US1266444A - Filing device. - Google Patents

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. HJC. FOSBERG @I D. H. SIHACHAN.

FILING DEVICE,

APPLICATION FILED APRi 24., 1917.

Patented @lay 14, 19];8.

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FLING DEVICE. APPLICATION HLED A`PR.24.1917.

H. C. FSBERG 6L D. H. STRACHAN.

FILING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR,24.1911.

narran sera i .arena C. FGSBERG AND DQUGLS H. STRACHAN, OF JAMESTOWN, NEVI YGEJK, ASSIGN @FIS T0 ART METAL CONSTRUCTON COMPANY, OF J'MESTO'WN, 'NEW' YGBK, GR-

PORATON 0F MASSACHUSETTS.

nitrite nnvion.

mecenate Specification of Letters Eatent.

T 0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that HENRY C; Fossano, a.

citizen oi' the United States, and l, DOUG- Las H. Srnacnan, a subject of Great Britain, having declared my intention of becoming a United States citizen, residing at town, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented new and useful improvements in Filing Devices, of which the following is a specication.

rlhis invention relates to filing devices and is particularly designed for containing cards or loose leaves. llt is an important object of the invention to enable the convenient adjustment of the device so that the contents thereof may be conveniently accessible and readable without. removing individual cards or sheets therefrom.

It is a further object of the invention to provide for the convenient moving o selected cards into adjusted positions whereu by they may be partially separated from the remaining cards in order that convenient access may be had thereto without going through the entire set of cards.

With these and other objects in view, the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parte, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the drawings, and particularly set forth in the' appended. claims, it changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details may be made, within the scope n ot' the claims, without departing from the spirit. or sacrilicing any of the advantages of the invention.

ln the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a filing device embodying the features of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal view onen enlarged scale.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectionalview onthe line 33 ci Fig. 2.

Fig. t is an enlarged fragmentary detail sectional view showing the hinge connection between the base and the bottom of the device. l'

Fig. e is an enlarged detail iragrnentary sectional view showing the manner oi secur- .ing the adjustable card guides.

Fig. is an enlarged detaii fragmentary sectional view showing the manner of nimmting one of the adiustable car stops.

J amesbeing understood that Y Fig. 'Z is a detail view on a small scale of the type ot' card for which the present filing device is particularly designed.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary elevation of propping means for the hinged bottom.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the drawings.

The present embodiment of this invention, as shown in the accompanying drawings, includes as its main parts a rectangular base A, an adjustable bottom B, a xed or stationthe ary back C and an adjustable follower D.

be seen that the device is It will, therefore,

the bottom B norin the nature of a tray, mally resting fiat on the base A..l he or loose sheets rest on the bottom and are held tightly between the back C and the adjustable follower D.

Each of the four sides of the base is a channel bar, as will be seen by reference to the various sectional views. At each corner, the base is supported upon a foot, preferably in the fo-rm or" a rubber button l having a shank 2 extending upwardly through a suitable opening in the lower iange member o the base. The purpose oii'these feet is to permit of the tray being used upon the top of a desk, table or the like, without scratching the same. Suitable bail or loop-shaped handles 3 are provided at each end ot the base for convenience in carrying the device from place to place.

he bottom of the tray B is divided transversely into substantially duplicate front and back sections, the meeting edges of which are hinged together as at 4t by a' hinged connection or joint which may be broken upwardly, as indicated in Figs, l and 2 of the drawings. Each bottom member section consists of a dat metal. plate having each side edge bent downwardly and thence across the lower side of thabottom so as to form a bead or channel 5, best' illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawings. This channeled or' beaded edge-gives strength and stiiiness to 'igures of thel cards i The fee

shaped as at 8 so as to permit of the upward.

breaking ofthe joint 4 which connects the 10 bottom sections. rlhe outer or rear end of the rear section of the bottom is hinged, as at.4 to the top of the rear end of lthe base, so as to permit of the bottom sections assum in the position shown in full lines in Fig.

" 1 and in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

In order that the bottom sections or members may be held in the adjusted positions, shown in Figs. 1 and 2, suitable propping means is provided, such for instance as a 2,0 plurality of abutments, preferably in the form of pins or projections 9, extending outwardly from the sides of the base at the forvward end thereof, the front bottom section being provided at each side with a lug or foot 10 having anotch or seat 11 in its front edge to engage one of the pins or projections 9 and thereby hold the bottom in one or more adjusted p'ositions.

For the support of cards, loose sheets or the like, the rear bottom section is provided with the upstanding back C, preferably in the form of a metal plate having flanged upright edges 12. This back is secured rigidly in some suitable manner to the top of 'the bottom section, and is also provided at its upper edge with a bifurcation 13 to facilitate access to cards or sheets which are of less height than said back.

On the front bottom section is a follower D, preferably in the form of a metal plate, having a bifurcation 14 in the upper end thereof. This follower is capable of adjustable movement toward and from the back@ so as to clamp papers or cards against the back, in the usual manner.

' For the mounting of this follower, each -bottom section or member is provided with a substantially rectangular depression 15 extending from front tomcar of the section,

and .in this depression there is a channelbar 16 having inwardly directed ianges 17 extending from the sides of the channel and spaced from and overhanging the back or bottom of the channel. This channel is held fixed in place by suitable fastenings, such for instance, as rivets 18 extending through the bottom of the depression 15. The two 4channels 16, one in the front bottom sec- ,tion and. one in the rear bottom section, arc

60. open ,at their adjacent ends and come into longitudinal alinement in the normal flat condition of the bottom so that the follower' may be moved readily across the joint between the two sections. On the bottom of -A the follower there provided a foot 0r hereinafter appear.

or outer side of the follower D is a suitable f pivoted spring-pressed dog 20 disposed so that its bottom edge .may frictionally engage the ia-nges 17 of the channel or guideway 16 and thereby hold the follower fixed in any adjusted position.

At each side of and substantially parallel with the guideway 16, there is a guide 21 extending from front to rear of each bot* tom section or member. This guide is for the purpose of guiding notched cards, as will The bottom edge of the follower D is provided at each side of the guideway 16 with a notch 22 to accommodate the guide 21. Outside of the guide 21, the follower is provided with a foot 23 to slidably bear upon the bottom and hold the follower in an upright position. Asbest indicated in Fig. 8 of the drawings, it will be seen that each guide 21 is in the form of an inverted substantially U-shaped channel having its lower edges resting upon 'the bottom plate B. For the purpose of securing each guide to the bottom plate, said guide is provided adjacent each end with a threaded pin or ystud 24, best shown in Fig. 5, and this stud or pin extends downwardly through a slot 25 extending transversely through the bottom plate. A winged or other nut 26 is provided upon the lower end of the threaded pin which projects beneath the bottom plate, so that by tightening the nut against the underside of the bottom platefthe pin 24 and the guide 21 may be readily held in place at any adjustment studs or pins 24 maybe independent of one another, it is preferred to employ a rod 27 housed within the guide 21 and spot-welded or otherwise rigidly secured thereto, each end of the rod being bent at substantially .right angles thereto and screw-threade so within the limits of the slotA 25. While the stops, each stop consisting of a rod or bar 28 disposed horizontally above the bottom member and'provided at opposite ends with depending arms 29 which are'provided at their lower ends with inwardly-directed portions 30, each of which passes through an opening 31 in the beaded edge -5 ofthe bottom member and also through a block 32 rig- .idly secured withinv the bead- 5 by spot-welding or. otherwise. A set-screw 34 pierces the bottom of the channel or bead 5, so that it may be set up tightly against the part 30 tol hold the stop bar/'oi` bracket in any adjusted position within the limits of the parts 30.

The present device is primarily designed for containing cards or loose leaves of the type shown in Fig. 7, wherein thereference character 35 designates a card or sheet provided at its lower edge with a plurality of notches 36.

In using the device, the guides 21 are ad justed laterally so as to come into alinement with the corresponding notches 36 in a plurality of cards 35, such cards, of course, containing data which has been entered thereon. One of such cards has been indicated in dotted lines at E in Fig. 3 of the drawings, wherein it will be seen how certain of the notches of the card engage the guides 2l so as to hold the cards against edgewise displacement and also to guide them when they are moved longitudinally of the device. lVhen the follower D is set up against a plurality of such cards, the latter are clamped tightly between the back C and the follower D lVhenever it is desired to have access to any of the cards, the joint et of the bottom is broken upwardly and each of the feet 10 is engaged with one of the shoulders or projections 9 so as to support the bottom in a position such as shown in Fig. l and in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Before bringing the bottom into this adjusted position, the lfollower D is of course backed away' from the cards to a suitable position upon the front bottom section or member. 'When the bottom of the tray has thus been adjusted, the cards on the rear bottom section will be tilted backwardly at an angle for convenient inspection. After inspection, the cards may be moved forwardly and placed against the rear side of the follower D. If it becomes necessaryito subsequently refer to cards already referred to, such cards may be drawn edgewise out of alinement with the rest of the cards until others of the notches 36 engage the guides 21, as shown in dot and dash lines at F in Fig. 8. 1n order that a card may be quickly placed in this position, the stop brackets 28, at one side of the device, are first adjusted to such a position that when a card is brought up edgewise against the bracket, certain of the notches of the card will be in alinement with the guides 21. After going through.

all of the cards, it is a very simple and convenient thing to refer back to the selected cards, because such selected cards project laterally from the series of cards. lhen reference to the cards has been completed, the tray bottom is returned to its horizontal position upon the base, and the follower moved forwardly so as to clamp the cards between the stationary back and the follower. .The cards which have been pulled out against the stops 28 can be returned to their normal positions or they can remain in 'their adjusted positions without interfer ing with the clamping of the cards between the stationary back and the follower.

1l'avingthus described the invention, what we claim. i

1. A iiling device comprising a bottom divided 'into a pair of sections having' a hinge joint capable of breaking'ilp'wardly, an upright rising from each bottom section to support the contents of the filing device in normal and adjusted positions of said bottom, and propping means carried by the outer free` end portion of one o-f the bottom sections for engagement with the support on Iwhich the filing device rests.

2. A filing device comprising a bottom divided into a pair of sections havingv a hinge joint capable of breaking upwardly, an upright rising from each bottom section to support the contents of the filing device, and propping means carried by one of the bottom sections.

3. A filing device comprising a bottom divided :into a pair of sections having a hinge joint capable of breaking upwardly, an upright rising from each bottom section to support the contents of the filing device, a hinged support forone end of the bottom andpropping means carried by the bottom for engagement with the support on which the filingdevice rests for maintaining the bottom sections with the hinge joint broken upwardly. l

4. A ling device comprising a base, a bottom hinged at one end to the base and divided into a pair 'of sectionsy vhaving a hinge joint capable ofpb'reaking upwardly to an adjustable position, and cooperating means between one of'the sections andthe base for maintaining the bottom in an adjusted position with the hinge joint broken upwardly. 'f

5. A. ling device comprising a base, a bottom hinged at one end to the base and divided into 'a pair of sections having a hinge joint capable of breaking upwardly to an adjust-ed position, a plurality of stop members on the base, and a device on one of the bottom sections for selective engagement with the stops to prop the bottom 1n an adjusted position.

6: A filing device comprising a base, a bottom hinged at one end thereto and divided into a pair of sections having a hinge joint capable of breaking upwardly, a series of shoulders projecting laterally outward from opposite sides of the base, and members on one of the bottom sections for selecd tive engagement with the shoulders to prnp the bottom in an adjusted position.

7. A filing device comprising a bottom divided into a pair of lsections havin a hinged jointcapable of breakin upwar y, a back rising from one of said ttom sec- 4 l y i 1,266,444

normal 'positidn of the bottom sections, and` afollower hal'ving a slide'mounted on the guideway.4

8. A filing `device comprising a bottom divided :into apair of sections having a hinge joint cz'lpable of breaking upwardly, a back raising .from one of the bottom sections, a follower carried by the bottom and movablel toward and away from the back, and card guidfas on each bottom section, corresponding card guides of the two bottom sections jbeing, in endwise alinement in the normal positin of the bottom sections.

9. A filing, device comprising a bottom dividedlinto ,fa pair of sections having a hinge joint capable of breaking upwardly,

a back rising from one of the sections, ay

guideway lea ling toward the back, a follower mountel upon the gui eway, and card guides at oppbsite sides of a d substantially parallelwithfthe guideway. I;

10. A filing device comprising a bottom, a back, a follower movable t ward andaway from the back, and a card. guide, said card guide having a depending screw-threaded projection, the bottom having a slot disposed transversely of the guide and receiving the threaded projection, and a nut o'n the underside of the projection -whereby the guide may be adjusted laterally oli-the,` bottom.

11. A filing device comprising a bottom,

a back rising therefrom, a follower movable toward and away from the back, and a card f guide, said card guide consisting of a channelhaving its edges resting upon the bottom member, a rod secured within "the channel and having depending screw-threaded terminals, the bottom being rovided with slots extending transversely o the guide and receiving the fscrewthreaded terminals, and

nuts on the screw-threaded terminals and at l" the underside of the bottom, whereby the guide may be adjusted laterally.

12. A filing device comprising a bottom, a back rising therefrom, a follower movable toward and away from the back, and a card stop carried by the bottom at one side -v thereof and adjustable transversely .of the direction of movement of the follower.

13. A filing device comprising a bottom, a back rising therefrom, a follower movable toward and away from the backand an adjustable card stop consistingV of a rod located at one side of the bottom and eX- tending in the direction of movement of the follower, said rod having depending arms provided with lateral projections supported on the bottom, and clamping means engaging said projections to permit endwise adj ustment thereof.

14:. A ling device comprising a base, a bottom hinged at one end to the base and divided into a pair of sections having a hinge joint capable of breaking upwardly, aback rising from the rear bottom section, alined guideways on the bottom sections, a follower mounted to travel' on the alined guideways, alined guides carried by the bottom sections at opposite sides of the guideways, a card stop carried by each of the bottom sections at one edge thereof, the base being provided at opposite sides with a series of transverse projections, the front bottom sectionhaving feet for selective engagement with the projections to pro the bottom in an adjusted position wit its hinge joint broken upwardly.

4 HENRY C. FOSBERG.

STRACHAN. In presence of-fl A. Tnrnomsfr,

RICHARD D. COLLINS.

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