Improvements in Binding Staples.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Binding Staples.
I, MAURICE COMERFORD, of 16, York Street, Covent Garden, W.C., Newspaper
Proprietor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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The present invention has reference to binding staples or wire stitches used
for securing together the leaves of pamphlets and other papers.
The object of my invention is to facilitate the filing of such papers, and to this
end I make the wire stitch or staple which is inserted at the back of the paper
to bind its leaves in the following manner.
The wire stitch as is well known consists of a short piece of wire the ends of
which are bent at right angles to the middle part and are inserted from the
outside through the paper to be bound upon which they are pressed down 80
that the middle part and ends of the staple or stitch lie in parallel lines on opposite
sides of the paper.
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According to my invention however I provide at or near the middle part of the
stitch which is outside the paper when in position an eye or loop for receiving
a string or cord or I furnish a space beneath the stitch for that purpose.
cord is easily threaded through or beneath the staples thus formed and a ready
means of filing a number or series of pamphlets is thus provided.
Dated this 19th day of October 1897
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Binding Staples.
MAURICE COMERFORD, of 16, York Street, Covent Garden, W.C., Newspaper
Proprietor, 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:-
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The invention will be understood from the following description reference
being had to the accompanying drawing. The present invention has reference
to binding staples or wire stitches used for securing together the leaves of news-
papers periodicals pamphlets and other papers. The object of my invention is
to facilitate the filing of such papers and to this end I make the wire stitch or
staple which is inserted at the back of its leaves in the following manner. The
wire stitch as is well known consists of a short piece of wire the ends of which
are bent at right angles to the middle part and are inserted from the outside
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page_text: through the papers to be bound upon which they are pressed down so that the
middle part and ends of the staple or stitch are in parallel lines on opposite sides
of the paper. According to my invention however I provide at or near the
middle part of the stitch which is outside the paper an eye or loop for receiving
a string or cord to be threaded through forming a ready means of filing papers in
order and sequence. The eye or loop is made in the stitch or staple by adapting
the plunger and die commonly used in the existing machines used for the purpose
of stitching and binding by providing a recess in the plunger (see accompanying
drawing A) and a projection in the die (see accompanying drawing B). The
staple as formed is shewn in the accompanying drawing C.
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:-
A binding staple for newspapers periodicals pamphlets and the like having a
loop for the purpose of filing substantially as described.
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MAURICE COMERFORD,
Applicant.