IMPROVED FILE OR BINDER FOR LETTERS AND OTHER PAPERS
Year: 1884

page_text: I ABRAHAM BLACKWOOD of 16 Shepley St. Manchester in the County of
Lancaster do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVED FILE OR
BINDER FOR LETTERS AND OTHER PAPERS to be as follows:-.
The File is made in box form to hang up on wall, or may be made book shape
to stand on shelf, and is for the safe custody, easy reference and keeping clean all
Documents, no holes or perforations being made in the Papers, the "Binder"
running the whole length of box is available for the smallest sizes of Papers, and
can be renewed when worn out by any person and almost without cost. The Files
may be made any size or depth and is composed partly of wood and partly of
millboard, and covered with any material suitable for that purpose.
The features of the Invention titled Improved File or Binder for letters and
other Papers are
1st All Papers placed in the File are completely enclosel, by flange on the lid,
thus preventing any dust or other matter getting on to the Papers.
2nd The Binder or Clip placed inside, will in every case run the whole length of
the File, this arrangement enables the user to place papers of small dimentions in
the largest size File. And the papers may be equalsed by placeing in various parts
instead of haveing as hitherto one large bundle in the middle & none at the other
parts of the File.
3rd The Binder or Clip is made of wood and covered with what is known in the
Trade as "Bookbinders Cloth" being hinged by the same material at upper edge
and placed at the back of the File, the edge being rounded off to save space, an
eylet hole is placed at each end of the Binder or Clip towards the lower edge, and
two eyelet holes are placed at corresponding positions through the bottoin of the
File, a peice of round or flat elastic is passed through those holes and tied outside
of bottom of File The effect of this is to bring the Binder or Clip firmly on the
Papers which may be in the File and all papers whether they be few, or the file
full are kept in proper position, by means of the brass ring placed in the middle
of the Binder or Clip the same can be easilly raised to admit or extract Papers,
when the elastic is worn out it can be very easily replaced by anyone and almost
without cost.
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4th The files are composed of wood or may be part wood and part millboard or
strawboard or any other material and may be covered with Bookbinders Cloth,
Leather, or any other material suitable for the purpose,
5th All the files will be fitted with a falldown front so as to make reference to
the Papers easy, and will be adapted to hang up on wall or may be, made book
shape to be placed on a shelf.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I ABRAHAM BLACKWOOD, Pocket Book and Case Maker, 9 Manor St. Ardwick
(late of 16 Shepley St) all in the City of Manchester and County of Lancaster, do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVED FILE OR BINDER and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :—
The file or Binder is for the reception of Letters and other Papers that are loose,
and being made in box form, with flange lid A all Papers placed therein are kept
clean, free from dust, and in order. The files may be made to any required size,
and in every case the "Binder" B extends the whole length of the case so that the
smallest size of Paper may be placed in the largest size File and kept in position
by the Binder, the front C of the File as soon as the lid is raised, falls down giving
easy access to refer to any Paper in the File, and any Paper can be taken out or
replaced, or added to, without trouble or injury The files may be made to hang
up on wall or book shape to stand on shelf The files are composed of part wood
and part millboard, or strawboard, or may be all wood, or other materiel, they are
covered with, what is known in the trade as Bookbinders Cloth, or Leather, or any
other suitable materiel, the Binder is made of wood, & covered with the same
materiel as the File, a hinge is formed of the same materiel at the upper edge and
placed at at the back of the file, the edge being rounded off to save space, an eyelet
hole D is placed at each end of the Clip or Binder, at the lower edge, and two
small rings E are fixed in the back of the File in corresponding position to the
eyelet holes in the Binder a round or flat elastic band is passed through the
eyelet holes & rings and then tied The effect of which is to bring the Clip or
Binder firmly on the Paper in the file and keep them in position.
A jointed ring F is placed in the Clip or Binder, by which the Binder is very
eaisly raised. When the elastic is worn out it can be replaced by any one and
almost without cost. No damage or defacement of Papers can occur there being no
pikes, or anything that can injure or deface Paper, used in the construction of the
Files.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1st An Improved "File or Binder" wherein all loose papers are kept clean and
in order without injury or defacement of the papers, and wherby ready access &
reference is obtained thereto, virtually as, or after the manner hereinbefore
described, and illustrated by Drawings.
Dated this 15th day of December 1991