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Patented Nov. 17,1908.

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JOHN R. BARRETT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BINDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

Application filed October 13, 1897. Serial No. 655,053.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. BARRETT, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Binders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to binders of the Emerson type, patented September 12, 1871, and has for its object to provide certain improvements in binders of this type.

In the drawingsFigure 1 shows a portion of a binder of the old style, provided 1 with my improved cord and tip; Figs. 2 and 3 illustrate binders having my improvements, several modifications being shown; Fig. 4c is a sectional view of the old style cleat; Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are similar views showing several forms of my improved cleat; Fig. 8 is an end view of the binder; Fig. 9 is a partial plan view of a binder, showing my improvements in their most approved form; and Fig. 10 is a sectional view showing one of the cleats.

As will be clearly understood from an inspection of Fig. 1, the old style binder con sisted of backs 1516 hinged together, said backs carrying, respectively, longitudinal strips 17-18, between which the papers (or other matter to be bound) were placed. The strip 17 was provided at each end with an eyelet 19, the strip 18 being provided with similar eyelets 20 opposite the eyelets 19, and with cleats 21 arranged at one side of the eyelets 20. In the old style binder the papers or other articles were threaded upon cords 22, which were secured to the strip 17 near its opposite ends, thence passing through the eyelets 19, thence through the papers which lie between the strips 17 and 18, thence through the eyelets 20, then being secured to the cleats 21 by belaying, as illustrated in Fig. 1. For the purpose of threading the papers upon the cord, a needle was provided, the needle having an eye by which it was threaded upon the cord.

While the construction above described has been very popular and has gone into extensive use, the arrangement of the eyelets with reference to the cleats has been unsatisfactory to some extent, owing to the fact that the strips 17-18 could not, with such arrangement, be bound down as tightly upon the papers as was desirable. To avoid this objection is one of the objects of my present invention, and this object I accomplish by arranging the eyelets corresponding to the eyelets 20 between the retaining arms of the cleats, as illustrated in Figs. 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.

In the form shown in Fig. 5, the strip 18 has secured to it a cleat 23, the central portion of which is countersunk, and is secured by an eyelet 24: to the strip 18. The cleat 23 has retaining arms 2526 at opposite sides of the eyelet 24, and is further secured in place by rivets 27, which serve to prevent it from turning out of alinement with the strip 18. By countersinking the cleat 23, as illustrated, a depression is provided between the arms 2526, to receive the rim of the retaining eyelet, so that when the cord 22 is passed through the eyelet 2e and looped around the arms 25 26 to secure it, the crossed portion of the cord at the center will not project materially beyond the arms 2526 and interfere with the proper closure of the binder. The arms 2526 extend in opposite directions from the perforated center of the cleat and are bent to present concave faces to the surfaces of the binder-strip so that the space between the surface to which the cleat is secured and the cleat itself is greater near the inner portions of the arms than near the outer portions thereof. The cleats 23 are so placed with reference to the eyelets 19 in the strip 17 that the eyelets 2 1 of said. cleats will lie opposite the eyelets 19, as illustrated in Fig. 2. Bythis construction, when the papers are threaded upon the cord 22, after the cord is passed through the eyelet 24 the strips 17-18 may be drawn tightly together and held without slipping while the cord is belayed; and as, in this construction, when the strips 17-18 are drawn together, pressure is applied directly to the cleat, said strips will be drawn together more tightly than in prior constructions. Moreover, the cord is held properly in place between the arms 25-26 and the opposite surface of the strip,the outer ends of the arms keeping it from slipping out, owing to their nearness to the strip.

While I prefer to make the cleat 23 in one piece, as illustrated in Fig. 5, it may be made in two pieces, having detached arms 28-29, as shown in Fig. 6, an eyelet 3O corresponding to the eyelet 24. being placed between the arms 28 -29, as illustrated. Furthermore, instead of using arms of the form shown in Figs. 5 and 6, hooks 31-32, illustrated in Fig. 2, may be used, an eyelet being secured between them. This construction is not herein specifically claimed, however, as it is the subject of my application for patent, filed January 2, 1903, Serial Number 137,533.

In Fig. 7 I have shown still further modifications, spring arms 33-34 being provided, which are secured upon the strip 18 and are adapted to pinch the cord between them. 35 indicates a spring arm adapted to grip the cord upon a plate 36 secured upon the strip 18. The plate 36 serves to take the wear.

In Fig. 2 I have shown a binder having cleats of the forms shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and 7, but it should be understood that usually in any one binder the cleats are alike.

In Fig. 3 I have illustrated a form of binder intended for a large number of documents; and to provide for holding the ends of the cord when the binder contains only a small amount of matter, auxiliary cleats 37 are provided, which are secured to the strips 18 at convenient points to receive and retain the loose ends of the cord, as shown.

Further features of my present invention are illustrated in Figs. 9 and 10, Fig. 9 illustrating the complete binder, while Fig. 10 illustrates my most approved form of cleat. The cleat 42 shown in Fig. 10 is similar in general to that shown in Fig. 5, the principal difference being that instead of using a single eyelet 24, as shown in Fig. 5, I use a plurality of such eyelets arranged between the arms of the cleat. The object of this construction is to provide an eyelet to receive the cord on which the papers are strung, at a point opposite the perforation in the last paper. In threading papers upon a cord in binders of this type it is quite difficult for the operator to keep the perforations in the different papers exactly in line, the consequence being that after a number of papers have been threaded on the cord the perforations in the last paper are not at the same distance from the top and bottom edges of the paper as those of the first paper; consequently, if the eyelets in the strip 18 are opposite those in the strip 17, it becomes necessary to double back the cord, and when it is drawn taut the lateral pressure on the papers either tears them or moves them out of alinement. This is further aggravated by the fact that, as at least two cords are used and as it is practically impossible to keep the adjustment of the two cords the same, the papers are very apt to be wrinkled and torn. By providing a plurality of perforations or eyelets 24, however, the cord may be passed through the eyelet nearest to it, so that the evil results above mentioned are avoided. While I have shown three perforations or eyelets 24, I do not wish to limit myself to that number. Furthermore, I do not limit myself to providing a plurality of perfora tions solely with the form of cleat shown in Fig. 10, as my invention includes the application of this feature to other forms of cleats and retaining devices.

In the old style of binder, as already suggested, it was customary to use two cords, one at each end of the binder; and in order to avoid the objections incident to securing the cords to the binder by knots, as was formerly the practice, and to provide for adjusting the cord as may be necessary, I have provided means whereby a single cord may be used. As illustrated in Fig. 9, a cleat 45 is secured to the strip 17 at some suitable point between the perforations 43, as shown 'in Fig. 9, the cord being secured to said cleat in the manner shown.

So far as I am aware, no one has heretofore provided a temporary binder of the class described with means between the ends of one of the binding strips for preventing the cord from slipping longitudinally thereof; and this construction is therefore claimed broadly.

While I have described my improvements in detail, I wish it to be understood that my invention is not limited to such specific details of construction, except in so far as they are particularly claimed, as many modifications thereof may be made without departing from my invention.

I do not herein claim the pointed cord-tip illustrated in the drawings and originally forming a part of this application, since the construction of such cord-tip forms the subject-matter of a divisional application filed in the Patent Oflice on the 24th day of May, 1902, Serial Number 108,850.

That which I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. In a binder, the combination with covers, of a binding-cord secured to one of said 110 covers, a cleat secured to the other cover, said cleat having retaining arms,and a plurality of open perforations between said retaining arms, substantially as described.

2. The combination with covers, of a bind- 115 ing cord secured to one of said covers, a retainingdevice having retaining arms secured to the other cover, and two or more open perforations between said retaining arms, substantially as described.

3. In a binder, the combination with strips 17 18, said strips 17 having perforations 43, of a cord passing through said perforations, retaining-devices carried by the strip 18 op posite said perforations, and a cleat secured 125 to the strip 17 between the perforations 43, substantially as described.

4. In a binder, the combination with covers, of a binding-cord secured to one of said covers, a retaining-device secured to the 130 other cover, and a plurality of perforations ing a cleat adapted to engage the cord to in the latter cover, said perforations being prevent it from slipping longitudinally of 10 arranged in close proximity to each othgr the strip, substantially as described. and adjacent to said retaining-devices, su stantially as described. JOHN BARRETT 5. In a binder, the combination of covers, Witnesses: and binder-strips, one of said strips having JOHN L. J AGKSON, cord-retaining devices, the other strip hav- HOLMES A. TILDEN.

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