Improvements in or relating to Files for Letters and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 10th Apr., 1897
CODE DIN DOUATION.
Improvements in or relating to Files for Letters and the like.
I, SAMUEL MAIER, of 2, Bradford Avenue, Redcross Street, E.C. 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 improvements in connection with files for letters and the
like, and has for its object to improve upon a previous invention for which a Patent
has been granted to me No. 158 of 1887 entitled "Improvements in files or binders
for letters, bills, music sheets, or other papers or documents.'
My present improvements relate to the part of the file which assists in securing the
letters in place and allows any desired paper to be removed without disarranging the
others.
The device employed for this purpose, consists of a wire bent at each end and
preferably pointed, the end pieces taking into tubes fitted to the back of the file.
This wire or holder is secured to the back of the file cover by means of an eye or
loop on the latter and a hook carried by the wire.
According to my present arrangement this hook, which may consist of bent wire
coiled so as to form a sleeve at one end, is arranged to slide on the horizontal part of
the holder, so that it can be pushed along it when it is desired to disengage it from
the eye.
In order to keep it in permanent connection howover, with the eye, I propose to
place a small spiral spring over the holder which prevents the hook being withdrawn
excepting when pressed back by the finger.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had to the
accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Fig. 1 shows a file provided with my
improvement in perspective view and Fig. 2 is an elevation of a modification partly in
section.
Referring to Fig. 1. the file A is provided with the tubes B fitted to the back in
the same manner as that shown in my prior specification. The piece C consists of a
bent wire taking into the said tubes and having a central horizontal portion c. On
this central part the hook D slides having the sleeve d which I preferably form by
coiling one end of the wire forming the hook.
On the wire stem at the back of the hook I propose to place a spiral spring B
bearing on the hook and causing it to engage more securely with the eye a fitted
to the file. A small stop e against which the other end of the spring abuts is also
fitted on the stem, this stop being preferably formed from a small coil of wire.
In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2. the spring E¹ is fitted within the collapsing or
telescopic tube F formed from two sleeves, one within the other. The end of the
wire bears against the inner sleeve and is connected to the outer one at its extremity
passing through a hole in the said outer sleeve or being otherwise connected.
The arrangement is otherwise the same as that already described, but the spring is
concealed and there is no danger of it getting out of order.
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) Improvements in letter files consisting in a sliding book carried by the balder

page_text: and engaging with an eye on the file and a spring on the stem of the holder bearing
against the hook substantially as described and for the purposes specified.
(2) Improvements in letter files consisting in a sliding hook carried on the stem of
the holder and engaging with an eye on the file, a spring bearing against the said
book and a stop against which the-spring abuts substantially as described and shown
in Fig. 1 and for the purposes specified.
(3) Improvements in letter files consisting in a hook sliding on the stem of the
holder, a spiral spring bearing against the said hook and a collapsible tube carrying
the said spiral spring constructed and operating substantially as described and shown
in Figs. 2 and for the purposes specified.
1011 1
1000
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant