Supports: racks – Special article – Stacked articles
Patent
1985-11-27
1987-08-04
Britts, Ramon S.
Supports: racks
Special article
Stacked articles
211 50, 211 541, 248452, A47F 700
Patent
active
046840281
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention concerns an arrangement for fastening documentary records in file form, consisting of a fastener retained in a single slot of a fastener carrier by means of two prong fasteners which are inserted through holes in the documents and bent over, whereby a longitudinal guide channel is provided along the entire length of the wall of the slot and parallel to the plane of the fastener carrier, which guide channel accomodates a central bead on the fastener, whereby the slot itself also takes the form of openings for the prong fasteners which reach all the way through as far as the bearing surface of the fastener carrier.
BACKGROUND ART
Arrangements for filing documentary records usually take the form of binders or files. If a file fastener is employed, it is usually inserted in either slots and/or channels. In any case, arrangements of this type usually require the use of a flexible fastener carrier.
A filing arrangement of the above type is known from document AT-PS No. 313,237. The fastener with the fastening prongs is retained in a guide channel of a slide which can be inserted in the fastener carrier. To replace the fastener or to remove the stack of document files from the fastener, this slide has to be removed from the fastener carrier. For this purpose, sufficient space must be available within the width of the fastener carrier and in its immediate proximity. However, sufficient clearance is not always available. Since the slide is not secured against movement, it may be accidentally moved inside the fastener carrier and even become separated from it.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The purpose of this invention is to provide an arrangement for filing records, whereby the fastener itself can be moved and removed within the area of the fastener carrier surface but is secured in place without the help of any further accessories.
This requirement is met in the present invention by providing a flexible flap on the fastener carrier surface opposite the slide channel.
The record filing system according to the present invention differs from state-of-the-art devices in a way which is not obvious, in that the fastener is located on the fixed and rigid fastener carrier where it is secured in position by a flap in a slack state. The fastener becomes accessible and can be removed by pressing down on the flap, thus allowing the complete stack of documents in the file, complete with the fastener, to be moved away to the central files. With this system it is possible to work on the files or update them etc., while the working surface is fastened to the fastener carrier. The fastener carrier can be used for removing frequently needed records from the file and can be stored in an office filing cabinet or elsewhere. This arrangement is particularly suitable for filing bank vouchers and statements, all types of lists well as for any other type of record. The size of the fastener carrier and the arrangement of the fastener or fasteners is designed to match the dimensions of the records themselves.
So as to insure easy insertion and positive guidance of the fasteners, offset wall sections are provided on both sides of the guide channel, according to the present invention. This arrangement helps to simplify the design of the die cast tooling shell used to manufacture the molding, since only a single wall section has to be formed on each side of the slot.
A symmetrical arrangement which facilitates insertion of the central bead of the fastener into the guide channel is characterized in that this slot comprises a lower central widened wall section and two upper lateral wall sections. Clearance is left for insertion of the fastener by limiting the vertical overlap of the flap to the edge of the guide channel next to the guide channel referred to above.
After insertion, the fastener is secured in place by means of lateral protrusions provided on the flap, which extend the wall sections of the guide channel. To allow records of different formats to be attached to the fastener, accor
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Britts Ramon S.
Johnson Blair
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