Improvements in Paper Binders.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 10th July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 19th Mar., 1891-Accepted, 25th Apr., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Paper Binders.
FREDERICK FRENCH, 49, British Street, Bow, London, E., Middlesex, Stationer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
The binder for securely filing loose documents, letters, papers or any commercial
or other forms for easy reference consists of two covers made to any desired size;
ordinary standard sizes of commercial or music papers, or periodicals by preference ;
working on a hinged back, made of milled board, or other suitable material covered
with cloth or leather. Inside each cover & adjoining the back & attached thereto
by a leather or cloth hinge is a moveable flange, or projecting strip of board inch
to 1 inch wide running parallel with the back of the binder the entire length of the
back. These flanges by my method move freely backwards & forwards without
disturbing the covers thus enabling the covers to be opened as in the case of an
ordinary book without disturbing or dragging the contents. These flanges are
pierced at suitable intervals to admit of a lace, or laces being passed through & so
through the papers to be secured & then fastened on the top. A loose or separate
& additional flange or strip of board is included in each binder for use when the
thickness of the back is only partly filled by loose papers, this enables the papers
to be securely fastened down till the binder is full.
In place of the laces I may employ spikes or screws, but in practice I prefer the
method set forth.
Dated this Oth of Ll 1900
FREDERICK FRENCH.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Paper Binders.
I, FREDERICK FRENCH, of 49, British Street, Bow Road, London, E., 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 :—
The main object of my invention is to provide a method for securely filing loose
documents, letters papers or any commercial or other forms for easy reference.
The accompanying drawing is a plan of the apparatus.
Similar letters of reference denote similar parts throughout the drawing.
A. A are the boards or covers of the binder made of milled board and covered
in ordinary binders cloth or other suitable material and fastened to the back of the
binder by the covering material. B is the back of the binder, a gutter or groove
is formed by the sides A. A. and back B being made of separate pieces of board;
alongside & parallel with the gutters are attached the moveable hinges C. C. These
hinges C. C being attached to the back by leather or cloth joints move freely back-
wards and forwards. D is a lacc or cord passed through suitable holes F F in the
hinges C. C. for the purpose of securing the contents of the binder.
E is a spare
bar to be used in conjunction with or in place of one of the hinges C. C.
I wish it to be understood that I do not in practice necessarily confine myself to
the exact details of construction herein set forth, provided that in all cases the
essential features of the invention be retained, but

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 :-
:—
(1). The introduction into the covers of the hinges which are so attached to the
back of the binder that they allow of the papers contained in the binder being
opened out quite flat giving great freedom in reading matter written on both sides
of the paper.
Dated this 16th day of March 1891.
FREDERICK FRENCH,
49, British Street, Bow Road, E.