Improved Method of and Means for Holding Separate Pages or Leaves; specially applicable for Philatelic and Photographic Albums and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Jan., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 24th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 3rd Dec., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Method of and Means for Holding Separate Pages or Leaves;
specially applicable for Philatelic and Photographic Albums and
the like.
I, RICHARD DALTON, of Nansloe, Carnarvon Road, Redland, Bristol, Wholesale
Stationer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention consists in an improved method of holding separate pages or
leaves, and in meaus therefor.
According to this invention, the pages or leaves are held in a specially devised
appliance, in which they are adapted, by special slotting, to fit.
The appliance, which is specially applicable for holding the pages of philatelic
and photographic albums and the like, is so devised that any page or pages held
by it can be withdrawn, at will, without causing displacement of any of the others
remaining in the holder, and without requiring the said others to be specially
held otherwise than by the appliance.
The appliance consists of an open-ended shoe of brass, gun-metal or other
suitable metal or material, the sides of which project forward at approximately a
right angle to the back or sole. Extending across from one side to the other are
bars situated at a suitable distance apart. Of these bars one is free to be moved
within the limits of slots provided in the sides of the shoe. This bar is, for
convenience in description, termed the locking bar. On the fixed bars are
loosely suspended the pages which, for that purpose, are provided at their inner
edge with specially shaped slots, having shoulders which lie immediately below
the fixed bars and prevent movement of the pages in the direction of the length
of the shoe.
The pages are also slotted to receive the locking bar, but the slots therefor are
not shouldered.
The pages can be withdrawn only when the locking bar is in the unlocked
position as, when the locking bar is in the locked position, it lies in the slot
provided for it in the pages and obstructs withdrawal.
When, however, the locking bar is moved to the unlocked position by drawing
it out of the slots in the pages, the latter can be drawn outwards so that the
shoulders aforesaid are clear of the fixed bars. The pages can then be moved in the
direction necessary to free them from the bars. As aforesaid, any page or pages
can be removed from the holder without displacement of the remaining pages
which, although unlocked, remain suspended.
The holder is designed to have covers or "boards" connected to it and to be
furnished with a rounded back.
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page_text: Improved Method of and Means for Holding Separate Pages or Leaves;
specially applicable for Philatelic and Photographic Albums and
the like.
I, RICHARD DALTON, of Nansloe, Carnarvon Road, Redland, Bristol, 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 consists in an improved method of holding together, as one book
or part of a book, separate pages or leaves; and in means therefor.
According to this invention, such separate pages or leaves are held in a specially-
devised holding appliance in which they are, by being specially slotted, adapted
to fit. The appliance, which is mainly designed to hold the pages or sheets of
postage stamp collections or sheets of photographs or other like sheets or pages, is
so devised that any page or pages held by it can be withdrawn from among others,
at will, without causing displacement of such others, and without necessitating
special holding of such others otherwise than by the appliance.
The appliance consists of an open-ended shoe of brass, gun-metal or other
suitable metal or material, the sides of which project from the back or sole at
approximately a right angle. Extending across from one side to the other are
bars situated at suitable distances apart. One of these bars is free to be moved
within the limits of slots provided in the sides of the shoe. This bar is, for con-
venience in description, termed the locking bar. On the fixed bars are loosely
suspended the separate pages, leaves or sheets which for that purpose are provided
with slots having shoulders which prevent movement in the direction of the
length of the shoe. The pages, leaves or sheets are also slotted to accommodate
the locking, bar but the slots therefor are not shouldered.
The pages can be withdrawn only when the locking bar is in the unlocked
position as, when the locking bar is in the locked position, it lies in the slot
provided for it in the pages and prevents withdrawal.
When, however, the locking bar is moved to the unlocked position, by drawing
it out of the slots in the pages, the latter can be drawn outwards so that the
shoulders aforesaid are clear of the fixed bars. The pages can then be moved in
the direction necessary to free them from the bars. As aforesaid, any page or
pages can be removed from the holder without displacement of the remaining
pages which, although unlocked, remain suspended.
Under a modification, the slots made in the pages for the fixed bars are not
shouldered, and the locking bar works into and out of a shouldered slot with a
direction of movement of a right angle to that in which it works in the arrange-
ment above described.
Referring to the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a view of one form of my
improved appliance for holding separate pages, leaves or sheets.
The appliance consists of a shoe of brass, gun-metal or other suitable metal
or material, the sides of which project outwards from the back or sole at approxi-
mately a right angle. Extended across the shoe are fixed bars b and a movable
bar. The bar is capable of being moved within the slots d provided in each
side of the shoe a. For convenience in description, the bar e is termed herein
the locking bar.
At Fig. 2 is shown part of a page, leaf or sheet e adapted to fit into the holder.
Behind the hinge f, which is a flexible hend strengthened by linen or other suit-

page_text: able fabric, the page is slotted. The upper and lower slots are shaped so as to
form shoulders g. The middle slot, cut in the pages to take the locking bar c of
the holder is not so shouldered. At Fig. is shown a set of pages arranged book-
wise in the holder which is fixed to a backing h of wood or other suitable substance
to which are attached covers i. In placing the pages in the holder, the locking
bar c is first drawn down towards the bottom of the slot & and the pages e are
then loosely hung on the bars b. The locking bare is then moved up in the
slot d which it fits and thus the pages e are locked on the holder. When the
locking bar is drawn down any page or pages can be removed and replaced
without necessitating removal of any others and without necessitating holding
such others, otherwise than by the appliance.
At Figs. 4, 5 and 6 of the drawings is illustrated a modification according to
which the locking bar e works in a direction at right angles to that in which it
works in the form of appliance shown at Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The slots made in the
pages for the fixed bars are not shouldered as in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The slot
cut in the pages to take the locking bar c¹ is shaped as shown. As aforesaid,
the bar e works up and down in the slots in the holder towards and away from
the face of the book. When the bar e is drawn up in the slot d', as seen at
Fig. 6, the pages are locked in place. When it is required to move a page or
pages, the locking bar e is first pressed down to a sufficient degree, and removal
of the page or pages is effected by drawing the said page or pages towards the top
of the book until the slots in the page or pages are clear of the bars of the holder.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. An improved method of and appliance for holding separate pages or leaves
arranged bookwise: that is to say, by means of a holder such as a having certain
fixed bars such as band a movable locking bar such as c adapted to fit closely in a
slot such as d in which it has a limited range of movement in the direction of the
length of the holder; slots being provided in the pages or leaves to receive the said
fixed bars and locking bar, substantially as hereinabove described with reference
to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying sheets of drawings.
2. The modification hereinabove described with reference to Figs. 4, 5 and 6
of the accompanying drawings, that is to say, in which the locking bar has move-
ment vertically in relation to the face of the pages or leaves, the slots provided
in the pages or leaves for the fixed bars and for the locking bar being shaped so as
to allow locking by raising the locking bar and unlocking by depressing it.
Dated this 22nd day of October 1898.