Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Jan., 1887
Complete Left, 17th Oct., . 1887
Complete Accepted, 13th Dec., 1887
ARTHUR ERNEST WALKER Manufacturer 79 Milton Street E.C. do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The within named is a simple & novel form of condensing & classifying Invoices,
Letters Receipts &c. &c. & any documents. The Improved Lock clip file cabinet has
6, 8, 10 or 12 or less or more drawers & according to the relations each number of
drawers bears to the English Alphabet so each drawer is supplied with Alphabetical
lettered sheets i.e. a 6 drawer Cabinet will be supplied with 4 in each drawer & 6 in
the last to equal 26 letters. Each drawer in addition to above has a spring to be
afterwards described which serves to keep the papers in their places & prevent their
confusion. The spring has a special advantage as while holding when down the
papers with a firm grip, its pressure can be completely disengaged & when lifted
remains back automatically whilst the papers are being referred to & falls again in full
force on the papers when required by a simple mechanical contrivance effected in one
of the three ways viz.
A. A coil of wire affixed to the side of wire holding the papers & which when vertical
is thrown out of tension.
B. By a crank worked by an elastic band set at right angles to the pressure bar in
which case pressure acts to hold up the spring in the converse way when raised above
the box or drawer.
C. A Coil spring works upon the bar & on raising the bar its action is suspended &
holds firin by a bend or knee in the selfsame coil the coil & the bar on which it presses
being worked at different centres.
The above spring clips will be adapted for letter files in many forms which I am
producing.

page_text: I, ARTHUR ERNEST WALKER of 79 Milton Street E.C. 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 improved file for papers and documents is provided with a spring clip of
improved construction which has the advantage that the clamping part or bar when
down holds the papers put under it with a firm grip while it can casily be turned back
or up thus taking the pressure completely off the papers and when lifted remains back
automatically. The papers can thus be conveniently referred to and when done with
and the clamping part turned down it falls with full force on the papers. The spring
clip may be applied in various ways such for instance as to an ordinary file, or to a
drawer or to a box.
Figure 1 is a side view and Figure 2 a plan of one form of my spring clip file in
which a wire coil spring A is affixed to the side of the clamping or pressure wire B
which is bent as shown to hold the papers placed under it on the file C. When the
wire B is turned up into a vertical position the coil springs A are thrown out of tension.
The ends of the wire B are hooked on to the fastening eyes or wires D which are fixed
to the upright part C₁ of the file. The wire B may both as to the two sides and as to
the end be varied in shape.
Figure 3 is a side view in section and Figure 4 a plan of a drawer-shaped form of
file in which the clamping or pressure wire B is bent in the form of one or more
cranks B' to which are attached elastic bands A³ which when the spring clip is down
is at rather more than a right angle with the clamping part and sides of the wire B
and when the spring clip is raised hold it in the upright position or nearly so.
clamping wire is attached to the back of the file by eyes or brackets D.
The
Figures 4 and 4B are two sectional views of a modified form of spring clip file with
the clip in the down and up position respectively. In this case the clamping wire B
is formed with one or more cranked parts B¹ which is or are acted on by one or more
springs such as A.
Figure 5 is a part sectional side view and Figure 6 a plan of a book-shaped form of
clip file in which a spring A is coiled in two coils on a round bar E and has a pro-
jecting part A which bears on a cross-bar B₁ on the clamping or pressure wire B.
When the clip is raised the cross-bar B¹ rests in the bend of the projecting part A of
the coil and thus holds the clip in the raised position. The clamping wire B works on
centres, eyes or wires D which are fixed to one upright side C' of the file.
Figure 7 shows as an example a cabinet for suitably applying the aforesaid forms of
clip file, the bottom being formed by clip files like Figures 1 and 2, the next two rows
by clip drawer-shaped files like Figures 3 and 4 and the top row by book-shaped clip
files like Figures 5 and 6. Obviously the form of spring shown in Figures 1 and 2
may be used with the files shown in Figures 3 and 4 and 5 and 6; the spring shown
in Figures 3 and 4 may be used with the file shown in Figures 1 and 2 and 5 and 6

page_text: and the spring shown in Figures 5 and 6 used with the files shown in Figures 1 and 2
and 3 and 4. The spring clip file Figure 1 may if desired be placed in the drawer of
an ordinary cabinet. The cabinet and clips shown form a simple and useful means for
condensing and classifying invoices, letters, receipts and other documents. The
cabinet may be made to receive any required number of spring clip files according to
the number of letters of the alphabet; the files being marked with one or more letters,
for instance, as shown or in any other manner. Each clip may be supplied with as
many cardboard or other sheets as it has letters of the alphabet marked on its outer
face, for the purpose of keeping the letters assorted.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
First The improved spring clip filo Figures 1 and 2 having a clamping wire B
in combination with the springs A and the fastening wires or oyes D substantially
as described.
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Second The improved spring clip file Figures 3 and 4 and 44 and 4B having
clamping wire B with cranks B' in combination with the springs A and the fastening
eyes or brackets D, substantially as described.
Third The improved spring clip Figures 5 and 6 having a clamping wire B with
cross bar B in combination with the spring A coiled on the bar E and provided with
a projecting bent part A' and with the fastening wires or eyes D substantially as
described.
Fourth-The application of the improved spring clip files for cabinet purposes
as set forth.
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