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' 2 SheetsSheet 1.

(No Model.)

L. L. PERRI-S.

PAPER FILE.

Patented Nd v. 6, 1888.

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L. L. PERRIS.

PAPER FILE.

No. 392,419. Patented Nov. 6, 1888.

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UNITE STATES PATENT Grates.

LANING L. FERRIS, on NEW roan, n. Y.

PAPER-=FILE.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,419, dated November 6, 1888.

Application filed December 24, 1887. Serial No. 258,860. (No model.)

1" 0 aZZ whom it hwy concern:

Be it known that I, LANING L. FERRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Files, fully described and represented in the following-specification andtheaccompanyingdrawings,formingapart of the same.

This invention relates to a retaining guard or clip which is designed for use in connection with paper-files of the general class shown in my priorLettersPateut, No. 327,389. In using files of this class it has been found that the papers impaled upon the needles, particularly after the iileis partly filled, are liable to work up upon the needles instead of lying smoothly and in a compact body upon the base of the been found, particularly where the file is kept in such position as to be in a draft or current or air, that the papers will work up the needles to suchan extent as to pass offtheir points, and thus become detached from the file and scattered.

The present invention relates to aconvenient form of retaining clip orguard by which the papers after being impaled upon the needles are pressed and retained against the base of the file, the guard being so arranged that it can be readily swung to one side to permit of the introduction or removal of papers and then be swung backinto position to retain the papers upon the needles.

As a full understanding of the invention can be best given by an illustration and a somewhat detailed description of a file provided with the same, all further preliminary descripreference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a paper-file of substantially the construction shown in my prior Letters Patent referred to, provided with a retaining-clip embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a sideview of the same. Fig.3 is a plan View of the file detached from its supporting-base. Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken on the line 4 of Fig. 3; and Figs. 5 and 6 are views similar to Figs. 2 and 3, illustrating a slight modification in the construction of the clip, which will be hereinafter explained.

Referring to said figures it is to be understood that as to its general construction the file therein shownis the same as shown in my prior Letters Patent, and consists of a pair of impaling-needles, a, which are connected at their bases by a loop, b, and a pair of transfer-needles, 0, also connected at their bases by a loop, (I. The transfer-needles c are permanently secured in a metallic base, A, while the impaling-needles a are removable from the base, they being held in position within the base by means of a spring-catch, c, the metallic base A and the other parts being in turn supported upon a board or other rigid supporting-base, 13, all of which parts are con structed and organized substantially as shown in my said Letters Patent.

Secured to one of the needles 0 and arranged to swing'freely about the same is a retainingclip, 0, which is so forinedas to extend around and lie in front of the im'paling-needles and above the papers D impaled thereon. The clip 0 is secured to the needlecso as to be capable of swinging laterally to a position away from the papers D, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and thus permit the papers to be readily impaled upon or removed from the needles. The bearing 5 of the clip upon the needle 0 is made capable of vertical adjustment upon the needle, but has sufficient friction upon the needle to retain itself in any position to which it is adjusted, and is of such length that the clip will be incapable of swinging in the direction of the length of the impaling-needles,

and the clip is so formed as to bear upon the with acatch, 3, formed by bending the wire of which the clip is formed, which engageswith one of the impaling-needles, as shown, so as to hold the clip in its normal position, and this free end of the clip is also provided with an extension, at, which is inclined so as to engage with the inner side of the needle, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, and spring the clip outward to permit the catch 3 to engage with the needle.

The operation of the clip thus constructed is as follows: \Vhen the papers are to be impaled upon or removed from the needles 4, the clip will be swung to one side, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. lVhen the papers have been properly adjusted upon the needles a, the clip will be swung inward above the papers, as shown in Fig. 3, until the proj eetion 4 abuts against the needle (0. By then pressing upon the clip the inclined portion 4, acting against the needle, will cause the clip to spring outward and allow the catch 3 to pass the needle, and as soon as the catch 3 passes the needle the elasticity of the wire will spring the catch inward and cause it to engage with the needle and hold the clip in that position, as shown in the several figures of the drawings. The elasticity of the wire will then cause the arm 2 to press evenly throughout its entire length upon the papers, thereby holding them snugly against the base and preventing them from working up upon the needles. As the quantity of papers upon the needles is increased or decreased, the bearing 5 of the clip which surrounds the needle 0 can be adjusted up and down the needle to maintain the clip in the proper relative position. \Vhen the clip is made of steel or brass wire, as is preferable, the elasticity of the wire will usually be suffieient for the purposes of the clip, but additional elasticity may be given by providing the wire with a spring-coil, 6, as shown in Figs. 5 and (i. The bearing 5 will preferably be adjustable vertically upon the needle 0, as stated; but this will not in all cases be necessary, and therefore the hearing may be made incapable of adjustment without departing from the invention.

In conclusion, it is to be remarked that the retaining-clip may be applied with equal or substantially equal advantages to those files in which but a single impaling and a single transfer-needle are employed.

Vhat I claim is 1. The combination, with the impaling and transfer needles, of the spring retaining-clip pivoted upon the transfer-needle and arranged to swing to the front of the iinpaling needle or needles and to press upon the papers at that point, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the impaling and transfer needles, of the spring retaining-clip pivoted to swing parallel with the base of the iile and provided with a catch to engage with theimpali rig-needle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LANIXG- L. FERRIS.

\Vitnesses:

JAS. J. KENNEDY, G. M. Bons'r.

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