US243772A - Album - Google Patents

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B. S. GLOVER. ALBUM.

No. 243,772. Y Patented July 5, 1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICEO ELI S. GLOVER, OF BATTLE GREEK, MIOHIGANI ALBUM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,772, dated July 5, 1881.

Application filed September 28, 1880. (No model.) Patented in Belgium October 15, 1879, in Italy November 20, 1879, in France December 11, 1879, in Germany January 30. 1880, in AnstriaMay 24, 1880, in Spain August 1, 1880, and in England September 23, 1880.

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I, ELI S. GLQVER, of Battle Creek, in the county of Calhoun and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Attachment of Leaves to Photographic Albums and other Books, said invention being an improvement upon Letters Patent No. 222,033, issued November 25, 1879, to Eli S. Glover, and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference made thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has reference to a novel improvement in the construction of albums to contain photographs or other matter; and it has for its object to produce an album or other similar folio having removable and interchangeable leaves, mats, or mounts detachably connected or attached to stubs which are bound together, and to the covers of the book, by which construction the position and order of the leaves or pictures can be changed without detracting from the appearance and completeness of the book.

The first part of my invention relates to an improved mode of attaching the leaves, mats, or mounts to their stubs, each one of which is thereby detachable and removable independently of the rest; and the second part of my invention consists in the novel construction of the hinge-fastening to form a spring-stop, and the locking-pin, by which the leaf, mat, or mount is secured to the stub or detached therefrom.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective drawing of an album made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the front edge of one ofthe stubs. Fig. 3 is the back edge of one of the leaves.

A will represent the cover of an album or similar folio, and B its leaves, mats, or cardboard mounts to receive and display the pictures.

0 is a number of stubs, to the front edge of which are attached the leaves, mats, or means employed to hold and present the prints, photographs, or other matter; and the fastening I employ for this purpose consists of strips or plates of metal or other suitable material secured to the edges of leaf and stub, upon the outer edges of which are formed tubes (1 and d, between which are spaces 6 and e. The tubes on the leaf correspond in length with the spaces on the stub, and vice versa.

In the upper ends of the tubes d d are firmly fixed the short pins f andf, standing parallel with the edge of the stub. The pins can be fixed to the leaf, if desired; but it is preferred to attach them to the stub. The lower end of the bottom tube (1 is even with the bottom of the stub, and above the pin f is the lower end of the upper tube d, which extends nearly to the top of the stub.

To attach the leaf, bring its edge parallel with the edge of the stub and catch the lower end of the upper tube 01 on the leaf over the point ofthe pinf, which pin, being longerthan the pin f, allows it to hold while the leaf ispressed down and the lower tube d passed over the pinf. The leaf is now slid down on the two pins until the lower tube 61 on the leaf springs into the space 6 between the upper and lower tubes, d, on the stub, which space it exactly fills. The upper end of the tube d, coming in contact with the lower end of the tube 01, prevents the leaf from slipping on the pins f and f until it is desired to remove the leaf, when, by bending it up or down in the center, the spring of the leaf will allow the ends of the tubes to pass each other, when the leaf can be slipped off the pins and removed.

In large books, where the leaf has greater length and it is desired to fasten it more securely to the stub, I adjust a small movable locking-pin, g, in the lower part of the upper tube (1, which pin has a head or projection which prevents the pin from dropping out and keeps it in place. When theleaf is attached this pin can be moved down. The point, pass ing into the upper end of the lower tube d locks it securely. It is released by moving the pin up in the slot and springing the leaf out as before. By this means I get an easily de tached or adjusted hinge-joint, so that a leaf, when torn or soiled, can be removed and another substituted without the book being taken to the bindery, and an assortment of sizes for displaying either card, cabinet, or other sizes of pictures can be arranged at pleasure.

The leaf being attached to the stub by a perfect hinge, working freely, much of the strain and wear is taken off the back binding of the book, thus making the binding more durable.

Lithographs, engravings, paintings, and photographs can be mounted on card-board direct, and, being supplied with the fixture for the purpose on the edge, can be put up in stubbooks manufactured to accommodate them, the stub-book and the leaves, mats, or mounts bein g manufactured separately.

This invention can also be applied to sheetmusic, periodicals, and Works bound in parts, where it is desirable to have the parts put up in volumes, but removable independent of each other.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an album or other folio, the combination, with a series of stubs bound together and to the covers of the book, said stubs being provided with short fixed pins and spaces along their front edges, of leaves provided with tubes on their back edges adapted to engage with the pins on the stubs, said tubes being of the exact length to fill the spaces on the stubs, by which construction the leaves are held in place and are capable of being easily detached from or attached to the stubs by means of bending or springing the leaf to the right or left for the purpose, substantially as described.

2. In a photograph-album or other folio having folding leaves, the stub G, with metal tubes dd, between which is the space 6, andfixed pins f an d f upon its front edge, in combination with the leaf B, having the tubes (1 61' upon its back edge, the tube (1 being the same length as the space 0, whereby said leaf and stub are hinged together, formingaflexible and easily-detached joint and spring-stop, substantially as herein described, for the purpose set forth.

3. In combination with the stub G, having the short pinsf and f upon its front edge, and a leaf, B, having the tubes d d upon its inner edge, the sliding locking-pin g, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand -this 7th day of June, 1880.

ELI SHELDOE. GLOVER.

YVitnesses:

A. O. TINKER, EDWARD HIRAM GLovnR.

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