An Improved Means for Binding Together Documents or Sheets of Music.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 18th June, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 5th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 28th Nov., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Means for Binding Together Documents or Sheets
of Music.
I GEORGE JACK, Clergyman, 8 Merchiston Terrace Edinburgh do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
To cut adhesive material, such as gummed paper, parchment or linen into notched.
bands, which when attached to leaves of music &c. form a binding upon which the
leaves work as on a hinge.
This is done by cutting the material to be used into bands notched half way
across with square regular notches. Two pieces of this band are then fitted
together closely-notch to notch till the centres meet-with the adhesive side up.
The outside leaves are then gummed to the unnotched halves of the bands an the
interior leaves to the notched parts. This then forms a strong hinge-like binding
suitable for music or other loose leaves.
Dated this the Seventeenth day of June 1896.
GEORGE JACK.
An Improved Means for Binding Together Documents or Sheets
of Music.
I, GEORGE JACK 8 Merchiston Terrace Edinburgh N.B. Clergyman, 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:-
To cut adhesive material such as gummed paper, parchment or linen into notched
bands, which when attached to leaves of music etc.; form a binding upon which
the leaves work as on a hinge.
This is done by cutting the material to be used into bands notched half way
across with square regular notches. Two pieces of this band are then fitted
together closely, notch to notch, till the centres meet with the adhesive side up.
The outside leaves are then gummed to the unnotched halves of the bands and
the interior leaves to the notched parts.
This then forms a strong hinge like binding suitable for music or other loose
leaves.
In order that my invention may be fully understood I will now refer to the
annexed drawings in which :-
Figure 1. & 2 are plan views of two strips forming when placed together my
binder.
Figure 3. perspective view of my invention in use and binding four sheets
together.
a, are tongues upon the strip 6 the surface of which is coated with gum or other
adhesive material. a' are also tongues upon the strip b which is coated upon one
surface with gum or other adhesive material. The strips 6 and 6' are brought

page_text: together so that the tongues a will overlap the part and the tongues a¹ will
overlap the part b. The sheets or the like to be bound together are then secured
by the adhesive surfaces a & b and a' & ' as shown in Figure 3 c being the sheets
secured to the part and tongues a and the sheets secured to the part b¹ and
tongues a¹. By this means it will be seen that the tongues and strips form a hinge
or binding for the sheets, leaves or the like and although I have shown four sheets
bound together by two strips for purposes of illustration I do not confine myself
to this number as the number of sheets or leaves which are bound together may
vary according to the number of strips used and the number of tongues upon.
the strips which may be of any suitable material.
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 device for binding sheets or leaves or the like together consisting of two
or more strips of suitable material having tongues formed thereon, said strips
and tongues being coated with an adhesive substance and to which the sheets,
leaves or the like are attached, substantially as described and shown herein.
Dated this 5th day of October 1896.
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.