Improvements in or relating to Albums, Portfolios, or Binding Cases.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 21st Nov., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Albums, Portfolios, or Binding
Cases.
{ I WILHELM KNORR, Headmaster of a School in Grottau, Bohemia, in the
Empire of Austria, 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:-
The present invention relates to albums, books or cases in which the back can
be made wider or narrower as desired according to the number of leaves, card-
board pages, papers etc. to be placed in it. In the accompanying drawing an
album according to the present invention is illustrated. In this drawing
Fig. 1 shows an open album (or book) in side elevation in an unbound state.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the above.
Fig. 3 shows a finished book (or album) in side elevation.
:
The new invention consists mainly of the two covers A and B, one of which (A)
is made in any well known manner, whereas the cover B is constituted by two thin
covers a and b which are firmly connected to each other at c a hollow space in the
shape of a pocket being produced in another part -x by means of which the
width of the back may be altered.
The back d is secured to the cover A in any usual manner such as by glueing
whereas the other end of the back is introduced, as far as required into the before-
mentioned pocket like hollow of the cover B and secured in it by small screws y
which are introduced from the outside into holes provided in the cover
(Figs. 1 to 3).
In addition ribbons or strings ss (see Fig. 2) are secured to the cover A at any
desired distance apart over which strings or ribbons are placed the pages or sheets
to be bound together, and on the cover B corresponding ribbons s¹¹ are secured
to secure the pages introduced, by tying them to the strings or ribbons 8 8.
The method of using the case is as follows:
The pages or sheets O to be bound are provided, at a suitable distance apart,
with holes and then placed on the ribbons ss of the cover A, then the cover B
is placed on the pages o and the back d is pushed into the pocket like hollow xx of
the cover B until a suitable width of back is obtained then the small screws y y
are inserted in the holes in the cover B and penetrate through the back d whereby
the back is securely fastened to the cover B. Finally the free ends of the
strings and 8 & are tied together and the album is complete (Fig. 3).
If it is desired to put in more pages (or to take out some of the pages already
bound) the strings ss ss are untied the new pages added (or the old ones taken
out) the screws y y are unscrewed and the back d is given the suitable width by
withdrawing it from (or pushing it further in) the hollow space of the cover B,
the screws are then screwed in again and the strings tied together; the
maximum number of pages which can be put in depending of course on the total
width of the back.
If the pages o forming the book or album, are intended to be used for holding
cards, leaves, pictures, etc. or for use as a photograph album, it is advisable to make
them in the manner shown in Figures 4 to 8 of the accompanying drawings which

page_text: method has the great advantage of enabling the objects to be collected to be
fastened or removed in a secure and easy manner. Figures 4 and 5 are respectively
a plan and section of the new method chiefly applicable for securing or collecting -
objects of small thickness (for instance cards) while Figure 6 is a plan of the
arrangement for securing less flexible objects, for instance photographs mounted on
card board, and Fig. 7 is a combination of Figures 4 and 6 in section of which the
upper part is shown in elevation in Figure 8 and the lower side is shown in elevation
in Figure 6.
Figures 4 and 5 show, as already mentioned a page for securing flexible (thin)
leaves (such for instance as post-cards, visiting cards etc.) this page is made by
securing to a full sheet G (of paper cardboard or the like) on one of both sides
(see Figure 5) a sheet R with a square opening or openings of the exact
dimensions of the object C to be secured over this sheet R is glued another sheet D
which has a similar opening or openings with this difference however that the four
corners are not quite cut out but remain connected by a small piece e e as shown in
Fig. 4. The corners of one side of the card C to be secured are at first brought
under the two corners ee the card is then bent sufficiently to enable the corners of
the other side to come under the other corners e e then the card is straightened
whereupon it is held fast in the opening O (under the corners e e e e covering the
said card).
Another manner of securing stiff or non-flexible objects (photographs etc.) as
shown in Figures 6 and 7 very much resembles that first described. On a full
sheet G is glued a sheet R' (of approximately the thickness of the object C' to be
secured) the said sheet R' being provided with an opening k l m n (Figure 6) which
is a little longer than the object (for instance a photograph). Over the sheet R¹
is glued another sheet D' which has an opening of exactly the size of the photograph,
the corners ee however being again not completely cut away (see Figure 6).
The object C to be fixed is pushed in the direction shown by the arrow (dotted in
Fig. 7) as far as it will go under the corners el el then it is pressed down and pushed
back again under the corners ee whereby it will be prevented from falling out by
the corners e¹ e¹ and e³ e. The other side of the sheet G¹ may be made in exactly
similar manner or be provided with the securing device described in the first
instance, as shown in Figure 7.
1. An album portfolio or case having a back of adjustable width constituted
mainly by the a cover A of the usual description and a cover B having a pocket
like hollow space in which the back d secured to the cover A is inserted and
secured as by screws y y.
x
2. In an album or binding case the arrangement of strings attached to the
cover A, which are passed through the page O to be bound and then tied to corre-
sponding strings attached to the other cover B.
3. Pages for albums and the like with devices for holding flexible cards or
objects to be collected or secured consisting of a sheet R provided with an opening
. or openings of the size of the flexible object or objects to be secured, attached to a
full sheet G another sheet D with similar openings or openings with the exception
of the corners e el being glued on the sheet R and the object or objects being pushed
under said sheet D and so retained in position.
4. Pages for albums & the like for holding stiff (nonflexible) cards to be
collected consisting of a sheet R¹ having an opening (as k l m n Figure 6) of the
same width but preferably of greater length than that of the photograph or non-
flexible object C¹ to be secured attached to a full sheet G and over said sheet R¹
another sheet D¹ being secured having an opening of the same size as the object C¹
the corners el e however not being cut out the photographs or other object C¹
being pushed under the latter and retained in place by them.

page_text: 5. An album as described in Claims 1 and 2 provided with pages either as
described in Claim 3 or Claim 4.
Dated this 28th day of September 1896.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.