Improvements in Files or Binders for Holding Letters, Bills, and other Papers or Documents in Folding Covers.
Year: 1896

page_text: Da'e of Application, 11th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 18th Apr., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Files or Binders for Holding Letters, Bills, and
other Papers or Documents in Folding Covers.
I, WILHELM BELLER, of 67, Ostendstrasse, Frankfurt, in the Empire of
Germany, Manufacturer, 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 and accompanying drawing, that is
to say:-
My invention relates to folding book-like covers for containing letters, bills, and
other papers or documents, such covers being provided with novel files or binders
on which the documents are filed and held so that they can be readily inserted,
removed, and referred to.
The accompanying drawing is in illustration of my invention,
Figure 1 shewing the folding cover, containing the improved file or binder, in its
open condition; Figure 2'shewing the same closed;
Figures 3, 4, and 5. being details, on a larger scale, of the several parts of the
file or binder; and
Figures 6 and 7 shewing a form of punch which may be conveniently used for
making the necessary holes through the papers or documents.
a and b are the book-like covers or sides of the holder for papers or documents.
They are connected together by the back c, and the part a is also jointed at the
line d-e, so as to form a separate part f. To this part fis rivetted or otherwise
fixed a plate g (Figure 3) upon which are strongly fixed the tube or tubes h, h,
upon which the papers are to be filed. (Figure 4) is a bent wire the two parallel
arms of which, and 1, fit and slide freely in the tubes h, h.
m is a spring catch rivetted or otherwise fixed in the proper position to the other
part b of the cover, so that when the bent wire is inserted into the tubes h, h, its
central part is held by the spring catch m, in which it turns as in a hinge, so that
the holder can be opened as shewn in Figure 1, or can be closed as shewn in
Figure 2, the wire turning in the catch, and its parallel arms sliding in the.
tubes.
Any of the papers can be readily referred to and examined, whilst at the same
time they are all securely held upon the file. When it is desired to remove or
insert one or more of the documents, the bent wire is released from the spring
catch m, and withdrawn from the tubes h, h, into which its arms are afterwards
re-inserted.
.
Instead of the plate 9 rivetted or fixed to the part f, the tubes h, may be
connected together by a part taking the place of the plate g, and held freely in a
spring catch of a kind similar to that shewn at m, so that either the tubular
receivers h, h, or the bent wire i, k, l, or both, can be readily detached from the
cover if desired.
The improved apparatus is very simple, cheap, and effective for the purpose
required and not liable to get out of order.
The spring catch m is preferably inade as shewn in Figure 5, n being a strong
metal bracket fixed to the cover and having a recess at o in which the bent wire
lies, and p being a bent elastic plate or spring, rivetted to n and holding the wire
in its place until opened by pressure upon the bent end p. The bent wire is
introduced by pressing it down between the upper en.is of the bracket n and the
spring p.

page_text: The punch shewn in Figures 6 and 7 by which two holes are made simultaneously
in the papers or. documents, to fit the tubes h, h consists of a double plate forming a
horizontal recess r into which the edge of the paper or papers to be punched is
introduced. This plate carries on its upper side two sockets s, s in which fit
spindles t, t the lower ends of which form punches. The upper ends of the spindles
are provided with a plate u, by which they can be forced down to punch holes
through the paper, a bent flat spring v bringing the punches up again. Suitable
holes corresponding with the punches are made through the bottom plate of the
recess r, and the base x.
An adjustable guide or stop w is shewn fitted into the end of the base. It can
be made moveable so that it can be drawn out to any desired distance to suit the
width of the papers.
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 :-
(1) The combination with the folding covers, of the fixed receiving tubes, the
separate bent wire, and the spring catch, all arranged and operating substantially
in the manner and for the purpose described and illustrated.
(2) As a modification of the arrangement claimed in Claim 1, the combination
with the folding covers, of the receiving tubes connected together and held
removably in a spring catch, the separate bent wire, and the spring catch, all
arranged and operating substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.
(3) To be used in connection with the combination of parts claimed in Claim 1,
the punching device consisting of recessed plate, guiding sockets, punches and
handle, and bent flat spring, substantially as described, and illustrated in Figures 6
and 7.
Dated this 10th day of January 1896
EDWARDS & Co.,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.