US1350141A - Binder-board - Google Patents

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FJE. CROMPTON.

BINDER BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 10.-1919.

1,350, 141. Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

FRANK E. CROMPTON, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO SIG-NATURE COMZPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION NEW YORK.

BINDEREIBOARD.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. CRoMP'roN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Brookl n, county of Kings, and State of New ork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Binder-Boards, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to binder boards for operating binders of that type in which a series of clips or grippers are employed for temporarily holding a group of documents in fixed relations corresponding to the arrangement of the pens in a multiple writing machine which is used for writing upon said documents "simultaneously. The primary object of my invention is to provide an improved construction and' arrangement of parts in a binder board which will render it more effective in service.

One of the objectsof the'pres'entinvention is to provide a suitable arrangement of the operating parts of the binder board which will permit Qthe ioperator' to obtain an unobstructed View of the CliP'S'OI' grippers of/ the binder as v the documents are beingarranged in-their group positions. Another object'is to provide lmproved index means for locating the documents in series from either edge of the machine. Other objects of invention will appear in the specification and be pointed out in the'claims'.

The drawings show my invention in its 5 preferred; embodiment.

f Figure 1 s a perspective view of my im- 'Fig'. 2-is a perspective ,view of one end of'the'binder board with the parts opened up -to release the binder which holds the documents grouped.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the machine. F i 4 is a section on an enlarged scale on the l ne 4-4, Fig. 3, parts being broken "awa and parts shown in elevation.

" F1 is a section on an enlarged scale on the l1nes 55, Fig. 3, parts being shown in elevation.

Fig. 6 is a section similar to Fig. 5 with oscillatable frame raised to release the binder.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary section and side elevation corresponding to the line 7-'-7,

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Fig. 8 is a side elevation on a reduced Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

Application filed February 10, 1919. Serial No. 276,004.

scale of the binder board operating lever or handle, showing its angular adjustability with respect to the shaft.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, a bed plate 1 is provided with a longitudinal recess 2 at either end of which is arranged a socket or abutment 3. Projecting upwardly from the floor of the recess 2, are a series of pins 4 which are adapted to project through the holes 5 in the base strip 6 of a binder for documents or the like which are to be written upon as a group by a multiple writing machine. As shown best in Fig. 2, the holes 5 in the strip 6, are disposed respectively under the forwardly presented ends of a series of clips or grippers 7 which are riveted atone end to sald strip 6. When disposed in the recess 2, the strip 6 has its opposite ends in abutment with the sockets or abutments 3 and the holes 5 in said strip are brought into re ister with the pins 4. According to this em odiment of my in-- ing rail 12 which is provided alon its lower edge with a series of notches 13 or accommodating the forwardly presented ends of the clips or grippers 7 and which permitsaid clips or grippers being forced into open position whenever the rail 12 is moved into operating position. Under such conditions,

the parts assume the relative positions shown in Fig. '5 fromwhich in connection with Fig. 3, it'will be'noticed that the dependingportions of therail engage the binder strip 6 in the spaces which lie along the forward edge of said binder strip between the forwardly presented ends of the clips or grippers 7. Suitable means for locating the rail 12 in the recesses 11, are provided by set screws 14 in connection with the slots 15 formed in rail 12 and-through which extend the screws 16 which secure the rail to the arms 10. Mounted on the rail 12 are a plurality of forwardly presented bracket arms 17 which carry at their forward ends a supporting plate 18 which is arranged edgewise to the rail 12 and broadside on with respect to the plate 1. The rear edge of supporting plate 18'is spaced from the rail 12. Arranged below the supporting plate 18 is a group index plate 19 which has arcuate portions removed from its forward edge to 6 form a number of points or indicators 20 for locating documents or the like in group arrangement in which they are to be written upon by a multiple writing machine. In order to adapt this group index plate for an endwise adjustment or positioning to meet the requirements of documents of different shapes or sizes, the index plate 19 is provided with rearwardly presented arms 21 which slide over the supporting plate 18. At one end the supporting plate may be provided with a scale for facilitating this sliding adjustment. One of the arms 21 adjacent the center of said index plate has an open ended slot 22 which is adapted to receive a screw 23 which slides in a slot 24- formed longitudinally in the supporting plate 18. Said screw 23 is provided with a head 25 which slides in an elongated recess in the under face of the supporting plate 25 18 the slot 24 being provided with an e11- largcment 24 at one end to permit the head 25 to be withdrawn. A nut 26 serves to 'bind the index plate 19 to the supporting plate 18 in any position to which it may be 80 adjusted. As shown in Fig. 5, all of the lever arms 10 are keyed to the oscillatory shaft 9 bymeans of tapered pins 27 so that whenever the oscillatory shaft is oscillated in its bearings, plates 18 and 19 partake of 35 the movement.

For this purpose, one end of the oscillatory shaft 9 is slotted tov receive a bar 28 which is secured in position by means of a pin 29. Adjacent to the bar 28 and freely journaled on the shaft 9 is ahandle lever 30 provided with. spaced lugs 31, 31, arranged on opposite sides of the bar 28. Threaded 1n these lugs 31, are oppositely disposed screws 32 which in effect constitute adjustable jaws which are adapted to change the angular setting of the handle lever 30 with respect to the bar 28. A block 33 which is mounted on the bed plate'l, carries a spring latch 34 prgided with a hole 35 which is adapted to engage a pin 36 which rojects from the handle lever 30. This device constitutes releasable nieans for retaining the binder operating rail in position for releasing the clips or grippers 7 while the documents are being set up in group relation.

In operation, the handle lever 30 is thrown back in to the position shown in Fig. 2 after which the binder comprising strip 6 and spring clips is placed within the recess 2 be-- 60 tween the abutments or sockets 3. The handle 30 is then moved into position shown in Fig. 1 which depresses the binder strip 6 and causes the spring clips or grippers 7 to be raised by their engagement with the 85 pins 4 as shown in Fig. 5. The parts are now in proper position to permit the documents to be introduced one by one under the index plate 19, their rear edges being gaged by the pins 4. During this operation, the points or indicators 20 serve to locate the documents. Thus as the documents are moved into position, signature lines or the like are brought into register with the points or indicators 20 as shown in Fig. 1. After all of the documents have been moved into position the handle lever 30 is released from the latch 34, and thrown into the position shown in Figs. 2 and 6 which releases the binder strip 6 and permits the individual clips or grippers closing down onfthe dif- 8O ferent documents which are thus held in grou relation and ready to, be fed to a multiple writing machine. If an occasion should arise for using binder strips of greater thickness than have been in use, the adjustment screws 32 afford a ready means for adjusting the arts to new positlons as may be seen in ig. 8. Such adjustment also serves to move the index plate 19 nearer to-or farther from the bed plate 1, the rail 12 being at the same time adjusted accordingly.

I claim:

1. In a binder board, the combination with a bed plate adapted to receive a document binder, of a frame oscillatably mounted on said bed plate, said bed plate and frame being provided with means for opening the grippers of said binder and permitting them to close on a group of documents, and an index plate provided with points for 1nd1cating the group arrangement of said documents, said index plate having shdable engagement with said frame for changing the 1 location of the group arrangement as a whole with respect to said frame and bed plate.

2. In a binder board, a bed plate, an oscillatory shaft mounted on said bed plate, a rail carried by said rock shaft and adapted to cooperate with said bed plate in opening and closing the spring grippers of a document binder, a plate carried by said rail, said plate being arranged edgewise to and spaced from said rail, and an index plate mounted on said rail carried plate and provided with indicators for locating a plurality of documents with respect to a binder on said bed plate.

3. In a binder board, a bed plate for holding a document binder, a frame oscillatably mounted on said bed plate for opening the grippers of said document binder, said frame comprising a rail suitably disposed to move edgewise into engagement with the binder, an index supporting plate spaced from said rail in a plane adjacent to the lower edge of said rail, and a group index plate slidable lengthwise on said supporting late. p 4. In a binder board, a bed plate, an oscillatory shaft journaled on said bed plate, a binder operating rail mounted on said oscillatory shaft, a supporting plate carried by said rail in a plane normal thereto, and a group index plate supported by said supporting plate and having portions out therefrom to provide indicating points having a fixed group arrangement.

' 5. In a binder board, a bed plate, an oscillatory shaft journaled on said bed plate, a binder operating rail mounted on said oscillatory shaft, a-supporting plate carried by said rail in aplane normal thereto, and a group index plate supported by said supporting plate and having portions out therefrom to provide indicating points having a fixed group arrangement, said oscillatory shaft being provided with a lever or handle andmeans-for determining the angular position of said lever or handle with respect to said supporting plate for determining the closed down position of said group index plate with respect to said bed plate.

6. In a binder board, a base plate, a binder operating rail oscillatably mounted to move edgewise toward and'away from said base plate, said rail being provided with notches for accommodating the document grippers in their open positions, a supporting plate which partakes of the movements of said rail, said supporting plate being arranged in a plane normal to said rail and passing through said notches but spaced from said rail to expose the displaced clips of said binder, and a document group index nrounted on said supporting plate.

7. In a binder board, a base plate, a binder operating rail oscillatably mounted to move edgewise toward and away from said base plate, said rail being provided with notches for accommodating the document grippers in their open positions, a supporting plate which partakes of the movements of said rail, said supporting plate being arranged in a plane normal to said rail and passing through said notches but spaced from said rail to expose the displaced clips of said binder, and an index plate having points arranged to locate documents in a group, said index plate being provided with bracket arms slidably engaging said supporting plate.

8. In a binder board, a bed plate for holding a binder, a frame oscillatably connected to said bed plate and including a binder operating rail presented edgewise to said bed plate and an indicator plate presented fiatwise to said bed plate and edgewise to said rail, means adjustably connecting said indicator plate to said rail, a handle or lever having a fixed angular disposition with respect to said indicator blade, and a spring latch mounted on said bed plate and releasably engaging said handle or lever to hold said indicator plate in fixed position relatively ,to said bed plate.

9. In a binder board, a bed plate for receiving a binder for a group of documents, a shaft oscillatably mounted on said bed plate, a lever arm mounted on said shaft, means mounted on said shaft.and cooperating with said bed plate for opening the grippers of said binder, and a group index plate supported from said oscillatory shaft and movable by said shaft into and out of position toindicate the relative positions of said group of documents in said binder.

FRANK E. CROMPTON.

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