US1327186A - Binder - Google Patents

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C. E. ANDERSON.

BINDER.

APPLICATION man APR.29, 1919. 1,327,186, Patented Jan. 6, 1920. I 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1. N 1 7 /5 /0 /7 /7 l: AT%RNEY.

C. E. ANDERSON.

BINDER.

APPLICATION FILED APH.29, 1919.

1,327, 186, Patented J an; 6, 1920;

2 SHEETSSHEET 2 UNITED TATE FATENT @FFTEE.

CARL E. ANDERSON, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 EASTERN TOOL 82;

MFG, COMPANY, OF BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

BINDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 29, 1919. Serial No. 293,378.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL E. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of East Orange, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Binders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved binder and is of that type known as a temorary binder, being adapted to receive folded sheets where they are folded and hold them in position.

The invention provides a .binder which does not necessitate perforating the sheets for receiving rings or other fixtures for fastening the sheets'in position, being adapted to receive folded sheets which can be removed from the binding element either edgewise or from the bottom.

The invention is further designed to provide a binder which can be secured to a cover at the back thereof so as to hold the sheets between the covers, the binder being adapted to be secured to the covers when the book is made, or it can be used as an attachment and secured by any one to the back of the covers, as will be understood.

The invention consists further in details of construction and in proportioning the parts and providing securing means which will be hereinafter more fully described and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a topview of my improved to the cover and having sheets in place. Fig. 2 is a section of the cover and a part of the binder, the major portion of the sheets and of the binder being shown in elevation. Fig. 3 is an enlarged end view of the binder. Fig. 4: is a perspective view of a modified form of construction. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of a latch used in the construction shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is an end view of the structure shown in Fig.4, but with the strands of wire held in binding position. Fig. 7 is a View similar to Fig. 6, but showing a still further modified form of construction, and Fig. 8 is a side view of the type of binder shown in Fig. 7.

To make the-use of the invention clear I have illustrated it within a cover having the flaps or cover portions 10 and 11 connected by a cover back 12. It will be understood that this cover is not essential. to the invenbinder fastened :very thin material,

metal, and in order stiffness it is provided with longitudinal ribs tion, but it is usually preferred, and the illustration shows it in order to enable any one to fully understand how the device can be used with such covers.

The binder consists of a backing 18, which is substantially long and narrow and is adapted to be secured tothe back by means which are preferably designed to make it detachable, in the form shown consisting of prongs 14 which are preferably struck up from the metal of which the backing is made and are folded over, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, so as to clamp the device to the back of the cover, thereby stiffening the back and also holding the backing of the binder in position on the backof the cover.

The sheets 15 of paper are held in folded position, the folds 16 being passed over suitable strands 17 and 18, and while one strand may be used, I have illustrated and" prefer to use two strands, which are provided by a wire that is bent double, the bent portion serving as a means by which they strands are pivoted to the backing. In the form shown, the wire forming the strands 17 and 18 is bent at 19, this connecting part being secured in an eye 20 that is bent up from the end of the backing 13, being usually bent slightly out of line with the backing so as to permit the back 12 of the cover to lie flat. The free ends 21 of the strands are held down so that the strands are substantially parallel with the backing when they are in binding position.

One type of such fastening means comprises hooks 22 which are formed in the lip 28, bent up from and integral with the backing 13. The backing 13 is usually made of preferably thin sheet to give it the required 2 1, and to stiffen the lip 23 it is usually provided with a ribbed part 25. In order to give the necessary amount of spring to cause the ends 21 of the wires to snap under the hooks 22 1 form the strands, as at 26, near their pivotal ends, the strands at this point being bent down so that they contact at the part 26 on the ribs 24 and thus cause a spring action on the ends 21, as will be readily understood from an inspection of Figs. 2 and 3.

This binder can be attached to any suitable form of cover, and the sheets 15, which are not necessarily perfQrated, can be folded Patented Jan. 6, 1920.

of the lip in, being placed edgewise around the wire,

or they-can be folded and then slipped onto strands is preferred because there is less bulky folding at the back of the note book or folder formed by the sheets, and part of the sheets can be replaced or removed with out disturbing the other sheets held by the other strand.

In Figs. 4, 5 and 6 I the strands 17 and 18 being bent down, as at 27, so as to form the part 2-8 to swing in the eye 20, the backing 13 .having the end opposite the eye 20 a lip 29 provided w th T-shaped slots 30, the upper ends of which form the hooks 31 under which the ends 21 of the strand are caught. The top surface 29 is rounded, as at 32. A latch 33 with notches 38 in its top edge extends across the lip and is normally held slightly above the hooks 31 by the spring lip 3i, which is preferably made integral with the latch 33and is fastened, as by a rivet 35, to the backing 13.

This structure facilitates the placing of the wires into binding position and also holds the wires against accidental removal.

1 'The wlres are bent down and they engage the rounded surfaces 32, and the thumb and forefinger, pressing down on the wires, hold them in position, but the wires, being secured at the rounded corners 32 against the pressure of the fingers, engage the top edge 36 of the latch 33, which is pressed down against the action of the spring lip 3d, and the pressure of the fingers snaps the wires into position when they arrive opposite the openings 37 of the if-shaped slots 30, and when the wires are released, the notches combine with the sides of the T-shaped slots to guide the spring wires to the locked posi tion illustrated in Fig. 6.

To strengthen the parts and also to assist in holding them in alinement, the lip 29 is preferably provided with a rib 39 and the latch 33 is provided with a rib 40, these be :ing in register when the parts are assembled and preventing lateral movement of the latch relative to the lip.

In Figs. 7 and 8 I show a still further modified form of construction, the backing and the lip 29 being the same as shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, but the latch is provided with an extension 41, the top 42 of which is adapted to form a finger piece so that the atch can be pushed down when it is desired to release the wires 17 and 18 from the locked position shown in these figures, and the finger piece can also be manipulated to permit the insertion of the wires, but to facilitate this insertion I prefer to incline show a modified form,

'of the strands when the sides of the latch 33 upward and inward, as at 43, so that by slight pressure of the wires the latch is pushed downward until its top edge is below the openings 37 of the T-shaped slots 30, and the wires can then pass into such slots and under the hooks 31.

The latch is preferably provided with a rib ll which is in register with the rib 39 of the lip 29, thus preventing any undue side movement of the latch relative to the lip and permitting the use of one rivet or similar fastening means 35.

The binder herein described can be made of very thin sheet metal and therefore is very light in weight and is very economically made, requires but little material, at the same time providing a binder that is positive in its operation and extremely simple in construction.

I claim:

1. A binder comprising a long narrow sheet metal backing bent at one end into an eye and at. the other end into a member shaped to form a pair of hooks, and a wire doubled so as to form a pair of strands having a connecting part swinging in the eye, the free ends of the strands being adapted to be caught under the hooks.

2. A binder comprising a backing bent at one end to form an eye and'at the other end into a member shaped to form a pair of outwardly facing hooks, said eye and hooks projecting from the same side. of the backing, prongs struck up from the backing and extending from the opposite side, and a spring wire bent to form a pair of strands with a connecting part swinging in the eye and with the free ends adapted to be caught under the hooks.

3. A binder comprising a backing bent at one end to form an eye and at the other end into a member shaped to form a pair of outwardly facing hooks, said eye and hooks projecting from. the same side of the backing, prongs struck up from the backing and extending from the opposite side, and a spring wire bent to form a pair with a connecting and with the free of strands part swinging in the eye ends adapted to be caught under the hooks, the backing'having parallel longitudinal stiffening ribs and the strands being bent near their pivot to engage the ribs and cause a tension on the ends they are bent down to the hooks.

4. A binder comprising a backing strip having parallel longitudinal ribs and being bent at one end to form an eye and at the other end into a member shaped to form a hook, the eye and the hook projecting from the same side of the backing, the backing between the ribs having prongs struck up.

therefrom projecting to the other side, and a wire pivoted in the eye and adapted'to have its free end caught under the hook and hook.

being bent near the eye so that the strand engages one of the ribs to give the end of the strand a tension when it is bent down to the 5. A binder comprising a backing being bent at one end into a member shaped to form a pair of outwardly turned hooks, a wire bent double to form a pair of strands, the bent portion being pivoted to the end of the backing opposite the hooks, the free ends or" the strands being adapted to engage the hooks to be held down thereby, a latch normally closing the hooks and having a spring lip thereon, the end of the lip being secured to the backing.

6. A binder comprising a backing being bent at one end into a member shaped to form a pair of outwardly turned hooks, a wire bent double to form a pair of strands, the bent portion being pivoted to the end of the backing opposite the hooks, the free ends of the strands being adapted to engage the hooks to be held down thereby, a latch normally closing the hooks and having a spring lip thereon, the end of the lip being secured to the backing, and a projection on the latch extending above the hook to form a finger piece for the manipulation of the latch.

7. A binder comprising a sheet metal backing being bent up at one end with its opposed edges provided with T-shaped slots forming hooks and having a rounded top portion, a latch against the inner side of the bent portion and having a spring lip extending therefrom and secured to the backing, the latch being wider than the hook portion and normally held above the openings of the T-shaped slots, and a pair of strands pivotally attached to the end of the backing opposite the bent up portion, the free ends of the strands being adapted to enter the slots and to be held therein against movement away from the backing.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereto set my' hand, this 28 day of April, 1919.

CARL E. ANDERSON.

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