combined Paper Holder Letter file and Binder
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Oct., 1886.
Complete Left, 26th Aug., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 27th Sept., 1887.
I JOHN CHAMBERS 83 Norfolk Road Sheffield in the County of York, Contractor
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My improved combined Paper Holder Letter file and Binder is constructed
(speaking broadly) as follows:
The file consists of a metallic base with two horizontal slide bars and a catch bar,
and two vertical rods or tubes with bevilled points to receive the papers, and a tab by
which it is held in the binder.
The Holder consists of a back board to which is attached a metallic framework
arranged to hold the letter file, and also a cover board; it has two slides to receive
the slide bars of the File, and a spring-catch to engage with the catch-bar before
mentioned.
A part of the framework carries two curved wires which meet the two rods or tubes
on the file, and form a continuous conductor for the papers to be moved upon from
the rods or tubes on which they are originally placed.
At the junction of these two parts and attached to the curved wires are short
jointed continuations of the wire, reaching to the tops of the said rods or tubes; these
can be moved sideways to admit the papers. There is also a slide bar on which a
jointed cover board holder can be adjusted to suit the varying bulk of papers; the
cover board can be turned back so as to give access to the papers and to form a
support when the papers are being referred to, and it is held in either open or closed
position by a spring acting on the joint.
The Binder is preferably a box-shaped receiver, having a socket inside to receive
the tab of the file, and hold it rigidly in position.

page_text: The papers on the file are prevented coming off the rods by means of a pin passed
through holes formed in the bevilled ends thereof.
In conjunction with the file a small apparatus is used to punch the holes in the
papers before placing them on the file, it consists of two punches fixed at the required
distance, and pressed down by means of a double handle, through corresponding holes
in a steel plate.
When the file (which when in use is combined with the holder) is full of papers, it
is detached and placed in the socket of a binder, a new file being fixed to the holder.
Dated the 0th dow
And 1007
An Improved Paper-holder, Letter-file, and Binder.
I, JOHN CHAMBERS 83 Norfolk Road, Sheffield in the County of York, Contractor
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 is for an improved combined Paper-holder, Letter File, and Binder,
the object being to enable the work of filing and binding or retaining papers to be
executed with facility and ease of reference or removal.
In order that my invention may be fully understood I have illustrated same in the
annexed sheets of drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts
in any of the figures in which they may occur.
Fig. 1. is an isometrical drawing of the metallic parts of the Holder, and File.
Fig. 2. front elevation of File, with the ends of jointed wires of the Holder.
Fig. 3, plan of same, showing the slide-bars and catch-bar, and parts of the
corresponding slides and spring catch on the Holder.
Figs. 4 & 5, two views of the punch for making the holes in the papers.
Fig. 6, the Binder or retainer, with a file in position.
The File A consists of a metallic base having two slide-bars B, B, and a central
catch-bar C, it is also provided with a tab or tail piece D, and two rods or tubes E, E,
with bevilled points to receive the papers or documents which are to be filed. The
two slide-bars B, B, are to hold the file firmly in the required position when in use in
the holder, as shown in Fig. 1, the catch-bar is to engage with a spring-catch, which
prevents the file being accidentally separated from the holder, and the tab Ú, is to
support the file in the Binder when being filled with papers it is taken from the
Holder.

page_text: The Holder see Fig. 1, consists of a backboard F, to which is firmly secured a
metallic framework, consisting of a base, and a projecting part which carries the
cover-board and the wires. G, G, are two slides, into or under which the slide-bars B
of the File are pushed, and when in position the spring H engages with the claw I,
and thus prevents its escape, until the said spring is pressed down out of contact with
the hook or claw.
The projecting arms J, J, carry curved wires K, K, which meet the two rods or
tubes fixed to the File; the ends of the said wires are formed of short jointed
pieces L, L, which can be moved sideways to admit the letters, papers, or other
documents to be placed on the File.
The wires K, and pieces L, in combination with the rods or tubes E, form a
continuous conductor for the papers to be moved upon when reference is being made
to them, and to enable any of the said papers to be removed from the rods E, upon
which they were originally placed, and to be inserted again in any desired position
amongst the papers.
M, is a slide-bar preferably made detachable, upon which a sliding arm N is fixed,
and which can be retained at any given point by means of a strong spring O, pressing
against the slide-bar M. This sliding arm terminates with a joint P, in which
the metallic attachment Q of the coverboard is secured by a joint pin; the end of the
attachment at the joint is formed with a projection of such a configuration that the
action of the spring R, will either press the cover-board firmly down upon the papers,
or hold it in a sloping position, when it will form a support for the papers to rest
against for reference.
The coverboard which may be screwed to the part Q, is omitted in the drawings, as
it would interfere with the mechanical details, but I wish it to be understood that
when the papers placed on the file are few and of small bulk, the sliding arm N, is
intended to be pushed down the slide bar M, until it brings the coverboard flat upon
the papers, and that it is moved upwards on the slide bar for the same purpose as
occasion requires.
When the file is sufficiently full of papers, and it is desirable to remove them, the
catch spring H is pressed down out of contact with the claw I, and the file withdrawn ;
a pin S preferably made like the well known safety-pin, or otherwise constructed to
prevent it becoming loose, is then passed through the holes T, made for the purpose,
in the tapered ends of the rods or tubes, and above the papers in such a manner as to
retain them on the said rods. The File with the secured papers is then ready to be
placed in the Binder.
In conjunction with the File, a small apparatus, shown in Figs. 4 and 5, is used for
punching two holes in the papers, to enable them to be passed over the rods E, in
filing it consists of a frame or stand which carries two punches U, fixed at the
required distance apart, and capable of being pressed down vertically through corre-
sponding holes in a steel plate V, by a double handle W which passes over them.
The punches are raised to their normal or elevated position by a spring X, or its
equivalent.
The Binder consists of a Book shaped case Y, of any size suited to receive the
papers, it is provided with a socket Z, which is fixed to one of its sides in the interior
and made to receive the tab D of the file A, so as to support it with the papers in a
convenient position to be taken out and replaced with facility when required for
reference.
It is to be understood that any desired number of the files A may be used in
conjunction with one Holder, it being intended that when a file is filled with papers,
it shall be removed from the holder and placed permanently in the binder, and a new
one substituted for it in the holder. The papers placed in the binder are considered
to be permanently filed.
To place a paper upon the file, the coverboard is first turned up upon the joint P, to
a sloping position in which it will be retained by the pressure of the spring R; the
paper being already perforated with two holes, is bent or arched and introduced
between the short jointed pieces L, L, which are thereby pushed on one side, allowing

page_text: the paper to be straightened, and the beforementioned holes to be brought over the
ends of the rods E, E, and passed down upon them, the pieces L return to their
former position by gravity.
If it is necessary to remove any of the papers from the file when in the Holder, the
Coverboard is first turned up, then the papers above the one wanted are passed up the
rods, over the joint-pieces, and on to the wires projecting from the Holder, the jointed
pieces are moved on one side and the required paper removed.
It will be understood that I do not bind myself to the precise form or design of the
framework or other parts of the Apparatus herein before described, as such may be
varied without departing from the spirit of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1-A combined paper File and Holder, consisting of a Backboard F, supporting a
framework of the various parts G, J, M, K and L, with a detachable part consisting
of the parts B, C, D, and E, and the slide N, substantially as herein described, and as
shown in the drawings.
2-In paper holders, such as shown in Fig. 1, the detachable part A, (which I call
the File) having a Catch-bar C, two slide-bars B, and two rods or tubes E, con-
structed substantially as hereinbefore described and shown.
3-In paper holders, such as shown in Fig. 1, the slide bar M, the sliding arm N,
and the jointed attachment Q to which the coverboard is fixed, substantially as
herein before described and shown.
4-The double punch, operated by means of a lever passing over and upon the
punches, substantially as described and illustrated.
5-The combination of a binder Y, a socket Z, and a paper file A, for the purpose
specified.
6-In paper holders, the combination of the retaining catch bar C, upon the file A,
having a catch I, and the spring H, for the purpose specified and substantially as
described.
7-In paper bolders, the construction of the curved wires K terminating in short
jointed pieces L, in combination with the rods E, for the purpose specified.
8-In paper holders, such as shown in Fig. 1-the use of a detachable File,
constructed for the double purpose of first receiving the papers as they are filed in the
holder, and secondly to hold the said papers permanently in a binder or receiver
substantially as herein before described.
Dated the 24th day of August 1887.
ROBT. F. DRURY,
Agent for the Applicant.