US837481A - Register or name-board. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED DEC. 4, 1906.

F. W. LEUTHESSER. REGISTER OR- NAME BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20. 1903.

MODEL.

'T" 1 65 3 5 W I a citizen of the United randum desired or such other reference .pockets one within the UNITED STATES OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Dec. 4, 1906.

Application filed April 20, 1903. Serial No. 153,495. (Modeh) To (all whmn it hwy concern:

Be it known that I, FRED W. LEUTIIEssER,

States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Registers or N ame-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that type of registers in which cards are the medium employed on which to place the name of a party or other memorandum which is needed for ready reference and use. It is desirable in this type of registers that the receiver or clip s ould be in compact shape, so as to enable the register to contain a number of cards and have some portion of the card displayed sufficiently for indicating thereon the memoas may be wanted, and it is also essential that the receivers or clips for the cards should be of a nature to hold the cards in place when inserted in a receiver or clip and should also be of aformation that will permit the easy insertion and withdrawal of a card without interferin with the position of the adjoining card.

he invention has for its primary object the construction of a register for the rece tion of cards in such manner as to enable the cards to be readily inserted and withdrawn when necessary or desired and when withdrawn allow a new card to he slipped into the place of the withdrawn card.

Further objects are to improve the formation and arrangement .of the receivers,clips, or pockets in which the cards are held in place to enable one card to be slip ed partially over or in front of another card cupy a receiver, clip, or pocket of its own having no connection with the receiver, clip, or

ocket on either side thereof, leaving the card free from interference by or with adjoining cards; to arrange the receivers, cli s, or pockets in close juxtarelation with su cient ody to receive and sustain the cards and have each card project at the top so as to leave the/projected portion of the card in view,- to locate a series full of receivers, clips, or other in a row and ave the bottom of one pocket below thetop of its adjacent pocket, making a register for containing a large number of cards in a compact shape and so as to occupy but a small space, comparatively speaking, and to improve generally the construction, arrangement, and formation of the various parts .which enter into the register as a whole.

and 00- The invention consists in the features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In. the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a complete register-board containing the features of the invention; Fig. 2, a sectional edge elevation of the register-board shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a detail in cross-section, showing one method of attaching the strips having the receivers, clips, or pockets to the boards; Fig. 4, a detail showing the end of a stri having the receivers, clips, or pockets struck therefrom, with the 11 per one in full and the next succeeding ones roken off, leaving the tail in section of the strip with the receivers, clips, or pockets struck therefrom and Without the cards in place; Fig. 6, a similar view to Fig. 5 with the cards in place, and Fi 7 a face view of a card adapted for use wit the register.

The front of the register-board is ada ted for the reception and retention of cards, s ips, or other memoranda containing names or such other information as may be desired. The front is made up of a series or plurality of sections, each section having as a part thereof a strip of metal or other suitable material on which the receivers, clips, or pockets are formed. This strip of thin metal or other suitable material withits receivers under which designation is included clips and oakets, constitutes the essential feature of t e invention. Each strip of metal uI' material A is to be of a width to suit the requirements of the receivers and the cards, slips, or other memoranda to be length to suit the requirements for the number of receivers, desired one above and partly within the other; Each strip of metal or other material A has on each side of the receiver portion thereof a marginal edge a, by means of. which the strip can be secured in the frame of the re ister.

The receivers B 'or ably struck from the body of the strip so as to have a top piece I) and side ieces i), the

placed therein and of a each strip A are prefer top piece extending crosswise of the body of" the strip and the side portions having a diagonal run in relation to the side edges of the strip. Thereceivers B are eachstruck or cut or otherwise formed, so as to stand at an inclination away from the bod or straight lane of the strip, as shown in ig. 5 particuarly, and furnish a rece tacle or space back of each receiver into which a card can be en-' tei'ed and withdrawn, the to and side ortions of a rear receiver furnis 'ng a e in conjunction with the front receiver, 'by which certainty is assured in entering the'card into mined depth, thedepth depending upon the length of the side pieces of the receivers. It "is to be understood that as many of the'strips A with the receivers can be used'as may be required for the number of cards, slips, or memoranda Whichit is desired that the register 'sha1l receive, andthe number of receivers r on a strip can'be varied to suit the require- 'ments' of'use.

{The strips A with their receivers are pref-.

'erably'secured in a suitable frame, which can be attached or suspended on a Wall or othersupport where the register will be convenient for use. The strlps (four of-which app'e'ar'inthe construction shown) are attached to a frame consisting of a top rail C, a bottom rail 0, and end intermediate rails Cflform-v ingthe outside of the frame, andrails C dividing the frame crosswise into regular spaces for the, reception in each space of a strip A- and its receivers thereon. The top rail C in the form shown has secured thereto a-strip"-with its front face out inclined, so as,

to furnish a backing c for'the receptacle'or space of the top receiver, as shown. The

bottom rail 0 has fixed thereto a strip 0 of thin'material, which forms a guard or proteptor for the bottom portion of the cardin lowermost receiver. Each end rail and'each 'interr'nediate'rail has ledges c, on which the marginal edges of the strips A can be secured by brads, tacks, screws a; or other suitable means, andthe end rails and intermediate rails have a front projecting portion 0 on which can be placed numerals or other designating marks, if so desired, to be used in connectlon with the cards and the receivera. The frame, if so des ed, can be finished by a border D, surrounding the top and bottom and sides or ends of the frame proper, and for hanging orsuspending the frame in placeor otherwise attaching it eyes (I can be used, extending up from the top rail of the frame proper.

/The register-board as a whole is assembled as to its various parts .by entering'the number of strips A re uired into the frame, the zfiframc being of t e proper width and length for the reception of the strips to the number re uired, and each strip is attached to the side ed es'of the end rails and the in- I termediate rais by tacks a or otherwise, and

the guard-strip c. at the bottom is also attached by tacks or otherwise so as to artly cover the. lowermost receiver. The order cards at all.

1) is then attached, completing the frame proper as a whole, after which the eyes d or other fastening means are applied, and when assembled the register-board is ready for use. The cards E are each of a length to con.- form'to the Width of space occupied by the stri A and of a depth to enter each receiver an roject above the top portion of the ehtered receiver, so that when all of the ireceivers-have cards therein marginal portions of the cards alone will show, whilethe receivers will be fully concealed, as sh Wnin the first row on the left hand in Fig. 1,'the second row showing the three bottom-freceivers unfilled by the cards and the remainw ing rows showin the receivers withoufany The cards E used canbe ,of

cardboard, paper, or other material and can I lain on both sides or plain on one side be wit a printed memorandum on theo'pposite side, or both faces of the card canhavethere- I on printed or stamped memora mlav -tobe filled in. A card is. inserted by entering it into therec'ep'tacle or space between'the two receivers, so that the front receiverjforms the containing one for the card,'a'nd'each card when inserted in its receiver does notinterfere with the insertion of a'card into a receiver on either side of the filled receiver, as each receiver is independent of the adjoining one on either side and onereceiv'er does not interfere in the least manner with'the insertion, and withdrawal of the cards from an ad-. jo iii ng receiver. Each card, strip, or memo.-

a 'andum projects above its-pocket andisfree 7 tobegrasped by the, fingers and removed by reason of the marginal space above the top of the receiver or pocket, which allowsithe card to be grasped without displacing or interfering with an adjoining card. It will rc 5 thus be seen that each card, strip, ormemorandum can beinserted and withdrawn from a receiver or. ocket Without disturbing an adjoining car and that the withdrawn card can be replaced by another one without the necessity of changing any of the-adjoining cards, enabling the cardsto be readily withdrawn and replaced without 'any'trouble or inconvenience.

Theregister board is one that is adapted v for use in man places and for many pur= It can e used in an ofiice building oses. by tenants or occupants as a board on which a to keep the register of telephone numbers and names. It can be used in hospitals for kee ing a card record ofthe patients. It can e used in hotels for keeping a register of guests. It can be used in factories and machine-shops for time-cards and for work to be done, and it can be used generally-as a register where a card system is employed for keeping a record which requires to be presented'for inspection or for other purposes. The register for use as a telephone-directory can have some of the cards with the letters of the alphabet thereon, and each alphabet-card can be the leading card for a series of cards thereunder with the names of parties commencing with the designated letter of the alphabet. The register tor use in'hotels can have the numbers of the rooms placed oppositethe receivers or pockets on the end and intermediate strips, or the rooms can be otherwise designated. The re ister for use in hospitals can have the war number on a card and on the rails between the strips can have the numbers of the beds, or the beds can be otherwise designated. The registerfor the various uses for which it is adapted can have indicating-marks, if so desired, of any char acter necessary for designating the receivers or pockets.

The receivers, as shown, are in a single piece; but it is evident that they could be made in two or more sections arranged side by side, the sections as a whole forming a receiver of the requisite depth, the depth being one to properly receive and retain the card, slip, or memorandum entered thereinto. The receivers preferably are struck directly from the material, as by so doing the starting plane for each receiver is the edge plane of the body of the strip; but for some uses and purposes the receiver could be made of a separate piece and brazed or otherwise secured to the body of the strip, Thereceivers or pockets struck from the body of the material furnish a compact form, as one receiver or pocket is partially struck from within the adjoining receiver or pocket, thus enabling a greater number of receivers or pockets to be formed, as the several receivers or pockets-in effect he one within the other, presenting, however, the necessary formation to receive and retain the cards, slips, or memorandum.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1 In a register, a front made of thin or sheet material and having thereon receivers arranged one within the other and each projecting forwardly, each receiver formed of a top piece and side pieces leaving back of the pieces a space o en at the top and sides for the admission thercinto of a card, substantially as described.

2. In a register, a front made of thin or sheet material and having thereon receivers arranged in a row one within the other and each projecting forwardly, each receiver formed of a top piece and side pieces leaving back of the pieces a space open at the top and sides for the admission thcrcinto of a card, the bottom of thcside pieces forming a stop or abutment limiting' the downward entrance of the card, substantially as described.

3. In a register, a front made of thin or sheet material and having therein receivers arranged one within the other, the receivers from the bottom upward each extendin into and being separate from the one next a ove, and the receivers projecting forwardly from the face of the front, each receiver formed of an upper cross-piece and side pieces, leavin behind the pieces a space open at the top an sides for the admission the-reinto of a card,

' substantially its-described,

an upper cross-piece and side pieces leavin back of the pieces a space open at the top and 1 sides for the admission thereinto of the card, and a frame surrounding the front, -substan-- tially as described.

5. in a register, a f rality of strips of thin or sheet material, each strip having thereon receivers arranged one partially within and separate from the other and projecting forwardly from the face of the rout consisting of a plustrip, each receiver formed of an upper crosspiece and side pieces leaving back of the pieces a space open at the top and sides for the admission thereinto of a card, a frame surrounding the strips of material, and having side rails and intermediate rails between and to which rails the side edges of the strips of material are secured, substantially as described.

6. In a register, a front consisting of afplurality of strips of thin or sheet material, each strip having thereon receivers arranged one partially within and separate from the other and projecting forwardly from, the face of the strip each receiver formed of an upper crosspiece and side pieces leaving back of the pieces a space open at the top and sides forthe admission thereinto of a card, a frame surrounding the strips ofgnaterial, and having side rails and inter osed rails between and to which rails the sit e edges of the strips of material are secured, the front faces of the side rails of the frame and the interposed rails adapted for the reception of indicating characters, substantially as described.

7. In a register or name-board, a front. 115

made of thin or sheet material and having thereon receivers arranged one within an separate from the other, the receivers formed with or stamped from the material and havnext adjacent receiver, with a space back of each receiver for the admission therrinto of a card, substantially as descrlbed.

FRED \V. LEU'JIHCSRER:

Witnesses OSCAR W. Bonn, Wxuum BANNING.

'ing one receiver partially formed within the

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