Improvements in and in connection with File Cases or Cabinets
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application 3rd May, 1895
Co plete Specification Left 7th Feb, 1895-Accepted, 2nd May, 196
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Improvements in and in connection with File Cases or Cabinets
We JOHN HENRY HARRISON HOGCE of 32 Queens Terrace, Southampton,
in the County of Hants, Shipping Agent, and WILLIAM JOHN BONIFACE, of
14 Anglesea Place, Southampton aforesaid, Cabinet Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
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This invention relates to file cases or cabinets of the kind wherein a number of
letter or other paper or document files provided with suitable indexes are fitted in
compartments in the case or cabinet The object of this invention is to construct
file cases or cabinets of the kind above described, in such manner that the
document files therein shall be so aanged that they are convenient for reference
and can be rapidly transferred either wholly or in part from the case or cabinet to
a storage box or binding cise when desired
For the purpose of carrying out our invention we provide each compartment in
the file case or cabinet with a drop-down flap hinged or pivotted to the sides of the
compartment, which said flap forms the base boaid or back of the file and cairies
the wires on which the letters or other papers or documents are filed Each
compartment is large enough to contain the file and the documents thereon, the
flap forming the door to such compartment Suitable stops are fixed to the
interior of the compartments to prevent the flaps fiom falling below the necessary
inclined position and means are provided for retaining the flaps in position when
closed
For transferring the files to a storage box or binding case we may fit the sides
of the files with gudgeons or pins which engage in slotted bearings fixed to oi in
the sides of the compartments, or we may provide each flip with false bottom
which carries the filing wires and which is removably secured to the flap by means
of 1 tongue or slide Joint
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F
W GOLBY,
36 Chancery Lane, London, WC, Patent Agent for the Applicants
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
Improvements in and in connection with File Cases or Cabinets
We, JOHN HENRY HARRISON HOGGE, of 32 Queen's Ferrace, Southampton
in the County of Hants, Shipping Agent, and WILLIAM JOHN BONIFACE, of
14 Anglesea Place, Southampton, aforesaid, Cabinet Manufacturer, do neruby
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 file cases or cabinets of the kind wherein a number of
letter or other paper or document files provided with suitable indexes are fitted in
compartments in the case or cabinet The object of this invention is to construct
file cases or cabinets of the kind above described, in such a manner that the
document files therein shall be so arranged that they are convenient for reference
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page_text: and can be rapidly transferred either wholly or in part from the case or cabinet to
storage box or binding case when desired
In the accompanying drawings which are fuzuished in illustration of our
invention,
Fig 1s per pective view of file cabinet made in accordance with out
invention and having sixteen compartments two being shewn in the open position,
Fig 2 is an enlarged vertical section taken through one of the compartments
with the flap or door removed
Fig 3 is plan of the flip on door alone, and
Fig 4 istiansverse section of a modified form of flap or doo
The same letters of reference where they occur in the several figures are used to
indicate the same or corresponding puits
For the purpose of carrying out our invention we provide each compartment A
in the file case or cabinet with a diop down flap B hinged or pivotted to the sides a
of the compartment which said flap forms the base board oi back of the file and
cates the wires C on which the letters or other papers oi documents D are filed
Each compartment A is lage enough to contain the file and the documents
thereon, the flap B forming the door to such compartment
Suitable tops E aie
fixed to the compartments to prevent the flaps B from falling below the necessary
position, and hooks and eyes, spring bolts or other suitable fastening devices e
fixed on cach flap and its collesponding computment for retaining the flaps in
position when closel
For transfeiring the files to a storage box or binding case we may fit the sides
of the files with gudgeons or pins as shewn in Fig 3 which engage in slotted
beangs fixed to or in the sides of the compartments, (see Fig 2)
01, as shewn
in Fig 4, we may provide each flap B with a false bottom which cuiries the
filing wires C and which is removably secured to the flap B by means of a tonuc
or slide Joint In the latter case the flap B forms a permanent door to its com-
partment to which it is permanently hinged or pivotted
The storage boxes for use with the form of flap described with reference to
igs 1 to 3 ill be fitted up with slotted beings on like devices to receive the
gudgeons or pins on the files For the form described with reference to Fig 4
the storage box need only be a flat box or case laige enough to take the false
bottom and the documents on the file when full
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
uvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
(1) A file case or cabinet comprising a number of computments each fitted with
doo which is removably hinged or pivotted at its lower end to the bottom o
sides of the compartment, said door forming the base board or back of a file and
carrying filing wines on its inner surface substantially as described with reference
to Figs 1 to 3 of the accompanying drawings and for the purpose stated
(2) A file case or cabinet comprising a number of compartments each fitted with
a door which is permanently binged oi pivotted at its lower end to the bottom or
sides of the compartment, said door having filse bottom or removable section
which forms the ba e bonid on back of hle and caries filing wires on its upper
surface substantially is described with reference to bigs 1 and 4 of the
accompanying drawings and for the purpose stated
Dated this 7th day of Habr 180
F
W GOLBY,
36 Chancery Lane, London, WC, Patent Agent for the Applicants