Automatic Apparatus to be Employed in Combination with Pocket Card Cases and other like Receptacles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 29th July, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Apr., 1892-Accepted, 21st May, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Automatic Apparatus to be Employed in Combination with Pocket
Card Cases and other like Receptacles.
We, EMIL DREWS, trading under the name of the firm of H. Drews, and
RUDOLF SENNER, Manager of the said firm, both residing at Pforzheim, in the
Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows :—
This invention relates to apparatus to be employed in combination with pocket
receptacles for cards and other like articles for the purpose of automatically
pushing the cards or other articles out of the receptacle one by one and presenting
them in a convenient position for removal by hand. The apparatus is so arranged
that by the act of closing the lid a spring pusher or ejector is pushed down and
caused to engage by means of a small projection or claw with the undermost card
for example of a series contained in a receptacle made in two parts in such a
manner that when the lid is released the action of springs connected with the
ejector causes the ejector together with the card to be pushed upwards so that the
card projects from the case.
In a card case for example provided with automatic apparatus according to this
invention the case is preferably composed of two halves hinged together. One part
is provided internally with a receptacle for the cards and the other part is
provided with a blade spring which when the case is closed exerts a certain amount
of pressure on the cards. In the side of the internal receptacle there is a slot in
which works an ejector jointed to a curved rod which connects it with a lid hinged
to the case. The ejector is provided at its lower extremity with a small projection
or claw and is connected with arms formed with eyes sliding upon parallel guides
These arms are
or rods attached to the upper and lower extremities of the case.
acted on by springs which are compressed when the ejector is pressed down.
In the lower side of the receptacle there is an opening enabling the ejector to
be pushed down sufficiently to allow its projection or claw to engage with the
bottom edge of the card and in the upper side of the receptacle there is a slot
through which the card is protruded when the ejector ascends. The width of this
slot must be adjusted according to the thickness of the cards. For this purpose an
adjustable plate may be employed, being attached to the receptacle by screws
working in elongated openings or slots for example. The lid is secured in the
closed position by a spring hook or catch attached to the front half of the case
and which when the lid is closed engages with an opening in a plate attached to
the lid being provided with a push pin protruding through the side of the case.
The two halves of the case are fastened together by means of a hooked knob or
catch attached to one half and engaging with a corresponding recess in the upper
side of the receptacle which is sufficiently elastic to enable it to act as a spring
catch.
When a card for example having been pushed out by the action of the ejector
has been removed from the case the lid is shut down and retained in the closed
position by the catch. This movement of the lid causes the ejector to be pushed
down to its lowest position. The ejector springs are compressed and the blade
spring presses the cards against the slotted side of the receptacle. Now when
the lid is released by pressing the push pin the ejector springs come into action,
the ejector and lid are pushed up and the card resting upon the claw of the
ejector is pushed out and presented in a convenient position for removal.
The apparatus hereinbefore described is of a convenient form for the pocket
and greatly facilitates the delivery of visiting cards and the like. The form of

page_text: the case and the arrangement of the mechanism may be modified according to the
purpose for which they are employed.
Dated this 20th 1 of T1 1901
J: H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Automatic Apparatus to be Employed in Combination with Pocket
Card Cases and other like "Receptacles.
We EMIL DREWS trading under the name of the firm of H. Drews and RUDOLF
SENNER, Manager of the said firm both residing at Pforzheim in the Grand
Duchy of Baden, German Empire, 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 invention relates to apparatus to be employed in combination with pocket
receptacles for cards and other like articles for the purpose of automatically
pushing the cards or other articles out of the receptacle one by one and presenting
them in a convenient position for removal by hand. The apparatus is so arranged
that by the act of closing the lid a spring pusher or ejector is pushed down and
caused to engage by means of a small projection or claw with the undermost card
for example of a series contained in a receptacle made in two parts in such a
manner that when the lid is released the action of the previously compressed springs
connected with the ejector causes the ejector together with the card to be pushed'
upwards so that the card projects from the case.
And in order that our said invention may be fully understood we shall now
proceed more particularly to describe the same and for that purpose shall refer
to the several figures on the annexed sheet of drawings the same letters of reference
indicating corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings illustrates an elevation partly in section
of a pocket card case for example provided with automatic delivery mechanism
according to our invention the lid being represented in the open position with a
card pushed out in readiness for removal.
Fig. 2 is a similar view of the apparatus with the lid in the closed position.
Fig. 3 represents the apparatus in vertical section with the lid in the open
position and illustrating the action of the hinged side hereinafter described.
Fig. 4 represents the apparatus in plan the lid being removed.
Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the upper part of the apparatus shewing the
fastening of the lid.
The case is composed of two halves a¹ and a hinged together, the part a² being
provided internally. with a receptacle for the reception of the articles to be
automatically delivered such as visiting cards and the part a' being provided with
a blade spring e which when this side of the receptacle is closed exerts a certain
amount of pressure on the cards. In the side 6 of the receptacle there is a
slot in which works an ejector d jointed to a curved rode which connects it
with a lid hinged to the part a². The ejector d is provided at the lower
extremity, with a small projection or claw d and 'is provided on both sides with
arms d² formed with eyes d³ capable of sliding upon rods g attached to the upper
and lower extremities of the case. Between the said eyes and the bottom of the
case helical springs are inserted which are compressed when the ejector is
pressed down."
In the lower side of the receptacle there is an opening 63 enabling the ejector
to be pushed down sufficiently to allow its projection or claw d¹ to engage with the
bottom edge of the card and in the upper side of the receptacle there is a slot i
(Figures 3 and 4) through which the card is protruded when the ejector ascends.
The width of this slot must be adjusted according to the thickness of the cards.

page_text: For this purpose an adjustable plate is employed being attached by screws
working in elongated openings or slots in the upper side of the receptacle (Fig. 4).
Figure 5 shows the fastening of the lid. A spring hook or catch is attached to
the front half a¹ of the case and, when the lid is closed, engages with the opening f
in a plate attached to the lid and is provided with a push pin protruding
through the side of the case. The two halves a¹ and a2 of the case are fastened
together by means of a hooked knob or catch m attached to the half a' and
engaging with the corresponding recess in the upper side of the receptacle / which
is sufficiently elastic to enable it to act as a spring catch.
When a card having been pushed out by the action of the ejector into the position
represented by dotted lines in Figure 1 has been removed from the case, the lid is
shut down and returned in the closed position by the catch 1. This movement
of the lid causes the ejector d to be pushed down to its lowest position (Figure 2).
The helical springs are compressed and the blade spring c presses the cards
against the side of the receptacle. Now when the lid is released by pressing
the push pin (Fig. 5) the helical springs h come into action, the ejector d and
lid are pushed up and the card resting upon the claw of the ejector is pushed
out as represented in Figure 1.
The apparatus hereinbefore described is of a convenient form for the pocket
and greatly facilitates the delivery of visiting cards and the like. The form of
the apparatus may be modified according to the purpose for which it is employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
1. A case having a lid, and an ejector connected with the lid, provided with a
projection or claw by which the contents of the case are lifted when the lid is
raised, substantially as described.
2. A case having a lid, an ejector provided with a projection or claw by which
the contents of the case are lifted, and an adjustable plate for regulating the
size of the opening through which the contents are passed, substantially as
described.
3. The combination with a case having a lid; of the receptacle having a slot
in the side thereof, an opening at the bottom thereof, and a slot in the top thereof,
and the ejector provided with a projection or claw by which the contents are
lifted; substantially as described.
4. The combination of the case, having a hinged lid, the receptacle formed
with a side slot, with an opening at the lower end, and with a slot at its upper end,
a spring for forcing the contents toward the side of the receptacle, and the
ejector provided with a projection or claw by which the contents are lifted,
substantially as described.
5. The combination of the case having a hinged lid, the rods, the springs
surrounding the rods, the receptacle, and the ejector jointed to the lid formed with
a rod, with a projection or claw, and with arms having eyes sliding on the coils,
substantially as described.
6. The combination of a case having two parts hinged together, and a lid
hinged to one of the parts, a spring on one of the parts, and an ejector connected
with the lid, provided with a projection or claw by which the contents of the case
are lifted when the lid is raised; substantially as described.
7. The combination of the case a¹ a², the lid f, the receptacle bb' b² b³ i, the
spring e, the rods g, the springs h, and the ejector e d d¹ d² d³, substantially as
described.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
Agents.