Looseleaf binder with sliding lock mechanism

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1988-10-14

1990-04-24

Watts, Douglas D.

Binder device releasably engaging aperture or notch of sheet

Sheet retainer travels arcuate path

Travel in plane perpendicular to axis of rotation

402 38, 402 37, 402 36, B42F 1320, B42F 304, B42F 1316, B42F 500

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049195573

ABSTRACT:
A locking loose-leaf binder mechanism which has a curved housing retaining two hookplates, to which binder rings are attached. A control slide attached to each end of the housing includes one or two cam surfaces to engage the hookplates. In an embodiment incorporating two cam surfaces, one cam surface locks the binder rings in a closed position when the slides are fully retracted into the coverplate, and a second cam surface similarly locks the rings when the slides are fully extended from the coverplate. When the slides are neither fully extended nor retracted, the cam surfaces are in a neutral position and the rings may be opened. In further embodiments of the invention, a single cam surface may be employed, either to lock the rings when the slides are fully extended, or fully retracted. Each control slide end further includes a specially formed hanger tab to suspend the binder on a file-frame when the control slides are fully extended. This provides a rigid means to store the binder in a securely locked, inverted orientation. Binder appplications which do not require file-frame hanging capability may be fitted with only a single control slide.

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patent: 4566817 (1986-01-01), Barrett, Jr.
patent: 4571108 (1986-02-01), Vogl
patent: 4813803 (1989-03-01), Gross

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