US528551A - Temporary binder - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

J. H. NELLIS.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

N0.'528,551. Patented Nov. 6, 1894.

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J. H. NELLIS. TEMPORARY BINDER.

No. 528,551. v Pate'ntedNov.-6,18.94.

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JACOB H. .NELLIS, on OANAJOHARIE, NEW YORK.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 528,551, dated November 6,1894.

Application filed August 21, 1898. Serial No. 483,697. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB H. NELLIS, of Canajoharie, in the county of Montgomery and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Temporary Binders; 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 pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification. Y I

My invention relates to an improvement in temporary binders, and it consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter fully described and especially referred to in the claims. 7

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and effective method by which two or more books, pads or tablets of paper may be joined together and secured bet-ween covers, while at the same time the pages of the books, pads or tablets are as readily accessible for reference'or for being written upon as are the pages of books bound in the ordinary manner.

By my method of binding one or more books, pads or tablets can be easily removed and replaced by others, in this way saving the cost of new binding whenever it becomes necessary to replace the pages.

Referring to, the accompanying drawings: Figure 1, is an end view of my improved binder when closed. Fig. 2, isa rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3, is a plan view, the top cover being thrown backward. Fig. 4, is a similar View of a modified form of device for clamping the separable account pages. Fig. 5, is a longitudinal sectional'view of Fig. 4. Fig. 6, is a plan View of one of the under sections of the book showing its sectional swinging connection.

A is the base or under cover of the book having perforated ears B projecting from one edge thereof. Extending inward through these perforated ears are rods 0 confined at their inner ends to the binder back D, as shown. One of these rods is recessed longitudinally and movable thereinis rod 0 having a hooked end for the purpose presently to be explained.

F are elongated hinged sections having perthe said plates Hupon sections F is provided v for. With this arrangement when one plate with its pad is turned back the next pad beneath it is entirely exposed, and this it will be understood is effected without turning back the section F. The plates H may be connected directly to sections F, if so desired, as illustrated in Fig. 6.

My preferred form of device for securing the pad to plate H is shown in Fig.8, and

consists of a projection I adjacent to the lip-- per end of the plate H, and adapted to swing upon this projection is the fiat spring J, which is adapted to be turned downward and to be engaged at its free end by the swinging latch K, at the lower end of said plate H. Beneath the spring when in said position is the pad or series of leaves L, which are preferably reduced in length upon their inner edges where they are clamped by said spring and which pad or leaves are perforated to receive studs M projecting from said plate H, whilethe same are also formed with V-shaped notches at their upper and lower ends to receive the inwardly projecting V-shapedstops N, also projecting from said plate, and I also employ the depending studs R upon the-under 'side of the spring which engage the perforations in the pad or leaves, thus forming another means independently of the others described for holding the same in proper position while being clamped by the spring.

It will be seen that the studs and V-shaped stops serve tohold the pads or leaves in asecure and permanent manner, thus leaving vertical movement the only way of displacement possible, and that only when the spring has been released from its swinging catch. The stops N or studs M or B may be used separately or independently of each other and be almost as effective for holding the leaves in place, as when all are used at the same time.

In the modified form of clamping device shown in Fig. 4, I provide a slotted angular slide 0, which is adapted to move upon the upper portion of plate H, and which is held in the desired adjustment by set screw 0. This slide is adapted to move longitudinally upon the said plate and carries a swinging spring P, which at its free end is adapted to engage a fixed lever Q at the lower end of said plate. In this form of device I also show the studs M and V-shaped stops N, one of the latter being carried by the slide 0. In either of the constructions here shown and described for clamping the pads or leaves to plate H, it will be seen that a secure hold is obtained upon the same, which are well projected beneath the spring so that all possibility of being crowded or forced from place by the downward pressure of the spring is obviated. Where it is not necessary to project the said' clamping plate any distance beyond the longitudinal section F,I simply provide perforated overlapping ears upon the respective sections and pass thereth rough a longitudinal rod or rivets for forming the hinge-joint as illustrated in Fig. 5.

By means of the arrangement here shown and described, it will be seen that any one pad or section or several taken together, may be turned over to partly reveal a succeeding one, or the same may be completely reversed by turning upon rod 0, as shownon the cover in Fig. 1.

Hook 0" upon the end of rod 0 is for the purpose of holding a leaf or leaves turned back, as shown in Fig. 3.

The pads or leaves may be readily removed when filled and others inserted, thus doing away with the necessity of expensive binding which is a material item in thecost of account books.

The device is very much more convenient for the handling of agreat number of account sheets than asimplybound book, while every portion of the same is easily accessible owing to the peculiar form as here shown, whereby all the turning movement is accommodated on the reduced portion of the page.

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

1. An improved binder comprising a base, and a seriesof page-clamping devices hinged at a common center upon said base and radiating therefrom to a vertical line when arranged in succession, substantially as shown and described.

2. An improved binder comprising a base, page clamping sections adapted to turn thereon, and a longitudinally movable rod 6o having a hook upon its outer end for the purpose of holding the pages when turned backward, substantially as shown and described.

3. An improved-binder comprising abase,

a series of page clamping devices, a longitudinally movable rod upon which the said devices are hinged, and a hook carried by the outer end of the rod for the purpose of engaging the leaves or pages when turned backward, substantially as shown and described.

4. An improved binder comprising a base,

a series of elongated plates hinged thereto, and page clamping devices hinged to the outer edges of the said elongated plates and which have a turning movement on said platesindependent of the swinging movement of the latter, substantially as shown and described.

5. An improved binder comprising a base,

a series of elongated plates hinged thereto, bearings projecting from the outer edges of the said plates, and page clamping devices adapted to swing in the said bearings, substantially as shown and described.

6. An improved binder comprising abase, a series of elongated plates hinged thereto, a rod forming bearings at its end upon the outer edge of the said plate,a page clamping device adapted to turn upon said bearings, and a means for holding said rod rigid with the plate, substantially as shown and described.

7. An improved binder comprising a base, elongated plates hinged thereto, rods bent between their ends and secured to the upper side of the plate, bearings formed upon the projected ends of said rod, and page clamping devices adapted to turn upon said bearing, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof Iaffix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB H. NELLIS.

\Vitnesses:

O. W. WHEELER, JOHN 0. WHEELER.

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