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March 30 1926. 1,578,619v

' G. P. WIGGINTONKSET A. Y

` LoosE SHEET DEVIE Filed Fabre, 19'25 'A 2 sheets-sngevr man March 30 1926.

v G. P. wlGGlNToN ET Mv LOOSE SHEET DEVICE Filed Feb. 6,

1925' 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 "i VPatnted Mar. 3 0, v1926.

l umrofsr State of Michigan, Ahave invented certain GEORGE?. WIGGINTUON, LEON L'. ALLYN, AND NICIIQEASv II.;sTIIAEur,4 or KIQMAZO,

MIQHIGAN, AssIGNoRs To KALAMAZO MAzoo, MICHIGAN` f, Y

LCosE IJEAEBIN'IJER coMIANYgLoE gana" ToaZZfwL-omt may con-omen. 'l

'Be it known that ive, GEQRGE'P'. NVIGGIN TON; LEON L. ALLYN, and NICI-roms STUnEfr,4 citizens of th'e'United" States,v i'esidi 1 ing at .the oitv and county ,oflalani'azoo V4nevjfanduseful Improvements inLoosevil() Sheet Devices, ol ivhich the to llowingy is a 'loose sheetrdevices.

sheet-s inaeconnting or record systems. Y

' tries'gor records thereon and also Vto provide specification, f y ,"llhi. invention vrelates to improvements' in Our,improvements are especially designed Ifor the handlingot loose The in'aii'i object otthisl invention is to Vprovide an' improvedv loosesheetuidevice which enables the vlrapidand efeient inanipnv-y. lation of loose sheets inthe making ot iena secnrebin'ding for'filing'or reference-pur-V poses which permits thehandling of thensed l sheets as a unit. v .j

Y Objects ypertaining` to details and economies ot `our invention will', deinitely appear from the detailed description togfolloiv.

` tion' the devicesand Ineansde'sc'ribed'in Weaccomplish the objects of our inventhe following specification. 'Th'eginvention is clearly definedj andfpointed ontin the vplication7 in which:

j claims.Ik

jan elementot the device.

A' structure embodyingtheffeatures of onry invention 1s clearly illnstratedin the accom-.Y Danying drawing forming a' part. ofthis ap? Fig.' I is ape'rspective View of a loose leaf binderI of the typel We .preferablyy employ; as

-Fig.-II is a perspective V'view jota ,Sheet support forming another elenientof the de-y f vice.,V e f. Fig III is a vertical longitudinal sectionol the'v Sheet support With-` sheets arranged therein, theadjnstment oftheside Ineinber of one of "the holders being-indicated by dotted.. lines, thefsection being takenl'on line 3--3ot I*`ig.IV.-` f y Fig. IVisaplaI-i view otthe'parts shown inFigIII; `FiggV isl-aperspective'view ofthe binderk @pentopermit the removal'ofthe sheet body as aunit. I

*body removed from .the binaerwah indicia sheets l inserted between the record sheets. `Fig...)VII;is. a sectional 'View on aifllne :erro-afs at the1 e`nds ofthesection ,lines 'and Vsimilar numerals ofreference'1nd1cate'siin1--,-

holder 14 comprisesthe s'ide'ineinber lGfan'd is a perspective vieW- of the slieegt,1,v

MES; PATENT OFFICE 1 y .'Figfv-"VIII"ijei'snective View of the removable-.post bars.; v .y `Tn the drawings.thfusectional views arefv en looking' 1n fthe" direction [of 'the little laifparts thronghont l'the several .views-` binding' edges' and'notches i3` inftheir binding edgesffTlhefholesQare spaced to receive the posts l of thepostbars These postbars a pair otgcovers 9` 'having 'clamping/bare 10 hinged thereto, ythe covers being ladjnstabl'y connected bfvfineans oftlieiieXibIe strips 8. u The post bars-have pins'll 'adapted toeng'age theholes liiiitlie'clalnping barsgtheref bvreta-innigv the vsheets?.Within the binder kReferring tothe clraxvingsgfthe vsheetel 'n' are'l provided with holes]v 2 adjacent their `V lwhen the ybinder is closed and. permitt'ingv`v the rern'o'valfotthe sheetbody iviththe post Y hinder s trnctnre its', so faras .reinovablepost bars are concerned, substantiallv'the same as that,ofthe VViggintonQPatentNo. lAlOfZSS, -V

dated',March28,1922.4

o lTd facilitate 4the'l inani-pnlation 'y of' air' ofV vV-shaped: holders fllliand 15.V The end ynienober 1'1"'disposed`-V at fright `angles theretoThe-holder 15' coinpris'esvthe side r'- member 18 and endf; member [19.- The side ineinber' 18v is hinged jatfQOf and adjnstably adjnstedlto 4aposition atrightnngles to the end -inember aslfsh'ownby fullxliniesjinlig.

HI,r yorto abosition vorining an lachte 'ang-le relative to the"endnembeilg the purpose" shown or maybe stepped or tannedtq 15a-1 cilitatefingering.' Y

, e. The e'nd embers Y l' b esnchp-rojecting ends so that the sheetsl i'nay he arranged in `'either holder with their side ledges abutting-the end members jandV their binding edges alontting these ribs,V the yond the side ineinlbers one ,end andare-. provided' vvvith, sheetf al 1n1ngff guides 22y ionl binding edges of' the sheets projecting beyond the sidel members of the holders to permit the removal or insertion of the post oi'v engagei'nent or disei'i'gagement or other binding means with the sheets;

In practice lthe sheet body .is arranged in theholder l with the side mein-ber 178 ad# Yjusted to its lowered or right angled posi-` tion relative to the end member. The side member is then adjusted to the dotted posirtion' shown in HI which fans the upper edges of the sheets'tacilitating'hngerinfr so that the desired sheet or sheets may f belitted from the holder litorL transferring tothe holder 14.. Iny practice the operator,prior to beginning tlie posting operation, stuffs the sheets' by inserting` vthe memoranda such as sales' slips or the like, or other indicia which are tov be added to the record sheets', in

Aproper kplace so that as the sheets are lifted l of the indicia' sheets being supported bythe wall of thisA 'pocket or recess, so that when the sheets are removed from the holderl as shown in Fig. VII vthe markers or indicia sheets project to indicate where entries'have been made, and also that the entries may be rapidly and conveniently Checked with the respective*memoranda sheets;

' This is of' great practical advantage in the manipulation of the sheets andmemranda to be' entered thereon and in the" checking or i'e-cliecking of the same by the iersonnialing the entries. or Vby others. i XVe have illustrated and described our invention in embodiments which we have lound to be' very 'practicahthe )articular binder and binding mea-iis illustrated being the form commercially used by us. Other forms of l; 'inders, howei'fer, such as post binders nfiight be employed. le ha' e' notv` attempt-edt@ illustrate` the various' types of bin-derswhich-might be employedor other iiiodiiications' which' we contemplate as we believe the disclosi'i're in'adwill'-ei'iable those skilledinthe art to embody adapt our inventionfas may be desired. K l

Having thus describedour inventlon what we claim as new and'desire to' secure byliet-v ters" Patent is:

411.1 The combination ,wvith" recordslieets, ot a binder provided with sheet idiii'gii'i ens removableV from the @over wh'erebyfv the Sil'et body bound together as-'a unit by such-binding` means may be removed from or placed inthe cover as a unit, and a sheet support comprising a. pair or Asheet holders'having Side and end members ydisposed so that the sheets may be arrangedon the side members with their side edges abutting said end members, lsaid end'members projecting beyond thevv side members' atv one end and havingl sheet alining guides on the projecting ends lpositioned so that the binding edges of the alined sheets project beyondtlie side inembers permitting the engagen'ient and disengagen'ient of the binding means therewith while'in the holder, onev of sa-id end members having a recesstherein to]l receive the projecting endsot sheets disposed between.

the record-sheets. c

2, The combination with record sheets, of a binder provided with sheet binding-means 'removable from the cover whereby the sheet rbody bound together as aunit by such bind- Jing means may be' removed from or placed in the cover asL al unit, 'and a sheet support comprising" a pair of 4sheet holders having side and end members disposed so that the sheets may be arranged on the side membe'rswith their side edges abutting sajid'end members, said end membersv projecting beyond tlies'ide members at oiie'end and having sheet alining guides on the projecting ends positioned so thatthebinding edges or the alined sheets project beyond the side members permitting 'the' unobstructed engagenientand vc'lis'engage'nient of the binding means th'erewitli from aboveA and fromv below while in the holder.

The' combination with record sheets, of

a binder provided with sheet binding meansy removable from the cover whereby the sheet body bound together as a unit by su'fch binding means' may be'removed from or placed in the cover as a unit, and a sheet support comprising a pair of sheet holders Vhaving side and end members ldisposed so that thek sheets may be arranged' on the Side members with their side edges abutting said end members, one' of' said end members having an opening therein to receive the projecting ends ot markers disposed between the sheets, the` sideV member or the other holder being adjustable relativeA to its coactiiig end inembe'r to a vposition at right angles thereto or to' an angle less than a right angle,for` the purpose specified. f

4i. YThe combination wit'li' record sheets, or a binder p rovidedrwitli sheet bindingmeans frio the @attenere-ty the sheet moia s t body 'bound together as" a unitl by. such bind-v ing means may be removed from or placed inthe cover aA unit, and a sheet support comprising a pair of sheetA holders having side-and end nie'inbers` disposed so thatftlie slie'etsma le arrai'ig'e'l on the side members with theA edge aait-argan sie nemiio bers,l one 'ot 'said end, members having; a opening therein tol `receive'the projecting ends ot' markers. dispofedj between the sheets.

The combinationwith ,1 recordsheets having-holes adjacent Vtheir binding edges',

ot a binder provided vwith-removable post bars having posts engageable with said holes in said sheetsy Where-by the sheet body While bound with said postibars -maybei'emoved from orfplaced in the Vcover as a unit, and a Vsheet support comprising a holder-having side and' end members disposed so lthatthe ,sheets maybe arranged 0n the vsidemembers" with their side edges abuttingsaid end meni'-l j f 6.'l`he .combination yWitli'r-record sheets havingfholes adjacent their binding edges,

of a binder provided with removablepost bars having posts engageable withsaid holes insaid sheets whereby the sheet body While bound with said post bars 'may beremoved from or placed in thebinder as a unit, anda sheet support comprisinga holder having sideV and end members disposed so' that the sheets may be arranged on the side member .with their side edges abutting. said end mein-- ber, said end member projecting beyond the;v

side member, at one endet the holder andl having a `guide on its projecting end coact-` ing with'tlie edges ot the sheets to'aline the sheets withA their'binding vedges `projecting beyond the side members to permit theA engagement `or 'removalot the binding posts therewith from above or below the sheets.

7. The combination With sheets, of removable binding means, anda sheet support comprising av holder having side and end j members disposed so thatthefsheets lmai7 be arranged onthe side member with their side vedges abutting said "end meml'ier,l said end member i projecting lbeyond the side ,member at one end of the holder and having a guide on its projecting end ooacting with the edges.

oft the sheets to aline the sheets With their binding edges projecting beyondfthe side members` tov permit; the engagement or removal of the binding" posts therewith trom abo-ve or below the sheets.

j The Combination with having side and end'meinbers disposed so that'thersheets may be arranged on the side member withl their side edges abut-ting the end member, said holder being provided with sheet al'ining means whereby vthe alined sheets are supported with* their binding edges projecting to facilitate the engagerv ment and disengagement otltlie binding.

abutting said end members, said end mein-yA the 'projecting ends':positioned so that the sheets,D ot "remov-` able binding meinbers,'anda. sheet holder -i members thereiiv'ith, said V.end` member having an opening therein to-ieceire-projecting ends of markers `disposedbetween the sheets. j

V9.v The combination ivithsheets, of; remove.

able binding yn'ienibers, anda sheetjholder` having side and* Vend members disposed so j that the sheets may bef.ari'aiigedon the side member withtheir edges, abuttingv the end member, saidendinember havingyan opening therein-to receive vproj ectinge ends i et mafrhvers disposed betiif'eeiithe sheets.` f i l V10.; A. sheet 'sii-ji'port-comprising apa sheet holdersjhavingiv side and end inembersv dispofediso that the slA ets may fbe'arra j ged von the' side -inembeifs `^with, their side edges bers projecting -beyond the side' members: atl

one end and having: sheet aiming gnideson;

binding edges ot the. alined sheets I* project beyond 'the side member*permitting tlieem v,qageinent and ditengagement ot sheetbintb ing'means'thereivi'th'ltvhile in the iliolder, one of said end .members hav-ing recess 1 j therein `toreceive. the projecting ends of?? linarlrers disposed between` the sheets, the j side member' of the yotherv holder being adjust-able relative to itscoacting endl member to a position'at right angles"thereto` or to an angle less thana right angle,. ytor the purpose speciiied. f

1:1151. A;-sheetsiipport comprising la pair etV rsheet holders'having sideandeiid members disposed so that sheets may be arranged Q11 the side members with their side edges abut- .ting` said end members; said 'endrmembers -projecting'beyondthe side meinbersiat- `one ,endf and having sheet alininggiiides on the` "projecting endspositionedso that'the bindav ing edgesot the alined sheets yproj eotibejfond 1 the lside member permitting the engagement and disengagement'ot sheet bindii'ig` means therewith While` in the holder trom aboveor below thev projecting ends/ot the sheet, `the ,v `V `side member vofthe `other holder being ad:v f justable relative to its coaoting end member tti-apposition at rightiangles thereto or toanposeV specitied.

.12A Vsheet support comprising apair ot *i sheet holders havingside and end members disposed so that sheets may be arranged .on

he sidezmeiiibers iviththeir side edges abutting said endmembe'rs-said end. members projecting beyondfthe side members at one Lend and having sheet alininggiiides on the projecting ends positioned so 'that the bindtherewith While in the holder, one otA said leless than a right angle, tor the purv,ing edges ofthe alined sheets project beyond the side member permitting the engagement Y v Y l cyl i' i and disengagement ot sheet binding ineansvr"V end members having a recess therein toire#V ceive the projecting ends otinarkers dis-l posed betiveeii the sheets. Y 13. A sheet Support comprising apaii of sheet holders having side and end membersdisp'osed so that the sheets may be arranged on the side members with their side edges abutting said end members, one of said end members having an opening therein to remember haring a guide enacting Wit-h the sheets to aline the same, said endmember lhavingv an opening therein toreceive the pro*- jeeting 'ends oit vmarkers disposed between the sheets. y Y,

l5. A sheet holder comprising slide and end members disposed so that V,sheets may be arranged on the side member with their vedges abutting said e'nd member, said` endl member having a rece's therein adapted to receive the projecting ends of markers dis'u posed between the sheets, the rear Wall ot the recess eonstlituting'a support for the proj eoting ends of the markers.

16. A sheet holder comprising side and end members disposed so that the sheets may be arranged onthe sidemember with their edges' abutting said end member, said end member having an opening thereinadapted to receive the projecting ends oi' markers disposed between the sheets.

17; The' combination with sheets, of a sheet holder having side and end members se that the sheets may be'arranged on the side members Wit-h their edges abutting the end member, said end member having a re- Cess therein adapted toreceive the projecting end of markers disposed between sheets,

said recess having' asupporting bottom for said markers. l

In Witness whereof We have hereunto set our hanc Y f GEORGE P. VJGGINTON.

LEON L. ALLYN. NICHOLAS H. STUART.

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