US1226336A - Stand or support for loose-leaf books, &c. - Google Patents

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2 SHEETS-SHEET A. G. KUPETZ. STAND 0R SUPPORT FOR I DOSE LEAF BOOKS, &c.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2` I9I5.

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.ASSIGNOIL BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

UNDERWOOD COMPUTING MACHINE COMPANY, OF NEI/V YORK, N. Y., A CORPORA- TION OF NEW YORK.

STAND OR SUPPORT FOR LOOSE-LEAF BOOKS, 86C.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 115, 191'?.

Application filed February 2, 1915. Serial No. 5,608.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ADOLPH G. Kurnrz, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Bronx, in the county of Bronx, city and State of New York, have 1nvented certain new and useful Improvements in Stands or Supports for Loose-Leaf Books, &c., of which/the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices of the general nature of holders for loose-leaf binders and the like, and is an improvement on the construction disclosed in the co-pending application of Wellington H. Kidder, No. 871,229, filed November 10, 1914, wherein a stand for an Underwoodstandard adding machine is shown as having a leaf provided with means to hold a loose-leaf ledger in an open, or partially open position, with the leaves separated at any point where it is desired to temporarily remove a leaf, as for making type-written entries thereon.

In such a device it is desirable to prevent the loose-leaf binder from shifting on its support while in said partly open position. This, among other advantages, minimizes the likelihood of the binder accidentally closing, with the consequent delay and probable error in replacing any page which has been temporarily removed. For accomplishing this result, I find it desirable to provide a rest or rests for the back of the binder, which shall be adjustable, as by ordinary thumbscrews, so that the operative may readily adjust the rests to the thickness of the back of the binder.

Other features and advantages will here inafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a stand on which is mounted an Underwood-Hanson combined typewriting and computing machine, showing the book-holding device.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of one leaf of the stand, showing the book-holding device having the adjustable rests.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of parts shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. t is a sectional side elevation of part of the book rest and mechanism for adjusting same. j

Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing the work-holding devices. The position of the book is shown in dot and dash lines.

Fig. 6 is a detail side elevation of one of the rests, showing the guides therefor and screw for moving said rest.

The usual stand for the Underwood-Hanson standard adding machine includes at each side, a table leaf 1 hinged at its end adjacent the typewriting machine by means of hooks 2 engaging a rod 3 fast on the stand. This leaf is supported in a horizontal position by a U-shaped brace-rod 4. hinged to the leaf by means of brackets 5 and resting its free ends in sockets 5a fast to a cross rod or brace 6 forming part of the stand.

In order to remove the work leaf from the stand, the outer end is first swung upwardly to withdraw the brace-rod l from the sockets 5a, then swung downwardly until the open portions of the hooks 2 are directly beneath the rod 3, at which time the leaf may be lifted bodily from said rod. i

My invention as herein illustrated shows one corner of one leaf 1 cut away to form a rectangular opening 7 the outer sides of which opening are closed by a strip 8 bent to a right-angle and screwed to the adjacent sides of the leaf so that said strip completes the original outline of the leaf.

A loose-leaf book, after its back has been passed through the opening 7 and placed upon the transversely extending rests 9, is supported with the covers o f its binding against the walls 10 of the opening 7, which with said rests forms a pocket converging toward the bottom to hold the book in such a manner as to cause the pages to remain open wherever the book is opened.

The rests 9 are supported beneath the opening in the leaf 1 by brackets 11 and 12, to which they are riveted. The bracket 11 is fastened at its upper end to the. leaf by means of screws which pass through its bent-over end into the leaf. The bracket 12 is integral with .the strip 8, forming a T therewith. The brackets 11 and 12 are bent inward or offset near their lower ends so as to bring them nearer together beneath the opening 7 so that the book will rest securely on them.

The rests 9 are provided with jacks 13 which are slidably mounted in pairs on said rests and which may be adjusted toward or from each other to the thickness of the book, by thumb-screws 14. These thumb-screws 14, bearing in the rests 9, have milled heads and are each provided with a right and lefthand threaded portion, which portions engage corresponding threaded portions on the ears 15 of the jacks 13, so that when the screws are turned, they adjust the jacks 13 of each pair toward or from each other.

The operative when placing the book in the rack, adjusts the thumb-screws so that upwardly extending portions 16 of the jacks 13 bear against the sides of the book at the lower edges of the binding' covers, thereby preventing the book from shifting on the rests. This shifting would belikely to cause the book to close, resulting in delay and probably error in replacing any page which had been removed to be written upon.

The jacks 13 are each provided with a resilient cushion 17 so that the binding' will not be scratched by the metal parts. These cushions 17 are Hared or inclined outwardly so that the lower portions or edges of the binder covers, when resting on said cushions, hold the whole binder and its leaves clear of the rests. The leaves in the binder in this position, rest on the usual adjustable binding posts 18 of the binder. These binding posts therefore, together with the sides 19 of the binder, form a pocket for the loose leaves of the binder.

My invention, therefore, provides a pocket for the loose leaves at the left of the operative, while the operative can still use the back of that leaf 1, or the right-hand leaf, while seated between them. The sides of the opening 7 provide rests for -the binder covers, and support them in an upwardly and outwardly divergent position in which the book is only open a short distance. In such position, the loose leaves are held by their own weight on the binding posts 1S, being supported by the book covers in a slightly inclined position. The book may thus be left open at any point where it is desired to temporarily remove a leaf, and there is little or no liability of the remaining leaves becoming disconnected from their binding posts, or otherwise disarranged.

The thumb-screws 14 insure that the binder shall form a symmetrical pocket, by always retaining the jacks 13 of a pair at equal distances from the center of the thumbscrew, the latter being prevented from endwise movement by collars 20 fast on the shaft 21 of said thumb-screw, which collars bear against the ends 22 of the girder-like trough forming the body of the rest. The sides 23 of the trough will guard the screw threads from catching on any outside article. The jacks 13 are provided with ears 15 which ride in the trough and form the portions of the jacks engaged by the screw threads.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having Vthus described my invention, I claim:

1. A stand or receptacle for a loose-leaf binder, for supporting therein binders of various thicknesses with their leaves in unlocked condition, in a manner to permit the ready withdrawal and restoration of any leaf -in the binder, and to hold the binder open at the point where the leaf has been withdrawn, comprising a pocket or device for ksupporting on edge the back portion of the binder inserted in the pocket, said pocket having opposite chairs combining to form a saddle arranged to locate the back of the binder in central position in the pocket, said chairs being relatively adjustable to accommodate binder backs of different widths, and means to retain the chairs where adjusted, said receptacle constructed so that a binder of any width inserted in the pocket may be retained thereby nearly in closed condition with its upstanding covers and leaves tilted outwardly, whereby the leaves may remain tilted against either cover, and thereby vkeep the unlocked binder open at the point where a leaf is withdrawn.

2. A stand or support for a loose-leaf binder, comprising a pocket or frame provided with a device for mechanically centralizing the back-of the loose-leaf binder in the pocket, and also comprising opposite chairs to form a saddle for said back, and means connecting said chairs for simultaneous equal adjustment toward or away from each other.

3. A stand or support for a loose-leaf binder, comprising a pocket or frame having bottom rests, means supporting said rests, opposing chairs on said rests, said chairs ltaken together forming a saddle for the back of the loose-leaf binder to hold it in central position, said chairs slidable to and from each other upon said rests, and means for relatively adjusting said chairs to eX- pand or contract the saddle while keeping the saddle in central position in the pocket.

4. A stand or support for a loose-leaf binder, comprising a pocket or frame having bottom rests, two pairs of opposing chairs, one pair upon each rest, all of said chairs taken together forming a saddle for receiving the back of the loose-leaf binder, tongues on said chairs, and screws threaded through said tongues to adjust them to and from each other to expand or contract the saddle while keeping the saddle in central position in the pocket.

5. A device to support a loose-leaf binder in a slightly open position with its covers upstanding, said device comprising, in combination, supports for the covers of the right and left-hand screw threads to engage, binder, a saddle to support the back of the respectively, correspondingly threaded porbinder centrally with relation to said suptions of the chairs, whereby the latter are ports, said saddle comprising chairs arsimultaneously adjusted through equal dis- 15 5 ranged to hold the binder in such position tances but in opposite directions, While the that the covers thereof are maintained at saddle remains centrally located with referequal angles to the vertical7 and adjusting ence to said supports. means for simultaneously Shifting said ADOLPH G. KUPETZ. chairs toward or from each other to t them Witnesses: v10 to binders of different thicknesses, said ad- FRED B. RHODES,

justing means comprising a rod having ELsIE N. ENGLAND.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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