US242472A - Cabinet for holding scraps - Google Patents

Description

' NoModeLy 2Sheets-Sheet 1. J. S. NORRIS. Oabinetfor Holding Scraps.

Patented June 7,188l.

WWW/

wmm m w. Washington. D c.

(No Model.) 2 ShetsSheet 2.

J. s. NORRIS. Cabinet for Holding Scraps.

No. 242,472. Patented June 7,1881; 2

TTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES S. NORRIS, OF JOLIET, ILLINOIS.

CABINET FOR HOLDING SCRAPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,472, dated June 7, 1881.

Application filed February 14,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES S. NonRIs, ot the city of Joliet, in Will county, and State of Illinois, have invented a Cabinet for Holding Scraps Out from Newspapers, lllemorandn, Index to or Key to Library, &c., the construction and operation of which I will proceed to explain, rri'erenee being bad to the annexed drawings, and the letters and figures thereon, making a part of this specification, in which Figure l is a front elevation ;j Fig. 2, a plan view of one of the receptacles; Fig. 3, a side view of the same, Fig. 4, a central vertical sectional view of the case and skeleton-frame for holding the receptacles; Fig. 5, a front elevation of the case with one door closed; Fig. 6, a side elevation of the upper end of one of the receptacles and its hook to hold it on the bars of the skeleton-frame, and Fig. 7 a perspective view of one of the receptacles for holding memoranda, &c.

The object of this invention is to provide a convenient and systematic cabinet to hold scraps or items out from newspapers, or other memoranda, arranged in alphabetical order or otherwise with reference to subject-matter, for

ready reference, and also to be used as a key to a library by furnishing a convenient mode of reference thereto.

In the drawings, B represents the case, which is rectangular in shape and deep enough to hold the parts to be inclosed within it, and is provided with doors D to close the front, as is shown in Fig. 5, where one door is closed.

The interior of the case B is provided with a skeleton-rack, S, suspended from the top by means of hinges, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, so that the lower end will swing out from the case, as shown in said figures. The doors D are also provided on their inner sides with similar skeleton-racks hinged to the top, the same as in the case B. The racks in the doors may be any number and hinged together, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 5, so as to be extensible, and also fold up within the door when the door is closed, so as to provide more room and enlarge the holding capacity of the device.

To the cross bars a of the skeleton-frames S are suspended a series of receptacles or en- These receptacles are provided at the upper end with a spring-hook, 1', Fig. 6, by means of which they hook onto and are held upon the cross-bars a. by sufficient pressure so that they will not easily fall off when any are being removed or by other cause. These receptacles or envelopes z are for the purpose of holding the memoranda, data, 850., before mentioned, and are constructed, as is shown more particularly in Fig. 7, for that purpose. They may be constructed of any form or size, and of any suitable material, but preferably ot'paper heavy enough to sustain the matter to be held within them. The front and back'are united by the wrinkled or corrugated ends g, shown in Figs. 3, 6, and 7, so as to permit the front to swell from the back to give greater holding capacity. At the upper end the corrugated end is tucked under the head i of the spring i, as shown in Figs. 2, 6, and 7 at a, to hold that end of the front up, or make it easy to open to receive matter.

The whole receptaclez when full and at rest may be held firmly together by the elastic bands encircling it, as shown at a", Fig. 3.

Each receptacle or envelope is provided at the upper end on its front with a detachable card, A, which is attached to the receptacle by having its two ends tucked into a slit out near each side of the envelope, as shown in Fig. 2. These cards A are used to denote what is contained within the envelope and may be detached at will, thus avoiding the necessity of defacing the front of the envelope or re ceptacle by writing on it. Also, the receptacles 2 may be provided on either side with suitable rulings, as shown in Fig. 2, for the purpose of denoting the key to any library in alphabetical order with reference to volume, page, subject, 850., thus taking the place of books for that purpose. The letters shown on the receptacles zin Figs. 1 and 5, show an alphabetical arran gementas to subject-matter contained within them when it is desired to so indicate their contents. I

The rest a, Figs. 1 and 4, is hinged at its outer end to the skeleton-rack S, while its inner end terminates in a hook that slides up and down behind the spring on, which engages with it to hold the inner end of the rest a up, as shown in said figures, requiring no other fastening at the inner end to hold it up, and.

hold the lower end of the suspended skeletonracks S out. A slight push against the lower outer end of the rack causes the rest a to slide down at its inner end behind the spring m, and the rack to hang perpendicularly within the case, so that the case can be closed by the doors D.

The object of suspending the skeleton-racks S to swing from the top of the case, is to permit the lower end of the rack to swing out of the case, as shown in Fig. 4, so that when in use all the envelopes or receptacles z will hang apart from each other, and will not bind with each other when it is desired to remove any one of them. The aprons j attached to the lower front of the racks S are made serviceable as pockets to hold any material, and 0 represents straps fastened to the lower front of the rack to hold cords, 850.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is as follows, to wit:

1. The serap-cabinet described, consisting of the case B and doors D, containing the swinging skeleton-racks S, receptacles or envelopes z, rests u, and springs m, all arranged to operate in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

2. In the cabinet described, the racks S, arranged to swing from the top of the case B, in combination with the rest a and spring m, to hold up the inner end of the restu and hold the lower end of the racks S out, in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

3. In the scrap-cabinet described, the receptacle 2, having its sides connected by the corrugated or wrinkled ends g, spring-hook i, detachable card A, and having ruled sides for reference purposes, and arranged to hang suspended from the cross-bars a, of the swinging skeleton frame or rack S, in the manner A and for the purpose set fortln JAMES S. NORRIS. Witnesses THOS. H. HUTCHINS, LEANDER LEACH.

Images