A New or Improved Photographic Film Cabinet for Preserving Kodak Negatives and the like
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 25th Aug., 1897-Accepted, 16th Oct., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Photographic Film Cabinet for Preserving
Kodak Negatives and the like.
I, MARIE LOUISE SANDERS, of Ridgemead Englefield Green in the County of
Surrey, Married Woman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
A cabinet in which to keep Kodak films & negatives after they have been
developed. It is shaped like a small chest of drawers but has a door on hinges
at the bottom, closing at top with a lock or spring. Each draw has in it divisions
or compartments something like an egg cabinet, with a stiff tape coming from
the bottom & forepart of the compartment by which to lift the contents con-
veniently. On each tape is a stiff card ruled on which to write the particulars of
films or negatives contained in that compartment. In glass negatives it would
be needful to line compartments with cloth perhaps & provide cloth strips to
go, between each. negative. Extra cards to be provided with each cabinet. The
cabinets to be made in 3 or 4 sizes to take the different sizes of Kodak negatives.
The smallest size to be 7 inches high. Each cabinet to have a handle on top
to lift it by or carry it.
Dated this 4th day of December 1896.
MARIE LOUISE SANDERS.
A New or Improved Photographic Film Cabinet for Preserving
Kodak Negatives and the like.
I, MARIE LOUISE SANDERS, of Ridgemead, Englefield Green in the County of
Surrey, Married Woman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to certain improvements in cabinets adapted for preserving
such small articles as photographic films Kodak negatives and the like though
it is also adapted for holding postage stamps and other suitable small articles.
In the accompanying drawing is illustrated one form of my invention.
Fig. 1 being a sectional elevation through a drawer fitted according to my
invention.
Fig. 2 a plan of same or of a drawer having 4 compartments the lower half
being in section and
Fig. 3 a perspective view of a cabinet fitted with three drawers.

page_text: In carrying out my invention I take a strip a of some fabric such as tape or
a material of a greater or less stiffness according to the requirements of the case
and secure one end in the bottom of a drawerb or a compartment of a drawer as
shown at the left hand compartment of Figs. 1'and 2 and at the lower compartment
in the latter case. The other end is threaded through suitable slits in a piece of
cardboard or other material c so that the end is left loose to project and form a tab
by which the cardboard may be lifted or the cardboard may be attached thereto. The
films or other contents of the box may be laid on the tape so that by lifting the
latter they may be partially raised as indicated at d and be easily accessible.
The cardboard may be used as a label to indicate the contents of the drawer or
compartment and may be suitably indexed or prepared for the purpose.
Where the nature of the article to be contained or held by the drawer or com-
partment renders it desirable, the tape after being secured to the bottom of the
drawer may be first passed through a piece e of cardboard or suitable material
as shown at the right hand side of Figs. 1 and 2 and in the lower compartment in
the latter case.. This piece serves to better support the article, or the piece may
be attached to the tape in other ways.
In Fig. 3 there is shown three of such drawers contained in a cabinet f
having a fall down front g which may be arranged to be secured by a lock or other-
wise to keep the drawers closed. Or in lieu of the door a strap or band may be
provided to hold the drawers closed or each drawer may have a spring or like catch
for this purpose. -
In the case of glass negatives it may be desirable to line the compartment or
drawer with cloth and in some cases to provide cloth strips to go between each
negative and thus to enable them to be lifted separately..
The cabinet.may of course be provided with any suitable fittings or attachments:
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. The improved combination of parts substantially as and for the purposes
described and illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.
2. The improvements in, cabinets for preserving photographic films Kodak
negatives and the like substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 24th day of August 1897.
For the Applicant