US1060559A - Phonograph-record-disk file. - Google Patents

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J. D. ROCKWELL.

PHONOGRAPH RECORD DISK FLE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 3, 1912.

a'tented Apr. 29, 1913.

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JAMES D. ROCKWELL,

To all lwhom, it may concern Be it known that JAMES D. RoonwnLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, New York, have invented certain new and useful lxni'novenients in Phonographflecord-Disk f F iles, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact de scription.

This invention relates to the tiling of phonograph records. YJhei'i such records are of disk torni, it is a common practice to provide a record on both faces otk the disk. When such disks are tiled in the ordinary manner they are tiled usually without respect. to the position ot' the forward and rear Yfaces so that when a certain disk is removed to be plnced in the phonograph, the disk must be examined so as to ascertain which side must be placed uppermost and in contact with the stylus. The disks after being nsed are usually not irnnie'diatel returned to the cabinet but are placed toget ier and tiled -away after the end of the phonograph performance or recital.

@ne of the objects of the present invention is to produce a tile ot'phonograph disks having a special indexing aiangenient which facilitates the nding of the' proper record and which also facilitates the placing of the disk on the phonograph in its proper position without necessitating` the exercise of great care.

ln carrying ont my invention prefer to rovide a plurality of index sheets which `lie between the disks., and one of the objects of the invention is to construct and arrange these sheets so as to facilitate the nding of the desired' record Aand so as to facilitate the edge of 'the record being reedily grasped to i enable it to be removed from the tile.

The invention consists in the general coinbination of part-s end simplicity ot details hereinafter described, ell of which contribute to produce en efficient phonograph tile.

The preferred embodiment of -iny inven* tion will be pslhtioularly described in the iollowing specification While the broad scope of my invention 'will be pointed out in the appended claim.

lln the drawings, Figure l is e perspective showing short. portion of my improved file; and f is :i vertical cross section through the tile and sho4 e a drewci or cabinet and further rating Specification of Letters latent.

ilgpplicetion filed December 3, 1912. Serial No. 734,661.

0F NEW YORK, N. Y,

Patented Apr. 29, 19H5.

In carrying out the invention i prefer to `tile the disks in a substantially verticalv plane.y

and separated by index sheets, said index sheets being preferably in the forni of a pluralit-y'ot holders l, each holderconsisting of a forward sheet 2 and a rear sheet 3. These sheets are preferably connected together at ,I

theirvlower edges and may he most conveniently :tornied of a single sheet formed with a folded edge 4 as indicated. These holders l are preferably formed with projecting tabs which correspond respectively to the records on the front and rear sides of the disks 5. The tabs 6 which relate to the forward sides of the disks are preferably arranged on the saine point of the holders; and

the tabs r' which bear the names of the records on the rear sides oit the disks-are similnrly arranged at another point so that when the holders are placed together the tabs relat-ing to the forward sidesoiE the disks pretabs relating to the rear sides yof the disks present. themselves in a second row. The disks, 5 are tiled respectively in the holders with the forward side of each disk disposed forwardly and the rear side disposed rear- Werdlyw From the arrangement described, the de sired record can be very readily found and the disk bearing ity removed from the file; and on account of the fact that all the disks are in a corresponding position with respect to the-index tabs, no time is lost in turning the record over to ascertain which side should be placed uppermost when putting it upon the phonograph.

l ,prefer to separate the row of forward tabs as tar as possible from the row of rear or back tabs, :and for this reason the tabs are preferably formed near the opposite' vertical edges of theliolders, and I preter also to forni the forward 'tabs on the forward sheets and the tabs on the rear Sheetsthet is, so that a sheet bearing s certain neme is adjacent to the corresponding record on the disk.

order to facilitate the removal ot' the disks troni thel tile, l .prefer to make the depth ot the holders slightly less than the diameter ot the disks so that the upper edges oit the project up into the space bef the tabs. ln this way" the eect of notches in the sheets or holders is 'l Afacilitate the grasping of the sent themselves in a row andi" similarly the ion ' In order to save spaoe in 'the cabinet, I prefer to make the holders of substantially square form and form the tabs by cutting down into the body of the sheets .at the upper edges thereof. The upper edges of the tabs then lie nearly in line with the upper edges of the disks so that the presence o the tabs does not necessitate any increase in height in the le.

It is understood that the embodiment vot the inventionv described above is only one ot' many forms the invention may take, and I do not Wish to be limited in the practice of my invention nor in the scope of my claims to the particular embodiment of the invention set forth.

record disks separated thereby and having 2( different records on the forward and .rear sides thereof, said sheets bearinthe'names of the forwardly disposed reoor second row. n

Signed at 146 East 22d st. N. FY; city this 30 day of Novemberkl9'l2.

JAMES D. ROCKWELL. Witnesses: ESTELLE S. RooKWELL, ALVERTA GWYNNE.

s arranged lin a row, and bearing the names of therearwardly disposed records y arranged in a. 2.

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