Disc-binding

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Disc-binding is a variation of notebook binding that allow pages to be added, removed, and replaced easily. Additionally pages can be transferred between notebooks of different functions and sizes.

A page perforated for a disc-bound binding system contains a row of teeth along the side edge of the page that grip onto the outside raised perimeter of individual discs. Pages can be added or removed at any time by peeling the perforations away from each disc.

As a result of the open nature of the binding mechanism, a number of resources for do-it-yourself planning and productivity management have adopted the system.

[edit] Manufacturers

Currently there are several manufacturers of disc-binding systems. In the United States, it is Levenger (which owns the Circa disc line) and Rollabind. In Europe, it is a system called Atoma with a licensee in the United States called Myndology.

Atoma thanks its name to the inventors of the system, two French by the name of Andre Tomas and Andre Martin. In 1948, they sold their patent to Georges Mottart, who founded Papeteries G. Mottart n.v., exclusive producer of disc-binding systems for Europe until the mid-nineties, when the patent expired. Currently, Atoma sells between 1 and 1.5 million paper notebooks with original Atoma binding system.^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Circa Rolla Flickr pool - photographic examples of user-customized notebooks
• video illustrating the method by which page perforations grasp onto the perimeters of the discs when inserting and removing pages.

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