US3243886A

US3243886A - Apparatus for mounting data sheets

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Publication number: US3243886A
Application number: US291033A
Authority: US
Inventors: Littmann David; Gilman Louis
Original assignee: Cardiosonics Medical Instr Cor
Current assignee: Cardiosonics Medical Instruments Corp
Priority date: 1963-06-27
Filing date: 1963-06-27
Publication date: 1966-04-05
Anticipated expiration: 1983-04-05

Description

April 5, 1966 D. LITTMANN ETAL 3,243,885

APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING DATA SHEETS Filed June 2'7, 1963 FIG.4 I

' INVENTORS MZZma/ Q ATTORNEYS United States Patent APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING DATA SHEETS David Littmann, Belmont, Mass, and Louis Gilrnan,

Newton, Mass., said Littmann assignmto Cardiosonics Medical Instruments Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts Filed June 27, 1963, Ser. No. 291,033 Claims. (Cl. 33-180) The present invention relates to a means and method of securing a plurality of sheets, such as information hearing or data sheets, to a mounting sheet or the like.

There is a need for an efiicient means and method of securing sheets, such as data sheets, to a larger mounting sheet. *For example, there is a need for an efiicient means and method of securing a plurality of small electrocardiograph charts (leads) or segments of tracings to a larger mounting or report sheet. When electrocardiographs are taken of an individual the electrocardiograph is recorded as a series of leads on a long strip of paper. In order to retain a record of the electrocardiograph, typical or essential segments are cut from the tape and mounted with appropriate notations on a mounting or report sheet. Here tofore, this has been done by cutting rectangular segments from the tape, and then laboriously fastening by taping or stapling them to a mounting sheet, which incidentally may also serve as a report sheet for other pertinent information regarding the particular individual whose electrocardiograph has been taken. This procedure is timeconsuming and costly, particularly in hospitals where hundreds of such electrocardiographs may be taken in any given day and has often necessitated the employment of individuals by hopsitals for the specific purpose of mounting such electrocardiograph segments.

The present invention is designed to provide a means and method by which data sheets, and preferably electrocardiograp'h charts, may be secured to a mounting or record sheet efiiciently, effectively and neatly.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a means and method of mounting data sheets or leads which is easy to use; which requires substantially no skill; in which data sheets are secured so that they are not likely to come off the mounting sheet; and in which the data sheets may be arranged neatly and in a prescribed fashion on the mounting sheet. A further object of this invention is providing an inexpensive means for mounting data sheets and the like for use in a wide variety of industries or applications.

These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective partially fragmentary view of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary cross section taken substantially along the line 2-2 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary bottom view of the fragmentary cross section shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary cross section taken substantially along the line 44 of FIG. 1, and

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a typical mounting sheet with a plurality of data sheets at least partially secured thereto.

While the embodiment of the present invention is described in connection with a means and method of securing electrocardiograph charts to a mounting or report sheet, it should be understood that the invention disclosed may be applied to means and methods of mounting other types of sheets and has applications in other fields.

Referring to the drawings, there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of the invention for use in mounting electrocardiograph charts. In this arrangement a means for supporting a mounting sheet 1 may be formed of a rectangular board 2, preferably of rigid material such as wood or plastic. Means are provided on the board 2 for locating the mounting sheet 1 in a preselected position 4. These means may comprise a plurality of upwardly projecting pins or dowels 3. The pins 3 permit the mounting sheet 1 to be located or positioned on the board 2 in the position 4 indicated by the dotted outline.

A frame 5 is positioned over and is preferably secured to the boar-d 2. This frame preferably has hinged

arms

6 and 7 at its upper end. These

arms

6 and 7 are pivotally secured to a bar 8 by pins projecting through the

arms

6 and 7 into the ends of the bar 8. The bar 8 in turn is secured to the board 2 by screws 9 or other suitable means.

The frame 5 includes upper and lower cross members 10 and 11 which respectively form the upper and lower ends of the frame 5. These cross members interconnect the

side members

12 and 13. The

side members

12 and 13 are symmetrically located on either side of, and together with the cross members define a centrally located aperture 14. The

side members

12 and 13 have a cross section shown in FIG. 2. The outer edges of the side members, as shown, are formed with a rail 15 extending longitudinally of the frame. The lower surface 16 of the rail 15 is adapted tolie against a mounting sheet 1, at the sides thereof, when the mounting sheet is positioned in the preselected position 4. The side members are tapered or beveled from the rail 15 to a narrow inner edge 17 which defines the sides of the aperture 14. The lower surface of the side members are upwardly recessed from the rail 15 to the edge 17 defining a space 18 between the lower surface of the side members and a mounting sheet 1 when positioned in position 4.

The

side members

12 and 13 are each divided into a plurality of compartments 19 with the compartments 19 preferably rectangular in form and each bordering on inner side edge 17 of the aperture 14. The compartments 19 are defined on their outer edges by the shoulder 21 of the rail 15, and are each defined from the adjacent ones by partitions 22 which extend laterally from the aperture 14 and preferably normal to edges 17. These partitions 2 2 are each formed by upwardly projecting ridges which extend from the edge 17 to the shoulder 15. The outermost compartments 19 at the upper and lower ends of the frame have their outer edges defined respectively by the upper cross member 10 and the lower cross member 11. The compartments 19 are each preferably of uniform size with a length 24 corresponding to or slightly greater than the corresponding dimension of a data sheet 26 (FIG. 5) which is adapted to be secured to the mounting sheet 1. The depth 28 of each compartment is less than the corresponding length of the data sheets 26 to be secured to the mounting sheet 1 and preferably is about three-quarters the length of such data sheets. Aligned with each parti tion 22 is a boss 30. These bosses 30 extend downwardly from the lower surfaces of the side members in positions adjacent to the edges 17 with the lower surfaces of the bosses coplanar with the lower surfaces of the rails 15.

The data sheets 26 are preferably dimensioned to correspond with predefined rectangular areas 31 on the mounting sheet 1. These predefined areas 31 are symmetrically located on the mounting sheets 1 so that they each partially underlie a compartment 19 when the sheet 1 is positioned as indicated at 4, with the inner portions 42 of the predefined areas 31 lying within the aperture 14. The areas 31 are preferably coated with an adhesive adapted to secure data sheets 26 thereto.

The lower cross section 11 may be provided with a handle 35 to hold the frame when it is pivoted.

In using this device a plurality of data sheets 26 are cut by any suitable means from an elongated electrocardiograph tape. The frame 5 is pivoted upwardly so that the mounting sheet 1 may be positioned under it. A mounting sheet 1 is then positioned in position 4 between the board 2 and the frame 5. The frame is closed so that it rests on the mounting sheet. In this position bosses 30 are aligned with the lateral spaces 36 of the mounting sheet which divide and define the areas 31. The compartments 19 are thereby aligned with the areas 31 as illustrated in FIG. 1. Individual data sheets 26 are then positioned in the compartments 19 with the outer edges 37 of the data sheets aligned with or butted against the shoulders 15 and with the upper and lower edges of the sheets 26 aligned with or butted against the upper and lower edges of the compartments. The inner edges or portions 33 of the data sheets 26 are then laid over the inner portions 42 of the areas 31 in facing relation. The adhesive, preferably on the areas 31, thereby secures the inner portions 38 of the data sheets 26 to the portions 42 of the mounting sheet 1. After all the data sheets have been partially secured in this manner, the frame may be pivoted upwardly and if desired, the mounting sheet 1 removed. The free outer portions 40 of the data sheets 26 may be pressed downwardly into adhesive contact with the remainder of the areas 31.

Having now described our invention, we claim:

1. A means for mounting a plurality of data sheets at preselected positions on a mounting sheet larger than said data sheets comprising,

a board having a fiat surface and means for receiving and locating a mounting sheet in a selected position,

a frame having an aperture formed therein with opposed side members bordering said aperture, means partitioning each of said side members into a plurality of compartments which are open at the top and at the side bordering said aperture, said compartments being dimensioned and arranged so that a data sheet may be fitted into each with one portion of each data sheet projecting into said aperture and over a mounting sheet located on said board,

and means securing said frame for adjustable movement toward and away from said board.

2. A device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said means partitioning said side members comprise a plurality of parallel ridges integral with and projecting upwardly from said side members and extending laterally from said aperture.

3. A device as set forth in claim 1 wherein each of said side members are bevelled with a narrower thickness of said bevel bordering said aperture,

and a rail coextensive with each of said side members and intergrally formed along the thicker edge of said bevel and forming a shoulder therewith defining in part each of said compartments.

4. A device as set forth in claim 1 including means projecting downwardly from said side members in positions remote from said compartments adapted to maintain a space between said frame and said board when said frame is moved toward said board.

5. A means for mounting a plurality of data sheets of preselected positions on a mounting sheet larger than said data sheets comprising,

means for supporting said mounting sheet in a preselected position,

means for locating a plurality of data sheets in pre selected positions relative to one another,

said locating means including a plurality of compartments bordering an aperture in said locating means, each of said compartments being dimensioned and arranged so that a portion of one of said data sheets may be engaged and supported thereby with the non-engaged portion of each of said data sheets projecting into said aperture, and

means for selectively positioning said data sheet 10- cating means over said mounting sheet support means with the non-engaged portions of said data sheets projecting into said aperture in facing relation to said mounting sheet at said preselected positions on said mounting sheet, whereby said non-engaged positions of said data sheets may be secured while in said data sheet locating means to said mounting sheet at said preselected positions on said mounting sheet.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 596,977 1/1898 Bradt 156561 759,949 5/1904 White et al 156560 1,372,947 3/1921 Gerritson 156561 XR 1,502,557 7/1924 Fridricksen 156-561 XR 1,544,518 6/1925 Freeman et al. 15660 2,250,583 7/ 1941 Krauter. 2,539,609 1/1951 Buckingham 156-62 2,730,825 1/1956 Wilds 40-10 2,935,804 5/1960 Duckro 4010 JACOB H. STEINBERG, Prin'zary Examiner. EARL M. BERGERT, Examiner,

Claims

5. A MEANS FOR MOUNTING A PLURALITY OF DATA SHEETS OF PRESELECTED POSITIONS ON A MOUNTING SHEET LARGER THAN SAID DATA SHEETS COMPRISING, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID MOUNTING SHEET IN A PRESELECTED POSITION, MEANS FOR LOCATING A PLURALITY OF DATA SHEETS IN PRESELECTED POSITIONS RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER, SAID LOCATING MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS BORDERING AN APERTURE IN SAID LOCATING MEANS, EACH OF SAID COMPARTMENTS BEING DIMENSIONED AND ARRANGED SO THAT A PORTION OF ONE OF SAID DATA SHEETS MAY BE ENGAGED AND SUPPORTED THEREBY WITH THE NON-ENGAGED PORTION OF EACH OF SAID DATA SHEETS PROJECTING INTO SAID APERTURE, AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY POSITIONING SAID DATA SHEET LOCATING MEANS OVER SAID MOUNTING SHEET SUPPORT MEANS WITH THE NON-ENGAGED PORTIONS, OF SAID DATA SHEETS PROJECTING INTO SAID APERTURE IN FACING RELATION TO SAID MOUNTING SHEET AT SAID PRESELECTED POSITIONS ON SAID MOUNTING SHEET, WHEREBY SAID NON-ENGAGED POSITIONS OF SAID DATA SHEETS, MAY BE SECURED WHILE IN SAID DATA SHEET LOCATING MEANS TO SAID MOUNTING SHEET AT SAID PRESELECTED POSITIONS ON SAID MOUNTING SHEET.