US1584460A - Loose-leaf binder - Google Patents

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May-11,1926. 1,584,460 l G. J. LINSKEY LOOSE LEAF BINDER Filed oct. 25, lggl;

Patented May 11, 1926.

UNITED srrlEs GEORGE J". LIIISKEY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

LOOSE-LEAF BINDER.

Application led October 25, 1924. Serial No. 745,764. f

This invention relates to loose-leafl binders and is particularly concerned With means for securely holding a stack of perforated sheets. The general object of the invention 1s to provide a loose-leaf binder which may be easily secured to and detached from a book and which will effectively prevent the removal of any of the secured sheets (except by tearing) While the binder is in place.

Another object is to provide anleasily insertable binder member and a securing base therefor which member and base may be so formed that the binder is capable of being rigidly attached to the base by threaded members in such a manner that it Will be unnecessary to entirely remove the threaded members to attach or detach the binder.

A still more specific object is to provide a loose-leaf binder of the general shape of ahorseshoe and a holder therefor, both ends of which may be concealed by the holder so that none of the sheets may be removed until the'binder has been entirely disengaged' from the holder.

The particular adaptation shown is designed for use in banks for holding checks and stubs. I am aware that U-shaped rings have been previously used for this purpose, but I have observed that most of these devices do not provide for securely fastening f si derably.

The member for attaching my binder to a book may consist of a subst-antially Hat plate which may be securedl in any manner to the side or back of a book and which is either embossed or otherwise so formed that room for an adequate fastening means such as a nut is provided beneath the plate. A characteristic which makes this device very practicable as Well as easy to manufacture is that only one end of the U-shaped binder need be rigidly clamped to the plate, both ends of the binder being formed to enter apertures in the plate a suflicient distance to prevent any likely amount of distortion of the binder member from allowing the removal of any of the sheets.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective vievv showing a pair of binders in place on the holder one bein@ completely secured thereto; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary cross-section of a completed book, the cutting plane with reference to the binder being indicated by the line 2 2 on Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective View of a modified form of plate; Fig. 4 is a cross-section therethrough with a slightly modified form of binder about to be placed therein.

Referring in detail to the drawings and indicating the various parts by numerals, 1 is the preferred form of attaching plate having raised `portions 2 and 3. These raised portions are provided With slots one being shown closed at 7 the other open to the margin of the plate at 6. For holding perforated sheets of paper, l?, I have shown a pair of substantially U-shaped members 10 and 11 both ends of Which are shown as extend.- ing into the slots. The purpose of the upstruck region of the plate 1 is partly to provide adequate room for attaching means for the binder beneath the plates. The binder is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 as having a threaded leg 12 and a plain or smooth leg 13, the first of which extends into the open slot 6 andthe other into the slot 7. The threaded end is adapted to receive a pair of nuts 15 and 16 and by reason of the open slot 6 and the elongated slot 7, the binder` may be easily put into place or removed from the plate by spacing the nuts apart a slightly greater distance than the thickness of the plate 1; in other Words it is unnecessary to entirely remove either of the nuts to remove or replace the binder ring. The plate may be fastened to the book in any manner as by riveting or stitching through the holes 18 in either end of the plate or by placing a patch over all but the raised portions of the slots in the plate, and afterwards fastening the margin of the patch to the back or one of the covers of a book B as shown at 19 in Fig. 2.

In the modified form shown in Figs. 3 and 4, a key-hole shaped slot 7a in the plate 1n is used in place of the elongated slot 7 of Fig. 1. This will permit the reverse positioning of the binder 10 or as shown in Fig. 4 will permit the use o-f nuts 15a and ltrL on both ends of the binder. This may be desired for a more permanent binding of the sheets, the additional nuts serving as an auxiliary fastening means. In either case it Will only be necessary to loosen the nut or nuts on one side of the plate in order to remove the binder.

It Will* be seen that I have provided a; very cheaply made and eficient binder for retaining loose-leaf sheets or check stubs which will, so far as the binder is concerned,

effectively prevent the accidental removal ofl any of the sheets.

I olaim:-

l. A loose leaf binder comprising in *com* bination a book cover, a fastening plate secured within said cover, lslots in said plate, a binder member having legs adapted to enter said slots and clamping means carried by one of said legs adapted to engage both sides o-f said plate and grip it, one of said -slots being open at one end whereby the binder member may bev detached fromv the plate without removing thel clamping means from the binder.

2. In combination, a plate having raised portions in the body thereof, each of said raised portions being provided with anopen and a closed slot, a member having legs adapted to extend into the slots and securing means on the legs associated with the open slot adapted to clamp the upper and the lower surfaces .of the raised portion of the plate, and capable of being slid into engagement with the plate by reason of the open slot. p

3. A loose leaf binder comprising in combination a fastening plate adapted to be secured within the coversr of a book, an opening and an elongated slot in said plate, a substantially rigid binder member having legs adapted toV enter said opening and slot, clamping means carried by one of said legs and engaging both the upperl and lower surfaces of the plate and means including the slot whereby slightly loosening said clamping means permits the completeremoval of the binder' member. n

4. In combination a strip member having a raised portion in the body thereof, said raised portion having an opening and an elongated slot open at onev end thereof, a U-shaped member the legs of which extend intor the respective hole and slot, and clamping means including a threaded member on one of the legs adapted yto clamp the `upper and lower surfaces of the raised portion of the plate, said clamping means being removable from ,the plate by reason of the open slot.

5`V A lvloose-leaf binder comprising in combination a plate, means for securing the plate-within'the covers of a book, a plurality of raised portions on the plate, a member having legs adapted to retainsheetsof paper, threaded members on one of said legs for engaging the upper and lower surfaces of the plate 4at the raised portions and vopenings in the plate for receiving the legs, one of said openings being elongated whereby loosening one of the threaded members will permit first the lateral shiftingof the legged member and then the entire removalthereof from the plate.

6. A loose leaf bination a plate member having an irregular opening and a plain opening therein, a book cover, means for securing the member within the cover, a staple for retaining sheets 0f paper, one of the legsthereof entering said plain opening, and means including a threaded member on the other leg, whereby when a portion of that leg-fis #inserted through the irregular opening the threaded binder comprising in. comi member may thereafter be clamped against the plate member for holding both legs in place. y

7. In a device of the character described, a ,member made from sheet metal, a raised portion formed thereon, an elongated closed slot in said raised portion, anpopen slot at the margin of the plate,`a staple,'the legs of which enter the slots and a pair of threaded members on one of the legs for clamping the upper and lower surfaces of the raised portion, adapted to be slid into engagement with the plate by reason of the open slot.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto ailiX my signature.

GEORGE J. LINSKEY.

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