US983106A - File leaf or holder for sales-slips, &c. - Google Patents

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G.`W. ZIMMER a G. W. BENJAMIN. PILE LEAP 0R HLDBR POB. SALES SLIPS,. dic.

APPLICATION FILED 0GT.3, 1910.

Patented Jau 317, 1911.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

CONRAD W. ZIMMER, OE BUFFALO, AND GEORGE W. BENJAMIN, OE ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, .AssIGNOEs To COMMERCIAL REGISTER COMPANY, OE ROCHESTER, NEW

ironie -To qllwhom 'it may concern:

Beitilnown that We, CONRAD W'. ZIMMER7 acitienof the United States, residing at Buffalo,l in the county of Erie and State of l\leW` Yor-k1 and GEORGE W. BENJAMIN, a clitizenof the United States, residing at Rochester; in the county of Monroe and SttefrNeWtYoi-k, have invented a new and usefult- Irnprovement in File Leaves .or Holders 'frSales-Slips, &c., of which the followin'gisa-Spe'eileation.

Tliis'- invention relates to file leaves or holders'iiployed for' holding .duplicate sales slipsgacc'oun'tsor other papers in an orderly arrangement for referencev purposes, and iiiore particularly to tile leaves of that sort which-are prowlded"with` spring clips for releasbly 4retaining the sales slips or other papers-jiuplace thereon; The spring clips are -'oft he;type shown in U. S. Letters Patto .tenerne-Huber, and; consist. of coiled springs-which' -are passed through holes in the leaves ofzthe file inI such manner as to prov-ide" a "spring coil or clip on each .side of thfleaf which presses against the leaf andibetween which and the leaf the papers .are clamped or retained b v the vln'essure of the clip`,"onc spring Coil thus constituting in ,ellect two spring-hold111gl clips which serve `ti h old the papers'on opposite sides of the leaf- T i'e clips. as generalbT constructed are secured 1n place only by being passed throigliv the holes in the leavespandthey are therefore liable to Swing or be shiftedout ,of their proper position when' papers-"are inserted beneath or withdrawn from under the clipsf1While this does not impair the holding action of the clips,`it detracts'frolnA the orderly and neat anpearance'of the' tile. Une object of this invention is to constructthe spiin'g"eoil's forming the clips iu suchmanner that they can he readily secured to the leaves ofthe file. to form the clips and Iwill be held 'from swinging or shifting out Specitication of'Letters Patent.

Application filed October '3,

FILE LEAF O25. HOLDER FOR S ALES-SLIPS, &C.

Patented J an. 31, 1911. -19410. serial No. 585,018.

eating cardstvhich extend above the upper edge of the sales slips and have names or some other desi-gnatingmark at their upper ends showing the particular account or matter to which their respective slips relate. These cards are more or less permanent in their nature and are generally retained for a considerable lengtlrof time in the san-1e place on the leaf.

.A further object-of this invention is t0 lprovide the. leaf with simple and inexpensive means for ,holding the indicating cards in position on jits face, so that these cards will not be ldisturbed O1' displaced by the insertion and withdrawal of the sales slips.

ln the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a file leaf Or holder embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary section thereof on line :'2-2, F ig'l.V Fig. 3 is -a fragmentary perspective view of opposite spring clips. showingt the leaf broken away between them. Fig. l' is a fragmentary perspective view of the leaf,`

showing the holdingr devices for the indicat mg cards. 151 5 isa fragmentary elevation of a tile leaf of n'iodlfied construction. Fig.

.U is a fragmentariv perspective view-of one of the spring clips detached.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the .several figures.

represents a tile leaf or holder ujhieh is of usual construction. being ineferabtv formed of some suitable stiff durable material. such as sheet metal. The leaf is provided on its opposite faces ivith a series of spring holdingclips B which are :1i-ranged in transverse and longitudinal rows thereon and are adapted to engage "and retain the sales sli-ps or other papers c on the opopsite faces of the leaf.

The corresponding spring clipsj B on opposite sides o'f the leaf are constructed in the usual manner, cach consislixgof a sin- `gle coiled spring Y) which is twisted and', as 'shown in Figs. 1 Q and 3. extends through a hole b1in'the leaf so as to provide coils O11 both sides of the .leaf which press against' the leaf and constitute the holding clips B. The ends of these coils, however, instead of being left fleeand' unattached to the leaf,' as in the former. constructions, are secured to the leaf so that the springholding clips B :re held from'A swinging vor shifting.,their4 shown= the' opposite ends of the spring fr pos tion on the'leaf. In .the construction which forms the clips are provided with hooks b2 and the leaf is provided with suitable holes b3 in Which the hooks of the spring are adapted to engage. The hooks b2 of each sprin are offset laterally toward each other, 'as s'iown in Fig. G, and their ends extend outwardly away from the coils in planes substantially parallel therewith. 'The offset portions of the hooks are adapted to bear in the holes Z13 of the leaf while their ends lie against the opposite faces of the leaf and prevent the hooks from becoming detached from the leaf. The ends of-thc spring are thus held from movement on the 15 leaf and this serves to retain the clips in their proper .position and prevent them from shifting out of the same when sales slips or papers are being inserted lunder or removed from the clips.

The construction of the hooked ends of the springs is such that the springs can be easily an quickly secured in place on the leaves. .This is done by placing the spring against the leaf and inserting the hooked end of the outside coil through the hole Z1 and then assing the springi through the holes to bring its coils into proper position to form the spring clips B on opposite sides fthe leaf. The hooks b2 of the spring can then be inserted into the holes b3 into engagement with the opposite sides of the ,leaf

`and the ends of the spring thus secured in place on the leaf.

While the above described construction is preferable as it permits theisprings to be economically constructed and readily and 4 securely attached to the leaf, any other suitable means for fastening the ends of the 5 spring' to theleaf may be employed, if de- 0 slred.

The'spring holding clips -B are preferably arranged on theleaf as shown in Figs. l' and 2, so as to engage the lower'end portions of the sales slips or other pa ers Which-are inserted under them, and etween the sales slips of each spring clip 4and the face ofthe leaf is arranged :1n-indicating card of usual form `which is adapted to project above the upper end of the saless'lips where it is provided with a name or other designating mark which is plainly' visible on the face of the leaf. The lower ends of these cards are held in place on the leaf by the sales slips or by the spring clips B beneath' which they preferably extend.

In inserting and withdrawing thc sales slips, the indicating cards tend to shift their position on the leaf and become disairanged. For the purpose of preventing this and holding the cards so that they will' be retained inA their respective positions, the leaf lis provided on opposite sides with offset holding fingers or clips E, preferably formed integrally therewith, beneath which the upper ends of the indicating cards can be inserted and which serve to retain the cards in plac'c on the face of the leaf.-

To prevent the indicating cards from 'shifting laterally under the retaining fingers referably provided at The retaining deviceis exceedin ly simple' and inexpensive. It can be casi formed in the leaf, if desired, Without eti-acting from the appearance or utility thereof and occupies little space and-lies close to the leaf so that it does not prevent the leaf from'being combined with other similar leaves to form a. book or file registe1', nor interfere with the free movement of theleaves relative to each other.

In the modified construction shown in Fig. 5, the leaf is provided with an elongated curved slot F through'which the central portion of the spring b extends with its o posite ends secured to t-he 'opposite Sides o the leaf, as in t-he construction above described. The slot F allowsa limited lateral movement of .that part of the spring which passesthrougliit and this serves'to increase the flexibility of the coils on the,opposite sides of the leaf so that they can be more easily sprung away from the leaf for inserting slips 'beneath them and are adapted to receire and hold in place a greater number of slips than in the other construction, lVe claim as onr invention:

l. The combination with a .le leaf, of means forV retaining slips on opposite sides thereof consisting of a spring Wircpassing through the leaf and having retaining portions on opposite sides of the leaf, and means for fastening the opposite ends of the Wire which are located :1t-'opposite sides of the leaf to the leaf to hold said retaininnr portions frorn shifting on the leaf, substani tially as set forth.

2. The combination with a file leaf, of means for 1ctainingslips on opposite sides thereof consisting of'a spring Wire passing through the leaf and having retaining portions on opposite sides of thc leaf, the o positc ends of the wire which are .locate at opposite sides of the leaf having parts which i engage ivith parts on the leaf to hold said retaining portions from shifting on the leaf, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with a file leaf, ofV

m'eans for retaining slips on opposite sides thereof consisting of a spring wne passing through the leaf and having retaining portions on opposite sides of the leaf,- the oppo 'hold seid feminin clip fer bonnie; the eini'tl in plnee on the leaf,

,initially ne se' l in .lll

en foittlin f eoi'nliiini l en w ,.l- L file .heeft1 of e,

spi-.ing n eeeni'etl tiiei'etn foi holding slips nn the leef, nn inpiwiil'ing eaitl yaiafnged nntlei" the eline incl timing e notch formed therein, fi-nui :t ietiinnng deviee on the teef Wlnnlfl enge. ee in seid notch for non', nog; the

ni'iilmtlng Marcil from shifting)r en the leef,

. "tisillv' r ,fet foi-til.

tenv 'with e` file leaf, of Slips on opposite Sides of the leef iinlientn emule arranged innolei1 'tions on opposite sides the slips, and retaining fingers formed integrally With'said leaf and pi'ojectng zitolppoA site sides thereof for' engaging seid indicating` nerds on opposite sides of the leaf and iet-fiining them in place thereon, substantially :is setv forth.

The combination with a file leaf, of ineens for retaining slips on opposite sides thereof consisting; of it spring Wire passing through the leaf and having retaining porof the leaf, the opp@y site ends of the wire which are located on epposite sides of-tlie leaf being offset laterally und entering holes in the leaf to secure the ends Mieli-ete and to hold said retaining portions f1-mn shifting on the leaf, substan* tizilly forth,

Witness our hands this 28th day of Septeinliei',y i910. l

CONRAD YV. ZIMMER. GEORGE WT. BENJAMIN. WVitnesses c El C. HURD, C. B. HORNBECK.,

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