Year: 1896

page_text: Date claimed for Patent under Sect. 103 of Act,
being date of first Foreign Application (in 8th Feb. 1898
United States of America),
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 31st Aug.. 1896
Complete Specification Left, 31st Aug., 1896-Accepted, 19th Dec.. 1898
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 31st Aug., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 31st Aug., 1898-Accepted, 19th Dec.. 1896
I, ELIJAH PHILIP PEACOCK, of 145 S. Clinton Street, Chicago, Cook County,
Illinois, United States of America, Inventor, 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:-
Figure is a plan view;
Figure 2 is a vertical section on line 2-2 of Figure 1 ;
Figure 3 is a detail, heing a partial plan view showing a modification; and
Figure 4 is a vertical section on lino 4-4 of Figure 3.
My invention relates to letter files or temporary binders, and particularly to that
class of binders in which a suitable case is provided with a series of index sheets
hetween which the material to be filed is inserted, said index sheets being hold
down by a spring bail. The object of my invention is to provide certain
improvements in binders of this class, by which they may be more cheaply
coustructed, and will be more durable as well as more efficient. I accomplish this
object as hereinafter specified and as illustrated in the drawings. That which
I regard as my invention will be set forth in the claims.
In the drawings,-5 indicates the file, of which 6 is the bottom, 7-8 the sides,
and 9 the back. In the back, near ite ends, are provided recesses or sockets 10-11,
formed by boring up into the back from below, such sockets terminating a short
distance below the upper edge of the back, forming shoulders 12, as shown in
Figure 2. 13 indicates springs, one of which is placed in each of the sockets 10-11,
being inserted from below, their upper ends bearing against the shoulders 12, which
form stops for them. 14 indicates rods which pass down through the springs 13,
and are provided at their lower ends with caps 15 adapted to support the springs,
as shown in Figure 2. The upper ends of the rods 14 pass through suitable
passages in the back of the file and are provided with hooks 16, by which they are
connected to the bail 17. That portion of the bail which bears upon the index
sheets is of any suitable form, and its ends are pivoted to the back 9, by inserting
the ends of the bail in suitable sockets in the back formed by channelling out a
portion of the back, as shown at 18 in Figure 2, thus providing vertical portions
into which the ends of the bail may be inserted after being bent at an angle, as
shown. This construction is such that the bail may be very readily put in place,
as its ends may be sprung slightly apart and then fitted into their respective
sockets, where they will be retained by the spring of the bail. The books 16 are

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secured to the bail by means of shoulders 19-20 formed by bending the ends of
the bail-dt right angles; as shown in Figure 1.
When the bail is raised for the purpose of permitting access to the index sheets
the rods 14 will also be raised, thereby compressing the spring 13. When the bail
is raised to a vertical position the shoulders 16 will move back of the pivots of the
bail, the result being that the springs will tend to hold the bail in its upright
position. The back of the file case serves as a stop to prevent excessive backward
movement of the bail. By this construction the springs 13 not only serve to hold
the bail 17 yieldingly in contact with the index sheets, but also hold its ends more
firmly in their sockets, preventing them from becoming displaced.
The construction above described is a very simple and effective oue, the parts
being assembled without the use of screws, and there being practically no wear
upon any of the parts. They may also be very readily assembled, as all that is
Decessary is to slip the ends of the bail into their sackets and insert the springs
with the retaining rods, and look the ends of the rods over the shoulders of
the bail.
In Figures 3 and 4 I have shown a modified construction, by which the same
arrangement of springs is utilized with a different mounting for the bail. In the
construction shown in Figures 3 and 4 the ends of the bail 17 are fitted in
bearings 21 secured to the back by screws or other suitable means, and the ends of
the rods 14 are hooked over the ends of the bail, which are bent into a suitable
position, as shown in Figure 3. Ledges 22 are provided opposite the ends of the
bail to form stops to limit the backwand movement of the bail, as shown in
Figure 4.
I do not wish to limit myself to the specific details of the construction illustrated
and described, as many modifications may be made without departing from the
spirit of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tiod, and in what manner the same is to be performed, declare that what I
olaim is :
1. In a file, the combination with a case the back of which is provided with a
spring socket open from below, of a spring in said socket, and a bail connected to
the spring, substantially as described.
2. In a file, the combination with a case having a back, and a spring, of a spring
receiving socket, a stop which resists upward movement of the spring, a bail, and a
connecting device connected to said bail and to said spring whereby when said.
bail is raised upward pressure will be applied to said spring, substantially es
,desoribed.
3. In a file, the combination with a case, of a bail having its ende pivoted directly
to the back of the case and having shoulders 19-20, springs 13, and rods 14
:connected to 'said springs and adapted to be connected to said shoulders,
.substantially as described.
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:
4. In a file, the combination with a case having a back, and a socket in said
.back, of a spring fitted into said socket, a stop for the upper end of said spring, a
rod adapted to support the lower end of said spring, and a bail to which said rod
is connected, substantially as described.
5, In a file, the combination with a case having a back, and a socket in said
back, of a shoulder 12 at the upper end of said sooket, a spring adapted to be fitted
into said socket from below, a rod 14 having a cap to support the lower end of said
spring, and a bail to which said rod is connected, substantially as described.
6. In a file, the combination with a case having a back, and sockets in said back,
of shoulders 12 at the upper ends of said sockets, springs adapted to be fitted into
said sockets from below, rods 14 having caps to support the lower ends of said
springs, and a bail having its ende bent and pivoted to the back and having
shoulders 19-20 to which said rods are connected, substantially as described.
7. In a file, the combination with a case having a back, of a bail pivoted to said

page_text: case, a spring, stop for the end of the spring nearest said bail, and a device
connecting the opposite end of said spring with said bail, whereby when said bail
is lifted the spring will be compressed, substantially as described.
Dated this 11th day of August 1896.
ELIJAH PHILIP PEACOCK,
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.