Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Apr., 1886.
Complete Left, 1st Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 1st Feb., 1887.
I, Count Hugo VON SEILERN ASPANG, of Münich, in the Empire of Germany,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows :-
:-
The object of my invention is to manufacture files for letters and other documents,
in an improved manner.
In carrying out of my invention I provide a base, plate, or board, of suitable length
and width to accommodate a number of letters or other documents. This plate may
be fitted with book or other covers, hinged to the two edges, longitudinally. Along
one side of the plate, near its edge, I mount a bar, with a socket at each end, in
which the bar can revolve. Two, three or more tubes are fitted to the bar, at right
angles thereto, the outer ends of the tubes being cut in a slanting direction. Two or
more ratchets are also fitted to the plate.
A movable bar, having two, three, or more pins, at right angles thereto, correspond-
ing to the aforesaid tubes, is made use of, in placing papers on the file. The papers
being first placed on the pins of the movable bar, and then transferred to the tubes,
by causing the pins to enter the tubes, and then sliding the papers from the pins to the
tubes. The moveable bar is then removed, and another bar is passed over the tubes,
having corresponding holes formed therein for that purpose. This retaining bar is
fitted with spring clips or pawls, which engage in the racks, and thereby prevent the
return of the retaining har. After the papers have thus been filed, the moveable bar
is placed at or near the free edge of the plate: the pins being again inserted in the
tubes, and the moveable bar secured in position by suitable catches provided for that
purpose.
Instead of the racks being fitted as aforesaid, the tubes may be slotted, and the
racks may be formed on or attached to the pins, and made to protrude through the
slots in the tubes. Suitable catches on the retaining bar being provided to engage
the same.
The teeth, to form the racks, may also be formed on one side of each or
any of the tubes.
Another modification consists in keeping the papers pressed together, without
perforating the same. This is effected by fixing two pins to the plates having serrated
racks cut thereon; the retaining bar has pawls or catches which engage the racks and
retain the papers between the plate and retaining bar by compression. This form of
file may likewise be used with the additional security of passing the pins through the
documents, if preferred.
It is obvious that the details of my invention may be varied.
GEO. DOWNING,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: I Count HUGO VON SEILERN ASPANG, of Münich, in the Empire of Germany,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The object of my invention is to manufacture files for letters and other documents,
in an improved manner. .
In carrying out my invention I provide a base, plate, or board, of suitable length
and width to accommodate a number of letters or other documents. This plate may
be fitted with book or other covers, hinged to the two edges, longitudinally. Along
one side of the plate, near its edge, I mount a bar, with a socket at each end, in which
the bar can revolve. Two, three or more tubes are fitted to the bar, at right angles
thereto, the outer ends of the tubes being cut in a slanting direction. Two or more
ratchets are also fitted to the plate.
A moveable bar, having two, three, or more pins, at right angles thereto, corre-
sponding to the aforesaid tubes, is made use of in placing papers on the file. The
papers being first placed on the pins of the moveable bar, and then transferred to the
tubes, by causing the pins to enter the tubes, and then sliding the papers from the pins
to the tubes. The moveable bar is then removed, and another bar is passed over the
tubes, having corresponding holes formed therein for that purpose. This retaining bar
is fitted with spring clips or pawls, which engage in the racks, and thereby prevent
the return of the retaining bar. After the papers have thus been filed, the moveable
bar is placed at or near the free edge of the plate: the pins being again inserted in the
tubes, and the moveable bar is secured in position by suitable catches provided for that
purpose.
Instead of the racks being fitted as aforesaid, the tubes may be slotted, and the
racks may be formed on or attached to the pins, and made to protrude through the slots
in the tubes. Suitable catches on the retaining bar being provided to engage the
saine. The teeth, to form the racks, may also be formed on one side of each or any of
the tubes.
Another modification consists in keeping the papers pressed together, without
perforating the same. This is effected by fixing two pins to the plates having serrated
racks cut thereon; the retaining bar has pawls or catches which engage the racks and
retain the papers between the plates and retaining bar by compression. This form of
file may likewise be used with the additional security of passing the pins through the
documents, if preferred.
It is obvious that the details of my invention may be varied.
And in order that my invention may be more particularly understood reference is
hereby made to the accompanying drawings that is to say :-
Fig. 1 is a plan view of an apparatus suitable to be fixed to the back of a book
cover, Fig. 2 being a longitudinal section and Fig. 3 a cross section of the same.

page_text: Upon the bottom plate a is mounted a rod b, capable of rotating upon two bearings or
supports a¹. This rod 6 carries two or more tubular rods 6 whose extremities are
sharply bevelled and in which move the pins c¹ of the frame c carrying a lever or
clasp or other corresponding device by means of which the frame c may be fixed to.
the bottom or base plate, when the said pins are inserted within the tubular rods b¹, as
shewn in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and in front view in Fig. 3.
such
The various papers which it is desired to store file or keep together are provided
with perforations of a corresponding size to that of the pins e c¹ of the frame
perforations being effected by means of any suitable implement which may be
preferably arranged upon the inner side of the book cover. The pins c' are withdrawn
from the tubular rods (as shewn in Fig. 1) and the papers are filed thereon by
means of their perforations, the said pins being subsequently replaced into their
respective rods, while the whole apparatus is fastened to the bottom or base plate by
means of a clasp c. When it is requisite that the papers should be firmly pressed
together this is effected by means of the following contrivance. When papers have
been filed upon the tubular rods by means of the frame c c¹ the latter is withdrawn,
and the locking bar d, which is provided with perforations having a diameter corre-
sponding to that of the pins c', is now filed in its stead upon the said rods.
Upon the foundation plate a are fixed two rack rods e and the locking bar d has two
corresponding pawls, moving upon the pivots &, and whose lower extremities gear
with the rack rods e and are maintained between the teeth thereof by means of the
springs d, this occurring when the locking bar is resting upon the said racks (as
shewn in Fig. 2). When this bar while sliding upon the rack rods is pressed in the
direction of the arrow, the extremities of the pawls actuated by the pressure of the
springs secure the rack rods firmly in the above position. The bar cannot consequently
be drawn back, unless the pawl is caused by a downward pressure being exerted on
the said bar to be raised out of gear of the teeth of the rack rods. In this manner
the papers, however few in number, will be efficiently held and firmly pressed
together.
F
The above described apparatus may be simplified by arranging a rack upon the pins
or rods c¹. Fig. 5 is a plan of such an apparatus and Fig. 6 is a view of the locking
bar thereof. The teeth E are preferably formed on the side of the pins or rods c¹ of
the frame c. The two external tubular rods or the internal rod are slotted correspond-
ingly to the above teeth in such a manner that the latter may project out of such slots.
The locking bar d is provided with oval notches D' which have by their side small
projections corresponding in position with those of the teeth E. One or two springs
firmly press these projections against the teeth of the pins or rods of the frame. The
locking bar may now be pushed in the manner above described against the rod B
thereby exerting a firm pressure upon the papers filed. When it is required to with-
draw the locking bar D, the latter is pressed laterally with the fingers in the direction
of the arrow, whereby the projection of the said bar D is thrown out of gear of the
teeth, and the bar is released. In order that the required lateral pressure may be
effected with ease, a small handle may be used. Instead of arranging the teeth
laterally upon the pins or rods of the frame, the same may be placed on the top or on
the underside of the same the pressure of the springs being correspondingly altered.
The teeth may likewise be formed upon the tubular rods which has this advantage that
the frame may be withdrawn independently of the said tubular rods. Fig. 7 is a plan
of such an arrangement and Fig. 8 is a view of the locking bar thereof. In this case
the locking bar is not pressed against the teeth of the tubular rods, but is replaced in
this function by two stop bars D moving in slots, under the guidance of the pins d².
The springs D draw these stop bars into the teeth by means of their correspondingly
formed notches D°. When it is required to remove the locking bar, the two stop
bars D' are pressed against one another by means of their handles and thus withdrawn
from the teeth.
The above described apparatus is still capable of being further modified. When it
is required to collect papers together or to file them without locking them, that is to
say without subjecting them to pressure the arrangement shewn in Fig. 10 may be

page_text: used. The papers are placed between the plates X and Y and are held by the down
pressure of X the remaining parts will be obviously understood from the drawings.
In order to be able to use the paper file anew when the same is completely filled and
at the same time to store the papers together, the latter are withdrawn from the frame
and are filed upon the tubular rods of a file of a simpler kind (as shewn in Fig. 11).
Then a wire t is passed through corresponding holes of the tubular rods so that the
papers are firmly held thereon. The back of the paper file or case is provided with
flanged hooks serving to connect by means of the wire t the tubular rods to the back
of the paper file.
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 :-
1. In paper files the use of the rod b with tubular rods 6', supported by the
supports a¹ the frame c having pins or rods c¹ fixed thereto, for the purposes herein
before described and shewn on the drawings.
2. The arrangement of locking bar provided upon the frame c substantially as and
for the purpose described and shewn on the drawings.
3. The use of the locking bar as described in claim 2 in such a manner that the
same may be guided upon two toothed pins or rods 3 (Fig. 10) so that the papers may
be held together by pressure without having to be perforated.
4. The arrangement shewn in Fig. 11, consisting of tubular rods r, flanged hooks t¹
fixed to the back of the case and through which the wire t is passed substantially as
and for the purpose described and shewn on the drawings.
5. The general combination and arrangements of parts together forming my
Improvements in files for letters and other purposes substantially as herein before
described and shewn on the drawings.
GEO. DOWNING,
Agent for Applicant.