US1382429A - Filing-drawer and card-holder - Google Patents

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F. E. KUNKEL.

FILING DRAWER AND CARD HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 20, 1919.

1,382,429. Patented June 21,1921.

Freda K227215492.

UNITED STATES ()FFICE.

FILING-DRAVIER AND CARD-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 21, 1921.

Application filed Dctober 20, 1919. Serial No. 331,787.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, FREDERICK E. KUNKEL, a citizen or the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Golumbia, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in Filing-Drawers and Card- Holders, of which the following is a spoolfication.

Where it is desired to hold a large number of filing cards or other papers in a drawer it has been customary to maintain these articles in position means of guide cards. These guide cards are perforated in the center of their lower edge to receive an eyelet. Longitudinal of the bottom of the drawer and spaced therefrom is provided a rod which passes through the eyelet or" the several cards and the follow-up bloclr. This rod may be above the plane or" the bottom of the drawer but in many instances it is found necessary to construct a longitudinal channel within the bottom of the drawer and to receive this rod, in order that the latter may not interfere with the papers or cards placed in the drawer.

With the construction above described it has been found that considerable ditficulty arises in maintaining the guide cards normally vertical. It is also a matter of difficulty to maintain the guide cards at a definite distance from the front wall of the drawer, as cards so mounted are readily displaced by the movements of the papers or the act oi opening and closing the drawer. When the follow-up block is not brought up tight against the papers the guide cards and folders containing the papers will fall over in the drawer.

My improvement is addressed to the pro vision of guide cards and their retaining means which will maintain the position in which they are adjusted longitudinally 01 the drawer.

It is a further object of my invention to utilize a guide card retaining means independent of the bottom of the drawer. As will be evident from the disclosure my in vention further provides against the guide card or its retaining means interfering with movements of the papers or cards contained in the drawer.

lit is a further object of my invention to construct a guide card retaining means susceptible of adjustment and of being locked readily in adjusted position, and adapted for ready inspection.

A further object of my invention resides in the provision of means to restore the guide cards to the normal vertical position by the more act of closing the drawe r in the cabinet.

hilly invention further includes a follow-up lock of novel construction and cooperating with the guide cards and their retaining members. Further objects of my invention will be evident from the followin description and drawings in whichb Figure l is a perspective view of a filing drawer, embodying my improvement;

2 is an elevation of the retaining means for the cards;

Flg. 3 is a perspective view, partially brolren away, of the upper portion of the retaming member;

Fig. l is a perspective view of the lower portion of the retaining means, and

Fig. 5 is a partial elevation of the followup block.

The filing drawer, 7, includes the Side walls, 8, the rear wall, 9, and bottom, 10. Spaced from the inner surface of each side wall, 8, are two rods. The upper rod, 11, is rectangular in cross-section and suitably fastened to the front and rear walls of the filing drawer. The upper surface of the rod, ll, is channeled to provide a concave track, 12, for a purpose to be hereinafter described. The lower rod, 13, is suitably spaced from the side wall, 8. directly beneath the rod, 11. The rod, 13, is likewise above the plane of the bottom, 10.

A retaining means is provided for engagernent with the rods, 11, and 18, and consists in the vertical rod, 14:, the upper clip, 15, and the lower clip, 16. The upper clip, 15, is formed of sheet metal bent into U-shape, the bight of the metal being claniped around the end of rod, ll, as the latter proj ects above the member, 11. The lower edge of the member, 15, is suitably flared at, 17, to form a spherical bearing. A hearing ball, 18, is held in the flared recess and is free to turn therein. The flared surface, 17, extends sulllciently below the horizontal diameter of the roller to prevent the accidental dislodgment or" the latter. The metal, of which the member 15 is made, is sufiiciently thin not to interfere with the filing of papers or car s. The space between the two arms oi the clip, 15, is only so wide as will be necessary to accommodate a guide card, 19, of customary thickness, and the arms V and guide cards may be inserted at any place bearing, 18, as l 1 '1 I w man tnec ll; i

ing members in adjusted position;

may be outwardly flared to facilitate entry of the card.

The lower end of the rod. it, carries the clip or stirrup 16, so designated as it supports the lower edge of a guide card. This member consists of two branches 20 and 21, which extend vertically and provide an opening sufliciently wide to receive a guide card 19. The portions 20 and 21 meet at their lower edge in a common curved channel which forms a stirrup for the guide card, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. One edge of the members F20 and 21, is clamped around the lower end of the rod and maintains the clip, 16, parallel with the clip, 15 The portions, 20 and 21, may have flaring lips as above described.

The greatest width of the members 15 16 is such as to permit the clips to be held parallel to a wall, 8 and slipped between the latter and the bars ll and 13. As the clip, 16, is slid pastv the bar 11, and the bar. 13, it may given a quarter-turninvnrd bringing the roller bearing, over The retain- .in means now free to travel back. and

the curved track in the bar 11.

forth uponthe bar. being retained in vet-- I tical condition by engagement with the side of the bar 13. As will be evident from Fig.

2 the upper edge of clip 16 and the lower A q 1 -1 surface Oi the bar 13, me spaced irom each,

other. lit follows thatmovement of the retaining member along the'rod ll. is without interference. If the retaining' niember is mounted in its normal vertical position a guide card, 19,'may be inserted between-the arms ofthe clips 15 and 16. V I

It issometiines desirable to lock a guide card in an adjusted position longitudinally of the bar 11 and at slight inclination from the vertical; This is readily accomplished by a slight tilting movement around the ball fulcrum. This serves to .ient with thelower surface of bar 13 and thus loclrsthe guide card and its two retainposition will be retained until, either X hand or the impact ofthe guide cards and folders duringtheoperation of closin the drawer. or tightening the followup block frees the clip, 16, from the bar, 13, and restores the guide card to the vertical position. 7 V

It will be obvious that retaining member in the file wherever desired. 7

Toserve as a follow-up member and to prevent undue movement of the guide cards and the contents of the drawer there is provided a follow-up member, This followup block consists of a suitably shaped plate extending between the side walls of the drawer. Projecting beyond the vertical up into frictional engage' poy' those skilled in edges of the plate and oppositely disposed with rcspectto the bars ii and 13, are the upper and lower yokes E23 and 24,; The upper yolres 23 form extremities for the rods suitably journaled in the brackets 26 of the'plate 2%. n 27, on the rod 2.3 serves as an abutmcn ior the spring" 27, the opposite end of which rests against an abutment, 28, of the bracket. The inner extremity of each rod, 25, car 29,. pivotec at their point of which the rod and its parts may be drawn inward against the force of the spring, 27. Similar brackets may hold the yokes 2 L opposite the bars 13 but without resilient engagement therewith. The follow-up block may be lowered into the drawer and when the yohes 2d and 23 are opposite the respcctive bars ll. and 13 the plate is turned to a position transverse of: the drawer. By means of the grips, 29.

intersection by rei :ted and this permits the movement of t e ollow-up bloc-h longitudinally. of the a 1 and for stable engagement in;ad-'

j; sted position. A slight pivotal movement 0:- e guide cardiserves to bring its label in or view and to retain 1t thusas'long as is The ordinary movements of filing The follow-up block likeunobstructed and serves to reada the conte: of the drawer in the e p lticular embodiment of my invenshown '51, of course, susceptible of conrable variation without departing from the spirit of my invention, and it is to be nderstood hat'many changes may be made the art within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. 7

What l claim is; 4 T na filin drawer ncluding a member parallel to inch or disposed beneath each of said first han ed members and parallel to the side of the drawer a holder for a guide card, adapted for insertion between. the vmembers es a lever and linger grip,

re yokes, 23, are

guide retaining means is adapted for reaoy adjustment longitudinally of the in closing the drawer will be sufi i restore the guide card to normal 7 ll area of the interior of e of the drawer having a track,

guide card retain.

and the side of the drawer, and means on the holder to rest upon the track of the upper member.

2. In a filing drawer, guide card retaining means including a member parallel to each side of the drawer and having a track, a member disposed beneath each oi said first named members and parallel to the side of the drawer, a holder for a guide card, adapted for insertion between the members and the side of the drawer, means on the holder to rest upon the track of the upper members, and card holding means on said holders.

3. In a filing drawer, a member parallel and adjacent to each side of the drawer and having a track, a member disposed beneath each of said first named members, and spaced from the bottom of the drawer, a holder for a guide card adapted for insertion between each of the members and the adjacent side of the drawer, and card supporting means on said holders.

l. In a filing drawer, a member parallel and adjacent to the side of the drawer and having a track, a member disposed beneath said. first named member and spaced from the bottom of the drawer, a holder for a guide card adapted for insertion between the members and the side of the drawer, said holder including upper and lower card receivers, the lower receiver frictionally engaging the lower member when the holder is tilted.

5. In a filing drawer, a member parallel to the side of the drawer, and havin a track, a member disposed beneath said rst named member and spaced from the bottom of the drawer, a movable vertical holder for a guide card insertible between the members and the side of the drawer, said holder adapted to be tilted into locking engagement with the lower member.

6. A card holder, including an upper bifurcated member, a lower bifurcated stirrup, a rod connecting the member with the stirrup, and anti-friction means for supporting the member.

7. A card holder including an upper bifurcated member, a lower bifurcated stirrup, a rod maintaining the member and stir rup in parallelism and antifriction supporting means mounted between the bifurcations of the upper member.

in testimony whereof I affix my si nature.

FRED. E. KUN (EL.

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