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US 2014/0363215 A1Published application
Three-ring binder with hole punch
OwnerDylan Jacobson, Chase D. Wichertinventors
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Abstract
A combination three-ring binder and hole punch is provided. The binder includes a housing upon which the rings are mounted and in which the punch assembly is mounted. A pivotal lever on the housing actuates the punch assembly which uses a slide cam to simultaneously punch three holes in one or more sheets of paper.
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A three-ring binder and hole punch combination for securing papers, comprising:
- an elongated housing with three rings mounted thereon;
- a punch assembly within the housing and aligned with the rings to punch three holes in paper;
- the housing having a slot for receiving paper into the punch assembly;
- an actuator lever pivotally mounted at one end of the housing and being operatively connected to the punch assembly to actuate the punch assembly and thereby simultaneously punch three holes in paper.
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An improved three-ring binder notebook having front and back covers, the improvement comprising:
- an elongated housing;
- three spaced apart ring clips mounted on the housing for securing sheets of paper having three-holes punched therein;
- three spaced-apart hole punchers mounted within the housing for movement between a raised inoperative position and a depressed operative position;
- a slidable actuator mounted in the housing for sliding movement between a neutral position and a punch-actuating position to force the punches through paper;
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- a lever on the housing to slide the actuator between positions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.