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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2006
Applicants:
Paul Arthur Aries, West Midlands, GB;
Ian Stuart Smith, Northants, GB;
Inventors:
Paul Arthur Aries, West Midlands, GB;
Ian Stuart Smith, Northants, GB;
Assignee:
ACCO UK Limited, Aylesbury, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B42B 9/00 (2006.01); B42B 5/08 (2006.01); B42B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A binder is described which is operable to bind together pages of a document using a comb, the binder including a punch mechanism operable to punch a line of holes close to one edge of the pages of the document, and a comb opening mechanism to enable the punched pages to be placed on the comb, the comb opening mechanism having a user operable control. The binder further includes a user operable control for selection of the comb size to be used to bind the document which automatically determines at least two settings of the binder.