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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7437994 | Adhesive hinge strips for printer paper The present invention provides a page for binding in an album. The page includes a blank, printer paper sheet and a hinge strip mounted along an edge of the printer paper sheet, the hinge strip including a flexible line for allowing the hinge strip to bend along the... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7234886 | Fastening arrangement for detachably interconnecting punched documents The present invention provides improvements in paper fastening to enable a user to remove a desired portion of papers from a fastened stack of papers without having to unnecessarily detach unwanted papers in the stack from the prongs of the fastener. The improved pa... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7008134 | Disc management system An optical storage media management system and process for storing and organizing a relatively large collection of optical discs in the form of a display binder with a plurality of display sheets including associated indicia matching a positional identifier indicati... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6942413 | Disc management system An optical storage media management system and process for storing and organizing a relatively large collection of optical discs in the form of a display binder with a plurality of display sheets including associated indicia matching a positional identifier indicati... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6796738 | Loop-type binder for documents A loop-type binder comprises tongues (4) attached on its back cover for holding document sheets, and these tongues (4) constantly increase in thickness from their base (6) to their tip (9), thus comprising a deflection resistant tip and a... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6499766 | Media folder improvements A media folder or book binder provided with a rotor having elastic bands stretched between pins on its opposite ends has mounting brackets which are mechanically fastened to the spine of the folder. The brackets have trunnions facing inwardly toward the o... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6409447 | Bookbinding signature comb and spine device A method of binding folded signature sections together into a book comprised of a signature comb element having teeth which are inserted through perforations in the fold of the signatures and the teeth having tabs which secure the signature comb in slots ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6139209 | System for binding printed works A system for binding printed works consisting of sheets each comprising a first portion for reading and a second portion for binding. Binding is achieved by clamping all the second sheet portions between two reinforcing strips. The first portion of each s... | 10/31/2000 |
| 5785444 | Fastener A fastener for binding documents having binding holes includes a fastening band and a back cover having binding holes. A layer of adhesive on one surface of the back cover is covered with a peel-off paper. The fastening band is inserted through the bindin... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5713682 | Paper handling device A paper handling device comprises a flexible, substantially U-shaped handle portion having first and second side members, the first and second side members terminating at first and second ends respectively; first and second arms are respectively disposed ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5593242 | Filing of sheets of paper A filing strip is of a bendable material. The filing strip has a central elongate anchor strip and a prong extending from each end of the strip. Each prong has a tip portion and an intermediate portion. Each tip portion is narrower than its adjacent inter... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5536096 | Manual binding punch for scrap recyclable sheet material Disclosed is a manual binding punch for scrap newspapers, cardboard, and similar recyclable sheet material for shearing a pair of holes through a stack of sheets whereby a plurality of stacks may be bound together with cotton cord to form a bundle. The ma... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5417506 | Apparatus for removing and viewing selected documents from file folders An apparatus for viewing and removing selected documents retained in file folders having a flat metallic fastening member. An element (40) is formed comprised of a first arm (50), a second arm (52) and a connecting section (54). Each arm is a solid, cylin... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5028160 | Paper handling device A paper handling device for use with sheets of paper fastened together in a stack by two fastening posts to enable transfer of the sheets from the posts to the handling device. The paper handling device preferably has a U-shaped body with two finger porti... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4950096 | Binding and filing unit A method for converting the usual report cover or binder into a unit which is conveniently and easily readied for storage in a suspension type filing system. The application discloses both a suspension element for use in putting the method into effect, an... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4869613 | Combined sheet compressor and transfer device for attachment to spaced prongs of a file folder fastener A combined sheet compressor and transfer device for attachment to spaced prongs of a file folder fastener including a plate-like cross member for receiving the prongs of the file folder fastener and bearing against a stack of sheets to thereby act as a co... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4632586 | File folder document handling system A document file folder of the type having a flat metallic fastening member is improved by crimping the ends of its metallic fastening member so as to bring the parallel sides of the ends of the flat metallic member toward one another to form a protrusion ... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4427315 | Device for the removal of paper from binders The device is used to remove two-hole sheets from a binder which has flat, thin bendable prongs for holding the sheets. It is a U-shaped handle device, formed by legs at each end of a crosspiece. The cross-section of the legs at their free ends are smalle... | 01/24/1984 |
