Improved File for Letters and other Papers.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 6th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 10th Nov., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved File for Letters and other Papers.
I, JOHN MATTHEW YOUNG, of Kildress Rectory, Cookstown, County Tyrone,
Ireland, Clergyman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to an improved arrangement for filing letters, bills, invoices
and other documents securely and for ready reference and inspection of the same
and for facilitating the withdrawal of a particular document and the replacement
of it in its original position.
The base of the file consists of a flat board of wood or other suitable material, on
which the papers rest. Along one side of the board two or more upright metal
rods are fixed, which act as a fence and at each end of the board and near to the
side with the fence there are two upright metal rods close together. The two rods
at each end are connected together by a metal link which can slide up and down
the rods. The two links are connected together by an india-rubber band or other
spring attachment running along the side close to the fence. The papers to be
filed are placed on the board under the india-rubber band or other spring
attachment between the links, with their edges against the fence. The links are
then pushed down the rods so as to stretch the spring and hold the papers securely
in position.
The file may be made with a fall-back cover, or with a lid to lift off, or it may
be used as an open file. It may be used for rough or indiscriminate filing, or with
coloured sheets alphabetically arranged between the papers of each letter of the
alphabet, or with letters of the alphabet on the margin outlying.
A metal index is provided, which when a paper is extracted, may be slipped in
to mark the place and facilitate replacement.
Dated this 11th day of January 1893.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved File for Letters and other Papers.
I, JOHN MATTHEW YOUNG, of Kildress Rectory, Cookstown, County Tyrone,
Ireland, Clergyman, 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 an improved arrangement for filing letters, bills, invoices,
and other documents securely, and for ready reference and inspection of the same,
and for facilitating the withdrawal of a particular document and the replacement
of it in its original position.
I will now describe my invention, reference being made to the accompanying
drawings, of which
Figure 1 is a front elevation of the file suspended on a catch, while Figure 2 is a
similar view of it lying flat.
The base A of the file consists of a flat board of wood, or other suitable material,
on which the letters or other papers rest. At the back end of the board two or
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page_text: more upright metal rods are fixed, which act as a fence, or this fence B may consist
of a solid piece of wood or other material, as shown on the drawings, and at each
end of the board, and near to the fence B there are two upright metal rods C C'.
These two rods C C³ are connected together by a slip D of wood or other material,
which can slide up and down the rods C C. Bearing on this slip D there is a
spring E. At the front of base A there are also two or more upright rods G, and
running on one of these rods G there is a little screw plate or spring H to keep the
papers from overlapping the pins or rods G when the file is hanging by means
of the eyelet F, to serve also as an index to mark the position from which the
particular paper has been extracted. The papers to be filed are placed on the
base A under the slip D between the rods C C, with their edges against the fence B.
The slip D and spring E are then pushed down the rods C C¹ so as to stretch the
spring E and hold the papers securely in position.
The file may be made with a fall-back cover, or with a lid to lift off, or it may
be used as an open file. It may be used for rough or indiscriminate filing, or with
coloured sheets alphabetically arranged between the papers of each letter of the
alphabet, or with letters of the alphabet on the margin outlying.
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 :-
The improved file for letters and other papers constructed substantially as
hereinbefore described and shown on the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 5th day of October 1894.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.