US722589A - Binder for sheet-music, &c. - Google Patents

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PATENTED MAR. 10, 1-903 I J. C. KIMSEY. BINDER FOR SHEET MUSIC, 8w.

APPLICATION rlnnnlA-ue. a, 1902.

co. PHOTO-LITHO WASHINGYON n c men UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES C. KIMSEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BINDER FOR SHEET-MUSIC, C.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 722,589, dated March 10, 1903.

Application filed August 8,1902.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES C. KIMSEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a Binder for Sheet-Music, &c., of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a binder or back which is especially adapted for binding sheet-music, whereby sheets of music may be readily and conveniently bound in book form and in such manner that when the book is opened the sheets or pages will lie perfectly flat.

My invention contemplates the production of a binder or back of this character which shall be simple and cheap in construction and durable and in which the sheets or pages when attached will be securely and firmly held in place in the book.

Though especially adapted for binding sheet-music, it will appear hereinafter that the device may be similarly employed for binding photographs, invoices, clippings, c.

' With the above objects in view my invention consists in the particular construction and arrangement of parts constituting my improved binder or back for sheet-music, &c., all as hereinafter fully described, and more specifically set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is an edge view enlarged. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view to more clearly illustrate the manner of connecting the stubstrips to each other and to the covers of the book. 7

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in the severalviews of the drawings.

Referring now to said drawings, A A designate the covers of the book or binder, and a the cloth back, the latter being preferably pasted or otherwise attached to the outer sides of the covers, as. shown, though the same may be attached to the said covers in any usual manner.

In carrying out my invention I employ a number of strips B of paper or other suitable material and fold each strip longitudinally upon itself, so as to provide the portions 17 and b of unequal width. These folded strips are pasted or otherwise connected together at Serial No. 115,922. (No model.)

the folds so that the wider portion 1) of each projects a short distance beyond the narrower portion 12 of the next folded strip and when so connected form the stub-strips c, to which the sheets of music or other matter are attached, as hereinafter described. When the folded strips B are attached together as hereinbefore described, a single strip is left at each side of the series of stub-strips, and the latter are attached to the covers A A by pasting these single strips to said covers, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, there being no connection between the stub-strips and cloth back a, so that when the sheets e are attached and the book is opened the pages will lie perfectly flat. The surface of the portion 17 lying beyond the contiguous portion 1) of the adjoining strip is gummed, as indicated, and to this gummed surface the sheet e of music or other matter is pasted. In pasting a sheet to the stub-strip it is only necessary to moisten the gummed surface and then apply the sheet thereto, the edge of the contiguous portion b forming a guide. In making 'up the stub-strips I purpose to use paper gummed on one side, and after cutting this paper into strips, as B, fold and paste them together. In this way the strips are securely connected and leave a projecting portion gummed on one side, the gummed surface lying beyond the attached narrower portion of the other folded strip, so that theedge of said narrower portion will form a guide in applying the sheet of music.

It will be noted that I provide a simple, cheap, and effective means for binding sheetmusic, photographs, invoices, clippings, and other matter to be bound from time to time, and that the operation of applying the sheets to the stub-strips can be readily and conveniently accomplished, and also that a book formed in this manner will lie perfectly flat when opened, not only to properly rest upon a rack when used as a music-book, but also to lie and remain flat upon a table or desk when used for binding photographs, invoices, clippings, &c. It will be further noted that by forming the stub-strips in the manner shown and described a double thickness of material is provided in the rear of the place of attachment for the sheets, so that when the book is filled the bulk of the same will be uniform. A

I claim-- 1. In a binder or back for sheet-music, the combination with the covers, of stubs made up of strips folded longitudinally to provide portions of different Widths, the narrowerportion of each folded strip being attached to the outer side of the wider portion of the next adjoining folded strip and the surface of the outer side of said wider portion gummed be yond the edge of the attached narrower portion, as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. A binder or back for sheet-music, &c., comprising the covers connected by a back, and stub-strips formed by strips gurnmed on one side and folded longitudinally to provide

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