IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF BINDING TOGETHER A NUMBER OF SHEETS OR LEAVES OF PAPER OR OTHER MATERIAL
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Harrington, of Ryde, Isle of Wight, for
the Invention of" IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF BINDING TOGETHER
A NUMBER OF SHEETS OR LEAVES OF PAPER OR OTHER MATERIAL."
Sealed the 29th May 1874, and dated the 9th December 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Harrington at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
9th December 1873.
I, JOHN HARRINGTON, of Ryde, Isle of Wight, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD
OF BINDING TOGETHER A NUMBER OF SHEETS OR LEAVES OF PAPER OR OTHER
MATERIAL," to be as follows:-
Heretofore in the binding together of a number of sheets or leaves of
paper or other material they have been either sewn together or they
have been cemented together by means of india-rubber cement, but the
latter process as hitherto performed necessitates the long and tedious
operation of forming and preparing the back by rasping.

page_text: By my Invention I obtain all the advantages of the two modes of
binding before described without their disadvantages, in addition to
which I dispense with the tedious operation of forming and preparing
the back by rasping, and obtain a better hold of the different sheets or
leaves in an easy and expeditious manner. For this purpose I arrange
the sheets or leaves into the form required for the back, either by
dropping them into a mould or by hand, as heretofore adopted. I then
clamp them together, and bend the sheets or leaves over to one side so
as to cause half of them to stand each in advance of the other. I then
apply any suitable cement thereto, and immediately bend the sheets or
leaves over on to the other side, so as to effect the cementing of the
other half of the leaves or sheets in a similar manner to that already
described. I then bring all the sheets or leaves into an upright position,
and clamp them together, after which I apply to the back thereof by
any suitable cement a strip of linen or of other suitable material, when
the binding or cover may be applied to the book in the ordinary manner.
By these means, in addition to the various sheets or leaves being bound
together by means of cement applied to the extreme edges thereof, I to
a greater or less extent, as may be desired, apply the cement between
the various leaves or sheets, and it is this application of the cement
between the sheets or leaves which forms the essential feature of my
Invention.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Harrington in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 9th June 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
HARRINGTON, of Ryde, Isle of Wight, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of December, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in
the thirty-seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said John Harrington, Her special
license that I, the said John Harrington, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said John Harrington, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with and no

page_text: others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE METHOD OF BINDING TOGETHER A NUMBER OF SHEETS OR LEAVES OF PAPER
OR OTHER MATERIAL," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said John Harrington, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Harrington, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say :-
Heretofore in the binding together of a number of sheets or leaves of
paper or other material they have been either sewn together or they
have been cemented together by means of india-rubber cement applied
to the extreme edges thereof, but the latter process as hitherto performed
necessitates the long and tedious operation of preparing and forming the
back by rasping, the main object of which is to enable the india-rubber
cement to obtain a better hold of the various sheets or leaves.
By my Invention I obtain most of the advantages of the two modes of
binding before described without their disadvantages, in addition to
which I dispense with the tedious operation of preparing and forming
the back by rasping, and obtain a better hold of the different sheets or
leaves in an easy and expeditious manner. For this purpose the plan
proposed in my Provisional Specification may be adopted, in which case
I arrange the sheets or leaves into the form required for the back either
by dropping them into a mould or by hand, as heretofore adopted. I
then clamp them together, and bend the sheets or leaves over to one
side, so as to cause half of them to stand each in advance. of the other.
I then apply any suitable cement thereto, and immediately bend the
sheets or leaves over on to the other side, so as to effect the cementing
of the other half of the sheets or leaves in a similar manner to that before

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described. I then bring all the sheets or leaves into an upright position,
and clamp them together, after which I apply to the back thereof by
any suitable cement a strip of linen or of other suitable material, when
the binding or cover may be applied to the book in the ordinary manner.
Or instead of forming the back into the shape required, and applying
the cement to only half the sheets or leaves, as before described, I by
preference first arrange the various sheets or leaves with a perfectly flat
back. I then clamp them together, and turn or bend the body of leaves
or sheets over so as to cause each sheet at the back edge to stand a little
in advance of the other, and if desired this operation may be repeated so
as to leave a greater surface of each sheet near the edge exposed.
Cement is then applied to such parts, and the back of the book is
formed to the shape required by any suitable means, as will be well
understood. By these means in addition to the various sheets or leaves
being bound together by means of cement applied to the extreme edges
thereof, I to a greater or less extent as may be desired also apply the
cement between the various sheets or leaves.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the mode
in which I propose to carry the same into effect, I would have it under-
stood that what I claim as my Invention of improvements in the method
of binding together a number of sheets or leaves of paper or other
material is, the application of cement between the various sheets or
leaves, in addition to applying it at the extreme edges thereof in manner
substantially as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Harrington, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Ninth day of June, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.