US1664650A

US1664650A - Check-sorting rack

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Publication number: US1664650A
Application number: US46921A
Authority: US
Inventors: Wynand Van Korlaar
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1925-07-29
Filing date: 1925-07-29
Publication date: 1928-04-03
Anticipated expiration: 1945-04-03

Description

April 3, 1928.

' 1,664,650 W. VAN KORLAAR CHECK SORTING RACK Filed July 29. '1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l Van Kcar'Laar:

April 3, 1928. i y 1,664,650

I w. VAN KGRLAAR CHECK SORTING BACK Filed 29. 1925 zsmmsnm 2 Patented Apr. 3, 1928.

UNITED STATES WYNANID VAN KORLAAR, or GRAND RArIns, MICHIGAN.

CHEG'K-S OBIING RACK.

Application filed July 29; 1925. Serial No. 46,921.

The present invention relates to sorting racks, and has for an object to provide a device by means of which checks bills, or other individual sheets may be properly and temporarily sorted out into separate groups,

. alphabetically or otherwise, and held from being blown about or dislodged during the sorting operation. I

Another object of the invention is to provide a sorting rack which has yieldable devices tor lightly holding clusters of sheets together so that the clusters may be added to from time to time during the sorting of a large number of the sheets andso that when the person using the device is temporarily called away from the work, the sorted sheets will be held from displacement and in proper order without the exercise of due care or the like usually required in sorting oi this character. I

Another object of the invention is to provide a sorting device which is adjustable so as to accommodate the device to large or small stacks of sheets and to admit of the arrangement of the holding devices so that stacks of difierent sizes may be accommodated and wherein the adjustment may be made during the. use of the device so that the sheets already placed between the holding devices need not beremoved and will be held in place during the adjustment.

A further object ofth'e invention is to provide alcompact and economically manufactured article capable of'b'ein'g mailed by parcel post andwhich may be quickly and easily set up and adjusted without the eXer-' ci'se of any special skill and which cannot be readily put out of order by rough h'an dling or the like. I

The invention further .aims to provide a sorting rack which is adapted for various uses, such as in banks to sort checks, in mail order houses, in general offices, for time keepers and for various other uses wherever large n-umbersof sheets are to be separated out from large stacks or' piles.

The invention further aims to provide 'a device of this character which may be constructed of various materials, and a device which admits of a certain'amount of ornamentation and which is of pl'easii'ig'design for use about offices banks and the like without detracting from the general appearance of the furniture and fixtures.

The above and various other objects and advantages of this invention will in part be described in and in part be understood from the following detailed description of the present preferred embodiment, the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawingswherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one end of the device constructed a'ccording to the pres ent invention. I

Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken'thr'oug'h the same, showing a check in position in the device.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary edge view of. the device showing one of the partitions and it's pressure elements.

Fig. el is an enlarged vertical section tak ei'r through the same, and

Fig. 5 is a: fragmentary perspective View of one or" the pressure elementsshown-in relation to its spring and supporting rod.

Referring to the drawings 10 designates a 7 base board ofwo'od or the like ofany suitable configuration 'which is of suflicient length to accommodate the desired number of compartments" and which is of a width preferably greater than that of the-compartments for supporting the ends of sheetsand facilitating the grasping of the same;

At its forward end, the base 10 is provided with an end member 11 which ispreferably constructed of sheet metal I overturned intermediate its ends and provided at the latter with outturned flanges 12 and 13 adaptedto seat upon the top of the base 10 and which are secured thereto by screws 14 01 the like. The'memher' 11 is looped up wardly from the base and preferably has its lower ends flared or'div'erg'ing to reinforce and stifien the upright inen ber 11. v

The base 10 is provided, rearwardly ofthe' member 11," with a pair of grooves or recesses 15 extending in parallelism [in th'e'upper face of the base 10 and spaced inwardly from the longitudinal edges of the same. A guide and supporting plate 16- is secured to the upper face of the base 10 by screws of the recesses to provide spaces between the same and the plate 16,

Slidably mounted on the guide plate 16 is a number of partitions 19. Each partition includes an upstanding plate 19 having a forwardly bent flange 20 at its lower edge adapted to extend across the guide plate 16 and which has its opposite ends returned beneath the flange 20 to provide shoes 21 slidable in the recesses and against the underside of the guide plate, the shoes 21 extending about the longitudinal edges of the guide plate 16 and through the openings or spaces between the same and the outer walls of the recesses 15.

The flanges 20 and the shoes 21 are of sufficientwidth to support the plate 19 in upright position above the base 10, and each flange 20 is provided near each end with a binding screw 22 provided with a knurled head by means of which the screw may be manually turned through the flange 20 to bind against the guide plate and secure the plat-e 19 rigidly to the guide plate 16., The flanges 20 are preferably provided with bosses 23 or the like for receiving the binding screws 22 and affording a firm support for the same.

The upper end of each plate 19 is bent forwardly to provide a top flange 2 and the latter has at opposite ends a pair of depending apertured ears 25 for supporting a rod 26 beneath the top flange 24. The top flange 24: may be provided at its forward edge with an upturned tongue 27 with its free portion bent backwardly and spaced from the tongue to provide a back wall 28 forming a casing for an index card 29 or the like which bears suitable indicia such as a letter of the alphabet. The front wall of the tongue 27 is slotted to provide a window or opening 30 through which the indicia is exposed. his tongue 27 provides a tab for the partition 19 and may be arranged in any other suitable manner for identifying the compartments or spaces between the partitions.

Each plate 19 carries a presser member 31 which may be in the form of a sheet of metal provided at its upper edge with spaced cars 32 rolled over to form hinge eyes adapted to engage the rod 26 and to provide a recess or space 33 to accommodate the adjacent side of a coil spring 34 mounted upon the intermediate portion of the rod 26. One end 35 of the spring bears against the front face of the plate 19 while the other end 36 of the spring bears against the rear side of the presser member 31. The presser member 31 is preferably reinforced or stiffened by a plurality of substantially vertical ribs orbeads 37 pressed forwardly or outwardly from the sheet of metal and which also provides gripping means for sheets 38 which may be placed against the presser member. These ribs 37 also form guides against which the sheets may he slid downwardly.

structure. The lower end of the presser member 31 is curved rearwardly or inwardly as shown at 39 to prevent the catching of the presser member 31 against the sheets while the latter are drawn away from the presser member after the sorting operation.

The presser members 31ers of sufficient length to extend downwardly into closely spaced relation above the flanges 20 when the presser members are forced backwardly toward the partitions 19. This length of the presser members admits of the bearing of the curved ends 39 thereof against the rear sides of the nextadjacent partitions 19 so that when a row of the partitions 19 is mounted upon the base 10, the presser members of the partitions consecutively engage the rear sides of the preceding partitions throughout the series and form compartments each having a yieldingly movable wall capable of being retracted to accommodate increasing numbers of sheets as the latter are slipped into their respective compartments.

The aartitions 19 are consecutivel threaded upon the guide plate 16 in their proper order or sequence according to the index used, and this is accomplished by inserting the shoes 21 downwardly through the openings 18 at the forward ends of the recesses 15. The partitions 19 may be slid along the guide plate 16 toward and from each other to provide compartments of the required size.

In use, a number of sheets such as checks,

as shown in Fig. 2, are, sorted by taking the same individually and slipping them one at a time in an edgewise direction downwardly into the respective compartment and against the ribs 37 of the presser member 31. As the stack of sheets increases in the compartments, the presser members 31 are forced backwardly to accommodate thesheets, and the springs 34 are of sufficient tensiononly to lightly hold the sheets together in separate stacks so that draughts of air-and the like cannot disperse the sheets ormix the same after and during the sorting operation. 2

The, partitions and other upstanding parts of the device are preferably so proportioned with respect to the sheets to be sorted that the latter project beyond the edges of the partitions so that the sorted stacks may be easily grasped and thus distributed or otherwise disposed of according to its partlcular classification. 1

It is of course understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specifically described embodiment'of this invention, suchchanges and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claims.

,l/Vhat is claimed is:

1. A sorting rack comprising a base, guide means on the base, an end member secured to said base, and movable partitions carried by said guide means, said movable partitions comprising a base adapted to overlap the outer edges of said guide means, means for engagement with said guide means for bold jing said partition base on said guide means in a predetermined position, an upstanding plate carried by said partition base, a hinged presser member mounted on said upstanding plate, spring means for urging said hinged presser member outwardly and against the adjacent partition, and indicating means mounted on said partition.

2. A sorting rack comprising a base, guide means on the base, said base having parallel grooves at opposite sides thereof, an end member mounted on said base, and movable partitions carried by said guide means, said movable partitions comprising a base adapted to overlap the outer edges of said guide means, said overlapping portions of the base being adapted to loosely slide in said grooves, means on said partition base for holding the same on said guide means in a predetermined position, an upstanding plate carried by said partition base, a movable presser member hingedly secured to said upstanding plate and extending clownwardly from the upper end thereof, spring means for urging said presser member against the adjacent upstanding plate of another partition, and indicating means on said partition.

3. In a sorting rack, the combination of a base, guide means mounted on said base, and a plurality of partitions, each comprising an imperforate upright plate a ainst which articles sorted may rest, a horizontal flange at the lower end of said upright plate, slidably mounted on said guide means, and a presser plate yieldably mounted on said upright member and extending downwardly there-from toward the imperforate upright plate of the next adjacent partition, to urge the sorted articles toward the latter.

4. In a sorting rack, the combination of a base, guide means mounted on said base, and a plurality of partitions slidably carried by said guide means, each partition comprising an upright plate against which articles sorted may rest, and a presser member yieldably carried by the upper portion of said upright plate, and extending downwardly toward the upright plate of the next adjacent partition, said pressermember provided with a plurality of substantially vertical ribs confronting the said upright plate of the next adjacent partition.

WVYNAND VAN KORLAAR.