Improvements in or relating to Devices for Binding or Filing Music Periodicals, Invoices, Letters, or other Matter.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Sept., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 8th June, 1896-Accepted, 25th July, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Devices for Binding or Filing Music
Periodicals, Invoices, Letters, or other Matter.
I, JOSEPH BENBOW CONNOR of 48 Kremlin Drive, Stoneycroft, Liverpool in
the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object a device for binding music, periodicals,
invoices, letters and other matter, and is designed with the object of enabling
such articles to be bound up or filed together for convenience in manipulation.
In carrying my invention into effect, the plan I prefer is to provide a backing or
cover of any suitable material. At the hinge 1 fasten to the backing a strip of
linen or the like for the purpose of strengthening the same, and threaded through
or interlaced with this piece of linen is a wire or wires, the opposite ends of which
are bent so as to project at right angles to the cover, the points being sharpened.
To bind or file music or other matter, all that is necessary is to pass the points of
these wires through the music at the fold or binding and then the points are bent
down flat so as to prevent the music coming off. If, however, the fold or binding
of the music or other matter is broken, or otherwise mutilated, the projecting ends
of the wires are pierced through the paper a distance from the fold sufficient to
take a hold on the paper and bent down at the other side. The backing may,
if desired, be slightly wider at one side than the other to allow for this.
I have described one way in which my invention may be carried into effect, but
I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the exact arrangement
described, as once given the general idea modifications may be made without
departing from the principle of the invention, thus for example pointed projecting
wires may be provided, which being threaded through the linen or backing will
turn as it were on a hinge, and having the projecting ends bent in the form of a
curve, so that these pointed ends when passed through the leaves or papers at
opposite sides shall be so arranged as to interlock with each other and prevent the
papers being separated from the backing. This arrangement however is more
especially adapted for binding paper covered books, periodicals and the like.
Dated this 6th day of September 1895.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to Devices for Binding or Filing Music,
Periodicals, Invoices, Letters, or other Matter.
I, JOSEPH BENBOW CONNOR, of 48 Kremlin Drive, Stoneycroft, Liverpool in
the County of Lancaster, 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 invention has for its object a device for binding music, periodicals, invoices,

page_text: letters and other matter, and is designed with the object of enabling such articles
to be bound up or filed together for convenience in manipulation.
The invention is best described by aid of the accompanying drawings, in
which,
Figure 1 shows my device with a single wire and a piece of music placed
therein;
Figure 2 the same with the music folded over to one side and showing spaces for
three wires;
Figure 3, an enlarged detail view of Figure 1;
Figure 4 shows my device with spaces for three wires, the three wires however
not being inserted.
In these,
At
A, is a backing or cover of paste-board, leather or other suitable material.
the hinge B, I fasten to the backing a strip of linen or other like material C, for
the purpose of strengthening the same and I thread through or interlace with this
piece of linen a wire or wires D, the opposite ends of which are bent over so as to
project at right angles to the cover, the points being flattened. To bind or file
the music or other matter, all that is necessary is to bend them over the edges of
the music at the fold as set forth in the drawings and then the point is bent down
flat as shown in the drawing so as to prevent the music sliding off. The backing
may, if desired, be slightly wider at one side than the other.
I have described and shown one way in which my invention may be carried into
effect, but wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the exact
arrangement described, as it is obvious that other arrangements could be adopted
in which wires are bound or fixed in the backing and caused to project in such a
manner that by passing them through the music or other document and bending
them down or bending them down over the crease in the document, the document
can be held fast. Further, instead of having a single wire, there is no reason why
two or more wires, say one near the top and one near the bottom might not be
used. Their sharp points pass through the fold of the music and are flattened down
in the fold and the effect would be exactly the same. Furthermore two or more
different wires can be threaded through the linen or backing and arranged to
turn as on a hinge and have their projecting ends hooked into or interlocking with
each other.
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:-
The combination of a backing with wires attached thereto and projecting
from the strengthened fold, and passing through or over the documents to be
filed, and capable of being bent down flat against the fold of the document or
to interlock with each other so as to hold the documents in place substantially as
described.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London, Patent Agents.