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EP 0 095 244 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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18.12.1985 Bulletin 1985/51 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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30.11.1983 Bulletin 1983/48 |
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Date of filing: 19.04.1983 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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Priority: |
21.05.1982 GB 8214893
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Applicant: JAMES BURN BINDINGS LIMITED |
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Inventor: |
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- Jones, Leonard William Norton
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Improvements in and relating to wire binding machines |
(57) A wire binding machine for closing Wire-0 type wire binding elements (10) to bind
together a stack (200) of sheets, in which the stack is fed into the front of the
machine from a table (210) or a punching machine, and the elements (10) are fed in
the form of a strip (52) from an input feed device (80, 82) provided on the right
of the machine as seen from the front, the strip (52) being cut into elements (160)
and translated to a closing device (188, 190) so that the points (12) of each element
are closed downwards into perforations (199) in the stack.