US2299566A - Card support - Google Patents

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Oct. 20, 1942. 'R. CONNOR ETAL CARD SUPPORT Original Filed Sept. 13, 1940 INVENTOR6 Ross: Comvolz 00mm A. Nsvuv 4T7'0RNEY rality of perforations adjacent one or I Patented O ct. 20, 1942 CARD snrron'r Roger Connor and Donald A. Nevin, Athens, Ohio,

a'ssignors to The McBee Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Original application Se No. 356,632. Divid Company, Athens,

ptember 13, 1940, Serial and this application March-20, 1941, Serial No. 384,363

.5 Claims. (01. 129 16.1) Our invention relates more specifically to the class of card supports described in our Patent No. 2,261,717 dated November 4, 1941, of which this is a division.

In that patent is shown a device designed to support a stack of cards such as are known to the tradeas Keysort being an embodiment of the cards described and illustrated in United States Patent No. 1,544,172 issued to Alfred Perkins June 30, 1925.

Cards of this type are provided with a plumore edges.

These cards are then notched or slotted to cut away that portion of the card intermediate a perforation and the edge of the card thus form- .ing a pattern ,of notcheswhich refer to a single classification. When this is done a stack of .mixed cards can be sorted into numerical or other desired sequence in the manner set forth in the said Perkins patent, to which reference may be had for complete disclosure.

In making either a sequential or a selective sort of cards of this type it is customary for the operator to grasp as many cards as can be conveniently held in one hand. This stack or group of cards are then evened up on a table top, or desk. A sorting needle is then passed through the various perforations for the purpose of separating the desired cards. 7

It will be clear that not only must the operator grasp the stack of cards firmly but in order to obtain the desired result they must be held so that the perforations and notches will be in correct registration. Moreover when a multiple needle sorting device such as is described incur Patent No. 2,261,719 dated November 4, 1941, is used it is highly desirable to provide some means to permit the removal of the cards selected either by a single or a multiple needle after removal of the needle.

Our invention has for its principal object to provide a card support which can be so manipu lated by the operator that after any sort has been made the bottom of the support may be shifted permitting certain predetermined cards to drop below the remainder.

Our means of accomplishing the foregoing ob ject may be more readily understood by having reference to the accompanying drawing which is hereunto annexed and is a part of this specification in which v Fig. 1 is an isometric improved suppo Fig. 2 is a detail view,

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view perspective view of our offset Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail view of a portion of the sliding bottom showing the truncated corrugations.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the entire description:

As shown in the drawing our invention comprises a base I which has two upwardly extending side walls 2. and 3 and an end wall 4. The side wall 3 is preferably provided with a shoulder 5 which may be cast or formed with a longitudinal slot 6 which extends the entire length of the side wall.

A master plateor' template I, which has a series of notches 8 on one side which correspond to andare in register with the notches and perforations in the cards which are to be sorted, is provided. This masterplate 1 may also have a series of notches 9 on one of its ends which should correspond to and register with perforations or notches on the ends of the Perkins cards, should.

it be desired to make use of that portion of the cards. The master plate 1 is formed with an plate being offset sufficiently to extend over the shoulder 5 and thus cause the surface of the master plate and the surface ll of the side to present an unbroken surface.

The bottom I has a arl corrugations I2 should have their sides I 3 and I4 inclined somewhat in the manner illustrated. They may be secured to the bottom by spot welding or in any other suitable or convenient manner.

Mounted above the bare or bottom I is a sliding or false bottom of which is plane.

false bottom corrugations IS, the upper or top surface On the lower surface of this I5 we attach a number of truncated I 6 which are similar to those attached to the top surface of the base or bottom I. These corrugations l6 are provided with inclined sides I! and H! which are adapted to slide on the sides l3 and H.

The operation When the false bottom it is as shown in full lin sliding this false bottom rugations l6 to drop into the spaces between the sides I3 and it of the corrugations 12 as clearly seen in Fig. 3

When the cards are resting on the false bottom in its up or normal position and the master plate 1 is in place, the sorting needle is passed through the desired perforations. After the desired cards are impaled the plate I5 is moved inwardly across es in Fig. 3. Obviously portion m which is fitted to the slot 6. The

plurality of truncated cor-- y seen in Fig. 3. These of our invention is as follows:

I5 is in normal position 15 will permit the cor-,

the base I so that the false bottom drops. This drop will cause those cards which are held. by the needle or needles to remain elevated above the rest. The needle or needles can then be removed and the desired cards grasped manually as and when desired.

Having described our invention what we regard as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A support to hold cards to be sorted comprising a base, Connected upwardly extending walls on two sides of said base, a plurality of ridges on said base, a sliding bottom plate having corresponding ridges on its under surfacecomprising a base, said base having a plurality of ridges thereon, a sliding bottom plate having corresponding ridges on its under surface adapted to drop into grooves between said base ridges, connected upwardly extending walls on two sides aeeasee or said base, one of said walls being spaced from the base and forming a slot therewith and a master plate having a series of notches in more than one of its edges, mounted in said space.

4. A. support to hold cards to be sorted comprising a base, upwardly extending walls on the sides and one end of said base, a plurality of truncated corrugations on the top surface 01 said base, a false bottom slidably mounted between said side walls, a plurality of truncated corrugations on the lower surfac of said false bottom adapted to register with the corrugations on the top surface of the base and a master plate having a series of notches in one side and one end, said plate being fitted to one of said side walls.

5. A support to hold cards to be sorted comprising a base, upwardly extending walls on the sides and one end of saidbase, a plurality of truncated corrugations on the top of said base the sides of said corrugations being inclined upwardly, a false bottom slidably mounted between said side walls, a plurality of truncated corrugations on the lower surface of said false bottom adapted to register with the corrugations on the base, and a master plate having a series of notches in one side and one end said plate being fitted to one of said side walls.

ROGER CONNOR: DONALD A. NEVIN.

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