US261731A - Envelope-case - Google Patents

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(No Model.) J" G. LANE' l `ENVELOIBB(MS-E. 110.261,731. Patented July 25, 1882.

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JACOB C. LANE, OF ELKHART, INDIANA.

EN'vELoPE-CASE.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,731, dated July 25, 1882,

Application led April 13, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'l, JACOB C. LANE, of Elkhart, in the county of Elkhart and State of Indiana, have invented a new andlm proved Envelope-Case, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists in a novel construction, arrangement, and combination, with' a case, of one or more 4racks for holding envelopes or postal-cards 4and a roller or block for supporting and moving toward the front ofthe case the said envelopes or` postal-cards.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part'of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front view, partly in section, of an apparatus constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken in the line .r a: of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the racks.

A is a case, which may be divided into any number of compartments by means of partitions. This case, or each compartment thereof, is provided with vertical grooves a in the sides, near the front.

B is a rack of wire, constructed as shown in the perspective view, Fig. 3, being bent midway of its length, then upward, and then outward, and having its ends bent to form hooks b for engagement with the grooves a.

C is a roller, which is placed on the inclined part of the rack, behind the envelopes, and

. serves to support them in an upright position and to slide them down toward thefront of the case as the front envelopes are removed. By giving the main part of the rack a greater inshaped wire havin g its ends formed into hooks. t

The wire is held with its apex upward, the hooks are engaged with the horizontal portions b3, and the apex then turned'downward,which has the effect of pressing the upright portions b2 toward each other.

' The advantage of my invention as a holder for different sizes of envelopes or postal-cards and different denominations of stamped envelopes is that it presents the face of the envelope to the view of the user, which is not done in pigeon-hole cases. Consequently mistakes are not made by taking an envelope from the wrong pigeon-hole.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, Letters Patent, is-

The rack B, formed of a wire bent midway of its length, then upward at b2, then horizontally outward `at b3, and then formed into hooks b, in combination with the case A, provided with the grooves la, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

JACOB C. LANE.

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