An Improved File for Papers and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: An Improved File for Papers and the like.
ARTHUR ERNEST WALKER a Fancy Goods Manufacturer of 18 Chiswell Street
London E.C. do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A box with straight or sloping sides, & with flat, flanged, or sloping lid, having an
index and spiking arrangement for holding papers securely. Fig. "A" is a box
containing a tube placed in an upright position, having another rod which fits it
exactly, the head of which forms a protection from the point when enclosed in its
position. The index is affixed on the tube & letters can be put away alphabetically.
By means of the tube, the letters can be removed from the outer tube to the inner
one, so that any other papers may be placed on & then the inner tube may be
re-inserted.
In Fig. B. the spikes are not tubular, but solid, & papers can be placed in datal
order. A lock clip spring works automatically, & so protects the hands from the
points of the wires.
In this case, the index is placed on lid as there is no need for removing papers.
The following is what I claim to be new :-
Firstly. A box with metal tube so constructed that papers can be removed at
one operation, viz., by means of the fitting inner rod, or replaced without dis-
arranging their order.
Secondly. An instantaneous spike binder, protected by an automatic spring
which by means of a coil attachment remains firm when open or when closed.
Fig. B has a coil spring so fixed that when in action the spring holds the arched
piece or lid over the points of the steel rods, & when open the spring holds it
back.
6th day of May 1896
ARTHUR ERNEST WALKER.
ARTHUR ERNEST WALKER of No. 18 Chiswell Street London E.C. a Fancy
Goods 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 :-
This file is a box with sloping sides in which papers can be placed & removed at
will, as usual, but the inside of the box contains two wires, as in Fig. 1, so that the
papers can be filed upon them. A little piece of wood is fixed by a hinge to
the back of the file, & a little coil spring is attached to it, which when turned back
by the little piece of wood "A" holds the lid back, but when the file is closed,
the little piece of wood marked "A" is snapped back on to the two points, the two
wires holding the papers & the piece of wood answers two purposes. First, keeping

page_text: the papers in their place, & secondly, preserving the points of wires from injuring
& scratching the fingers. This file is also made as Fig. 2, the tube possessing an
inner one fitting exactly up to the flat head, by which it is removed when papers
are inserted in, or removed from the file. Fig. 1 is more for the use of letters
placed in datal order, where their constant removal is not necessary. Fig. 2, is for
use where the papers are needed to be indexed alphabetically, & therefore the
inner & outer tube working like a piston, renders it very suitable for this purpose.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, & in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what
I claim is :
(1.) A file for filing papers in datal order & securely binding them by means of
wire rods, closing automatically by a spring.
(2.) A file which admits papers being removed readily by means of a piston like
single tube.
1907
ARTHUR ERNEST WALKER.