838 D (TSO NTERNATIONAL STANDARD Paper -- Holes for general filing purposes -- Specifications Papier - Perforations pour le classement courant -- Specifications First edition - 1974-05-15 UDC 676.2 : 676.81.053.2 Ref. No. ISO 838-1974 (E) Descriptors : papers, document storage, classifying,perforating, dimensions, hole size,layout. Copyright International Organization for Standardization without license from IHS Not for Resale FOREWORD Iso (the International Organization for Standardization) is a woridwide federation of national standards institutes (lsO Member Bodies). The work of developing International Standards is carried out through IsO Technical Committees. Every Member Body interested in a subject for which a Technical Committee has been set up has the right to be represented on that Committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison. with IsO, also take part in the work. Draft International Standards adopted by the Technical Committees are circulated to the Member Bodies for approval before their acceptance as International Standards by the IsO Council. Prior to 1972, the results of the work of the Technical Committees were pubtished as Iso Recommendations; these documents are now in the process of being Committee ISO/TC 6 has reviewed ISO Recommendation R 838 and found it suitable for transformation. International Standard ISO 838 therefore repitaces ISO Recommendation R 838-1968 IsO Recommendation R 838 was approved by the Member Bodies of the following countries : Germany Argentina New Zealand Australia Greece Norway Austria Hungary Portuga! Belgium India Romania Brazil Iran Spain Chile Ireland Switzerland Czechoslovakia Israel Thailand Denmark Italy Turkey Egypt, Arab Rep. of Japan United Kingdom Finland Mexico U.S.S.R. France Netherlands Yugoslavia The Member Bodies of the, following countries expressed disapproval of the Recommendation on technical grounds : Sweden* U.S.A. The Member Body of the following country disapproved the transformation of ISO/R 838 into an International Standard : Canada # Subsequently, this Member Body approved the Recommendation. @ International Organization for Standardization, 1974 ted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 838-1974 (E) INTERNATIONAL STANDARD Paper -- Holes for general filing purposes -- Specifications 1 SCOPE 3 SPECIFICATIONS This International Standard specifies the dimensions, 3.1 Arrangement spacing and the position of the holes made in sheets of In principle, the holes shall be arranged symmetrically in paper or documents in order to permit their filing in relation to the axis of the sheet or the document, ordinary files. perpendicular to the line of the axis of the holes NOTE -- The axis of the holes may be arranged parallel to the short or long edge of the sheet or the document, as required. 2 FIELD OF APPLICATION 3.2 Dimensional characteristics This International Standard applies to sheets or documents - distance between centres of holes : 80 ± 0,5 mm that can be perforated in an office with a simple punch (correspondence, standards, thin documents, etc.). diameter of holes : 6 ± 0,5 mm in general, it does not apply to sheets or documents distance from the centre of the holes to the nearest intended for special filing systems (loose leaf binders, etc.). edge of the sheet : 12 ± 1,0 mm Dimensions in millimetres 12 ± 1,0 90 + 08 Φ6±0,5 Copyright International Organization for Standardization Not for Resale