US1233873A - Label-holder. - Google Patents

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L. HALL. LABEL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE l2. 1916.

NvENTole Mmmm w" LINCOLN HALL, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1'?, 1917.

' Application led June 12, 1916. Serial No. 163,267.

To all whom t may concern.' Be it known that l, LINCOLN HALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Label-Holders, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to a file and particularly pertains to a filing device for labels and cards.

lt is a matter of considerable convenience, especially to druggists, that they have gummed labels and small cards filed within simple, inexpensive label liles which hold the labels in a position to prevent them from becoming damaged and at the 1 same time presenting them to view so that they may be readily selected. It is an object of this device to devise a label file particularly adapted for this use.

Another object of this invention is to provide a file base of simple design which will y adequately receive and support the labels.

y Another object of this invention is to provide resilient means cooperating with a rear pressure member to hold the labels in anl upright position upon the iile frame.

Another object is to provide means whereby the assembled file may be readily positioned upon a suitable shelf and there held in a resilient manner. l

Another object is to provide means where by the labels within the ile may be engaged along their tops and held from being removed, except one at a time.

Another object is to provide means for preventing the supporting block from turning over within the file.

Another object is to provide label retaining side lugs which limit the side movement of the labels and further secure them within the file.

A further object is to provide a device of the above character which is extremely 'simple inthe construction of its various parts and in the manner of their connection to each other, thus providing a device both positive in its action and inexpensive in its manufacture.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the le as being provided with a pack of labels and further showing it as mounted 'upon its supporting shelf.

"F 2 isa perspective view of the file Fig. 3 4is a plan view of the file base and illustrates the configuration of the sheet metal blank Vfrom which the member is bent and further illustrates in dotted lines the bending line.

Fig. 4 is a view in front elevation of the base member and particularly shows the disposition of the complementary uprights. Fig. 5 is a view in vertical section as seen on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2 and shows the manner in which the labels or cards are vertically maintained and further illustrates the locating grooves for the resilient binding member.

Referring to the drawings more particularly, l0 indicates a specially constructed shelf adapted to receive a label file 11. The shelf is formed with a horizontally disposed bottom or shelf member 12 and is bounded around its four sides with upturned inclosing sides 13, 14, 15 and 16. The front side 16 is formed with a pair of slots 17 and 18 disposed adjacent the corners of the shelf which receives the ends of engaging` inem- .bers 19 and 20. The engaging members 19 and 20, as particularly illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, are formed integral with a lile base 21 preferably of sheet metal and is provided with upright portions 22 and 23 between which a space occurs of sulficient width to allow the inscription upon a label 2l to be observed therebetween. The vertical members 22 and 23 are formed with horns 25 and 26 which are suitably shaped to allow a resilient band 27 to be hooked thereover and hold a movable back member 28 against the pack of labels. The horn portions 25 and 26 are provided with continuations 25 and 26 which, when the front portion is bent up, will be bent to extend parallel to each other and along the ends of the labels within the file.

The back member 28, as shown in the drawings, is preferably formed of a single piece of wood of a height slightly less and of a width substantially the same as the label. The rear face of the back member is rounded at its edges to more readily allow the band 27 to seat within locating Grooves 29 and 30 which extend across the 'Each ont i the member and around its edges.

y tical members 22 .and 23.

The upper front corner ofthe back member is formed with a groove -31 adapted to allow access to the last label in the pack and provide for its withdrawal without mutilation. Asy a means for insuring that the labels are held securely in place within the file, I have provided a pair of horizontally disposed swinging arms 34 and 35 which are pivotally s mounted upon vertical posts 36 and 37 and adapted yto move vertically therealong. The arms 34 and 35 extend forwardly and bear upon Ithe upper edge of the pack of labels, their: forward lends terminating a distance short of the full width of the pack so that the yforemost label may be readily withdrawn and at the saine time the remaining labels will be held against movement.

Inorder to detachably hold the ile Yupon its shelf, I have provided the base portion 21 withfa vertically vextendingftfmg 32 formed asxa continuation of its rear `marginal edge andwatnapproximately the center thereof. This tang is adapted to be engaged by an expansion'spring33 which bears against vthe rear wall-13fof-the shelf and tends to hold the lmembers .19 .and 20 lwithin ltheir slots along the edge ofithe shelfand through the vertical wall 16.

In.the operationofzthis device, when the base member 21 hasV been' i stamped and .the uprights22` and 23 havebeen bent upwardly at right angles to the base :portion alongthe lines -aandl -b-, the member is ready to rbe'loaded with labels. This is done `by placinga pack of `labels upon thebase portion21- and 'with their faces against the ver- The back 28 is then placed against the pack of labels and the rubber -iband 27 secured over the horns 25'1and 26.y ThisV acts to hold the back againstfthedabels zand secure them in vertical upon shelves in their ycatalogued position, it v is convenient to provide a shelf as disclosed in iFig. 1 ofthe drawings. When the ile is filled it-.may be .placed upon the shelf by slipping the vtang members 19 and 20 through the slots 17` and 18y and further held by means of the spring 33 which .bears againstthe vertically disposedtang 32.

It will thus be seen that the ling device here shown is extremely simple in its construction andoperation and =that it Imay be readily manipulated to withdraw one or more labels as desired without interfering with ithey vertical Vposition of `the remaining labels.

I claim:

A label le comprising.,abaseplate, a pair of vertically disposed tangs formed integral with and along one marginahedge of said baselplate,a movableback member adapted torest upon said plate, resilientnneans .for securing said back member upon the base plate and in yieldable relation tothe vertical tangs, means for ydetachably securing said resilient `member to the ,tangs `.whereby .a pack oflabels may be disposed between the tangs Aand the, back member, and :means whereby said base plateJnay be detachably secured upon a shelf.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this. specification.`

LINCOLN HALL.

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