USRE10903E - Binder - Google Patents

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N. HAWKINS.

, 8 BINDER.

No. 10,903. I Reissued Feb. 21', 1888.

WITN s; v I IN EN QRL a Be it known that I, NEHEMIAH PATENT {NEHEMIAH HAWKINS, or BROOKLYN, E YoRK.

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specimen-non forming part of R'eieisued Letters Patent as 10.90:. dated February 21.1868.

Original No. 312,467, dated November 1 l8e'l. Application for reissue filed December 22. 1887. Serial No. 258.745.

To all whorrt it may concern HAWKINS,

.. of Brooklyn, in. the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented anew and Improved Binder, of which the follo clear, and exactdescriptio I v I other matter in the form of signatures that are accomplish by meansv of the novel parts and to be associated and bound together, the objects of the invention being to improve the general appearance of the volume and give it increased strength, flexibility, and durability, and at the same time to facilitate the introduction of the signatures and the removal of the same from any part of the file without distu rbing the remaining signatures, which objects I combinations of parts to be hereinafter de scribed, and specifically pointed out in the claims.' Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in allthe views.

Figure 1 is a side view of the form of retaining-strip which I employ in connection with lily-improved form of binder. Fig. 2is a perspective view of a number of book-signatures, in each of which signatures there is infolded a binding-strip, the parts being represented as they appear prior to the application of the back,'cover, and flexible binding-cord of the binder. Fig, 3 is a view of the flexible back or cover. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a partially-bound book, the parts being represented asthey appear prior to the tightening 'of the binding-cord; and Fig.5 is a perspective view of a boundvolume, the flexible back being, however, removed.

In the drawings above referred to, A represents the upper-and D the lower cover of the binder, near the back edges of which covers there are formed a number of apertures, e, through, which apertures there is passed a binding-cord, c, the cover A being provided with two outer apertures and four or more inner ones, while the cover D is provided with two outer and two inner apertures, the outer apertures of each cover being in register.

In connection with the covers and bindingcord I employ a flexible back, B, and retainin g-strips b, the back B being formed with two retaining-strips are formed with open loops. (Shown in Fig. 1, wherein the strip) is repre' sented as being formed from a wire lank ceny Y trally bent to produce the loop, which 'isU- My invention relates to the binding of books; manuscripts, newspapers, sheet-music, or any back. through the outer apertures of the said cover. I then pass the cords through the slots d of theback B, through the projectionsof the retaining-strips, which strips have been pre viously infolded in the signatures to be bound,

.or more transverse slits or slots, d, while the the cover 1), and then lay each endot the cord the projections having been forced out through the rear fold of the signatures,while the'main portions of the strips rest against the inner faces of said folds, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. .2. After the bindingcord has been brought into engagement with the projections of the strips b, I fold the surplus material of the back B between the upper signature, 0, and the cover A, and'theu draw the ends of the cords 0 out through the slots of the back B, and pass said ends through the outer apertures ofthe' cover A, then in and out through the other apertures of said cover, bringing the ends of the cord to a position so that they may be tied together, as shown in- Fig. 5.

When additional signatures are to be inserted, they are placed in the desired position, the cordsc beingslightlyloosened at this time. After the signature to be bound has been placed in positi0n,'the cord- 0 is drawn in the form of loops through properly-located slit-s that are formed in the back fold of the signatureto be bound. Retaining-strips of the form shown in Fig. 1 are then passed through theindrawn loops of the binding-cord until the cord-loops rest in the U loops'or projections with a flexible binding-cord...

Now, although I have described my binder as being arranged so that two retaining-strips 1 0 8 n cemotiq a a three or more loops oonldbeso emplayed in conneetion wit-beach signature by 5 .a proper organization of the covers and flexi stllresinthe back and addinglltothe slots or alits in the eover; 1 With such a binder as has'been above described, and as is illustrated in the drawings, zmany advantageousresultsareobtained,among which results are thefollowing: None of the margin of the signatures is used in the-binding, and consequently the book maybe openedtoits fullest extent, and, as the retaining-strips have an. extended bearing upon the signatures in connection with which they are employed,; such si atures will be firmly held to place and wil not be likely to 'be accidentallytorn fromtheirbound position. The flexible back or cover adds 'to' the finish and appearance of. the binder, serving as a back for the same,

irrespective of the nu m er. of signatures bound between the covers, so that when the binder is 25 used for the purplose'of associating periodicals t or newspapers e backhas a finished appearance from the introduction of the first periodiw th: e h-$38M- ble beak-that is, by increasing the cord-apercal-wine sb nleti n'cflhe amine h l iyfof fiw ins nd epl n at vwill e,

turbing tbeoth'er contents'qf the file--a result which can onlybe-obtainedbythe use of retaining strips formed offo'pen loops and flexi' -:b1e yielding binding-cordsalse,' 'the extreme cheapness and simplicity o thetwo' partsjust 5 mentioned in obtaining the desired results.

' Having thus fullydescribed myinventiou -I claimas'new and desire to secure by Letters Patent" 1. In a binder; the eoinbination, with as cover, of a'retainingstrip l'qruxedw'ith an open- I loo'p andaflexibleyieldingsubstantiallyas described. q I q 2. The-combination, withia pair of .covers formed withapertures,' of a transversely-slot 5 ted flexible baehiretaining strips formed-with open loops, and a flenible yielding binding cord, all parts-being arranged substantially;

/ NEHEMIAH HAWKINS;: Witnesses: EDWARD KnNT Jr G. SEDGWIOK.

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