US1193265A

US1193265A - Mabker fob index-cards

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Publication number: US1193265A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1916-08-01
Anticipated expiration: 1933-08-01

Description

C. A. HONECKER.

MARKER F 0R INDEX CARDS. APPLICATION HLED'SEPT- 13, 1911.

Patented Aug. 1, 19161.

WITNESSES:

CHARLES A. HONECKER, OF CHICAGO. ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T AUTOMATIC UTILITIES (30., A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

MARKER FOR, INDEX-CARDS.

Specification of To all whom it m a@ concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. Ho- NECKER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Markers for Index-Cards, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to that class of devices, which are designed to be used in looseleaf or card index systems. All of the markers for this purpose with which I am familiar have possessed the objectionable feature that in putting the card back into a group of cards they are liable to catch the next adjacent card between the marker and the card it is secured to, causing considerable trouble and annoyance, and where the end of the marker is square it strikes the other cards, marring their edges and delaying the operation of returning the card to its position.

Markers for this purpose with which I am familiar possess certain objectionable features, for example, most of them are so formed that when a card is Withdrawn from the index case, and then replaced, they are liable to catch the next adjacent card between the marker and the card it is secured a to, and thus cause considerable trouble and annoyance. Where the end of the marker is square, it strikes the other cards and breaks and mars their edges. They thus not only delay the operator in returning the card to its position, but have the further effect of making it difficult to slip a marker upon the adjacent card where its edge has been bent over by engagement with the end of the card engaging portion of the marker. Attempts have been made to avoid this difliculty by rounding ,or bending the ends of the clip so as to provide inwardly extending jaws. This form of construction serves very well Where no pressure is exerted upon the marker tending to move it sidewise, but attempts to use it in a situation such as is called for by my invention described in my co-pending application, Serial No. 518,228, filed September 17, 1909, discloses the fact that it will not operate satisfactorily, due

to the fact that it is held in position only by the frictional engagement of the two inwardly extending jaws, which is not sufficient to hold it securely under such circum- W stances.

Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1, T91Lb.

Serial No. 649,199.

Devices of this character are subject to a further objection, that by bending the ends of the clip inwardly the clip is caused to take up more room than would be occupied by anumber of cards, and this would so limit the number .of cards that could be placed in the ordinary card index file as to become quite a serious objection.

My 1nvention has for its object to provide a marker which will be inexpensive to manufacture and which will always slip easily between the cards of the group and will not catch the adjacent card.

My means of accomplishing the foregoing may be more readily understood by having reference to the accompanying drawings, which are hereunto annexed and are a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 shows my improved marker applied to a card. Figs. 2 and 3 are enlarged detail views of the marker itself.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the entire description.

As shown in the drawings, 1 is the card, which may be provided With a series of characters of any desired type.

2 is my improved marker made of metal, which is'formed as more clearly seen in Figs. 2 and 3 of an extending portion 3 and a card -engaging portion 4. The central part 5 of the card-engaging portion is punched outwardly, as clearly seen in Fig. 3 to permit of the insertion of the card intermediate the central portion 5 and the outer or broader portion 6 of the card-engaging portion of the marker.

The end of the outer portion 6 is bent toward the card at a point 7 adjacent the end 8 of the central portion 5. The end 9 of this bent portion is then beveled as clearly seen in Figs. 2 and 3. In some instances it may be found desirable to bevel the end 8 also. This has the effect of presenting to the tops of the next adjacent cards the thin point of a wedge, which results in the marker dividing the cards without having the least tendency to engage the adjacent cards.

Having described my invention what I regard as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A metal clip for. loose leaf cards comprising a. narrow portion, and a relatively wide portion, a card engaging tongue, a central card engaging tongue stamped from the relatively wide portion, one of the tongues eled, and the lower outer edge of the tongue being longer than the other tongue, the being beveled, said tongue being inclined longer tongue extending toward the shorter toward the body to provide gripping fintongue, the outer edges of the tongues begers.

ing beveled to provide guiding surfaces. In witness whereof I have signed the 15 2; A metal clip for loose leaf cards comforegoing specification.

prising a narrow portion, and a relatively CHARLES A. HONECKER. wide portion, a. tongue stamped from the Witnesses: relatively wlde portion, the lower outer edge 0. M. BA MEIs'rER,

33 of the relatively wide portion being bev- K. DOLBEY.