CPC Definition - Subclass B42F
This place covers:
Sheets temporarily attached together,with or without involving perforation of the sheets.
Means therefor.
Sheet details for temporary attachment.
Sheets and objects temporarily attached together.
Means therefor.
Filing aspects of albums, especially album sheet details for temporarily attaching objects thereto.
Filing appliances, i.e. Holders for collections of papers, sheets, cards, or units thereof, each paper, sheet, card, or unit being individually insertable and extractable.
Without or with fastening means, e.g. With clamping action, with separate holding means or using perforations.
Adapted for being suspended.
Specially adapted for card-filing.
File cards.
Indexing means; Indexing tabs or protectors therefor, e.g.: book fillings, pads, sheets, papers or cards, having edges cut away to facilitate retrieval of a particular location, tabs integral with, permanently fastened to, or detachably mounted on sheets, papers, cards, or suspension files, to facilitate classifying.
Permanent and temporary attachment.
Machines, devices and methods for permanently attaching together sheets, quires, or signatures or for permanently attaching objects, e.g. map sections, to sheets are covered by B42B 2/00 - B42B 7/00. The permanent attachment can be obtained by similar means as the temporary attachment, especially by clips or by finger, claw, or ring-like elements passing through the sheets, quires, or signatures.
Furniture
Reading desks, book rests and cabinets, racks, shelf units or accessories, specially adapted for book-storing are covered by A47B. Cabinets, racks or shelf units, specially adapted for storing documents, forms, or the like are as well covered by A47B 63/00. Furniture features in general, e.g. of cabinets or drawers, or of show stands, hangers or shelves, are covered by A47B or A47F.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Reading desks, e.g. characterised by association with paper clamps as auxiliary devices | |
Book rests | |
Cabinets, racks or shelf units, specially adapted for storing books, documents, forms, or the like | |
Book-troughs; Accessories specially adapted for book-storing, e.g. book-ends |
In this subclass, it is desirable to add the Indexing Codes of groups B42P 2201/00 - B42P 2261/00.
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Filing appliance | means holders for collections of papers, sheets, cards, or units thereof, each paper, sheet, card, or unit being individually insertable and extractable. This expression may thus include a calendar, an instruction manual, or a letter file. |
This place covers:
Sheets temporarily attached together and means, other than filing appliances, therefor, which do not involve perforation of the sheets. Usually, the means are repeatedly usable fastening means effecting a gripping action on the sheets, e.g. by a clamping jaws or resilient deformation of a clip.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Filing appliances without fastening means | |
Filing appliances with devices clamping file edges; Covers with clamping backs | |
Tabs detachably mounted on sheets, papers, cards, or suspension files | |
Clips for holding paper bills | |
Wire-working in the manufacture of paper fasteners or clips | |
Hand tools for applying fasteners | |
Permanently attaching together sheets, quires, or signatures, e.g. by laces, ribbons or clips | |
Combinations of writing implements with other articles, e.g. with memorandum appliances | |
Clothes-pegs with pivoted clamping members | |
Friction-grip releasable fastenings in general, e.g. clamps or clips | |
Fastening or securing labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means by clamps |
This place covers:
Sheets temporarily attached together and means, other than filing appliances, therefor which involve perforation of the sheets. Usually, the means are repeatedly usable fastening means engaging perforations previously provided in the sheets, e.g. bifurcated pins with bendable legs or rings engaging punch-holes in the sheets.
Details of sheets intended, prepared or modified for being temporarily attached together, usually perforation details.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots, e.g. ring files | |
Hand-held punching or perforating pliers | |
Attaching together paper or cardboard sheets by perforating, e.g. by folding over the partially cut part | |
Using claws or rings for permanently attaching sheets together | |
Fasteners in general | |
Staples |
This place covers:
Sheets and objects temporarily attached together and means for temporarily keeping them attached together;
Filing aspects of albums, especially those of album pages for temporarily attaching objects to the pages.
Usually, the means are repeatedly usable for attaching objects and are integral with, assembled to, or fastenable to, the sheets, e.g. corner-holding slits cut into sheets, filing strips on sheets or corner-holding devices to be applied to album pages.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Filing appliances without fastening means | |
Frames or housings for storing medals, badges, or the like | |
Multiple-step processes for making flat articles by attaching individual objects to webs or sheets or for making mounting corners for photographs or cards | |
Bookbinding aspects of albums | |
Processes for producing mountings for pictures | |
Means for mounting individual pictures to be projected, e.g. cardboard frames for transparency | |
Advertising or displaying aspects of sheets and objects temporarily attached together | |
Cards of samples or books of samples | |
Cases or containers for storing record carriers, e.g. disc records |
This place covers:
Filing appliances without fastening means acting on the members of the collection can comprise flexible or rigid holders with a single filing space, e.g. pockets, trays, covers with retention means, e.g. for preventing the collection from slipping out, or with a plurality of connected compartments, e.g. portfolios or multi-compartment cases.
Packaging or container features in general, e.g. of a box body or container closure details are covered by B65D.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Filing aspects of albums | |
Filing appliances with separate intermediate holding means | |
Suspension aspects of filing appliances | |
Card-filing arrangements | |
Indexing features | |
Wallets, notecases | |
Briefcases | |
Ticket-holders or credit card holders | |
Map-cases used as travelling equipment | |
Cabinets, racks or shelf units, specially adapted for storing documents, forms, or the like | |
Furniture devices for holding or supporting maps | |
Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for pictures, cards, magazines, newspapers, books or book-like articles, e.g. audio or video cassettes | |
Envelopes, e.g. with two or more compartments | |
Advertising or displaying in general | |
Cases or containers for storing record carrier discs |
This place covers:
Filing appliances whereby the clamping devices or clamping backs comprise clamps with one or two pivoting or sliding jaws and releasable resilient clips allowing to insert and extract individual collection members.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
This place covers:
Filing appliances whereby the separate intermediate holding means are detachably mounted to the filing appliance, usually a cover, and can hold or engage parts of the collection, with or without using fastening means. Usually, both, the cover and the separate intermediate holding means are particularly adapted for releasable mutual engagement.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
This place covers:
Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots;
Particular parts of, or auxiliary devices or operations for, filing appliances:
Covers for loose leave binders and details thereof.
Locking followers or pressure bars for use therewith.
Content transfer devices.
Converting filing appliances into permanent binders.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Sheet details, e.g. perforations, for sheets temporarily attached together involving perforations | |
Suspended filing appliances for suspending stacks of temporarily bound sheets | |
Hand held punching or perforating apparatus, e.g. pliers | |
Permanently attaching together sheets, quires or signatures by finger, claw, or ring-like elements passing there through | |
Manufacturing covers of loose-leaf binders | |
Book covers |
Details of covers which are the same for book covers, and covers of loose-leaf binders, are classified in B42D 3/00 only.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Cabinets, racks or shelf units, specially adapted for storing drawings or the like | |
Devices, as accessories for furniture, for holding or supporting maps, drawings, or the like, including means for preventing rolling-up | |
Manufacturing suspended files | |
Hanging or securing devices for books, newspapers, or the like | |
Drawing boards having means for clamping sheets of paper thereto |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
File cards | |
Cabinets, racks or shelf units, specially adapted for storing documents, forms, or the like | |
Drawers for cabinets; Guides for drawers | |
Partitions for rigid or semi-rigid containers adapted to be fitted in two or more alternative positions | |
Information retrieval from punched cards designed for manual use or handling by machine, e.g. by selecting coincident marginally notched cards |
This place covers:
Cards adapted for filing purposes, e.g. for card filing arrangements
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Card-filing arrangements | |
Identity, credit, cheque or like information-bearing cards | |
Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings, e.g. being marginally punched or notched with elongated slots | |
Apparatus or tools adapted for slotting or otherwise marking information-retrieval cards |
This place covers:
Indexing means, e.g. edges cut away on book or pad sheets, papers, or cards, to facilitate retrieval of a particular location, especially for classifying.
Indexing tabs integral with, permanently fastened to, or detachably mounted on sheets, papers, cards, or suspension files.
Protectors for indexing tabs.