US2232713A - Binder - Google Patents

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Feb. 25, 1941. J Nb L I 2,232,713

BINDER Filed Feb. 25, 1937 INVENTOR.

' fa a5 Mandel Patented Feb. 25, 1941 warren STATES BINDER Jacob Mandel, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to American Binder Company, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York A Application February 25, 1937, Serial No. 127,606

3 Claims.

The present invention relates to binders for use in temporarily or permanently binding together pamphlets, folders, and particularly magazines.

It is the general object of the present invention to provide a strong and inexpensive binder in which a number of pamphlets, magazines and the like can be easily mounted in a neat and convenient manner and in which the mounted matter is held securely and without sag.

It is a particular object of the present invention to provide a binder in which the mounted matter is supported from relatively stiff wires or rods which can be put in place upon or removed from the binder in a simple and expeditious manner, the wires being locked in place without play.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a binder in which the mounted magazines or the like are held securely within the binder and without possibility of displacement even though less than the full capacity of the binder has been reached.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a binder in which the mounting means can be manufactured at very low cost yet are strong and durable and are able to withstand the manipulation involved in mounting and removing magazines for an indefinite period of time.

These and other objects of the invention which will appear as the description thereof proceeds are attained in accordance with the present invention by the provision of mounting members or brackets at the upper and lower ends of the central portion or back of the binder which are provided with one or more slots for the reception of the ends of the mounting or binding rods or wires, means being also provided for locking the mounted magazines or the like in place, so that regardless of the number of magazines that the binder contains, such magazines will be firmly and securely mounted upon the binder. These slots and locking devices may take various forms and in one form of the invention the mounting brackets include hollow members provided with individual slots opening upwardly so that the binding rods can be put in place by a simple downward movement into such slots, the locking means consisting of a, member movable endwise within the hollow brackets and engaging the ends of the rods to hold them against upward displacement. By providing the locking member with a cam end it can ride easily over the mounted rods and force them into engagement with the bottom walls of their respective slots,

55 the locking member engaging the upper portions of the ends of the rods, so that the latter are securely held at both their ends and shifting and rattling of the rods in their mounts thereby entirely prevented.

On the accompanying drawing is shown by way I of illustration a binder mounting embodying the present invention. In said drawing,

Fig. 1 shows a plan view of an open binder provided with my improved mounting devices;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the bracket structure shown in Fig. 1, along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a section taken longitudinally of the bracket along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 1 shows a binder having the usual covered portions l5, l8, and the intermediate or back portion I'l. At both the top and bottom ends of the intermediate portion H are secured bracket members 41, each of which is attached to the binder by means of rivets l9 or in any other suitable manner and is composed of a base plate 20 and an integral terminal portion bent at right angles to form a rectangular tub-e composed of sides 48, 49, 50 and iii. The one end of the tube is provided with a wall 52 which serves to strengthen the tube. At suitably spaced intervals along the length of each tube are provided slots 53 of inverted L-shape which extend along only part of the width of the walls 49 and 50. The bottoms of the slots in the wall are spaced sufficiently. from the base plates 20 to provide for the backs of the mounted magazines. The aligned slots are adapted to receive relatively flat binding rods or bars 54 about which are folded the magazines M to be bound, Fig. 1 showing an opened magazine bound by one of the bars 54. The bars are positioned with their longer sides vertical, as best seen in Fig. 3. By the illustrated construction and position of the bars 54 the tendency to sag, especially when the binder is inverted is practically eliminated and a more rigid binding obtained. Binding rods or bars of the shape shown are of particular advantage in binding large and heavy magazines together.

The locking member 55 consists of a rectangular element which is dimensioned to fit snugly within the rectangular tubular portions of the brackets. The top, bottom and rear walls of the locking member may be continuous, but the front wall extends downwardly from the top wall for a distance corresponding to the clearance between the upper surface of the mounted bars 54 and the top wall of the locking member, as shown at 56. The front wall 56 of the locking member is thus adapted to engage the mounted binding 55 bars and upon insertion of the locking member into the open end of the bracket, the wall or ledge 56 rides over the bars 54 and holds them securely in their mounted positions. The front edge of the ledge 56 may be shaped in the form of a cam 51 which will act to force downwardly any bars that are slightly displaced vertically.

The lower wall of the locking member is provided with an extension which is bent upwardly to form the end wall 58 which may be soldered or welded to the other walls of the member to strengthen the latter. ing member is similarly provided with an extension which is bent upwardly to form a fingerpiece 59.

As the locking member 55 can be made to fit very closely within the bracket, and as its ledge 56 can be dimensioned so as to engage. tightly against the upper surfaces of the bars 54, an extremely rigid mounting is provided for even the heaviest of magazines. The tubular construction of the bracket and locking member contributes greatly to their strength and, as already mentioned, the provision of fiat mounting bars insures against sagging of the contents. It will be obvious that the mounting of the bars, after they have been passed through the central portions of the magazines, folders, etc., is extremely simple as they can be easily lowered into aligned slots 53, the locking member having been withdrawn sufiiciently to expose the latter, after which the locking member is slid into its final position in which it engages the end portions of the, bar. It will be noted that considering the bracket tube and the locking member together, the combined structure has reinforcing walls at both its ends, that is, the wall 52 of the bracket and the wall 58 of the locking member, the end wall of each of these locking parts acting to reinforce also the adjacent unreinforced end of the other part. The assembled structure thus represents a mounting device of very great strength.

Variations of details of construction from those specifically described hereinabove may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. A binder having cover portions and an intermediate portion, brackets at the top and bottom of the intermediate portion thereof, said brackets each including an approximately rectangular hollow portion open at one end and provided with right-angular slots upon the adjacent upper and inner walls thereof, binding rods adapted to be inserted in aligned slots in The top wall of the locksaid brackets by downward vertical movement with respect to the brackets, the outer walls of the brackets being unslotted and thus covering the ends of the mounted rods, and locking members movable endwise within the hollow portions and provided with depending flanges contacting the end portions of the rods to hold them against upward displacement.

2. A binder having cover portions and an intermediate portion, mounting brackets at the top and bottom of the intermediate portion for anchoring a plurality of binding rods, said brackets being each composed of a single piece of sheet metal bent to form a tubular structure at One end with a free end portion projecting from the tubular structure, the free end portions of the brackets extending toward each other and being secured to the intermediate portion of the binder, aligned upwardly open slots in the tubular structures, to receive the .end portions of binding rods by downward movement of the latter into the slots, the outer walls of the tubular structures being unslotted, and covering the ends of the mounted rods, said slots terminating above the free end portions of the brackets a distance sufficient to accommodate any printed matter folded about the rods, the rods resting upon the raised bottoms of the slots and locking devices fitting snugly within the tubular structures, and provided with dependent portions which are spaced from the bottom walls of the slots a distance corresponding substantially to the vertical thickness of the rods, whereby said rods may be locked in place without vertical play.

3. A binder having cover portions and an intermediate portion, a bracket at the top and bottom of the intermediate portion thereof, at least one of the brackets comprising a tubular member of rectangular cross-section, said member being provided with a plurality of individual, spaced, vertically opening slots adapted to receive the ends of binding rods moved downward thereinto, the ends of the rods being held against lateral displacement within the slots, and an approximately tubular locking device of rectangular cross-section fitting snugly within the tubular bracket and engaging the upper surface of the end portions of the mounted rods to hold them against vertical disengagement from their respective slots, said locking member including bottom, side and top walls, and a flange depending from the top wall for engaging with the rod ends, the forward end of the flange being in the form of a cam to urge the rod ends into their proper positions as the locking device is moved into locking position within the tubular bracket.

JACOB MANDEL.

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