Improvements in the Mode of and Means for Binding Magazines and Periodicals Together.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Apr., 1899
Complete Specification Left. 25th Jan., 1900-Accepted, 3rd Mar., 1900
Improvements in the Mode of and Means for Binding Magazines
and Periodicals Together.
I, FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER, of Hillside, Kenilworth, in the County of Warwick,
Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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My invention has for its object improvements in the mode of and means for
binding magazines and periodicals together and is particularly applicable to
monthly magazines such as The Strand' Harmsworth or Royal by
which the number of parts representing one volume can be neatly attached to
and contained within a suitably prepared cover in such a manner that they
can readily be removed for being permanently bound when so desired, the
casing being then ready for the insertion of the numbers of a new volume as
issued, while each number can be readily attached or detached as may be
desired.
In carrying my invention into effect I provide a cover or casing of a suitable
size to accomodate the magazine or periodical which it may be desired to bind
together and which has the back of sufficient width to accomodate the thickness
of say six numbers and to this back I attach a number of steel spring clips
specially formed to fulfil the following necessary conditions. Firstly. The
sides of the clips must occupy but a very small amount of space so that the
numbers may be bound closely together. Secondly. The numbers must be
capable of each being inserted in the clips easily and quickly. Thirdly. They
must be retained in the clip sufficiently firmly to prevent any chance of their
coming out while in use or through reasonable accident.
Fourthly. They must each be capable of being moved longitudinally in the
clips so as to allow of the whole of the numbers being registered true at the top
and bottom of the leaves. Fifthly. It is essential that any one number or
the whole shall be capable of easy removal from the clips without damaging
their paper covers and at the same time so as to leave the clips ready to receive
the new numbers.
I may effectively meet these requirements in two or three ways as for instance I
may form a double spring clip part of which is attached to the back of the casing
and is so shaped as to have a flat back for attachment thereto. This spring
clip is U shaped in section and has its top edges turned sharply inwards while
the other part of the fastening consists of a similar shaped clip which has its
top edges turned inwards in a similar manner but which are also serrated to
form rounded teeth. These clips are so formed that their normal condition is
to spring slightly open and are clipped on to the back of the book in a suitable
position to engage with those clips attached to the back of the casing. The clips
on the book have slight projections formed in their sides so that when the one
part of the clip containing the book is pressed into the other part on the casing
the sharp edges of the latter engage with the projections of the former with a
snap and the teeth engaging with the book the whole is thereby secured and

page_text: what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:
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My invention has for its object improvements in the mode of and means for
binding magazines and periodicals together and is particularly applicable to
monthly magazines such as, "The Strand" Harmsworth" or Royal" by
which the number of parts representing one volume can be neatly attached to
and contained within a suitably prepared cover in such a manner that they
can be readily removed for being permanently bound when so desired the
casing being then ready for the insertion of the numbers of a new volume as
issued while each number can be readily attached or detached as may be
desired.
In carrying my invention into effect I provide a cover or casing of a suitable
size to accomodate the magazine or periodical which it may be desired to bind
together and which has the back of sufficient width to accomodate the thickness
of say six numbers and to this back I attach a number of steel spring clips
specially formed to fulfill the following necessary conditions. Firstly. The
sides of the clips must occupy but a very small amount of space so that the
Dumbers may be bound closely together. Secondly. The numbers must be
capable of each being inserted in the clips easily and quickly. Thirdly. They
must be retained in the clip sufficiently firmly to prevent any chance of their
coming out while in use or through reasonable accident. Fourthly. They must
each be capable of being moved longitudinally in the clips so as to allow of the
whole of the numbers being registered true at the top and bottom of the leaves.
Fifthly. It is essential that any one number or the whole shall be capable of
casy removal from the clips without damaging their paper covers and at the
same time so as to leave the clips ready to receive new numbers. I may
effectively meet these requirements in two ways as for instance I may form a
double spring clip part of which is attached to the back of the casing and is so
shaped as to have a flat back for attachment thereto. This spring clip is
U shaped in section and has its top edges turned sharply inwards while the
other part of the fastening consists of a similar shaped clip which has its top
edges turned inwards in a similar manner but which are also serrated to form
rounded teeth.
These clips are so formed that their normal condition is to spring slightly
open and are clipped on to the back of the book in a suitable position to engage
with those clips attached to the back of the casing.
The clips on the book have slight projections formed in the side so that when
the one part of the clip containing the book is pressed into the other part on
the casing the sharp edges of the latter engage with the projections of the former
with a snap and the teeth engaging with the book the whole is thereby secured
and cannot be again pulled out except by sliding the book in a longitudinal
direction until the one clip is clear of the other and at the same time the book
can be slid more or less in a longitudinal direction to a sufficient degree to allow
of the perfect register of the ends of all the numbers contained in the case. For
the purpose of keeping the book close together the position of each alternative
pair of clips is altered so that the space occupied between each pair of books is
only the thickness of one clip.
When not in use one clip is retained in the other by the aforementioned
spring action. I may effect the same object by a single clip of U section
attached to the casing the top edges of which are slightly inclined outwards to
allow of the numbers being readily pressed into same. To prevent, the book
from coming out again the same way I pierce out to form a flap in each side
of the clip some distance from the bottom and then press the metal inwards to
form a chisel shaped spring projection and so that the sharp edge of the flap is
downwards and faces the bottom of the clip and is curved at both ends towards
the outside of the clip so that when the book is inserted home in the clip it is
prevented from being withdrawn by the sharp edge engaging with the cover

page_text: In some instances the clip instead of being rigidly secured to the back board
is connected therewith so that it is free to oscillate relatively thereto and thus
relieve much of the strain on the projections b. For example the bottom of the
clip is made with a rounded projection f, Figures 4 and 5 through which are
pierced holes y and through these holes is passed a bent plate or staple which
is secured in any convenient manner to the back board d. Or one or more lugs
are stamped from the bottom of the clip and a wire is passed through the said
lug or lugs and through a lug or lugs secured in any convenient manner to the
back board as shewn by dotted lines in Figure 4.
In cases where the magazines to be bound are thick I prefer to use the double
clip shewn in Figures 7 to 11 which comprises an external clip a neare the upper
edge of which a slit is formed above which the metal is bent slightly inwards
for the lower edge to form a projection as shown more clearly by n Figure 8.
This clip is secured in any convenient manner to the back or cover of the binder
and an internal clip is provided which is adapted to be first placed upon the
back of the magazine or the like and then forced into the external clip . The
said internal clip p is made with inwardly projecting teeth to engage with
the cover of the magazine or the like and with outwardly projecting lips to
engage with the top of the external clip n as shewn in Figure S. The said
internal clip is also made with outwardly projecting spring pawls s formed by
partially detaching pieces from the side walls of the clip by stamping or cutting;
These spring pawls engage with the outwardly turned edges of the external
clip when the internal clip is forced into the sanie and thus effectually prevent
withdrawal of the book in the direction at right angles to the back thereof
while offering no obstruction to any desired endwise movement of the internal clip
in the external clip for the purpose of adjusting or withdrawing the magazine.
The central portions of the side walls of the internal clip
may if desired be
bent inward as shewn in Figures 89 and 10 so as to form spring projections for
assisting in retaining the magazine and the like within the said clip.
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―
1st. A clip for a temporary binder for magazines periodicals music and the
like characterized in that for the purpose of enabling the magazine or the like
to be inserted directly from the front of the clip whilst permitting endwise
movement of the same in the said clip the side walls of the said clip are
provided with internal chisel shaped spring projections attached to the said
walls at the top by a neck and inclined so that their lower edges will engage
with the magazine or the like their ends being curved or rounded so that they
will not prevent endwise movement of the said magazine or the like.
2nd. The combination consisting of an inner clip having teeth for engagement
with the magazine or the like and provided with external spring pawls which
are adapted to be forced into an external clip having edges so that the said
spring pawls will engage with the edges substantially such as herein set forth
and illustrated.
LEWIS WM. GOOLD,
Agent for Applicant, 5, Corporation Street, Birmingham.