Improvements in and relating to Paper Files and the like, and to Pins and Devices for Securing Papers and the like therein.
Year: 1893

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Paper Files and the like, and to
Pins and Devices for Securing Papers and the like therein.
I, THEODOR HILLER, of 4 Jägerstrasse Berlin in the Empire of Germany,
Merchant, 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 files, cases or portfolios such as are or may be used for
holding letters or other documents or like flat articles and consists in the
improvements therein and in the means for securing the documents or the like
therein as hereinafter described.
Reference being made to the annexed drawings,
Fig. 1 is a view of a file case or portfolio open and ready to receive contents.
Fig. 2 shows various forms of pins for the securing of documents to the said case.
Fig. 3 is a section upon line Fig. 1 showing a document secured in the file.
Fig. 4 illustrates in sectional view the method of securing such documents as are
written upon up to their margins.
Fig. 5 shows in a sectional view the securing of such documents to the file, and
Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the clamp used in securing such documents.
The portfolio or case may consist of a back c and cover a of any usual material
or of any suitable container, the peculiarity of this invention consisting in the
provision, preferably on the back c near the hinge or fold of the file, of the filing
pad which comprises an upper lying layer 2 of some fabric easily pierced by the
pins used and an underlying plate or layer which the said pins cannot or will
not usually pierce. This plate may be conveniently made of thin sheet metal.
These upper and under layers are connected together at intervals by sewing, the
lines of the sewing preferably crossing one another, the closer the lines of the
sewing the better will this filing pad retain the pins which are to hold the documents
or the like in their places. The filing pad is rigidly secured to the cover or back
or suitable part of the file and this may conveniently be done by the stitching & or
Bome of it.
In Figure 2 g. e. f. i. m represent five forms of pins for fixing the documents or
the like to the filing pad. Two of these should be used for each document, they
being passed through the margin of the document and through the facing 6 so
that their points lie between the facing 62 and the under plate 6' of the pad which
between them hold the pin in place. The pins should be inserted so that either
their points or their heads are directed towards each other. h, Fig. 2, shows a
double pointed pin or fastener intended to secure smaller documents such as post
cards. It is intended to be inserted through the margin of the post card and
through the layer 62 so that its points diverge on the under plate 61.
To secure papers in which the writing is close to the margin, the clamp k Fig. 6
is employed, being a U shaped piece of metal of which the one leg is perforated
with holes and the other provided with a sharpened point. The pointed leg is
pushed through the paper or papers as in Fig. 5 and is then turned down as shown
in the said figure. The two clamps k so fixed as shown in Fig. 4 are then secured
to the filing pad by pins, preferably of the form shown at i Fig. 2.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A filing case or portfolio having on its back or cover a filing pad having a
c

page_text: documents or the like by means of inserted pins whereby the latter are held
between the facing and under layer of the filing pad and cannot penetrate the back
or cover of the filing case or portfolio.
2. In a filing case or portfolio, a filing pad consisting of a facing of penetrable
material such as cloth and an under layer of impenetrable material such as metal
sheet, the facing and under layer being connected together at intervals preferably
by means of crossed lines of stitching substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3. The combination with a filing pad comprising an upper penetrable coating
upon an under impenetrable foundation, of pins substantially as illustrated and
described with reference to efgim Fig. 2 for the purposes set forth.
4. The combination with a filing pad comprising an upper penetrable coating
upon an under impenetrable foundation, of a pin having two points adapted to
diverge on entering said pad substantially as illustrated and described with reference
to h Fig. 2.
5. The combination with a filing pad comprising an upper penetrable coating
upon an under impenetrable foundation of a clamp or holdfast k Fig. 6 having a
perforated leg and a pointed leg and adapted to be secured to the papers or the
like and to the pad substantially as set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of August 1893.
R. HADDAN,
Herbert Haddan & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, Agent for Applicant.