DE2202349A1 - Lockable card index box for reading index cards in its open position - Google Patents

Description

Dipl.-Ing. G. Sd ₁ dear. _{61 Darmftadt} ciaudiuswe ^? ° ^{2 3 k}

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Lockable index card box for reading index cards in its open position.

The invention relates to a lockable card index box, in particular a desk card box, for reading index cards in its open position.

Index boxes of the type mentioned at the beginning are in themselves already known. However, they are complicated in structure and therefore cannot be manufactured economically in particular, it is difficult to make them from synthetic resins by pressing. The assembling the various parts brings difficulties, be it because of the number of these parts, or because of the number of these parts the required joints, which are either simple hinge joints or more or less guided sliding connections, as well as joints with connecting pins or push rods.

The invention is based on the object of reducing the required parts for such card index boxes to a minimum to reduce and to simplify the joints or articulated connections.

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1 1. 1 . 72 ^ΒΙα "2 Dipl.-Sng. G. Sdiliebs

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The solution to this problem is characterized according to the invention by at least two open at the top Flanks and a front wall having and in its lying position serving as a support box, by an both flanks in the direction of a transverse axis near its edge and in the vicinity hinged to the rear wall of the box, in the upwardly and backwardly open position fixable cover part and by a third part, which defines a solid angle and is hinged to the rear end of the cover part, which in open Position the support for the lower edge of the index cards as well as a front inclined shelf for the one on the cover part Forms supportable index cards.

According to the invention, the rear wall of the closed card file be formed by the box itself or from the third part, which is in the closed position of the Lid part is arranged at the rear end of the box.

In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the third part consists of two surfaces that form an obtuse angle form, wherein in the open position the one surface which is hinged to the cover part, an approximately parallel one Forms ground to the bottom of the box.

Further features and advantages of the invention are explained in more detail using an exemplary embodiment. It shows:

Fig. 1), 2) and 3) the closed card index box in front view, almost closed in back view, and open in a perspective view;

Fig. Zf) a longitudinal section through the closed File box and with dash-dotted line it in closed position;

Fig. 5) is similar to the section of Fig. 4)

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Section (detail) in the open position of the card index box.

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With 1 is a box-shaped part or box for storage denotes the cards that serve as the base or support for the opened card index box; this box has a floor IA as a lying surface, a front wall 1B and two flanks IC. In the present embodiment the box has a rear wall IE. 3 designates a cover part which has two longitudinal edges 3A which from the inside against the flank parts 1C of the box; these longitudinal edges 3A serve both for holding of cards as well as for the articulation of the cover part to the box 5 »by means of an elastic connection or by means of rivets or the like. A hinge 7 is provided on the edge of the rear end of the cover part 3, with

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means of which a'Raumwinkel defining on the cover 3 third part 9 is articulated by a bottom wall 9A and a support wall 9B, which are mutually under a obtuse angles are inclined is formed. The hinge 5 is - in relation to the box and the lid - so arranged that the hinge 7 is in the closed position next to the wall 1E and in the open position next to the Floor IA is located. The third part 9 is made and dimensioned so that in the closed position the wall 9B is located approximately on the bottom of the box, while in the open position the wall 9A facing each other the bottom of the box and the support wall 9B a assumes an inclined position upwards and forwards, that is to say in the opposite direction to the cover part 3 in open position. The open position is determined by means of appropriate stops, for example in particular by means of pins 1o on the flanks 1C, with which the edges 3A cooperate. The closed one

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Position can be made stable by means of a snap element on the front or simply by means of elastic Pins and indentations, such as indicated by the reference number 12, between the flanks IC and the Edges 3A work together.

When moving from the closed position to the open position Position, the edge slides between the surfaces 9A and 9B of the third part defining a Raura angle along the bottom 1A, with additional means such as ribs can facilitate this sliding. The slope of the bottom 9A, on the other hand, provides the regular sliding of the Part 9 sure.

In the closed position, the index cards are between the wall 1B; the bottom 9A; the wall 9B, which cooperates with the bottom IA, and the flanks IC, which cooperate with the edges 3A. If you go to the open position by moving the cover 3 in the direction of the arrow ίχ in FIG. K) , the index cards are lifted from the wall SB , with their lower edge standing on the floor 9A; in the open position of the card index, the cards can be brought alternately from the position applied against the inclined cover 3 into the support position against the surface 9B, which is also inclined, but in the opposite direction, to the cover. The index cards are automatically adjusted so that they can be read easily. The edges 3A serve to hold the pack of index cards together laterally during reading.

The card index box according to the invention is simple to manufacture, easy to use and not prone to failure.

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Claims (3)

11.1, 72 _B | _att i? Dipl.-Ing. G. Schliebs the German Patent Office, Munich 220? 3 49 Patent Attorney Claims Lockable card index box, in particular table card index box, for reading index cards in its open position, characterized by a box (1) open on the top, having at least two flanks (IC) and a front wall (1B) and serving as a support in its lying position on both flanks in the direction of a transverse axis (5) in the vicinity of its edge and in the vicinity of the rear wall of the box hinged, in the upward and backward open position fixable cover part (3) and by a solid angle defining on the rear End of the lid part hinged third part (9), which in the open position forms the support for the lower Rana of the index cards and a front inclined shelf for the index cards that can also be supported on the lid part. 2. Lockable card index box according to claim 1, characterized in that that the back wall of the card index box is in the closed position by a wall (1E) of the box itself is formed. 3. Lockable card index box according to claim 1, characterized in that that the rear part of the closed card index box is formed by the third part (9), the is arranged in the closed position of the lid part at the rear end of the box. / f. Lockable card index box according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the third part (9) consists of two surfaces (9A, 9B), the one Form an obtuse angle, there is, in the open position the one surface (9A) which is hinged to the cover part is, forms an approximately parallel bottom to the bottom of the box. 209847/0083 L e r s e i t e