US550435A - Bill-file - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

C. C. BOYKIN.

BILL FILE. No. 550,435. Patented Nov. z5, 1895.

f li- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTOPHER C. BOYKIN, OF BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA.

BILL-FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 550,435, dated November v26, 1895.

Application filed November 17, 1894. Serial No. 529,155. (N o model.)

- and made capable of having the bills successively strung thereon, and it is specically related to that class in which the rod or wire is associated with means for perforating the bills, so that they may be more easily and regularly attached to the file, and so that they will not be unnecessarily torn or mutilated in eifecting such attachment.

This invention consists in certain novel fea-` tures and details of construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings, and finally embodied in the claims.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of abill-file embodying the essential features of my invention and showing a series of bills thereon; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section taken through one of the rods; Fig. 3, ahorizontal section taken through the base-plate and showing the means for holding the rods in place, and Fig. 4 a detail perspectiveof one of -the terminals of the filing-rods, showing the cutting devices thereof.

Two perforating devices are embodied in my invention in consequence of the use of two iiling-rods, as will be understood, and the reference -numeral 1 indicates the said iiling-rods, which comprise vertically-extending portions a bent at theirl upperendsto form the downwardly-extending portions h, the extremities of whichterminate in cutting devices, as will be described hereinafter. The filing-rods are each secured to the base-plate 2, which is formed, preferably, of wood and substantially rectangular in shape.

The securing of the filing-rods is effected by means of the arms 3, which are formed one at each side of the base-platek by slotting the same, as shown. Y'The slots are onegfor each arm and are locatedy at each side of the base# plate, they being extended first inwardly and transversely from the outer sides or edges thereof and thence rearwardly and longitudinally. This forms two spring-arms which lie inward of the edges or sides of the baseplate and which are integral therewith, this fact being responsible for a spring tendency which said arms have to extend in alignment with the sides of the base-p1ate.

4 indica-tes a bolt which is passed horizontally and transversely through the base-plate 2 and through the free ends of the arms 3, the purpose of said bolt being to draw the arms inwardly and toward the center of the baseplate, causing them to move against their tendency and to decrease the width of the respective slots which form them. By these means the lower ends of the filing-rods l may be respectively clamped between the arms 3 and the adjacent portions of the slots which form the arms, whereby the filing-rods are held in proper position as securely as may be 'a size that it will occupy the major portion of the base-plate forward of the free ends of the arms 3, and is secured to the base-plate so as to be capable of a limited movement thereon by means of the headed pins 6,which are two in number, and which are driven into the base-plate at points just forward of the arms 3, and one near each side ofthe base-plate. These pins pass through openings in the rear edge of the plate. The openings in the bill-receiving plate are slightly larger than the pins 6, to the end that the plate mayhave the requisite movement thereon, and this movement consists in a slight vertical swing, making the plate capable of moving up to and above the extremities of l the downwardly-extending portions bof fthe n -v tiling-rods. lFormed by striking up from the metal composing the plate 5, and one at each side thereof, are the lugsv 7, which are consequently two in number and which are transversely aligned with each other. The formation of the lugs 7 will decrease to a slight degree the width of the plate 5 rearward of said IOO integral or by riveting them in place, all of which will be understood without further description.

Formed in the bill-receiving plate 5, and

at points directly under the extremities of the downwardly-extending portions b of the tiling-rods l are the circular openings 8,

which are two in number and which .are provided for co-operation with the perforating devices, as will now be described. Rigidly secured to, preferably by soldering, the eX- tremities of the `downwardlyextending portions Z) `of the `filing-rods are the tubes '9,Which are provided to out the paper 'and which have their lower ends shaped with two transversely-aligned points lO, forming substantially a V-shape'd indentation in the lower ends of the tubes. rlhe lower ends oi? the parts h of the filing-rods are similarly lformed, as indicated at 10a, so as to conform to the shape of` the tubes 9, and the tubes are projected slightly out from the rods soas to leave their cutting-edges Vfree to operate. 'These tubes are of such a size that they will be icapable of passing through the openingslSof the receivingplate, and they are fgreate-r in -diameter than the diameter of the tilingn'ods, which of course isessentialyowing `'to the Yfact that the tubes embrace `or receive the idling# rods.

The free `or forward edge of 'the plate 5 is formed with a bead l2 thereon, whiehadds to i the appearance of the device, and which is provided to make the manipulation of the plate'easy. This is so by reason-of the fact that the bead furnisheszconvenientme'ans lfor grasping the plate, as is necessary in the foperation thereof.

That portion of each `filing-rod whichcarries l the respectivecutting-tubes is bent forwardly and longitudinally so as to extend in a line approximatelyconforming to the 'arc-'ot the circle described bythe plate 5 whenit'swings in its operation. Thus'asthe plate 5 Ais moved upward the parts are so 4gaged that'the openings 8 will pass over the cuttingtubes, "or rather so that theV cutting-tubes will pass through the openings, and it is thisoperation by which the perforation of the paper lis eif-` ting-tube it is iirst forced up between the points of the same, but the 'elasticity `of the paper immediately reacts against the points and causes the disks to be expelled almost instantly after they have been lodged between the points. The return of the plate 5.also as# sists in the removal loi the disks, which, together with the fact that the rods l extend down into the tubes very nearly to their cutting edges, makes it absolutely impossible for the pertorating apparatus to be clogged with paper.

In the use of my invention the bills to be filed are placed face downward upon the receiving-plate and with their front edges in engagement with the lugs 7 of said plate. By these means the position `of the paper may be gaged. When this has been done, the plate 5 should be moved upwardly until the cuttingtubes 9 pass through the respective openings 8, whereupon the paper will be perforated andstrnng upon lthe downwardly-extending portions t of the idling-rods. 'The operation is completed releasing the plate-5 and allowing the same to return by gravity to its normal posi-tion, and by moving the bill-up the parts ZJ of the filing-rods around the bends thereof 'and finally dow-n the vertically-extending portions e thereof, where they lmay rest the base-plate, as shown in Fig. l.

The lower ends of the vertical portions a oi' the tiling-rods are "slightly reduced vinv-size and perforated 'to form the leyes l, the purpose 'of which is @to peimtit secu-ring a 'cordor wire to the loiwefrfend-of each iillifngaod, yso that the bills of the "latter may be readily transferred to the lcords -or Wires forpermanent Dillinger Lio'rstoringfwray. "This removal of the bills -is -effeo'ted by loosening the bolt 4, which permits the emms tonioveoutwardly and which makes it possible to easily remove the iiling-rods. When this removal of the rods has been 4etEo/cted, fthe wi-res or lcords aforesaid may be-connected to theeyesl and the bills transiter-red, asfenpla'ined. It i-s-also possible lto remove the @tiled bills bypassing a wire -up *through fthe openings in *the bills when they are in place and then removing the Ti-ling rods and bills by way `of the slots in the base-plate f2. 4|This ravoids the possi-Y bilityof `separating the bilis and kdestroiying their relative arrangement.

lt will be observedthat owing to 'ftl1e'con structionoi myidevi'ce it will beeasy to refer to the bills `tiledthereon without necessita`t ing their removal, all of 'which will be understood. "llhe invention is particularlyfadapted for the filing ofhdruggists prescriptions, but is, of course, applicable `to all Lother mercan-4 tile purposes and indeedto alil uses which en; tail the nling of ,papers nof any kind.

fOhanges `inthe lform, proportion, and 'the minor details o'f-constrnction may be resorted to Without*departing'fromthe principle or `sacrificing any yof Lthe 'advantages of this inven tion.

Having "described the invention, Vl -'claim- (l. A bill ilecomprising `in itsconstruction a base plate "having an Iarm formed integral therewith and bycujtting-a fslo't inthe base plate, the "arm having a spring `tendency whereby the slot is held open when said tendA IOO IIG

ency is not overcome, a ling rod having its lower end inserted in said slot, and a bolt passing through the arm and into the main portion of the plate, whereby the iiling rod may be removably clamped in place, substantially as described.

2. A bill file comprising in its construction a base plate rectangular in form and having in opposite sides thereof two slots which eX- tend inwardly and thence longitudinally at right angles to the sides, whereby two arms are formed integral with the base plate, a bolt passing horizontally through the arms and base plate, whereby the arms may be drawn inwardly, and a filing rod for each slot, each rod having its lower end arranged in one of said slots and secured in place by clamping the corresponding arm against it, substantially as described.

3. In a bill ile, abase plate, a iiling rod secured thereto and extending upwardly therefrom and thence downwardly so as to have two parallel portions, the free -end of the iiling rod having a cutting edge thereon, and a spring plate mounted on the base plate and having an opening therein capable of receiving the free end of the filing rod as the plate is moved into engagement therewith, substantially as described.

4. A perforating device consisting of a rod having afV-shaped notch in its end, a cutting tube affixed to and surrounding said end and projecting slightly beyond the same and also having a V-shaped notch conforming to the notch in the rod, whereby the diameter of the cuttingend of the filing rod is greater than its shank, and a plate having an opening therein and capable of moving into engagement with the cutting tube and of having the same passed through its opening, sulostann tially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTOPHER C, BOYKIN.

Witnesses:

HENRY S. HUBBERT, R. N. MCOLAUGHERTY.

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