CPC Definition - Subclass B42F

Last Updated Version: 2016.11
SHEETS TEMPORARILY ATTACHED TOGETHER; FILING APPLIANCES; FILE CARDS; INDEXING (reading desks A47B 19/00; book rests A47B 23/00)
Definition statement

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.

Relationships with other classification places

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.

References
Informative references

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

A47B 19/00

Book rests

A47B 23/00

Cabinets, racks or shelf units, specially adapted for storing books, documents, forms, or the like

A47B 63/00

Book-troughs; Accessories specially adapted for book-storing, e.g. book-ends

A47B 65/00

Special rules of classification

In this subclass, it is desirable to add the Indexing Codes of groups B42P 2201/00 - B42P 2261/00.

Glossary of terms

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.

Sheets temporarily attached together without perforating; Means therefor
Definition statement

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.

References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Filing appliances without fastening means

B42F 7/00

Filing appliances with devices clamping file edges; Covers with clamping backs

B42F 9/00

Tabs detachably mounted on sheets, papers, cards, or suspension files

B42F 21/06

Clips for holding paper bills

A45C 1/06

Wire-working in the manufacture of paper fasteners or clips

B21F 45/22

Hand tools for applying fasteners

B25B 31/00

Permanently attaching together sheets, quires, or signatures, e.g. by laces, ribbons or clips

B42B 5/00

Combinations of writing implements with other articles, e.g. with memorandum appliances

B43K 29/00

Clothes-pegs with pivoted clamping members

D06F 55/02

Friction-grip releasable fastenings in general, e.g. clamps or clips

F16B 2/00

Fastening or securing labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means by clamps

G09F 3/16

Sheets temporarily attached together involving perforations; Means therefor; Sheet details therefor (staples, fasteners in general F16B)
Definition statement

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.

References
Informative references

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

B42F 13/00, B42F 13/16

Hand-held punching or perforating pliers

B26F 1/36

Attaching together paper or cardboard sheets by perforating, e.g. by folding over the partially cut part

B31F 5/02

Using claws or rings for permanently attaching sheets together

B42B 5/08

Fasteners in general

F16B

Staples

F16B 15/00

Sheets and objects temporarily attached together; Means therefor; Albums (bookbinding aspects of albums B42D 1/08; advertising or display aspects G09)
Definition statement

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.

References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Filing appliances without fastening means

B42F 7/00

Frames or housings for storing medals, badges, or the like

A47G 1/12

Multiple-step processes for making flat articles by attaching individual objects to webs or sheets or for making mounting corners for photographs or cards

B31D 1/00

Bookbinding aspects of albums

B42D 1/08

Processes for producing mountings for pictures

B44C 5/02

Means for mounting individual pictures to be projected, e.g. cardboard frames for transparency

G03B 21/64

Advertising or displaying aspects of sheets and objects temporarily attached together

G09F

Cards of samples or books of samples

G09F 5/04

Cases or containers for storing record carriers, e.g. disc records

G11B 33/04

Filing appliances without fastening means (B42F 17/00 takes precedence; suspension files B42F 15/00; wallets, notecases, briefcases A45C, e.g. A45C 1/00; furniture features A47B, A47F; envelopes B65D, e.g. B65D 27/00)
Definition statement

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.

Relationships with other classification places

Packaging or container features in general, e.g. of a box body or container closure details are covered by B65D.

References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Filing aspects of albums

B42F 5/00

Filing appliances with separate intermediate holding means

B42F 11/00

Suspension aspects of filing appliances

B42F 15/00

Card-filing arrangements

B42F 17/00

Indexing features

B42F 21/00

Wallets, notecases

A45C 1/06

Briefcases

A45C 3/02

Ticket-holders or credit card holders

A45C 11/18

Map-cases used as travelling equipment

A45F 3/50

Cabinets, racks or shelf units, specially adapted for storing documents, forms, or the like

A47B 63/00

Furniture devices for holding or supporting maps

A47B 97/02

Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for pictures, cards, magazines, newspapers, books or book-like articles, e.g. audio or video cassettes

A47F 7/17

Envelopes, e.g. with two or more compartments

B65D 27/00

Advertising or displaying in general

G09F

Cases or containers for storing record carrier discs

G11B 33/04

Filing appliances with devices clamping file edges; Covers with clamping backs (B42F 13/00, B42F 17/00 take precedence)
Definition statement

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.

References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Permanently attaching together sheets, quires or signatures by clips

B42B 5/06

Supports for note pads, e.g. combined with auxiliary devices

B42D 5/00

Writing or drawing underlays

B43L 3/00

Drawing boards having means for clamping sheets of paper thereto

B43L 5/02

Filing appliances with separate intermediate holding means (B42F 17/00 takes precedence; with adhesive strips for mounting papers or sheets B42D 1/10)
Definition statement

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.

References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Filing appliances comprising a single pocket or compartment

B42F 7/02

Books or other bound products in which the fillings and covers are united by other means

B42D 1/06

Files with adhesive strips for mounting papers or sheets

B42D 1/10

Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots (B42F 17/00 takes precedence; indexing features B42F 21/00)
Definition statement

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.

References
Informative references

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

B42F 3/00

Suspended filing appliances for suspending stacks of temporarily bound sheets

B42F 15/00

Hand held punching or perforating apparatus, e.g. pliers

B26F 1/32

Permanently attaching together sheets, quires or signatures by finger, claw, or ring-like elements passing there through

B42B 5/08

Manufacturing covers of loose-leaf binders

B42C 7/00

Book covers

B42D 3/00

Special rules of classification

Details of covers which are the same for book covers, and covers of loose-leaf binders, are classified in B42D 3/00 only.

Suspended filing appliances (indexing features B42F 21/00; hanging of books, newspapers or the like B42D 17/00; {manufacturing suspended files B42C 7/001})
References
Informative references

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

A47B 63/02

Devices, as accessories for furniture, for holding or supporting maps, drawings, or the like, including means for preventing rolling-up

A47B 97/02

Manufacturing suspended files

B42C 7/00

Hanging or securing devices for books, newspapers, or the like

B42D 17/00

Drawing boards having means for clamping sheets of paper thereto

B43L 5/02

Card-filing arrangements, e.g. card indexes or catalogues or filing cabinets (indexing features B42F 21/00; furniture features A47B, A47F)
References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

File cards

B42F 19/00

Cabinets, racks or shelf units, specially adapted for storing documents, forms, or the like

A47B 63/00

Drawers for cabinets; Guides for drawers

A47B 88/00

Partitions for rigid or semi-rigid containers adapted to be fitted in two or more alternative positions

B65D 25/06

Information retrieval from punched cards designed for manual use or handling by machine, e.g. by selecting coincident marginally notched cards

G06K 21/00

File cards (B42F 21/00 takes precedence; punched cards for information retrieval, e.g. for manual use, G06K 21/00)
Definition statement

This place covers:

Cards adapted for filing purposes, e.g. for card filing arrangements

References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Card-filing arrangements

B42F 17/00

Identity, credit, cheque or like information-bearing cards

B42D 25/00

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

G06K 19/063

Apparatus or tools adapted for slotting or otherwise marking information-retrieval cards

G06K 21/06

Indexing means; Indexing tabs or protectors therefor
Definition statement

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.

References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Bookmarkers, e.g. loose or detachably mounted on a page

B42D 9/00

Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means, e.g. fastened to an article by an adhesive layer

G09F 3/00