US2254081A - Binder folder - Google Patents

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Aug. 26, 1941. H. B. MccLuRE BINDER FOLDER Filed Aug. l, 1940 2 sheets-'Sneep 1 H. B. MccLuRE v 2,254,081

BINDER FOLDER Filed Aug. 1, 1940 Aug. 26, 1941.

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Patented Aug. 26; 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE BINDER FOLDER Hugh B. McClure, Peoria, Ill. ADD'. cation Aulult 1, 1940, Slil N0. 349,368

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This invention has reference to binder folders. being of that type wherein a folder together with a fastening device serve to hold certain papers or records.

An object of the invention is to so bind within a folder two sets of records pertaining to a given transaction in such manner that all papers and forms which may be parts of a given transaction, for example, are mounted in separate relation to any letters or correspondence having to do with the same whereby either group may, on occasion, be readily selected for perusal. y

Another object of the invention lies in providin'g a binder folder so made up that the thickness of the folder overall combined with the contained filed contents will be substantially uniform and require less filing space in storage cabinets than is required for many types of binders in use at the present time.

With respect to the rst object it may be stated forms.

That my invention may be'understood the accompanying drawims are provided forming part hereof, wherein:

Figure 1 shows in perspective a stamping of metal employed in the binder folder;

Figure 2 shows in perspective a portion of a folder with the stamping of Figure 1 in place that binders as now known secure all of papers or sheets thereof in a single pile, since all such paper or sheets uniformly perforated are received in ysets each upon a single set of tangs, which tangs lie back to back or practically one above the other. It follows, therefore, that the marginal edges of all sheets register in position if, for example, they are of uniform size, and therevfore considerable time and effort is required to separate in a given ille the two bulks of separate papers in attempts to find a given paper in one of such bulks. My purpose herein in view of this is to so file the separate bulks that the marginal edges of one bulk at its free or unbound end lying astride and clasped upon opposite sides of the fold and thereby adding still more thickness to the binder. When a number of binders of this form are superimposed it is clear that considerably more space in filing cabinets is required to accommodate this thickness. Further, that when a stack of binders is placed upon a desk the whole cannot lie flat tending rather to become disarranged due to the components slipping Figure 3 is a plan of part of a binder showing attachment of a led sheet as a part of one group of sheets in connection therewith;

Figure 4 is similar to Figure 3 showing another filed sheet as part of another group of sheets attached to the ille in a different position from that in the figure last mentioned;

Figures 5 and 6 are enlarged elevations of the 1sltyructures shown in Figures 3 and 4 respective- Figure 7 shows in perspective the folder illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 wherein the sheets of those said figures are shown in their relative positions on separate portions of the metal stamping, and s Figures 8 and 9 are edge elevations of the folder in two different positions showing the relation of file contents to each other in each.

As distinguished from former type of binder folders my purpose is that where two types of papers, such as reco-rd sheets, in a folder are to be kept separate from each other that they be separately mounted in groups, as before, but at the same time the groups be separately bound each on a set of tangs that do not coincide in position as heretofore, but which lie side by side in the same plane so far, at least, as their root portions are lconcerned as will be brought out herein.

Also by the particular mode of attachment of the groups of sheets the whole may be placed within a folder which is folded upon itself but once, without a separate fold to carry the attachment tangs as heretofore.

In the drawings, l denotes a stamping of metal, long and narrow, having at opposite ends pairs of tangs 2 and l extending therefrom, together with an extended part 4 at one of its longest edges having lugs or ears 5 struck up The stamping I shown in Figure 1 and whose parts lie in a single plane, is placed upon the folder with its portion l closefto the fold I, the ears or lugs. l thereof. as shown in Figure 2. being forced through a part of the cover 1 of single thickness` and clinched thereto nxing said stamping in position.

The sheets of record to be filed are punched or perforated in the customary way thus providing perforations 9 the standard distance apart, the degree of separation being substantially equal to the length of the stamping between the roots oi' the pair of tangs 2, l.

In Figure 8 it is .to be noted a sheet I0 for filing has been engaged upon the pair of tangs 2 its margin being spaced somewhat from the fold 8 of the folder. If the named sheet is for example, one of a series of letters then all of the letters are held by the said tangs.

Figure 4 shows the same folder which now has been turned over, the' cover portion 'I of which was before uppermost is now lowermost thus exposing the opposite side or face of the stamping I from that appearing in Figure 3. This inversion brings the tangs 3 uppermost and engaged with these is a sheet II, this being one of a series o f papers distinct from the latter sheet I0, for example, held by the tang 2.

It will thus be understood that the stamping is secured to the folder by fastening means adjacent one side edge only, leaving the opposite side edge free so as to allow papers to be placed against either face thereof. It will further be seen that the tangs 3, of opposite pairs, constituting one set, are bent out of the plane of the stamping in one direction, while the tangs 2, constituting the other set, are bent out of such plane in the opposite direction, to receive the sheets to be bound.

Due to the fact that .the said tangs 3 lie nearer the fold 6 than do the tangs 2 the margin of said sheet Il will lie approximately at said fold 6 rather than spaced therefrom as in the sheet I0. Thus it is seen that the other ends, or free ends, of the two bound sheets lie in spaced relation to each other as best indicated in Figures 7, 8 and 9. That is to say while in this instance the sheets of both sets are uniform in size one set of filed sheets is, in effect, shorter than the other so that either set or groups of sheets may be grasped, and a wanted sheet in either set or group can thus be found more readily than when both groups lie superimposed in the usual way.

Combined with the advantage just named is the further advantage that the tangs 2 and 3 at least at their roots lie in a single plane with each other and with the body portion of the stamping, or are spaced apart in one plane rather than lying one above the other as in usual practice, thus providing a le of less thickness at the bound edges of its contents. And the fact that stamping I so constructed can be secured to one of the covers 1, 8 as shown and described the advantages of the. method are present without requiring a fold extending between the cover portions to add thickness and bulk to the edges of the folder as heretofore. Otherwise stated the whole folder is practically of the same thickness throughout and in actual demonstration at least l5 percent of filing space is saved.

While the stamping is described as having attachment to a folder, which latter is preferred. of course, as a protection for filed papers, said stamping may have attachment to any other type of support.

Further, although the tangs 2, 3 are shown and described as lying in one plane they may lie in' very slightly spaced parallel planes if desired and still maintain a flat arrangement of the binder as a Whole. The important point is that the two sets of said tangs 2, 3 lie edgewise to each other, rather than paralleling each other in superposed relation, in order to bring about the object set forth herein.

I claim:

1. In a paper binder, the combination with a support, of a fastening device of sheet material attached thereto, said fastening device comprising a fiat, elongated body portion having means at one side only for securing it to said support, the opposite side edge being free to allow papers tolle against both faces of said body portion when in use, and a pair of tangs projecting from each end of said body portion, the tangs of each pair being disposed in spaced. edge-to-edge relation, all parts of said body portion and the roots of said tangs lying substantially wholly in a single plane, when in use. one set of corresponding tangs of opposite pairs being bendable out of said plane in one direction, and the other set ybeing bendable out oi said plane in the opposite direction, to receive the sheets to be bound.

2. In a paper binder, the combination with a cover member, foldable upon itself, of a fastening device of sheet material associated therewith, said fastening device comprising a fiat, elongated body portion having means adjacent one side edge only for securing it to said cover member, the opposite side edge being free to allow papers to lie against both faces of said body portion when in use, said fastening device being attached to a portion oi' said cover member of single thickness adjacent the fold line thereof, a pair of tangs projecting from each end of said body portion, the tangs of each pair being disposed in spaced, edge-to-.edge relation, all parts of said body portion and the roots of said tangs lying, when in use, substantially wholly in a single plane generally parallel with that of the portion of said cover member to which said fastening device is attached, one set of correspending tangs of opposite pairs being bendable out of said plane in one direction, and the other set being bendable out of said plane in the opposite direction, to receive the sheets to be bound.

HUGH B. MCCLURE.

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