Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Dec., 1887
Complete Specification Lelt, 24th Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 26th Oct., 1888
[Communicated from abroad by THE FIRM F. SOENNECKEN'S VERLAG, of Bonn,
Rhenish Prussia, German Empire, Manufacturers. |
I, SAMUEL MAIER of 35 Aldermanbury in the City of London, Wholesale Stationer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to files or binders of the character of those described
in my Specification No. 158 of 1887. In the files or binders therein described the
letters, bills, music sheets or other papers or documents inserted or filed therein are
held like the leaves of a book and any one or more of them can be readily removed,
or one or more additional ones can be inserted in their proper alphabetical or other
prescribed order without disarranging the others already on the file. This is effected
by means of upright tubes on the lower cover, or more strictly speaking on an
intermediate piece between the back and the lower cover, and by a staple-like piece
connected by suitable attachments with the inside of the back of the cover; the legs
of the staple fitting into the tubes. The papers are filed on the tubes and in orde
to file any fresh ones or to remove any of those previously filed the staple is temporarily
freed from the back of the file and then lifted from the tubes together with all the
papers that are above the place in the file where the fresh papers are to be inserted or
from which previously filed papers are to be removed, and after this has been done
the staple with the papers thereon is returned to position and secured. With this
construction of file the staplo and all the lifted papers have to be temporarily removed
from the file and this is inconvenient.
Now in the improved files or binders which form the subject of the present invention
it is not necessary to temporarily remove any of the papers from the file when it is
required to file fresh papers or to take out any of those previously filed. It is only
requisite to temporarily move from the tubes on to the legs of the staple those papers
which are above the place in the file where the fresh papers have to be inserted or
from which previously filed papers have to be removed and then to withdraw the staple
from the tubes.

page_text: The staple is not made detachable from the file in order to insert or remove papers
but is permanently connected to the inside of an intermediate piece which is jointed
to the back and to the upper cover and constitutes a part of the upper cover.
legs of the staple are immediately opposite the tubes and are simply pushed
into them.
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The
The staple can be secured to the file in any of the following ways:-According to
one way a tube is fixed longitudinally to the intermediate piece which constitutes part
of the upper cover and through this piece is passed a wire the two ends of which are
formed into loops the wire is free to turn axially in the tube. The part of the staple
which connects the two legs passes through the two loops and can slide or move from
end to end of the same. When the file is closed like a book the staple is at the one
end of the loop and when it is open the staple is at the other end. According to
another way instead of the fixed tube with looped wire, links or chains composed of
two or more links connect the staple to the intermediate piece which constitutes part
of the upper cover. In the above modifications the staple is not withdrawn from the
tubes until the file is fully opened and an intermediate piece between the lower cover
and the back of the file is moved into the flat position or approximately so. According
to another way the staple is simply passed through eyes on the intermediate piece that
constitutes part of the upper cover so as to be free to turn axially therein, while two
intermediate pieces in lieu of one are introduced between the back of the file and the
lower cover.
The additional intermediate piece enables the file to be opened sufficiently
to withdraw the staple from the tubes. The combined width of the two intermediate
pieces which are jointed to the two edges of the back corresponds with the distance
the legs of the staple enter the tubes." In order to allow of the file being opened
without entirely withdrawing the staple from the tubes the intermediate piece which
constitutes part of the upper cover has a chain or cord attached to it the end of which
is formed to catch into a corresponding device on the back of the file; the chain is
too short to allow the file to be opened sufficiently to withdraw the staple from
the tubes.
The outer ends of the tubes are bevelled on what is their upper edge when the file
is open so that the points of the staple may lie close to the points of the tubes and
therefore allow the papers, in the open position of the file, to be readily slid along from
the tubes to the staple or vice versa.
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page_text: or other Papers or Documents.
A communication from abroad by THE FIRM F. SOENNECKEN'S VERLAG, of Bonu,
Rhenish Prussia, German Empire, Manufacturers.
I, SAMUEL MAIER of 35 Aldermanbury in the City of London, Wholesale Stationer,
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 reference to files or binders of the character of those described
in my Specification No. 158 of 1887. In the files or binders therein described the
letters, bills, music sheets or other papers or documents inserted or filed therein are
held like the leaves of a book and any one or more of them can be readily removed
or one or more additional ones can be inserted in their proper alphabetical or other
prescribed order without disarranging the others already on the file. This is effected
by means of upright tubes on the lower cover, or more strictly speaking on an inter-
mediate piece between the back and the lower cover, and by a staple-like piece
connected by suitable attachments with the inside of the back of the cover; the legs
of the staple fitting into the tubes. The papers are filed on the tubes and in order to
file any fresh ones or to remove any of those previously filed the staple is temporarily
freed from the back of the file and then lifted from the tubes together with all the
papers that are above the place in the file where the fresh papers are to be inserted
or from which previously filed papers are to be removed, and after this has been done
the staple with the papers thereon is returned to position and secured. With this
construction of file the staple and all the lifted papers have to be temporarily removed
from the file and this is inconvenient.
Now in the improved files or binders which form the subject of the present
invention it is not necessary to temporarily remove any of the papers from the file
when it is required to file fresh papers or to take out any of those previously filed.
It is only requisite to temporarily move from the tubes on to the legs of the staple
those papers which are above the place in the file where the fresh papers have to be
inserted or from which previously filed papers have to be removed and then to with-
draw the staple from the tubes.
The staple is not made detachable from the file in order to insert or remove papers
but is permanently connected to the inside of an intermediate piece which jointed
to the back and to the upper cover and constitutes a part of the upper cover.
legs of the staple are immediately opposite the tubes and are simply pushed
into them.
The
The staple can be secured to the file in any of the following ways:-According to
one way a tube is fixed longitudinally to the intermediate piece which constitutes.

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part of the upper cover and through this piece is passed a wire the two ends of
which are formed into loops; the wire is free to turn axially in the tube. The part
of the staple which connects the two legs passes through the two loops and can slide
or move from end to end of the same. When the file is closed like a book the staple
is at the one end of the loops and when it is open the staple is at the other end.
According to another way instead of the fixed tube with looped wire, links or chains
composed of two or more links connect the staple to the intermediate piece which
constitutes part of the upper cover. In the above modifications the staple is not
withdrawn from the tubes until the file is fully opened and an intermediate piece
between the lower cover and the back of the file is moved into the flat position or
approximately so. According to another way the staple is simply passed through eyes
on the intermediate piece that constitutes part of the upper cover so as to be free to
turn axially therein while two intermediate pieces in lieu of one are introduced
between the back of the file and the lower cover. The additional intermediate piece
enables the file to be opened sufficiently to withdraw the staple from the tubes. The
combined width of the two intermediate pieces which are jointed to the two edges of
the back corresponds with the distance the legs of the staple enter the tubes.
In
order to allow of the file being opened without entirely withdrawing the staple from
the tubes the intermediate piece which constitutes part of the upper cover has a chain
or cord attached to it the end of which is formed to catch into a corresponding
device on the back of the file; the chain is too short to allow the file to be opened
sufficiently to withdraw the staple from the tubes.
The outer ends of the tubes are bevelled on what is their upper edge when the file
is open so that the points of the staple may lie close to the points of the tubes and
therefore allow the papers, in the open position of the file, to be readily slid along
from the tubes to the staple or vice versa.
The accompanying drawings illustrate several modifications of my invention.
Figures 1 to 5 represent one modification the file or binder being shown in various
positions in the several figures. In these figures a is the upper cover, the lower
cover, the back and p the intermediate piece between the back and the lower cover.
fare the upright tubes fixed to the intermediate piece p. is the staple like piece
the legs of which fit into the tubes when the file is closed. According to the
present invention the staple is not as heretofore made detachable from the file in
order to insert or remove papers but is permanently attached to the inside of an
intermediate piece which is jointed to the back e and to the upper cover a. In the
particular modification shown in Figures 1 to 5 the staple is attached to the inter-
mediate piece by means of a tube a fixed to the piece through which tube is passed
a wire the two ends of which are formed into loops kk. The wire is free to turn
axially in the -tube n. The part or base of the staple g which connects the two legs
passes through the two loops kk and can slide or move from end to end of the same.
When the file is closed like a book (see Figure 5) the staple is at the one end of the
loops and when the file is open (see Figures 2, 3 and 4) the staple is at the other
end of the loops.
Figure 6 represents a modification the same as that shown in Figures 1 to 5
except that instead of the fixed tube and looped wire k¹, the staple is attached
to the intermediate piece by links which may be either single links as at or a
chain of two or more links as at m; the links are secured to eyes on the piece i as
shown.
Figures 7 to 11 represent a modification in which the staple is simply passed
through eyes on the piece i so as to be free to turn axially therein while a second
intermediate piece q is introduced between the back and the intermediate piece p.
The additional intermediate piece enables the file to be opened sufficiently to with-
draw the staple from the tubes which would not be the case if only one inter-
mediate piece were employed between the back e and the lower cover b.
In Figures 7, 10 and 11 is shown a device such as hereinbefore described whereby
the file can be opened without entirely withdrawing the staple y from the tubes
This device consists of a chain (or it may be a cord) we attached to the piece i and

page_text: having at its end a spring catch w² to engage with a corresponding catch on the
back & the chain c is too short to allow the file to be opened sufficiently to withdraw
the staple from the tubes; when this has to be done the catch we must be released
from the catch a.
Figures 12, 13 and 14 represent a modification in which the pieces and p instead
of being placed respectively between the upper cover a and back e and between the
lower cover and back e are jointed to the inner faces of the two covers respectively
near their points of connection with the back while the stapley and tubes are
connected respectively to the two pieces i and p. As in this case the pieces and p
do not constitute part of the cover when the file is closed they need not extend from
end to end of the file, but only sufficiently to carry the staple and the tubes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I claim in
respect of files or binders of the character or kind herein referred to is:-
1. The permanent connection of the staple to an intermediate piece between the
back and the upper cover substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described.
2. The several arrangements hereinbefore described in which the staple is perma-
nently connected to an intermediate piece between the back and the upper cover.
3. The combination, substantially as described, with an intermediate piece carrying
the staple of a device for allowing the file to be opened without entirely withdrawing
the staple from the tubes.
4. The several constructions of file or binder bereinbefore described and repre-
sented in the annexed drawings.
Dat this 04th day of Santambor 1888