Improved Means for Facilitating the Binding of Loose Sheets of Music.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 18th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 26th Oct., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Facilitating the Binding of Loose Sheets
of Music.
I JOHN HARVEY DICKSON of Townsend Street, St. Albans, in the county of
Hertford, Contractor's Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
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My invention relates to an improved binder by means of which loose sheets of music
may be readily bound or secured together.
In carrying my invention into practice I unite a number of strips of calico or other
suitable material along the centres, the attachment being preferably effected by
sewing, the said strips when thus united forming a back. The said strips are gummed
or otherwise treated upon their edges (with the exception of the outside edges of the
outer leaf) so that they can be readily caused to adhere to the sheets of music.
In inserting the sheets of music one edge of each sheet is moistened and inserted
between two of the leaves of the back or the adjacent faces of two leaves are moistened
and pressed onto the sheet until the latter is firmly secured.
Instead of using gum for securing the sheets they may be secured by sewing or by
any other suitable means.
In some cases I find it advantageous to secure my binder between two covers which
are of sufficient size to cover the music when bound.
Dated the 18th day of December 1888.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Facilitating the Binding of Loose Sheets
of Music.
I, JOHN HARVEY DICKSON, of Townsend Street, St. Albans, in the county of
Hertford, Contractor's Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to an improved binder by means of which loose sheets of music
may be readily bound or secured together as hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is an elevation, and
Figure 2 is a section of a binder for securing together loose sheets of music
according to my invention.
Figure 3 is a section illustrating the use of my improved binder and shewing
its application to a number of loose sheets of music for securing them together.
In carrying my invention into practice I unite a number of strips a, b, c, d of
calico or other suitable material along the centres, the attachment being preferably
effected by sewing as indicated at e, the said strips when thus united forming a
back. The said strips are each gummed or otherwise treated upon one of their
faces, so that they can be readily caused to adhere to the sheets of music f, g, h, i
(figure 3).
Figure 2 shews a binder of a size suitable for securing four loose sheets of music
together. The gum is laid upon the adjacent faces of the strips a and b and upon
those of the strips c and d.

page_text: In order to bind the sheets of music, the back edge of each sheet is moistened
and the front sheet is inserted between the left-hand leaves a and b of the back,
the second sheet g between the left-hand leaves c and d and the other two sheets h, i
between the right-hand leaves c, d and a, b respectively; or the adjacent faces of
the leaves can be moistened and pressed onto the sheets until the latter are firmly
secured. Or the edges of the sheets of music can be gummed instead of the leaves
of the binder.
Instead of using gum for securing the sheets they may be secured by sewing or by
any other suitable means.
In some cases I find it advantageous to secure my binder between two covers which
are of sufficient size to cover the music when bound.
I have shewn my binder by way of example made with eight leaves to receive
four sheets of music but it will be obvious that the number of leaves can be varied
to suit the number of sheets of which the pieces of music may consist.
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
(1) The herein described means for facilitating the binding of loose sheets of
music, such means consisting of a number of strips of calico or other suitable
material united along their centres so as to form a back, the strips being gummed,
sewn or otherwise attached to the sheets of music, substantially as set forth.
(2) The manufacture and use of the improved binder for securing together loose
sheets of music, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accom-
panying drawing.
Dated the 18th day of September 1889
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.