US3135266A - Loose leaf binding method - Google Patents

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US3135266A
US3135266A US832016A US83201659A US3135266A US 3135266 A US3135266 A US 3135266A US 832016 A US832016 A US 832016A US 83201659 A US83201659 A US 83201659A US 3135266 A US3135266 A US 3135266A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42F—SHEETS TEMPORARILY ATTACHED TOGETHER; FILING APPLIANCES; FILE CARDS; INDEXING
    • B42F13/00—Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots
    • B42F13/16—Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots with claws or rings
    • B42F13/20—Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots with claws or rings pivotable about an axis or axes parallel to binding edges
    • B42F13/22—Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots with claws or rings pivotable about an axis or axes parallel to binding edges in two sections engaging each other when closed
    • B42F13/26—Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots with claws or rings pivotable about an axis or axes parallel to binding edges in two sections engaging each other when closed and locked when so engaged, e.g. snap-action

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  • the present invention relates to the holder of a looseleaf binder for removable paper sheets, which are punched along an edge thereof, and inserted in a plurality of.-rings which can be opened at one location along their circumference.
  • the main object of the invention lies in the provision of such a holder which is simple in structure and extremely low in manufacturing cost while being quite ellicient in operation and sturdy in use.
  • Each holder made in accordance with the invention, is formed by setting up two identical elongated plate members so that they face one another along a longitudinal edge thereof and; in reverse symmetry. That way, only one simple mold is necessary, as the plates are preferably molded of plastic material.
  • a leaf spring holds these two plates together, by pivotally engaging each plate along and near an outer edge thereof andin such a way that the meeting edges of the plate move in toggle joint manner through a dead-center position.
  • the ;paper holding rings On one side of the deadcenter position, the ;paper holding rings are in open position, whereas on the other side, they are in closed position; being urged and kept in each respective position by the driving force of the spring. .7 L- I
  • FIGS. ,1 and 2 show, in perspective view, the holder of the invention in open and closed positions, respectively.
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the leaf spring used in the holder.
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-section view taken along a vertical plane between the two rings of FIG. 2.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 are two end elevation views ofthe holder, showing the latter in closed and open positions, respectively.
  • FIG. 7 is a plan View of one of the flat members, shown sectioned so as to more particularly depict the bottom end structure of the flat member.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 show the general outline of the holder of invention.
  • the holder is generally composed of two elongated, generally flat base members 2 and 3, held in contact along one of the longitudinal edges (FIGS. 4, 5, 6) by means of leaf spring 1.
  • the sheet holding elements themselves, are a plurality of rings, two being shown, molded in, and vertically projecting from base members 2 and 3.
  • each single flat base member 2 or 3 is provided with only half rings or prongs 4 or 5, each adapted to mate with a corresponding half ring on a mating base member.
  • Each base member 2, 3 is provided with two finger levers 10, 11, 12, 13, each being an upstanding, generally fiat, member, outwardly extending in the direction of the longitudinal meeting edge from the opposite edge.
  • base members 2, 3 are identical and can be molded with'the same mold.
  • the distance between lever 11 and its adjacent half ring 4 be shorter than the corresponding distance between lever 10 and its adjacent half ring 4; shorter by a length equal to the thickness of a finger lever.
  • the distance between levers 12 and its adjacent half ring 5 is shorter than lever 13 and its half ring 5 by a distance equal to the thickness of a finger lever.
  • the meeting edge ofeach base member is provided with atongue 14 (FIGS. 4, 6 and 7) and a groove 15, each extending on one half side only of the base, as shown in FIG. 7. This will permit, when two such base members are placed side by side in reversed symmetry with respect .to the meeting line, to'fit tongue 14 into the facing mating groove 15.
  • one free end of a half ring 4 of a base member 2 is provided with a spherical projection 4a while the end of the other half ring 4 has a spherical housing 412.
  • Projection 4a and housing 4b will meet spherical housing 5b and spherical projection 5a respectively, when coupled to a like base member 3 as shown particularly in FIG- URE 1. 'This will ensure better alignment of the two half rings and prevent lateral displacement when in closed position.
  • eachbase member (2, 3) is cut with a longitudinal re-entrant groove 7 (FIGS. 4, 5, 6 and 7) which includes an abutting surface 8, inclined towards the longitudinal meeting edge.
  • This leaf spring is a generally flat, elongated, thin bar 1,the longitudinal edges 1a and lb of which are folded inwardly towards one another. In order to increase tension in the spring, when in use, the. latter may be bent slightly upwardlylas atld, FIG, :4. As
  • edgev 10 which is the longitudinal edge of the spring (see FIG. 3).
  • Leaf-spring D is placed into position by pressing the longitudinal edges into re-entrant grooves 7 of two opposing base members 2, 3. This placing operation is helped by the fact that pivoting edge 10 is made to slide along inclined surface 6.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 will readily show that opening of the holder (and half rings) is obtained by applying opposed finger pressure on finger levers 10, 11, 12 and 13, more particularly on inclined indented surfaces AB, A'B'.
  • the pressure will, first, overcome the downward pressure. Then, when the meeting axial line is in the aforementioned plane, the vertical spring pressure is nil. As soon as the meeting line moves above the said plane, the spring pressure vertical component is reversed and the force is directed upwardly. Upward movement of the meeting line is, however, limited and stops when the outward surface of the spring longitudinaledges 1a and and 1b as they near this condition.
  • Closing may be obtained by applying reverse pressure, either on half rings 4, 5 or on the edges of upward portions 11', 12', and 13 of finger levers 10, 11, 12, 13.
  • Perforations 9 shown on flat surface 1 of spring D serve in fixing the holder onto the back of a binding cover. 1
  • Each holder element is, preferably, a one piece plastic article, preferably a polyamide or polyester and comprises a base member (2, 3), a series of half rings (4, 5) and two finger levers (10, 11, 12, 13) one at each end of the base member.
  • a loose-leaf binder comprising:

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FR778260A FR74502E (fr) 1959-07-08 1958-11-04 Dispositif relieur à feuillets mobiles
FR771986 1959-07-08
FR799651A FR76015E (fr) 1959-07-08 1959-07-08 Dispositif relieur à feuillets mobiles
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US5692847A (en) * 1996-03-19 1997-12-02 Zane; Barry Loose leaf binder assembly and spine therefor
US5718529A (en) * 1996-05-21 1998-02-17 Leco Stationary Manufacturing Company Limited Ring binder
US5895164A (en) * 1997-04-30 1999-04-20 Wu; Ming-Chuan Paper binding device
AU727432B2 (en) * 1997-04-30 2000-12-14 Profy International Corporation Paper binding device
US20050105958A1 (en) * 2003-11-18 2005-05-19 Koji Kaneda Loose-leaf binder with lock
US20050207826A1 (en) * 2004-03-15 2005-09-22 World Wide Stationery Manufacturing Company, Limited Soft close ring binder mechanism with mating ring tips
US20050271459A1 (en) * 2004-06-03 2005-12-08 World Wide Stationery Mfg. Co., Ltd. Interlocking ring tip formations for paired ring members of a ring binder mechanism
US20080080925A1 (en) * 2006-09-28 2008-04-03 World Wide Stationery Mfg. Co., Ltd. Ring Binder Mechanism with a Sliding Hinge Plate
US20080080926A1 (en) * 2006-09-28 2008-04-03 World Wide Stationery Mfg. Co., Ltd. Ring binder mechanism with sliding hinge plate
US8480327B2 (en) 2009-01-16 2013-07-09 Hans Johann Horn Binder apparatus
US8851783B2 (en) 2010-06-09 2014-10-07 World Wide Stationary Mfg. Co. Ltd. Ring binder mechanism having snap-in ring members
US9895922B2 (en) 2015-02-05 2018-02-20 World Wide Stationery Mfg. Co., Ltd. Ring binder with interlocking ring members

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US5346325A (en) * 1992-07-24 1994-09-13 Seiichi Yamanoi Paper holder having a locking device
JP2814957B2 (ja) * 1995-08-09 1998-10-27 コクヨ株式会社 リングとじ具

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US1743718A (en) * 1927-10-26 1930-01-14 Stationers Loose Leaf Co Loose-leaf binder
US1782647A (en) * 1929-05-07 1930-11-25 Elma N Dawson Loose-leaf binder
AT135100B (de) * 1932-08-05 1933-10-25 Koloman Handler Metallpressere Ringbuchmechanik.
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US2311090A (en) * 1941-11-24 1943-02-16 Nat Blank Book Co Loose-leaf book construction
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US3205896A (en) * 1962-10-18 1965-09-14 Weichert Willi Fritz Carl Mechanism for a loose-leaf book
US5692847A (en) * 1996-03-19 1997-12-02 Zane; Barry Loose leaf binder assembly and spine therefor
US5718529A (en) * 1996-05-21 1998-02-17 Leco Stationary Manufacturing Company Limited Ring binder
US5895164A (en) * 1997-04-30 1999-04-20 Wu; Ming-Chuan Paper binding device
AU727432B2 (en) * 1997-04-30 2000-12-14 Profy International Corporation Paper binding device
US20050105958A1 (en) * 2003-11-18 2005-05-19 Koji Kaneda Loose-leaf binder with lock
US7134800B2 (en) * 2003-11-18 2006-11-14 Kokki Kaneda Loose-leaf binder with lock
US20050207826A1 (en) * 2004-03-15 2005-09-22 World Wide Stationery Manufacturing Company, Limited Soft close ring binder mechanism with mating ring tips
US8573876B2 (en) 2004-03-15 2013-11-05 World Wide Stationery Manufacturing Company, Limited Soft close ring binder mechanism with mating ring tips
US20050271459A1 (en) * 2004-06-03 2005-12-08 World Wide Stationery Mfg. Co., Ltd. Interlocking ring tip formations for paired ring members of a ring binder mechanism
US20080080926A1 (en) * 2006-09-28 2008-04-03 World Wide Stationery Mfg. Co., Ltd. Ring binder mechanism with sliding hinge plate
US7600939B2 (en) 2006-09-28 2009-10-13 World Wide Stationery Mfg. Co., Ltd. Ring binder mechanism with sliding hinge plate
US20080080925A1 (en) * 2006-09-28 2008-04-03 World Wide Stationery Mfg. Co., Ltd. Ring Binder Mechanism with a Sliding Hinge Plate
US8480327B2 (en) 2009-01-16 2013-07-09 Hans Johann Horn Binder apparatus
US8851783B2 (en) 2010-06-09 2014-10-07 World Wide Stationary Mfg. Co. Ltd. Ring binder mechanism having snap-in ring members
US8899864B2 (en) 2010-06-09 2014-12-02 World Wide Stationery Mfg., Co., Ltd. Ring binder mechanism having unitary structure
US8899865B2 (en) 2010-06-09 2014-12-02 World Wide Stationery Mfg. Co., Ltd. Ring binder mechanism having retaining system on ring members
US9067457B2 (en) 2010-06-09 2015-06-30 Cooper Technologies Company Ring binder mechanism having unitary structure
US9656507B2 (en) 2010-06-09 2017-05-23 World Wide Stationery Mfg. Co., Ltd. Ring binder mechanism having snap-in ring members
US9895922B2 (en) 2015-02-05 2018-02-20 World Wide Stationery Mfg. Co., Ltd. Ring binder with interlocking ring members

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