Album or Receptacle for Cards, Scraps, Specimens, or the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 30th June, 1894--Accepted, 4th Aug., 1894.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Album or Receptacle for Cards, Scraps, Specimens, or the like.
I PAUL BAUMANN of 1 Goethestrasse, Würzburg, in the German Empire,.
Merchant, 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-consists of an album or receptacle for containing scraps, cards,.
specimens, or the like, which is of light weight and occupies comparatively
small space and is nevertheless of greater capacity than those already in use.
On the accompanying drawings is a representation of the album
Figure 1 shows it partly shut and partly open
Figure 2 shows the back of the album
Figure 3 is a cross section through line -y (Figure 1) and
Figures 4 and 5 are a side view and longitudinal section respectively of a lock.
which may conveniently be used for the album.
The album consists chiefly or essentially of upper and lower covers a and
frames 6 the latter forming the sides the whole being fastened together by
rubber bands c passing around projections formed by cutting into or grooving
the said covers and frames. Said frames are each provided with a paper or
like screen stretched within the same and dividing them into two parts, each of
which contains holders for the reception of the scraps. The holder is a metal
rod with U shaped groove bearing at its ends metal pins h. In the groove fits a
(preferably) wooden rod i which is hinged at a point at its upper end and serves
for holding the scraps specimens or the like safely inside the groove.
On the inner sides of the upper and lower portions of the frames are fixed metal.
plates k having holes which are sunk into the frames and serve for the reception.
of the holders with their pins. A spiral spring round the upper pin h keeps the
holder in place.
In Figure 1 is shown an album with 15 holders in one half of the frame the first
of which for the sake of example is filled with scraps. A corresponding number
of holders are shown in the other half of the frame and each holder is capable of
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receiving at least 10 scraps without destroying the facility for reference.
would thus be convenient room for 300 scraps on one pair of leaves in each.
frame which being of comparatively small dimensions is thus of very great.
convenience.
To prevent the scraps from rattling after the frame is filled a rubber band / is
passed over a hook and stretched across said frame. The rubber band c affords
a tight connection between the frames and covers and further renders it possible to
remove one or more of the frames and replace with or add others.
In Figures 4 and 5 is shown a convenient form of lock (or clasp) adaptable to
an album of variable size or thickness, being made up of sliding portions n the
outer part being fastened to the lower cover by means of hinge o and the inner-
most portion to the upper cover by a hole p (passing over a projection) or any other
suitable means. A rubber band r inside said lock or clasp holds the parts firmly
together.
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 :-
1. An album or receptacle for filing or preserving scraps, specimens, photographs
or other like articles consisting of a number of frames such as b in which are placed

page_text: detachable holders formed of U shaped plates having removable rods for securing
the scraps or other articles thereto said plates having attached to them pins such
as taking into holes in the frames in such manner that the combination of the
frames with a cover (by means of elastic bands lying in notches formed in the frames)
forms a book or album, the frames ó being removable and interchangeable substantially
as hereinbefore described with reference to accompanying drawing.
2. The album or receptacle for scraps specimens and the like constructed sub-
stantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and as illustrated by the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 29th day of June 1894.
POPPLEWELL & Co.,
. 32, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.