US1544920A - Letter and paper holder - Google Patents

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July 7, 1925.

J. N. MANLEY ET AL.

LETTER AND PAPER HOLDER Filed March 22. 1923 5 f6 r 5J6 4 0a Z a GUM/"e139 rock shafts having crank arms 11 which extend oppositely from the arms 8 and are connected by links 12 with the operating member 7. In the preferred form of construction, the parts 8, 10 and 11 are formed by bending wire in the manner shown and the pivotal connections between the links 12 and the arms 11 are established by bending suitable eyes 13 therein. In connecting the lower ends of the links 12 with the operating member 7, we prefer to secure a length of wire 1 1- to the lower side of said member, extending the ends of this wire forwardly and laterally and connecting them with the links by interengaged eyes 16.

In the preferred form of construction, coil springs 17 are wound around the rock shafts 10 for turning them in such a manner as to swing the arms 8 normally downward and we prefer to groove the inner opposed sides of the tray asindicated at 18 to receive said springs and shafts. Appropriate bearings 19 may be inset in widened portions 20 of the grooves 18 and these bearings may well be formed by winding strips of metal as shown in Fig. 3. For retaining the shafts 10 and associated parts in proper position upon the sides of the tray, wooden strips 21 may be secured to said sides and grooved wherever necessary, said strips being formed with notches 22 in which the arms 8 may swing.

By providing a device constructed in the manner shown and described, or in a similar manner, a device is provided which will be highly efficient and desirable for the purposes intended. A letterhead and a second sheet may be withdrawn from the cabinet in a single operation for the writing of a letter or the like and when the work is completed, it is simply necessary to depress the shelf section or operating member 7 thereby swinging the arms 8 upwardly to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 1. Then, the work may be inserted in the tray and when pressure upon the member 7 is relieved, the arms 8 will descend and hold the sheets of paper in place.

As excellent results may be obtained from the details disclosed, these details may well be followed. However, within the scope of the invention as claimed, numerous minor changes may be made, forv instance in the number of pigeon holes used and the general design and appearance of the device.

lVe claim:

1. A paper holding device comprising a tray to receive sheets of paper, said tray having a permanently open front end, a vertically movable self-lowering paper holder mounted to hold sheets of paper on the tray bottom, a substantially horizontal operating member at said open front of the tray norinally forming a continuation of the tray bottom and movable downwardly from its normal position, and connecting means between said paper holder and said operating member for raising the former when the latter is depressed from its normal substantially horizontal position.

2. A paper holding device comprising an open ended tray, a rock shaft extending along one side of said tray and having a paper holding arm, means for turning said rock shaft and holding said paper holding arm in an operative position, and means whereby said shaft may be turned to raise said paper holding arm.

3. A paper holding device comprising an open ended tray, a rock shaft extending along one side of said tray and having a paper holding arm, a depressible operating member at the open end of said tray, and connecting means between said operating member and said rock shaft for turning the latter to raise said paper holding arm.

4. A structure as specified in claim 3, said connecting means comprising a crank arm on the rock shaft and linkage connecting said crank arm with said operating member.

5. A paper holding device comprising an open ended tray to receive sheets of paper, said tray having a depressible operating member at its open end, a rock shaft extending along one side of said tray, said rock shaft having a paper holding arm and having a crank arm at its front end, a link depending from said crank arm at the front end of the tray, a duplicate'of said rock shaft, paper holding arm, crank arm and link at the opposite side of the tray, and a length of wire secured to said operating member and having outwardly bent ends connected with the lower ends of said links.

6. A paper holding device comprising a tray having a longitudinal groove in the inner face of one of its side walls, a rock shaft and a rotating spring therefor confined in said groove, the outer end of said shaft having means whereby it may be turned against the action of said spring, a paper holding arm extending from the inner end of said rock shaft, and a strip secured to said side of the tray and retaining said spring and rock shaft in said groove.

7. A structure as specified in claim 6, said groove having widened portions, and bearings for said rock shaft received in said portions.

8. A typists holder for letterheads second sheets and completed work, comprising a horizontally disposed cabinet having twoopposed vertical side walls and a vertical back wall, a shelf secured between the lower portions of said side walls to support letterheads, a second shelf secured between said side walls above the first shelf to supportv second sheets, and a third shelf above said first and second shelves, said third shelf being secured between said-side walls in down wardly spaced relation with the upper exopen forinsertion'and removal of the sheets tremities of the side and back walls, said to be supported thereby.

third shelf co-operating with the upper porw hav h r nto 1'0 tions of said side and back walls in forming an open-topped tray for completed work, the space between the aforesaid side walls at the front ends of the shelves, being entirely In testimony whereof affixed our signatures.

JASPER NOLEN MANLEY. PAUL YOUREE ISBELL.

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