US1415307A - Filing cabinet - Google Patents

Description

A. R. BULLOCK.

FILING CABINET.

' APPLICATION men :uurzs. 1921.

Pabented May 9,1922.

M u B R A UNIT AMBROSE ROY BULLOCK, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FILING CABINET.

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Application filed July 25,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMnnos'n R. BULLOCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Filing Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

The subject of'this invention is a filing cabinet and the invention relates more particularly to a cabinet in which phonograph records may be filed, though capable of use for other desired purposes.

In filing the ordinary disk records, it is desirable to keep them in a flat position rather than standing on edge; to have the records occupy as little space as possible; and to have each record easily accessible so that any desired record may be secured with little effort.

These objects I secure by providing a series of suitable shelves which may be swung to such a position that an edge of each shelf projects beyond the corresponding edge of the shelf immediately above it and so permits easy access to the records as well as allowing a label on the edge of the shelf to be easily seen so that the subject of the record contained on any shelf may be quickly ascertained. I further provide means for retaining the shelves in such swung position when desired.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention resides in the novel arrangement and combination of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

A practical embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a new in side elevation, parts broken away, of a cabinet constructed in accordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a perspective showing the shelves in swung or extended position, parts being broken away; and

Figure 3 is a plan view of a shelf.

Referring to the drawing by numerals of reference Any desired form of easing or cabinet 1 may be employed in which the structure is Specification of Letters Patent. Patgnted M 9 1922 1921. Serial No. 487,289.

to be housed-or hung. The sides of the casing, near the top thereof, are provided wlth sockets or recesses 2 for the reception of the ends of rods 3, from which rods are hung for swinging movement the arms 4. The arms 4 are formed with alining apertures 5, spaced apart longitudinally thereof and designed for the reception of the ends of wlres 6, which are secured to or passed. through the shelves 7 The shelves 7 are preferably made of paper or fiber board and the wires are passed through between the plies of the paper or board and the projectlng ends of the wires are inserted in the apertures 5. Spacing rods 8 are positioned between each pair of arms 4, at their lower ends, and the reduced ends of these rods are threaded for the reception of nuts 9 by which the arms are held for spreading.

For the purpose of swinging the shelves to extended position, a hand grip, herein shown as a loop 10, is provided and fas tened to a convenient portion of the structure such as the forward spacing bar 8.

Means is also provided for retaining the shelves in extended position, the specific structure for such purpose as shown herein consists of a lever 11 which is preferably carried by the forward spacing bar 8, on which it is free to rock, and the rear end of which is of sufficient weight to overbalanoe the forward end so that the rear end will always remain in contact with the floor or bottom of the cabinet, due to the force of gravity. To the floor of the cabinet'is secured a stop block or catch 12 against which the rear end of the lever is adapted to abut when the shelves are in extended position and thus prevent the shelves from assuming normal position until the lever is freed from the catch by depression of the front end of the lever.

What I claim is 1. A filing cabinet, including a casing, rods secured in the casing, arms suspended from the rods and free to swing thereon, said arms arranged in pairs and provided with al'ining apertures spaced apart longi tudinally thereof, shelves positioned between the arms, wires secured to'the shelves and having their ends supported in the apertures, spacing rods secured to the lower ends are swung to extended position to retain the shelves in such position.

3. A filing cabinet, including a casing, rods secured in the casing, arms suspended from the rods and free to swing thereon, shelves supported between the arms, a lever connected to the arms and a catch adapted to engage the rear end of the lever when the arms are swung to extended position to retain the arms in such position.

AMBROSE noY, BULLOCK.

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