US272260A - hubbakd - Google Patents

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-sneet 1.

W. HUBBARD.

- PAPER FILE HOLDER.

Patented Feb. 13. 1883.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

v W. HUBBARD PAPER FILE HOLDER.

\ f Patented Peb. 13,1883. 9 2

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5 f,'is on the cover, and the other, 9, is on the up against the surface. thereof on the'inside.

' .the,same'way. Between them is a. shorter tang, 5, which is bent to the front to form'the to the inner'surface directly underneatfi the hook g,

. their removal. The pushing draws back the tape and ring.

' frond-as shown I two'holes and movin descrihed, and at the other tape the papers are lifted part way out of the holder,'a suflicient'distance to permitthefree drawn. up and the papers ejected. Whensa-id makesa very close and secure joint at this The l'astening device consists of hooks or lips and a ring. Of these hooks orlips, one,

edge of the front of the holder. The hook f isjformed on a. plate-of thin sheet metal, F, the ends of which have tangs 2 2, which pass" through the pasteboard, and arebent down under and against the inner surface; The hook f is formed of a tongue cutfromjjthe central part of plate '15 and bent backward. The front hook, g, is formed on the upper end of the plate G. This plate G is shown in Fig. 4 as out, and before theparts forming the tangs and hooks are bent The lower tang, 3, is formed-by entting away the pla'te, and is to pass'through the 'pastehoard andhe bent The two taugs 4-4 onjthe 'upperendaretopass through the pasteboardand be bent down in;

other hook,-g..- The central part of the is cut toleave a hole, 6, for the tape.

The tape marked B is plate G attached'at one end. I p of the back, about tn'idway between the ends. The other'end passes; through the hole 6--in"the plate G, and, is pro:- vided-with-sasingdg whicmas the hole 6, is

lodges in the said hook when turned backward. It will, he obser'i'e'd tliht fthe' fajpe for'iii's "a :ldop within loop 7 thel-papers pass W118i inserted in the: holder; The tape is made of such length that when the papers are 'pressed quite into the Thenthe'flaps may be folded down, the new-- ring isat en pressed over the hook f, and the file is 'suflicient hooked, the ring rasp iu dr'awing drawing upon the forms a convenient piece to g up the tapc. Obviously by examination of indorsements, or to allow of 'oi' the. papers I The tape may-be formed and plac'ed as shown in seotion,Fig. 5. In this form a lower hole is-inade through the lower" part of the at 6', and :the tape is passed (I -the upper 'hole,6, and the t and connected, so that the t hel-t extending through the g over their edges as over pulleys. The. .tape-loop. 7, which directly lifts the papers, is attached at one end, as before end sewed to the band. The ring is attached to the bandon the outside. by means of a short piece of tape. When the ring is drawn down'the loop is through this an ends drawn tau tape forms a tan 5 ing the toone side and )F, and G, 'stantially as described.

scribing witnesses.

stance ring is drawn up the loop is lowered. The tape-piece 8 is just long enough to allow the ringto heel; over the hook)", and in this form nohook g is needed. A

"Manifestly the looped tape may be used in dependently otthefasteni-ng device or with other forms of such device, any suitable gripping device -being substituted for the ring. The form-of the plates Fv and G may &lS0' b6 :chang ed 'withoutdepartin'g from the spirit of -.Q?Xi .Y ;.fi ,lt'will be observed that the filflrhOldQI desciihd may he used in a. desk, or may be taken out and used separately; or it may he a fixed part of the desk, the tape, ring, and fastening devices of the flaps being applied to a pigeonhole of otherwise ordinary construction. It should also he noted that when the holder is in an ordinary pigeon-hole the ring, which, when unhooked from book 1', remains in conne'ction with hook 9, serves as a handle in drawing the holderfrom the pigeon-hole.

' I am aware of the use of tapes in various kinds ofreceptacles as a means for withdraw-- contents, and I do not claim the same; broadly.

I am also aware thatin the manufacture of paper boxes the blanks have been socui: as to ,ile'ave material to form, when folded, a double thickness at the ends, and, further, that the endswof an envelope have been provided with an'ins'ide flap to cover the contents, the main 'fl p the bowelfrom '-.to=-haok',-'apd gi-ntol thi "f1; A paper-file holder provided with a cover,

and having a tape attached to one side and projecting through'an aperture in the opposite side, forming a Loop to support the papers, and having: vattached thereto a suitable handle,

whereby the act of drawing up the tape raises the cover and causes the papers to project from the file.

2. Apap'er-file holder having a tape attached the opposite side, which forms a guide or such tape, 'the papers being held in the loop thus formed and caused to more vertically when the tape is drawn out.

3. The combination of the holder,

the lopp, arranged as described,

the ring, and the plates provided with hooks f and g, sub-.

\ WALES HUBBARD.

Witnesses: I

' DAVID H. MEAD E. A. Dion.

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