US1350186A - Desk-drawer file - Google Patents

Description

F. L. G. STRAUBEL.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE.

.DESK-DRAWER FILE.'

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

Application led November 29,1918. Serial No. 264,493).v y

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK L. G. STRAUBEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Green Bay,in lthe county of Brown and @tate of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefull Improvements in Desk- Drawer F iles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de scription of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to compartmental containers of the general class sometimes called stationery racks and aims to provide convenient land otherwise advantageous methods for sorting and separating correy spondence or other papers, stationery, pamphlets or the like. In some of -its general aspects, my invention aims t'o provide compartments normally inclined in position, but

Aadapted to be,swung to vertical or other conveniently accessible positions when dev sired, to provide simple means for mounting and spacing such compartments, and simple means for limiting the movements of the compartments in'both directions.

In one of its more particular aspects, my invention aims to provide a drawer or other container with pivoted partitions adapted to space paper or other objects, to equip each partition with a bottom for limiting the downward movement of the material disposed between two vsuccessive partitions and with a ledge for limiting the movement of the lower portions of such material from one partition toward the next; to provide means for continuously spacing the upper ends of the partitions so as to permit any yone thereof to be readily grasped and also to continuously expose edge portions of the papers associated with each partition to View; to provide simple means for supporting the partitions normally in inclined positions in which they require less headroom than the height of the drawer orl other container; to provide simple means for vpivoting these partitioning or subdividing members, and to provide simple means for limiting the movement of these members in a direction away from their said normal inclined positions.

In a still more particular aspect, my `invention aims to provide a compartmental insert for a drawer or other container, which will provide pivoted pockets for holding the separated batches of papers or the like and which will permit ofthe convenient and advantageous manipulation of these pivoted pockets. Further objects of myinvention will appear from the following specification and from the accompanying drawings in `which- Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view showing the mounting of one of the pivoted pocket members of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the angle pieces which afford theI pivots for a pocket member of Fig. "1.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the compartmental insert of the drawer of Fig. l, showing the same in use.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of the lower end of a pocket member .in which the pivot element is formed integral with the pocket.

Fig. 7 isa fragmentary vertical section, similar to a portion of Fig. l, but showing one of the pivoted pocket members swung to its extreme rearward position.

In the embodimentv of the drawings, the appliance of my invention comprises a compartmental insert for the drawer of a desk or cabinet, which insert 'is shown in Fig. 5. as it might appear when in use. This insert includes a sup orting frame comprising a pair of angle-s aped sides l rigidly secured to a front 2 and also to a series of transverse partitions 3, 4 and 5 successively spaced from the front 2. On these partitions I equip the side members l with suitable means for pivoting other partitions, as by usingA strips 6 secured flatwise to the side memf bers l near the bottom of the latter and having their lower portions offset (as shown in Fig. 3) so as. to space them some what from the sides l. The offset portions of the two strips 6 secured respectively to the opposite sides l have oppositely disposed perforations affording pivotal bearings for lugs 7 secured to the lower ends of movable compartment members. partment members desirably consists of a substantially inexible sheet bentv twice upon itself at its lower end so as to afford a relatively short ledge 9 extending parallel Each of the comp handling the papers.

to the main portion 8 of the sheet and connected to the latter b a bottom portion 10. Thus formed, each o these sheets affords a pocket for. receiving letters, catalogues orother inserted matter, which matter is prevented by the bottom portion 10 of each compartment from reaching the bottom of the appliance .or of the drawer housing the latter. Thus av batch of 'letters 11 may rest in the forward compartment as shown in Fig. l, and by suitably shortening the more rearward vertical partitions 4 and 5, the main portion 8 of the most forward one of the pivoted compartments may normally rest in an inclined position, supported by the upper ed e of one of the said vertical .partitions. -T en the main portion of the next compartment may rest upon the ledge 9 of the compartment in advance of the same, and likewise each succeeding pivoted compartment will thus be limited in its downward swinging in one directionfby engagement with the ledge portion on -the next compartment, To: make this support all the more firm, I desirably proportion thel spacing between the pivoting perforations in the strips 6 so'that the main portion of one compartment will 'rest flatwise upon the ledge 9 of -the adjacent compartment, a shown in Fig. 1. 1

With ythe parts Athus arranged, it will be obvious from the drawings, that on releasing the pivoted compartments of Fig. 5, these will all swing by gravity into their normal positions of Fig. 1, thus enabling the rack or drawer-insert with its contents to be set bodily into aldrawer 12 of aheight considerably less than that of the main portions 8 of the pivoted compartment or pocket members. Then, on partially o ening the drawer, the contents of each of t ese pockets will' be accessible without moving these pockets. However, if particular papers are to be selected from any particu- .l ylar pocket, or are being'inspected without removing the same from the pocket, any one of the pivoted compartments may readily be swung about its pivots as shown in Fig. 5, thus affording a better view of its contents and also afordin ample room for owever, on releasing the hand shown in Fig. 5, all of the compartments which had been raised by the lat'- ter will automatically.- fall back into their normal positions, so as not to interfere with the speedy closing of the drawer.

While .various materials may be used forl the pocket members and while the pivoting lugs or extensions on the latter ma be constructed in various ways, I desira ly form each pocket member proper outhof a sheet of/metal slightly narrower in width than the space between the offset portions of the strips 6. Then the lugs 7 mayconsist simply ofthin metal angle-pieces spot-welded to the juncture of the main side 8 of the pocket with the bottom 10 of the latter and will beobvious that by suitably proportioning the parts, the projecting lug will only bear on the bore of the adjacent perforation along three lines, thus reducing the friction and making it easy to swing the pocket of my appliance back and forth.

To prevent the contents of the pockets from being tipped out of the latter, I desirably place the pivoting perforations cl e to the bottom of the appliance'and dev rrably bend the bottom10 at such an anglewith the main portion8 that the juncture of the bottom 10 with thev ledge 9 will strike the horizontal ledges 14 or other bottom portions of the appliance when the main portion 8 is approximately vertical. In other words, I cause the bottom of each pocket to limit the swinging of the pocket in its yupward direction. I also desirably notch the upper end of each of the main portions 8 as shown in the drawings, so as to make it easier for the user to grasp the contentsx of the pocket. IHowever, while I have illustrated and described the appliance of my invention as includingcangleshaped side rails 1 and as having the most forward pocket normally supported by a rigid vertical partition, I do not wish'to b e the bottoms being at an obtuse angle to the fronts so that` the .points of juncture between the backs and bottom will project below the pivots and afford stops to engage the drawer bottom tolimit rearward swinging of the partitions.

2. In a filing drawer, a rigid transverse partition'arranged near but spaced from the front ofthe drawer and of considerably less height than the depth of the drawer, independent side members secured along their lupper longitudinal portions to the respective drawer" sides and having their lower longitudinal portions bent outwardly to lie spaced from the said drawer sides and to have free movement toward and away therefrom, said lower portions of` the side mem-` bers having apertures, and partition members have pivots arranged in said apertures, the partition next to said rigid partition having its front engaged thereby at points between the top and bottom of the front so that the top of the front extends over the rigid partition and below the effective top of the drawer.

3. In a filing drawer, independent side members secured along their upper longitudinal portions to the respective drawer sides and having their lower longitudinal portions bent outwardly to lie spaced from the said drawer sides and to have free movement toward and away therefrom, said lower portions of the side members having apertures, and partitions having pivots engaged in said apertures and disengageable therefrom by movement of the lower portions of the side members about the bent portions of the latter.

4. In a ling drawer, independent side members each consisting of a metal strip offset between its top and bottom and lengthwise thereof, the part above the offset being rigidly attached to the drawer side and the part below the offset being perforated and spaced from the drawer side and free to move toward and away therefrom, and partitions having pivots engaged in the perforations.

Signed at Green Bay, Wisconsin, November 22nd, 1918.

FREDERICK L. STRAUBEL.

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