US2303326A - Card support - Google Patents

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Dec. 1, 1942. R CQNNQR ETAL 2,303,326

CARD SUPPORT Original Filed Sept. .13, 1940 'i I l l I I I 5 I 4 I Z 4 I INVENTORS Roar/e CONNOR BY 0 41.0 A/Ei/N WI 7 ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 1, 1942 'GFFI'CE CARD SUPPORT Roger Qonnor and Donald A. Nevin, Athens, @1110, asslgnors to The McBee Company, a corporation of Ohio Original application September 13, 1940, Serial No.

Divided and this application March 20, 1941, Serial No. 384,362

6 Claims. (CL 129-161) Our invention relates-to sorting cards either selectively or sequentially. More specifically our invention relates to a card support of this character which is described in our Patent No. 2,261,717 dated November 4, 1941, of which this application is a division.

.As described in that patent, the device is designed to be used in connection with cards which are notched or perforated on their edges, in the manner described in United States Patent No. 1,544,172 dated June 30, 1925, issued to Albert Perkins.

In the structure of that Perkins patent, the cards are provided with a plurality of perforations adjacent one or more edges and these perforations are then notched or slotted out to the edge of the card to form a pattern relating to a single classification. The sorting is then accomplished by means of a sorting needle which is passed through the various perforations, the needle then being elevated and the desired cards will fall into the tray, or by placing the cards removed in front of the remaining cards and then repeating the operation, the cards, of a mixed stack, can be sorted into numerical sequence.

In making a sort of these cards, it is necessary to grasp a number of cards in one hand and hold them while inserting the needle in the perforations. In many cases sorts have to be made where there is a large installation of upwards of one million cards.

It follows that any means to facilitate the sorting of cards is most desirable.

Our invention has for its principal object to provide a card support or holder which can be utilized to facilitate the sorting.

A. further object is to provide a support which is adapted to receive a master plate or ternplate, one or more edges of which is provided with notches, corresponding to notches and perforations in one or more edges of the cards to be sorted.

A further object is to provide a construction for the master plate or template which when combined with the support will present even surface to the ends or sides of the card to assist in evening them.

0111" means of accomplishing the foregoing objects may be readily understood by reference to is a-perspective view of our improved card showing the stock of cards being placed in the support to even them preparatory to sorting.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device, the cards being omitted and showing the construction designed to present a smooth and unbroken surface against which the cards may rest.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken of the line 3-3 in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a modified form of construction.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the description.

As shown in drawing, the holder or support comprises two vertically extended walls or arms I and 2 which are connected at their ends to form a right angle as at 3. The wall 2 is preferably cast or formed with a shoulder 4 which is spaced from the main portion of wall 2 forming a slot 5. This slot may be milled or cast in the wall 2.

The master plate or template 6 is provided with an ofiset portion in which is fitted to and coincides with the slot 5 in wall 2. The plate 6 should be sufilciently offset so that when it is inserted in slot 5, the surface of the plate 6 and the surface of the shoulder t will form a con tlnuous or unbroken line.

In the patent referred to, No. 2,261,717, the device for the card support provides a base. In the device of this application no base is provided, the support being adapted to rest on the surface of a table. Obviously the support may rest on a base such as is shown in said patent.

It may be found desirable to provide the mas ter plate 6 with cut out portions I2 and I3 to accommodate the thumb of the operator, though this is not absolutely essential.

The use of a notched plate with notches such as I and d facilitates sorting by the use of a. sin gle needle, and where a multiple sorting needle is used (there being some installations which use a multiple needle for sorting) the operation is me... terially speeded by the use of our device. The operation is as follows:

The stack. or holder is placed upon a desls or table or on a base. The pack of cards 8 is placed in the position shown in Fig. l, and pressed firmly against the wall to even-the stacks or cards. The notched plate or template 6 aids in guiding the sorting needle into the required holes and slots. This device has been found in practice to materially facilitate the operation of sorting.

in Fig. i, we have shown a modified form of construction which may be round desirable in shipping. as shown in this figure, the two walls l and z are provided with slotted ends 15 and it which are connected by a hinge pin M. It will be clear that with this construction the support can be folded into a straight line which is much easier to pack, while by opening it, as illustrated in Fig. i, it is equally available as the rigidly connected form.

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

1. In a card support two walls connected at right angles, there being a slot in one of said walls, a. master plate having notches in one of its edges, said plate being provided with an oflset portion which is fitted to the slot in said wall whereby the wall and the plate will present an unbroken surface to the stack of cards.

2. In a card support, two walls connected at right angles, a master plate having a plurality of slots in one or more of its edges, slotted means to mount said master plate in one of said walls, said master plate having an offset portion, whereby the surface of the wall and the surface of the plate present an unbroken surface.

3. In adevice for sorting cards, two upwardly extending side walls connected to form a right angle, a master plate at one side wall one edge of which plate is provided with notches in number corresponding to the notches and perforations in the cards which are to be sorted, said master plate heing provided on its unnotched edges with thumb slots, said master plate having an offset portion, means to mount said offset portion on one of said walls so that said master plate presents when combined with said wall an unbroken surface.

aaoasae 4. In a device for sorting a stack of uneven cards which cards are provided with a plurality of notches and perforations adjacent the edges; consisting of two upwardly extending side walls, said walls being connected at right angles, one or said walls having a longitudinal slot, a master plate having notches in one side and on one end adapted to register with notches and perforations in the said cards, said plate being ofiset to fit in said slot, whereby when the plate is inserted in the slot the surface of the plate and the surface of the wall will be unbroken.

5. In a card support, two walls hingedly connected at right angles, there being a slot in one of said walls, a master plate having notches in one of its edges, said plate being provided with an offset portion which is fitted to the slot in said well whereby the wall and the plate will present an unbroken surface to the stack of cards.

6. In a device for sorting a stack of uneven cards which cards are provided with a plurality of notches and perforations adjacent the edges; consisting of two upwardly extended side walls, said walls being hingedly connected at right an gles, a longitudinal slot extending in one 01 said walls, a master plate having notches in one side and in one end adapted to register with notches and perforations in the said cards, said plate being onset to fit in said longitudinal slot, whereby when the plate is inserted in the slot the surface of the plate and the surface of the wall will be unbroken.

ROGER CONNOR. DONALD A. NEVIN.

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