Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd June, 1887
Complete Left, 22nd Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 27th Apr., 1888
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S. M.I.M.E. of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 6 Lord Street; Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, and 323 High
Holborn in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to transferring papers from temporary files and binding them
in suitable covers.
Papers such as letters, bills, invoices, and other records printed or written on
detached sheets, are usually placed on a temporary file for convenience of ready
reference, until such time as they can be filed away in a permanent receptacle. As
these papers are usually filed under dates, or letters, or classified in some convenient
manner, it is essential that they should be transferred from the file to the permanent
receptacle without disarranging their order. Furthermore as frequent reference to
to them may be necessary, and it is not unusual that circumstances may require that
they be taken out of the receptacle and again replaced, or for other papers to be
inserted with the papers already filed away, the binding devices of the permanent
receptacle must be adapted to permit such a disposition of papers.
The objects of this invention are, first, to provide a transferring paper file and binder,
on which when connected together, the papers can be separated and part removed,
and the remainder retained on the file without disarranging the order, or detaching
them wholly from the fixed or removable part of the binder second, to make the
transferring file capable of being used to take the papers from temporary.. files
having either tubular or solid fixed wires: third, to adapt the binding and trans-
_ferring devices to be opened for the abstraction and insertion of papers after some or

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all have been transferred from the removable to the fixed parts of the binder without
detaching the transferred papers, from the binder, fourth, to connect the transferring
file which constitutes the detachable part of the binder with the fixed part so that
it will be held with equal rigidity at both ends.
The cover of the binder consists of two sides united by flexible connections with a
back, so that said sides can be folded or closed parallel to each other like the covers of
a book.
The binding devices consist of a fixed member connected with a suitable plate, and
a detachable member arranged to form an easily made connection with the fixed
members, said detachable member also forming the transferring file.
The fixed members of a duplex binder consist of wire and studs. The wires
consist of a stem, the lower end of which is fixed in any suitable manner to a
plate, and an arm extending from the stem at right angles (or curved, or arched if
preferred) and with the end pointed toward the studs and terminated with a ball.
The base plate is preferably stamped out of sheet metal with prongs or points formed
at the corners, which, being passed through the cover and bent up against the outside,
fasten the plate securely to the cover.
Parallel to the front edge of the plate and equi-distant from the stems of the fixed
members are the conical studs formed by striking up the plate, or in any other
suitable manner. For instance, they may be made and set on the plate. These studs
align with the balls. on the fixed wires, the two forming catches for opposite ends
of the detachable member or transferring file hereafter described.
Between the studs are stops formed by striking the plate, or if preferred, they may
be made separately and set upon the plate. Two of these studs align, while the third
is nearer the front edge of the plate.
The detachable members of the binder consist of two tubes, joined together at the
bottom by a bar or wire, the ends of which are bent around the tubes so as to embrace
them, and fastened by soldering. These ends enlarge the bases of the tubes and thus
prevent the papers from slipping off. The tubes are of a length to fit between the
base plate, and the ends of the wires, with the studs entering into the lower ends of
the tubes, and the balls the upper ends. In order that the tubes may be held
immovable and prevented from slipping, the wires should be adjusted so that the balls
will bear forcibly against the tops of the tubes and keep the latter pressed firmly
against the base plate. This result is attained by making the wires of spring steel and
adjusting their length or height, so that when the tubes are attached, the arms will
spring up slightly to admit them.
The duplex detachable tubes are used to transfer papers from the temporary file to
the binder. The manner of doing this is as follows: The papers on the temporary
file with the index leaves are first transferred from the fixed wires or needles to the
arched wires and the latter disconnected from the former. The transferring file is
next detached from the binder and the tubes slipped or telescoped over the fixed
wires or needles as shown. Next the movable arched wires are moved into con-
junction with the fixed wires and the paper re-transferred to the fixed wires and
tablet, the papers are now however, filed upon the tubes. The transfer wires are
again disconnected from the fixed wires, and the tubes drawn or lifted off the latter,
the packet of papers and the index leaves coming off with them. The transferring
file with the packet of papers are now ready for connecting with the binder. For
this purpose the papers are placed on the covers, to which the binding devices are
attached. To make the connection, the tops of the tubes are first placed in connection.
with the balls, forming thus a ball and socket joint; then keeping the upper
ends of the tubes pressed up against the balls, the lower ends are forced inward
against the studs, and with sufficient pressure the arms of the fixed wires, spring
up far enough to allow the edges of the tubes to. pass up over the studs,
and the latter dropping into the lower ends of the tubes, the attachment is
made and the papers are connected with or bound in the covers. The bar passes over
the stop, when the tubes rise over the studs, and it drops in between the three stops,
..which hold it firmly against lateral movement and thus prevent the tubes from slipping

page_text: from the studs, and also prevent disconnecting them by pushing the lower ends inward.
In all cases the detaching should be done by first disconnecting the lower ends of the
tubes and moving them out, and they are connected with the fixed wires by reversing
the operation.
The plate may also be attached to the back of the cover, and in this case the stems
of the fixed wires are placed between the plate and the back, and there are arms at
both ends of the stems projecting out at right angles through suitable openings in
the plate. The arms on each stem have their extremities turned towards each other
and terminated with balls, and the ends of the tubes join these balls when the
transferer is attached to the fixed wires. The connections or joints and the manner
of attaching the tubes are substantially the same as previously described. This style
of binder is more especially adapted to binding pamphlets and similar articles made
up of attached sheets of paper, but it may be used for detached papers as well..
Where a temporary file has but one arched and one fixed wire, a single tube may
be used as a transferring file, to detach the papers and connect them with the binder.
Where the detachable members are not employed to transfer papers from a file to the
binder, but merely as a detachable part of the binder, it is obvious that the tubular
form may be dispensed with, and they may be made of solid wires or rods, with the
ends provided with cups or sockets to engage the balls or studs of the fixed wires.
Dated this 20th day of June 1887.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COOKE, both of Brooklyn, in the County of Kings and State of New York, United
States of America, Inventors.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON F.C.S. M.I.M.E. of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors 6, Lord Street, Liverpool and 6, Bank Street Manchester both in
the County of Lancaster & 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex Civil
Engineer 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 transferring papers from temporary files and binding them
in suitable covers.
Papers such as letters, bills, invoices and other records printed or written on
detached sheets, are usually placed on a temporary file for convenience of ready
reference, until such time as they can be filed away in a permanent receptacle. As
these papers are usually filed under dates or letters, or classified in some convenient
manner, it is essential that they should be transferred from the file to the permanent
receptacle without disarranging their order. Furthermore as frequent reference to
them may be necessary, and it is not unusual that circumstances may require that
they be taken out of the receptacle and again replaced, or for other papers to be
inserted with the papers already filed away, the binding devices of the permanent
receptacle must be adapted to permit such a disposition of papers.
The objects of the invention are, first, to provide a transferring paper file and
binder, on which when connected together, the papers can be separated and part
removed and the remainder retained on the file without disarranging the order or
detaching them wholly from the fixed or removable part of the binder; second, to
make the transferring file capable of being used to take the papers from temporary
files having either tubular or solid fixed wires; third, to adapt the binding and
transferring devices to be opened for the abstraction and insertion of papers after
some or all have been transferred from the removable to the fixed parts of the binder,
without detaching the transferred papers from the binder; fourth, to connect the
transferring file which constitutes the detachable part of the binder with the fixed
part so that it will be held with equal rigidity at both ends.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved transferring paper file and binder.
Figure 2. is a sectional side elevation of the same.
Figure 3. represents the binder with the transferring file detached, showing also
the manner of disconnecting it from the fixed members of the binder.
Figure 4. represents the binder case.

page_text: Figure 5. represents a temporary paper file with the transferring file applied thereto
preparatory to taking the papers off the temporary file.
Referring to the drawings, the cover A¹ consists of two sides 15, 15 united by
flexible connections with a back 16, so that said sides can be folded or closed parallel
to each other like the covers of a book as illustrated by Figures 2 and 7.
The binding devices consist of a fixed member connected with a suitable plate, and a
detachable member arranged to form an easily made connection with the fixed
members, said detachable member also forming the device by which the papers are
transferred from the file to the binder.
The fixed members of a duplex binder consist of the wires 17 and 17 and studs
18, 18. The wires consist of a stem, the lower end of which is fixed in any suitable
manner to the plate B1, and an arm extending from the stem at right angles (or
curved or arched if preferred) and with the end pointed toward the studs and terminated
with a ball k.
The base plate B¹ is preferably stamped out of sheet metal with prongs or points /
formed at the corners, which, being passed through the cover and bent up against the
outside, fasten the plate securely to the cover.
Parallel to the front edge of the plate and equidistant from the stems of the fixed
members are the conical studs 18, formed by striking up the plate, or in any other
suitable manner. For instance, they may be made and set on the plate. These studs
align with the balls k, on the fixed wires, the two forming catches for opposite ends
of the detachable member or transferring file hereafter described.
Between the studs 18 are stops 19, 19, 19" formed by striking up the plate, or if
preferred, they may be made separately and set upon the plate. Two of these studs
align, while the third is nearer the front edge of the plate.
The detachable members of the binder consist of two tubes 20, 20, joined together
at the bottom by a bar or wire 21, the ends m of which are bent around the tubes so
as to embrace them, and fastened by soldering. These ends enlarge the bases of the
tubes and thus prevent the papers from slipping off. The tubes are of a length to fit
between the base plate B¹, and the ends of the wires 17, 17 with the studs 18 entering
into the lower ends of the tubes, and the balls k, the upper ends as shown in Figure 2.
In order that the tubes may be held immovable and prevented from slipping, the
wires 17 should be adjusted so that the balls will bear forcibly against the tops of
the tubes and keep the latter pressed firmly against the base plate. This result is
attained by making the wires of spring steel and adjusting their length or height so
that when the tubes are attached the arms will spring up slightly to admit them.
The duplex detachable tubes 20, 20 are used to transfer papers from the temporary
file to the binder. The manner of doing this is illustrated by Figure 5, and the
operation is as follows: The papers P on the temporary file F (which is of the
construction described in the application for patent for Improvements in files for
letters, papers, bills and like," bearing even date herewith) with the index leaves 1,
are first transferred from the fixed wires or needles 2, 2, to the arched wires 9 9, and
the latter disconnected from the former. These positions of the parts mentioned are
shown by the full lines in Figure 5. The transferring file is next detached from the
binder and the tubes slipped or telescoped over the fixed wires or needles as
shown. Next the movable arched wires are moved into conjunction with the
fixed wires and the paper retransferred to the fixed wires and tablet as indicated
by the dotted lines, the papers are now, however, filed upon the tubes 20, 20.
The transfer wires are again disconnected from the fixed wires, and the tubes
drawn or lifted off the latter, the packet of papers and the index leaves coming
off with them. The transferring file with the packet of papers are now ready for
connecting with the binder. For this purpose the papers are placed on the covers,
to which the binding devices are attached, with the transferer in the position indicated
in Figure 3. To make the connection, the tops of the tubes are first placed in
connection with the balls k, forming thus a ball and socket joint; then keeping the
upper ends of the tubes pressed up against the balls, the lower ends are forced inward
against the studs 18, 18, and with sufficient pressure the arms of the fixed wires,"

page_text: spring up far enough to allow the edges of the tubes to pass up over the studs, and the
latter dropping into the lower ends of the tubes, the attachment is made and the
papers are connected with, or bound in the covers. The bar 21 passes over the stop 19ª,
when the tubes rise over the studs, and it drops in between the three stops, which
hold it firmly against lateral movement and thus prevent the tubes from slipping from
the studs, and also prevent disconnecting them by pushing the lower ends inward. In
all cases the detaching should be done by first disconnecting the lower ends of the
tubes and moving them out in the direction of the lower arrow in Figure 3 and they
are connected with the fixed wires by reversing the operation, as indicated in Figure 3
by the upper arrow.
When the papers have been bound in, as stated, the covers can be closed over them
like the covers of a book, and the whole put in a case C as shown in Figure 4. The
papers can be referred to as easily and certainly as when on the temporary file. They
are indexed in the same way, and intermediate papers can be got at, by transferring
the superincumbent papers from the tubes to the fixed wires, and they can also be
abstracted from the binder without removing from the files any papers other than
those wanted, or disturbing or disarranging the order in which they were filed away.
To abstract or insert papers those above the place from which they are to be taken, or
in which they are to be inserted, are transferred to the fixed wires, and then the tubes
being detached, the papers are taken off or placed on the tubes as the case may be,
and the tubes rejoined to the fixed wires and plate. Thus ready access may be had
to any papers in the binder, either for examination or removal without disturbing the
order of the remaining papers. As may be inferred from the above, the binder may
be used as a device or receptacle for originally filing papers the same as a temporary
file, and as a substitute for the latter.
The tubes 20 are slotted longitudinally in order that they may adjust themselves to
slight variations in the diameter of the fixed wires or needles.
The construction above described may be modified as follows:-
The plate B¹ may be attached to the back of the cover and in this case the stems
of the fixed wires 17, 17, are placed between the plate and the back, and there are
arms at both ends of the stems projecting out at right angles through suitable openings
in the plate. The arms on each stem have their extremities turned towards each other
and terminated with balls k, and the ends of the tubes join these ball when the
transferer is attached to the fixed wires. The connections or joints and the manner
of attaching the tubes are substantially the same as previously described. This style
of binder is more especially adapted binding pamphlets and similar articles made
up of attached sheets of paper, but it may be used for detached papers as well.
Where a temporary file has but one arched and one fixed wire, a single tube 20 may
be used as a transferring file, to detach the papers and connect them with the binder.
Where the detachable members 20 are not employed to transfer papers from a file
to the binder, but merely as a detachable part of the binder, it is obvious that the
tubular form may be dispensed with, and they may be made of solid wires or rods,
with the ends provided with cups or sockets to engage the balls or studs of the fixed
wires.
By making the binder in the manner described, the important advantage obtained
is, that when papers are to be abstracted or inserted, the papers transferred to the
fixed wires do not have to be removed from the binder in order to open the binder for the
removal or insertion of the papers. After the superincumbent papers and index leaves
have been transferred, it is only necessary to detach the tubes and remove or insert
the papers. By making the connection between the transferring file and the fixed
wires and plate as stated, a positive fastening is obtained for both ends of the
detachable part, and thereby greater rigidity is given to the binding. Furthermore
the tubular form of the transferring file makes it available to transfer papers from
files having the fixed wires or needles either tubular or solid, as the tubes of the
transferer may be slipped over either, with equal facility. Hence the transfer and
binder may be used in conjunction with any of the files of the class herein referred to,
now in use.

page_text: The transferring tubes may be long enough to project above the knobs or balls k if
preferred and in that case the balls will serve to hold them steady and prevent lateral
inotion.
When a single tube is used the lower end may be enlarged in any convenient way.
For example, it may have a ring soldered to it, or its end may be enlarged by forming
it with a flange.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. In a paper file composed of fixed and movable wires, the combination with the
fixed wires of a tubular wire having both ends open, one end being enlarged; said
tubular wire susceptible of being telescoped over the fixed wire when the papers
have been shifted therefrom, for the reception of the said papers when they are
retransferred from the movable wire whereby the papers can be transferred on said
tubular wire to the binder and bound therein, substantially as specified.
2. The combination of the transferring file composed of united tubes 20, 20, having
both ends open and made separate from the paper file, with the fixed wires of the
paper file over which said tubes ielescope for the reception and removal of the papers
from the file to the binder and for the purpose of binding the papers therein, sub-
stantially as specified.
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