Improvements in Bindings of Books or the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Oct., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 17th July 1891-Accepted, 5th Sept.. 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bindings of Books or the like.
I, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS OETZMANN, of 67 Hampstead Road, in the County
of Middlesex, Complete House Furnisher, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
According to this invention I divide books or the like into several sections which
can be read either whilst they are separate or together, which is a great con-
venience for railway carriages and other places where a large and heavy volume is
inconvenient. The leaves of each section are stitched or secured together and
the section is perforated with a number of eyelet or other holes near its back.
The covers and back of the complete volume are formed in one piece and
resemble the back and covers of an ordinary book binding; it is however pro-
vided with a string or strings which are passed through the eyelet-holes in the
sections and are then secured; when this is done the various sections are com-
bined together into a book closely resembling an ordinary book.
In place of the strings, pegs fixed to the back edge of one of the covers may be
employed. In this case the back is formed as a spring, which can be turned down
out of the way so as to expose the points of the pegs. When the sections have
been put into place on the pegs the back is allowed to spring back again and so
secures the sections in place. Or grooves may be formed in the back preferably
by turning the ends inwards which grooves receive projections or clips on the
sections.
Dated this 21st day of October 1800.
FRED. A. OETZMANN.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bindings of Books or the like.
I, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS OETZMANN of 67 Hampstead Road, London in the
County of Middlesex, Complete House Furnisher, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be par-
ticularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
According to this invention I divide books or the like into several sections which
can be read either whilst they are separate or together, which is a great con-
venience for railway carriages and other places where a large and heavy volume
is inconvenient.
The leaves of each section are stitched or secured together and the section is
perforated with a number of eyelet or other holes near its back. The covers and
back of the complete volume are formed in one piece and resemble the back and
covers of an ordinary book binding; it is however provided with a string or
strings which are passed through the eyelet-holes in the sections and are then
secured; when this is done the various sections are combined together into a
book closely resembling an ordinary book.
Or the sections of which the book is composed may be secured to the covers by
vire pegs fastened inside the back edge of one of the covers, and these pegs fit
the eyelets on the sections. The semi-circular back piece connecting one cover
with the other is formed as a spring which when pulled open exposes the points of
the pegs and the eyeletted sections can be then either withdrawn or replaced.
Or grooves may be formed in the back preferably by turning the ends inwards,
which grooves receive projections or clips on the sections.

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 :---
1st. The division of a book into any desired number of sections provided with
eyelet holes, at the back or with projecting clips at the top and bottom of
the back.
2nd. Book covers provided with eyelets and strings so that the separate sections
may be laced up within it to form a complete book.
3rd. Book covers provided with pegs and a spring back for holding the sections.
4th. Book covers having grooves at the top and bottom of the back into which
grooves the projections on the several sections can slide.
Dated this 16th day of July 1891.
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS OETZMANN.