Device for Securing Newspapers or other Documents in Cases or Portfolios.
Year: 1892

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Device for Securing Newspapers or other Documents in Cases or
Portfolios.
I, CARL SCHUBERT, Merchant, of Brückenstrasse, Cologne, in the German
Empire, 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 :—
This device is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, of which:
Fig. 1 is a side view; Fig. 2 a top view, Fig. 3 a bottom view, Fig. 4 a longi-
tudinal section along line a- of Fig. 3, Fig. 5 an end view, Fig. 6 a cross section
along line y-y of Fig. 2, and Fig. 7 an end view of the apparatus.
The new appliance or holder chiefly comprises a U-shaped frame having a
longitudinal main side a, Intoral sides, and closed ends c. The rear side wall b
and the two ends c project above the longitudinal main side a of the frame-the
left end wall being recessed in front and bent inward at its upper part c¹. The
horizontal wall or side a is provided with two grooves a' a', in which the gudgeons e
of the moveable angle iron dare capable of sliding backwards and forwards. A
flat rail is situated on the under side of the frame, said rail being attached to the
angle iron d by means of the gudgeons or pins e, which are furnished with flat
nuts e'. This railf has in it the two oblique grooves or slots f, through which pass
the two pins or gudgeons e. One end of carries a projection which is furnished
with a female screw thread; into this projection is screwed the spindle i which has
its bearings in the cross piece & connecting the two long sides of the frame. By
turning the spindle i, which is prevented from moving along its axis, the lower
rail is displaced in one direction or another. By this displacement of the rail,
the pins e moving in the oblique grooves or slots are compelled to move
backwards and forwards across the frame in the slots a', and so give rise to a
displacement of the angle iron d.
In the arrangement hitherto described the flat rail
lines ƒ³ (Fig. 3), and the left end c is fixed.
only reaches to the dotted
Instead of this arrangement, however, the end c, the top edge of which c¹ is bent
over, may be attached to the flat rail, so that, on the latter being displaced, the
end c is displaced also, and liberates one end of the flat rail g, which supports the
document or clasps it tight, according to circumstances. Flat rails of steel or
other suitable material (Fig. 4) are inserted between the projecting part of the
rear side wall and the angle-iron d, their one ends reposing underneath the bent
edge of the side c, while their opposite ends which are rounded off, rest in the
tuber provided with lateral slots. To secure the rails g, which are introduced into
the tube through the slot in the latter, the rails, after their insertion into the tube,
must be turned through an angle of 90 degrees, for which purpose the rails are
nicked or set off behind their rounded ends. In this way, the flat rails 9 are
compelled to keep their position, as long as the angle irons d press them against.
the rear side wall of the frame; whereas, when the angle iron is turned forward
and thereby simultaneously the left end of the frame is shifted towards the left, and
one of the sets of ends of the flat rails are liberated, it becomes possible to withdraw
the rail g by simply turning it through an angle of 90 degrees, when the end
resting in the tube may also be withdrawn.
One of the flat rails g is inserted into the newspaper or other document which it
is desired to secure, whereupon its rounded end is inserted into the tuber and
turned through an angle of 90 degrees. The moveable end of the frame c is then
shifted towards the right, and the angle iron d backward, by turning round the
spindle until the flat rail comes into contact with the posterior side of the frame,
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page_text: by which means the paper or other document is held fast in the latter, and
consequently in the portfolio, of which the frame forms the back. In order to
insert a second newspaper, the angle iron d, and with it the front end of the frame,
is again moved forward or to the left, and the operation then continued as described
above. The papers may be removed by performing the operations in the reverse
order, the angle iron d and with it the end c being first shifted forward or to
the left.
The present contrivance (with the adjustable front wall and the tube r) enables
any desired number of newspapers to be removed, without the necessity of previously
removing the other numbers lying over it. A special advantage of the apparatus
consists in the fact, that the papers are not in any way injured by it. By means
of the aperture o, the flat rails can be piled up on a pin s, after they have been
taken out.
The spindle is made square at the end, so that it may be turned by means of a
key, and thereby the angle iron shifted in the required manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is ;-
A contrivance for fastening or securing newspapers or other documents in port-
folios, having flat rails or rods serving to hold the papers, said rails resting with one
end under the bent down flange e' of the front wall (the latter being either stationary
or attached to and moveable with the flat rail), while the other end rests in a
tube provided with a lateral slot, in which position they are retained by a
moveable angle iron d controlled by a screw spindle, the employment of the
adjustable end part of the frame, together with the tube, enabling a person to
remove any one of the said rails without taking out the others, substantially as
described.
Dated this 16th day of March 1892.
CARL SCHUBERT,
By Fairfax & Wetter,
433, Strand, London, Agents.
CARL
SCHUBERT,
By Fairfax & Wetter,
433, Strand, London, Agents.