WO1996040529A1

WO1996040529A1 - Ring binder loose leaf album

Info

Publication number: WO1996040529A1
Application number: PCT/DE1995/000743
Authority: WO
Inventors: Fritz Gross
Original assignee: Fritz Gross
Priority date: 1995-06-07
Filing date: 1995-06-07
Publication date: 1996-12-19

Abstract

The invention concerns a loose leaf system for a ring binder album comprising loose leaves, the front and reverse of which have insert holders for accommodating a plurality of pictures. The system comprises a given number of loose leaves, each of which comprises on two opposite side edges holes for inserting the leaves into the ring binder album. The insert holders are arranged on the front and reverse of a loose leaf such that each loose leaf permits only one possible picture arrangement. The picture arrangements of the individual loose leaves in the system differ such that any combination of horizontal and upright arrangements of the pictures is possible.

Description

Ring binder insert album

description

The present invention relates to an insert sheet system for a ring binder insert album, with insert sheets which have plug-in receptacles on the front and back for receiving several images.

Such an insert system is known for example from DE 29 25 705 C2. Each album page of this insert system has insert recordings, with a maximum of four images per album page. The insert recordings are arranged on the album sheet so that the four images can be inserted in seven different ways.

Such an album sheet, which offers several possible locations, has the disadvantage that it is complex to manufacture and requires a high amount of material. Otherwise, the unused plug-in receptacles or the boundary or frame lines of the plug-in receptacles can impair the appearance of the arranged pictures. The object of the present invention is therefore to provide an insert sheet system which can be produced using less material and which allows the images to be presented undisturbed by unused insert receptacles.

This object is achieved by the features of claim 1. The fact that the insert sheet system according to the invention comprises a plurality of insert sheets which have differently arranged insertion receptacles, but only one possible recording position of the images is possible per insert sheet does not interfere with unnecessary insertion receptacles. Depending on the desired position of the images, the user must therefore select an appropriate insert sheet from the insert sheet system with a predetermined number of insert sheets.

Since each insert sheet is thus specially prepared for the desired position of the image, no further insertion recordings, frame lines or other holding means interfere with the appearance which is offered to the viewer. In addition, one minimal sheet of material is used per insert sheet.

The new album is intended to enable the correct insertion of pictures that have been taken upright and still ensure that the pictures remain in the correct order in which one would like to classify them. For this you need a ring binder or the like with standard inserts.

For example, for an album with two pictures (9 by 13 cm) per page you need inserts with a minimum size of 13 by 18 cm. In the example mentioned, seven standard insert sheets (Fig. 1) are required in order to be able to arrange all conceivable sequences of portrait and portrait pictures.

However, this presupposes that the insert sheets have ring book holes on both sides, which are approx. 13 cm long (Fig. 1). If these ring binder holes were only on one side of the standard insert sheet, additional insert sheets would be necessary, in this case a total of 11.

When arranging, one proceeds by checking the next four pictures, whether they were made upright or normal, placing them in the correct order, selecting the appropriate standard insert sheet, inserting the pictures and then placing the insert sheet in the ring binder before looking at the next four pictures and so on.

It is also possible that the standard insert sheet does not have the ring binder holes on the approximately 13 cm long sides, but on one or both approximately 18 cm long sides (Fig.la).

As a result, it would also be possible for the album to have a format of at least 27 by 13 cm, so that in addition to the aforementioned seven standard insert sheets, four such standard insert sheets are to be made, in which three normally made images are on one or on both sides, since the normally taken images are the most common (Fig.lb) .

The scope of an album can be expanded as desired using the same system by arranging a second insert system (B) in a large ring binder (at least 26 by 26 cm) above the first insert system (A) (Fig. 2) . System (A) and (B) insert sheets can be designed on the contacting edges so that they can be connected to one another, for example by folding, pressing, gluing, binding, welding, riveting, stapling and so on, thus giving a large page (26 by 26 cm) (Fig.2) Even a third insert system would be conceivable in an even larger album (Fig.3).

It is also possible that the standard insert sheet on the front and back only takes one picture and then, for example, has the format 13 by 13 cm (Fig.4).

Basically, ring binder holes are possible on one side of the standard insert sheets, or on the two opposite sides, or also on all four sides.

Another possibility is that the standard inserts have a format of approximately 13 to 39 cm, and so can take three pictures on the front and one on the back. This naturally increases the number of standard insert sheets (Fig.5).

A large number of other formats is conceivable with a different number of images and image sizes.

The more pictures there are to be on one page, the more difficult it becomes to keep the number of standard insert sheets manageable, for example if there should be 4, 5, 6 pictures on each page which contain all possible sequences of portrait and normal Images. This can only be achieved by dispensing with a page with pictures, or by connecting the front and back of the standard insert sheets only after the pictures have been arranged (Fig. 6).

To do this, the insert sheets must have ring binder holes on all four sides. Various methods are conceivable for connecting the front and back, for example gluing, stitching, welding, riveting, folding, compressing, binding and so on.

Instead of a normal ring binder, it is of course also possible to use all other customary types of stitching together the finished assembled and illustrated insert sheets, in order to possibly keep the album thinner.

Claims

claims

1. insert sheet system for a ring binder insert album, with insert sheets which have plug-in receptacles on the front or back for taking your pictures, characterized in that

that it comprises a certain number of insert sheets,

that each insert sheet has perforations on two opposing side edges for insertion in the ring binder insert album,

that the plug-in receptacles are arranged on the front and back of an insert sheet such that each insert sheet only allows one possibility of arranging the pictures, the picture arrangements of the individual insert sheets of the system differing so much,

that any combination of landscape and portrait arrangement of the images is possible with the system insert sheets.

2. insert sheet system according to claim 1, characterized ge indicates that an insert sheet from two insert pages can be joined together, each insert side is only provided with plug-in receptacles on one side.

3. insert sheet system according to claim 1 and 2, da¬ characterized in that each insert sheet has ring binder perforations on all four sides.