14) with turns (14S), the fact sheets comprising, along one of their sides, a row of perforations (33) in which the turns (14S) of the spiral binding (14) can be inserted to removably retain the fact sheet (30) in the turns (14S), the role of perforations (33) including a regular alternating of oblong perforations (33G) and narrower perforations (33R) than the oblong perforations, the alternating periodically including an oblong perforation (33G) and a narrower perforation (33R) following one another while being adjacent, each oblong perforation being configured to receive either one turn or two turns depending on the spacing of the turns and each narrower perforation being configured to receive a single turn, the fact sheets being able to be removably fastened to the turns (14S) in any selected location between two pages (12), and being suitable for being detached from the reserve fact sheet notebook and to be used indifferently in the bound notebook having two turns (14S) per period of 25.4 millimeters or in the bound notebook having three turns (14S) per period of 25.4 millimeters.
2. The stationary assembly according to the preceding claim, characterized in that each perforation (33) comprises an orifice (43R, 53G) for receiving a turn (14S) and a resiliently deformable neck (43C, 53C) for the passage of a turn (14S) for the engagement or release of the sheet (30) relative to the binding (14), the width of each neck (43C, 53C) being smaller than the longitudinal dimension of the corresponding orifice (43R, 53R) and the passage neck (53C) for the oblong perforations (33G) being wider than the neck (43C) for the narrower perforations (33R).
3. The stationary assembly according to the preceding claim, characterized in that each neck (43C, 53C) is delimited by two lips across from one another, the lips being resiliently deformable to deform during the introduction and during the removal of the turns (14S) from the binding (14) through the neck in order respectively to house them in or remove them from the orifice (43R, 53G).
4. The stationary assembly according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the oblong perforations (33G) on the one hand and the narrower perforations (33R) on the other hand are periodically separated by substantially 25.4 millimeters to correspond to the periodic separation of the turns of a binding (14) having two turns (14S) per period of substantially 25.4 millimeters or three turns (14S) per period of substantially 25.4 millimeters.
5. The stationary assembly according to any one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the orifices of the narrower perforations (33R) have a circular contour and the oblong orifices (33G) have circular end contours, with a straight contour bottom and a turn passage neck (53C) across from the bottom straight contour.
6. The stationary assembly according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the sheet has a grammage comprised between 150 grams and 250 grams per square meter.
7. The stationary assembly according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the sheet is made from cardboard, plasticized paper or polymer.

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