A Binder for Newspapers and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Sept., 1891-Accepted, 24th Nov., 1894
CUMPLEIN SPECIFICATION.
A Binder for Newspapers and the like.
EDWIN OWEN PARRY Central Chambers Llandudno in the County of Carnarvon,
Newspaper Publisher Estate and General Commission Agent etc. 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 :-
My invention relates to a self binding device for filing & preserving newspapers
& the like, and is constructed as follows:
:-
(Figs. 1 to 8 represent the different parts hereinafter referred to, and the letters
("a" to "d" to the sections in the said numbers.)
(1) Back part No. 1: upon which all other parts are fastened "d" relates to
the notch on each corner side of No. 1.
(2) End plate No. 2: (a) holes for "No. 4" (b) holes for nails.
(3) End plate No. 3 (a) holes for No. 5. (b) holes for nails (c) edge for c
No. 7.
(4) Pin: (a) head of pin, (b) riveted end.
(5) Movable overbar: (a) length across top (6) length turn downwards (c) turned
points.
(6) Centre pin: (a) head, (b) thread, (c) nut.
(7) Flat steels: (a) end hole (6) centre hole, (c) slot.
(8) Cover: (a) side covers (6) back, (c) side-backs.
This invention relates to apparatus for filing and preserving newspapers and the
like, my present invention has for its object to afford a mode by which newspapers
and the like can one by one be placed on and taken off without disturbing those
already filed.
Furthermore, my invention has a cover made of ordinary binding materials, by
which the numbers are preserved clean, and form, when filled, a volume. It,
therefore, affords a means of preserving all numbers from being lost, damaged, or
otherwise spoilt. It also saves the necessity of binding.
Figs. to 9 refer to the plans herewith produced; and Fig. 1 in particular to the
back part upon which all other parts rest and, is made of wood or of any suitable
material; and likewise all other figs. are at the descression of the maker as to the
material used for making. Fig. 7 is a flat steel or blade laid edgeways fastened by
Fig. 4, having a slot marked (c) on plan in one end, on which (c) Fig. 3 hooks.
Thus Fig. 7. is kept firm and tight and answers for stitching or pinning of ordinary
binding. A space of about one-eigth inch more or less, as the thickness of the
papers to be filed require, is left between the edge of Fig. 7 and the back part
Fig. 1 this is to prevent the steels or otherwise called steel-blade from cutting the
papers.
The "cover" Fig. 8 is made in the ordinary way excepting the narrow side
back (a) these have a two-fold purpose namely to keep the steels blades within
the space appointed for them on Fig. 1 and to afford means to place screws through
into Fig. 1 thus securing the cover without recourse to the process of gluing or
pasting.
The other figures and their purpose are fully detailed herein after.

page_text: The pattern article is made in the following form and of the following
materials:-
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:
(1) Back part made of plain wood 27" long by 18" wide, " thick, with a
notch at the side of each corner.
(2) End plate No. 2: made of ordinary thin tin deep x 1" wide, with an
extra portion of " turning round to the side, 16" hole within an eighth of the top
and of the end at either side. This part is fastened to No. "1." part by means
of two small nails.
(3) Simular end plate to No. 2: and of the same material "deep, 1" wide,
"turning over the side with 16" hole within " of the top and " of the curve at
either side, this part is fastened to the other end of No. 1. by means of two nails.
(4) Pin " thick, 18" long, small head at one end, made of ordinary wire, reaching
across No. 2 Trom side to side.
:
(5) Movable overbar: made also of ordinary wire 16" thick, 13" long, turning
down at either side, 16" of the point turned inwards so as to hook into the holes
in No: 3, by means of this bar one end of No. 7 is secured fast which can be got
loose to place on the matter to be filed.
(6) Centre pin: this is an optional pin, and only used when the file is filled with
very heavy matter, so as to strengthen the file, this pin if used is to be put through
the centre holes from outer side of the cover and through the centre hole of No. 7.
to the other side and secured by the provided nut.
(7) Flat steels; " part of an inch thick, 273" long, x 3" wide, 1" hole within
" of the end, 16" hole in centre, and a slot " deep x 4" wide, within an eighth of
the other end. 52 of these are on pattern file hereby described, but the size and
quantity to be used are regulated by the number of papers & the like that are to be
preserved.
(8) Cover made of the ordinary book binding materials, covers 27" wide x 20"
across, 18" across back (which is of plain linen), two side backs each " wide and
lined with cardboard, these side-backs project above the thickness of No. 1, ″.
In order to more clearly understand my said invention I will describe it by the
following account of the mode of construction. Place No. 1 on table, fasten
"No. 7" to "No. 2" by placing No. 4 thro' holes marked (a) on No. 7 and (a)
on No. 2. No. 2 is next put on the end of No. 1 and is fastened by means of nails
placed thro' the holes marked (b) on No. 2. Plate No. 3 is next placed on the other
end of No. 1. and fastened also by means of nails thro' the holes marked "b"
on No. 3. Movable overbar No. 5 is then put on No. 3. by the small turned points
being hooked in the holes marked (a) on No. 3.
This forms the inner part, all resting on No. 1.
in cover No. 8. the cover then is fastened to No.
from the outer side of the side-backs marked
No. 1. is next taken and placed
by means of brass headed screws
C on drawing.
1
"
The slot (c) on the one end of No. 7 takes its place natural on (c) No. 3. The
movable overhar (No. 5) slip on & off the top of No. 7 above the slot by this
means the inner part of the file is opened to put on newspapers documents &c. by
the means of the over-bar No. 7 also secures the filed papers within the covers and
affords them to be opened like a book.
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) That there is novelty in the simple way these ordinary materials are put
together and placed in a cover forming a self binder upon which newspapers and
such can be instantly and seperately put and filed.
(2) That it can be used as a book when only one or more issues are put on also
during the filling of the file and continues thereafter a complete bound book, also
that any number can be seperately taken off & replaced at any time without
disfigering the book.

page_text: (3) That the long steels edgeways answering the purpose of stitching are a
novelty, that the slot in one end of the steels to keep them and the papers (tho'
both movable) quite firm, is also a novel device.
(4) But novelty is claimed for the article as a.whole as well as for the particular
parts of it is claimed.
Dated this 17th day of September 1894.
EDWIN OWEN PARRY.