U.S. patent number 3,863,998 [Application Number 05/400,509] was granted by the patent office on 1975-02-04 for document files, folder, registers and the like.
Invention is credited to Carl-Erik Grundell.
United States Patent |
3,863,998 |
Grundell |
February 4, 1975 |
DOCUMENT FILES, FOLDER, REGISTERS AND THE LIKE
Abstract
Files for documents, registers, and the like having a rail and a
relatively stiff, but thin sheet material connected to said rail to
form a gripping element, a guiding element or a securing member for
papers and the like.
Inventors: |
Grundell; Carl-Erik (122 48
Enskede, SW) |
Family
ID: |
20295623 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/400,509 |
Filed: |
September 25, 1973 |
Foreign Application Priority Data
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Sep 25, 1972 [SW] |
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12369/72 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
312/184;
229/67.2; 211/126.13 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B42F
15/0058 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
B42F
15/00 (20060101); A47f 003/14 () |
Field of
Search: |
;312/184
;211/45,46,50,126,184,162,113 ;40/359 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Nunberg; Casmir A.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Linton; Ulle C.
Claims
I claim:
1. A register comprising in combination a substantially flat
preferably rectangular base member, movable members such as strips,
slideably arranged relative thereto, said base member comprising a
sheet member, made from relatively thin but stiff as cardboard,
said sheet member having two opposite ends thereof folded to
generate anchoring means, a profile having a substantially planar
web portion, first and second abutment portions extending
substantially perpendicular to said web portion and first and
second guiding portions extending from said abutment portions and
directed towards each other and substantially parallel to said web
portion such that a longitudinal channel is formed in the profile
with said channel having an extension parallel to the plane of said
web portion which considerably exceeds the extension in a direction
perpendicular to said web portion, the extension of said guiding
portions being such that a longitudinal groove communicating with
said channel is generated, the folded anchoring portions of said
base member having an extension which substantially corresponds to
the corresponding portions of said channel, said anchoring portions
being sideways introduced in said channel with said folded portions
located in said channel such that the main portion of said base
member will first substantially follow one of said guiding
portions, then pass through said slot and finally extend
substantially parallel to said web portion of said profile thereby
generating a support for said movable members as well as together
with said other guiding portions of said profile resilient guides
for the ends of said movable members.
2. A register as claimed in claim 1 wherein the width of the
longitudinal channel of said profile approximately corresponds to
the total thickness of the main portion of said base member and
said folded portion thereof.
3. A register as claimed in claim 2 wherein the sides of said base
member which extends perpendicular to the sides being formed as
anchoring means are also folded to generate anchoring means
intended to be introduced in further profiles, and said folded
parts however being folded in the opposite direction compared to
the first mentioned folded portions.
4. A register as claimed in claim 1 wherein a sheet member, for
instance a protective member at one of its ends is folded, said
fold having an extension somewhat exceeding the corresponding
extension of one of the guiding portions of said profile, said fold
of said sheet member being instertable in said profile from the
side thereof such that its edge portion rests against one of said
abutment portions.
5. A register as claimed in claim 1 wherein said base member at a
distance from its folded portion has a folding line extending
parallel to said folded portion.
6. A register as claimed in claim 1 wherein at least one of said
guiding portions has its free end located nearer to said web
portion than its opposite end.
Description
This invention refers to files, pockets for storing documents and
similar applications in which a unit made from a relatively stiff
but thin sheet material is connected to a reinforcing or suspension
rail or profile.
One object of the invention is to provide a thin profile which
enables the connection of a sheet member such as a cardboard
element without the use of any securing means such as glueing,
stitching and the like.
Another object is to provide such a connection between the profile
and the sheet member that said profile and sheet member together
form a gripping element, a guiding element or a securing member for
papers and the like.
Further objects and advantages will appear from the following
detailed description of the invention.
In the accompanying drawings some exemplary embodiments of the
invention are illustrated.
FIG. 1 is a section through a connection between a reinforcing
and/or suspension profile and the margin of a file side.
FIG. 2 illustrates a document file for storing perforated as well
as unperforated documents and being provided with signal or
securing means as well as a cover.
FIG. 3 is a section along line III--III in FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a suspension profile for files.
FIG. 5 is a section through a register having displaceable
strips.
FIG. 6 is a section through a modified document file with removable
units.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a removable unit according to FIG.
6.
The profile which is generally designated 1 is preferably made from
extruded transparent plastic material and comprises a mainly planar
web portion 2 continuing via rounded transitions 3a.3b forming
inner abutment surfaces 4a.4 b in an upper flange 5a and a lower
flange 5b. These flanges are directed towards each other and are
both approximately parallel to each other and to the web portion
but may also form a minute angle with said web portion as will be
explained more in detail. Consequently a space 6 extending along
the entire length of the profile is obtained. Said space
communicates with a slot 7 which also extends along the entire
length of the profile.
As seen in FIG. 1 a connection between the profile just described
and a unit made from a relatively stiff but thin sheet material
such as cardboard can be obtained in a very easy and cheap manner
by folding said unit 8 at 9 to obtain a folded edge portion 10.
Said edge portion is sideways introduced in the profile. As the
width of the space 6 approximately corresponds to the double wall
thickness of the sheet and as the upper flange preferably slightly
converges towards the web portion 2 the unit will be effectively
secured to the profile. If the folded parts of the sheet are held
firmly pressed against each other and the web portion by means of
the edge portion of the upper flange 5a an extremely durable
connection is obtained which enables the profile to take up
considerable loads acting upon the sheet member. A folding line 11
parallel to the fold 9 serves to deflect the lower part of the unit
to be approximately parallel to the web portion 2 of the profile.
It is also possible to fold the sheet member onwardly over the
lower flange portion 3 such that it extends parallel to the web
portion and in almost the same vertical plane as said web portion.
By designing the profile according to FIG. 1 with a relatively
short upper flange 5a the part of the sheet member which extends
from said upper flange over the lower flagne 5b may be regarded as
a resilient tongue which together with said lower flange consitutes
a gripper means which according to FIGS. 2-3 serves to detachably
hold documents, file parts and similar objects. This arrangement
makes it also possible to detachably arrange a cover 12 or the like
by providing said cover with a folded edge portion 13 which is
hooked in as clearly appears from FIG. 2. As the part 8a of the
sheet member holds said cover slightly pressed against the flange
5b said cover is effectively secured to the profile even if the
cover is made from a relatively weak material such as paper. In
spite thereof the cover may be slid along the rail and it is
therefore evident that the cover may be substituted by a signal
strip or the like.
When it is desired to obtain only a small gripping effect the
folding line 11 is located immediately below the lower edge of the
upper flange 5a.
These and other properties of the profile connection makes it
possible to solve a number of problems involved in document files,
registers and similar applications.
FIGS. 2-3 illustrate a document file made in accordance with the
invention. The illustrated document file consists of a sheet which
is folded near to its middle to constitute two superimposed file
parts from which the rear one 15 is secured to the profile 1 in the
manner just described. The front file part 16 has such an extension
from the folding line 14 that its free end according to FIG. 3 may
be introduced in the gripping means which is generated between the
rear file part and the flange 5b. Said front part of the file is
preferably obliquely cut as at 17 so as to make it easy to grasp
the front part in question and to get easy access to the pocket
which is generated between the file parts 15 and 16. If the rear
file part 15 according to FIG. 2 is extended downwardly and the
extended portion is folded over the lower edge 18 of the front file
part an additional lower pocket 19 is obtained.
It is also possible to punch out near to the free edge of the front
part a flap 20 having punched holes 21 and a flexible binder 22 for
binding perforated documents. A similar flap may be arranged near
to the upper edge portion of the rear file part. By designing the
binder according to the drawing with a sideways projecting middle
portion 23 a signalling means is obtained if said middle portion is
located so as to protrude over the file but a means to hold
documents in the pocket when said middle portion extends downwardly
as indicated in dotted lines in FIG. 2.
The rail or profile just described may easily be provided with end
stops 24 having reinforced projecting ends 26 with recesses 27 for
guiding the file in a manner well known in the art. The part of
said end stop which is to be introduced in the profile may have a
rib 25 which fills up the space 7.
The invention also makes it possible to manufacture registers
having strips made from cardboard, plastics or the like, said
strips being displaceable perpendicular to their length direction.
Such a register is illustrated in FIG. 5 and comprises a base
member 28 secured to two rails 1 in the manner described and a
plurality of strips 29 which have their edge portions guided in the
space between the base member 28 and the flanges of the profiles.
Thus the strips are properly guided and the gripping effect of the
flanges generates a friction effect which maintains the strips in
any desired set position. In order to obtain a stop means for the
strips the edges of the lateral sides of the base member are
provided with profiles 1 which however are placed upside down
relative to the profiles of the longitudinal sides. Of course the
sheet member must be folded as hereabove described, however in
opposite direction compared to that of the described one.
In a modification of the register according to FIG. 5 the strips
may be replaced by strips for instance paper strips having one end
folded and inserted as indicated in dotted lines in FIG. 5 and
consequently secured to one of the profiles whereas its opposite
end being planar such that it alternatively may extend outside the
profile or may be introduced therein to be guided as described.
When the profile is transparent it is evident that signals and
registrations upon the file part or papers attached thereto will be
well visible. In the embodiment according to FIG. 6 the profile 1
is attached to one end of a file 30 the opposite end of which being
folded to substantially T-shape 31 such that it may be sideways
introduced in a correspondingly shaped groove in a channel bar 32
serving as a stiffening member. The T-shaped part 31 is extended
and forms a storage member substantially designed as the unit
illustrated in FIG. 7. This storage member 33 is intended to
receive punched cards, photos or the like. A resilient wire
preferably extends in the hight direction of the file on the under
side thereof and passes through an upper and a lower hole such that
it also extends on the upper side of the file bottom. Said wire 34
serves to detachably hold a unit 35, shown in perspective in FIG.
7. Said unit has a bottom member 36,38 intended to be introduced
between the storage member 33 and the file bottom as indicated in
dotted lines in FIG. 6. The part 38 situated outside the member 33
is formed to an upper and a lower pocket 39a.39b for the purpose
described. In the transition between parts 36 and 38 are arranged
two cutouts 37 through which the wire 34 may pass to hold the unit
35 secured. It is obvious that unit 33 is permanently secured to
the file while unit 35 is removable therefrom.
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