US1310468A - John austin best - Google Patents

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J. A. BEAST.

CAFID FOR INDEXING.

APrfLvzcAxoN man SBF120. 1916.

1,310,468. l Patent-ed July 22, 1919.

n r ATTORNEYS UNITED sTATEs iguNT crains.'

JOHN AUSTIN BEST, OF AUGUSTA, GEORG.

CARD FOR INDEXING.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN AUSTIN BEST, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Augusta, in the county of Richmond and State of Georgia, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cards for indexing, 0f which the following is a speciication.

My present invention relates generally to indexing devices, .and more particularly to card indexes, my object being to provide index cards by means of which certain advantages in use as regards greater expansion, simplicity, economy, and despatch may be obtained in a manner hereinafter described.

Among the other objects of my invention, I aim to provide an index card having means whereby to hold a series of cards as a series and independent of the other series, and in nona-lined relation so that the edges of the several cards of the series will be offset with respect to one another, thus providing for the viewing of ortions of all of the series of cards so held, at one and the same time.

Another object is to provide an index card so constructed as to be reversible, having for this purpose index indicia of suitable nature along at least two of its edges in non-alined or offset relation and preferably upon both its obverse and reverse faces, as hereinafter more particularly seen, whereby a single card may be, by proper positioning, made to take care of a plurality of alphabetical divisions in order transversely of an index.

My invention ofthe nature above generally described is more particularly of the nature brought out in the following specification, in which reference is made to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and wherein Figure 1 is a front elevation'of an index card constructed according to my improvement, showing several data cards supported in a .series thereby;

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of thc card of the type shown in Fig. 1, looking at the reverse face thereof, as compared with rthe lcard of Figjl;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section therethrough taken substantially on line 3;-3 of Fig. 1; l

Fig. Ll is a perspective view illustrating a slight modification in the manner of forming the slit-sof the card holding member and with respect to the index indicia;

Fig. 5 is a similar view of the card shown in Fig. L1,-looliing at the reverse face thereof;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Fig. 6 is a face view of a. square card having the index indicia along all its edges;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view illustrating the manner of dispensing with tabs;

Fig. 8 is a similar` view showing the-reverse face of the card of Fig. 7 and Fig. 9 is a face view of a data vcard used with Figs. e and 5.

Referring now to these figures, my invention contemplates the provision of an index card, shown in Figs. 1 t0 8, inclusive, the card 10 of Figs. 1 and 2, the card 10a of Figs. 4 and 5, and tlie card 10" of Figs. 7 i

Patented Juy 22, i919..

Application led September 20, 1916. Serial No. 121,195.

laterally offset with respect to one another,

those at one edge of the card being adjacent one side. thereof, and those at the other edge being located adjacent the opposite side of the card, it being readily seen that this arrangement provides for mere reversal of the card to bring the desired indicia uppermost and in proper position where the index letters of the alphabet are divided into four parts as seen in Figs. 1 and 2, or where but a single letter is desired in four positions as seen in Figs. 4 and 5. lt is obvious that the indexingindicia may be located either upon elongated supporting extensions of the body of the cards, one extension adjacent each of their edges as in Figs. 7 and .8, or upon -tabs projecting as usual from the card edges as in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive, the latter being of course arranged so as to prevent the cards from tilting in a box or otherholder.

This' is obviously capable of extension by providing tabs for the indicia 13 at all sides of the square cards 11, as seen in Fig. 6, and

, brought up into desired position in, forinstance, the spe lling of a' word across the indem-,s

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" intermediate extension 25 at 'lt is obvious furthermore that the card edges may have other tabs 16, in order that the cards'may be properly positioned and maintained against tilting in their index box or d rawer.

My invention as illustrated in the figures above referred to, also contemplates a card for indexes havin r one or more angular slits, indicated at l and as seen in the several figures, forming two sides of a triangle the slits so directed forming between them integral tongues 19, which normally lie in the same plane with the bodv of the card, as particularly seen in Fig. 2, and which may e bent outwardly from the plane of the body of the card as seen in. Fig. 8, to receive its series of data cards 20 and hold the latter as a series in non-alined relation with their Migros offset with respect to one another, as seen by reference to Figs. 1 and 3. i

Thus the offset edges of the several cards of a series will be visiblev at a glance'with the cards so supported by the card 10, as a series independent of all other series of the index in connection with which they may be utilized. It is to be observed that the tongues so formed are turned toward 'opposite edges of the cards so as to permit of properly holding the data cards in the reversed position of the card and that in the form seen in Fig. 6, the tongues are turned in all t'our directions.

As seen in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the card is also provided with horizontal slits 21 at the outer ends of its angular slits 17, so that when the tongues 18 are bent outwardly the material of the cards in the lower portion of the slits 21 form rests for the lower edges of the data cards 20.

In addition to the horizontal slits 21, the card may be provided with short vertical slits 23 at one end of the slit 21, as seen in Figs. 4 and 5, for use with a record card 2t as shown in Fig. 9, having a depending to extend below the card slit the record card movement.

it is to be understood of course thatin either of the forms of the invention shown and described, the card holding member may be formed of various materials, suitable for the purpose, and may be in the nature ot' a card holder separate and distinct from the index cards themselves, o'r utilized as either one of the guide cards or record cards, and that irrespective of the particular manne. in which the slits are formed, tongues result which are normally in the same plane with the body ot the card, and which when thrust outwardly form effective support for lwlding a series ot' other cardsin non-alined and thus lock its lower edge' against lateral shifting relation with the edges thereof offset with respect to one another so that the entire series which are offset and always independent of the other series in connection with which the invention is exposed to be simultaneously viewed, as seen by reference to Figs. l and 3.

It is obvious that my invention is capable- Aot various changes, particularly in regard to its wide range of use, and I wish to reserve all such changes and uses to which the invention is or may be adapted.

I claim:

1. A card for indexes having elongated integral extensions projecting therefrom along opposite edges thereof, each of which extensions is adapted to support the card iu operative osition, and is provided vwith indexing indleia.

2. A card for indexes having elongated integral extensions along opposite edges thereof, each of which extensions is adapted to support the card in operative position, and is provided with indexing indicia, the indicia of one extension being oiset with respect to the indicia of the other extension.

3. A card for indexing devices, having a series of slits forming a series of engaging tongues within the limits of the said eard and' normally lying in the same plane therewith, said tongues being bendableto one side of the plane of thev said card and the said card having horizontal slits at the ends of each tongue whereby to support index cards engaged by the tongues.

4. A card for indexes having at least two opposite edges and provided with index indicia adjacent the said edges land in nonalined relation to permit of reversal of the card in use, said card having extensions forming parts thereof adjacent said edges and extending therealong for the major portion of the length thereof, whereby to support the card in operative position for exposing the indicia of each of said edges when turned uppermost.

5. A reversible card :tor indexing devices, having a plurality of series of angular slits, each series of slits being arranged to support a series of index cards when said reversible card is in one of its operative positions.

6. A reversible card for indexes having upon a plurality of edges thereof index indicia in non-alined relation and provided with groups ot' angular slits, each group of said slits being arranged to support in an vupright position a series of index cards When one of the index indicia of the reversible card is uppermost.

JOHN AUSTIN BEST.

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