US1235533A - File or account-register. - Google Patents

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F. MOINETT. FILHE 0R ACCOUNT REGISTER.

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Application filed August 19, 1914. Serial No. 857,504. 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK MOINETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canisteo, in the county of Steuben and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Files or Account-Regis- 'ters,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to account registers or paper files of that type, ordinarily employed for holding account slips, which comprise a group of leaves or holders on which theslips or papers are releasably retained by spring clips or other means, and

which are pivotally supported atone edge to swing from one position to another to permit the papers on the leaves to bereadily.

andvice versa, and in most registers the group of leaves is adapted to be removed from the register to permit of the leaves being carried from place to place or put in a place of safe keeping. More particularly,

this invention relates to improvements in files or registers of this kind in which the leaves are loose or detachedfrom one an: other whereby they can be separated and handled individually, one or more of them' removed and replaced by others, and the can be placed in position in and removed size of the register reduced or enlarged to suit the requirements of the user by removing' or adding. one or more leaves. Much difiiculty has been experienced in manufacturing loose leaf registers of this sort which are entirely satisfactory and practical in the hands of the ordinary users. Most of the a suggested have constructions heretofore been found to be impracticable or ob ect1onable for one reason or another.

One object of this invention is to produce a loose leaf file or account register which is of a simple and inexpensive but entirely practical construction, such that the leaves from the cabinet with the minimum trouble or inconvenlence by the ordinary user; in which the leaves can be swung either singly or more than one at a time to and from the upright position, and in which any desired Specification of Letters Patent;

leaf or leaves can be removed and replaced,

other leaves. Other objects of the invention areto provide simpleand desirable means for lockmg the leaves in place in the cabi- Patented. July 31, 1917..

and one or more leaves removed from or added to the register, without disturbing the tangular pack when they are removed from the cabinet, which means are adjustable to accommodate a greater or less number of the leaves. 1 In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation in line 1"-1, Fig. 3, of a file or, ac-

count register embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary similar view show 7 mg the released position of the locking dev1ce.- i a Fig. 8 is a transverse-sectional elevation thereof in line 3-3, Fig.1.

Fig. 4; is a fragmentary side elevation of the leaves removed from the cabinet and secured in a pack.

Fig. 5, is a broken section in line 5-5, Fig. 1

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary section. showing the locking means for the retaining bars.

A represents a cabinet or holder in which the leaves B are arranged to swing from a standing or substantially upright. position to a position in which they lie one upon an-' other and vice versa.

With the exception of the herein- 7 I after described, vfor pivotally and ;releasably supporting the leaves in place in the.

cabinet, and for binding the leaves together in a rectangular pack when removed from the cabinet, the file or register can be of any usual or suitable construction.

. 1. In the construction shown in the draw-. ings, thecabinet A has the usual horizontal 7 base or desk portion a and the usual open front upright portion a in whichthe leaves B are supported in a standing position from which they are adapted to be swung forwardly and downwardly so as tolie one over the other on the desk at.

The leaves Bare preferably of lmown and division wooden strips which serve to stiffen the metal and space them apart to thereby provide room between the leaves for the papers and prevent the papers on one leaf from bearing and rubbing against those on the next adjacent leaf. Preferably the front and rear or cover leaves have strips 6 b on their inner faces only, while the remaining leaves have strips 6 projecting from the opposite faces thereof. The edge strips preferably have interfitting tongues and grooves o see Fig. 5, which constitute guides whereby the leaves are adapted to slide lengthwise one upon the other but are prevented from lateral displacement.

0 represents spring clips for releasably securing the sales slips or other papers on the leaves B in the spaces between the spacing strips. Clips are provided on both faces of the intermediate leaves. Clips of any suitable construction or any other appropriate means can be used for releasably retainingthe slips or papers in place on the leaves.

The leaves are removably and pivotally supported in the cabinet by pintles or journals (Z which project laterally from the side edges of the leaves at the lower or rear ends able way. The slot bars preferably consist of metal angle strips secured near the sides of the cabineton an inclined bottom board (F. The bearing slots d are substantially horizontal and the inclination of the slot bars and the spacing of the slots are such that when the pack of leaves is laid face downward on the desk at with the pintles of the bottom leaf seated in the lowest pair of bearing slots, the pintles of all the other leaves will be disposed in the horizontal ;planes of their respective bearing slots so that by simply sliding the leaves horizontally rearward, one upon the other, the pintles of the several leaves will be properly engaged intheir bearing slots. The disposition of the slots is also such that the leaves will be parallel and bear flat against each other both when standing and when lying down, while in the swinging of the leaves from one position to the other the hinge ends will separate somewhat and the leaves I will bear against each other only at their upper orouter ends. When the leaves are 7 slid one upon the other to place them in postruction in which the bearing slots are ar-- ranged to enable the leaves to be slid horizontally one upon the other to seat the pintles in and disengage them from the bearing slots is a decided advantage over constructions heretofore suggested having vertical or inclined bearing slots for the pintles, since with such constructions it is necessary to hold the leaves vertically when inserting and removing them, or to lift and separate 3.

the hinge ends of the leaves. It is difficult to hold and insert vertically leaves which are loose or disconnected from each other, and where the hinge ends have to be lifted or separated it is necessary to insert and remove the leaves separately or provide special'means for manipulating the leaves.

E E represent retaining bars which are mounted to slide endwise at the outer sides of the slot bars D and are provided along their upper edges with projections c which, in the position of the bar shown in Fig. 1, extend up in front of the hinge pintles (Z and retain them in the bearing slots (Z. The retaining bars can be slidably mounted on the slot bars D as shown, by headed studs 6 on the latter extending through elongated slots 6 in the retaining bars, or in any other suitableway; Springs F attached to the retaining "bars and to the cabinet pull the retaining bars endwise forwardly and normally hold the projections 0 thereof below the lower edges of the bearing slots, as shown in Fig. 2, in which position they will not interfere with the movement of the hinge pintles into and out of the bearing slots. The retaining bars are moved rearwardly against the action of the springs F to secure thepintles in the bearing slots by push rods Gr which, are attached vto the rear ends of the retaining bars and extend forwardly therefrom' close to the inner faces of the side walls of the cabinet. Each push rod is provided at its front end with an actuating thumb piece or handle 9, which may be conveniently formed. by bending outwardly the extremity ofthe rod, and each rod is preferably provided at its front portion with an angular slot 9 for engagement with a lock screw or device 9 secured to the side wall of the cabinet. The retaining bars are moved to the position to retain the pintles (Z in the bearing slots by shoving the push rods rearwardly with the thumbs, and, by then depressing the front ends of the push rods, the screws 9 enter the upright front ends of the angular slots 9 and lock the retaining bars in retaining position. The retaining bars are released by raising the front ends of the push rods, to disengage them from the lock screws 9 whereupon the springs F will move the retaining bars forwardly to the released position. Means of other construction could be used for locking the push rods and retaining bars, but the locking means described are exceedingly simple, yet nevertheless ef fective and positive in action.

For binding the leaves together in a compact rectangular pack when they are removed from the cabinet, adjustable clamps H are provided which are suitably hinged to'the opposite side edges of the rear leaf and are adapted to be engaged with the edges of the front leaf and contracted for binding the leaves. Each of these clamps consists of a metal strap h attached by a hinge h of any suitable construction to the edge of the rear leaf, a metal strap extension 72 which is slidably secured to the strap I h and is provided with a hook k to engage shown, the strap h and extension k are slidably connected by two screws "k which pass through elongated slots h in the strap and are screwed into threaded holes 71. in the extension if, and the cam or lever k is pivoted to the strap h by a rivet 'h and has acam edge adapted to engage the head of one of the screws 7& for operatlng the extension h The cam edge of the lever prefi erably has a depression 71/9 in which the screw engaged'by the cam is adapted to seat to frictionally hold the lever in its dead center clamping position. Y The extension 71. is provided with a series of the screwthreaded holes h" which are spaced apart correspondingly to the spacing of the leaves B so that by moving the screws 7L from one to another pair of the holes h the clamp can be lengthened or shortened to adapt it to operate properly upon a greater or less number of leaves in the pack. 'Ihusif a person purchases a register and afterward wishes to enlarge it by adding oneor more leaves, he can purchase the desired additional number of leaves and readily adjust the clamps to accommodate the enlarged pack of leaves.

When the leaves are in use in the cabinet the clamps are swung back out of the way behind the rear leaf. When the leaves are removed from the cabinet they are readily bound tightly together by swinging the clamps downwardly to place the hooks k beneath the bottom leaf of the pack and actuating the levers if. K

While the register described is essentially a loose leaf registerin which the several leaves are entirely disconnected and adapted to be separated so that any one or more leaves can be removed from, examined and replaced in the cabinet separately, or the leaves placed in any desired order in the group, nevertheless the group of leaves can' be handled, placed in and removed from the cabinet as a unit with as little or less trouble than in registers in which the leaves are ator additions in his register tached to each other in the group; When the group of leaves is removed from the cabinet and bound together by the described clamps they are held firmly in a solidpack and'are not liable to disarrangement; The loose or disconnected leaf construction is of great advantage to the userfsince he can purchase a register with as small a number of disconnected paper holding leaves prov vided at one end'with hinge pintles, a sup port for said leaves provided with an inclined series of substantially horizontal" bearing slots for said pintles, the vertical distance between said slots being equal to the vertical distance between said pintles when the leaves lie fiat one 'upon another, whereby the pintles of the several leaves can be moved into and out of said slots by sliding' said leaves one upon another toward 1 and from said support, and means for retaining said pintles'in said slots. 7

2. Ina file, the combination of a cabinet ha'vingupright side Walls, a group of dis-' connected paper supporting leaves each provided with hinge pintles projecting later-' ally from the side edges of said leaf at one end-thereof, a pair of inclined supporting bars for said leaves arranged at the opposite sides of said group of leaves adjacent to said side walls and provided with substantially horizontal open-ended bearing slots for said pintles, the vertical distance between said slots being-equal to the vertical distance between said pintles when the leaves lie flat one upon another, whereby the pintles of the several leaves can be moved into and out of said slots by sliding said leaves one upon another toward and from said bars, and devices movably mounted at the outer sides of said supporting bars for retaining said pintles in said slots.

3. In a file, the combination of a group of disconnected paper holding leaves provided at one end with hinge pintles, a support for said leaves provided with an inclined series of substantially" horizontal bearing slots in which said pintles are removably seated, slidably mounted bars for releasably retaining said pintles in said slots, actuating bars for said retaining bars I extending therefrom to the front of said group of leaves, and locking means coop' erating with said actuating bars for locking said retaining bars in retaining position.

' 4C. In a file, the combination of'a group of disconnected paper holding leaves provided at one end with hinge pintles, a support for said leaves provided with an inclined series of substantially horizontal bearing slots in which said pintles are removably seated, slidably mounted bars for releasably retaining said pintles in said slots, springs which normally hold said retaining bars in released position, actuating bars for moving said retaining bars against the action of said springs, and lockingineans cooperating with said actuating bars for locking said retaining bars in retaining position by shifting said actuating bars.

5. In a file, the combination of a group of disconnected paper supporting leaves, and a clamp for binding said leaves together in a pack, comprising a strap member attached to one of the outer leaves of the pack, an extension member slidably connected to said strap member and having a part adapted to engage thebther outer leaf of the pack, said extension member being adjustable With regard to said strap member to adapt the clamp to a different number of leaves in said pack, and a lever pivoted to one of said strap members and engaging a part on said other strap member for moving said extension to clamp the leaves.

6. In aifile, the combination of a group of disconnected paperv supporting leaves, and a clamp for bindingsaid leaves together in a pack, comprising a strap member attached to one of the outer leaves of the pack, an extension member slidably connected to said strap member and having a part adapted to engage the other jouter leaf ofthe pack, and a lever pivoted'to one of said strap members and engaging a projection on said other strap, member for movingsaid extension to clamp the leaves, said' projection being adjustable on the member to 40 which it is secured for adapting the clamp to a different number of leaves in the pack.

7. In a file, the combination of a group of disconnected paper supporting leaves, and acl amp for binding said leaves together in a pack, comprising a strap member attached to one of the outer leaves of the pack, an extension member having a part adapted to engage the other outer leaf of the pack, screws secured to one of said strap members and entering slots in the other strap member for slidably connecting said members, and a lever pivoted to said slotted member and engaging one of said screws for moving said extension to clamp the leaves, said screws being adjustable to dilferent positions on the member to Which they are secured for adapting the clamp to different numbers of leaves in thepack.

fitness my hand, this 12 day of August, so 1914.

FRANK MOINETT.

Witnesses.

: FRED. G. CLARK,

K. A. Ron.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 03

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