AN IMPROVEMENT IN CARD HOLDERS.
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Bloomfield Brower, of the City of New York,
in the State of New York, in the United States of America, for the
invention of
AN IMPROVEMENT IN CARD HOLDERS.'
"
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Bloomfield Brower at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and
Declaration, on the 16th July 1872, pursuant to the 9th Section
of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, BLOOMFIELD
BROWER, of the City of New York, in the State of New York, in the
United States of America, send greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT
IN CARD HOLDERS," and have petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto me,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, Her Royal Letters Patent
for the same, and have made solemn Declaration that I am the first
and true Inventor thereof.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Bloomfield Brower, do hereby
declare that the following Complete Specification, under my hand and
seal, fully describes and ascertains the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, in and by the following
statement:-
The nature of my Invention consists in the construction of a case for
holding address cards or similar articles with moveable sides, to adapt
the same for any size of cards or other goods.
In order that my Invention may be fully understood, I shall now
proceed more particularly to describe the same, and for that purpose I 1
shall refer to the several Figures on the Sheet of Drawings hereunto
annexed, forming a part of this Specification, and to the letters of
reference marked thereon.
Figures, I., III., & V. represent front views of different constructions
of my card case, embodying my Invention. Figure II. is a section of 1
Fig. I. at the line a, a. Figure IV. is a section of Fig. III. at the line
b, b; and Figure VI. is a section of Fig. V. at the line z, z. Similar
letters represent similar parts in all the Figures.
A is a plate forming the back of the case provided with a suitable
hole near the top to hang the same upon a nail, or a base plate W may 2
be arranged at the bottom as shown in Figures III. & IV., to stand
the same upon a table if desired; B, B', are the moveable side frames of
the case.
This back plate as well as the front of the side frames may
be made of open scroll work, carved or otherwise ornamented.
In Figures I. and II., the back plate A is made with long slots or 2
openings T near the middle of the plate, and with longitudinal grooves
or recesses S, S, parallell with the openings T near the bottom, provided
with fine teeth or projections. The side plates B and B¹ are made with
long studs F with pins h on their ends passing through the openings T,
and secured by suitable nuts at the back of the plate. Near the lower 3
ends of these side plates, studs N are arranged, fitting into the recesses
S, and having their ends made to correspond with the teeth or pro-
jections in the grooves S. The bottom studs N act as supports for the cards
or other articles, and fitting over the teeth in the recesses S prevent at
the same time the plates B, B', from turning. The studs F confine the 3
cards sideways. By moving the studs F in the opening T, any desired
width for the cards to be placed between the same may be obtained.

page_text: In Figures III. and IV. an angle piece C is attached to the back
plate. A near its bottom, either by screws or by being cast thereon:
Tlic upper flange of this angle piece C forms the bottom of the card
case. The side. frame B has projections m, m, with large heads at
their ends passing through long slots E, E, made in the back plate A.
These slots E are provided with suitable notches or recesses n, 'n, in
which latter the projections m are made to fit, and are held fast. The
heads are made sufficiently large not to pass through the slots E, and
prevent thereby the frame B from falling out.
To make the case either longer or shorter the frame B-is lifted up so
that the projections m on said frame come out of the notches n in the
slots E, when said frame B can be moved into any other of the notches
n, as may be desired.
Instead of making the side frame with projections m fitting into
notches or recesses n in the slots E, as above described, the same may
be arranged as shown on the side frame B', where a screw thread is cut
on the ends of suitable projections w, and made to pass through straight
slots or openings D, being secured by means of large nuts v in any
desired position.
It will be understood that the slots or openings E and D must be
made parallell with the angle piece or bottom C.
In Figures V. and VI., the back plate A is provided with a groove G
at or near its lower part, and the side frames B, B', have bottom plates
or flanches J cast on or attached, projecting a little over the side or end
plates of the frames, which said projecting part fits into the groove or
recess G. This groove G forms a guide for the lower part of the frames B,
B', and enables me to dispense with one of the openings or slots D or E
through the back plate A. This bottom flanch J on the frames B
forms an equivalent for the angle piece C, and supports the cards.
The above description specifies both side frames to be moveable on the
back plate for the purpose of lengthening or shortening the case
according to the length of the cards, but it will be readily understood
that one of the said side plates may be cast upon the back plate, and
only the other side plate be made moveable as set forth.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my
said Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used,

page_text: I would observe in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and
original, and therefore claim as my Invention is, the arrangement of the
moveable side pieces B and B', in combination with the back plate A,
constructed substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Bloomfield Brower, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of June, One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
BLOOMFIELD BROWER. (L.S.)