Improvements in or connected with Bookbinding.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Bookbinding.
I, ALFRED BEVINGTON, of 21, Northcote Road, Walthamstow, Gentleman, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in or connected with book binding and
refers more particularly to sample or pattern books such as used by drapers, tailors,
and others, said improvements being also applicable for the binding of music, the
object in either case being to allow of the sheets or leaves being readily inserted
or removed as required, thus enabling the cover of the book to be continually used
until worn out, thereby effecting a great economy in the use of such books, which
hitherto have required to be re-bound with every fresh set of patterns.
In carrying my invention into practical effect, I provide a suitable binding case
comprising two preferably stiff covers with a flexible central portion or back, and
to this flexible portion or back I secure by means of rivets or in any other suitable
manner two plates, preferably of metal, one to the top and one to the bottom of
same. The top and bottom edges of these plates are turned or bent up at right
angles and furnished with a series of holes or perforations, while the leaves to be
inserted within the said cover have slight nicks or cut-away portions correspond-
ing to these raised edges, so that by passing a sufficiently long pin through the
perforations in the turned up edges of the said plates the leaves are firmly secured
in position, but can be instantly removed upon withdrawing the pin. The top
edge of the top plate may be so further bent as to form a guard to prevent the
ends of the pins or bars herein before referred to from projecting beyond same.
Each sheet is secured preferably by a separate pin or rod and where several
sheets are to be inserted they are placed at a distance of say two, three or more
perforations apart according to the thickness of the said sheets.
Where intended for binding music the aforesaid plates have only one edge bent
at right angles, each of which is further bent or shaped so as to form a guard, the
leaves of music being then secured in position by means of a pin or rod which is
sprung into position.
Where but short books are required one single plate may be employed instead of
two as herein before described.

page_text: Improvements in or connected with Bookbinding.
I, ALFRED BEVINGTON, of 21, Northcote Road, Walthamstow, Gentleman, 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:
My invention relates to improvements in or connected with bookbinding and
refers more particularly to sample or pattern books such as used by drapers, tailors,
and others, said improvements being also applicable for the binding of music, the
object in either case being to allow of the sheets or leaves being readily inserted
or removed as required, thereby enabling the cover of the book to be continually
used until worn out, thus effecting a great economy in the use of such books, which
hitherto have required to be re-bound with every fresh set of patterns.
In carrying my invention into practical effect I provide a suitable binding case
comprising two preferably stiff covers with a flexible central portion or back, and
to this flexible portion or back I secure by means of rivets or in any other suitable
manner, two plates, preferably of metal, one to the top and one to the bottom of
same. The top and bottom edges of these plates are turned or bent up at right
angles and furnished with a series of holes or perforations, while the leaves to be
inserted within the said cover have slight nicks or cut away portions correspond-
ing to these raised edges, so that by passing a sufliciently long pin through the
perforations in the turned up edges of the said plates the leaves are firmly secured
in position, but can be instantly removed upon withdrawing the pin. The top
edge of the top plate may be so further bent as to form a guard to prevent the
ends of the pins or bars herein before referred to from projecting beyond same.
and in a like manner the lower edge of the bottom plate.
Each sheet is secured preferably by a separate pin or rod and where several
sheets are to be inserted they are placed at a distance of say two, three or more
perforations apart according to the thickness of the said sheets.
Where intended for binding music the aforesaid plates have only one edge bent
at right angles, each of which is further bent or shaped so as to form a guard the
leaves of music being then secured in position by means of a pin or rod which is
sprung into position.
Where but short books are required one single plate may be employed instead of
two as herein before described.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood, I will now proceed
to describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is
an elevation of the back of a book and a portion of the covers to which my im-
proved binding device is attached.
Figs. 2 and 3 are perspective views of alternative forms of plates for support-
ing the pins, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a plate suitable for use in con-
nection with the binding of music.
The
According to my invention I provide a suitable binding case comprising two
covers or sides a, a¹ with a central portion a², and to this said portion I secure
two plates pone at the top and one at the bottom in any suitable manner.
edges eel of these plates are bent up at right angles, while a part of the edge_el
is bent over to form a guard d against which the ends of the wires 9 bear. In
the form of plate shown in Fig. 2 the part forming the guard may be bent
under the plate p as shown or it may stop at that point where the edge e is
bent up at right angles as shown at rig. 3, or it may be arranged in any other
convenient manner so long as it comprises the two upstanding edges e e¹ which are
furnished with the holes or perforations h, and a guard d.

page_text: In order to secure the sheets in position slight nicks are cut in same, at the
point where they are folded, designed to allow the upstanding edges e e¹ to project
through, when a pin or wire g is passed through the holes or perforations in the
edges e and sprung into position so as to firmly hold the sheet in place until
the wire g is removed, by springing it out.
This method is suitable for binding sheets or leaves of various kinds, while for
binding music a plate is preferably employed having but one upstanding edge e
formed in combination with a guard d and in this case the plate is inserted
beneath the covering material of the central portion a², although it is obvious
that a plate of the construction as shown at Figs. 2 and 3 may be employed.
Whatever form of plate is used the upstanding edges e el are furnished with holes
or perforations h or with longitudinal slots such as s (Fig. 4) designed to receive
the ends of the securing pins or wires g, while the said plates may be made of
any suitable material and of any required size according to the purpose for which
they are intended.
Where very short leaves are to be bound one plate only may be employed, said
plate having two upstanding edges, each of which would be furnished with a guard
such as d.
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:
1/. The improvements in or connected with book binding substantially as herein
described and shown and for the purposes specified.
2. In a process of book or music binding or the like, the employment of plates
such as having an upstanding edge or upstanding edges such as ee with a
guard such as d, and furnished with holes, perforations, slots or the like such
as h, s, in combination with pins, rods, wires or the like such as g, designed to be
sprung into position for securing the leaves or sheets, the whole combined and
arranged substantially as described and shown and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 7th day of June 1898.
F. G. CASSELL,
(Of Cassell & Co.),
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.