Year: 1886

page_text: I, WILLIAM SCHULZ of San Francisco in the County of San Francisco and
State of California one of the United States of America, Silversmith, do hereby
declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide means for the filing or temporary
binding of books, newspapers, periodicals, sheets of music, photographs etc. in a
simple and efficient manner.
In carrying out my invention I employ the usual boards having between them
at the back a stiff centre piece of board upon the inner face of which are rivetted
the holding devices, the rivets passing through the plates of the said devices and
the board forming the back of the file.
The holding devices consist of pins pivoted to lugs at one end of the carrying
plate, from which pins locking arms extend at right angles the outer end of each
of which arms is provided with a hole.
The opposite end of each carrying plate carries a small snap bolt which is
thrown forward by a spiral spring, and the end of the said bolt enters the hole in
the locking arm when the latter is thrown down into a notch cut in front of the
bolt of sufficient size to receive it.
Two or more of these holding devices are employed for each file and the hanging
of the pivoted pins, in their respective lugs, is such that the locking arms, when
raised from their respective grooves or notches, will remain in a vertical, inclined
or horizontal position and be easily borne downward and snapped into their
respective places, when desired, and upon these arms are placed, in regular order,
the sheets or folios to be filed, which is accomplished by the following means.
The filing hooks consist of peculiarly formed wire staples or fasteners each of
which is bent or constructed so as to form two barbs or points and a centre loop
or eyelet hole, and two or more of these staples or fasteners are employed for each
sheet filed.
These staples or fasteners are connected to the sheet to be bound in the
following manner, that is to say-To the inner face of the right hand board of
the cover I attach, by means of pins, two cleats which may be made of wood, and
in the face of the cleats I form a die to receive the loop or eyelet and the two
horizontal arms of the staple, and when in place, the two barbs or points are
vertical and in position to receive the sheet, which latter is pressed downward,

page_text: the barbs passing through the centre margin of the sheet, in which position they
are bent down upon each other. The sheets are then folded over and strung upon
the pivoted arms through the medium of the loops or eyelets in regular order one
after the other until the boards or covers are filled with sheets.
The dies for the loops or eyelets of the staple or clamp are set upon the cover
directly in line with the pivoted arms, by which a sure gauge or measurement of
the distance between the pivoted arms is effected, and all the eyelets or loops in
the sheet will be at a uniform distance apart and each folded sheet will be separate
on the file and can be easily opened and spread out without binding of the parts
along the centre margins or folds.
In filing photographs the staples or fasteners may be driven or screwed into the
edges of the photographs or mats containing the pictures and then strung upon the
locking arms which are connected to a photographic album in the same manner as
in a file for newspapers or the like.

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be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The object of my invention is to provide means for the filing or temporary
binding of books, newspapers, periodicals, sheets of music, photographs etc, in a
simple and efficient manner.
I accomplish this object in the manner hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is an end view of a newspaper file constructed according to this
invention and containing a number of papers.
:
Figure 2 is a plan of the file with covers opened out showing the gauges and
locking device.
Figure 3 is a perspective view of a series of papers in position before filing.
Figure 4 is a view in perspective of the clamp or holding device.
Figure 5 is a view of the staple or wire fastener.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the drawing.
In carrying out my invention I employ the usual boards A having between
them at the back a stiff centre piece B of board, upon the inner face of which are
rivetted the holding devices C the rivets passing through the plates c of the said
devices and the board B forming the back of the file.
The holding devices each consist of a bar pivotted in the lugs D at one end of
the plate o, from which bar a locking arm D¹ extends at right angles the outer end
of which arm is provided with a hole D³.
The opposite end of the plate c carries a small snap-bolt E, which is thrown
forward by a spiral spring E¹ and the end of which enters the hole D³ in the
locking arm D' when the latter is thrown down into a notch F cut in front of the
bolt, and of sufficient size to receive the end of the said arm.
Two of these holding devices are generally employed for each file and the
hanging of the pivotted bars in their respective lugs is such that the locking
arms D¹, when raised from their respective grooves or notches, will remain in a
vertical, inclined or horizontal position and be easily borne downward and snapped
into their respective places, when desired.
The sheets or folios to be filed are placed in regular order upon the arms D¹ by
means of the staples or fasteners G. These staples or fasteners G are constructed
of wire so bent as to form two barbs or points and a centre loop or eyelet hole G¹.
Two or more of these staples or fasteners are employed for each sheet filed.
These staples or fasteners are connected to the sheet to be filed by the following
means that is to say:-To the inner face of the right hand board of the cover
I attach, by means of pins, two cleats H which may be made of wood, and the
face of each cleat I form as a die to receive the loop or eyelet and the two hori-
zontal arms of the staple. When a staple is in place in the cleat the two barbs or
points are vertical and in position to receive the sheet, which latter when applied

page_text: is pressed downward so that the barbs pass through the sheet near the fold, in
which position they are bent down upon each other. The sheets are then folded
over and placed upon the pivotted arms through the medium of the loops or
eyelets, one after the other until the boards or covers are filled with sheets. The
cleats H for the loops or eyelets of the staple or clamp are set upon the cover
directly in line with the pivotted arms, whereby a sure gauge or measurement of
the distance between the pivotted arms is effected and all the eyelets or loops in
the sheet will be at a uniform distance apart. Each folded sheet on the file will
be separate from the others and can be easily opened and spread out without
binding the parts along the centre folds.
In filing photographs the staples or fasteners may be driven or secured in the
edges of the mounts carrying the pictures, and then placed upon the arms D¹ of a
photographic album in the same manner as upon the arms of files for newspapers
or the like.
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. In combination with the boards or covers of a file for newspapers or the
like, the stiff centre piece B, provided with the holding devices C having pivotted
arms adapted to be fastened or locked by a spring bolt, in the manner substantially
as herein set forth and specified.
Second. In combination with a file for a newspaper or the like, the staples or
fasteners provided with central loops or eyelets adapted to be placed upon
locking arms attached to the centre or back of the file, in the manner described.
Third. The combination with a file for newspapers or the like, having holding
levers or arms adapted to engage with staples or fasteners provided with loops or
eyelets and connected to the matter to be filed, of measuring cleats for gauging the
distance between the said loops or eyelets for the purpose specified.
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ca
1000
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.