Patent ID: 6350096
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: B42F

Abstract:
To secure a plurality of material sheets having at least one binding aperture on a binding element of the type including a perimeter flange, a binding assembly comprising:an alignment assembly structured to at least temporarily maintain the binding element generally perpendicular to a plane of the material sheet; a guide assembly structured to position an edge of at least one of the plurality of material sheets in generally aligned relation with a perpendicular axis region of the binding element; a displacement assembly structured to urge the material sheet and the binding element into coupled engagement with one another at the corresponding binding aperture of the material sheet; and said displacement assembly further comprising a pair of displacement elements disposed on opposite sides of a retention trough and structured to engage the material sheet, at least upon the material sheet engaging said guide assembly, on opposite sides of the binding aperture so as to urge the material sheet onto the binding element.