US1234296A

US1234296A - Pocket card-case.

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Publication number: US1234296A
Application number: US14407717A
Authority: US
Inventors: William C Cutler
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1917-01-23
Filing date: 1917-01-23
Publication date: 1917-07-24
Anticipated expiration: 1934-07-24

Description

W. C. CUTLER.

POCKET'CARD CASE.

APPLICATION HLED JAN.23, 1917.

Patented July 24, 1917.

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[MENTOR 55 i tachment shown in Figs. 1, ,2, 7 and 8, the

WILLIAM G. GUTLER, OF NORTH GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA.

POCKET CARD-CASE.

Application filed January 23, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, l/VILLIAM C. CUTLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Glendale, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pocket Card- Cases, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in pocket card cases; and the objects of my im provements are, to throw out the cards automatically one at a time by opening the cap or top of the case; to provide an inexpensive easily attachable device which can be inserted into any common pocket card case; to provide an attachment which operates automatically with the cover of the case or by suitable means projecting through the case operated by hand; to improve common pocket card cases by a small attachment for automatically discharging one card at a time; to assure clean and unbroken cards; to prevent scratching of the cards by providing suitable card shifting means; to provide a card case which will automatically discharge one card at a time by opening the case; the invention consisting in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the attachment in my card case.

Fig. 2 is a section of the spring-like attachment-plate without the shifting mechanism out on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the lower end of the card shifting bar in slightly enlarged scale.

Fig. 4- is the bottomend plan view of the shifting bar in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is the end viewof the shifting roller.

Fig. 6 is the side View of the shifting roller of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a card case with my attachment inserted in vertical cross section.

Fig. 8 is a vertical section of a case with my attachment inserted and connected to the top.

Fig. 9 is a front elevation of. a spring attachment for the device illustrated in Fig. 2, this construction being a slight modification of the attachment of Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 10 is a slight modification of the at- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 241, 1917.

Serial No. 144,077.

upper end of the operating rod being not connected to the cover, but instead projecting through the case for hand operation, a section of the case being illustrated with the slightly modified operating rod.

Fig. 11 is the side elevation of the casesection of Fig. 10.

Fig. 12 is a horizontal cross section of a modified form of the lower end of the operating rod, illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, the pivot projecting through the case and being enlarged for hand operation.

Fig. 13 is a section of the pivot in Fig. 12 on line 1313.

Fig. 1 1 is a front elevation of the upper end of the operating rod.

Similar numbers refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The frame attachment 1, see Figs. 1 and 2, is formed to fit in the case as illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8, the upright bar 2 being of the same length as the case body 3, the lower bend 4: is of the length to fit between the two flat walls of the'oase, and the rest of the frame is again of the same length as the length of the casebody, this latter end, being designated 5, is at the same time formed to press the inserted cards in a case toward the operating parts of the attachment. The upright 2 is provided with a slot 6, see Fig. 2. The lower end. 8 of the operating rod 7 is provided with a pivot 9, which fits with the neck 10 slidingly in the slot 6, while the head 11 is made slightly larger, to hold the operating rod in position, in sliding relation to the upright 2. Lugs 12 are formed sidewise on the lower end 8 of the operating rod, see Figs. 3 and 4, having a pin disposed therein. A roller 14*, having a bore 15, fits turnably on the pin 13. A needle 16 is formed on or suitably secured to the roller.

Projections

17 and 18 are also formed on the roller to stop the turning motion of the roller at desired positions.

The spring attachment 19 is riveted to the short bend 4 of the frame attachment 1, as indicated at 20, or, as will easily be understood, the spring attachment may be of one piece with the frame attachment and bent to the form shown in Fig. 9. The upper end 21 of the spring attachment is formed to serve as the opening spring for the case-top, the bent-end 21 pressing normally against the inner side of the top or cover of the case. It will be understood that this bent spring end is not necessary in cases Where a spring is inser ed in the hinge of the case or other places which give the same results, namely to openthe case after the push button 22 has been pressed and'having thereby released the cover 23. y

The upper end 2d of the operating rod 7 is pivotally connected to the cover 23 as shown in Figs. 7 and 8.

Having released the cover button 22, the operating rod 7, being pivotally connected to the coverby the pivot 25, is also lifted, the cards being pressed against the roller 1% by the spring end 5 of thefframe attachment 1, the roller will naturally turn and the needle will cometo engagement with the card closest to the roller. The roller will then not be able to turn any further as the projection 18 will in this position rest against the lower end S of the operating rod 7, The operating rod being pulled further, naturally throws also the card out of the case to a suitable extent that it can be taken by hand. i

Closing the cover pushes also the operating rod back to its starting position, and the roller, rolling along the cards in the case, naturally turns back, takingthe needle away from the cards. To prevent the roller from turning further than necessary, the second projection 17 is formed on the roller resting against the operating rod when the needle is in a position out of engagement with the cards, p

In the slightly modified construction, illustrated in Figs, 10 and 11, the operating rod is not connected to the cover of the case,

an opening 26 is provided instead, in the case. The upper end of the operating rod is bent to project throughthe opening 26 forming a handle or thumb-piece 27. In this construction the cover is opened in the usual manner, but the cards are shifted or thrown out of the case by a movement of the thumb or finger touching the projection 27 of the operating rod.

Another slight modification is illustrated in Figs. 12 and 13. In this construction the pivot 9 on the lower end of the operating rod is enlarged to project through the case forming a thumb piece for operating by hand instead of automatically by the cover of the case. It will be understood that in this construction the case has to be provided with a suitable slot similar to the slot-6 in the frame attachment.

It will also easily be understood that this construction, the operating rod can be eliminated above the lugs 1 In such case, the pivot is made with a Hat section in the neck as indicated at 28, preventing the roller from twisting. But, preferably, the operating rod is provided with a slot 29 on the upper end as illustrated in Fig. lt fitting slidingly on the pivot 25 on the cover of the case. In this construction it is pret by the pusherable to provide a slot 30 in the cover. This construction making it possible to throw out cards by opening the cover or also to throw out cards by shifting the thumb piece 31 on the pivot 9 of the op erating rod. Shifting the cards by the pivot 9, the operating rod simply slides with the slot in the upper end of the operating rod on the pivot 25 on the cover.

From the above it will be understood that the card shitting attachment in this application can be inserted into any size of a card case, the frame attachment can easily be bent to fit in any width of case, the spring attachment is made to be fitted in any width, the end 32, see Fig. 9, can be cut to fit any size of ease, this holding the frame attachment of Figs. 1, 2, 7 and'S in correct position in the case, without being riveted in.

It also does not matter if a case is provided with a hinge or not, it opening sidewise or endwise, as will also easily be unhaving a slot longitudinally to the spring member, a card shitting mechanism slidingly mounted in the slot of the spring member with one end, the other end being formed to be attached to the cover of the card case. i

3. A card shitting attachment consisting of a trame'fitting in a card case having a slot, an operating rod slidingly and pivotally mounted in the slot or the frame with one end, lugs formed on the same end of the operating rod opposite to the pivot con nection, card engaging means turnably mounted between the lugs, the second end of the operatmgrod being formed to be attached to the cover of the card case.

i. A card shifting attachment consisting of a frame substantially U-shape, one side of the'U fitting evenly against the inside of the card case forming the supportfor card shifting mechanism' while the other sideof the U is bent forming a spring for pressing the cards against the card shifting mechanism in this attachment, and card shifting mechanism vslidingly mounted on the framewith one end adapted tobe attached with the other end to the cover of thecard case.

5', In. card case comprisinga body part and a cover part, a card shifting attachment consisting; of a spring member fitting in the body part, and card shifting mechanism slidingly mounted on the spring memher with one end and being connected with the other end to the cover part of the case.

6. In a card case comprising a body part and a cover part, a spring member formed to be fitted into different sizes of card cases, and card shifting mechanism slidingly mounted on the spring member having means for engaging with the cover of the case only when such is opened.

7. In a card case comprising a body part and a cover part, a card shifting mechanism slidingly mounted in the body part having means engaging with the cover part when opening same and having other means projecting through the case for operation by hand.

8. In a card case comprising a body part and a cover part; a frame fitting in the body part consisting of an upright having a slot therein, another upright being formed as a spring opposite and connected to the first named upright, and card shifting means slidingly mounted in the slot of the first named upright between the two uprights atta ched to the cover part of the case.

9. In a card case comprising a body part and a cover part; a frame removably disposed in the body part of the case, a roller slidably mounted on the frame having means to engage with the cards in the case in one direction disengaging in the opposite direction when so shifted.

10. In a card case, a card shifting roller slidably mounted with the axis of the roller transversely to the shifting direction of the roller, card engaging means formed on the roller radially of the roller, and stopping means formed on the roller in engagement with the cards when shifted in one direction the said stopping means holding the card engaging means on the roller out of engagement when shifting the roller in the opposite direction.

11. In a card case, card shifting means slidably mounted, a roller turnably mounted on the shifting means transversely to the shifting direction, a pointed projection formed on the roller for card engaging means, and two other projections formed on the roller, one of the last named projections resting against the shifting means when the pointed projection engages with the cards in the case in the shifting direction while the other of the last named projections rests against the shifting means when operated in the opposite direction, and the pointed projection being in position disengaged from the cards.

12. In a card case a frame fitting in the case, a card shifting rod slidably mounted on the frame with one end, the other end of the shifting rod being formed for operating and connecting the shifting rod, a roller turnably mounted on the first named end of the card shifting rod transversely to the shifting direction of the shifting rod, card engaging means formed on the roller projecting toward the cards in the case in the shifting direction, the card engaging means being disengaged from the cards when the shifting rod is operated in the opposite direction, and stopping means also formed on the roller in relation to the card engaging means.

13. In a card case comprising a body part and a vcover part, a card shifting rod slidably mounted in the body part of the case with one end, the other end of the shifting rod being formed to engage with the cover part of the case, a roller turnably mounted on the slidably mounted end of the card shifting rod having means to engage with the cards in the case in the card shifting direction toward the cover part of the case, the roller having also stopping means in relation to the card engaging means on the roller, and means provided in the card case opposite to the card shifting rod with the roller for holding the cards toward the roller, the cover of the case being provided with a slot adjacent to the card shifting rod in a position close to the edge of the card engaged by the card shifting rod.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WVILLIAM G. CUTLER.

Witnesses:

OTTO I-I. Knnnenn, C. MITsOI-ILER.

(copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G.