US1049602A

US1049602A - Carbon binder and filler.

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Publication number: US1049602A
Application number: US68765012A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jesse S Rodenhi
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1912-04-01
Filing date: 1912-04-01
Publication date: 1913-01-07
Anticipated expiration: 1930-01-07

Description

J. S. RQDENHI. CARBON BINDER ANDTILLER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1, 1912.

Patented Jan. 7, 1913.

I citizen of the United States of America, re-- UNI ED srATEs PATENT Jess's s. nonmmr, or new YORK, R. Y.

OFFICE. 1

cannon iamnnn AND FILLER.

Specificationot Letters l atent. V Application filed A ril 1, 1912. Serial 1Tb. 687,650.

. Patented J an. 7, 1913.

To all whom itlmay concern Be it known that I, Jesse S. RODENHI, a

siding in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Carbon Binders and Fillers, of which the following is a specification.

The carbon binder which is the subject of this invention consists of a flexible back having an end and a side flap adapted to be folded over to form a pocket to receive the ends of the carbon sheets, the end flap having, a'central tongue on each side of which are tabs secured to the back, the end flap be-I ing slotted to receive the tabs. In the preferred form of the device the flap at one side, shown as the left, is of a length greater than the depth of the pocket, 2'. e., the width of theend flap at this point, so that it ex tends along the lateral edge of the back beyond the end flap and serves not only to hold the edges of the carbons, but holds and 7 positions the lateral edge of the paper near,

the end. At the other side I have shown a flap made of a length about equal to the width of the end flap orthe depth of the pocket, so that this side flap does not project 1 beyond the pocket and merely engages the carbon. Thus the paper is held on two sides only and may be easily removed. This flap is not entirely essential to the operation of my device and may be omitted. Thepoint of attachment of the tabs to the back is sub stantially opposite the edge of the endflap, and these tabs are'passed over the edge of that flap and inserted into the pocket through the slot provided therefor. The carbon sheets used are of a width but slightly less than that of the binder'and incidentally of the pocket.

In assembling the device for operation,

the carbon sheets, which are slotted to receive the tabs, are firstlaid upon the back,

I the tabs being passed through the slots in thercarbon sheets. The side flaps are then folded over the edges of the carbons, and the end flap is folded down upon the carbons and upon the side flaps. The tabs are then folded over the edge of the end flap and inserted in the slots therein. The paper upon which the carbon copies are to be made is then inserted beneath the'sheets of carbon,

the side flap which I have described as projecting beyond the pocket, serving to posiferred form.

tion thev paper at-that side and the tabs serving to position it at the end. The tongue on overlies the carbon and paper, servlng to eet V ldtheni In positioin The s upon which the original writingis done is laid on "top of th p p e topf'carbcmv and inserted beneath the slde flap and-the tongue, resting sitioned laterally by the fold ofthe side and; at its end by the edges of the end flapad ac'ent the base of the tongue. The-carbon sheet of my filler, is made with slots to receive the tongues as described. These slots are provided at bothends of the sheet so.

that when itbe'comes worn in one position, the sheet may be reversed and used from the other end. I

At the sides of the carbon sheets adjacent the e nds,or' on the end edges ifpreferred, I provlde 'thumb-notches, the back being correspondlngly notched. ,I am thus able to remove the copy paper without handling the carbon sheets. l v

In operation, the binder with the filler, assembled as described, is inserted in' the machine 1n the manner in which the single sheets or a number of sheets accompanied by the carbons are ordinarily inserted.

It will be apparent that the binder, which is the subject of my invention, except for the thickness of the back sheet, is no more bulky than would be the same number of free carbon sheets with the necessary sheets of paper. Atthe same time, the carbons are held in registration so that they are ready to receive the copy paper which can be quickly and uniformly adjusted. Any number of copies may be made and withdrawn from the binder without touching or disturbing the carbon sheets. Thereby there is a great resulting economy of time, because with the free carbons, such asare now used, the copy cannot be withdrawn from between the carbon sheets, but each piece of carbon and copy must be handled separately or copy shaken out from between the carbons to the resulting deterioration of the latter.

In the accompanying drawing. I have shown a carbon binder with the filler madein accordance with my invention in. its pre- Figure l is a planlidevice. 2 is a fragmentary longitudinal section pn the

line

2, 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a'similar-section showing the device partly assembled. Fig. 4 is a fragment-ary'plan of a carbon sheet made in accordance with my invention.

The binder consists of a flexible back sheet 1, having an end flap 2, a side flap 3 of a length greater than the width of the adjacent portion of the end flap, and in the preferred form of myinvention there is another side flap 4 of a length substantially equal to the width of the adjacent portion of the end flap. The side and end flaps, as shown, arefolded over on one side of the back sheet to form an end pocket, the side flaps bein first folded in and the end flap being olded down upon the side flaps. Formed centrally of the end flap is a tongue'5, and secured to the back near each side of the tongue is a tab 6. These tabs, in operative position, are folded over the edge 7 of the end flap and their ends are inserted into the pocket through slots 8 in the fiap.

The carbon paper or filler 15 to cotiperate with, my binder, a sheet of which is fragmentarily illustrated in Fig. 4, is provided with slots '9 to receive the tabs 6 and is notched at 10 so that the copy paper may be inserted and removed without interfering with the bound carbon sheets. The back is correspondingly notched at 11. Preferably the carbon sheets are formed at both ends, as shown at Fi 4, so that the sheets may be reversed an uniformly exhausted. The carbons may also be notched at the ends as at 12 with the back correspondingly notched at 13.

The manner of assembling my binder will be apparent from the description and preamble. The back sheet is first laid flat, as shown in Fig. 3. The carbon sheets are placed in re istration and laid on the back sheet, the ta s 6 being passed through the corresponding slots. Next the side fla s 3, 4 are folded over upon the sheets and t e end flap 2 is folded over the side flaps, inclosing the ends of the carbon sheets. The tabs 6 are then turned over the edges of the end flap and inserted in the slots 8. The copy paper 14 is inserted one sheet beneath each carbon sheet, its ends being positioned by hearing against the tabs 6, and its side edge near the end taking a bearing in the fold of the flap 3. The original sheet, which is placed on top of the top carbon, also takes a caring atits side edge in the folds of the flap 3, and at its end against the ed e of the end flap adjacent the tongue 7. The latter rests on the top face of the top sheet, holding it in position. It will be apparent that when thus assembled, the binder and filler may be put through the machine as easily as a single sheet, and that the copy sheets may be quickly and conveniently removed and replaced without disturbing the carbons. This is done with a great resulting economy of time and materials.

I have thus described in detail the preferred embodiment of my invention in order that its nature and operation may be clearly understood. However, the specific terms herein are used in their descriptive rather than in their limiting sense and the scope of the invention is defined in the claims.

I claim- 1. A carbon binder consisting of a back having an end fla and a side fla and a tab secured to the bac both flaps a apted to be folded over to form a pocket, the end flap having) a tongue and being slotted to receive the ta 2. A carbon binder consisting of a back having an end fla a side fia at each end of the end flap, a l the flaps eing adapted to be folded over to form a pocket, the end flap having a tongue, and tabs secured to the back, the end flap being slotted to receive the tabs.

3. A carbon binder consisting of a back having an end flap, a side flap of a length greater than the width of the adjacent ortion of the end fla the flaps being fo ded over to form a 00 et a tab secured to the back, the end ap being slotted to receive the tab.

4. A carbon binder consisting of a back having an end flap, a side'flap adjacent one end of the end flap and of a length eater than the width of the side flap, a side flap at the other end of the end fla of a length no greater than the width of t e end fla the flapsbeing folded to form a ocket, ta secured to the back, the end ap being provided with slots to receive the tabs.

5. A carbon binder consisting of a back having an end flap, a side flap adjacent one end of the end flap and of a length greater than the width of the side flap, a side flap at the other end of the end fla of a length no greater than the width of t e end fla the flaps being folded to form a ocket, ta s secured to the back, the end ap being provided with slots to receive the tabs, and a tongue between the tabs.

6. A carbon binder and filler consisting of a back having an end flap and a side flap of a length greater than the width of the end flap, the flaps being adapted to fold over and form a ocket, tabs secured to the back, the end flap eing slotted to receive the tabs, carbon sheets also slotted to receive the tabs, the tabs being passed throu h the slotsin the carbon sheets, the flaps olded over the end and the adjacent ed es of the carbon sheets, and the tabs passe over the edge of the end flap and inserted in the slots in the end flap.

' 7. A carbon binder and filler consistin of a back having an end flap, tabs secure to the back, the end flap being slotted to receive the tabs, a carbon sheet also slotted to receive the tabs, the tabs being passed through the slots in the carbon sheets, the tongue to hold and position the spar, and flap being folded over the ends of the carbon tabs secured to the back opposite t e edgeof sheets and the tabs being passed over; the the flap, the flap being slotted to receive the edge of the flap and inserted in the slots tabs.

5 therein. v Signed by me at New York this 28th day 15 8. A carbon binder consisting of a back of arch 1912. having a flap at one end to recelve the ends JESSE S. RODENHI. of the carbon sheets and means for temp Witnesses: rarily binding the sheets beneath the flap so J. E. McConmox,

10 they can be easily-removed, consisting of a P. Ham.