An Improved Case for Cards.
Year: 1895

page_text: An Improved Case for Cards.
I, CHARLES EDWARD HUNTER, of 7 Bridgewater Street, Barbican, in the City
of London, Fancy Stationer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved case for cards, which consists of a case to
be made of any suitable material and to open in two halves and close at front with
an ordinary spring fastening and so constructed as to deliver one card at a time
without having to open the case, and is intend to be worked in conjunction
with my invention described in my Specification No. 17,657, bearing date
September 17th, 1894. The two halves of the case are hollowed and at the end of
one half is cut a slot to allow one card to pass through and in the said half is fixed
a plate with a sunk slot at or near the base, and fitted to the said slot is a movable
carrier or projector, this said carrier or projector is connected by a spiral spring or
springs to a button on the outside of the case. The button slides np in a slot and
is forced back to its normal position by the spring power. On the other half is
provided a movable plate with curved projections and is mounted on spiral springs
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so as to force the cards against the opposite half when the case is closed.
end facing the sunk slot is provided curved projections mounted on springs which
give away when a card is forced against them, but prevent the cards from falling
through the slot when the case is not in use.
Therefore when the case is closed the button is slid upwards and the carrier or
projector takes one card only bring it through the slot and the spiral spring or
springs brings back the button and carrier or projector in its normal position and
engages with the next card in the case.
Dated this 21st day of September 1895.
J. P. BAYLY,
18 Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.
I, CHARLES EDWARD HUNTER, of 7 Bridgewater Street, Barbican, in the City
of London, Fancy Stationer, 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 an improved case for cards, which consists of a case to
be made of any suitable material and to open in two halves and close at front with
an ordinary spring fastening and so constructed as to deliver one card at a time
without having to open the case, and is intended to be worked in conjunction with
my invention described in my Specification No. 17,657, bearing date September 17th,
1894.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood I now proceed to
describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters and
foures marked thereon.

page_text: Fig. 1, is a front elevation of the case closed showing the button f which works
up and down in the slot h.
Fig. 2, is an elevation of the case open with a part of the plate m shewn broken
off in order to expose to view a part of the plate i, slot h, and spring e.
Fig. 3, is an end elevation of the case; the dotted lines indicate the position of
the button when pushed upwards.
The two halves a of the case are hollowed and at the end of one half is cut a
slot b to allow one card to pass through and in the said half is fixed a plate m with
a sunk slot c at or near the base, and fitted to the said slot c is a movable carrier or
projector d this said carrier or projector d and sliding plate moves up and down
in clip e fixed to the case and is connected to a button f on the outside of the
case by a rivet g. The button and rivet g slides up in a slot h with the carrier d
and is forced back to its normal position by the spring e. The spiral spring e is
attached to a pin e¹¹ on the plate i at the top and at the bottom to a pin el fixed
to the clip e'.
The carrier or projector d is attached to the sliding plate i (as shewn in Fig. 2,
partly by dotted lines) which moves in a clip e'. On the other half is provided
a movable plate with curved projections and is mounted on spiral springs k
so as to force the cards against the fixed plate m on the opposite half when the case
is closed. At the end facing the sunk slot b is provided curved projections/
mounted on springs which give way when a card is forced against them, but
prevent the cards from falling through the slot when the case is not in use.
The plate m is supported in the inside on pieces of wire n (or other supports)
fixed to the halve of the case as shown in Fig. 2, and held secure by rivets o.
Therefore when the case is closed the button f is slid upwards and the carrier or
projector takes one card only brings it through the slot band the spiral spring e
or springs brings back the button and carrier or projector d into its normal
position and engages with the next card in the case.
If preferable the plate j with the springs under may ride up and down in under
fixed flanges a¹ as per dotted lines in Fig. 2. The object of these flanges is to
prevent the cards falling out at the sides.
:
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I hereby declare
that what I claim is :-
1. In a case for cards, the combination of the hinged two halves and spring
fastening, and the slot to allow the cards to pass through with the fixed plate and
sunk slot and the movable carrier or projector, spiral spring and sliding button,
with a movable spring plate with curved projections, and spring curved projections
opposite the slot which give away when a card is forced against them, substantially
as herein described.
2. In a case for cards, constructed in the manner and for the purpose described
in the above specification.
Dated this 21st dor of L.,l., 1906
J. P. BAYLY,
18 Fulham, Place, Paddington, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.