US404772A

US404772A - Filing-receptacle

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Publication number: US404772A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1889-06-04
Anticipated expiration: 1906-06-04

Description

(No Model.)

A. L. BROWN.

FILING REGBPTAOLE.

PatentedJune 4, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AARON L. BROWVN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FlLlNG-RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,772, dated June 4, 1889.

' Application filed November 19, 1886. Serial No. 219,388. (No model.)

To all? whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AARON L. BROWN, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Filing-Receptacles and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of illdeXed filing cases or receptacles for papers which are provided with a series of indexsheets for the purpose of separating the papers or documents placed within the receptacle.

The invention relates more particularly to improvements in the construction of a rod or post for securing the index-leaves within the filing-case; and it consists in the matters hereinafter described,and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a filing-case provided with a holding-post constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a central transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective "iew of the post or rod shown in Figs. 1 and 2 for holding the index-leaves removably within the filing-case. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a wire loop for connecting the index-leaves with the post. Fig. 5 is a detail section'of the back of the filing-case and the rod detachably holding the leaves in place, taken upon line .0: 0c of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a transverse section through the back of the filing-case, showing a modified form of the post illustrated in Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a section taken upon line as xof Fig. 6. Fig. Sis a plan of the spring-plate, illustrated in Fig. '7, for holding the post removably in place. Fig. 9 is a section similar to Fig. 5, illustrating a modified form of the groove for receiving the rod and for holding the index-leaves. Fig. 10 is a section of the back, taken through the upper end of the groove and post in Fig. 9 upon line 00 m, Fig. 11. Fig. 11 is a plan view of the top of the back piece of the receptacle, showing the upper end of the groove therein and a device for holding the rod within the groove.

In the accompanying drawings the filing case or receptacle .is indicated as a whole by the letterA. Said receptacle consists, as here shown,of two side pieces A ,a bottom A and a back piece A the latterbeing secured to the 5 5 rear margin of the bottom and to the adjacent ends of the sides.

B are the index-leaves, which, as shown, are stepped or provided with projections upon their outer edges, and bear letters or characters suited to the purpose of the file marked upon the visible parts of the projections in a well-known manner.

0 is a rod or post for holding the indexleaves within the case, said post being preferably secured in a groove A, formed in the central portion of the inner face of the back A The receptacle A is, as here shown, provided upon the. upper margin of the back piece A with an inwardly-projecting ledge D, the purpose of which is to prevent the top index-sheet from rising above the sides of the case at its rear edge when the receptacle is filled with papers.

The rod 0 is removably connected with the receptacle, so that, in connection with the indeX-leaves and papers contained therein, it may be removed and either transferred to another or permanent filing-case or otherwise disposed of.

In the form of the device shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, and 11 the post 0 is formed with three parallel parts or bars cc 0', joined at their upper ends and preferably composed of stiff wire. The bar 0, upon which the loops b of the index-leaves are strung, is made slightly longer than the other two bars, and at its lower and free end enters an aperture a, formed in the bottom A of the case, so asto hold the lower end of the rod as a whole in 0 position when placed within the groove A. The two bars 0 are, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5, and 9, constructed to rest in the inner angles of the recess A, so as to retain the bar 0 laterally in the desired position in the groove and to guide it while being inserted therein. The upper end of the rodO may, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, be held in place by means of a spring-plate a, provided with an aperture a constructed to fit over the upper end of the said red, the said plate being secured to the back A in such manner as to spring upwardly at its central portion and thereby permit the lateral. insertion of the upper end of the rod beneath it, or it may be held by a pivotal spring-button. The ledge D, as shown, is cut away at its central portion to admit the upper end of the post 0 into the groove A, and said post will usually be inserted by first placing its lower end in the aperture a in the bottom of the case and then pressing its upper end backwardly into the groove and beneath the spring-plate a until it is engaged and held by the aperture (6 Fig. 2, in the latter.

A preferred means of securing the post C within the filing-case, when said post is constructed as last described, and as illustrated in Fig. 3, is shown in Figs. 9, l0, and 11. In this case the groove A is provided at the rear portion of its side walls with lateral extensions a, which make it of T form in cross section. The bars 0 of the rod (1 in this case enter said longitudinal projections a and hold the said rod from being drawn forward out of the groove. \Vhen this construction is used, the rod 0 is of course inserted in and removed from the groove by sliding it downwardly or upwardly, being held by a small pivot-ed plate or button a, attached to the upper edge of the back piece A and adapted to swing over the upper end of the groove A" or to one side thereof, may be desirable. Instead of being made of three bars in the manner above explained, said post C may consist of a single piece of wire bent in U form, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, having one of its arms 0 longer than the other to enter the aperture a in the bottom A of the receptacle. The rear part c of the post is in this case preferably constructed to fit an inner portion or extension a of the groove A, so as to guide the rod while it is being inserted and to thereafterhold it in place. The upper end of the rod is held in the groove by means of a spring-plate a, Fig. 9, similar to that before described, and which is preferably provided with a recess or concavity a in its lower face to receive the upper end of the rod.

In Fig. i is shown a desirable construction of the loop or eye I), by which the indexleaves may be held by the rod 0, said loop consisting of a short piece of wire bent at or near its middle in U form, as indicatedat I), and having its ends 11 bent outwardly at right angles to the sides of the U-shaped portion. The said loop is attached to the indexsheets by inserting its part I) through an aperture U, formed in the fold of the indexsheetB at the inner edge thereof, the said sheet being originally made enough wider than would otherwise be-necessary to form a flap B, which is folded over and pasted upon the adjacent part of the sheet after the loop or eye 1) has been inserted. By this means the ends I) of the wire composing the loop are iirn'ily held in place, and the loop as a whole is restrained both from longitudinal and rotary movement by the engagement of the looped portion 1) of the wire with the sides of the aperture U. By. this rigid attachment of the loop the paper composing the index-shcet will not become worn away or torn, as would be the case were the loop loosely placed in the fold of the sheet.

Some of the features of constructionherein shown and described namely, the recess in the bottom of the receptacle and springcatch, combined with a holding post or red fitted to enter the recess at its lower end and to engage the spring-catch at its upper end, and also the rod or post made of link shape and left open or severed at one point to engage the inde.\'-sheets, in connection with holding devices upon the receptacle constructed to engage such link-shaped rodare shown, described, and claimed in a separate application for patent, Serial No. 219,390, filed by me simultaneously herewith.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, with a filing-receptacle and a series of inde.\'-sheets, of a branched retaining post or red having a part for detachable engagement with the index-sheets and laterally-projecting parts for engagement wvith the receptacle, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a receptacle having a sectionally-T-shaped groove in its back wall, of a retaining-rod having laterally-extending parts engaging the wings of the T- groove, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a receptacle having a sectionallyT-shaped groove in itsback wall, of a retaining post or red having apart engaged with the index-sheets and laterallyextending parts engaging the wings of the T- groove, substantially as described.

i. The combination, with the receptacle having a vertical groove or recess in its back wall and a recess a in its bottom and a series of apertured index-sheets, of a branched retaining-rod O, fitted at its rear side to rest against the walls of the groove, and provided with a part c, engaged with the aperture of the index-sheets, and constructed to engage the recess a at its lower and free end, and means constructed to retain the rod within the groove, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination, with a receptacle haw ing a sectionally-T-shaped groove A", and provided with a recess a in its bottom, and a series of index-sheets, of a retaining-rod (l, constructed to engage the wings of the T- groove and the said recess, andmeans for holding the rod in the groove, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with a receptacle having a T-groove in its back wall and a series of index-sheets, of a rod 0, having a part c,

engaged with the index-sheets, and two lat- Iii-testimony that I claim the foregoing as erally-separated parallel parts 0', connected my invention I affix my signature in pres- With the part c at their upper ends and conence of two Witnesses.

strncted to engage the recesses or Wings of AARON L. BROWVN. the T-groove, and means constructed to 16- Witnesses: tain the said rod Within the groove, snbstan- C. CLARENCE POOLE,

tially as described. M. E. DAYTON.