US2270045A

US2270045A - Filing device

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Publication number: US2270045A
Application number: US275501A
Authority: US
Inventors: Maurice O Goldsmith
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1939-05-24
Filing date: 1939-05-24
Publication date: 1942-01-13
Anticipated expiration: 1959-01-13

Description

19420 M. o. GOLDSMITH 2,270,045

FILING DEVICE Filed May 24, 1959 if invent-07 .2 l .5 .r W" I Patented Jan. 13, 1942 UNITED srras i AET OFFICE 2 Claims.

My invention relates to a filing device and more particularly to a device in which a group of loose leaf papers or sheets are held together in a spindle file. Spindle files of thisgeneral type are old in the art and have long been used by merchants in business for filing bills and other types of written information which it is desired to have available for use readily.

The present invention relates to this type of spindle file particularly for use as a prescription file holder for drug stores. In use of files for this purpose the prescription may be punched if necessary to provide perforations to fit the spindles and as each prescription comes in to be filled it is addedto the spindle in such a way that all the prescriptions are held together so that they can easily be removed from the file. When it is desired to search the file for a particular prescription, this may readily be done by raising the sheets on the spindle and turning them back on the spindle wires until the desired prescription appears at the top of the group on the file. If necessary the spindles may be opened and the prescription removed or the prescription may be left in the files and kept in view while the pharmacist is filling the prescription.

The present invention finds its general advantage over the devices of the prior art in the con venience with which the file may be used, its economical construction and its durability. The removable portions of the file of the present invention are composed principally of only two elements which are formed from plain fiat stock merely by dies and presses. In this way the device may be' cheaply and yet efficiently and durably constructed. In addition to this the file has special means whereby it may be opened or closed readily without touching the file sheets.

Other features of the present invention will be more readily understood from a consideration of the drawing, in which:

Figure 1 shows the file in its closed position in perspective.

Figure 2 shows the same file in its open position in perspective, and,

Figure 3 shows a detail of an element that is used in connection with the file.

As indicated in Figures 1 and 2, the file comprises a plate I which may be of metal or other suitable material. If of metal, only thin stock is required. Preferably the metal plate has pressed outwardly from the body,

angle elements

2 and 3 forming channels at both sides of the plate. In these channels rides the sliding plate 4 upon which are mounted the spindles 5 and B spaced apart the distance that the holes or perforations have in the file sheets. This plate 4 has an upturned and plate 1 with two sidewise extending flanges 8 and 9 riding over the

channels

2 and 3 and extending outwardly to the edge of the plate I. At the center of the plate I there is formed a tongue element III pressed outwardly from the bottom of the plate. This tongue element is strained or pressed in such a manner as to become springy and has near its free end a bossed section II to which the bossed spot I2 in the plate 4 conforms when the spindles are in a closed position. One or more stop elements I3 and 14 are also pressed upward from the base plate in such a position as to limit the motion of the sliding plate 4. The spindles 5 and 6 are supported in the sliding plate 4 in any suitable manner, in fact they may be welded or riveted into the plate 4 or soldered and they may also be made of a continuous wire or rod with the cross piece soldered or welded to the plate 4. When the file is in its closed position the slide 4 is pushed to the right from the position indicated in Figure 2, and the top ends of the spindles 5 and 6 close with the curved portions I5 and I5 of the spindles I1 and I8 respectively.

The bottom end of the plate I has a curved or upwardly extending flange 30 offering a grip to permit the plate to be readily handled, particularly when it is to be removed from a shelf or box.

The bossed spot or depression I2 on the underneath side of the plate 4 coincides with the boss I I on the tongue I!) and exerts a sumcient spring pressure upwards to retain the spindles on the moving elements in locked engagement with the spindles on the stationary piece.

The card sheets may be placed on the spindles 5 and 6 when the file is in its open position, as in Figure 2, and when the file is in its closed position these sheets may be turned back over the curved portions of the spindles. In pushing the file back into its closed position from the open position as shown in Figure 2, the operator may press upon the projecting ends 8 and 9 with the thumbs gasping the spindles I1 and I8 with the hand. This makes it comparatively easy for the user to close the file without touching the sheets themselves. The end plate I of the slide 4 is bent upwards substantially at right angles with the slide 4 and the end elements 8 and 9 as will be seen in the figures are cut away sufficiently to allow these elements to ride over the

channels

2 and 3. In this manner also the slide 4 upon which the spindles 5 and 6 rest may be supported on the

channels

2 and 3 by means of the pieces 8 and 9 rather than upon the base I. In this manner the spring tongue I!) need not be flattened into the base I when the plate 4 passes over it since by supporting the inner end of the plate 4 on the

channels

2 and 3, the plate 4 will be given suflicient tolerance so as to keep it clear of the base plate.

In Figure 3 is shown a bar or plate 20 with a flange 2| extending at right angles from the end. This bar is provided with two perforations 22 and 23 conforming in position to the spacing between the spindles. One end of each of the perforations 22 and 23 is circular in shape as indicated by the numeral 24 while the other end of the perforation tapers as indicated at 25. This plate is to be used for keeping down the paper sheets on the spindle and for this purpose when used, the plate is placed on the spindles 5 and 6 by engaging these spindles in the circular portions of the perforations. The plate is then moved transversely until the tapered portions of the perforations grip the spindles which thereby hold the plate firmly in place and keep the papers down.

Having now described my invention, I claim:

1. A filing device comprising a base plate, a second smaller plate covering a portion of said base plate, said base plate having angle brackets pressed outward therefrom to provide slides for said smaller plate, a plurality of stops pressed from said base plate to limit the motion of said smaller plate in one direction in the channels formed by said angle brackets and a tongue pressed upwards from said base plate and having means engaging corresponding means in said smaller plate for limiting the motion of said smaller plate in the slides in the other direction.

2. A filing device comprising a base plate, a second plate having a narrower Width than said base plate, a pair of channels formed in said base plate for providing a slideway for said narrower plate, a plurality of stops positioned in said base plate to limit the motion of said narrower plate in the slides in one direction and a tongue pressed outward on said base plate to limit the motion of the narrower plate in the other direction.

MAURICE O. GOLDSMITH.