Improved Card Case with Card Ejector.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 15th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 10th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 20th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Card Case with Card Ejector.
We, EMIL DREWS, trading under the name of the firm H. Drews and RUDOLF
SENNER, Manager of the said firm both residing at Pforzheim in the Grand Duchy
of Baden, German Empire do hereby declare the nature of our invention to be, as
follows:-
Our present invention relates to that class of card cases with automatically
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acting card ejector, described in our British Letters Patent No. 12899
July 29th in which a card ejector projected the cards out of the case one at a time
in a convenient position for removal by hand. The apparatus is so arranged that
by the act of closing the lid a spring pusher or ejector is pushed down and engages
by means of a small claw with the undermost card for example of a series con-
tained in a receptacle made in two parts in such a manner that when the lid is
released the action of the previously compressed springs connected with the ejector
causes the ejector together with the card to be pushed upwards so that the card
projects from the case.
Now in our present invention the lid which was connected to the card ejector by
a lever, is omitted and the card case is normally closed, being provided with a slot
at the upper end through which the card is projected. The card projector instead
of being connected to the lid is provided with a small bar or band which projects
through a small slot at the bottom of the case. The arrangements of the case
are otherwise similar to those described in our Letters Patent above referred to.
On drawing down the rod or band connected to the ejector the springs of the same
will be compressed and the claw engages under the front card, so that on letting
go the said band or rod the ejector Hies up under influence of its spring taking the
card with it and projecting the same out of the slot at the top of the case.
The present invention also.comprises a modification in the form and arrangement
of the ejector springs. Instead of two springs one on each side of the case, we
arrange a flat compressible spring centrally at the back of and connected to the
ejector. This spring serves the same purpose as the side springs above mentioned
but takes up no room at the sides of the case so that the same has a greater
capacity.
Dated the 15th day of July 1892.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Card Case with Card Ejector.
We EMIL DREWS trading under the name of H. Drews and RUDOLF SENNER,
Manager of the said firm both residing at Pforzheim in the Grand Duchy of Baden
German Empire 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 :-
The present invention relates to that class of card cases with automatically
acting card ejector described in the Specification annexed to Letters Patent
dated 29th July 1891 No. 12899 in which a card ejector projects or pushes the
cards out of the case one at a time and causes them to be successively presented in
a convenient position for removal by hand.
The apparatus as described in that Specification is so arranged that by the act

page_text: of closing the lid the spring pusher or card ejector is pressed down and engages by
means of a small claw with the undermost card for example of a series contained
in a receptacle made in two parts and when the lid is released the action of the
previously compressed springs connected with the ejector causes the latter together
with the card, to be pushed upwards so that the card projects from the case.
Now in our present invention the hinged lid connected to the card ejector by a
rod or link is dispensed with altogether and the card case is normally closed being
simply provided with a slot at the upper end through which the card can be pushed.
The card ejector instead of being connected to a hinged lid has attached to it a
small bar or flexible band one extremity of which projects through a small slot at
the bottom or lower end of the case. The arrangements of the case in other
respects are similar to those described in the Specification annexed to our Letters
Patent above referred to. On drawing down the rod or band connected to the
ejector, the springs or spring of the same are compressed and the claw on the
ejector is caused to engage with the front card so that on releasing the said band
or rod the ejector flies up under the influence of the springs or spring carrying the
card with it and causing the latter to project through the slot at the top or end
of the case.
And in order that our said invention may be fully understood we shall now proceed
to more particularly describe the same and for that purpose shall refer to the
several figures on the annexed sheets of drawings the same letters of reference
indicating corresponding parts in all the figures.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings illustrates in elevation a pocket card case
provided with automatic delivery mechanism according to this invention the hinged
side being removed in order to expose the internal parts.
Fig. 2 represents the apparatus in vertical section illustrating the action of the
hinged side as described in the Specification annexed to the above mentioned
Letters Patent.
Fig. 3 represents the apparatus in elevation with the band and consequently the
ejector, drawn down in readiness to push a card through the slot.
Figure 4 shews the apparatus in plan and
Figure 5 represents the card-case with a modification in the arrangement of the
springs whereby increased capacity is obtained as hereinafter set forth.
To the ejector d which is provided with a claw d' moving in the slot & is attached
a narrow band or bar s projecting through a slot provided in the bottom of the
case. The ejector d is attached by means of arms d² to two springs which tend
to retain the ejector in its normal or elevated position Figures 1 and 2 with the
bands within the case.
On the bands being drawn out by pulling the projecting extremity of the said
band the ejector is drawn down compressing the springs and the claw then
slips under the lower edge of the next card of the series or pile of cards which is
pressed against the side of the receptacle a by a blade spring c. The bands being
now released, the ejector d immediately returns to its normal position under the
influence of the springs and the claw dat the same time pushes out the card
through a slot provided for the purpose at the top of the case (Figures 1, 2
and 4).
Figure 5 illustrates a modified arrangement in which the two side springs are
replaced by a flat compressible spring arranged centrally at the back of and
working between the ejector d and the bottom of the case.
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This spring performs the function of the two side springs h h in the arrangement
herein before described the action of the ejector being unchanged. This modification
allows of cards of a larger size being used in the case.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is―
The combination with a card case of an ejector provided with a claw, a spring

page_text: or springs actuating the ejector and a bar or flexible band forming an extension of
the ejector projecting through a slot at the bottom of the case substantially as
described.
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Amil 1900
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, Agents.