US251998A - Portfolio scrap-book - Google Patents

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UNITED STATESv PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR L. OOLTON, OF HAMMOND, NEW YORK.

PORTFOLIO SCRAP-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,998, dated January 3, 1882.

i Application filed June 13, 18H1. (No model.)

To `all whom it may concern p Be it known that I, ARTHUR L. GoLToN, of the town of Hammond, county of St. Lawrence, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in` Portfolio Scrap-Books, of which the following is a specification.

contained in inclosing-covers, which envelopes are for the purpose of containing in methodially-arran ged and easily-accessible-form scraps cut from publications, memoranda on separate sheets, .and documents of various kinds, which devices have become known to the trade and to the public under the name `of portfolio scrap-books.77 Y

The object of my invention is to produce such a book, the covers of which shall be adapted to remain in substantially parallel relation without reference to the amount of matter inclosed thereby. This object is accomplished by providin g the covers and inclosed envelopes with eyelets, through which shall pass a suitable cord or tape, and providing fastenings for said cord, whereby it may be adj ustably secured in position, and a greater or less thickness of the book thus provided for.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof', and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a closed book or portfolio constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a transverse section thereof on the dotted line ma?, showing the string as it passes around and through the parts; Fig. 3, a plan view of the book When open; Fig. 4, a plan view, on an enlarged scale, of the button or belayingpin, to which the ends of the strings are connected, and the surrounding portion of the cover; and Fig. 5, a detail sectional view of the belaying-pin, showl ing more clearly than the other views the lateral holes throughits shank, and the manner of its attachment to the cover of the book.

In said drawings, the portions marked A B represent the covers to my improved book or so i portfolio; C, the envelopes therein; D, common eyelets or holes in said covers and said envelopes, through which the cords or tapes pass; E E', said cords or tapes, and F a but- `ton or belaylng-pin for fastening them.

The covers A B are preferably simply stiff rectangular pieces of any suitable material, which serve to secure the envelopes C firmly in position, and are alikeexoept that one is l provided, in addition to the eyelets, with the Thisinvention relates generally to that class of devices which consist of several envelopes button or pin F, While the other is with eyelets only.

The envelopes C are preferably of heavy provided .Manila paper, and are most commonly of the size known as No. l0, (though any size may of course be em ployed,) and are preferably pro vided with common eyelets D, as shown in Fig. 3, through which the cords pass.

The eyelets D in the covers and the envelopes are simply plain, common eyelets, and serve their usual purpose of preventing the cords from wearing the holes too rapidly or tearing them ont.

The cords E E' areso attached and arranged that the whole device can be easily secured together thereby, with the'covers in substantially parallel relation, Without reference to the thickness ofthe contents thereof. The end of the cord E is passed through holes in the hollow shank ofthe belaying-pin F to the inside thereof, and knotted, as is most plainly shown in Fig. 4:. It is then wound around the shank several times, passed across to the other side of the cover A, and down through the eyelets D and all the eyelets in one end of the envelopes and the other cover, carried across to the other end, brought up through the several eyelets, and back to the belaying-pin,

where the other endis fastened in like manner as the first. The cord E is then attached to the center ofthe cordE, of which itis practically a part, and is brought up the front side of the book, Wound around the shankwof the belaying-pin, and drawn under itself or under the cord E in the manner shown, which com, pletes the fastening. As the matter in the envelopes accumulates, and the book grows thicker, the parallel relation of the covers is maintained by letting out one or more of the turns in the cord E around the shank of thebelayingpin F, and thus giving more length to said cord.`

In fastening the book the user draws upon the cord E', which forces the cord E from a IOO ` Straight une, as indicated by nl@ dotted nues envelopes.

in Fig. 3, and forces the book tightly together, and, when secured in the Way shown, maintains it in closed position and proper adjustment. v

The belaying-piu F is preferably button-like in form, and hollow. It is provided with two holes through its shank from the outside to the inside, through which the ends ofthe cord or tape E pass, and in which they are secured.`

Its head or iiange should be of a sufficient size to accommodate several turns of the cord E, so that the book may be adjusted up to a thickness of several inches. As will readily be seen, however, the cords E and E permit a considable adjustment without unwindingthe turns,

and are to that extent independent of the be- .laying-pin, except as a fastening device.

In using my invention the cord E is detached from the belaying-pin F .and the book opened, when the scrap or document which kit is desired to file away is inserted in one ofthe lproperly classified and numbered, and arranged with spaces for memoranda ot' contents, 8vo.,

yon the back of each. A general index may also be inserted, of the usual form for indexes for blank-books. When the scrap or other matter is` properly put away and indexed the book is closed and fastened, as before explained. By this means a very convenient and methodical arrangement of the matters contained in the book may be employed, by means of which any scrap or d-ocument may be easily found.

The envelopes are intended to ,bel

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

1. The combination, in a portfolio scrapbook, of the covers A and B and envelopes C, all provided with holes or eyelets D, and one yof said covers being further provided with a substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the cover B, of the belaying-pin F secured thereto, and provided with lateral holes in its shank, adapted to receiveand hold the ends of the string E, and having a head or flange under which thestring E may be wound, and thereby secured, su'bstantially as described, and for the purposes specied.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 4th day of June, A. D. 1881.

ARTHUR L. COL'ION. [L silV In presence of- G. BRADFORD, W. H. ELVIN.

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