Binder strip for binding loose perforated leaves
AssigneeAtlanta Hoogezand B.V.
InventorCornelis P. Nooteboom
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Abstract
A binder strip for binding loose leaves having perforations therein through which flexible wires can be inserted. The binder strip comprises a substantially U-shaped rail having holes in its bottom surface for the passage of said wires, and the rail is provided at least at one end with a clamping member pivotally connected to the rail and in operative position accommodated by the rail for the clamping down a wire, said clamping member being formed in one integral part with said rail and with a flexible bridge member joining said rail and said clamping member and providing for pivoting action.
Claims2
A binder strip for use in binding loose leaves, having perforations therein through which flexible wires can be inserted, comprising
- a substantially U-shaped rail having a bottom surface with spaced apart holes therethrough to permit flexible wires to be inserted therethrough and a leg extending from each side of the bottom surface, a recess in each leg at an edge thereof remote from the bottom surface and a recess in each leg in an inside wall thereof;
- a clamping member formed integrally with and comprising a continuation of the bottom surface and with a section of the clamping member adjacent to the rail being formed to be a flexible bridge section whereby the clamping member will bend to overlie the rail, and said clamping member has a wire receiving groove extending longitudinally therein along a central longitudinal axis of the clamping member for a portion of the length of the clamping member, a pair of spaced apart legs extending from about the wire receiving groove to the end of the clamping member, a thrust face intermediate the length of each leg to provide means for moving said legs together and each positioned to fit into the recess in a leg of a rail that is remote from the bottom surface, and a lug adjacent the end of each leg, each lug to fit into one of said recesses formed in the inside walls of the legs of the rail.
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