US1615493A - Refill book - Google Patents

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Jan 25 1927' E. A. TRussELL REFILL BOOK Filed Feb. a, 1923 A TORNEY Patented Jan. 25, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMOBY A. TBUSSELL, OF RICHMOND HILL, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO CLARENCE D. TRUSSELL, OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK.

REFILL BOOK.

Application led February 8, 1923.

Books are in use for memoranda, checks, diaries, etc., in which the leaves are bound together in a package which is removable from the cover and replaceable by afresh package commonly called a refill. The cover is made of expensive material so that it may be refilled a number of times, and the refill package is usually provided with end sheets ywhich may be labeled for filing away.

My invention provides certain improvements particularly designed for use in such refill books.

The accompanying drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a refill Fig. 2 is a similar view of a cover for the same;

Fig. 3 vis a plan view of the binder, or holder for the leaves of the refill, the leaves being omitted;

Fig. 4 is a cross-section through the assembled book; 0

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of the same;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the cover for a book of slightly different constructionl Fig. 7 is a cross-section through the same omitting the leaves;

Fig. 8 is a cross-section through a cover of slightly modified construction;

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a cover of another construction;

Fig. 10 is a cross-section through a book using the cover of Fi 9;

Fig. 11 is an inside plan view of the binder of Fig. 10.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 4, the leaves 1 are provided with rectangular slots 2 near their binding edges and fairly close together along the lengths of such edges so that when bound by rings passing through the slots, the rings will eectively hold the sheets in alignment. In books of small capacity the leaves are necessarily perforated extremely close to the-edge, and a multiplicity of fastening points is essential in order to prevent accidental tearing out of the leaves.

These leaves are mounted on a binder, Fig. 3, consisting of a back plate 3 which is curved backward at the edges and which at one edge is slitted and is provided with projecting tongues which are bent upward to form rings 4 of rectangular cross-section designed to fit properly in the slots 2 of the Serial No. 617,680.

leaves; the free ends of the rings 4 being carried around to practically or approximately contact with the top of the curved plate 3 at points slightly within the edge thereof.

. Such a binder is economically stamped up from sheet metal, the blank consisting of a straight back with lateral projections (for the rings) so that t-wo such pieces can be blanked out of the sheet with their lateral projections overlapping and with very little waste of metal. The backward curvature ofthe bar 3 means a reduction in its actual width and gives it an increased stiffness. In width, in fact, I prefer to make it approximately equal to the outside diameter of the rings 4 or even slightly less than this diameter, so that it could be held in the cover by a comparatively narrow fastening means, thus producing a very compact book. Also the bending of the edges of the plate or bar 3 backward while the ring 4 bends sharply upward vat. its two ends, gives a wide V-shaped space 5 and considerable freedom for insertion in the fastening means 'Ihe fastening means comprises a plate 6 fastened between 'the two halves of the cover 7 by means of a plate 8 on the back with prongs 9 projecting up -through the leather of the back and through notches 10 in the ends of the plate 6 and bent down on the top face of the latter. The fastening plate 6 has inward flanges 11 along its side edges adapted to enter the triangular spaces 5 of the binder and to hold the latter in position in the book. Various other fastening means for the binder may be used. Likewise the fastening means or plate 6 may be attached to the back by the clinched tongues 9 or in various Iother ways, some of which are described hereinafter.

',lhe anges 11 of the fastening plate are rounded or tapered on their ends to facilitate entry of the binder. The back plate 6 of the binder is tapered at one, end forthe same purpose. At its opposite end it is broadened as at 3,'Fig. 3, or bent as at 3b, Fig. 5, so as to frictionally engage the fastening plate and prevent accidental escape of the refill pad.

This method of fastening permits the use also advantageous in permitting a considerable tolerance in the width of said plate in manufacture. Thus plate 3 may be of less width than the space which it occupies in the plate 6, so that variations of width occurring in the manufact-ure will not interfere with the interchangeability of theJ refills.

. When the refill is in place the method of binding the leaves with rings allows them to lie flat against either side of the cover. For small books, therefore, this permits the use of practically every portion of the leaves, whereas the ordinary refills are bound together so tightly at the ,edges that a considerable part of each leaf is useless, particularly the leaves at the center. Vith the present construction also when a leaf is torn out it can easily be taken out entirely with out leaving the torn stub which is commonly left in ordinary bindings.

Figs. 6 and 7 show a construction which differs in several details.

The binder in this case comprises a plate 12 curved in cross-section, as shown, and with rings 13 which are separately made and then fastened on the back plate 12 by springing the ends of the rings into notches in the plate in a manner well known in this art.

The fastening device for the binder 'consists of a plate 14 on the back of the cover 7 curved in cross-section and having on its lside edges tongues 15 which project at intervals through the back of the cover and form an interrupted holding and guiding means engaging the edges of the binder, similarly to the ianges 11 of Fig. 4. In this case also the binder plate 12is slightly bent in longitudinal section (as in the construction of Fig. 5) in order to hold the binder and its leaves with a frictional grip in the cover.

Fig. 8 illustrates the use of a cover consistlng of an outer ply 16 of leathery anu' an. .inner'ply 17 of cloth and shows a fastening plate 18 arranged between the two so as not lto show on the Voutside of the book. This plate 18 is similar to the plate 14 of Fig. 7 and has inwardly projecting flanges or tongues 19 serving to fasten the binder in the cover.

According to Fig. 10, the binder is formed o f a bottom plate 20, convex on the underside, a top plate 21, convex upward and rings 22 fastened in any usual or suitable way. In the bottom plate 20 there is a key hole shaped slot 23, Fig. 11, the larger part of which is adapted to receive the head of a button 24, and the narrow part of which receives the shank of the same button. This button projects up from a'plate 25 fastened on the back of the cover. When the refill is to be inserted inthe cover the key hole is passed over the head of the button and the rell then sho-ved up into place,l

the parts being designed so that the plate 2O is gripped between the head of the button and the back portion of the cover.

The sheets 7a shown in Fig. 10 are the filing sheets which form a sort of covers for the pad when the latter is withdrawn from the book cover. These filing sheets may be made 0f eXtra heavy or otherwise special paper and fastened between the plates 20 and 21 which in this case constitute the back of the binder for the leaves. The parts 20 and 21 are fastened together by any usual or suitable means such as tongues 26 bent up from the en'd of one of these plates and over notches in the end of the other.

After the sheets have been strung onto the rings and the latter bent to press their free ends down against the back plate, there may still be a chance of the edges of the bottom sheet catching on the ends of the rings. But with the arrangement described and illustrated, particularly in Fig. 4, the flange of the fastening plate 6 which overlies the corresponding edge of the binder plate 5 shields the free ends of the rings from the sheets. v -z j To accommodate the extra width of the rings thecover may be provided with slots 26, Figs. 2 and 9 through or into which the rings extend when the book is closed.

Various other designs of the binder, cover and fastening means may be used, there 'being a great variety of suitable devices rnown to the art. For example, the slots in the leaves, instead of being closed slots as shown which necessitate tearing of the leaves in order to get them out separately, may be key-shaped slots which by careful manipulation permit theremoval of a leaf without tearing it, and which indeed might permit the introduction of new leaves separately, though the latter is not a function of importance in refill books. The binder is for all practical purposes designed to permanently bind the leaves together in a pad.

It is this fact which permits the use of a multiplicity, that is three or more, rings, as close together as may be desirable along the inner e ges of lthe leaves. This fact also facilitates the binding of the leaves together in a pad, no such operation being required as is called for where openings are to be left in the ringsfor the withdrawal or insertion of sheets.

-Though I have described with great particularity of detail certain embodiments of my invention yet it is not to be understood therefrom that the invention is restricted to the particular embodiments disclosed. Va-

rious modifications thereof in detail and in the arrangement of the parts may be made by those skilled in the art without departure from the'invention as defined in the following claims. v

1. A rell book including in combination .tionally engaging said plate.

mittin throg out their width and means for manually fastening saidbinder in a cover and manually removing it therefrom.

2. A refillV pad of leaves carried by a binder having rings passing through the leaves so as to permit them to be opened out fiat, said rings being mounted on a batik plate which is curved 1n cross-section and has its edges extending beyond the starting points of the rings, said back plate being also slightly curved in longitudinal section,

in combination with a fastening means fric- 3. Afrefill pad comprising leaves witha multiplicity (athree or more of o nings close to their inner edges an a bin er having a multiplicity of rings passing through the openings 1n said leaves, in combination' Vwith a cover and means carried thereby for.

manually fastening said pad in the cover and nmnually removing it therefrom.

4. A refill pad comprising leaves with a multiplicity -tthree or more? of openings close to their mner edges an a binder having a multiplicity of rings passing through the openings in said leaves in combination with means for manually fastening said binder to a cover and` manually removing it therefrom.

5. A refill pad of leaves carried by a binder having .rings vpassing through the leaves so as to permit them to be opened out flat, said rings being mounted on a back which is' curved in cross-section in combination with a cover and a fastening means comprising a plate with edge flanges adapted to enga ethe edges of the back of said binder, sald ack having at least one end tapered to facilitate entry into the flanges of' the fastenino' plate,

6. A refill pa of leaves carried b a binder having rings passing through t e leaves so as to permit them to be opened out flat,v said rings being mounted ona'back which is curved (in cross-section in combination with a cover and a fasteningmeans comprising a plate with edge flanges adapted to engage the edges of the back of said binder, ,said flanges being ta red ,to facilitate entry of said back of t el binder.

7 A refill book including in combination a refill pad of leaves with a ring binder permit-tin the leaves lto be opened out flat throug out their width and means for fas tening said binder in a ycover manually by a longitudinal movement and removing 1t by a similar movement, said fastening means including a pair of together on opposite' sides o a part of the cover by means of tongues passing, through such part of the cover.

8. A refill book including in combination a refillY pad of leaves with a binder holdingl EMORY TRUSSELL.

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