Binder
AssigneeACCO UK Limited
InventorsPaul Arthur Aries, Ian Stuart Smith
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Abstract
A binder is described which is operable to bind together pages of a document using a comb, the binder including a punch mechanism operable to punch a line of holes close to one edge of the pages of the document, and a comb opening mechanism to enable the punched pages to be placed on the comb, the comb opening mechanism having a user operable control. The binder further includes a user operable control for selection of the comb size to be used to bind the document which automatically determines at least two settings of the binder.
Claims11
A binder operable to bind together pages of a document using a comb, the binder including a punch mechanism operable to punch a line of holes close to one edge of the pages of the document, a back margin adjustment mechanism for setting the distance from the one edge of the pages of the document at which the holes are punched, and a comb opening mechanism to enable the punched pages to be placed on the comb, the comb opening mechanism having a user operable control, wherein the binder further includes:
- a user operable control for selection of the comb size to be used to bind the document which automatically determines the setting of the back margin adjustment mechanism and at least one other setting of the binder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.