US3680938A - Means for suspending files or folders in a filing cabinet - Google Patents

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US3680938A
US3680938A US44736A US3680938DA US3680938A US 3680938 A US3680938 A US 3680938A US 44736 A US44736 A US 44736A US 3680938D A US3680938D A US 3680938DA US 3680938 A US3680938 A US 3680938A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42F—SHEETS TEMPORARILY ATTACHED TOGETHER; FILING APPLIANCES; FILE CARDS; INDEXING
    • B42F15/00—Suspended filing appliances
    • B42F15/007—Support structures for suspended files
    • B42F15/0082—Support structures for suspended files with a fixed support
    • B42F15/0088—Support structures for suspended files with a fixed support with access from the side
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B63/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, specially adapted for storing books, documents, forms, or the like

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  • This invention relates to a filing system of the kind comprising a filing cabinet or stand having horizontal supporting rails or ledges therein from which correspondence files or folders are suspended by hook-like suspension devices fixed to said files or folders.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome this disadvantage by constructing and arranging the file or folder suspension device and the supporting rack or ledge in such a manner that the hook portion of the suspension device is guided automatically onto said rail or ledge when the file or folder is introduced into the cabinet or stand in a horizontal direction.
  • the filing system comprises a filing cabinet or stand having support means therein for supporting correspondence files or folders, wherein each file or folder is provided at its upper edge with a suspension device comprising a hook portion and an upper guide edge and said support means comprises a supporting rail or ledge over which the hook portion of the suspension device engages and a cam or nose portion spaced from and positioned in a plane above that of the supporting rail or ledge and adapted to coact with the guide edge of said suspension device to guide the hook portion of said suspension device into cooperative engagement with said supporting rail or ledge when the file or folder is being introduced into the cabinet or stand and to retain said file or folder in horizontal position when suspended from said supporting rail or ledge.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a stand or the inner parts of a filing cabinet for correspondence files or folders;
  • FIG. 2 is a side elevation of the supporting and suspension means for suspending the files or folders in the stand or cabinet;
  • FIGS. 3 to 6 are sectional views illustrating means for supporting the file or folders supporting rails or ledges and shelving in a filing stand or cabinet.
  • a filing stand or the internal structural parts of a filing cabinet, comprises four uprights 1, 2, 3 and 4, each provided with a plurality of vertically spaced notches or apertures 3a,
  • FIG. 2 is a side elevation of the shelf 5 of FIG. 1, the shelf is made from sheet metal and has two opposite sides bent downwards as shown at 5a to form marginal reinforcement flanges to render the shelf more rigid.
  • One side of the shelf is bent into the form shown to provide a ledge 57 or rail for supporting a correspondence file or folder 7 in the cabinet or stand and a guiding surface 52 and cam or nose portion 53 for guiding a suspension device on the file or folder onto said ledge or rail as hereinafter described.
  • the side of the shelf is bent so as to form a marginal portion 51 extending vertically downwards, a downwardly and inwardly inclined portion 52, an upwardly inclined portion 54, a horizontal portion 55 parallel to and in contact with the under-surface of the shelf, a further downwardly extending portion 56 terminating at its edge into a slightly upwardly inclined flange portion 57 which forms the file or folder supporting rail or ledge.
  • the inclined portions 52 and 54 together form the nose or cam portion 53 which is spaced from the ledge portion 57 as shown and situated in a horizontal plane slightly above the plane of said ledge portion 57.
  • the suspension device for suspending a file or folder 7 on the ledge 57 or rail of the support means consists of a flat plate of metal, plastics or other rigid material attached to the file or folder near one corner thereof by means of rivets 74, or in any other suitable manner.
  • the upper edge of the suspension device is downwardly and outwardly inclined, relative to the top edge 7a of the file or folder 7, from a hook portion 71 and forms a guide edge which cooperates with the nose or cam portion 53 to guide the hook portion 71 onto the supporting ledge 57 or rail as hereinafter described.
  • At the hook portion 71 there is also provided an inclined guide edge 73 which, as hereinafter described, assists in guiding the hook portion -71 onto the ledge 57 or rail.
  • the shelves of the filing cabinet or stand, with their file or folder support means, are supported between the uprights l, 2, 3, 4 by means of resilient fixing members as illustrated in FIGS. 3 to 6.
  • a resilient substantially V-shaped fixing member 58 is sprung into an aperture 59a in the marginal flange 59 of the shelf 5 and outwardly bent portions at the ends of the legs of the V engage in the apertures 3a, 4a (FIG. 1) in the vertical uprights 3, 4.
  • substantially U-shaped resilient members 58, 580 are provided at the free ends of the legs of the U with outwardly bent flanges and one of the legs of the U is shorter than the other.
  • the flange of the shorter leg of the U is welded to the inner surface of the marginal flange 59 or the shelf and the longer leg of the U projects through an aperture in said marginal flange 59 and the outwardly projecting flange of said longer leg engages in notches or apertures in the uprights I and 4 of the filing cabinet or stand.
  • the resilient fixing members 58b, 580 are similar to the fixing members 58, 58a of the FIG. embodiment but modified for use with a wooden shelf.
  • the fixing member projects bodily into a recess in the wooden shelf and is fixed therein by means of an outwardly projecting prong.
  • the fixing memberv is otherwise constructed and functions in a similar manner to the FIG. 5 embodiment.
  • the file or folder suspension and support means illustrated in FIG. 2 functions as follows: A file or folder 7 with a suspension device according to the invention fixed near one corner thereof as shown is introduced into the filing cabinet or stand in the direction of arrow P between the shelves 5 and 6 (FIG. 1). As the file or folder is moved into the cabinet or stand the hook portion of the file or folder suspension device engages the inclined guide surface 52 of the support means and is thus guided towards the support ledge 57. As the inward movement of the file or folder processes, the inclined guide edge 72 of the suspension device slides under the nose or cam portion 53 of the support means causing the file or folder to tilt or lift slightly to move the hook portion 71 into a better position to engage the support ledge 57. Further inward movement of the file or folder brings the guide edge 73 of the hook portion 71 above or into contact with the edge of the support ledge 57 thereby ensuring that the hook portion effectively engages over the support ledge to support the file or folder in the cabinet or stand.
  • a filing system comprising, a filing cabinet 7 or stand having a support means therein for supporting files or folders, each file or folder being provided at its upper edge with a suspension device comprising a plate having a hook portion and an inclined guide edge, the hook portion being located at one end of the plate, the hook portion and guide edge being disposed above the top edge of a folder, said support means including a supporting rail or ledge over which the hook portion of l'ilaifigilfih i di fiifi eilfi i tllltlirll o fiil ing channel into which the hook portion extends when the hook portion engages with the rail, one of the walls of the channel being inclined and having an angular extension projecting from it upwardly and in a direction away from the inclined edge of the plate, said angular part defining a nose located at the channel and which nose contacts with the inclined edge of the guide plate at a point adjacent to the hook when the hook portion extends over the supporting rail, the angular part of the support means having

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US4231301A (en) * 1977-08-29 1980-11-04 Barrineau Iii Wade H Adjustable shelf assembly
US4292902A (en) * 1975-11-03 1981-10-06 Barrineau Wade H Shelf system
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US2165157A (en) * 1937-03-06 1939-07-04 Smith John Anthony Hanger
US2707564A (en) * 1955-05-03 Smith
GB891489A (en) * 1958-04-09 1962-03-14 Schmid Hans Suspension device for document files
DE1207338B (de) * 1961-09-30 1965-12-23 Leitz Fa Louis Vorrichtung zum Aufhaengen von Schriftgutbehaeltern
GB1020846A (en) * 1963-01-28 1966-02-23 Zippel Kg Herbert Suspension fitting for filing containers
US3330229A (en) * 1965-10-21 1967-07-11 Hirsh Mfg Co Sa Knockdown steel shelving unit and corner fastening means therefor

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FR660358A (fr) * 1927-12-26 1929-07-10 Paul Gerschel Ets Perfectionnements aux meubles-classeurs et notamment à ceux utilisés pour le classement en position suspendue
US2165157A (en) * 1937-03-06 1939-07-04 Smith John Anthony Hanger
GB891489A (en) * 1958-04-09 1962-03-14 Schmid Hans Suspension device for document files
DE1207338B (de) * 1961-09-30 1965-12-23 Leitz Fa Louis Vorrichtung zum Aufhaengen von Schriftgutbehaeltern
GB1020846A (en) * 1963-01-28 1966-02-23 Zippel Kg Herbert Suspension fitting for filing containers
US3330229A (en) * 1965-10-21 1967-07-11 Hirsh Mfg Co Sa Knockdown steel shelving unit and corner fastening means therefor

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US4292902A (en) * 1975-11-03 1981-10-06 Barrineau Wade H Shelf system
US4231301A (en) * 1977-08-29 1980-11-04 Barrineau Iii Wade H Adjustable shelf assembly
US20150313359A1 (en) * 2014-05-02 2015-11-05 Steelcase Inc. Shelf system
US9414678B2 (en) * 2014-05-02 2016-08-16 Steelcase Inc. Shelf system

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