Wire binding machine
OwnerKevin Smithinventor
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Abstract
A binding machine for binding together punched sheets of paper includes means for temporarily retaining a wire binding element, to allow punched sheets to be hung thereon, and means for closing the retained wire binding element so that the closed points come into the vicinity of the open roots, in which the wire binding element retaining means includes a flap and finger plate having projections or fingers. The flap is mounted for pivoted movement such that the plate is pivoted away from an equilibrium position by insertion of the binding element but returns to the equilibrium position thereafter, thus retaining the wire binding element in a generally horizontal orientation between the flaps and the fingers.
Claims14
A binding machine for binding together a number of punched sheets of paper, the machine including
- means for temporarily retaining a wire binding element having closed points and open roots so as to allow punched sheets to be hung thereon;
- means for closing the retained wire binding element so that the closed points come into the vicinity of the open roots,
- wherein the means for retaining the wire binding element includes a flap having an edge and a finger plate comprising a number of projections or fingers, the flap being mounted for movement pivotally from an equilibrium position in which the edge of the flap is proximate the projections or fingers,
- whereby insertion of a binding element urges the flap pivotally away from the equilibrium position and whereby upon a subsequent return of the flap to the equilibrium position the wire binding element is retained in a generally horizontal orientation between the edge of the flap and the fingers.
A binding machine for binding together a number of punched sheets of paper, the machine including
- means for temporarily retaining a wire binding element having closed points and open roots so as to allow punched sheets to be hung thereon, said means comprising a pivoting flap cooperating with a finger plate comprising a plurality of resiliently deformable projections or fingers so as to temporarily retain the binding element therebetween;
- means for closing the retained wire binding element so that the closed points come into the vicinity of the open roots,
- wherein upon completion of closure of the wire binding element the bound document is automatically released from the machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.