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US 9,539,846 B2Granted
Binding machine
AssigneeStaples The Office Superstore, LLC
InventorSasha Barausky
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Abstract
A punching and binding machine used to bind sheets to discs. The machine may include a lever with a first arm, a second arm, and a third arm. Each arm may be pivotally and slidably connected to minimize the force required by a user to punch cutouts in a stack of sheets. The lever may include a flipper connected to a binding member to actuate punching and binding simultaneously.
Claims17
A hole punch, comprising:
- a base;
- a plurality of punching devices arranged along a longitudinal axis of the base and configured to punch cutouts along an edge of a sheet of paper, such that a cutout is formed at the edge of the sheet of paper, wherein at least a portion of the cutout has a width wider than a width of the cutout measured at the edge;
- a lever to actuate the plurality of punching devices, the lever including:
- a first arm having a first end pivotally connected to a first side of the base;
- a second arm having a first end pivotally connected to a second side of the base and a second end slidably connected to an underside portion of the first arm;
- and
- a third arm having a first end pivotally connected to the second side of the base, wherein the first arm has a second end slidably connected to an underside portion of the third arm, and
- wherein the hole punch is fastened to a binding machine, the binding machine comprising a binding member configured to bind the sheet of paper to a plurality of discs, wherein the lever simultaneously activates the punching devices and the binding member.
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A punching and binding machine for assembling presentations, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a punching device configured to punch at least one cutout along an edge of a sheet,
- wherein at least a portion of the at least one cutout has a width wider than a width of the cutout measured at the edge;
- a disc rack carriage for holding at least one disc having a raised periphery, the raised periphery adapted to be received in the at least one cutout;
- a binding member configured and arranged to press a portion of the sheet surrounding the at least one cutout onto the raised periphery of the at least one disc;
- a lever configured to actuate the punching devices and the binding member simultaneously;
- and
- a flipper to connect the lever to the binding member;
- and
- a torsion spring in the flipper.
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A punching and binding machine for assembling presentations, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a punching device configured to punch at least one cutout along an edge of a sheet,
- wherein at least a portion of the at least one cutout has a width wider than a width of the cutout measured at the edge;
- a disc rack carriage for holding at least one disc having a raised periphery, the raised periphery adapted to be received in the at least one cutout;
- a binding member configured and arranged to press a portion of the sheet surrounding the at least one cutout onto the raised periphery of the at least one disc;
- and
- a lever configured to actuate the punching devices and the binding member simultaneously, wherein the lever comprises:
- a first arm having a first end pivotally connected to a first side of the chassis;
- a second arm having a first end pivotally connected to a second side of the chassis and a second end slidably connected to an underside portion of the first arm;
- and
- a third arm having a first end pivotally connected to the second side of the chassis, wherein the first arm has a second end slidably connected to an underside portion of the third arm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.