US2155327A - Photographic album - Google Patents

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April 1939- A. 'OPPIIERMANN 2,155,327

PHOTOGRAPHI C ALBUM Filed March 1, 1958 INVENTOR. HL FRED UPPERNfi/VN ATr R Patented Apr. 18, 1939 PATENT OFFICE PHO TO GRAPHIC ALBUM Alfred Oppermann, Cleveland, Ohio, assignor to Katherine Oppermann, Cleveland, Ohio Application March 1, 1938, Serial No. 193,250

2 Claims.

This invention relates to photographic albums and more particularly to albums of this type specifically constructed for properly supporting a plurality of unmounted photoprints. Presently used photographic albums generally consist of blank books embodying a plurality of blank sheets, each of which is slitted or provided with tongues to permit of the marginal edges or corners of photoprints to be interlocked or interengaged with the blank sheets. However, this type of album generally necessitates mounting of the photographs on stiff card-board to avoid their bending, curling and damage when the prints are inserted into the slits of the blank sheets.

The primary object of this invention is the provision of a simpler and more practical album adapted to interchangeably mount a plurality of photographic prints without damage to the prints during mounting operations, and such object is attained by releasably interconnecting the prints to an elongated strip, zig-zag folding the strip at the abutting edges of the prints and securing the opposite ends of the thus folded strip to a folder or cover member for enclosing the strip.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an album of the type referred to above in which the side edges of adjoining prints of said strip are interconnected with each other by means of waterproof tape covered with a sticky slow drying paste, in which one end of the strip is secured to a tongue on said folder and in which the other end of said strip is provided with a tongue slipped into a pocket of said folder, which pocket is arranged adjacent to the said tongue.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an album of the type referred to above in which the elongated, folded strip of interconnected prints embodies tongue means at one end and between its opposite ends, which means are slipped into and held in a pocket of said folder to insure a proper releasable connection between the folded strip and said folder.

In addition, the invention has certain other marked superiorities which radically distinguish it from the presently known structures above referred to. These improvements or superiorities embodying certain novel features of construction are clearly set forth in the following specification and the appended claims; and a preferred form of embodiment of the invention is hereinafter shown with reference to the accompanying drawing forming part of the specification.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the photographic album according to the invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the folder or cover of the album shown in Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the continuous strip made from individual photo prints, the strip being shown in zig-zag folded condition.

Fig. 4 is a perspective fragmentary View of the strip showing the connection between the individual prints of the strip. I

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view through the album when in closed position; and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view similar to Fig. 5 through a slightly modified form of an album according to the invention.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, reference numeral 2 represents a cover or folder of leather, fiber or other suitable material. This cover is made of an elongated strip of material the end portions 3, 3' of which are doubled back upon themselves in such a fashion that the folder embodies double-walled front and rear cover members 4, 4' respectively and a single-walled narrow back member 5. Preferably, doublewalled front and rear cover members 4 and 4' are stitched together by horizontal and vertical scams 6 and 1 respectively, which seams are arranged close to the marginal edges of the cover. In addition, the thus shaped folder 2 is provided with a tongue-like member 8, arranged near the central portion of said folder and formed by slitting the inner end of the doubledback portion 3 on parallel lines as at 9, which inner end has the slitted portion preferably bent upwardly and thus forms tongue-like member 8. The tongue-like member 8 is equal in width to the width of an elongated strip ll of photo prints I 2, which are secured to each other in edge abutting relationship by means of narrow strips M of preferably transparent waterproof tape having one side covered with a sticky, slow drying paste. Elongated strip l l of photo prints l2, which must include an even number of prints, is folded in zigzag fashion upon itself and the front end l5 of said strip is secured to tongue member 8 by means of a narrow strip l6 of tape covering the abutting edges of member 8 and strip II. The rear end of the strip H has secured thereto a tongue member H, which member abuts the edge of the last photo print l8 and is secured thereto by a tape strip I9. Tongue member I! which is preferably creased to permit of its bending is inserted into a pocket 20 formed in the double-walled front cover member 4, and secures the rear end of strip I l to cover 2.

The described photographic album effects proper mounting of individual photo prints in a book-shaped folder and secures flat support of the individual prints without danger of damage by curling, as both side edges of each print are securely held in place by the connecting tape strips I4, and as the front and rear edges of the zigzag strip are held in proper position by tongue members 8 and 11 respectively.

Should it be desirable to mount a large number of individual prints in folder 2, then it is advisable to use one or more additional tongue members adapted to hold the strip H in proper position with respect to the back of the folder 2. Such a structure is shown in Fig. 6 in which strip H is provided with an additional tongue member 2| arranged between the opposite ends of said strip. Additional tongue member 2| is preferably sleeved into pocket 20 but may of course be secured to folder 2 in any other suitable manner.

The use of waterproof tape covered with a slow drying paste such as a latex product permits of tape strips l4 being readily removed without damage to the prints so that photo prints for a long period can readily be taken out or inserted into strip H.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A photographic album comprising a cover embodying double-walled front and rear cover members and a single-walled back, a tongue-like extension at the inside end of the inner wall of the front cover member, a strip of photoprints made of abutting individual prints hingedly connected with each other and folded back upon themselves in a zigzag fashion at their joints, means securing one end of said strip to said tongue-like extension, and means at the other end of said strip securing said other end to said front wall cover adjacent to its tongue-like extension.

2. A photographic album embodying a cover made of an elongated strip of material having its end portions doubled back upon themselves and stitched together by seams adjacent to the marginal edges of said cover to form double-walled, pocketed front and rear cover portions interconnected by a one-walled back portion, tongue-like means extending from the inner face of one of the cover portions adjacent to the back portion of said cover, and a strip of photoprints made of individual prints hingedly connected to each other in abutting relation by means of strips of tape to permit of zigzag folding of said strip without injury to the prints, means for connecting one end of said strip to said tonguelike means on the one of said cover members, and

tongue means on the other end of said strip adapted to be sleeved into one of the pockets of said double-walled cover members for connecting the said other end of said strip to said cover.

ALFRED OPPERMANN,

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