Improvements in and in connection with File Cases or Cabinets.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 28th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 6th Mar., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with File Cases or
Cabinets.
We, JOHN HENRY HARRISON HOGGE, of 32 Queen's Terrace, Southampton,
in the County of Hants, Shipping Agent, WILLIAM JOHN BONIFACE, of
1ª Anglesea Place, Southampton, aforesaid, Cabinet Manufacturer, and THE PAX
FILE SYNDICATE, LIMITED, of 36 Lime Street, in the City and County of
London, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to file cases or cabinets of the kind wherein a number of
letter or other paper or document files provided with suitable indexes are fitted in
compartments in the case or cabinet. The object of this invention is to construct
file cases or cabinets of the kind above described in such a manner that the act of
drawing out any one of its files opens the flap or door of the corresponding com-
partment which remains fixed in the open position until the file is pushed back into
its place again by which action the flap or door is closed.
In carrying out our invention we provide each compartment in the case or
cabinet with a flap or door hinged at the top, and to the inside of said flap or door,
and on one or on both sides thereof as found desirable, we pivot or otherwise
loosely joint a lever or rod which extends along the longitudinal side of the com-
partment and whose other end rests on a stop secured to or forming part of the
base of the compartment at the rear thereof. This stop is so situated that when
the flap or door is being opened the free end of the lever or rod linked thereto,
travels forward over said stop, and when the flap or door is fully opened said tree
end of the lever or rod falls in front of the stop which forms an abutment preventing
the lever or rod from travelling back again and consequently maintains the Hap or
door in its open position.
The flap or door is opened by the withdrawal from the compartment of the base
board of the file, to the front part of which the filing wires are attached which
latter abut on the inside of the flap or door and open the same outwards as the file
is drawn out. To enable the file to be drawn out of the compartiment the base
board thereof is fitted with clips, handles or other devices which project slightly
forward beyond the bottom of the flap or door. As before stated the file may be
entirely withdrawn from the compartment in the case or cabinet if found desirable,
in which case the flap or door of the compartment remains fixed open.
The flap or door is closed by the act of pushing the file back again into its place
in the compartment. By this action the end of the base board of the file abuts
against the free end of the lever or rod afore-mentioned, raises it above the stop
and pusbes it back thereover into its initial position, resulting in the closing down
of the flap or door when the file is entirely inside the compartment.
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11000
F. W. GOLBY,
36 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with File Cases or
Cabinets.
We, JOHN HENRY HARRISON HOGGE, of 32 Queen's Terrace, Southampton,
in the County of Hants, Shipping Agent, WILLIAM JOHN BONIFACE, of
1 Anglesea Place, Southampton, aforesaid, Cabinet Manufacturer, and THE PAX
FILE SYNDICATE LIMITED, of 36 Lime Street, in the City and County of
London, 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 file cases or cabinets of the kind wherein a number of
letter or other paper or document files provided with suitable indexes are fitted
in compartments in the case or cabinet. The object of this invention is to
construct file cases or cabinets of the kind above described in such a manner that
the act of drawing out any one of its files opens the flap or door of the corre-
sponding compartment which remains fixed in the open position until the file is
pushed back into its place again, by which action the flap or door is closed.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a file case or cabinet made in accordance with
this invention and having six compartments one of which is shewn partly open;
Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical longitudinal section through one of the com-
partments closed, and
Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the file partially withdrawn and the compartment
fixed in the open position.
The same letters of reference where they occur are used to denote the same or
corresponding parts in all the figures.
In carrying out our invention we provide each compartment a in the case or
cabinet A with a flap or door B hinged at b along the top to the upper part of
the compartment, and to the inner surface of said flap or door B we pivot or
loosely joint, as at C1, a lever or rod C which extends along the longitudinal side
of the compartment a, and whose other end rests on a stop D secured to or
forming part of the base a¹ of the compartment at the rear thereof. This stop is
so made and situated that when the flap or door B is being opened, the free end C 2
of the lever or rod C linked to said flap or door, travels forward over the stop
from the position shown in Fig. 2; and when the flap or door B is fully opened
said free end C2 of the lever or rod C falls in front of the stop D which forms
an abutment preventing the lever or rod C from travelling back again and
consequently maintains the flap or door B in the open position shown in Fig. 3.
In the drawings the stop D forms part of the base a' which latter is formed with
a notch or recess a 2 which serves to separate the base proper a' from the rearward
continuation thereof or stop D, and into which said notch or recess a 2 the end C2
of the lever or rod Centers as shown in Fig. 3. From the foregoing it will be
understood that the length from front to rear of the stop D corresponds to the
longitudinal travel of the end C2 of the lever or rod C produced by the circular
movement of the flap or door B through an angle of 90 degrees about its hinge b.
If desired we may use two levers or rods C one on each side of the compartment
and provide a stop for each or one stop extending transversely across the rear of
the compartment. Also the free end C2 may be hooked or curved downwards as
shown, or be made straight, in which latter case the stop D or the notch a 2 must
be shaped to allow the rod C to abut thereagainst.
The flap or door B is opened by the withdrawal from the compartment a of the
base board E of the file, to the front part of which the filing wires El are attached,

page_text: which latter abut on the inside of the flap or door B and open the same outwards
as and when the file is drawn out. To enable the file to be drawn out of the
compartment the base board E is fitted with clips, handles or other devices F
which project slightly forward beyond the bottom of the flap or door B as shown
in Figs. 1 and 2. If desired the file may be entirely withdrawn from the com-
partment in the case or cabinet in which event the flap or door of the compartment
will remain in the fixed open position shown in Fig. 3.
The flap or door B is closed by the act of pushing the file back again into its
place in the compartment. By this action the rear end of the base board E of the
file abuts against the free end C 2 of the lever or rod C, raises it above the stop D,
and pushes it back thereover into its initial position, Fig. 2, resulting in the closing
down, by means of the lever or rod C, of the flap or door B when the file is entirely
inside the compartment.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
1. A file case or cabinet comprising a compartment or a number of compartments
each fitted with a flap or door hinged at the top and having a lever or rod linked
to its inner surface said lever extending to the rear of and resting freely on a stop
on the base of the compartment, a loose file fitting said compartment and provided
with a draw handle or other device, all the parts being arranged to operate
substantially in the manner herein before described with reference to the accom-
panying drawings and for the purpose stated.
2. A file case or cabinet comprising a compartment or compartments each fitted
with a top hinged flap or door to the interior of which is linked one end of a lever
or rod, a stop fixed on the base of the compartment at the rear over which the free
end of said lever or rod travels longitudinally when the hinged door or flap is
operated, and in front of which the lever or rod is stopped when the door is fully
opened, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. A file case or cabinet comprising a compartment or compartments each fitted
with a top hinged door or flap which is fixed open by the withdrawal of the file
therefrom and closed by pushing the file back into place, by the means and in the
manner substantially as described.
F. W. GOLBY,
36 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agent for the Applicants.