US3274715A

US3274715A - Record filing device

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Publication number: US3274715A
Application number: US399553A
Authority: US
Inventors: Janssen Alexander Patton
Original assignee: Acme Visible Records Inc
Current assignee: Acme Visible Records Inc; Wilson Jones Co
Priority date: 1964-09-28
Filing date: 1964-09-28
Publication date: 1966-09-27
Anticipated expiration: 1983-09-27
Also published as: GB1093357A

Description

Sept. 27, 1966 A. P. JANSSEN RECORD FILING DEVICE Filed Sept. 28, 1964 INVENTOR 92 ALEXANDER PAI'TON J'mssiu My, 7 ATTYS United States Patent 3,274,715 RECORD FILING DEVICE Alexander Patton Janssen, Charlottesville, Va., asslgnor to Acme Visible Records, Inc., Crozet, Va., a corporation of Delaware Filed Sept. 28, 1964, Ser. No. 399,553 2 Claims. (Cl. 40102) This invention relates to improvements in record devices and particularly to new and improved h nges for swingably mounting flexible record panels on wire hangers, the wire hanger being adapted to be mounted on a holder in spaced parallel relation to 'a plurality of like hangers and endwise supported in the holder.

It is a particular object of the persent invention to provide new and improved hinges which will facilitate the mounting of a plurality of flexible record devices on a single wire hanger, with tubular portions of the hlnges which swingably mount the record panels on the hanger in abuting or substantially abuting engagement.

It has heretofore been proposed to employ record devices as aforesaid wherein the length of the tubular portion of the hinge which engages the wire hanger 1s of lesser length than the adajacent body portion of the hinge as in Hall United States Patent 2,690,781, or wherein the tubular portion of the hinge is of equal length to the adjacent main body portion of the hinge, such as in Hall United States Patents 2,498,808 and 2,537,268. In such instances where the side edges of the hinge body extends beyond or is flush with the ends of the tubular or barrel portion of the hinge, and where two or more record panels are mounted on a single wire hanger, there is created an excessive build-up of layers adjacent to the wire hanger, thus causing fanning of the record panels, i.e., an outward flaring instead of desired lying of the record panels in plane parallel relationship to each other. This is particularly accentuated when a plurality ofwire hangers each carrying groups of record panels in hinged engagement thereon are mounted on a single holder.

It is an object of the present invention to prevent such fanning and to provide hinges constructed in a manner whereby when they are disposed adjacent to each other on a single wire hanger the record panels to which they are engaged will have space to flex, conform readily to a plane and thus lie flatter than was the case heretofore, and thus provide an overall more compact assembly.

The objects of the present invention are accomplished by constructing the hinges in a substantial T-shape; that is to say, with the length of the tubular portion greater than that of the adjacent flat main body portion of the hinge. This permits the tubular portions of the adjacent hinges to abut above the edges of the record panels while causing the adjacent body portions which lie against the record panel to be spaced from each other, this permitting an area of flexing between adjacent hinge bodies on adjacent panels carried by the same wire hanger.

The objects and advantages of the present invention, its details of construction and arrangement of parts and advantages and economies thereof will be further apparent from a consideration of the following specification and accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a side elevation of a record holder device suitable for use in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary plan view of a pair of superimposed or adjacent record panels each having a hinge secured thereto with one in abuting relationship to the other in accordance with the practice of the persent invention.

FIG. 3 is a section on the line 3--3 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is a section on the line 44 of FIG. 2.

3,274,715 Patented Sept. 27, 1966 FIG. 5 is a perspective View of a plurality of hingedly mounted record panels on a single wire hanger in accordance with the practice of the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, the hinges of the present invention are composed of a strip of metal cut and bent to define a main body portion 10, a pair of legs or

prongs

11, 11 extended through the recorded panel 12 and bent up into plane parallel relationship with the record panel 12 and the main hinge body 10. At the opposed end of the main hinge body 10, there is formed a barrel or tubular portion 13 adapted to receive a mounting wire hanger 14. The described hinge, insofar as it comprises the main body 10, prongs 11, and a tube or barrel portion 13, is substantially similar to the wire hanger shown in Hall Patent 2,690,781, with the exception that whereas in the aforesaid patent the main body portion extends beyond the tubular portion, in the present instance the tubular portion 13 extends beyond the side edges of the main body 10. In the aforesaid Hall Patents 2,498,808 and 2,537,268 the main body portion is of equal width or length with the tubular portion.

Although not shown, it will be understood that in the practice of the persent invention the legs 11 can be shorter as in the case of the last two patents mentioned, and likewise the free edge of the tube 13 can terminate in a short flange extension in plane parallel relationship to the main body 10 as in the aforesaid last two patents when it is desired to engage the hinges to the record card by hand, rather than by machine.

The record body 12 can be composed of paper stock such as thin flexible paperboard, and instead of being a continuous flat sheet can be provided with a marginal edge portion defining a. pocket therewith. In the alternate, the sheet material can be composed of flexible plastic and suitably in the form of a double sheet of plastic, providing a side edge open pocket, as shown in the illustrations of the present invention.

As appears from the relatively enlarged section of FIG. 3, wherein five record panels each of double thickness for mounting on a single wire hanger with the hinges of one record panel in substantially abutting relationship with the hinges of another panel, it will be seen that due to the spacing of the main body portions 10 of each adjacent hinge a flexing as at 15 is provided between the bodies in each adjacent hinge and thus inhibiting fanning out of the adjacent record panels and permitting a flatter, more compact, assembly. This of course is particularly important when a plurality of such wire hangers 14 are mounted in the holder device generally indicated as 16 with the hangers parallel and with their ends disposed in the notches 17 of the sides 18 of the holder body 16. In such case each group of record panels, while edgewise spaced from an adjacent group, largely overlies such group, and it is therefore especially important that each panel be as flat as possible.

Although I have shown and described a preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that changes may be made in the details thereof without departing from its scope as comprehended by the following claims.

I claim:

1. A record device comprising a plurality of flexible record panels, a spaced pair of hinges swingingly mounting each of said record panels, and a wire hanger, said hinges each being of uniform contour and comprising a fiat main body portion, prongs extending integrally and return bent from one edge of said body portion and lying in plane parallel spaced relation to one face of said body portion projecting through and in engagement with one edge portion of said record panels, and an integral tubular portion at the opposed end of said body lying wholly on said one face and in engagement on said wire hanger and projecting over the engaged edge of the record panel, the length of said tube being greater than that of the adjacent flat main body portion of the hinge, the hinge tubes of one record panel being in substantial endwise abutment with the hinge tubes of an adjacent panel and freely pivotal with respect thereto.

2. A record device comprising a holder, a plurality of spaced parallel wire hangers endwise supported in said holder, a plurality of flexible record panels on at least one of said hangers, and a spaced pair of hinges swingingly mounting each of said record panels, said hinges each being of uniform contour and comprising a flat main body portion, prongs extending integrally and return bent from one edge of said body portion and lying in plane parallel spaced relation to one face of said body portion projecting through and in engagement with one edge portion of said record panels, and an integral tubular portion at the opposed end of said body lying wholly on said one face and in engagement on a wire hanger and projecting over the engaged edge of the record panel, the length of said tube being greater than that of the adjacent flat main body portion of the hinge, the hinge tubes of one record panel of said plurality of panels mounted on a single hanger being in substantial endwise abutment with the hinge tubes of an adjacent panel and freely pivotal with respect thereto.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,852,738 4/1932 Dawson 12916.7 1,955,592 4/1934 Linn 12916.7 2,184,853 12/1939 Smythe 40-102 X 2,448,435 8/1948 Johnson 12916.7 2,498,808 2/1950 Hall 40102 2,530,071 11/1950 Nash 40102 2,690,781 9/1954 Hall 29-33.5

FOREIGN PATENTS 270,285 12/ 1929 Italy.

JEROME SCHNALL, Primary Examiner.

Claims

1. A RECORD DEVICE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF FLEXIBLE RECORD PANELS, A SPACED PAIR OF HINGES SWINGINGLY MOUNTING EACH OF SAID RECORD PANELS, AND A WIRE HANGER, SAID HINGES EACH BEING OF UNIFORM CONTOUR AND COMPRISING A FLAT MAIN BODY PORTION, PRONGS EXTENDING INTEGRALLY AND RETURN BENT FROM ONE EDGE OF SAID BODY PORTION AND LYING IN PLANE PARALLEL SPACED RELATION TO ONE FACE OF SAID BODY PORTION PROJECTING THROUGH AND IN ENGAGEMENT WITH ONE EDGE PORTION OF SAID RECORD PANELS, AND AN INTEGRAL TUBULAR PORTION AT THE OPPOSED END OF SAID BODY LYING WHOOLLY ON SAID ONE FACE AND IN ENGAGEMENT ON SAID WIRE HANGER AND PROJECTING OVER THE ENGAGED EDGE OF THE RECORD PANEL, THE LENGTH OF SAID TUBE BEING GREATER THAN THAT OF THE ADJACENT FLAT MAIN BODY PORTION OF THE HINGE, THE HINGE TUBES OF ONE RECORD PANEL BEING IN SUBSTANTIAL ENDWISE ABUTMENT WITH THE HINGE TUBES OF AN ADJACENT PANEL AND FREELY PIVOTAL WITH RESPECT THERETO