Patent ID: 6499766
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: B42F

Abstract:
For use in connection with a media folder for supporting a plurality of replaceable folded sheets, said folder comprising a front panel, a back panel and a relatively narrow spine panel having an inside surface and lateral edges to which said front and back panels are hinged, an elongated cylindrical rotor mounted to said inside surface and having a plurality of closed-loop elastic bands extending lengthwise of said rotor for supporting folded sheets, each band being stretched over a pair of axially-opposed outwardly-protruding circumferentially-arranged sets of straight pins at opposite ends of said rotor whereby said band contacts the rotor for the full length thereof, a pair of journaling brackets rotatably mounting opposed ends of said rotor on its axis, and said journaling brackets being secured to the media folder at opposite ends of said inside surface, the improvement comprising:each journaling bracket having a shroud portion extending radially and circumferentially outward of a respective set of pins at the adjacent end of said rotor, said shroud portion closely encompassing the adjacent set of pins at least at that area remote from said spine panel to prevent accidental displacement of a given band from a supporting pin if said given band is distorted in a manner normally tending to unhook the band from such pin during installation or removal of a folded sheet; and each said journaling bracket further being provided with an access opening axially outwardly from the rotor and aligned with a portion of a set of pins for enabling replacement of a band over its related pins without disassembling the brackets and rotor from the folder.