Improvements in Paper Files.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 4th Apr., 1894-Accepted, 5th May, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Paper Files.
I, WALTER TILLEY, of No. 29, Normans Buildings, in the Parish of St. Luke,
in the Administrative County of London, Bill File Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in files for filing bills, invoices and other
disconnected papers of more or less irregular sizes, and consists substantially in
the combination with a hollow stem and suitable base to which the said stem is
made fast and to which it is perpendicular, of improved means for admitting the
several papers to the file, for retaining them thereon in their collected position
and for providing for the ready exposure of any one of them to convenient
perusal or withdrawal of it from the file.
In carrying the present invention into effect, I fix, according to one modifi-
cation, a tube perpendicularly into a suitable base. The tube is of a proper
length to hold as many papers as it may be desired to retain on the file for
reference from time to time during a stated period. The top of the tube is cut
off diagonally to its axis so as to produce a pointed edge upon one side of the
said top as well as an incline therefrom to the rest of the tube. A cord, adapted
in respect of both its texture and material to resist friction against the edge of
the top of the tube, is provided, having a tag or needle by means of which it
may be threaded through the tube from the top. The opposite end of the cord
is knotted or otherwise provided with a suitable enlargement adapted to prevent
any of the papers from passing the said end after they have been removed from
the tube on to the cord for such a purpose as inspecting a particular paper
amongst those filed or for filing a paper amongst the latter. To effect such
filing amongst the other papers as well as upon the top of them the cord is
withdrawn from the tube and threaded through it again by passing the tag down
through the tube.
According to another modification of the invention, a wire or tube is bent
twice at right angles, or arched at one end, thereby forming two legs parallel
or nearly so with each other. One of these, the one from which the arch springs,
is of the same length, more or less, as the tube first mentioned. The short leg
is long enough to enter the tapered end of the tube far enough to make the
latter and the arch practically continuous for the passage of papers and is
pointed for that purpose. The long leg is made fast, by its opposite end, to a
foot piece which is pivotted to the base, the axis of the pivot being at right
A suitable
angles with the plane in which both the said leg and tube stand.
device is provided by which the leg can be swung on its pivot away from the
tube, as well as a suitable returning device, e.g., a spring by which the short
leg can be re-engaged with the top of the tube. Any other means of providing
for the disengagement of the short leg from the tube top and its re-engagement
therewith may be adopted.
Instead of pivotting or otherwise connecting the long leg to the base, it may
be made to engage with and disengage from the tube by means of screw threads
formed upon and in the respective ends of both.
Dated this Thirtieth day of June 1895.

page_text: Improvements in Paper Files.
I, WALTER TILLEY of No. 29, Normans Buildings, in the Parish of St. Luke,
in the Administrative County of London, Bill File Manufacturer, 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 relates to improvements in files for filing bills, invoices and other
disconnected papers of more or less irregular sizes, and consists substantially in the
combination with a hollow stem and suitable base to which the stem is made fast
and to which it is perpendicular, of improved means for providing for the removal
of the several papers from the file, as well as for the ready exposure of any of them
to convenient perusal or withdrawal from the file. The said improved means
consists of a tagged cord which can be passed down through the hollow stem.
In the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as part of this
Specification,
Figure 1 is an elevation of a podge file made according to the present invention:
Figure 2 is an elevation of a podge file with cord and tag, and
Figure 3, a detail elevation of a hanging file.
a is the base. b is the stem. It is hollow throughout and is continued, preferably,
to the bottom of the base. In any case, the bore of the stem is continued through
the base a. c is the spike of a podge file. Its lower end is screwed and the top of 2
the stem screwed to receive it. d is the pointed hook of a hanging file. It is like-
wise screwed at its lower end to screw into the tapped end of its stem b. The top
of the stems of the modification illustrated in Figure 3 is pointed by being cut off
at an angle, as shewn.
e is a cord of any convenient length. It is provided for the purpose of receiving a
the papers that have been filed upon the stem b. To adapt it for this purpose, it is
provided at one end with a tag f long enough, and of the proper diameter, to be
passed downwards through the stem b, and at the other end with a stop g. The
latter may be of any suitable kind.
The cord e is used in the following manner.
When a file is full, the spike c or a
the hook d, if the file is fitted with either, is unscrewed from the stem b and the tag
is passed downwards through it. All the papers on the file are then transferred to
the cord, by being pushed up the stem and off it on to the cord, as far as they will
go in the direction of the stop g. The cord e and tag fare next separated from the
file, whereupon the latter is empty and ready for use again.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :
1. The combination in a file, of a hollow stem and a cord adapted to be held to
the said stem, as and for the purpose set forth.
2. The combination in a file, of a hollow stem, a detachable spike or hook and a
cord adapted to be held to the said stem, as and for the purpose set forth.
3. The combination in a file, of a hollow stem and a cord having a tag at one end
and a stop at the other, as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 3rd day of April 1894.
WALTER TILLEY.