US1735223A - Filing machine - Google Patents

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Nov. 12, 1929. R. P. THOMPSON FILING MACHINE Filed June 1927 Z Sheets-Sheet l Nov. 12, 1929: R. P. THOMPSON 1,735,223

FILING MACHINE Filed June 4, 1927 2 Shoots-Sheet -2 7 Fig. 9.

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Patented Nov. 12, 1929 v UNITED STATES RALPH P. THOMPSON, or somnnsnr COUNTY, MARYLAND FILING MACHINE Application filed June 4, 1927. Serial No. 196,549.

My invention relates to filing machines for taking care of notes, papers or writings to be filed, and which are to be brought forth at a certain time. I therefore desire that it be called a time file for notes. It is especially adapted for taking care of notes in a bank, as by its manual operation the notes are brought forth at the right time to be cancelled.

The object of my invention is to provide suitable individual file holders for holding the notes, and to havea repository for these in- 1dividual file holders in which they may be rcpt.

A further object is to so construct the file 1i) holders and the repository that any file holder I may be partially withdrawn from its position of rest in the repository, but not fully withdrawn, for the purpose of inspecting its contents, adding thereto, or taking therefrom.

A further object is to have provision made for the absolute withdrawel from the repository of an individual file holder on occassion, with its contents undisturbed, for the purpose of using the files elsewhere than at the repository. 1

' l. accomplish these objects by a construction of the file holders and their repository as incheated by the following description and drawings herewith.

Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4:. represent different views of the individual file holder.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a note form, suitable for filing. i

Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 are views of thefrepository showing details of construction, and various positions of the file holders in which they are placed relative to the repository.

The file holder is made of pressed metal or other suitable material. Fig. 1 is a plan view opposite the surface whcreon the filed notes repose. Fig. 2 is a side view showing the relative heiohtof the sides. Fig. 3 is a plan view, showing at 4 an upwardly projecting finger. l is a sectional view on line 4 l Fig. 3. The dotted lines represent the positions taken by the filed notes, and at 4 is shown the upwardly projecting finger.

Fi 5 is a planview of a note form 19, suitable for filing, and at one end a perforation, s will be notioedthat fits properly over the of the side wall 5 broken out.

upwardly projecting finger L, to hold the note from endwisc play, while the sides of the file holder prevent its movement sideways.

In each view of the file holder a bar 3 will be noticed to pass through an extension of the sides and to project slightly at each end. These extensions of bar 3 control the relative positions that the file holder may bear to the repository.

A side elevation of the upper portion of the repository is shown at Fig. 6, with a portion The partition walls 6, which separate the file holders in the repository are shown in section, and it will be noticed that the file holder 7 is resting upon one of these partition walls, in an inclined position. When in this position its contents may be inspected, added to,'or assorted in any way. I

The reaction from the pressure of the file holder where it rests upon the partition wall at 6, is taken up as shown in Fig. 8, where one end of bar 3 is shown hearing on the under side of disk 9 at 16, while the other end is shown bearing on the under side of the inwardly projecting side wall of the repository at 8. The file holders shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are all in the same position relative to the repository. i

' Fig. 7 is a plan view of the repository with p a portion of the top broken out to show the walls below in section. The disk 9 which forms part of the top to the repository, has a section ofits rim cut away to form a gateway as shown at 10. Through this gateway 5 only, is it possible to insert a file holder in the repository, or to fully removeon'e. I

'Fig. 9 shows a file holder, 7 at the left, in

the act of withdrawal from the repository.

One end of bar 3 has passed upward through gateway 10. As soon as bar 3 has cleared disk 9 thefile holder swings free of the inwardly projecting side wall of the repository and thus becomes entirely detached. y p

The method of inserting a file holder in the repository requires but a reversal of this movement.

Fig. 8 shows a cross section on line 88 Fig.7, Fig. 9 is the same as Fig. 8, except at the right the file holder 7 is shown within the repository in full rest position, while at the left the file holder is in act of withdrawal as previously described.

The file holders when at full-rest position within the repository, occupy contiguous positions which extend in an'endless path. With the machine in practical operation each position wouldbe occupied by a file holder, but in the drawings all have been omitted except those necessary to show the various positions of; the top of the repository. This disk 9 re- Volves upon a stud 13 which is rigidly mountedto project from the stationary part of the repository atl l. Upon the upper endof stud 13 a ratchet wheel 15 is rigidly mounted thereby causing itito be retained in a fixed relation to the repository proper. Apawl-lo is mountedjupon the disk 9, Fig. 7, and engages with the ratchetwheel 15. The ratchet wheel has notches in its rim to correspond in number to-the numberoffileholder positions in the repository, and when the awl 16 engages witha notch of the ratchet wheel, thegateway 10 of'th e disk 9 registers with one of the file holder positions in the repository.

The knob 18 is used to manually operate thedisk 9 In practical use the disk isadvanced one notch of theratchet wheel daily. As the file'holders may be fully withdrawn only whengatewayj 10 coincides with a file holder position, it follows that they are withdrawn in consecutive order as the gateway 10 is; advanced, daily from oneposition to the next;v

The practical utility of my invention may be illustratedby supposing its use in abank for; taking care of notes and bringing them forth on their due dates. Eachfile holder position of the repository would be occupied with a file holderforcontaining notes. As tliegatewaylO is advanced one space each day it constitutes, the time element from which calculations can be, made as to the properfile holders in which to file the notes to have them brought forth on their due dates. The notes falling due the first day of operation of the machine would naturallybe contained in the file holder which at the moment may be withdrawn-through gateway 10. The notes falling due the day following will be contained in the file holder released by the next daily operation of disk 9, and so continuing, the notes falling due each day will be brought forth in succession as gateway 10 is advanced day by day. As the notes come due the file holder containing them is released to be taken to the bank counter where the notes are cancelled. As each file holder is taken from the repository an empty one is inserted in its place, to so remain to receive the filed notes until gateway 10 again comes into position for its release. The cycle of operations is continuous.

Normally'the file holders repose in their rest positions as shown at the right of Fig. 9. V hen a note is to be filed the file holder is partially withdrawn and rests in the position as shown at 7 Fig. 6. After the note is filed the holder is droppedback to rest position as at the right of Fig. 9.

Having described my invention I desire to secure the following claims:

1. In a filing machine, a repository to support a series of removable file holders in contiguous positions extending in an endless path, a movable member supported by said repository, an extension on saidmovable member, said extension overlapping the endless path of the said file holder positions and thereby preventing the full removal of said file holders from said repository, and a gateway in the, said extension of said movable member to give clearance, for the full removal of said file holders from said repository, and mechanical meansfor operating said movable member.

2. In a filingmachine, a manually operated mechanism for-timing the release of file holders, a series of file holders supported in contiguous positions extending in an endless path in a repository, an overlapping portion on said repository, an overlapping portion on said manually operated mechanism engaging the said file holdersaat. their greatestlateral dimension to prevent their removal from the said repository, a gateway in the overlapping portion of said manually operated mechanism to release said file holders for their full withdrawal from said repository, and means for applying motion to said manually operated mechanism to cause it to advance from one release position to the next.

RALPH P. THOMPSON.

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