Improvements in and relating to the Binding of Music, Periodicals, and other Papers or Printed Matter.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Feb., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 17th Nov., 1899-Accepted, 17th Feb., 1900
Improvements in and relating to the Binding of Music, Periodicals,
and other Papers or Printed Matter.
I, ALEXANDER SLADE, of 169, Great Portland Street, in the County of London,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows;-
Pieces of music usually become torn and separate in the folds after a short
period, especially in cases where the music is continually in use, and the object
of this invention is to provide a special form of binding whereby the folds are
strengthened, the loose pages or sheets are secured, and means are obtained for
temporarily securing together a number of pieces.
In carrying out my invention, I provide a strip of cloth, linen, or other suitable
material, which I term a binding strip, and I coat one side (the inside) of this
strip with a suitable adhesive substance.
Along the centre line of this strip I punch holes, and in these holes I thread
a length of cord, string, twine, or, it may be, wire, the ends of the cord,
etc., extending beyond the ends of the strip.
To the ends of the cord I attach, in any convenient manner, tabs, pieces, or
attachments of cloth, linen, or other suitable material, coated with an adhesive
substance.
When binding a piece of music, the binding strip, which is folded longitu-
dinally with the cord interlaced, is stuck to the outside of the music at the fold,
and the cord ends with tabs are brought round the top and bottom of the music,
and the tabs are stuck to the loose pages or sheets, and thus the piece of music
is strengthened at the fold, and the inside sheets are held together.
When securing several pieces temporarily together, a length of cord is passed
through the loops formed by the interlacing of the strip with the cord, and is
drawn sufficiently tightly, and tied with a bow.
In this way, a professional singer may temporarily secure together as many
songs as may be required for an engagement, separating them when the engage-
ment has been carried out.
Although I have described my invention with relation to music, weekly and
other periodicals, papers, and documents may be treated in the same way, my
improvements thus forming a convenient mode of strengthening the paper, and
providing simple means for temporarily securing several together.
Dated this 15th day of February 1899.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in and relating to the Binding of Music, Periodicals,
and other Papers or Printed Matter.
I, ALEXANDER SLADE, of 169, Great Portland Street, in the County of London,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement; -
Pieces of music usually become torn, and separate in the folds, after a short
period, especially in cases where the music is continually in use, and the object
of this invention is to provide a special form of binding whereby the folds are
strengthened, the loose pages or sheets are secured, and means are obtained for
temporarily securing together a number of pieces.
In carrying out my invention, I provide a strip of cloth, linen, or other mate-
rial, which I term a binding strip, having attached thereto in any convenient
manner tabs, pieces, or attachments of cloth, linen, or other suitable material.
Along the centre line of the strip, I punch holes to receive loops of wire,
cord, string or twine, for a purpose to be hereafter mentioned.
In the accompanying drawing,
Fig. 1 represents in plan view, and
Fig. 2 in edge view, a binding strip produced in the simplest manner.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of a slight modification.
Fig. 4 shows the outside of a piece of music, with the binding strip applied;
Fig. 5 being a view of the piece of music open, showing how the inside sheets
are secured.
Fig. 6 shows a number of pieces of music strengthened by binding strips, and
temporarily secured together to form a book.
a is a strip of bookbinder's cloth, or other suitable material, coated at the
back with adhesive material, and of a length equal to the length, say, of the piece:
of music. b are tabs which may be integral with the strip, as shewn at Fig. 1,
or attached thereto by wire or cord, as shown at Fig. 3, and coated at back,
like a, with gum or equivalent material. care holes punched on the centre line.
of the strip, and d are loops formed from a length of wire, and passed through the
holes from the back. Or the loops may be made from a length of cord, string, or
twine, which is threaded through the holes in the strip, and attached to the
tabs b, as shewn at Fig. 3.
When binding a piece of music, the binding strip a, which is folded longi-
tudinally, is damped on its gummed surface, and applied to the back of the piece
of music (at the fold), and the tabs 6 are brought round the top and bottom edges
of the music, and pressed to the innermost of the loose pages or sheets. By this
means, the piece of music is strengthened at the fold, and the inside sheets, what-
ever the number may be, are secured in place.
When securing several pieces of music temporarily together, a length of cord is
threaded through the loops projecting from the binding strips, and its ends are
secured by a slip knot.
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In this way, a professional singer may temporarily secure together as many
songs as may be required for an engagement, after which he can readily separate
them, when the engagement has been carried out.
Although I have described my invention with relation to music, weekly and 4
other periodicals, papers, and documents may be treated in the same way, my
improvements thus forming a convenient mode of strengthening the paper, and

page_text: providing simple means for temporarily securing several documents or other
papers together.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is;
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The means above described for temporarily binding music, printed matter, and
other papers consisting of adhesive strengthening pieces carrying projecting
loops, and furnished with tabs for securing the inner loose sheets, such loops
serving to receive a lacing, for the purpose above set forth.
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NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.