Improvements in Files or Holders for Holding Letters, Bills, and other Papers or Documents.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 18th Apr., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Files or Holders for Holding Letters, Bills, and
other Papers or Documents.
I, WILHELM BELLER, of 67, Ostendstrasse, Frankfurt, in the Empire of
Germany, Manufacturer, 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 and accompanying drawing, that is to say :-
My invention relates to files or holders for holding letters, bills, and other papers
or documents, which files or holders may either form part of a book-like cover, or
may be hung up or used without such cover, the file or binder having a detachable
part which when sufficiently filled with papers can be readily removed from the
holder, and a fresh one substituted for it.
The object of my present invention is to make such a file or holder of very great
simplicity, cheapness, and efficiency.
The improved file or holder consists of a flat base of sheet metal such as tinned'
plate, more or less rectangular in shape, and either rivetted or otherwise fixed to a
pasteboard or other cover of the usual kind, or provided with a projecting end
having a hole by which it can be hung up separately, or together with the cover..
Upon the rectangular part of this base I rivet or otherwise fix two parallel guides;
of tinned plate, in which fits and slides the holder proper consisting
also pangular slip of sufficiently strong metal, the parallel edges of which fit in
of a
the guides already described. To this sliding piece is fixed firmly a strong and.
rigid bent wire, the pointed ends of which rise to a sufficient height and are then
turned in towards each other, a sufficient space however being left between them.
for the introduction and removal of documents which are to be filed upon the wire.
A stop or projection is formed or fixed upon the lower end of the base, against
which the slide comes in contact when in its place.
The accompanying drawing is in illustration of my invention,
Figure 1 shewing an entire file or holder constructed as described, and intended
to be hung up, Figure 3 the base and guides, and Figure 2 the slide and bent
wire.
Figure 4 shews the file applied to a folding cover.
a is the base provided at one end with the suspending hole 6, and having fixed
upon it parallel guides c, c, in which fits the slide d which carries the rigid bent
wire e, the points of which f, f are directed toward each other but leaving a
sufficient space between them. 9 is a stop which limits the movement of the slide.
in the guides and retains it in its proper place.
The guides c, c, may be made sufficiently elastic to hold the slide and prevent it
from too readily coming out. Or, for the same purpose a spring catch may be-
used, or a slight projection may be made on the base a upon which a corresponding
depression on the slide fits when the latter is in its place.
Instead of being fixed upon the base a, the guides c, c may be cut and stamped
out of the latter itself.
It will be understood that an important feature in the improved file or holder
consists in the rigid bent wire, upon which the papers are held, having points
directed toward each other but separated by a sufficient distance for the ready
insertion and withdrawal of papers.
The file or holder may be modified more or less. For instance, the slide or
plate d may be prolonged at one or both ends, and provided with one or more holes
by which it can be hung up, the base a and guides c, c, not being required. Or,.
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page_text: the slide or plate d may itself. be omitted, the file then consisting of a rigid bent
wire having its pointed ends directed toward each other but at a sufficient distance
apart. The wire may have an eye or loop formed upon or attached to it, in order
to hang it up.
For the purpose of making the necessary hole through the papers in order to
pass them upon the wire e, the punching device shewn in Figure 5 may be
conveniently used. It consists of, a plate h upon which is formed or fixed the
double plate i forming a recess into which the papers to be perforated can be
inserted. Upon this plate is formed a socket k through which passes a punching
spindle having a punch at its lower end, and a knob or handle m at its upper end.
A helical spring n brings the punch up after it has been depressed.
By the novel method of construction of the file or holder described great
simplicity and cheapness are obtained, and at the same time it is perfectly effective
for the purpose required.
I do not confine myself to the precise form and proportions and method of con-
struction, of the several parts, which may be varied more or less as may be desired
but-
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In files or holders for letters, bills, and other papers or documents, a rigid
bent wire having its pointed ends directed toward each other, a sufficient space
being left between them for the introduction and removal of papers, substantially
as described and illustrated.
2. A file or holder consisting of the base a, guides c, c, slide d carrying the rigid
bent wire e having points f,f sufficiently separated, and the stop g, constructed and
combined substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated.
3. To be used in connection with the file or holder claimed in Claim 1, the punch
consisting of a recessed plate i, punching spindle and spring n, substantially as
described and illustrated.
4. The modified form of file or holder, in which the base a and guides c, c, are
omitted, and the plate d is provided with a hole by which it can be hung up,
substantially as described.
5. In combination with the file or holder claimed in Claim 1, a spring or elastic
catch to retain the slide d in its position in the guides c, c, substantially as
described.
Dated this 10th day of January 1896
EDWARDS & Co.,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant..