AU596818B2

AU596818B2 - Paper attachment arrangements

Info

Publication number: AU596818B2
Application number: AU66263/86A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Peter Chung Kwong Cheng
Original assignee: AMY KING YIN CHENG
Current assignee: CHENG AMY KING YIN
Priority date: 1985-11-08
Filing date: 1986-10-31
Publication date: 1990-05-17
Anticipated expiration: 2006-10-31
Also published as: WO1987002941A1; AU6626386A; EP0245374A1

Description

PAPER ATTACHMENT ARRANGEMENTS

This invention relates to paper attachment arrangements.

It is well known to punch holes in sheets of paper and then attach such sheets by having rods passing through the holes and such wires holding a number of sheets of paper together in such a way.

In another application, thin metal strips which are therefore pliable are passed through collective apertures of papers and the sheets of paper are held in such a way.

In another way, plastic strips are passed through apertures of papers sheets and there are clamp means on one side which hold the paper sheets by gripping of the plastic strips and effectively clamping the papers against an underneath base.

Such techniques of holding papers are extensively used but there are difficulties with such techniques.

Firstly, any sheet is pulled over a period of time during normal usage and the edges of any hole can very easily fray and tear and the sheets become separated.

This can be alleviated to some extent by using additional clamping but this does not entirely overcome the vulnerability of individual sheets tearing away from the fixing arrangement.

Further, the technique inherently involves cutting holes significantly in from an edge or from a top sheet of paper, so that any written or printed material in the vicinity of this area may either be covered or cut during the process.

In the case of sheets of paper which carry material requiring all of the sheet, it becomes most difficult to ensure that all of the sheet remains available for sighting and of course one may have to resort to an entirely different technique, viz. an envelope in which the sheet of paper is held between adjacent faces of some clear plastic. Such an arrangement is inherently very expensive.

This invention is directed to providing an arrangement and means by which the above problems can be reduced.

According to this invention, there is proposed, an attachment member comprised of a sheet of elongate dimensions; along one face of a first elongate side, an adhesive effective to adhere to a sheet of paper upon contact.

In preference there is an aperture or apertures located adjacent an opposite elongate side to the first mentioned side and adapted for passage threrethrough of securing means.

In a further form of this invention it can be said to reside in an arrangement comprising a sheet of paper, and an attachment member comprised of a sheet of elongate dimensions having one face adhering through contact adhesive to the face of the sheet and along one edge of the sheet, and the remainder of the strip having an aperture or apertures therethrough appropriate for passage therethrough of securing means.

In preference such sheet is comprised of an appropriate material which has a strength somewhat stronger than a sheet of 70 g.s.m. paper.

In preference the adhesive is distributed fully along at least one elongate side and sufficiently into the width of the strip so as to provide for adequate adhesion to a sheet of paper.

In preference the adhesive is of sufficient strength to provide effective strong retaining grip on the sheet of paper relative to any counter pressure of modest extent on the strip which, of course, can equate to ordinary usage for review purposes of a sheet of paper.

In preference the attachment member is comprised of a plastic which, however, will be somewhat stronger than a sheet of paper but will also provide sufficient base for adhesion of a suitable glue. Such a plastic can be selected from coventional plastics such as an acrylic or p.v.c.

in preference there are a plurality of apertures through the sheet for the appropriate fixing means such as two-ring binder wires or three- ring binder wires.

Such apertures are accordingly circular and of slightly larger diameter than the corresponding ring binder wires as are conventionally used in Australia.

Advantages of the features described include the fact that such a strip can be economically produced and can be available at any time for securement to an important sheet.

The strip can be secured by exposing the adhering face and aligning this in an appropriate position with respect to the sheet of paper but such that a part of the strip extends beyond the edge of the paper providing for spaced apart securement through any clamp means or locating means of the sheet of pap er.

Further, however, the strip where it is secured over indicia on the sheet of paper may be expected not to obscure such indicia which remain therefore for visible appreciation.

If at any time, the sheet needs to be removed for any purpose such as copying, it is possible to separate by separation of the adhesion from the sheet of paper, or the sheet can be removed with its attached strip.

In either event, the sheet is not essentially modified such as would occur with the punching of holes.

Further, because a glue adhesive extends the grip over a larger area of paper, this will provide an essentially more secure attachment of the sheet of paper, and it would be expected the sheet of paper could be kept in this state far longer through normal usage than would otherwise be the case For a better understanding of the invention it will now be described with the assistance of drawings in which:-

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an attachment device according to a first preferred embodiment,

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the device as shown in Fig. 1 with an outer covering strip removed and a sheet of paper attached using the contact adhesive for attachement purposes,

FIF. 3 is the same view as in Fig. 1 with however, an outer cover strip being shown as partially removed,

FIG. 4 illustrates a second embodiment in which an attachment member according to this invention is secured to a different attachment device comprising a plurality of flexible plastic fingers,

FIG. 5 illustrates the attachment members as shown in Figs. 1 ,2 and 3 secured however, as a stack to the two rings of a binder, and

FIG. 6 shows a further method of holding attachment members accordingt ot this invention as a third embodiment using a spring clip.

Referring in detail to the drawings, and in particular to the first embodiment shown in Figs 1 and 3, there is shown a base sheet 1 , of rectangular proportions and of elongate shape the base sheet 1 having on an upper surface 2, an adhesive of a type adapted to provide a sticklness over a substantial period of time such that other materials such as other sheets of paper can be adhered thereto and removed therefrom from time to time without any destructive result although there may be some slight deterioration because of fibre clogging of some parts of the adhesive.

Adhering to the adhesive extending over the full extent of the upper surface of the base sheet 1 is a top sheet 3 which has an outer strip 4 which is substantially separated along alignment 5 so that if the strip 4 is peeled off, this will leave a separated part 6 of the top sheet which can remain and act to assist in reinforcement of this part of the attachment device.

There are apertures 7 extending ful ly through both the top sheet 3 and the base sheet 1 by which, as is shown in Fig. 5, the wires 8 and 9 of a spring binder can pass therethrough and provide securement thereby.

An advantage of the device is that papers even of fragile type, can be temporari ly secured such that all of the material on a sheet can be viewed, the sheet can be removed from time to time, and there is no essential destruction of any part of the sheet.

This is shown specifically in Fig. 2 in which there is a sheet 10 which is carefully positioned so that along edge 1 1 this is positioned over a secured to the exposed part of the attachment device specifically the upper surface contact glue at 2.

In Fig. 4, this illustrates that other methods of attachment can be used such as a plastic spline 12 having a plurality of flexible fingers 13 which pass through appropriate slots at 14.

The member according to this embodiment is at 15 and includes a base sheet 16 a mid layer adhesive material at 17 and an upper sheet at 18 which has a separating l ine at 19 providing that the strip at 20 can be peeled away leaving an upper adhering surface to which any sheet of material can be attached.

Referring specifically to Fig. 6, there is shown as in Fig. 5 a stack of attachment members each of these including a base sheet having a mid adhesion surface that is of a contact adhesion type so that a top sheet as at 21 can be peeled away and specifically the strip 22 which is separated slong the l ine at 23 can be peeled away to leave a selected strip for adherence purposes

In Fig. 6, there are shown a plurality of such members all of which are held together by a spring clip 24 This illustrates the attachment method, but this can also include conventional permanent adhesion, stapling or indeed any other securement method.

In use, members according to the disclosure can be obtained either in a sheet having a plurality of members in substantially separated format so that these can be torn from a connected sheet or they can be sold as a connected pad for use from time to time.

Upon separation from such a pad the outer strip can be removed, the sheet of paper to which the article is to be attached fitted there along and the unit is then ready for conventional use.

While the base sheet and the upper sheet can be made from any material having any degree of opaqueness or indeed be entirely opaque, in another alternative arrangement, these can be transparent which can assist in providing a pleasant appearance and avoiding covering of written material especially on the back of a sheet where this is attached so as to normally show the front of the sheet.

Claims

1. An attachment member comprised of a sheet of elongate dimensions, and including along one face of a first elongate side an adhesive effective to adhere to a sheet of paper upon contact.

2. An attachment as in claim 1 wherein the sheet is comprised of a base sheet, a top sheet and a contact type adhesive existing between the respective sheets, a part of the top sheet covering some of the adhesive being separable from a remaining part of the top sheet.

3 An attachment member as in either of the two preceding claims further characterised in that there are provided apertures extending through the sheet and adapted for passage therethrough of securing means.

4. An attachment member comprising a sheet of elongate dimensions comprised of a base sheet, and a top sheet, and a contact type adhesive existing between the respective sheet such that the top sheet can be removed therefrom while leaving an adhesive surface on the upper surface of the base sheet adabted to removably adhere to a paper surface abd a part of the top sheet covering some of the adhesive being divided at least to an extent of providing for separation from a remaining part of the top sheet to the extent that said first part of the top sheet can be removed by manually pulling the said part from the remainder of the too sheet.

5 An attachment member as in the last preceding claim in which there are a plurality of apertures passing fully through both the top sheet and the base sheet and providing for passage therethrough of securing means and located througha part of the member other than through the said first part of the top sheet.

6 An attachment member in combination with a sheet of paper in which the attachment member is comprised of a base sheet, and a top sheet having an adhering glue extending therebetween, the said top sheet extending only partially across the base sheet and leaving thereby an upper surface of the base sheet to the extent that the sheet of paper has a lowermost surface along its edge secured by contact with the adhesive.

7. An attachment arrangement in which there is an attachment member substantially as described in any one of the preceding claims further characterised in that there a plural ity of such members arranged in a stack and held collectively as in an aligned stack for securement thereto of one or more sheets of paper.

8 An attachment member substantial ly described in the specification with reference to and as i llustrated by Figs. 1 ,2,3 and 5 of the accompanying drawings.

9 An attachment member substantial ly described in the specif ication with reference to and as illustrated by Fig. 4 of the accompanying drawings.

10. A method of attachment of a sheet of paper to holding means which comprises securing an attachment member as characterised in any one of the preceding claims, removing at least a part of a top sheet so as to expose an upper adhering surface, and then attaching a sheet of paper by securing along an edge of the paper the paper to such adhering surface.