US1777638A

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Publication number: US1777638A
Application number: US147050A
Authority: US
Inventors: Henry N Feley
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1926-04-02
Filing date: 1926-11-08
Publication date: 1930-10-07
Anticipated expiration: 1947-10-07

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H. N. FELEY Oct. 7, 1930.

BOOK

Original Filed April 2. 1926 Ijgl.

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' HENRY F 0F imsr onnnen NEwJERS Yi Book h Original application filed A rils, 1926, Serial No. 99,237. llivide'rf and th is animal, "aldfno'i ifiter J 8,1926. seriaino.147,050.;4U X:

v The object of the invention is to provide an improved flat-opening check-book, or 1 other book, constructed in an advantageous manner so that the book will lie open at any point. It is-a serious'inconvenience of ordinary check-books that they must be held open in order to keepthe stubs from springing over onto the page to be written upon. According to the present invention the book 1 is bound by means of splitrivets passed through openings in the sheets and cover and provided with heads outside of the cover, and spacer means on the shaft inside the cover, the spacer means being adapted'to bear against the inner sides of the cover and keep 1 a the sheets free,that is to say, not tightly held or gripped. This, together with the fact that the openings through the separate sheets are materially larger than the diameter of so the parts standing within them, permits the leaves to separate loosely at any point where -'X the book is opened. Other features of the invention'will become apparent as the specification proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the, book embodying the invention, a portion "of the cover being broken away;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the 7 book, open, the end portions being broken away because of lack of space.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view on a larger scale, showing the closed condition; and V Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7 and8 are detail sectional views of the parts seen in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, before assembling. V s

. The stiff-board cover of the book is marked 4 2, the hinges of the front and back parts of the cover are marked 3, and the binding strip of the cover is marked 4. The interior pad consists of separate leaves 5, not united by stitching, staples or gum.

Two large holes 6 are made through the rear portion of the collection of sheets, and corresponding holes 7 are made in the cover. The holes in-both the leaves and cover may be made at the same time.

A split rivet having a head 9 and shank or shaft 8 is first inserted through" each of the holes-7 in one of the parts of the cover.

. An endmember, including a flange 10 having :a collar 11 is then'placed on each of the shafts 8 of the split rivets so that the flange 10 rests against the inside of the'eover. I Sleeves12 are then passed over the shafts Sand collars 11 so that their lower ends abut theflan'ges 1 0.

Thetwo shafts8, their oollared'flanges 10 and sleeves 12 having been assembled in this manner, the collection of sheets 5 arepl'aced over the shafts and sleeves. Two otherlend imembers', including flanges 13 1-having collars 14 are pushed over the protruding ends of :the shafts 8, the'collars Mentoring the sleeves s12'and the flanges13'abutting the upper ends of the sleeves 12. The openings 7 i. in Y the other. cover memberiare then passed over the ends' of theshafts, this covermember resting on the flanges 13. In'the final operation L part ofthej cover 2 is gripped between the of assembling, the prongs of the rivet are spread-apart, or upset, and a cap 15 isapplied over and in engagement with them, forming a retaining head. .1 Thus itzis evident that one,

head f the rivet and the flange 10, and the other part ofthe coverisgrippedbetween 1 the cap 15 and flange 1'3 while t-he leaves. of

the book remain loose betweenthe flanges .10 and 13. a 1 e .J: r It; will beobserved that the spacer means formed-by the sleeves 12 and flanges 10v and 13 which bear against the inner sides of the cover is so designed, and-of such length, that the pressure exerted in clinching and upsetting the binder fastening does not result in the leaves 5 being gripped or commain quite loose between the parts of the cover, which are held somewhat away from the leaves by the

flanges

10 and 13. The distance betweenthe

flanges

10 and 13 is greater than the thickness of the pad of leaves, or, at least, the leaves are only loosely held bet-ween the

flanges

10 and 13. Furthermore, it will be seen that the holes 6 through the leaves are materially wider than the ex ternal diameter of the sleeves 12 within them. Consequently, when the book is opened at any point, the two sections of the pressed at the binding. Instead they re-.

collection of sheets part freely as shown in Fig. 2, and there is no tendency for one side to flop over on the other.

Further contributing to thisefi'eot, the individual sheets are provided with creases 16, parallel with the binding, adjacent and in front. of the holes 6, these creasestendingto destroy the springiness of the paperat the 7 regions where the leaves curve over the m bends of the cover at the hinges 3,'without seriously injuring thestrength of the fiber,

The collars 11 andrl l on the flanges ,and m -preferably fit. the, shaft 8snugly-and in addition to insuring the accuratepositioning of the sleeve 12 tend to hold theparts in preliminary assembly before the final op- V eration of applying the cap 15 tothe rivet.

' v The caps 15 and the heads 9 of the rivets may be tinted with a color corresponding to n the covers of the book and in this way'a very neat andpleasing efieot is secured.

Thislapplication is a division of my'pend- ,.ing allowed application, Serial No, 99,237, 'filed 'April 2,1926, patented Nov. '9, 1926, N0. 1,606,213. t I claim: 7 t V A book, including covers and interposed sheets having registering perforations, and means forbinding the sheets andcovers together, said means comprising a shaft passed loosely through the perforations in covers and sheets and adapted to be upset 1 beyond one cover, end members arranged on the shaft between the sheets and cover, said end members having o'ollar'portions fitting the shaft and extending within the perforations of o'ertainof the sheets and right-ang-led collar portions overlying the outer surface of the outermost sheets, and a sleeve 11; overlying and-fitting the collar portions of the end flanges, the ends of. thesleevebear- I ing squarelyagainst the flange portions of .the end members to prevent movement of such end members toward the sheets under 1, the upsetting stress on the shaft end.

' Intestimonywher'eof I aflix my signature.

I -HENRY N.

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