A Binder for Newspapers, Reviews, and other Printed Matter.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 7th May, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 31st Jan., 1895-Accepted, 23rd Mar., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Binder for Newspapers, Reviews, and other Printed Matter.
I, Hermann WETZEL, of 51 Rue d'Hauteville, Paris, France, Gentleman, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This classifier is used to bind between two covers all kinds of printed matter,
publications or newspapers worth preserving. It has the appearance of a book
with the advantage of permitting the withdrawal or replacing at will of any of the
leaves of which it is composed. In order that my invention may be clearly
understood, I refer to the annexed drawing in which Fig. 1 represents a front view
of the board, and Figs. 2, 3, 4 & 5 modifications introduced into the manner of
placing the elastics. The essential part of the classifier consists of a wooden
board A, bevelled at its two ends; this board makes the back of the binding. At
each end of this board, rods C, C₁ are suitably arranged.
On the rod C at one end of the board elastics D are placed ending in a hook E
and on the other rod C' situated at the opposite end of the board, either elastics D,
or strings, or any other suitable matter are likewise placed of such a length as to
permit of their being seized and held by the hook E.
The arrangement of the elastics may be varied at wish, (see Figs. 2, 3, 4 & 5)
for instance, to go from one end to the other of the board, one end terminating of
course, always in a hook, thus permitting the catching of the rod placed at the
other end of the board.
The position of the two rods must be below the bevels of the bard, so that the
elastics holding the printed matter may be in full contact with the board's whole
length. This is the essential condition of this kind of book-binding.
By this means, printed matter or newspapers are pressed tightly against the
board serving as a back.
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A Binder for Newspapers, Reviews, and other Printed Matter.
I, HERMANN WETZEL, of 51, Rue d'Hauteville, Paris, in the Republic of
France, Merchant, 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 :-
This device serves to bind between two covers all sorts of pamphlets, publications,
or journals which one may need to preserve. It binds them into a book and this
book has the great advantage of being divisible, each of the leaves which constitute
it being removable and replaceable at will.
The employment of this file or classifier is especially desirable for binding
fashion-plates, trade papers, and all periodicals the chief value of which consists in
them collectively.
This file is more convenient than similar devices because it permits the
instantaneous displacement and replacement of the leaves which it contains.

page_text: And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to
be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of the entire devices- embodying my
invention, and Figs. 2, 3, 4 & 5 represent detail views of modified forms of the
parts at one end thereof.
The said devices comprise a rectangular wooden board A cut at each end to a
curved chamfer. On all four corners of this board corner plates B are fixed, these
being of iron or copper and connected by shafts C which should be below the said
chamfered edges, as it is very important that the elastics which bind the pamphlets
in place should be constantly in contact with the board A throughout their length,
this being the essential condition of the solidity of the binding. By this means the
pamphlets are made truly integral with the board which serves them as a back.
The elastic bands which serve to fasten the pamphlets are made in two parts D
connected in the middle by an open link or hook E, which is preferably of metal,
and is not integral with either one of the said bands but easily detachable from both.
The knots D, in these elastic parts or bands D serve to allow the convenient
tightening or loosening of the said band. These bands have sufficient elasticity to
hold the pamphlets in the file. Nevertheless if it is found necessary they can very
well be made to hold many pamphlets under the same elastic band, and the pages
need not be uniform.
The elastic bands or fasteners may be made in any way which will provide for
fulfilling the purpose mentioned. For example a part of it may be made of elastic
and another part of cord made from hemp or other material; or the fastener may
be divided into three parts, two being of inextensible wire attached to the shafts C
and connnected by an intermediate rubber band. This construction of course
requires two hooks or open links. The elastic or fastener may also be made in a
single piece from end to end, the metal hook at each end being then attached
directly to the shaft or rod C. It is always necessary that there should be one
hook at least. The corner pieces B are adapted to facilitate the work. They
may remain always the same in construction whatever the form of the file or the
thickness of the back; but of course the length of the elastics and of the shaits C
will vary according to the varying form of the back-board A. The latter is
accordingly fixed in any way whatever to the interior of the back of any binding
formed of three parts, two covers and the back. The dimensions vary with the
number of pamphlets to be bound. This is all that constitutes my binder of the
household type. Its use is extremely simple. To put in or withdraw the pamphlets
disengage the hook E and afterwards re-attach it.
There are many ways of making this file or binder without changing the
principle. The chief and most practicable ones are shown in Figs. 2, 3, 4 & 5.
In Fig. 2 the shafts C2 to which are attached the fastenings D are made of one
part only, and bent down at their ends, each end being filed to a point and
afterwards driven into the board A.
In Fig. 3 there are two flat rings which take the place of shafts C.
are fixed to the board A. by two attachments Bi forming hinges.
fasteners D are attached to the parts of these rings opposite to the
These rings may be made with a gap between the points c', c.
These rings
The elastic
said hinges.
In Fig. 4 the shafts C are fixed in a fashion nearly identical with that shown in
Fig. 1. The corner pieces B2 are two plates or lugs forming hinges with the
shafts C at each end of the back-board A. These plates are fixed to the said
board by rivets or in any other way.
Figs. 1, 2, 3 & 4 have in common besides the hook or open link and the fasteners,
the chamfer of the back-board. The construction shown in Fig. 5 may be adopted
as a substitute for this. In this figure there is at each end a shaft C fixed in the
board in the same way as Fig. 2 but on the body of the board itself and not in the
chamfer. A little nearer the middle of the board is fixed another small rod of
metal B³ the function of which is to press the fasteners D against the board A.

page_text: This construction allows the use of a very simple and uniform back-board A, and
for this a metallic plate may be employed having its ends bent back as shown in
Fig. 5. The bent ends will fasten the board or plate A to the back of the binding
without rivets or other fastening.
In Figs. 2, 3, 4 & 5, I have shown only one of the ends of the binder the other
eni being always like it and the hook and elastic fasteners having the construction
already described. There is also another means, namely, to provide each extremity
of the planchette with headed studs in numbers corresponding to the number of
elastic fasteners desired. The fasteners are then attached directly to these studs
and they are made in one piece with the hook.
The advantages of my file or classifier are to keep the pamphlets from being
torn, to allow their removal and replacement at will, and to permit the interpolation
of loose leaves in the pamphlets, as well as separate plans and drawings which
have been found especially in the fashion journals; and this without injury to
them.
Finally with my classifier the binding is solid and homogeneous, the replacement
of the fasteners is easy, and each number of a journal, each pamphlet, is completely
independent of its neighbour. Although only one elastic fastener is shown in
any one of the figures this is for the purpose of clearer illustration only, and
as many such elastic fasteners or bands may obviously be used as may be found
convenient.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim, is―
A back-board having bevelled ends and corner pieces provided with transverse
shafts or rods, in combination with elastic fasteners extending from shaft to shaft
along the face of the said back-board each fastener consisting of two bands or
strips of rubber and a detachable metallic hook for connecting them together
substantially as set forth.
Dated this 30th day of January 1895.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.