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This invention generally relates to albums for displaying sheet-like materials and, more particularly, photographic snapshot albums.
It is known to provide a set of hinges which will permit a plurality of photographs to be mounted on any one page of an album. Each hinge has two adhesive-coated sections protected by a cover sheet. A user must first pull the cover sheet from both coated sections, then ;; adhere one section to a backing sheet, and thereupon, adhere ` 10 a photograph to the other coated section.
However, although such hinges are generally satisfactory for their intended purposes, they have not proven to be altogether satisfactory in practice. The hinges are provided as separate members and may thus be easily misplaced.
Once the cover sheet has been removed, each hinge must be accurately positioned and aligned not only on the backing sheet, but also on the photograph. Moreover, the photograph must be attached soon after the cover sheet has been separated from the hinge.
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backs of the prior art and, in particular, eliminates the prior art problems associated with misplacing hinges.
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an album which eliminates the prior art mandatory requirement of accurately mounting and aligning photographs in preselected positions on a backing sheet.
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided an album for displaying sheet-like articles such as '!
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opposite major surfaces, and at least one elongated r~cti-linear strip arranged on only one of the surfaces of the backing member. This strip includes a stationary rectilinear section in fixed position on only the aforesaid one backing surface, and a movable réctilinear section in one piece with the stationary section and having opposite surfaces, the movable section being free of the said one backing surface.
The strip also includes rectilinear hinge means interposed -~
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section relative to the stationary section about a rectilinear s : ~
-~ folding axis which extends lengthwise of the strip intermediate the sections between a display position in which one side of the sheet-like article is displayed, and a flipped-over --~ position in which the opposite side of the sheet-like article -- is displayed. ;
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- the stationary section on only the aforesaid one backing ' surface against a pulling removal force of a predetermined -~
magnitude. Adhesive means is provided on one of the surfaces 20 of the movable section, the said on surface of the movable "'!
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is adhered to the said one surface of the movable section against a pulling removal force of a given magnitude.
The album still further comprises a pull ribbon associated with and adjacent the rectilinear strip. The pull ~; ribbon includes a peel-off section adhered to the aforesaid ;
'~ one surface of the movable section on which the adhesive ~-' means is present,and a handle section connected to and extending beyond the peel-off section and beyond the adhesive mea-ns. The peel-off section is adhered to the adhesive means against a pulling removal force which is of a magnitude less ,: "
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` The movable section, the peel-off section and the .~ ' .
~- handle section are close to and spaced from the backing member 1~-such that the pull ribbon and the backing member define a rectilinear pocket having opposed inner sidewalls free of `
adhesive and inlo which sheet-like article may be freely inserted for positioning by placement of an edge of the article against the bottom of the pocket before the peel-off section is removed and the sheet-like article is adhered to the ~
'` . ' adhesive means. The adhesive means on the movable section -~ is substantially exposed for adhesion to the article without -~
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" --The above-described construction eliminates the problems previously discussed which are associated with the `
prior art. By firmly anchoring the strip on the backing .~. member, the hinge will no longer be misplaced, and the - requirement of the prior art to accurately position and align the hinges on the backing sheet by eye is no longer necessary.
~, Moreover, the provision of a pocket with adhesive-free opposed 30 inner sidewalls enables the user to insert freely a photographic snapshot and to locate an edge of the snapshot in a pre-~l determined position for mounting.The provision of a pull ribbon.~ :
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having a peel-off section and a man~lally-grippable handle section permits also the user to manually attach the snap-- shot in a simple, quick and reliable manner.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the pull ribbon and the backing member form an adhesive-free pocket of wedge-shaped cross-section. In this case, the edge of the snapshot is inserted up to the apex of such wedge-shaped pocket so that it is :in a predetermined position.
Where there is a plurality of strips and associated pull ribbons, the apices of the wedge-shaped pockets defined by the backing member and the pull ribbons may be parallel and spaced apart such that the snapshots are inserted in the pockets in predetermined overlapping relationship.
Preferably, when the above embodiment is adopted, the pull ribbon is folded to define two coextending segments, `
one of the segments being the peel-off section and the other segment being the handle section, the segments being inter-connected adjacent the apex of the wedge-shaped pocket, and ~
the handle section being interposed between the peel-off ~`
section and the backing member.
The invention is illustrated by way of example ~
in the accompanying drawings, wherein: `
Fig. 1 is a top plan view of an album embodying the -invention, Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a partial enlarged view of the structure of Fig. 2 and showing an end pull ribbon partially pulled off an adhesive strip to which it was adhered, Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but showing a ':
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looking toward the right edge of the structure of Fig. 5, Fig. 7 is a top plan view of an alburn er~odying the invention with ten snapshots attached and all folded ; down so that the pictures in the snapshots are hidden, Fig. 8 is a side view of the structure of Fig. 7 looking toward the left edge of the structure of Fig. 7;
Fig. 9 which is on the same sheet of drawings as '~
Figs. 1-4 is a top plan view of a modified form of the invention~
Fig. 10 which is on the same sheet of drawings ~
as Figs. 1-4 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating ~ -another modified form of the invention;
Fig. 11 which is on the same sheet of drawings , '~
as Figs. 1-4 is a partial cross-sectional view of still ~` 20 another modified form of the invention, .,:
Fig. 12 is a view similar to Fig. 4 but showing the successive pairs of strips and ribbons in spaced apart non-overlapping relationship, and `
Fig. 13 is a cross-sectional view of an adhesive-backed backing member diagrammatically showing the removal of a protective cover sheet and the attachment of the backing "`
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Referring now in detail to the drawings and parti-cularly to Figs. 1 through 4 thereof, reference numeral 10 ;
30 designates a photographic snapshot album embodying the invention. The album 10 comprises a backboard 11 of elongated rectangular shape, having longer parallel side A `; ;`::
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edge 12, a shorter l~wer edge 13 and upper edge 14.
The backing member or backboard 11 may comprise ca`rdboard or other suitable stiff or semi-stiff thin material, or paper or backing means, Attached to the upper major surface 15 of the backboard 11 are a plurality of parallel elongated rectilinear strips 16 of flexible sheets of cloth or paper or plastic film such as Teflon (trade mark), fluorocarbon, polyester or polypropylene. The strips 16 may be clear or colored or opaque and extend transversely of the backboard and are as long as the width of the backboard. Each strip has a lower edge 16a, an upper end edge 16b and end edge 16c registering with the side edges 12 of the backboard. Strips 16 are or uniform width. The strips 16 may be vacuum plated or printed or may comprise foil, aluminum or lead.
The undersurface or each strip is coated with a coating 17 of pressure-sensitive adhesive such as acrylic-based adhesive or latex, or acrylate, natural rubber or -~
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rectilinear section of each strip 16 is adhered by the pressure-sensitive adhesive coating 17 to the upper surface ~ -15 of the backboard. The stationary section is firmly anchored in fixed position on the upper surface 15 against a pulling removal force of a predetermined magnitude, the portion of the backing surface 15 underlying the stationary section being imperforate. The stationary sectiom need not be adhesively anchored by coating 17, but may be anchored to the backboard by heat and pressure sealing, electrical 30 heat fusion and other similar joining techniques. Edge 16b , '' ' .' .."
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of each strip may substantially coincide or register with the edge 16a of the next adjacent strip 16, in a direction toward the upper end of the backboard. The area or stationary section of each strip 16 which is adhered to the backboard is designated in the drawing by numeral 18. The movable rectilinear section or portion of the strip 16 which ;
extends from the portion 18 and designated by numeral 19 incli-nes away from the backing surface 15 and is free of the ~
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Attached to each strip 16 is a pull ribbon or piece of tape 20 which may be made of paper or other flexible -~
sheet material. Ribbons 20 are of uniform width and extend ~;
transversely of the backboard and are coextensive with ~ ;-the strips 16, but of greater width than the strips. The ribbons may comprise plastic, polyethylene, with or without silicone coating, or parchment with Quilon (trade mark), release or glassine paper with or without silicone. QUILON
is an inert coating derived from a chrome complex of chemicals.
Ribbons 20 may each be coated at their undersides 20a with a release coating, not shown, but which may comprise -~-silicone. Each ribbon 20 is folded on itself longitudinally to form a narrower or peel-off section 20b folded about a ~:
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rectilinear fold edge 20c, against a wider or handle section 20d. The outer edge 20e of section 20b registers with edge 16b of the strip 16. The section 20b of ribbon 20 is adhered - ;
to movable section 19 of strip 16 by coating 17. The coating , 17 adheres to the movable section against a pulling removal force of a given magnitude. The peel-off section 20b substantially completely covers the coating 17 and adheres thereto against a pulling removal force of a magnitude less than either the aforesaid predetermined or given magnitude.
Section 20d of the ribbon 20 overlaps the next adjacent ~-3~7~3 strip 16. The extending portions 20d of ribbons 20 con-stitute handle sectionswhich may be grasped between fingers of a user to pull off the ribbon and expose the adhesive ; 17 at the underside of section 19 of the strip to which the ribbon was adhered.
Because of the presence of the release coating at ;
the undersurface 20a of the ribbon, the ribbon can be pulled ;
off the strip while the strip remains adhered and anchored to the backboard 11 by reason of the adhesive coating 17 on section 18 of the strip. If the portion or the area of the ribbon adhered to the strip is less than the area of the strip adhered to the backing member or backboard 11, the release material on the ribbon may be omitted. ;
It will-be noted that the strips 16 and ribbons 20 do not cover the entire surface of the backboard 11. An .~:. ,. ..~, -upper and lower end portion of the backboard is left without strips and ribbons, for the purpose hereinafter appearing.
Each ribbon 20 and its associated movable section 19 are spaced from the backboard 11 to define an adhesive-~ 20 free pocket 21 of wedge-shaped cross-section into which an edge of a photographic snapshot may be freely inserted up to the apex of the wedge-shaped pocket so that it is in a ~-predetermined position for mounting. After a snapshot has thus been inserted, the pull ribbon 20 is pulled off to expose the adhesive coating 17 on the undersurface of the movable section 19, as illustrated in Fig. 3 where the ~ ;
uppermost ribbon 20 is shown being pulled off the strip to which it is adhered. After the ribbon is removed and the adhesive 17 on section 19 is exposed, the lower end portion of the snapshot 25 may be adhered to the freshly exposed adhesive by pressing the movable section 19 against the -; snapshot lower end portion, without movement of the snapshot~ ~ -: :`
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as shown in Fig. 4. The snapshot 25 then lies flat on the upper blank portion of the surface 15 as shown in Fig. 4.
After one snapshot is attached, another snapshot can be attached in the same manner by first inserting the lower end portion thereof into the pocket 21 next to the pocket into which the previous snapshot was inserted and thereafter pulling off the related ribbon 20, and pressing ~
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the movable section 19 of the related strip 16, with freshly exposed adhesive 17 on its ~mdersurface,against the lower end portion of that other snapshot to adhere thereto. This action can be repeated until all ten strips 16 have snapshots attached thereto and make a full album.
It will be noted that the apices of the wedge-~ ,:" ;:
shaped pockets 21 are parallel and spaced apart such that the snapshots are inserted in predetermined overlapping relationship, as best shown in Fig. 6.
As shown in Fig. 2, the lowermost strip 16 may be folded over in half with movable portion 19 thereof overlying -~
stationary portion 18 thereof, and the ribbon 20 attached to -portion 19 is substantially flattened out to produce a neat lower end to the album.
In Figs. S and 6, the album is shown with only five snapshots attached.
In Figs. 7 and 8, all ten snapshots are attached, ~ ;
but the snapshots are folded down so that the pictures on the snapshots are hidden from view. ~ `
It will be noted that the adhesive 17 on the stationary section 18 of each strip 16 creates a stronger attachment between the strip 16 and the backboard 11 than the attachment of the handle section 20b of ribbon 20 to the adhesive 17 on the movable section 19 of the strip.
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release coating on the attached surface of section 20b of the ribbon makes the attachment easier to break. Thus, the ribbon can be readily pulled off the strip 16, while the strip remains securely attached to the backboard.
The clear plastic strips 16 are readily foldable about the folds or folding axes 16c which extend lengthwise of the respective strip intermediate its respective sections between a display position in which one side of the photo-graph is displayed (see Figs. 5 and 6), and a flipped-over position in which the other side of the photograph is displayed (see Figs. 7 and 8). Each fold 16 constitutes a ~; , ~ . ,;
hinge means which can withstand many foldings and unfoldings without tearing or weakening, because of the nature of the material of which the strips are made.
In Fig. 9 there is shown an article lOa embodying another form of the invention, in which the backboard 11 is replaced by a sheet of paper lla which may be a page of a loose leaf notebook. The strips 16 and ribbons 20 may be applied the same way as in Figs. 1-8, but only on a portion 20 of the sheet lla. ;~
In Fig. 10, the backing member 11 or lla has strips 16 adhered to the backing in the same way as they are adhered in Figs. 1-8. Thus, each strip 16 has a portion 18 adhered to the backing member, and aportion 19 swingable away from the backing member and also coated with pressure-sensitive adhesive. However, in Fig. 10, the ribbon 40 is ~' :.
not folded, but has one portion 40a adhered to coated portion ;
19 of strip 16, and an extending portion 40b projecting beyond the strip 16 and constituting a handle sectionto~e grasped ;~ ,~
to pull the ribbon sideways off the strip and expose the adhesive coated portion 19 of the strip so that a snapshot can be adhered thereto. Thus,the peel-off section 40a and ' ,:
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freely inserted for positioning. The strips and ribbons are repeated as in Figs. 1-8.
In Fig. 11, the backing member 11 or lla has folded strips 50 attached thereto. Each strip 50 is coated on one side with pressure-sensitive adhesive and is folded lengthwise about a fold 50a to form a bottom section 50b adhered to the backing member, and a top section 50c folded over the bottom section. A flat ribbon 55 has one portion 55a adhered to section 50c, and a portion 55b extending beyond the fold 50a and parallelly to the backing member 11 or lla, to constitute a handle section for pulling the ribbon 55 off the strip 50. The handle section 55b of ribbon 55andthe backing member 11 or lla form a pocket 51 having opposed inner sidewalls 53 and 57 which are free of adhesive so as to enable the user to freely insert an edge of a snapshot into the pocket so as to abut against the bottom thereof defined by the fold 50a. In Figs. 10 and 11, the portions ~ ;
of ribbon 40 and 55 adhered to the strips 16 and 50, respect-ively, may be coated with release material or the sections of the ribbons adhered to the strips may be of smaller area than the portions of the strips adhered to the backing member,there-by to permit the ribbons to be peeled sideways off the backing member readily and without pulling the strips off the backing `~;
member.
Turning now to Fig. 12, two pairs of strip and 30 ribbon combinations are mounted on a backing member 11 in spaced apart relationship. Each strip and ribbon pair com-bination is identical in structure and function to the A :~
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; strip and ribbon combinations shown in the embodiment of - Figs. 1-4. However, it will be noted that no portion of any one strip and ribbon pair combination of Fig. 12 overlaps ;
any portion of the next successive strip and ribbon pair combination. Put another way. the successive pairs of-strip and ribbon combinations are widely spaced apart of each other so that no overlap exists whether the movable section of any selected pair is swung to either its display , position or its flipped-over position. It will be further understood that the aforementioned feature of widely spacing the strip and ribbon pair combinations apart of each other may be utilized not only for the strip and ribbon pair , combinations of Figs. 1-4, but may equally well be employed for any strip and rib,bon pair com~ination disclosed herein.
Referring to Fig. 13, the backing member 102 has a lower major surface on which an adhesive coating 104, such as a pressure-sensitive adhesive is located. The protective cover or strip sheet 106 is normally in adhesive contact with the adhesive coating 104. Once a user decides 20 to mount the backing member on to an album page 108, the ~:
cover sheet 106 is separated from backing member 102 by pulling the cover sheet 106 off the adhesive layer 104. It will be understood that the adhesive bond between the adhesive coating 104 and the cover sheet 106 is less than the adhesion bond between the adhesive layer 104 and the ~-backing member 102. Fig. 13 diagrammatically shows the cover sheet partially stripped off the backing member 102, and an album page partially attached to the adhesive ~ `~
coating 104. Arly one of the aforementioned embodiments of the strip and ribbon pair combinations may be provided on , the upper major surface of the backing member 102.
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As mentioned in the principal disclosure, the provision of a pocket with adhesive-free opposed inner sidewalls enables a user to locate an edge of a photographic snapshot positive in a predetermined position for mounting;
but such predetermined positioning only relates to the edge ~ ;
of the snapshot positive that engages the bottom of such a pocket. It also is desirable in the pursuance of the present lnvention to make all four edges of the snapshot positive assume predetermined positions; this will provide neatness, symmetry and regularity to a group of snapshot positives mounted on a single backing member with the as-sistance of a single group of parallel mounting strips.
Quite apparently, the location of one edge of a snapshot positive against the bottom of the above-mentioned ;
pocket in predetermined position will assure a predetermined position of the parallel opposite edge of the snapshot positive. However, the edges of the snapshot positive perpendicular to the aforesaid edges (for convenience, these perpendicular edges will be referred to hereinafter as the ;
20 "lateral" edges) may be in different undetermined random ; ;;~
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edges were disposed symmetrically with respect to the vertical center of the plurality of strips and moreover were aligned with one another (colinear) at each of the strip.
Accordingly, a feature of the invention with which this supplementary disclosure is concerned resides ;~
in providing on the bac~ng member of an album as defined in the principal dlsclosure and including a plurality of rectilinear strips with their lateral edges aligned and a plurality of associated pull ribbons, a pair of rectilinear 3~7~
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guide areas located equidistantly laterally of the centers of the strips to assist in symmetrically locating about these centers the lateral edges of the sheet-like articles inserted in the pockets defined by the backing member and ~ ~
the pull ribbons. , In a preferred embodiment, such rectilinear guide ~;~
areas are the aligned lateral edges of the plural strips.
According to a further preferred embodiment, the rectilinear guide areas are lines parallel to and spaced equally outwardly from the aligned lateral edges of the plural strips. More than one pair of such guide lines can of course be provided.
According to yet another preferred embodiment, the backing member is provided with a plurality of sets of rectilinear strips with their lateral edges aligned, which are arranged side-by-side on the backing member with a space defined between two adjacent sets of strips. Such space can be used to accommodate a plurality of lines adapted to assist in the inscription of information relating to the sheet-like articles adhered to the strips. -In the accompanying drawings which further illus-trate the invention: ~`
Fig. 14 is a top plan view of an album embodying a variant according to the invention, and Fig. 15 is a top plan view o-f another modified ~, form of the invention.
Referring to Fig. 14, reference numeral 200 denotes a backing member, i.e. an album page, having a plurality of hinged mounting strips S secured thereto. Each strip is coated atits underside with adhesive and is provided with a strippable ribbon. Anyone of the various forms of hinged mounting strips shown in the preceding Figures and described B
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employed with the backing member 200. For example, the ~
stripS, adhesive and ribbons may be the same as shown in ~ -and described with respect to Figs. 1 through 8.
In order to locate the lateral edges of mountéd snapshot positives in predetermined positions and in mutual vertical alignment, rectilinear guide areas are provided. `
Such guide areas constitute, for example, the lateral straight parallel edges 202 and 204 of the backing member. The strips S are oriented perpendicularly to the edges 202 and 204. The ~ ;
lengths of the strips S, i.e. their lengths perpendicular to - -the edges 202, 204 are, according to this aspect of the .
invention, so selected that the lateral edges of the strips themselves can act as linear guides.
To understand the use of the feature under dis~
cussion, note should be taken that standard snapshot positives, as furnished to the public, conventionally are of certain ~
predetermined standard sizes. Typical sizes are listed ~-below~
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110 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" ~;
135 3 1/2" x 5" ;`
Polaroid SX-70 3 1/2" x 4"
Kodak PR-10 4" x 4"
Advantage is taken of the prefixed standards in connection with the present invention. Thus the wldth A of ~, a group of strips is selected to match one dimension of some ~ ~;
given size of snapshot positive. This may be and preferably ~;
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The backing member and group of strips furthermore can be used to accommodate snapshot prints of different sizes. -;,This feature of the invention usually is so arranged as to accommodate only photographs of two different sizes; however, if desired, such feature can be designed to allow the mounting of three, four or even more sizes of photographs.
Conveniently, although not necessarily, all of the snapshot positive mounted in a group of positives depending from a set of hinged mounting strips are so arranged that a long edge of each of the snapshot prints is placed against the bottom of the associated pocket of the hinged mounting strip. Different sizes of snapshot positives as mentioned above are either square or oblong. Where a group of strips -is 3 1/2" from lateral edge to lateral edge, i.e. the dimension A is 3 1/2", an edge of a snapshot positive having the 3 1/2" dimension would be placed against the bottom of the pocket in which case the other edges at right angles to the inserted edge will be parallel to the side edges - -of the album page, which in the illustrated example are the edges 202 and 204.
If the snapshot positive is No. 126 and the dimension A is 3 1/2" the guide lines for the lateral edges .
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of the positive will be the side edges, i.e. the lateral edges, of the strips. However, if the snapshot positives are, for example, PR-lO's either the strips would have ~ a dimension A equal to 4" or a further (second) set of ; guide lines is provided. ;~
n Fig. 14, there are shown such further guide ~-~ lines, these being identified by the reference numerals ,. . .
206, 206', 208 and 208', in addition to the lateral edges 202 and 204 which also serve as guide lines. For example, the spacing between the guide lines 206 and 206' is made 4" in order to aid in aligning the lateral edges of PR-10 snapshot positives and the distance between the parallel guide lines 208 and 208' is made 4 1/2" to function as guide lines for 110 snapshot positives. The distance s ~-between the lateral edges~ 202 and 204 is made 5" to serve as lateral guide lines for the lateral edges of ~io. 135 snapshot positives. Alternatively, an additional set of ., ;.
guide lines may be provided for the No. 135 snapshot posi- ~ ' .:
tives, i.e. a physically separate set of parallel lines. ~ , -Although not specifically stated heretofor, each of the ;
pairs of guide lines should be rectilinear, parallel to the lateral edges of strips and preferably equidistantly -spaced from the lateral edges of the strips so that a set of the snapshot positives mounted on the strips will be `;
symmetrical with respect to the vertical center of the set of strips. ,~
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a blank space is provided between the innermost pair of guide lines 206 and 206'. This space may be employed to write notes identifying various facets of the snapshot ;
positives, as for example the date at which the snapshot E~
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positive was taken, the exposure parameters (aperture and shutter speed), the place where the snapshots were taken, the persons shown, etc. For this purpose, lines L ~`
are imprinted on the backing member 200 parallel to the lower edge of the lowermost strip and spaced apart a sufficient distance vertically to permit writing on the lines. In addition, cross references, i.e. corrolation numbers, may be imprinted, for instance in the margin along-side each strip near its lateral edge and on the backing member alongside each line. Thus, the number 1 may be imprinted next to the uppermost strip and the uppermost line. The number 2 will be similarly imprinted next to the next cover strip and line, etc.
In Fig. 15, an album page 300 embodying a variation of the previous arrangements of the strips and of the notes ~ `
is shown. This page 300 constitutes a backing member 302 having two sets 304 and 306 of strips S mounted thereon in side-by-side spaced parallel transversely registered relationship, leaving a space 308 between them. The individual sets of strips S are the same as described with reference ~ ~
to Fig. 14. However, the lateral edge of the page 300 cannot `
serve as guide lines. Instead pairs of guidelines 310, 310' and 312, 312' are provided on respective sides of sets 304 :
and 306 of strips. These guide lines serve the same purpose as described with respect to the guide lines of Fig. 14.
Instead of having note lines below each set of strips, note lines 314 are imprinted on the album page 300 in the space 308 between the sets 304 and 306 of strips. Each strip of -the two sets of strips may have identification numbers : , printed in the space along side the strips and corresponding numbers are printed along side each of the note lines. The "' ~.
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