Improved Book Binding Protectors.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 10th June, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 10th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 20th May, 1893
Improved Book Binding Protectors.
CHARLES COLLINGS TREWAVAS 76 Strand Road, Bootle, near Liverpool,
Stationery Clerk in a Bank, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention is a protection to be used in binding account and letterpress books,
suitable to all sizes, it would be made of wrought iron, and would be bound between
the boards of each side of book, and securely fastened through by brass nails in
holes pierced through for the purpose, and can be made in any size to meet the
requirements of all books, in case the book fell accidentally, containing my
protectors it would remain intact, not breaking the edges and corners as heretofore.
Dated this 9th day of June 1892.
CHARLES COLLINGS TREWAVAS.
Improved Book Binding Protectors.
I, CHARLES COLLINGS TREWAVAS of 76 Strand Road, Bootle, in the County
of Lancaster, Stationery Clerk in a Bank, 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 strengthening and safety appliance or
protector for the corners of books."
It consists essentially in one or more tough metallic plates, placed between the
two binding boards forming each side or face of the book. These metallic plates
are pierced with holes whereby they can be sewn, nailed, or riveted in position.
The accompanying drawing illustrates the arrangement, in which-
Figure 1 is a book supplied with two slightly varying forms of protector; and
Figures 2 and 3 show these two forms, Figure 2 being used where only the
corners are required to be protected, Figure 3 an equivalent device with two long
straight edges, being used when the top and bottom also or even the sides require
protection.
The holes for sewing the plates in position, or securing them by pins, rivets or
nails, are set forth at A A, and B B are the boards. These latter are shown on
the drawing curled back at one corner to display the plate. In utilising this device,
the protectors can be formed by stamping them out of the sheet, or they may be cut
to template. The protectors are well smeared with glue, are placed in position and
the boards pressed on them. This is usually quite sufficient without using nails
or rivets, but, in some cases, where these are required, I mark out the holes on the
boards by means of a template, and then drive the nails through, riveting them on
each side until they lie level with the face of the boards. By this means, if a
heavy book fall, its corners or edges are not broken as heretofore, and they are
able to stand great wear well, without having the disadvantage common to all other
metal bound books of being liable to scratch the desk or table, or, in some cases,.
the skin of the persons who handle them. The protectors may be considerably
lightened by cutting or stamping out the part C and this without in any way
interfering with their utility.

page_text: 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. A metal plate firmly fixed between the two binding boards forming the sides
of a book substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. A metal plate with its edges coincident with the edges of the binding,
and covered on the outside by a board of the binding, whereby it is prevented from
scratching the desk and other objects while being handled, substantially as
.described.
Doted this Oth day of March 1802
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, and London, Patent Agents.