A NEW OR IMPROVED SELF- BINDER FOR HOLDING DETACHED PAPERS, SINGLE OR FOLDED
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Josiah Pumphrey, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED SELF-
BINDER FOR HOLDING DETACHED PAPERS, SINGLE OR FOLDED."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Josiah Pumphrey at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th October 1877.
JOSIAH PUMPHREY, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer.
"A NEW OR IMPROVED SELF-BINDER FOR HOLDING DETACHED PAPERS, SINGLE OR
FOLDED."
This Invention, which relates to a new or improved self-binding apparatus for
holding detached papers, is designed to facilitate the filing of loose papers upon
upright pegs in such a manner that they can be easily removed or got at either
singly or collectively for reference.
"
A series or convenient number of the pegs project vertically from the lower board
or cover" of the apparatus, and their upper ends are tapered or pointed. Each
peg is surrounded by a length of tube, which can slide thereupon, and the pointed
ends of the pegs are provided with conical caps, tops, or "barbs," which are screwed
thereupon, the base of the "barbs" being of larger diameter than the tubes, so as
to retain the sheets of paper-in position upon the pegs.
The upper board or cover is provided with a longitudinal inverted rim or "gauge,"
under which the sheets of paper are first placed, and from which they are transferred
to the pegs, when the upper board or cover is turned or closed bookwise (being

page_text: hinged) on to the lower barb or cover, the barbs piercing the sheets of paper, and
entering recesses in the upper board.
When it is desired to release and replace any papers the
unscrewed or unfastened.
"barbs" are first
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Josiah Pumphrey in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 18th April
1878.
JOSIAH PUMPHREY, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer.
"A NEW OR IMPROVED SELF-BINDER FOR HOLDING DETACHED PAPERS, SINGLE OR
FOLDED."
This Invention, which relates to a new or improved self-binding apparatus for
holding pamphlets, invoices, bills, or other detached papers or leaves, is designed to
facilitate the filing of such loose papers upon upright pegs or needles in such a
manner that they can be easily removed or got at singly or collectively for reference,
or for examination or removal.
The improved apparatus, which is illustrated in perspective view on the accom-
panying Drawing, is constructed, formed, or provided with a series or any convenient
number of pegs 1, which project at about right angles from the lower board 2,
forming one of two sides 2, 3, constituting the cover of the apparatus, and they are
pointed or tapered and screwed at their free or outer ends 4. Each peg or needle 1
is surrounded with a length of tube 5 (see the detached views) which can slide
thereupon, and the pointed ends 4 of the pegs 1 are provided with conical caps, tops,
or barbs 6 (see the detached views), which are screwed thereupon, or are otherwise
connected therewith, and the bases of which barbs are formed of a larger diameter
than that of the upper ends of the tubes, the portion contiguous to the pointed
ends 4 of the pegs 1, for the purpose of retaining the sheets of paper in position upon
the pegs.
The upper board or cover 3 is provided with a longitudinal rim or guage 7, under
which the sheets or papers are placed preparatory to being transferred or filed on to
the tubes 5. surrounding the pegs or needles 1, and which is effected when the upper
board or cover 3 is twined or closed bookwise on to the lower board or cover 2, the
covers being hinged together as at 8, as the barbs 6 then pierce the sheets or papers
placed under the gauge rim 7, and their points then enter recesses 9 formed below
the rim 7 in a hinged piece 10 upon the upper cover 3.
When it is desired to release and replace some of the filed papers, or to substitute.
others for those removed, the barbs 6 are firstly unscrewed or unfastened and removed
from the pegs 1, which allows of the papers being removed for reference, examina-
tion, or otherwise, or altered in position as may be desired.
In other modifications I form the barbs and tubes in one piece of metal or other
suitable material, and dispense with the screwed ends of the pegs, whereby the
removal of the papers, either wholly or in part, is facilitated; or the barbs and pegs
may be formed in one piece of wire or other substance, and the flat piece 10 may be

page_text: hinged by itself (that is, independently of the cover 3) to the cover 2, and have a
closing spring or other simple device behind it to enable the barbs to be dispensed
with; or I can use a single cover, and not bookwise, the filed papers being then
partially exposed, a strap furnished with holes being substituted for the second or
other cover.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention, together with
the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into practical
effect, I would remark in conclusion that I claim as my Invention, the particular
combination and application, as a self-binding apparatus for holding loose papers, of
hinged covers, to one of which is adapted a longitudinal guage rim, and to the other
of which is applied a series of pegs, to which are adapted tubes and barbs on which
the papers are filed, and which when the said covers are closed bookwise enter pro-
tecting recesses in a hinged piece adapted to the opposite cover, substantially as
above described, and as illustrated on the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Josiah Pumphrey, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight.
Witness,
JOHN KENDRICK.
JOSIAH PUMPHREY. (L.S.)