Improvements in Binders for Bank Notes and similar Papers.
Year: 1896

page_text: [Communicated from abroad by JOHN THOMPSON HAUGH, Mechanic, and HENRY
REIBER, Clerk, both of Pittsburg, in the County of Allegheny, State of
Pennsylvania, one of the United States of America.]
Improvements in Binders for Bank Notes and similar Papers.
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I JOHN THOMSON KING of 4 Clayton Square Liverpool in the County of Lancaster,
England, Patent Agent 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings
forming part of this specification in which:-
Fig. 1 is a view showing how the parts of my improved binder may be cut
conveniently from a strip of sheet metal.
Fig. 2 shows in perspective view, one of my improved bank note binders, the parts
being in proper position for securing a bundle of bank notes.
Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section of the bank note binder with a bundle of bank-
notes enclosed therein.
Like symbols of reference indicate like parts in each figure of the drawings.
The object of my invention is to provide a simple and effective means for binding
bundles of bank notes or other papers so that they can be stored and shipped in
compact and easily manageable form. Very crude appliances have heretofore been
used by the banks and by the United States Government Departments for such
purposes, the bundles of bank-notes having ordinarily been tied up in packages and
packed in boxes for shipment. The work of so packing the notes is considerable, and
the bundles when made are often irregular, lack compactness, and are therefore
inconvenient to handle. My improved device enables the notes to be made into
bundles very quickly, they are held in regular position, and the bundles are so compact
and of such convenient form that they can be stored in safes without occupying.
unnecessary room and are in the best possible shape for shipment. The device is also
cheap and easily manufactured.
Referring to the drawings, 3 and 2 represent respectively the top and bottom plates
of the binder. The bottom plate 2 has, projecting at right angles, from its lateral
edges, four or more staple arms 4, 4, and the top plate 3 has near its margin slots 5, 5,
through which these arms may be passed vertically, and also keeper slots 6, 6, adjacent
thereto, through which the ends of the arms may be passed and confined when bent
down into horizontal position over the top plate. These keeper slots are made by
forming in the top plate two parallel slits and pressing up the intervening strip 7.
The plates 2 and 3 are preferably made of sheet metal, which may be strengthened by
grooves or ribs 8 pressed thereon and by lateral flanges 9. Holes 10, 10, are preferably
cut in the middle of the top and bottom plates to serve the double purpose of lightening
the plates and forming openings through which the contents of the bundle, or suitably
marked labels placed on the top or hottom of the bundle and indicating its contents,
may be seen.
In using the device, the bundle of bank notes to be packed is placed on the bottom
plate between the arms 4, and these armis having been bent into upright position, the
top plate 3 is placed thereon so that the arms 4 shall project through the slots, the top
plate is pressed down firmly so as to compact the bundle as much as possible, and the
projecting ends of the arms are then turned down into horizontal position upon the

page_text: top plate, and are passed through the keeper slots, as shown by full lines at the left
of Figure 3 and by dotted lines at the right thereof. The bundle is thus held
securely in perfectly rectangular form, and can be stored or shipped conveniently.
In Figure 1, I illustrate how the top and bottom plates can be cut and pressed at
one operation from a strip of sheet inetal by suitable dies with very little waste of
material.
Within the scope of my broader claims, the keeper slots may be omitted or replaced
by surface grooves in the top plate, and other changes will suggest themselves to
the skilled mechanic. Although I deem it preferable to make the device of sheet
metal, my claims are not limited to the employment of any particular material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
First. A binder for bank notes and similar papers, composed of two plates, one
plate having arms projecting from opposite lateral edges thereof, and the other plate
naving slots therein through which the projecting arms may be passed, said arms
being flexible and the ends being adapted to be bent down upon the plate through
which they pass so as to securely hold a bundle placed between the plates;
substantially as described.
Second. A binder for bank notes and similar papers, composed of two plates, one
plate having arms projecting from opposite lateral edges thereof, and the other plate
having slots therein through which the projecting arms may be passed, said arms
being flexible and the ends being adapted to be bent down upon the plate through
which they pass so as to securely hold a bundle placed between the plates, said slotted
plate having also keeper slots for receiving the ends of the arms when thus bent down,
and holding them against displacement; substantially as described.
Dated the 8th day of June 1896