US692994A - Holder for card-indexes and printing-plates. - Google Patents

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No. 692,994. Patented-fren. ",1902.y

J. s. nuNcAn'. HOLDER FOB CARD INDEXES AND PRINTING PL'TES.l

(Application led Apr. 15, 1901.)

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JOSEPH S. DUNCAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ADDRESSOGRAPH COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

HOLDER FOR CARD-INDEXES AND PRINTING-PLATES.

S.E".F.CI}3IC.ATIONl forming part of Letters Patent No. 692,994, dated February 11, 1902.

Application led April l5. 1901.

To aZ whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH S. DUNCAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Card-Indexes and Printing-Plates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to anovel holder fora card-index and printing-plate; and its primary object is to provide a novel device for holding a printing-plate of any kind and a card containing information relative to the printing-plate, constructed and adapted for use in a card-index system.

A further object of the invention isto provide a holder for a printing-plate and a card containing information relative thereto, constructed to be arranged in piles one upon the other without injuring or in any way mutilating the printing-surface of the plate.

With these and other ends in view the invention consists in the novel construction hereinafter described, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a face View of one form of my improved holder, showing a printing-plate and information-card arranged therein. Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional views on the lines 2 2 and8 3 of Fig. 1, respectively. Fig. 4. is a face View showing a slightly-modified construction. Figs. 5 and 6 are sectional views on thel lines 5 5 and 6 6 of Fig. 4, respectively. Fig.` 7 is a face view of a holder embodying my invention, the details of construction differing slightly from those shown in Figs. l and 4. Figs. 8 and 9 are sectional views on the lines 8 8 and 9 9 of Fig. 7, respectively. Fig. `10 shows a modified construction of the holder. Figs. 11 and 12 are sectional views on the lines 11 11 and 12 12 of Fig. 10, respectively. Fig. 13 shows a holder constructed to 'receive a metallic printing-plate. Figs. 14 and 15 are sectional views on the lines 14 14 and 15 15 of Fig. 13, respectively. Fig. 16 shows a holder similar to that illustrated in Fig. 13, butdiffering in details of construction. Figs. 17

and 18 are sectional viewson the' lines 17 17 and 18 18 of Fig. 16,' respectively. Fig. 19 also shows a holder for a metallic printingplate.

Figs. 2O and 21 are sectional views on Serial No. 55,987. (No model.)

the lines 2O 2O and 21 2l of Fig. 19, respectively.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference denote corresponding` parts in all of the igures, my improved holder consists, essentially, of a frame in the lower part of whichrthe printing-,plate is removably secured and in the upper part of which a card A designates the frame of the holder and is preferably made ofthin metal and provided with the spacing flanges or ribs B,which are formed bysuitably bending over the edges thereof. These spacing flanges or ribs are provided in order that the holders may be piled'one upon the other without engaging the type characters on the printing-plates, and it is obvious that the flanges may be formed on the top and bottom sides of the frame,as shown in Figs. 1 t-o' 4. and the sectional views thereof, or on the ends of the frame, as shown inFigs. 7to 10 and the sectional views thereof.

, On one part of the frame, preferably the lower section thereof, lI provide guides CD, in which the printing-plate is arranged to slide, and these guides may be variously constructed, as shown in the several figures of the drawings, it being only essential that they shall Vbe arranged in substantial parallelism and of sufficient length to hold the printingplate securely in position, and for this purpose I also provide a shoulder E at one end of the plate-section to form a stop for the printingplate, and at the other end of the printingsection I provide one or more spring-tongues F, which may be stamped up from the metal frame, as shown, to engage the other end of the printing-plate. The printing-plate is provided with side flanges G H, which are arf ranged to slide beneath the guides C D, so that the plate is securely held on the frame against the end stop E, and in the guides C D by means of the spring-tongue F,Vwhich engages the opposite end of the plate. The guides, the end stop, and the spring-tongue may all be stamped out of the metal frame in the manner clearly shown in Figs. 7 to 10. I preferably provide at least two of the springtongues, as shown in the drawings, in order that printing-plates of at least two different lengths may be used. The guide C may be cut out of the material forming the frame and bent up into the proper shape, and the guide D may be made by bending over the edge of the frame, as shown particularly in Figs. 7

and 13; but the guide D may be also cut out of the frame and bent up, as shown in Fig. 1, or these guides may be otherwise constructed. On the other part of the frame, preferably the upper section thereof, I provide devices for securing the card I in place, these devices consisting, essentially,of clips J, formed by turning over the edges of the frame, as shown in Figs. 1 to `4t, or by stamping them up out of the frame, as shown'in Figs. 7 to 10, in which latter figures I have also shown an additional clip J at the top of the frame, which may be employed, if desired. I have also shown an additional clip J2 at the bottom of the card section in Figs. 13 and 15, which may be employed for more securely holding the card in place. The card is slipped underneath these clips and will be held securely therein; but as the clips are only arranged to engage the edges of the card it can be readily removed from the frame, and I may provide an opening K in the frame back of the card, so that the card can be pressed out of the frame by inserting ones finger through the openingin the back of the frame.

I may employv printing-plates of any character in connection with my novel holder,

and I have shown on Sheet 1 of the drawings several forms of holders constructed to receive printing-plates made up of rubber type, and on Sheet 2 of the drawings I have shown yseveral forms of holders constructed to receive printing-plates in the form of thin metal plates having the type characters pressed up in relief thereon. It will be nnderstood, of course, that the printing-plate L,

which consists of a holder having lines of rubber type arranged therein, is necessarily thicker than the printing-plate L', shown on Sheet 2 of the drawings and consisting of Va metal plate havin g the type characters pressed up in relief thereon, and for this reason it is necessary to make the spacing flanges or ribs B` on the former holders wider than on the latter holders to prevent the holders from engaging thetype characters when the holders are arranged in a pile. In other respects the holders for the two diiferent specific forms of printing-plates may be constructed exactly alike and the differences mentioned relate only to the proportions of the parts.

In order that my improved holder may be used in a regular card-index system, I provide a tongue M atv the top of the frame, which may be stamped out of the frame itself and bent up into proper position or constructed in any other suitable manner. This tongue is arranged to receive the index characters by which the holders are separated into groups `in a manner similar to ',the ordinary index system, and any means may be employed for applying saidindex characters to the tongues. These tongues are provided on all or only 4certain holders, as desired, and they are preferably arranged in different positions on the different holders like the card-index system, so that when a-'number of holders are stored in a drawer or other receptacle the various index characters of the enti-re quantity will bevexposed to view and may be readily read.

My improved holder provides a convenient means for combining a printing-plate with the card containing Aimportant information relating to the plate, the plate and card'being removably secured in the holder and arranged so that the entire device maybe run through the machine for taking an impression from the plate. These printingplates generally bear names and addresses to which circulars, bills, and other printed matter are sent at more or less frequent intervals, and by combinin g directly with each printing-plate a card containing information relating directly thereto a definite record can be preserved as to each particular address. In 'this Way entries may be made from time to time noting the dates on which the address has been used and any other information which may be desired, and the card is so arranged in the holder that it is protected and will not become inked during the impression operation. When the rubber-typeprinting-plates are employed, the printing-faces thereof will of course lie in a plane a sufficient distance above the card so that the inking-roller will not engage with the card; but when the thin metal plates are employed, as shown on Sheet 2 of the drawings, I prefer to depress the card-section of the frame, so that the card will lie in a recess, and thereby be below the impression-surface of the plate. The card-section of the holders for the type-plates L may also be depressed, if desired, to form a recess for more securely holding the card, as shown in Fig. 6, or the same result may be obtained by depressing both plate and card sections of the frame between the' shoulders P P at the side edges thereof, as shown in Fig. '3.

As before stated, the spacing anges or ribs vmay be arranged on the side edges or on the end edges of the frame, and they may also be located on the back of the frame, as shown in Figs. 1 and 13 and their sectional views, or on the face of the frame, as shown in Figs. 4 and 16 and their sectional views. I prefer IOO IIO

vprising a frame provided with a printingplate section and a card-section, and devices on the holder for removably secu ring said plate and card thereto, substantially as described.

2. A holder of the character described conn-V prising a frame formed of a single sheet of metal and provided with a printing-plate section and a card-section and devices integral with the frame for removably securing said plate and card thereto, substantially as described.

3. A holder of the character described comprising a frame having a printing-plate section and a section depressed below the printing-plate section to receive a card.

4. A holder of the character described coinprising a frame having a printing-plate section, a section depressed below the printingplate section to receive a card, and clips at the edges of said card-section to engage the edges of the card and hold it in place in the frame below the face of the printing-plate.

5. A holder of the character described comprising a frame having a printing-plate section and devices for securing a printing-plate thereon, and a depressed card-section and devices for securing a card thereon, substantially as described.

6. A holder of the character described comprising a printing-plate section and a cardsection and devices for securing a plate and a card on said sections, and spacing flanges 'or ribs on opposite edges of said frame, substantially as described.

7. A holder of the character described comprising a frame having a printing-plate section, guides at the edges of said section to receive the edges of the printing-plate, a stop at one end of said section and a spring-tongue at the other end thereof to engage the ends of the printing-plate and hold it against endwise movement, substantially as described.

8. A holder of the character described comprising a frame having a printing-plate section, guides adjacent to said section to receive the edges of said printing-plate, a stop at one end of said section and a spring-tongue at the other end thereof, a card-section and clips adjacent to said card-section for retaining the card in place thereon, substantially as described.

9. A holder of the character described comprising a printing-plate section and devices for securing a printing-plate thereon, alcardsection and devices forl securing a card thereon,and an index-tongue at the top of the frame, substantially as described.

10. YThe combination of a rectangular frame, a printing-plate removably secured on the frame, and spacing anges or ribs on the frame formed by bending opposite edges of the frame to provide a clearance above each plate when a number of frames are piled, substantially as described.

l11. A holder ot the character described, A

comprising a frame having a printing-plate section and a card-section, in combination with a printing-plate and a card removably secured on said sections, and spacing flangesv JOSEPH S. DUNCAN.

Witnesses:

CLARENCE D. WoRrHINGToN, WM. O. BELT.

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