Year: 1887

page_text: I SAMUEL MAIER of 35 Aldermanbury in the City of London, Wholesalo
Stationer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the construction or manufacture of files or binders in such
manner that letters, bills, music sheets or other papers or documents that are inserted
or filed therein are held like the leaves of a book while any one or more can be
readily removed, or one or more additional ones can be readily inserted in their
proper alphabetical or other prescribed positions, without disarranging the others
already on the file.
In the improved file or binder there are an upper and a lower cover and a back
resembling those of a book but between the back and the lower cover is an inter-
mediate piece which is jointed to the back and to the lower cover and which allows of
the file being opened like a book. On the inside of this intermediate piece is a plate
carrying two fixed upright tubes about, say, 3 inches apart more or less. These tubes
respectively receive the lower ends of two vertical wires whose upper ends are
connected together by a horizontal piece, the two wires and their connection forming
a piece of staple-like or form. The horizontal portion of this piece may be formed
of the same piece of wire as the vertical portions or it may be a connecting plate.
Provision is made for connecting the said horizontal portion to the back of the file
cover, this may be effected either by a hook on the horizontal portion and a corre-
sponding eye or loop on the back or by an eye or loop on the horizontal portion and a
corresponding hook on the back. When the hook is on the horizontal portion it may be
swivelled thereon and kept in place if thought necessary by collars, or the hook may
be immovable on the said horizontal part in which case it is preferably formed out of
the same piece of wire or metal. Or the vertical wires may have hook shaped
extensions to take into corresponding eyes on the back. Provision is also made for

page_text: holding down the papers or documents on the file, this can be effected by a spring
piece attached by an eye or otherwise to one of the tubes so as to be capable of
swivelling thereon and which when moved round against the other tube acts as a sort
of clamp or wedge; the piece may consist of a wire with an inclined part which by
acting against the second tube forms a spring clamp; or it may be a plate with an
incline at the end or with a tapering slot near the end to act against the second wire
or it may be a spring plate with a tapering slot near each end to receive the two
tubes.
The letters or papers to be filed must have two holes at their left hand side at a
distance apart corresponding with the distance between the two tubes; these holes
can best be formed by means of a double punch the two punches of which are of the
right distance apart so as to form two holes in the proper respective positions. In
order to place papers on the file the spring which holds down those previously filed is
released, the hook that holds the wires to the back is next freed, these wires and their
connecting pieces are then lifted from the tubes together with all the papers or
documents which are above the place in the file where the fresh papers are to be
inserted. Insert the fresh papers and then restore everything to its previous position.
Any paper or document can be removed in the same way.
For a cheaper or smaller file, a single tube and a single wire can be used the wire
being hooked in order to take into an eye in the back of the cover.
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page_text: I SAMUEL MAIER, of 35 Aldermanbury, in the City of London, Wholesale
Stationer 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 stateinent :-
This invention relates to the construction or manufacture of files or binders in such
manner that letters, bills, music sheets or other papers or documents that are inserted
or filed therein are held like the leaves of a book while any one or more can be
readily removed, or one or more additional ones can be readily inserted in their
proper alphabetical or other prescribed positions, without disarranging the others
already on the file.
In the improved file or binder there are an upper and a lower cover and a back
resembling those of a book but between the back and the lower cover is an inter-
mediate piece which is jointed to the back and to the lower cover and which allows of
the file being opened like a book. On the inside of this intermediate piece is a plate
carrying two fixed upright tubes about, say 3 inches apart more or less. These tubes
respectively receive the lower ends of two vertical wires whose upper ends are
connected together by a horizontal piece, the two wires and their connection forming
a piece of staple like or form. The horizontal portion of this piece may be formed
of the same piece of wire as the vertical portions or it may be a connecting plate.
Provision is made for connecting the said horizontal portion to the back of the file
cover this may be effected either by a hook on the horizontal portion and a
corresponding eye or loop on the back or by an eye or loop on the horizontal portion
and a corresponding hook on the back. When the hook is on the horizontal portion
it may be swivelled thereon and kept in place if thought necessary by collars; or the
hook may be immovable on the said horizontal part in which case it is preferably
formed out of the same piece of wire or metal. Or the vertical wires may have hook
shaped extensions to take into corresponding eyes on the back. Provision is also
made for holding down the papers or documents on the file; this can be effected by
a piece attached by an eye or otherwise to one of the tubes so as to be capable of
swivelling thereon and which when moved round against the other tube acts as a sort
of clamp or wedge; the piece may consist of a wire with an inclined part which by
acting against the second tube forms a spring clamp; or it may be a plate with an

page_text: incline at the end or with a tapering slot near the end to act against the second wire
or it may be a plate with a tapering slot near each end to receive the two tubes.
The letters or papers to be filed must have two holes at their left hand side at a
distance apart corresponding with the distance between the two tubes; these holes
can best be formed by means of a double punch the two punches of which are of the
right distance apart so as to form two holes in the proper respective positions. In
order to place papers on the file the spring which holds down those previously filed is
released, the hook that holds the wires to the back is next freed, these wires and
their connecting pieces are then lifted from the tubes together with all the papers or
documents which are above the place in the file where the fresh papers are to be
inserted. The fresh papers are inserted and then everything is restored to its previous
position. Any paper or document can be removed in the same way.
For a cheaper or smaller file, a single tube and a single wire can be used the wire
being hooked in order to take into an eye in the back of the cover.
The manner in which the invention can be carried into effect will be understood
on reference to the annexed drawings which represent several modifications.
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Referring first to Figure 1, a and are respectively the upper and lower covers of
the file or binder and c is the back. d is the intermediate piece which is jointed to
the back and to the lower cover and which allows of the file being opened like a
book, see Figure 2 which represents the file thus opened. On the inside of the
piece is secured a plate e which carries two fixed upright tubes, These tubes
respectively receive the lower ends of two wires h, h¹ whose upper ends are connected
together by a plate g. This plate has a projecting eye which passes through a
hole k in the back c and is engaged by a hook 7 on the outside whereby the plate
secured to the back c. 7 is a piece attached by an eye to the tube f¹ on which it
can swivel and formed with an inclined slot or nicks which enables it to be tightly
engaged with. the other tube f; when thus engaged it serves to hold down the papers
or documents on the file; this piece when disengaged from the tube can be
adjusted on the tube f¹ and its height or position thereon when in action will of
course depend upon the thickness of the layer of papers on the file.
Figure 3 represents a portion of the exterior of the file shown in Figure 1 and
Figure 4 represents the same file when the piece y has been released, the plate y
unhooked from the back c and the wires lifted from the tubes f, f¹ together with
some of the papers or documents. The file will generally be provided as shown, with
pages marked with index letters but this is optional.
Figure 5 represents a file or binder which differs from that shown in Figures 1 to 4
in several points. Instead of the plate g which connects the upper ends of tho
wires h, these wires and their connecting piece m are made from the same piece of
wire; on this wire a hook is loosely mounted or swivelled and it engages with an
eye o on the inside of the back c of the file, p, p¹ are collars on the part m to keep
the hook in place. Instead of the piece of the form shown at q Figure 1 for holding
down the papers on the file there is a plate t with tapering slots , near its ends to
receive the tubes f, f. Figure 6 represents a file or binder similar to that shown in
Figure 5 but with the hook n and eye o arranged to engage by a horizontal in lieu of
a vertical movement.
Figures 7 to 11 represent several forms of pieces or devices which can be used in
lieu of the piece q Figure 1 or piece t Figure 5 for the purpose of holding down the
papers on the file.
Figure 12 represents a file or binder similar to that shewn in Figure 1'but in
which the vertical wires h, h' have hook shaped extensions to take into corresponding
eyes o, o' on the back of the file.
Figure 13 shows a file in which the wire m connecting the vertical wires h, h', as
in Figure 5, is bent at the middle into the form of a hook n to take into a corre-
sponding eye o on the back c.
Figures 14 and 15 represent a cheaper and smaller file, it has a single tube fand a
single wire this wire being hooked so as to engage with an eye o on the back c of
the cover.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim, in respect
of files or binders of the kind herein referred to, is :-
1. The intermediate piece (d) between the lower cover (b) and the back (c) in
combination with the tubes (1) secured thereto, substantially as and for the purpose
described.
2. The combination with the tubes f, ¹, of the wires h, h¹, connecting plate g,
eye i and hook on the back of the file, substantially as hereinbefore described and
ropresented in Figure 1.
3. The combination with the tubes of the wires h, h¹, wire m, hook n, and
eye o on the back of the file, substantially as hereinbefore described and represented
respectively in Figures 5, 6 and 13.
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4. The combination with the tubes ff of the wires h, having hooked ends, the
connecting piece g, and eyes o, o¹ on the back of the file, substantially as hereinbefore
described and represented in Figure 12.
5. The combination with the tubes ff of a pièce or device such as any of those
shown respectively in Figures 1, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 for holding down the filed
papers or documents as described."
6. The combination with the single tube f, of the hooked wire hand eye on the back
of the file, substantially as hereinbefore described and represented in Figures 14
and 15.