for Preserving or Filing Papers.
Year: 1886

page_text: for Preserving or Filing Papers.
I FRANZ MÜLLER of Leipsic in the Kingdom of Saxony and German Empire do
hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows
This Invention has for its object providing means for securing holding or
fastening together newspapers manuscripts illustrated and other journals or
periodicals and the like in such a manner as to preserve them in a convenient
form for reference and at the same time enable any of the individual numbers or.
documents to be readily removed or changed.
The clip or holder is in form of a portfolio being constructed with two flat
boards forming sides attached by a flexible connection to a back provided with
transverse binding wires permanently attached to the said back at one end and
capable of being secured to the back at the other end by suitable hooks or catches.
One of the aforesaid sides is provided with a pocket or receptacle containing a
suitable number of loose wires used in securing the sheets as hereinafter, described
and also has attached to it a guide provided with notches at the same distance
apart as the binding wires and an angular stop for use in adjusting the sheets in
the proper position relatively to the guide. A punching rod or instrument is also
provided which fits into recesses or notches in the said guide.
In order to fasten a sheet or sheets of paper such as a newspaper for example in
this clip or holder one corner of the folded sheet is placed in the angle of the stop
and the fold of the sheets is placed under the notched guide. By means of the
punching instrument which is introduced in the notches in the guides a series of
notches is then formed in the fold of the sheets at the same distance apart as the
binding wires. One of the loose wires herein before referred to is then laid in the
crease or fold of the sheets in such a manner that portions of this wire are visible
through the notches produced in the back of the fold as herein before described.
The sheets are then placed in position by disengaging the ends of the transverse
binding wires from the hooks or catches and inserting them into the notches in the..
fold in such a manner as to engage with the longitudinal wire laid in the fold.
These operations are repeated for each sheet or series of sheets and the loose ends
of the transverse binding wires are then secured by being slipped under the hook or
catches so as to prevent the sheets from slipping off the said 'wires.

page_text: According to another arrangement for fastening loose sheets together in a book
form both ends of the transverse binding wires are attached to the back and one
end of the said wires is bent in the form of a loop or staple. Notches being formed
in the back of the fold as hereinbefore explained the staples or bends on the
binding wires are inserted into these notches so as to show through the fold of the
sheets and suitable wires are pushed through these bends on the other side of
the paper. The sheets thus fastened to the holder are then simply pushed over
to the straight part of the transverse binding wires so as to leave the bends or
staples free for attaching the next sheet or number of the newspaper for example.
Dated this 28th day of January 1886.
J. HENRY JOHNSON,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent.
Improvements in and Connected with Holders, Files, or Portfolios
for Preserving or Filing Papers.
I FRANZ MÜLLER of Leipsic in the Kingdom of Saxony and German Empire 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 providing means for securing holding or
fastening together papers such as newspapers manuscripts illustrated and other
journals or periodicals and the like in such a manner as to preserve them in a
convenient form for reference. Newspapers or periodicals for example may be
conveniently secured in these bolders until a sufficient number has accumulated to
form a volume for binding in the usual book form and thus obviate the waste and
inconvenience arising from the loss of any of the individual numbers required to
complete the volume-The construction of the improved holders files or portfolios
is such as to present the additional advantage of enabling any of the individual
numbers or documents to be readily removed or changed separately and without
injury The papers which are to be secured in the holder are attached by wires
at equal distances apart being perforated at the back fold or crease by means
of the apparatus hereinafter described.
And in order that my said Invention may be fully understood I shall now
proceed more particularly to describe the same and for that purpose shall refer to
the several figures on the annexed sheets of drawings the same letters of reference
indicating corresponding parts in all the figures,

page_text: Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents the improved holder file or
portfolio in the open position and Figure 2 is a section of the back showing catches h
hereinafter described.
Figure 3 shews a device used in perforating the paper.
Figure 4 illustrates the form of the cover viewed from above or edgewise and
figure 5 is a section of the back drawn to a larger scale shewing the method of
fastening or attaching the sheets.
Figures 6. 7 and 8 represent details hereinafter explained also illustrating the
method of attaching the sheets.
Figures 9. 10. 11. 12 and 13 illustrate modified arrangements of the Invention
as hereinafter described.
The holder is in the form of a portfolio being constructed with two flat boards a
forming sides attached by a flexible connection to a back b provided with transverse
binding wires c engaging with longitudinal wires or rods d laid in the crease or
fold of the paper. In the arrangement illustrated in figures 1 to 8 the wires care
permanently attached to the said back at one end and are capable of being secured
at the other end in a slot or recess forming a hook or catch h¹ attached to a bar h
likewise attached to the back-One of the sides a is provided with a pocket or
receptacle f containing a suitable number of the wires d used in securing the papers
as hereinafter described and also has attached to it guide plates g provided with
notches i arranged at the same distance apart as the wires c and an angular stop m.
A punching rod or instrument k figure 7 is also provided which fits into the
recesses or notches i in the guides g.
In order to fasten a sheet or sheets of paper such as newspapers for example
indicated at in the improved holder one corner of the folded sheet is placed
against the stop m as indicated in figure 1 and the fold of the sheet is placed under
the guides g-By means of the punching instrument k which is introduced in the
notches as indicated in figure 7 a series of notches o are punched out of the fold
of the sheets -One of the straight wires d is then laid in the crease or fold of the
sheets in such a manner that portions of this wire are visible as indicated in
figure 6 through the said notches o.
The sheets are then placed in position in the holder as indicated in figures 5 and 6
by disengaging the ends of the binding wires c from the hooks or catches h and
inserting them into the notches o in the fold in such a manner as to engage with
the longitudinal wire d laid in the fold-These operations are repeated for each
sheet or series of sheets and the loose ends of the binding wires c are then secured
by being slipped under the hooks or catches h as indicated more clearly in figure 8
so as to prevent the sheets from slipping off the said wires.
According to another arrangement illustrated in figures 9. 10 and 11 the holder
is provided with binding wires c¹ both ends of which are attached to the back b as
indicated in the section of the back drawn to a larger scale in figure 11 and one
end of the said wires is bent in the form of an shaped loop or staple n.
The fastening together of separate sheets is effected by means of this arrangement
as next hereinafter described. Notches o being formed in the back of the fold as
herein before explained with reference to Figures 6 and 7 the loops n on the
binding wires c are inserted into these notches so as to project on the other side
of the paper is indicated in figure 11.
The loops n on the binding wires c show through the fold and protrude on the
other side of the sheets and the straight wires d can then be readily pushed
through these loops n as indicated in Figure 11. The sheets are then simply pushed
over to the straight part of the binding wires c so as to leave the loops n free for
attaching the next sheet.
According to the arrangement illustrated in figures 12 and 13 the papers are
secured by transverse wires c¹ and longitudinal wires d as in the preceding
arrangement but in place of employing a detached punching device for forming the
notches o in the folds of the paper the shaped loop n is made narrower in form
and is sharpened on one side so as to present a cutting edge whereby the nicks

page_text: or notches o may be directly produced in the fold. In order to accomplish this
the sheets are simply laid upon the loops n and by applying a slight pressure the
loops are forced through the paper and the wires d can then be introduced as
hereinbefore described.
The length of the binding wires c and c' evidently depends on the number of
sheets which the holder is destined to contain. The dimensions of the boards or
Bides a is also regulated according to the size and number of the sheets.
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 :-
First In combination with a holder file or port folio for holding or preserving
papers as hereinbefore set forth the arrangement for punching out the notches o
in sheets at equal distances apart and consisting of the guides g the punching
instrument k and the stop or register m substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Second-The arrangement for securing the sheets in the holder file or port-
folio and consisting of longitudinal rods or wires d in combination with transverse
wires c figure 1 to 6 attached at one end to the back band secured at the other
end by a catch h or in combination with wires c¹ figs. 9 to 11 attached to the
back b at both ends and provided with a shaped loop n substantially as herein-
before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Third: The arrangement for securing the sheets in the holder file or port folio
wherein the binding wires c¹ are provided with a shaped loop n presenting a
cutting edge for the purpose of nicking or notching the folds substantially as
herein before described with reference to figures 12 & 13 of the accompanying
drawings.