US986609A - Loose-leaf binder. - Google Patents

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE AUG-UST WAGNIERE, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORINIA1 ASSIGNOR T() HENRY J. PAULY, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

LOOSE-LEAF BINDER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Panted Mar. 14, 1911.

Continuation of application Serial No. 388,430, filed August 13, 1907. This application led February 17,

.To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST WAGNIERE, a citizen. of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Loose-Leaf Binder, of which the following is a specification.

An object of this invention is to provide an improved loose .leaf binder in which the binder may be filled -with blank leaves and the leaves conveniently removed for typewriting from. time to time and replaced untill the record is complete, and then the book may be permanently locked so that it cannot be unlocked without breaking.

The loose leaf binder herein described embraces the features shown in my application for loose leaf binder for record books, filed August .13, 1907, Serial No. 388,430, and of which application this is a continu ance with relation to the patentable features of said former application.

The accompanying' drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective showing a book constructed inaccordance with the principles. of my invention, the binder-posts being dis connected at their back ends so as to allow the removal or replacement of .the back sheets ofthe book. Fig. 2 is a View analogous to Fig'. l and showing the book open for the removal or replacement of the front sheets. aFig. 3 `is an enlarged cross-section on line m3, Fig. 6 and showing the channel: back rectangular in cross-section. Fig. 4 is a view analogous to Fig. 3 and showing the channel-back curved in cross-section Fig. 5 is a view analogous to Fig. 3 and taken on line :125, Fig. 6; the book being closed. Fig. 6 isa plan of the parte shown in Figs. 3 and .5, parts being' broken away to economize space, and parts bein shown in section to illustrate the construction. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal vertical section on line m7, Figs. 3 and 6 and illustrating the use of the stop to prevent the permanent locking of the binder-posts, and showing the parts temporarily latched. Fig. l8 is a View analogous to Fig. 7 and showing the 'parts unlatched.

Fi 9 is a view analogous to' Figs; 7 and 8 an showing the stop removed and the parts permanently locked.y Fi tion showing a straight inder-post. Fig. l1 is an elevation showing a curved binder- 10 is an eleva? post. Fig. 12 is a sectional detail of a set of binder-posts and the locking-bar, drawn for the purpose of illustrating the pro ressive action of the locking lingers, the arthest entering the opening in the post first, then the middle finger, and then the nearest finger. Fig. 13 is an enlarged fragmental sectional detail showing the construction of the fly-leaf. Fig. 14 is a cross-sectional detail of a modified construction.

Referring to the drawing in detail., the frame-Work l of the channel-back comprises the central portion 2 and the side portions 3 and 4 formedofsheet metal and producing a channel which is rect-angular in crosssection as shown in Fig. 3, or curved' as shown in Figs. 4 and 14. l

The locking. bar mechanisms 5 are secured one to the side portion 3 and another to the side portion 4, or as shown in Fig, 14 only one locking bar mechanism may be used. Each locking bar mechanism comprises 'a casing G, a. slide 7, anda loclcmechanism 8. The casing @comprises the facing 9, the` flange 10 extending from the lower edge of the facing, the flange 11 extending fromthe upper edge of the facing parallel with the flange 10, and the flange'lQ extending from the flange 11 parallel with the facing 9; there being spacin" 'bearing blocks 13 cut and pressed from tie body of the facing 9 at intervals, and rivets 14 inserted through the spacing bearing blocks and through the side portions 8 and 4 to hold the locking bar mechanisms in place.;

The inner binder-ilaps 15 and 16 are placed against the inner faces of the side portions o and 4 beforefthe locking-bar mechanisms are placed '1n position, so that by attaching the locking-bar mechanisms the binder-flaps lare held.

Notches 17 are cut in the upper edges of the casing 6 to receive the-ends of the binderposts. The slides 7 are mounted in the casing 6 before the casings are secured-in position, each of said slides comprising a piece of the metal 18 of the desired length and of a width and thickness to fit and slide readily in its casin the near end of the metal beingbent latera ly and suitably finished to form the handle 19 for moving the slide back and forth, and there being bearings 20 punched.

at suitable intervals to lit. the spacing bearing blocks 13, and there being notches lQ1 posts, and there being elongated"4 punched at suitableintervals to match'ftheY posts will straighten up so that the perfora- .tions in the tree ends of the posts will be in notches 17 to receive the endsl of the 'binderas iingers22 projecting toward t emnothes to enter the perforations in thebinder-posts.

The removable stop.23 consists of a screwv screw-seated in the metal 18 just inside of rejections the handle 19 to engage the end of the icasing and limit the inward movement of the slide, so that while the'istop is in place the back can only be temporarily latched or locked as required to remove and replace the leaves.

The locking-bar mechanisms 5 may be flat or rectangularl in cross-section, shownin F ig. 3, or they may be curved as shown in Fig. 4. Each locking-bar mechanism contains a concealed lock -in'echanism 8. comprising a spring detent 24 mounted in a slot .25

formed in the metal- 18, the tree end of the spring' operating in a notch 26 in the metal 18, and the stop 25 extending downwardly from the flange 11 intothe casing so that when the partsare assembled the spring detent Q4 is depressed and slides against the end of the stop 25 while the removable stop 23 is in place, so that the slide 7 may be moved backwardly and forwardly as desired to latch and unlatch the binder-posts, and so that when the removable stop 23 is removed and the slide pushed into the casing far enough the free end of, the spring detent 24 will pass beyond thestop 25 and spring up behind the stop, and then the slide is perH manently locked and cannot be unlocked or operated except by breaking some of the parts, there being no Vaccess to the spring detent 24 either by key or otherwise,

In laying ofi' the locking bar mechanisms the partsmay be so proportioned that the fingers 22 will 'all' enter perforations in the binder-posts simultaneously, or the parts may beso arranged that the lingers will enter the perforations successively, so that a finger may be started into one post, and then started in to the next, andthen into the next,

as illustrated inFigs. 7 and 12.7`

The-binder-posts 27 each comprises a section 28 of rod, preferably round in cross section and having perforations 29 in each end, and the end face 30 adjacent the perforation being preferably concentric to the perforationand the forward end 31 of eachperforation being enlarged or funnel-shaped.

. The binder-posts may be straight pins, as shown 1n Fig. 10, or they may be curved `pins as shown in Fig. 11. The points of the Pfingers or projections -22' are preferably rounded or tapered sc as to find their wa);

easilyinto the Haring ends 231 ot the perfo- 'ra'ltions`29, and said lingers are preferably ot' the relative size and shape that will cause the binder-posts 28 lto straighten as the tingers are pressed well into the posts; itbeing desirable that when theposts are placed in the notches 17 and the slide. is operated to cause the lingers to enter the posts, the

line. parallel with. the fingers. Then when a. stock of paper 3B forming the book-leaves previously perforated', is placed upon the posts an manipulated to bring the paper into the channel 34 of the back` the ree -ends of the Aposts will pass down into :the

notches 17 with their perforatioi'is in line to receive the fingers 22 of the slide. rlhe stock of paper is composed of loose flat sheets, each sheet being free to be removed, tor nstance, to take a blank sheet from'the front, typewrite the sheet and place it in the back. The tlyleaf coi'istruction 35 comprises the back portion, the hinge portions Si and 38, the eye-portions and 40, the hinge por tions 41 and 42, and the leaf portions 43 and 44. The back portion is preferably two pieces of cloth i-5 and 4G with a reinforcef ment 4T pastedV between the pieces so as to make the bach section very firm, and said. back section is ot a width slightly less than the double capacity of the c :hannel 34. The hinge portions 3'? and 38 are formed by past-- ing the clotli-pieces together witlwut the reintorcen'ient, and the eye- portions 39 and 40 are formed by placing a reintorcement48 be.-

tween the cloth-pieces, and the eyes 49 are i Sli are formed by bringing the elo't-hse.ctions to gether as in the hinge- portions 37 and 38,

and then the leatportions 43 and 44 areV formed by insert-ing the leaves 50 between .theedges of the cloth-pieces; the object ot this fly-leaf construction being to produce a suitable and convenientv covering for the bunch oit book-leaves.

In assembling the parte thus constructed. the cover is opened as in Fig. 1. with the 'channel of the back in a. vertical position;

the binder-posts 28 are `placed in the notches 17 ot' the front locking bar mechanism; the, slide is manipulated to latch ,the binderposts in place:. the fly leaf construction is Iopened and placed with the leaf 43 down- \\ardly`npon thefront coyerwith the binder- `posts extei'iding through "the eye-portion 39.

Then the paper 35i is placed upon the bin'derfposts until the posts are tilled to the desired extent; then the back leaf 440i' the flyleat construction is pulled tightly over into place. the paper being pressed downwardly iipon the'binder-posts, and the eyeportion 40 is brought into place upon the rear ends of the binder-posts with the posts extending' through the eyes,'thereby holding the paper {irmlytogether ina bunch. *.Then .by graspM ino the front cover of the book or thefhlo'clr of paper and swinging it upwardly, -thc hinge portion 38 ofthe fly-leaf construction will strike the upper edge of the'casing 9 and slide downwardly into the channel 34,

as shown in Fig. 3, and the back ends of the binder-posts will pass downwardly into the notches 17, said posts being held in line to 'receive the fingers, and the handle 19 is maplaced against the binder-Hap and secured ,in place by screws 53 inserted downwardly through the framework into the wood. Pads 54 and 55 are placed against the sides 3 and 4 of the frame-work outside of Vthe flap 51, and the outer cover 56 is pasted upon the pads 52, 54 and 55 and then to the flaps 51 and the flaps 51 to the ilaps 15 and 16 to form the hinge portions'57 and '58 oi the cover, and the boards 59 and 60 are placed between the flaps 5l and the flaps 15 and 16, and the cover is completed in the usual way.

In F ig. 14 I have shown a crossf section of a book-binder like that shown inmy Patent No. 842,361, dated January 29, 1907, and in this construction the binder-posts 61 are secured to a bar 62 which is connected by a hinge 63 to the channel-back 64E, and perfo rations 65 are-formed in the free ends of the binder-posts 61 to receive the fingers 22 of the slide; the diierence between this construction and the construction shown in my former patent being that the lingers pass through perforations in the binder-posts,

whereas in my former patent 'the fingers pass over the binderosts;

In Fig. 5 I have s own the ily-leaf construction in two parts, the line of .division being substantially at the center of the back 36, but in this construction theiiy-leaf does not serve the purpose-of binding the paper together. into a block as in the construction heretofore described and shown in Fig. 3.

It is obvious that after the paper has been bound into a block as shown in F.' 3, the front slide may be operatedl to release'the binder-posts and the block of paper held together by the fly-leaf construction, and .the binder-posts' could be manipulated independently of the binder or cover.

The fingers or elongated projections 22 may be cylindrical as the preferable form of pivotdor the binder posts-or pins.

I claim i 1I In a loose leaf binder, the combination with a' bundle of loose leaves, of a fly leaf construction vcomprising' two leaves each provided with eyes, binder posts inserted 60 through the eyes of both leaves, a back, and means outside the {1y-leaves to ivotally and detachably fasten both ends ci] each 4binder post tothe back.

y 2. In a loose leaf binder, the combination with two leaves and a ehannelshaped back,` of a casing at each side of said back, the u per edge of each casing beingsubstantia y `even with the side `-of said channel and notched at intervals, a longitudinallymov` able slide mounted in each casing with its upper edge provided with elongated projectons adapted to be moved into and out' of register with said notches', and a plural ity of straight, reversible pins adapted t0 extend across said channel, each with its ends in the opposite notches of said casings, each end being perforated through-which perforations the projections on the slides are adapted to be moved back and forth t0 lock the pins against movement or to permit eitherend of each pin to be moved-upward away from said channel when said end has been released by the withdrawal of the pro- -jections of the slide upon that side and the projections upon the other slide are within their respective perforations and are acting a'sdpivots for the ends of the pins upon that s1 e.

8.' In a loose leaf binder, the combination with: a substantially rectangular channelshaped back and two cover-leaves hin ed to the upper edges thereof, an open-si ed, fiat' casing secured to each side ofthe back with its' upper edge substantially even with 9. the top of said side and recessed, the recesses of the two casings being opposite each other, a slide in each casing'havingits upper provided with cylindrical projections, eac adapted to bemoved longitudinally S0 as t0 span one of said recesses" or to be'withdrawn t-herefrom,'and a plurality of straight' pins removably mounted in said opposingirle- 4cesses so as to extend .from side to side ofthe back, each end of each pin being perforatd-1qg' forthe reception of one of said projections," f' whereby either endof each pin may be re. leased so as. to be removed fromV itsjrecefs'sjwhile the'other end remains secured and-.5Fl acts as a pivot. 11

In testimony whereof- I` -have hereunto v set my hand atiLos Angeles, California, 10th day of February, 1909.

In presence of- JAMES R. TowNsnNp,

M. BEULAH TowNsENn. f

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