Improvements in Binding Books
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 8th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 15th Sept.. 1894
Improvements in Binding Books,
1, FRANK WALLACE WHITLOCK of Upper Park Road, Bromley in the County
of Kent, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows
This invention has reference to binding books and its object is to effect the
binding in such manner that the books when open at any part shall lie quite flat.
This is of particular importance in the case of account or other books in which
manuscript entries have to be made.
According to my invention I stitch or otherwise secure to the back edge of each
section of folded leaves the doubled edge of a folded strip of muslin, paper or other
suitable material; 1 next place within this strip against its fold a length of plaited
cotton or other like material which I secure to the said strip by a suitable adhesive
substance, pressing the strip upon and around it so that the cotton or the like
constitutes a sort of core. I then preferably cut off the surplus edges of the strip.
I next separately stitch the various sections which are to be bound together and
with their backing strips forined as above described to a web of canvas or other
material, the cord or material used in this stitching being passed through all the
leaves of each section and through its backing strip. The web can subsequently
be secured in any ordinary or convenient manner to the cover or lids of the book.
Dated this 8th day of November 1893.
J. C. MEWBURN,
55 and 56, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Binding Books.
I, FRANK WALLACE WHITLOCK of Upper Park Road, Bromley in the County
of Kent, Commercial Traveller, 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 binding books and its object is to effect the
binding in such manner that the books when open at any part shall lie quite flat.
This is of particular importance in the case of account or other books in which
manuscript entries have to be made.
According to my invention I stitch or otherwise secure to the back edge of each
section of folded leaves the doubled edge of a folded strip of muslin, paper or other
suitable material; I next place within this strip against its fold a length of plaited
cotton or other like material which I secure to the said strip by a suitable adhesive
substance pressing the strip upon and around it so that the cotton or the like
coustitutes a sort of core. I then preferably cut off the surplus edges of the strip.
I next separately stitch the various sections which are to be bound together and
with their backing strips formed as above described to a webbing of canvas or
other material, the cord or material used in this stitching being passed through all
the leaves of the section and through its backing strip. The webbing can
subsequently be secured in any ordinary or convenient manner to the cover or lids
of the book.

page_text: The accompanying drawings will serve to make my invention clearly understood.
Figure 1 is a sectional view of a section of folded leaves a with a folded strip b of
muslin or other material secured at its double edge to the back of the section of
leaves; in this figure the leaves are shown open.
Figure 2 is a similar section but with the leaves a closed and with a strip or
core c of plaited cotton or other material placed within the muslin strip b against
its fold the muslin strip being pressed against the strip or core c and fixed thereto
by cement, glue or the like.
Figure 3 is a back view of the section of leaves a open and with part of the
muslin strip 6 opened out and part of the strip or core c removed in order to show
the stitches by which the strip b is secured to the section of leaves a.
Figure 4 is a longitudinal section showing the section of leaves a, folded strip b,
and strip or core c, stitched to the usual webbing e.
Figure 5 is a perspective view of an open book composed of a number of sections
of leaves separately stitched together with their backing strips to the webbing e as
above described, the webbing being subsequently secured in an ordinary way to the
covers or lids of the book.
From what I have already herein stated it will be understood that in order to
bind a book each section of folded leaves a has the doubled edge of the folded strip b
secured to it the method of securing preferably adopted being a row of stitches g;
then the strip or core c is placed within the folded strip against the fold and the
strip is pressed against the core c and secured thereto by ceinent, glue or the like,
the surplus edges of the strip b being then removed. Next each section of leaves a
with its backing strip formed of the strip b and core c is separately stitched to the
webbing e the stitches passing through all the leaves of the section and through
the backing strip as shown in Figure 4 in which h h represent the stitches. Finally
the webbing e is secured to the covers or lids f of the book.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The method of binding books so that the books when open at any part shall lie
flat, which method consists in first securing the back edge of each section of folded
leaves to the doubled edge of a folded strip, in next placing a core or strip within
the folded strip against the fold and securing the folded strip to the core, and in
next separately stitching the various sections of leaves with their backing strips
formed as described to a webbing, lids or covers being subsequently secured to the
webbing if required, all substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
Dated this 8th day of August 1894.
J. C. MEWBURN & ELLIS,
55 and 56, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.
J. C. MEWBURN & ELLIS,
55 and 56, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.