Improved Means for Binding Music, Pamphlets, Journals, and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left. 15th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 10th Apr., 1897
Date of Application, 23rd Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left. 15th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 10th Apr., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Binding Music, Pamphlets, Journals, and
the like.
I JAMES SMITHIES, of Alderbank, Wilmslow, in the County of Chester,
Decorative Artist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide improved means for binding together
pieces of music, painphlets, journals, or loose folded sheets of paper woven fabric
or other like material.
For this purpose I employ metallic loops or eyes which are passed through the
fold of the paper or other material from the inside, and which are secured on the
outside by passing through the said loop or eye a split ring, or in some cases the eye
may be split and the external ring may be whole or perfect.
The loops or eyes which are attached to the folded sheet may be made in a variety
of ways, for example, take a piece of wire, about three inches long (more or less)
and in the centre thereof form a circular or elongated loop or eye of (say) about a
quarter of an inch diameter the two ends of the wire lying in a straight line
tangentially thereto.
Pass the loop or eye through the fold of the paper or other material from the
inside so that the loop or eye projects through the back of the fold, the two straight
ends lying inside the fold. Having provided the number of sheets to be bound
together each with say two or three of these projecting loops or eyes, (which
must all be in a line with each other) I bind them all together by passing a split
ring through each group of loops or eyes on the outside of the fold, by which
means it will be evident that all the folded sheets will be firmly bound together
like a book and at the same time they will be capable of being opened out
quite flat. The ends or points of the wire inside the folds may be made with bulbs
as sometimes practised in the manufacture of hair pins.
The split ring may be circular or of elongated form as may be preferred, so that
a considerable number of sheets can be bound together, and the split may be made
in any convenient way and closed by being made in the form of a spring or by a
sliding bolt or otherwise if desired.
Another way of making the loop or eye is to take a longer piece of wire and
double the two ends inwards, care being taken to make the bends of such a place
that the ends shall be sufficiently long to overlap each other, each end being then
bent up so as to form half of a split loop or eye which is passed through the
fold of the sheet as before, the doubled parts of the wire lying inside the fold.
In this case as the loops or eyes are split, the binding rings may be whole or
perfect.
Or, instead of using wire, the loop or eye with its tangential bar may be stamped
out in one piece from sheet metal. And in any case the outer ring may be dispensed
with and the loops or eyes be tied or connected together outside by means of a
piece of tape, ribbon, or otherwise and in some cases the loops or eyes may be so
formed that they can be passed through the fold from the outside.
Dated this 22nd day of October 1896.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Binding Music, Pamphlets, Journals, and
the like.
I JAMES SMITHIES of Alderbank, Wilmslow, in the County of Chester,
Decorative Artist, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to provide improved means for binding together
pieces of music, pamphlets, journals or loose folded sheets of paper, woven fabric
or other like imaterial.
The nature of my invention and the manner of carrying the same into practical
effect will be readily understood on reference to the annexed sheet of illustrative
drawings and the following explanation thereof.
For the purposes of my invention I employ metallic wire made with central loops
or eyes which are passed through the fold of the paper or other material from the
inside, and are secured on the outside by passing through the said loop or eye a
split ring or loop.
The loops or eyes which are attached to the folded sheet may be made in a variety
of ways, for example, I take a piece of wire about three inches long (more or less)
and in the centre thereof I form a circular or elongated loop or eye of (say) about
a quarter of an inch diameter the two ends of the wire lying in a straight line
tangentially thereto as shewn at Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the annexed drawings, a being
the loops or eyes.
I pass the loop or eye a through the fold of the paper or other material from the
inside so that the loop or eye a projects through the back of the fold, the two
straight ends lying inside the fold. Having provided the number of sheets or
pamphlets to be bound together each with (say) two or three of these projecting
loops or eyes (which must be all in a line with each other) I bind them all together
by passing a split ring & through each group of eyes or loops a on the outside of
the fold as shown at Fig. 4, by which means it will be evident that all the folded
sheets or pamphlets will be firmly bound together like a book, as shown at Figs. 5-
and 6, and at the same time they will be capable of being opened out quite flat.
The ends or points of the wire inside the folds may if preferred be made with bulbs
as sometimes practised in the manufacture of hair pins.
If desired stiff backs or boards e as shewn at Fig. 7 may also be applied outside
the whole for the purpose of preserving the papers &c. when bound. These
backs or boards c are provided with fixed eyes d attached thereto by means of
which they may be connected to the same rings b which bind the papers together.
Another way of forming the loop or eye is to take a longer piece of wire, see
Fig. 8, and bend the ends at right angles, as shown at the left hand, and after
passing the ends through the fold of paper &c. double them down as shewn at the
right hand, or when a flat split ring is used for binding the loops may be only
slightly cranked as shewn at Fig. 9; and instead of split rings of a circular or oval
form a wire may be used as shewn at Fig. 10, bent into the form of an ordinary
safety pin for binding the loops or eyes together.
Instead of making each eye or loop separately two or more may be made upon
one wire as shown at Fig. 11, and instead of using wire the loop or eye with its
tangential bar may be stamped out in one piece from sheet metal as shewn at
Fig. 12, and in any case the outer ring may be dispensed with, and the loops or
eyes be tied or connected together outside by other means.
One advantage of the form shown at Fig. 11, is that the distances or gauge of
the loops or eyes will be always equal so that any person fixing them in position

page_text: will be able to readily pierce the sheets with an ordinary penknife or a special tool
may be provided for the purpose made from a piece of wire with its ends bent at
right angles and flattened and sharpened as shewn at Fig. 13. This form is very
suitable for binding together patterns of textile fabrics or other materials of a soft
er limp nature as the piece of wire between the loops of eyes will stiffen the back
of the bundle and prevent it from collapsing.
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 :-
The improved means for binding together folded music, pamphlets, journals, and
the like, or loose sheets or pieces of paper or fabric, consisting of wires or their
equivalent provided with a loop or eye at or near the centre, or at or near each end,
or both at or near the centre and ends, such loops or eyes being passed through the
folds of the paper or other folded material from the inside, and secured on the
outside of such folds by means of split rings, bent wires or their equivalent means
for connecting the said loops or eyes all together so as to bind the whole of the
sheets or leaves of paper or fabric into a compact bundle or book, substantially as
hereinbefore particularly described and illustrated by the drawings annexed.
Dated this 11th day of February 1897
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.