FR2693150A1 - Newspaper or magazine holder - comprises rigid strip, e.g. of metal, with lengthwise slots through which pages can be threaded - Google Patents

Abstract

The holder consists of a rigid one-piece strip, e.g. of metal, with two or three lengthwise slots (2, 3, 4). Two of the slots in the strip can be relatively narrow, and the third one relatively broad, or all the slots can be identical. The strip (1) tapers slightly from one end to the other, is some 2 mm in thickness and in different lengths, e.g. 39.5, 53.5 and 67.5 cm, and varies in width between 3.6 an 6.1 cm. The slots can be, for example, 3 mm in width, separated by solid sections of 6 mm, and one of the slots can be 6 mm wide. ADVANTAGE/USE - Designed to be attached to newspapers and magazines, e.g. in libraries to keep them neat and prevent them from being stolen.

Description

NEWSPAPER
The invention relates to a rigid elongated device intended to be assembled with a newspaper, a magazine or the like, in the vicinity of the fold of the newspaper or the back of the magazine.

 there are known newspaper racks, in use in certain libraries or in cafes, intended to stiffen the newspaper, to be able to store them for example by hanging them on a rack provided for this purpose, and, essentially, to prevent readers from leaving the establishment with the newspaper. These newspaper holders generally consist of a wooden bar to which is attached another wooden bar, a rod or a metal wire: the newspaper is slid between these two elements which can be provided with hooking elements.

 These known newspaper holders are often inconvenient and relatively fragile, due to their complication.

They often include many mechanical parts and joints intended for jamming the log. It is common for the newspaper to sit improperly in the journal holder. To the knowledge of the inventors, newspaper racks do not also make it possible to effectively retain magazines.

 The object of the invention is to propose a new type of newspaper holder, which is easy to produce, convenient to use and which can, if necessary, retain magazines or even books.

 The invention achieves its object thanks to a rigid elongated device intended to be assembled to an article presented in sheets such as a newspaper, a magazine or the like, characterized in that it consists of a flat elongated piece comprising at minus two longitudinal slots.

 These slots are used, depending on the nature of the article to be provided with the device, for the passage of the sheets of said article, including a cover sheet if necessary, or else to pass the entire back of the connected article (in the case in particular square-back journals or books).

 Preferably, the device comprises three longitudinal slots, substantially over the entire length of the flat part, the length of the slots must be compatible with the maximum format of the sheet articles.

 The width of the slits may not be the same depending on whether they are intended for the insertion of a sheet of paper or for the entire back of the article.

 A considerable advantage of the device according to the invention is that it is very simple to manufacture, for example from a metal plate (aluminum, stainless steel, or the like), by conventional methods such as die cutting. piece, band saw, or laser.

 It is advantageous to provide in the device a hole for hanging on a hook, making it possible to suspend the device and the article which it retains.

 The device itself can take many forms which modify its aesthetics without altering its function.

 Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will appear on reading the following description of two particular embodiments. Reference will be made to the appended drawings in which - FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment, used with a magazine with a square back, the partial section AA of the assembly being represented in FIG. 1A.

- Figures 2 and 2A are views similar to Figures 1 and 1A for a second embodiment, used with a round back review, connected by wire or staple.

- Figures 3 and 3A are similar to Figures 2 and 2A in the case of an unrelated daily newspaper or a large format magazine of small thickness.

 The devices of the different figures differ only in some of their dimensions: so we will describe them using the same references.

 Each device is produced in the form of a thin and elongated rigid metallic plate 1 slightly trapezoidal. The plate 1 has three elongated slots 2,3,4 occupying substantially the entire length of the plate, with the exception of a small end portion 5 on the wide side of the trapezoid, in which is drilled a hole 6 for attachment to a coat hook or the like. The edges 7 and 8 are slightly rounded.

 By way of example, the plates of FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 have a thickness of 2 mm respectively; a length of 39.5 cm, 53.5 cm and 67.5; a width on their narrowest edge of 3.6 cm and on their widest edge of 6.1 cm; a hole 6 of 4.8 cm in diameter; and slots with a length of 31 cm, 45 cm and 59 cm.

 In Figure 3, all the slots have the same width of 3 mm, and are separated by solid strips of 6 mm. In Figures 1 and 2, these characteristics are similar except for slot 2 which has a double width of 6 mm.

 The embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 1A is rather suitable for hanging journals 20 with square backs or hard-bound books.

 In this case, the entire back 21 of the magazine or book is passed through the slot 2; the pages of the review are distributed on either side of the border 9 of the plate, in two parts 22, 23 not necessarily equal.

In the case of a thick book, for example, one of the parts will have only the maximum thickness allowing the binding to pass through the slot 2, and may therefore be much thinner than the other part.

 Maintaining the book review or the review in the slot 2 is facilitated by the elasticity imparted on the one hand by the adjacent solid strip 10 which can deform towards the slot 3, and on the other hand by the binding it -even.

 The embodiment of FIGS. 2 and 2A is more suited to the attachment of magazines 30 with a sewn or stapled round back. Here, we still pass all the magazine 30 in the slot 2, near the fold 31 of the magazine, but to properly maintain the magazine in place, we pass one of the cover sheets 32 in the two small slots 3 and 4.

 In the case of FIGS. 3 and 3A, intended more for an unbound daily newspaper 40 or for a thin magazine, all the slots have the same width: one slides half of the daily newspaper into the slot furthest from the border 9, and it is held there in the vicinity of the fold 41, by sliding the other half into the intermediate slot 3. It is secured by sliding the cover sheet 42 (first or last sheet) into the remaining slot 2 .

 As can be seen, the invention makes it possible to produce a device free from moving mechanical parts, without pins or other destructive accessories. The device of the invention is therefore robust, and easy to handle.

Claims (5)

1. Rigid elongated device, intended to be assembled to an article presented in sheets such as a newspaper, a magazine or the like, characterized in that it consists of an elongated flat monobloc piece (1) comprising at least two slots longitudinal (2, 3). 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises three longitudinal slots (2, 3, 4). 3. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that it comprises two relatively narrow slots (3, 4) and a relatively wide slot (2). 4. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that it comprises three identical slots (2, 3, 4). 5. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is made of metal.