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adapted to be inserted in one end of the cas- !the marker 28, and those pages in front of
ing 15 to push the locking-slide 14 back the marker are blank. By operating the
against the tension of the spring 18 and dis- book in this manner no pages are removed
engage -it from the posts 21. In this manner at any time excepting those actually in use
5 either cover may be unlocked from the posts I by the copyist, and the book can be- kept 70
and thrown back, as illustrated in Figs..1 and ' upon the shelf for reference purposes at all
2, leaving the ends of the posts exposedand times excepting the brief periods required
- the leaves in condition to be removed from for removing or inserting the leaves. No
the. book. In Fig.-8.I have shown a screw occasion ordinarily arises for inserting or re-
to 35 threaded into a block 36, which is fixed in moving leaves from the middle of the book. 75
the end Qf the casing 15. The inner end of The clerk in charge of the b6ok may keep
the screw is swiveled in a projection 37 of the possession of the key, so that no unauthQr-
slide 1.4, so that the slide must move in either ized person. can either insert or remove a
direction. with the 'screw. For operating leaf. When the book is filled with records,
'5 this slide a- suitable screw-driver key 38 is the binding is made permanent and. secure 8o
provided. With this screw-driver key the by locking the iides 14 in some suitable
slide may be engaged with or disengaged manner, as heretofore described.
from the posts. Having described my invention, what I
When the copying of records in the books claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-
20 is completed,'my binder is transformed into a ent,,is- 85
-permanent binding by securing 'the slides 14, 1. A loose-leaf binder comprising a back,
so .that they cannot be released from the a pair of covers suitably hinged to the back,
posts 21. This may. be accomplished in va- a pair of casings connected with the back and
rious ways; but I preferably use- the means covers adjacent to the hinges therepf,t ock-
25 illustrated'in Fig. 6, in which 39 indicates a ing-slide in eah casing, said casings anl 9
screw which is inserted in a suitably-thread- slide being provided with correspandingly-
ed opening in the end of the casing 15, one located openings, a series of posts, each end
end of the screw being against the slide 14 of each post being. adapted to enter an open-
and -holding-said slide'in engagement with ing in the adjacent casing and slide and to
3o the posts 21, while the other end of the screw interlock with the slide, and means for per- 95
is flush with the end of the casing or within manently securing each slide in engagement
:the end of the casing, so that it cannot be with the adjacent ends of the posts, whereby
readily tampered with. For convenience -I a permanently-bound book is secured -when
provide screws 39, having handles 40 and desired the leaves of Which cannot be re-
35 partially cut away at 41, so that the handles moved. 100
may be readily broken off. If- additional 2. In a loose-leaf binder, the-combination
security is-required, the- screws.39--may-be with a -plurality-of independent posts, of a
soldered or otherwise rigidly connected with - pair of casings arranged longitudinally of the
the casings. It will be evident that other binder and having openings to receive the
40 means may be employed for locking the ends of the posts, means within the casings 105
slides to permanently connect the covers for locking the casings to the posts, and a
. with' the posts 21 and the leaves upon said common metal plate to which both casings
posts.- - are hinged.
Assuming that the front page of the book 3. In a loose-leaf binder, the combination
45 is on top, as shown in Fig. 1, and the'rear with a plurality of independent posts, of a TIo
. page on top, as shown in Fig. 2, the preferred pair of casings arranged longitudinally of the
manner of using the book is as follows: When binder and having openings to receive the
the fist record is to be placed in the book, ends of the posts, means within the casings
the book is opened, as shown in Fig. 1, the for locking the casings to the posts, and a
5o fly-leaf removed, and the first page then re- common curved plate to which the casings 115
moved' and the record made upon it by are hinged, said plate serving to hold the cas-
means. of a type-writer or otherwise. The I ings in the proper relation to each other and
fly-leaf is then replaced, the book closed and to stiffen the back portion of the book.
lowed and turned over and the opposite-side 4. In a loose-leaf binder, the combination
$5 unlocked, as in Fig. 2. At starting the leaf with a pair of covers and a suitable back con- 2o
carrying the marker 28 should be at the back nesting the covers, of a pair of casings con-
-'-of the book, and the first page of the record nected respectively to ,the covers and each
is placed in rear of the marker, and the back having openings to receive the ends of a se-
coverthen locked upon the posts. -!ries of posts, means within the casings for
6,. Whensubsequent pages of the book are to locking the posts to the casings, a series of 125
bW written, the respective leaves are removed posts adapted 'to enter the openings in the
froit the front of the book to'- receive the casings and engage with said locking means,
records and then placed successively on the independent register-plates having openings
back of the book. The written pages there- adapted to register with the openings in the
65 fore always appear in regular order back of [ casings, and fly-leaves connected to said reg- 130847,364
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Parry, Rees F. Loose-Leaf Binder., patent, March 19, 1907; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513434/m1/4/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.