US PATENT SUBCLASS 402 / 46
OPPOSED SHEET RETAINERS INVOLVING RELATIVE RECTILINEAR TRAVEL

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402 /   HD   BINDER DEVICE RELEASABLY ENGAGING APERTURE OR NOTCH OF SHEET

46OPPOSED SHEET RETAINERS INVOLVING RELATIVE RECTILINEAR TRAVEL {4}
47  DF  .~> With or including separable sheet transfer means
48  DF  .~> Telescopic retainers with means to telescopically drive and/or secure {4}
55  DF  .~> Travel from aligned to offset position
56  DF  .~> Travel from aligned to aligned, spaced position

DEFINITION

Classification: 402/46

(under the class definition) Device in accordance with part (1) or part (2) thereof wherein a first sheet retainer cooperates with a contralaterally offset or aligned second sheet retainer to releasably secure the sheet* and wherein the structure or disposition of at least one of the retainers is such that a straight line motion thereof is prerequisite to the insertion, manipulation or removal of the sheet.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

26+, for a device including a sheet retainer requiring both an arcuate motion and a rectilinear motion to insert or remove a sheet therefrom and especially subclass 30 where rectilinear motion of the retainer precedes a curvilinear motion thereof.