US1559762A

US1559762A - Permanent transfer binder

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Publication number: US1559762A
Application number: US510871A
Authority: US
Inventors: George W Newman
Original assignee: KALAMAZOO LOOSE LEAF BINDER CO
Current assignee: KALAMAZOO LOOSE LEAF BINDER Co
Priority date: 1921-10-27
Filing date: 1921-10-27
Publication date: 1925-11-03
Anticipated expiration: 1942-11-03

Description

Nov. 3,1925. 1 1,559,762

(3. W. NEWMAN PERMANENT TRANSFER BINDER FilOd 001,. 27. 1921 Patented Nov. 3, 1925.

UNITED STATES GEORGE w. NEWMAN, on cnrcaeo, ILLINOIS, lasers-Non, BY ASSIGNMENTS, 'ro

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KALAMIAZOO LOOSE LEAF BINDERv COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

PERMANENT TRANSFER. BINDER.

Application filed October 27; 1921. Serial No. 510,871.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Gnonen VJ. NEWMAN,,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago in the county of Cool: and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Permanent Transfer Binder; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and'exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part oft-his specification.

This invention relates to atransfer binder for loose leaves in which the leaves are permanently clamped against removal.

It is an object'of the invention to provide friction producingmeans for interlockingly clamping a pair of relatively. slidable smooth leaf holding posts.

It is a further objectof this invention to provide a tiltable clamp for frictionally interlocking a set of leaf holding posts it is a further object of this invention to provide a tiltable friction producing means for aset of leaf holding posts that is auto niatically tilted into operative engagement with said posts during the assembling operation.

It is afurther object of this invention to provide a clamping'means for .a'set of leaf'holding posts that allows free relative sliding movement of said posts until the leaves properly compressed.

It is a further object of this invention to provide means for frictionally clamping a set of leafholdi-ng posts by compressing the binder; p With these and other objects in view, which will become more apparent in the following description and disclosures, this invention comprises the novel features of construction and combinations hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out and defined in the appended claims In the drawings, which illustrate a preferred embodiment of my inventionand in which similar reference numerals refer to similar features in the different views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a binder containing the construction involving my invention.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 22 of Figure l.

with the. interlocking construction, having Figure 3 isan enlarged planiv iew'o f the interlocking means for a set of leaf holding posts shown in section.

Figure 4 is an elevational view 'of a set of be noted thatI have illustrated in Figure meansin operative" po- 1, pair of covers 1 of suitable material and clamped between these covers by my novel mechanism. I I r f In the illustrated embodiment of. my invention two. sets of leaf holding used. The individualpos ts ofea'e-h set may consistof smooth flat members2 and 3 which can be readily stamped from sheet metal or the like and provided with proper."heads 4. I preferably make oneof the members such width than the member 3. andcurve its impaling endslightly outwardly with respect to the other member. These features aid greatly in assembling the binder. f V

Each set of posts is so supported by the covers that the individual members'of each set are brought into substantial slidable abutting relation when the binder is assembled, and in order to permanently clamp 1 each set of posts when a stack of'leaves has er ably' consists of a slightly [resilient flat suitable hinge joints.- Loose leaves are adapted to he permm ently posts are 7 been properly compressed betweenisaid covmetal strip-having a slot near its ccnt'ral--" portion. A pair of opposite walls of said slot-have reverselydeflected resilient tongues 6 and T struc'l: therefrom which exercise a clamping action upon the posts 2 and 3 that are adapted to p'ass through the slot. It will be noted'that one portion of the slot-is wider than the other portion formingthereby a pair of shoulders. 8 against which the binder post 2 is adapted to abut, so that a ready space will be left for the insertion of the post 3 thereafter.

The clamping members 5 are adapted to V be embedded 'at suitable depths between the leaves so that the individual leaf holding posts of e ch Set may pass therethrough.

Thus leaves may be impaled upon the posts 2, and after a suiiicient quantity has been thuswise impaled, and before the top of said posts are buried as shown in Figure 2, the clamping members 5 may be slipped over the posts 2. Leaves may then be further impaled upon the posts 2 and'stacked above the clamping members 5 to any desired height, which however should not extend to such a height as to prevent the posts 2 from entering the slots in the clamping members for proper clamping action therein. If desirable, a sufiicient stack of leaves may be separately impaled upon the posts 2 and 3 to form two distinct halves. The clamping members may then be slipped over the posts 2 and the other half of the impaled leaves superimposed thereon with the posts'3 entering the slots in the clamping members. In either method of impalin-g,

the clamping members 5- will have an oblique or tilting position with respect to the posts, allowing relative sliding movement of the individual posts of each set. Therefore, when the covers of the binder are pressed together to compress the leaves, the posts 2 and 3 will slide relatively to each other for this purpose. However, when the leaves have become tightly compressed, the

pressure will have caused the tilting clamping members 5 to assume substantially horizontal positions as shown in Figure 5, or

at right angles to'the posts, in which positions thetongues 6 and 7 will press against the sides of the posts of each set to friction ally clamp the posts of each set together. It should be noted that the tongues '6 and 7 are so directed that any force tending to expand the binder or separate the covers will increase the clamping action or friction between the respective post of each set.

It will accordingly be apparent that I have devised a clamping member that cooperates with the leaf holding posts in, such a way that relative slidable movement of the posts is permitted for firmly compressing the leaves of the binder, and wherein a strong frictional clamping action of the posts is attained when proper compression of the leaves occurs, and which frictional clampby compression of the leaves of the binder:

for frictionally clamping each set of posts together.

4. In a transfer binder, a set of relatively slidable and smooth impaling posts, and a tiltable clamping member having an aperture with resilient walls for receiving said posts when in inclined position and frictionally clamping the same together when said member is tilted to horizontal position.

5. In a transfer binder, a set of relatively slidable and smooth impaling posts adapted for securing the leaves of the binder, and a clamping member therefor having an aperture with reversely directed resilient tongues for receiving said posts when in inclined position, said member being adapted to be embedded in the leaves of the, binder, and straightened to horizontal position by compression of the leaves for frictionally clamping said posts together.

6. The combination in a binder for sheets perforated to receive bin-ding posts, binding bars, post members arranged on said binding bars in coacting pairs for slidable engagement within the sheet body, and a clamping means adapted to be disposed between sheets of the sheet body and actuated by the pressure of the sheets thereon to clamprthe post members together.

7. ihe combination in a binder for sheets perforated to receive binding posts, of a coacting pair of post members adapted for slidable engagement Within the sheet body when introduced into said sheets from opposite sides of the body, and a clamping means disposed between sheets of the said body, and adapted to be actuated by pressing the sheets thereon to clamp the post members together.

8. The combination in a. binder for sheets perforated to receive binding posts, of binder bars, binding post members mounted on said bars in coacting relation for sliding engagement within a sheet body and a post clamping means adapted to be interposed between the sheets to be bound for clamping said post members together, said post clamping means being actuated by the compressing of the sheets thereon.

9. The combination in a binder for sheets perforated to receive binding posts, of a pair of post members adapted to telescope within the sheet body when introduced into said sheets from opposite sides of the body, and a post clamping member through which said post members are disposed tiltably associated therewith and adapted to be interposed between the sheets to be bound and actuated by the pressure of the sheets thereon to post clamping position.

10. The combination in a binder for sheets adapted to receive binding posts, of a coacting pair of post members telescopingly associated when introduced into said sheets from opposite sides of the sheet body, and a clamping member adapted to be interposed between the sheets and tiltably asso ciated with said posts and adapted when actuated to a position at right angles thereto by pressing the sheets thereon to clamp the post members.

11. The combination in a binder for sheets perforated to receive a binding post, of a pair of post members adapted to telescope within the sheet body when introduced into said sheets from opposite sides of the body, and a post clamping member adapted to be interposed between the sheets to be bound and tilt-ably associated with said sheets to be actuated by the pressure of the sheets thereon to post clamping position.

12. The combination in a binder for sheets adapted to receive binding posts, of a coacting pair of post members telescopingly associated when introduced into said sheets from opposite sides of the sheet body, and a clamping member adapted to be interposed between the sheets to be bound and tilta-bly associated with said posts and adapted to be swung to post clamping position by pressing the sheets thereon. I

13. The combination in' a binder for sheets, of a binding post, and a post clamping member adapted to be interposed between the sheets to be bound and having an opening therein through which coacting post members may be inserted and in which i they are freely movable when the clamping member is supported in an inclined relation relative to the post member and sheets, said clamping member being adapted to be actuated to post clamping position by pressing the sheets thereon.

14. The combination in a binder for sheets,

of a sheet binding post, and a post clamping member adapted to be interposed between the sheets to be bound and tiltably associated with said post and the sheets to be bound to be actuated by the pressure of the sheets thereon to post clamping position.

15. The combination in a binder for sheets adapted to receive a binding post, a coacting binding post, and a clamping member adapted to be interposed between the sheets to be bound and having a hole therein through which said post is freely movable when the clamping member is disposed in an inclined position relative to the post and the sheets, said clamping member being adapted to be swung to post clamping position by pressing the sheets thereon.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

GEORGE w. NEWMAN.