US1193960A - aigner - Google Patents

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snoiaenfa.- AiGNisRj on CHICAGO, ILLINOIS..

f INDEX-TAB.

.Liga-ineen Specification of Letters .Patent ,i IatentedAiig;8,1916.

'Appiicafia'aieli Jaaiiry iafieii. seriai No; $13,044:

'hlwlto/t if may concer/1,' :v ji. afBeitp known; that I, GEORGE J. AiGNEP., a ifeitiz'en. ofiGr-eri nany, subject of the Emperor of -GermanL-residing at Chicago,- in the county of Cookv and State of Illinois, have -f li-nvented'neivf and useful Index-Tabs, of {.-Which-.the:following is a specification, refer- `en'cexsbein'gf.'hajd; to l'the accompanying draw- 16H: llIy-jina'entionrelates to indexes, for use in 'connection with books, various kinds of lette'rfandzcardfiles, loose leaf arrangements, etai '.-It may, be fused in various places and 'adapted for various conditions.

.1'5" "":"On"e--objeot offjmy present invention is to -*fprovidef improved indexl tabs, as herein set "Another object of my invention is to pro- E' vide ari-improved -stripof index tabs, constructed 'so that the-single .or individual tabs f'fof'fthe strip.l may!` beifeadily aridv quickly' deta'ched therefreinvA for use( 1? Stiflflanothenobjeet of my invention is to l provide'fin suchindeii tabs improved attachafll'e ends" therefor proj ecting'at different an- "glesifr'om the/body. of the tab for purposes lSiibjsitantially as herein set forth.

I Otherfobjeet's vvill be apparent from the following specification.

In the accompanying Vdrawings,illustrating the -p'referred'forms'of my invention, Figure 1 is aside elevation of a strip of index tabs of this invention; Fig. 2 is a. top end view of the strip ofV tabs of Fig. 1; Fig.

,35 '13 is a sideelevation of asirigle tab taken .from a strip of--ftabs l'similar .to thev strip vshown in Fig. '1; Fig.- 4 is a side elevation of strip ofvanothervform' 'of index tabs of this invention v Fig. l5 .is atop end view ofthe 4ostr ipof3ltabs Aof Fig; 4, showing the attachvable endsof vthe tabs spread apart for moisvl'teni iigj'so that -they maybe-glued to their propersheets' for vuse;'.and Fig. 6 is a side -elevation of asi'ngle tab' taken from a strip 'of tabs similar tothe strip shown in Fig. 4. Like characters refer to like parts in the several figures;

Index tabs heretofore in use have been made with the whole'set of tabs in a contin- 50 nous strip which was not cut part Way across between the different lettersor characters of the set so as to enable them to be readily detached from thestrip for use, or else the in-1 dividual tabs of a set have been cut entirely apart from each other and placed 1n a box. In the former class of tabs it is neOeSSel'y t0 employ a pair of scissorsT'a'- KnrIe,lorfsome 'other instrument for cutting the 'individual' tabs apart, and then With such instru'-v ment the cutting' cannot be uniformly done 60 so that the individual tabs afteirbeing cut apart will have a uniform appearance, va uniform. ividth, etc.; and in the latterformfi'of tabs it is necessarytgo sort out the individual tabs and arrange them 'in their proper ordler 65 before gluing them to theirrespecti've sheets, which is a considerable bother and' consumes considerable time.

In my present invention I have-:devised an improved tab which eliminates all' ofthe 7o objectionable features above mentioned. I accomplish this by cutting the vindividual tabs A., B, C, D, E, etc, of a strip of tabs, nearly apart from each other, as shown by the lines 1 1 which represent cuts in the 75 strips of tabs, but still'leave the tabs of a strip all connected together by narrow;l portions 2 2, preferably 4along tlilexrear1 vedge of the strip. Vith these' cuts 121 between the individual tabs of a strip, ."extending nearly A but not quite across the strip", .the --tabs of a; set are kept in `their proper order, thus eliminating the 'objectionable 'feature of having to sort them out Where they are out'clear apart from each other as above stated, and at the same time may be readilyand quickly separated from each otheilby'fsimply tearing the small portions 2 2 at the edge of the strip, by hand, thus eliminating the necessity of having to cut the individual tabs apart from each other entirely across the strip as in the tabs above mentioned. Furthermore, by employing a cut linstead of a Wider punched-out portion, the' portion v2 2 will tear across more nearly in line with the cut 1 when the individual tabs are torn-apart', thus giving a betterand'more uniform appear-ance to the edges and corners of the individual tabs after they are torn apart.

In all-of vthe tabs illustrated, each tab comprises an outside portion 3, which may` be of leather,'eelluloid, paper,-canvas, cloth, etc., andV an inner portion or filler 4 for stifening the front portion of the tab, the outside portion 3 being foldedaround the in'-` side portion 4, preferably as shownin Figs. 2 and 5, and suitably glued vor cemented thereto. `The filler t may beofpaper, canvas, leather, cloth, or any. other suitable material, and in the tabs of this invention I preferably make the filler 4 of the saine color as the outSide portion 3 ofthe tab so as t( moistening the surfaces 5 5 present a better' appearance along the edges of the tabs. y

The inner surfaces 5 5 of the tabs, back of the ller strips 44, are preferably gummed,

so that they may be moistened and glued to their respective sheets very' readily. In of the tabs, the legs 6 Y6 thereof may be .spread apart as shown in F ig.' 5 qand pressed or rubbed against any suitable moist sponge or other object.

' Each of the individual tabs'shown in Fig. 4 1s constructed as shown in Fig. 6, that is,

witlrone of the attachable legs 6 extending upwardly from thefbody portion of the tab and the other attachable leg 6 extending downwardly from the body portion of the tab, referably as shown. This construction 1s provided so as to reinforce the sheet to whichthejtab is attached for use, adjacent to the tab, and thus prevent the sheet.

from tearing in case the tab isv pulled either up or down when turning the sheet. This construction .greatly lengthens the lifev of.

usage of the Ysheets and tabs. y

The characters on a set of tabs may be the letters of the alphabet, the numerals, the

daysof the month, abbreviations for the months,l abbreviations for States, names `of individuals, companies, etc., and in fact anything desired.

. i do not wish i0 iim'it this invention i0 ai@ cuts l 1 precisely as shown, to the forma.- tion of the'legs 6 6 of the tab of Fig. 6 precisely as shown, nor to all ofl the various other details herein set forth, as. various modifications thereof may be madeor utilized without departing from the scope of.

the `appended claims.

What I claim asrny invention is: 1. A series of index tabs -arranged in the fotfm of a strip, each of the tabs having a horizontal body portion composed of a folded portion, and attachment legs for each of the tabs, projecting angularly from the rear end of the horizontal body portion, one up-.

wardly and `one downwardl)7 when the tab.

is attached to a vertically-disposed sheet, the

attachment llegs of. the series` oftabs beingattached to each other at 'their eXtreme rear' Isaid strip comprising a folded portionhavi ing a. front portion for the characters and a rear portion for providing attachment legs for the individual tabs', the said tabs being cnt entirely apart throughthe said front portion between the said characters and through the. 'said rear portion to within a.

short distance from the rear edge of the- .strip whereby attachments between the individual tabsv are provided at the vrear edge only of thestrip, said attachments holding the said tabs in their predetermined arrangement in the said strip brit-...permitting of them beingyeadily torn apartbynhandnaa- As inventoreof the -f regoing I hereunto,

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GEQRGE J. AIGNER. Witnesses:

Enw. F. FITZGERALD, GEO. W. MUELLER.

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