A New or Improved Method and Means of Filing or Binding News- papers, Periodicals, Manuscripts, Letters, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: A New or Improved Method and Means of Filing or Binding News-
papers, Periodicals, Manuscripts, Letters, and the like.
I, CHARLES LIONEL CARSON, of 16, York Street, Covent Garden, London, W.C.,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows;-
My invention relates to a new or improved method of and means for binding
newspapers, periodicals, manuscripts, letters and the like, the object being to
provide simple means to allow of such articles as newspapers, periodicals, manu-
scripts, etc. being quickly and easily bound together or filed, the advantages
resulting from my improved method of binding or filing being that the news-
paper, periodical or the like can be opened right back to the centre, and a
smaller margin to the paper is therefore only necessary compared with the
margin required with the present system, while there are no bulky parts and
the operation of binding or filing can be quickly and easily effected, and further
the papers bound are not damaged in any way and can be afterwards rebound
between covers in the ordinary way if required.
In carrying my invention into practical effect, I take small plates designed to
be stamped out of sheet metal or other suitable material, and consisting of a
narrow strip of sufficient length and provided at or about the centre with a small
tab or lug projecting at right angles from same, the end of which is pointed
while it is furnished with a suitable small hole or perforation.
In order to file or bind newspapers, letters or the like, one two, or more of
these plates are taken and the projecting tab or lug pushed through the back
of the paper or the like from the centre sheet in such a manner that the said
tab or lug projects through same.
I further provide two metal plates or rods, (one for the top and one for the
bottom), of the required length according to the newspapers or periodicals being
bound and to the bottom rod or plate I secure the ends of one, two or more
lengths of preferably flexible wire cord, the number of lengths of cord em-
"binders" employed
ployed corresponding to the number of small metal plates or
in binding or filing the newspapers or periodicals. The ends of these cords are
passed through the holes or perforations formed in the projecting tabs of the
aforesaid small metal plates or "binders," the free ends of the cords or the like being
brought to a small thumb-screw or binding clamp so as to secure them firmly
after they have been passed through or around the top plate or rod.
10.1 1.- of Tonu 1898

page_text: A New or Improved Method and Means of Filing or Binding News-
papers, Periodicals, Manuscripts, Letters, and the like,
I, CILARLES LIONEL CARSON, of 16, York Street, Covent Garden, London, W.C.,
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 a new or improved method of and means for binding
newspapers, periodicals, manuscripts, letters and the like, the object being to
provide a simple means to allow of such articles being quickly and easily bound
together or filed, the advantages resulting from this improved method of binding
or filing being that the newspaper, periodical or the like can be opened right
back to the centre and a smaller margin of paper is therefore only necessary
compared with the margin required with the present system, while there are no
bulky parts, and the operation of binding or filing can be quickly and easily
effected, and further the papers bound are not damaged in any way, and can be
afterwards re-bound between covers in the ordinary manner if required.
In order that my invention may be fully understood I will now proceed to
describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is
a plan of the binding device with a portion of a newspaper in position.
Fig. 2 being an elevation of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 shows in plan the two flanged strips or plates of the binding device,
and,
Fig. 4 is a section through the said strips or plates in their relative positions
drawn to an enlarged scale.
Fig. 5 is a detached view of the clamp.
Fig. 6 is a plan of one of the binding strips or pieces, and
Fig. 7 is a plan of one of the spacing discs or washers, all being drawn to an
enlarged scale.
According to my invention I provide a base plate 6 consisting of a flanged
strip of metal furnished at each end with a hole or perforation h through which
the flexible cords c d pass, and a top plate a slotted at each end as shown at f
and within these slotted ends the cords c d take, and are secured by the clamp k
(Figs. 1 and 2), said clamp comprising a metal screw and base piece m taking
or resting within the flanged top plate or strip a and in such a manner as to
prevent it turning, the aforesaid flexible cords or wires being clamped between
the washer and the fly-nut p.
I further provide metal plates or binding pieces (Fig. 6) of a T-shape, thus
comprising horizontal armis qq and an arm q' projecting at right angles which
is pointed at its extremity and furnished with a hole or perforation q
In order to bind a newspaper, periodical or the like, preferably two of these
binding pieces or T-shaped plates are pressed through the back of the news-
paper or the like in such a manner that the arms q project through same as
shown (Figs. 1 and 2). Flexible cords or wires c d which are first brought
through the holes or perforations are then passed through the holes or per-
forations of the arms g¹ of the binding pieces, the said cords or wires c d
then passing through the slots f f in the top plate a are brought to the central
clamping device (Figs. 1 and 2) and secured by the fly-nut p (Fig. 5) and
any number of newspapers, periodicals, manuscripts, letters or the like are thus
bound one upon the top of the other with a suitable spacing disc or washer y
interposed at each end between the binding pieces or plates where required.

page_text: I do not restrict myself to the use of two binding strips or plates as shown at
Fig. 6 as one, two, or more may be employed according to requirements.
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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1. The new or improved method and means of binding or filing newspapers,
periodicals, manuscripts, letters and the like, comprising the combination and
arrangement of the various parts substantially as herein described and shown
with reference to the accompanying drawings.
2. In a method of binding or filing newspapers, periodicals, manuscripts, letters
and the like, the combination with T-shaped binding pieces or plates such
as shown at Fig. 6, with a bottom plate b, a top plate a flexible cords or wires cd,
and a suitable clamping device such as k, substantially as herein described and
shown, and for the purposes specified.
D
this 20th dow of Cantambor 1908
F. G. CASSELL,
(Of Cassell & Co.,)
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.