WO2002090126A1 - Perforateur et positionneur de verrouillage combines - Google Patents

Perforateur et positionneur de verrouillage combines Download PDF

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WO2002090126A1
WO2002090126A1 PCT/GB2001/002010 GB0102010W WO02090126A1 WO 2002090126 A1 WO2002090126 A1 WO 2002090126A1 GB 0102010 W GB0102010 W GB 0102010W WO 02090126 A1 WO02090126 A1 WO 02090126A1
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ring binder
upper plate
binder
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Kelechi Paschal Ibegbule
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Longcross Project Limited
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42F—SHEETS TEMPORARILY ATTACHED TOGETHER; FILING APPLIANCES; FILE CARDS; INDEXING
    • B42F13/00—Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots
    • B42F13/36—Locking followers; Pressure bars
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42F—SHEETS TEMPORARILY ATTACHED TOGETHER; FILING APPLIANCES; FILE CARDS; INDEXING
    • B42F13/00—Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots
    • B42F13/40—Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots combined or formed with other articles, e.g. punches, stands
    • B42F13/404—Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots combined or formed with other articles, e.g. punches, stands with punches

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  • This invention relates to a ring binder clamp and perforator device.
  • a ring binder is a type of document file that provides a plurality of devices in the form of rings that retain the documents in the file so as to prevent them from lying loose within the file.
  • ring binders There are many kinds of ring binders but they all have in common the features of an outer cover and a plurality of rings for holding papers or documents in the cover. Only a few known ring binders feature any form of clamping device. In such cases the clamping device operates with the binder rings using a spring action to resiliently clamp the clamping device to the binder rings. As such the clamping device holds down the paper in the binder while tightly engaging with the binder ring.
  • Clamp folders also feature this sort of device but most of them are inevitably very expensive due to the fact that the clamping devices used are themselves made of metal.
  • the ring binder clamp is therefore a device which performs this clamping action in the ring binder. It can also be used with any other type of document files presenting similar features. Papers need to be perforated if they are to be filed in any ring binder. A hole punch or perforator is therefore essential to enable non-pre-perforated papers to be filed in a ring binder. Perforators are well known items of stationery equipment which are known in different shapes, forms and sizes. They are used to make holes in documents for filing in a ring binder or other such file.
  • a known perforator consists mainly of two parts: an upper part with two punch members, and a lower part with matching holes to receive the punch members. When applied to a paper or document it creates two holes, which enable the said document or paper to be inserted a ring binder on the rings.
  • Both the ring binder clamp and the perforator are traditionally separate articles used only to perform their primary function.
  • Paper perforators in particular, tend to be quite large, and as such, are awkward to carry around with the document file.
  • the binder clamp tends to lie idle when not being used to clamp paper in a file. • . . .
  • a ring binder clamp and perforator device including two plates, perforating means carried by the plates for perforating an article when the article is placed between the plates, the device further including retaining means for retaining the device on the rings of a ring binder, and clamping means for clamping the device on the rings of a ring binder.
  • This device uniquely combines the functions of paper perforation and ring binder clamping such that the user can still decide to interchangeably use the ring binder ordinarily as such, or " to use the same ring binder with document clamping functionality.
  • the two related functions - paper perforation and paper handling in the ring binder - are uniquely combined thereby making it easier for the user to manage the two functions.
  • the user has an added advantage of being able to do paper perforation using the device, as well as manage the documents in the ring binder.
  • the perforating means preferably comprises at least one punch member and a complementary hole for the or each punch member.
  • the upper plate carries a plurality of punch members, and the lower plate defines holes adapted to receive the punch members.
  • An optional receptacle for punched paper pieces may be provided.
  • the receptacle preferably attaches to the lower plate of the device and may be attached by means of a press fit mechanism.
  • the retaining means comprises apertures provided at one side of the device for retaining the device on the rings of a ring binder.
  • the clamping means may take any suitable form and in a preferred embodiment the apertures of the retaining means also constitute the clamping means, the apertures being designed to releasably grip the binder rings thereby securing the paper contents of the ring binder in a clamping action to prevent the papers flying loose in the binder.
  • a ring binder clamping device with an added perforator function adapted to be carried in the ring binder as a binder clamp, and preferably with positioning means for measuring and positioning the punch on the document, as described in the following description of particular embodiments ensures that papers are properly aligned in the ring binder prior to their perforation thereby ensuring more accurate alignment of documents in the ring binder. Thus papers are more neatly filed in the ring binder.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a ring binder clamp and perforator constructed in accordance with the present invention
  • Figure 2 is a further perspective view of the ring binder clamp and perforator of Figure 1;
  • Figure 3 is a perspective view of a lower plate of the ring binder clamp and perforator of Figures 1 and 2;
  • Figure 4 is a perspective view of an upper plate of the ring binder clamp and perforator of Figures 1 to 3;
  • Figure 5 is a perspective view of a lower receptacle of the ring binder clamp and perforator of Figures 1 to 4; . . . . .
  • Figure 6 is a perspective view of a ring binder clamp and perforator of Figures 1 to 4 without a lower receptacle;
  • Figure 7 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a ring binder clamp and perforator constructed in accordance with the present invention.
  • Figure 8 is an underneath plan view of the upper plate of the device of Figure 1;
  • Figure 9 is a perspective view of the device of Figure 7 in use in a ring binder
  • Figure 10 is a perspective view of the three parts of the ring binder clamp and perforator of Figure 7;
  • Figure 11 is a perspective view of the device of Figure 7 with the receptacle detached and the upper part lifted ready for use;
  • Figure 12 is a plan view of an upper plate of a third embodiment of a ring binder clamp and perforator constructed in accordance with the present invention;
  • Figure 13 is a plan view of a lower plate of the ring .binder clamp and perforator of Figure 12;
  • Figure 14 is a plan view of a lower receptacle of the ring binder clamp and perforator of Figure 12.
  • the ring binder clamp and perforator device 1 of the first embodiment comprises an upper plate 2, a lower plate 4 and a receptacle 6.
  • the upper plate 2 is generally rectangular and has two punch members 15 adjacent the front edge 70.
  • the upper plate 2 defines, to the rear side, retaining and clamping apertures 8 which are designed to be engaged and received onto the rings 72 of a ring binder 74.
  • the upper plate 2 includes a built-in hinge 75 to create a pivot running through its length so as to create two rear flaps 16 and a T-shaped main part 78.
  • the apertures 8 are defined in the rear flaps 76.
  • Each flap 76 is in the form of a sheet 80 with a downwardly extending central rectangular boss 82.
  • Each aperture 8 passes through the boss 82.
  • In the flanges 84 surrounding each boss 82 there are two orifices 86, one to each side of the boss 82 to receive rivets or the like to attach the upper and lower plates 2, 4 together.
  • the lower plate 4 is in the form of a sheet 88.
  • the sheet 88 defines circular holes 5 adjacent the front edge 90 to receive the punch members 15 of the upper plate 2.
  • the sheet 88 defines rectangular orifices 92 adjacent the rear edge 94 to receive the rectangular bosses 82 of the upper plate 2.
  • the upper and lower plates 2, 4 are attached face to face by means of rivets or the like through the orifices 86, 95 which connect the rear flaps 76 of the upper plate 2 to the sheet 88.
  • the T-shaped part 78 of the upper plate 2 is thus pivotable about the hinge 75 with respect to the rear flaps 76 and lower plate 4.
  • the T-shaped part 78 of the upper plate 2 has a rear extension or knob 96 between the flaps 76 which acts as a lever such that when the lower and the upper plates 4, 2 are engaged and retained the lever can be applied by pressing on the rear knob to lift the perforating front end 98 of the upper plate 2 from the lower plate 4 for the purpose of creating an opening between the upper and lower plates 2, 4 wide enough to allow the insertion of a paper or papers 100.
  • the punch members 15 are arranged to be received in corresponding. holes 5. in the lower plate 4.
  • Beneath the lower plate 4 is a receptacle 6 for punched paper pieces designed so that punched pieces are collected in the receptacle.
  • the receptacle 6 is generally in the form of a tray.
  • the receptacle 6 has corresponding holes 16 for receiving the bosses 82 protruding from the underside of the lower plate 4 and defining the clamping apertures 8.
  • the receptacle 6 is releasably attachable to the lower plate 4 using specially adapted retaining devices (not shown), or simply by means of a press-fit so that the walls 102 of the tray of the receptacle 6 receive the sheet 88 and j frictionally engage the edges 104 thereof to retain the receptacle 6 on the sheet 88.
  • the receptacle 6 is fitted with a measuring device 18 for such that the paper can be positioned, and perforated, at a particular location suitable for a particular size of paper such as A4 or foolscap.
  • the receptacle 6 thus defines a groove 24 along its length, along which the measuring device 18 can. slide.
  • the measuring device 18 is in the- form of an elongate strip 106 having an upturned end 108.
  • the strip 106 has markings to show how it should be positioned with respect to the remainder of the device 1 to enable perforations created by the device 1 to be correctly located for particular sizes of paper.
  • Each clamping aperture 8 has a wide section 20 and two thin sections 22.
  • the wide section 20 can receive a ring 72 of a ring binder 74.
  • the ring 72 of the ring binder 74 can be guided through the wide section 20 of the said aperture 8 at the rear of the device 1 ,
  • the device 1 can then be pressed down onto the paper 100 in a clamping action when the binder ring 72 is adjusted towards the thin section 22 of the said aperture 8 so that the sides 110 of the thin section 22 resiliently engage the ring 72 to make a firm grip onto the binder ring 72.
  • the device 1 is thus firmly held onto the ring 72 in a position to clamp down on the paper 100. This means the paper 100 will be firmly gripped and cannot lie loose in the ring binder 74.
  • the clamping action of the device 1 is achieved when the device 1 with the binder ring 72 retaining and passing freely through the wide section 20 of the aperture 8 on the said rear end of the receptacle 6, upper plate 2 or lower plate 4 is pulled towards the thin section 22 of the aperture 8 to grip the binder rings 72.
  • This action ensures the thin section 22 of the aperture 8 grips on the binder rings 72 thereby holding the documents 100 firmly in place in the ring binder 74.
  • the receptacle 6 may be made of a special rubbery material that has a paper non-slip capability to ensure that the paper 100 so gripped within the binder 74 remains stable, and less friction occurs between the binder rings 72 and the punch holes on the filed document 100 in order to make the holes in the paper 100 last longer.
  • the ring binder clamp and perforator of this embodiment comprises an upper plate 30 with punch members 32.
  • the upper plate 30 is hinged to a lower plate 34 with corresponding punch holes 36.
  • An optional receptacle" 38 for punched pieces of paper is designed to be received beneath the lower plate 34 to co-operate with a press-fit mechanism (not shown) positioned beneath the lower plate 34 to co-operate with a press-fit mate (also not shown) on the receptacle 38.
  • the lower plate 34 is designed with specially adapted apertures 44 at the rear for retaining the device and for clamping documents in a ring binder.
  • Each aperture 44 has a wide circular central part 45 and two slim slots 46 one extending to each side of the central part 45 with their axes aligned and arranged to intersect the centre of the circular central part 46.
  • the upper plate 30 is not as broad as the lower plate 34.
  • the front edges 43 of the upper and lower parts 30, 34 are aligned.
  • the lower plate 34 includes two upstanding hooked parts 47.
  • the upper part 30 includes four bars 48 to be received one by each hooked part 47 to hingedly connect the upper and lower parts 30, 34 together.
  • the lower plate 50 and the punch holes 52 correspond to the punch members .54 of the upper plate 56.
  • the lower plate 50 also has a specially designed hole 64 in to receive bosses 65 of the receptacle 60 for collecting punched paper pieces. Clamping apertures 58 are defined in the bosses 65.
  • the receptacle 60 is designed with specifically adapted apertures 62 of the same shape as the apertures 44 of the second embodiment. The bosses 65 fit into the specially designed holes 64 of the lower plate 50 and retain the device onto the ring binder and clamp documents in the ring binder.
  • the lower plate 50 has a groove 66 along its length in which to fit a measuring device 68 which can slide along the length of the groove so as to provide positioning means for the holes to be punched through the documents.
  • the ring binder clamp and perforator may be made of plastic material although the punch members of the upper plate and the lower plate may, alternatively, be made of metal.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif de perforation et de serrage pour classeur à anneaux. Le dispositif présente deux plaques (2, 4), des moyens de perforation (15) portés par les plaques (2, 4), pour perforer un article lorsque ce dernier est placé entre les plaques (2, 4). Le dispositif comprend en outre des moyens de retenue (8) pour retenir le dispositif sur les anneaux du classeur à anneaux, et des moyens de fixation pour fixer le dispositif sur les anneaux du classeur à anneaux.
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Cited By (2)

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WO2007000008A1 (fr) * 2005-06-29 2007-01-04 Hoeritzauer Franz Perforatrice a papier
WO2012153346A3 (fr) * 2011-04-29 2013-03-21 Phadtare Kishore Ramchandra Pince ou reliure pour classeur de feuilles en papier comportant un moyen de perforation de trous intégré

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DE455311C (de) * 1928-01-31 Herbert Reimann Deckschiene mit Locher fuer Briefordner
US5503052A (en) * 1994-01-13 1996-04-02 Rigney; Douglas Hole punch

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE455311C (de) * 1928-01-31 Herbert Reimann Deckschiene mit Locher fuer Briefordner
US5503052A (en) * 1994-01-13 1996-04-02 Rigney; Douglas Hole punch

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2007000008A1 (fr) * 2005-06-29 2007-01-04 Hoeritzauer Franz Perforatrice a papier
WO2012153346A3 (fr) * 2011-04-29 2013-03-21 Phadtare Kishore Ramchandra Pince ou reliure pour classeur de feuilles en papier comportant un moyen de perforation de trous intégré

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