Spiral coil binding system
AssigneeGunther Technologies, Inc.
InventorCarl G. Braun
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Abstract
A system for holding a spiral coil binding assembly formed from a coiled filament and having a plurality of coils with a predetermined pitch. The system comprises a carrier sheet, a plurality of rows of cut-outs on the carrier sheet. The cut-outs in the carrier sheet, or at least some of them, are holding openings which will receive the filament of a spiral coil binding assembly in order to hold the spiral coil binding assembly in place on the carrier sheet. The system also includes mechanism for removing each of the spiral coil binding assemblies from the carrier sheet and directing them to a binding machine.
Claims29
A system for holding a spiral coil binding assembly formed from a coiled filament and having a plurality of coils with a predetermined pitch comprising a carrier sheet, a row of cut-outs on said carrier sheet, at least some of said cut-outs in the carrier sheet being holding cut-outs, said holding cut-outs comprising spaced holding openings and an intermediate opening interposed between said spaced holding openings, each of said holding openings adapted to receive the filament of a spiral coil binding assembly in order to hold the spiral coil binding assembly in place on the carrier sheet and being large enough to receive the filament, said intermediate opening and the spaced holding openings are in cooperative juxtaposition in order to receive a coil of a spiral coil binding assembly, said intermediate opening having an axis, said spaced holding openings being arranged along the said axis, said axis being substantially the same pitch and spacing as the pitch and spacing of the coils in a spiral coil binding assembly.
A carrier sheet for a spiral coil binding assembly, a row of cut-outs on said carrier sheet, at least some of said cut-outs in the carrier sheet being holding cut-outs, said holding cut-outs comprising spaced holding openings and an intermediate opening interposed between said spaced holding openings, each of said holding openings adapted to receive the filament of a spiral coil binding assembly in order to hold the spiral coil binding assembly in place on the carrier sheet and being large enough to receive the filament, said intermediate opening and the spaced holding openings are in cooperative juxtaposition in order to receive a coil of a spiral coil binding assembly, said intermediate opening having an axes, said spaced holding openings being arranged along the said axis, said axis being substantially the same pitch and spacing as the pitch and spacing of the coils in a spiral coil binding assembly.
A system for supplying the spiral coil assemblies to a binding mechanism comprising a carrier sheet having a plurality of spiral coil assemblies mounted thereon, means for moving the carrier past the coil removing mechanism, means for stripping the coil assemblies from the carrier sheet, means for the depositing the coil assemblies onto a feeding mechanism and means for feeding the coils to a binding device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.