Paper Bag and Envelope Cabinet.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Sept., 1895-Accepted, 26th Oct., 1895
Paper Bag and Envelope Cabinet.
I, JOHN PETER KLUG, Gentleman, residing at No. 718 N. Vandeventer Avenue,
in the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, U.S.A., 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 invention relates to a paper bag and envelope cabinet, and consists in the
novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter described
and claimed.
The object of my invention is to construct a cabinet adapted to hold paper
bags and envelopes, said cabinet having discharge openings and means for feeding
the paper bags and envelopes toward said openings in order that they may be
easily removed from the cabinet whenever desired.
A further object of my invention is to construct a paper bag and envelope
cabinet with a number of compartments in which are located the different sized
bags and envelopes, said cabinet to be compact, simple, inexpensive, and to present
a neat appearance when in position upon a desk or counter.
In the drawings :
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cabinet constructed in accordance with my
invention.
Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view on the indicated line 2-2 of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the indicated line 3-3 of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a detail view of a portion of the rear wall of the cabinet.
Fig. 5 is a view in perspective of a hook of which I make use when it is
desired to place a supply of paper bags or envelopes in any of the compartments of
the cabinet.
My improved cabinet comprises a box-like structure constructed with the base 1,
top 2, front and rear walls 3 and 4, end-wall 5 and removable end-wall 6, said
removable end-wall 6 sliding in a vertical plane in grooves or rabbets 7 located upon
the inner faces of and adjacent one end of the front and rear walls 3 and 4. The
top and bottom edges of the cabinet so formed are provided with suitable molding,
such as 8.
Transversely positioned in the cabinet and securely fixed to the front and rear
walls 3 and 4 and stationary end-wall 5 is a series of partitions 9, thus forming a
series of compartments 10. It is the intention to graduate the height of these
compartments, though they may be all constructed of the same height, if desired.
The meeting edges of the stationary end-wall 5 and front wall 3 are cut away in
order to form a vertical slot or discharge opening 11, the same extending from
the base 1 to the top 2 and necessarily communicating with the entire series of
compartments 10.
Semi-circular notches 12 are formed in the edge of the stationary end 5, there
being one of these notches to each compartment. Adapted to move horizontally
between the front and rear walls 3 and 4 and in each one of the compartiments 10
are followers 13, said followers being rectangular in form and slightly less in
Jength and height than is the interior of the compartments 10. Interposed
between the followers 13 and the rear wall 4 of the cabinet are expansive coil-
springs 14, the ends of which are fixed to the followers 13 and the inner face of the
rear wall 4., Fixed to the rear sides of and in the centers of the followers 13 are
ene halte. 15

page_text: Located in the rear wall 4 and at the central points of each of the compartments
are transverse slots 16.
Wire rods 17 have their forward ends looped in the eye-bolts 15, and extend
from thence rearwardly through the transverse slots 16 in the rear wall 4, and
have their outer ends bent into rings 18. Formed in the bodies of these rods 17
and adjacent the forward ends thereof are U-shaped bends 19, the same extending
at right angles to the bodies of said rods.
When
20 indicates paper bags and envelopes properly positioned within the compart-
ments and between the followers 13 and the front wall 3 of the cabinet.
said paper bags or envelopes are correctly positioned in the different compartments,
the followers 13 acted upon by the expansive coil-springs 14 tend to force the bags
or envelopes against the front wall 3 of the cabinet, thus always exposing the first
few bags or envelopes through the slot 11 and semi-circular notches 12.
When it is desired to remove the bags or envelopes, they are manually grasped
where they are exposed to view and pulled through the vertical slot 11. As fast
as the bags or envelopes are removed from the various compartments, the action of
the coil-springs 14 and followers 13 is to force the remaining bags or envelopes
forward against the front wall 3, where, by reason of the vertical slot 11 and semi-
circular notches 12, said bags are made accessible. When the supply of bags or
envelopes in any one or all of the compartments becomes exhausted and it is desired
to locate a further supply in the compartment or compartments that are empty, the
operator slides the end-wall 6 in the groove 7 vertically upward which completely
opens the ends of the compartments 10. The operator now grasps the ring 18 of
the rod 17 that enters the compartment that is empty and withdraws the same
through the transverse slot 16 until the U-shaped bend 19 is positioned outside the
rear wall 4. By now slightly rotating the rod 17, the U-shaped bend 19 will engage
against the outside face of the rear wall 4, thus efficiently locking and preventing
forward. movement of the coil-spring and follower, said follower having necessarily
been drawn rearwardly with the rearward movement of the rod 17, and said coil-
spring 14 being compressed between said follower 13 and the rear wall 4. (One of
the followers 13 and its rod 17 are shown withdrawn in Fig. 3.) A supply of bags
or envelopes is now located within the compartment, the rod 17 slightly rotated
until the U-shaped bend 19 therein coincides with the transverse slot 16, and said
bend 19 in the rod 17 allowed to pass through said transverse slot 16 with the
expansive movement of the spring, thus unlocking or loosening the coil-spring
against the follower 13, said follower 13 being moved forward to engage and press
against the supply of bags or envelopes. The vertically moving end-wall 6 is now
moved downwardly to its closed position, and the operation of filling the compartment
completed.
If desired, the rods 17 may be dispensed with and a single rod, identical in form
and size with the rods 17 but constructed with a hook 21 upon its forward end, used
to draw the followers 13 rearwardly when it is desired to fill any one or all of the
compartments of the cabinet.
Thus will be seen how I have constructed an envelope and paper bag cabinet
wherein are located paper bags or envelopes of various sizes, the first few of which
in each compartment are always exposed to view and are easily accessible.
Paper bags and envelopes held in a cabinet constructed in the manner described
care kept clean and free from dust, said cabinet possessing superior advantages in
point of simplicity, durability and general efficiency..
1.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
_ claim is :-
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1. A paper bag and envelope cabinet, comprising a rectangular box-like structure
"In which is formed a series of compartments by means of horizontal partitions, ore
end and side of said cabinet being cut awav so as to form a vertical slot connecting

page_text: said compartments, and a series of spring-actuated followers, one of each of which
is located within each one of the compartments.
2. A paper bag and envelope cabinet, comprising a rectangular box-like structure,
the same having a slot formed at one corner thereof, the edge of the end-wall of
the cabinet adjacent this slot being constructed with semi-circular cutaway portions,
horizontally positioned partitions forming compartments within said cabinet, spring
actuated followers adapted to move the bags or envelopes within the compartments
toward the front wall thereof, and rods connected to the followers and passing
through apertures in the rear wall of the cabinet.
3. A paper bag and envelope cabinet, comprising a rectangular box-like structure
constructed with a vertical slot at one corner thereof, a series of compartments
formed by horizontal partitions within said box-like structure, followers moving
horizontally within the compartments, expansive springs interposed between the
followers and the rear wall of the cabinet, eye-bolts secured to the rear sides of the
followers, and rods having their forward ends looped in the eye-bolts and extending
rearwardly through transverse slots in the rear wall of the cabinet, said rods being
constructed with U-shaped bends at right angles to the body portions thereof for
the purpose of engaging the outer face of the rear wall to lock and hold the followers
from any forward movement.
4. In a paper bag and envelope cabinet, the combination of a rectangular box-
like structure constructed with a vertical slot at one corner thereof, horizontal
partitions located within the box-like structure, spring-actuated followers hori-
zontally moving within the compartments formed by the partitions, eye-bolts
mounted in said followers, and a rod constructed with a U-shaped bend at right
angles to the body portion thereof and near the rear end, said rear end of the rod
being hooked in order to engage the eye-bolts of the followers.
Dated this 3rd day of September 1895.
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.