US2265474A - Recapitulator board - Google Patents

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Dec' 9, 1941'- w. o. cRlTcHFlELD 2,265,474

' RECAPITULATOR BOARD Filed April 25, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet l D- 9, 1941- w. o. cRl'rcHl-IELD 2,265,474

RECAPITULATOR BOARD Filed April 25, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

myzwfef- ATTD R N EYB Patented Dec. '9, 1941 2,265,474. RECAPITULATOR BOARD Walter O. Crtchfeld, Shelby, Ohio, assignor'to Shelby Salesbook Company, Shelby, Ohio, a

corporation of Ohio Application April 25, 1941, Serial No. 390,403

4 Claims.

My invention relates to the disposition and handling of record sheets, and has among its objects and advantages the provision of an improved recapitulator board.

An object of my invention is to provide a recapitulator board devised to effectively handle a large number of record sheets and the like, wherein the device lembodies novel means for supporting the sheets in a neat and orderly shingled relationship, and in which the sheets may be so arranged and supported as to b'e individually and readily accessible for inspection of subject matter other than that which is normally exposed by reason of the shingle-like arrangement of the sheets.

A further object is to provide a device of the type set forth in which a large number of record sheets may be effectively supported in shinglelike relationship, in which novel clamps are provided for securing the sheets against accidental displacement, and in which the clamps are so devised as to be readily shifted to inoperative positions so that all the sheets may be quickly and easily assembled in a stack by one sweep of the hand.

Another object is to provide a recapitulator board having means for supporting and aligning a relatively large number of record sheets in shingle formation, wherein the board incorporates guide means as an aid in aligning the sheets relatively one to the other so as to provide an orderly arrangement thereof, Vand in which the board is provided with guide means facilitating placement of the record sheets when starting the shingled arrangement thereof from either end of the board.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention illustrating record sheets placed thereon in shingle relationship;

Figure 2 is a side View;

Figure 3 is a view taken substantially along the line 3-3 of Figure 1; and

Figure 4 is a View of the structure of Figure 3 but illustrating one of the sheet holding clamps in its inoperative position, in contradistinction to the holding position of the clamp in Figure 3.

In the embodiment selected for illustration, the board I comprises a panel I2 upon which the record sheets I 4 are arranged in shingled relationship. To the bottom face of the panel I 0 is secured a frame IB which has a slight taper,

as illustrated in Figures 3 and 4, so as to hold' the panel at a slight angle to the horizontal which facilitates work on or inspection of the record sheets I4. In devices constructed of lumber, lthe frame I5 may be glued to the panel I2 and the panel I2 preferably comprises plywood to prevent warping thereof.

Along one side of the board I0 and on the upper edge margin of the panel I2 is secured a plurality of bars I8 in end to end alignment but spaced to provide accommodation for a plurality of sheet clamps 20. An adjustable guide strip 22 extends along the opposite side margin of the panel, the guide strip and the bars I8 being arranged in parallelism but spaced so that the record sheets I4 may pass freely therebetween to rest on the panel I2. Slots 24 are provided in the guide strip 22 for the reception of screws 26 threaded into the panel I2 and the frame I E. Thus, the guide strip may be adjusted to different positions and made secure by merely tightening the screws 2S.

The two runs 28 of the frame I6 are suflciently wide to extend slightly above the upper face of the panel I2 for sheet guiding purposes. Each run is recessed at 30 centrally of the panel and to a depth ush with the upper face of the panel. Thus, the margins of the runs 28 extending above the panel I2 provide sheet guides whereby the sheets I4 may be laid in shingled relationship from either end of the board, depending upon the personal desires of the user. The guide strip 22 and the bars I8 function to guide the record sheets with respect to transverse misplacement and enable the user to lay and space the sheets in an expeditious manner.

All the clamps 20 are identical in construction and operation. Figure 1 illustrates three of the clamps 20 as underlying certain of the record sheets I 4. This is permitted by reason of the fact that the vclamps are formed of relatively thin strip material. The record sheets are arranged with a slight exposure, su-ch as onequarter inch in contradistinction to the usual three-quarter to one inch exposure.

While the record sheets may be arranged with slight exposure, it is a relatively easy matter to raise predetermined sheets for completely eX- posing figures on other sheets. All the sheets lie in an orderly arrangement and the thin formation of the clamp which might underlie certain sheets eliminates bulk formations thereabout. All the clamps are spring tensioned so as to effectively clamp the sheets to the panel I2. The clamps are also mounted for pivotal movement so as to move clear of the sheets and sufliciently far from the panel I2 to permit the sheets to be picked up by one sweep of the hand.

The cutouts 30 permit either hand to sweep the record sheets off the panel, depending upon the direction in which the sheets are laid in shingled relationship.

Each of the clamps 26 is bent to provide an ear 32 xedly secured to a block 34 by screws 36. Each block 34 is positioned between two spaced brackets 38 and is pivotally secured thereto by reason of a bolt 40, the brackets being secured to the frame I6 by screws 42.

Referring to Figures 3 and 4, the block 34 illustrated therein is provided with a pin 44 which may be threaded into the block and is arranged at right angles to the clamp 20. It will be noted that the clamp 26 parallels the 'panel l2 and that the bars I6 are spaced so as to permit the clamps to pivot without ob-struction therefrom.J InkFigures 3 and 4 a plate 46 is spring urged against the block 34, the spring 48 being arranged with one end engaging the plate 46 and its other end resting in a shallow depression 56 in the fra-ine i6. Two sc'refWs 52 are. threaded into the trarne i6 and pass loosely through openings in the plate 4E. All the blocks 34 are of like construction and are preferably of rectangular contour when viewed from the end vso as to provide faces engageable by the respective plates-46, in addition to having faces for mounting o the ears 32.

Figure 4 illustrates the 'clampf in its raised or inoperative position. The plate 4`6 is pressed rmly against the face 54 of the block 34 to firmly Vsupport the latter against pivotal movement. The plate `may shift and pivot freely' relatively to the screwsl 52 because of the loose fit of the screws in the openings in the plate. At the same time, the screws support the plate 54 in proper assembly Vwith respect to its 'cooperating parts. In pivoting the clamp 2E! in a counterclockwise direction, as in Figure 4, the

corner 56 'of the block 34' slides on the plate4 and as the block 31|.v `is rotated sufficiently far to bring the corner 56 beyond dead center, the spring '48 presses the plate 46 against the block with a suiiicie'nt 4force to pivot the clamp with a snap action. In the normal clamping position ofthe clamp 26, the plate 46 presses rrnly against the face 5'8 of the block 3"'4 so that the b-lo'c'k is rmly but yieldingly supported in either of its twol posit-ions. Pivotal movement of the clamp '2li is vfacilitated by rea-son 'of the pin 44".

Without further elaboration, the foregoing panel for supporting record sheets innfshing-ld'l relationship, guide means on said panel for the top ends of the 4record fs-beets, said guide means extending above the sheet supporting face of said panel and having open-ings therein, lpivotal-ly and resiliently urged clamps mounted on said panel for holding the record sheets thereagainst, with the clamps pivoting in said openings, means for yieldingly supporting the clamps against accidental pivotal movement in its respective operative and inoperative positions, and guides at opposite ends of said panel for respectively guiding the initial end record sheets in the shingled relationship thereof when arranged from either end of the panel, the guides at the ends of said panel being cut away ush with the sheet supporting face of the panel.

2. A board of the type described comprising a vpanel vfor supporting sheets in shingled relationshi'pclarnpsvf or holding the sheets against the panel, each clamp comprising a nat finger arranged to press against the sheets, a bracket secured to the panel, aV body xedly secured to the finger and rotatably mounted on the bracket, said body having nat faces, resilient means selectively actingon said ilat faces in the operative and inoperative positions of the finger, said resilient means comprising a plate mounted for limited free movement, and a spring interposed between the 'panel and the plate for urging the latter against sai'd body.

3. A boardl of the type described comprising a panel for supporting sheets in shingled relationship, clamps for holding the sheets against the panel, each clamp comprising a flat nger arranged to Ypress against the sheets, a bracket secured to the panel, a body xe'dly secured to the finger' and rotatably 'mounted on the bracket, said body having 'at faces, resilient means selectively acting on said flat 'faces in the operative and inoperativepositions of the nng'erl, said resilient means comprising aplate mounted for limited free movement, a spring interposed between the panelv and the plate for urging the4 latter against sa-d body, and a pin-like grip ksecured to the body. Y

e. A board of the type described comprising a panel for supporting sheets in shingled rela# tionship, clamps for holding the sheets against the panel, each clamp comprising a nat finger arranged to 'press against the sheets, a bracket secured to the panel, a body xedly'secu'red to the ringer and rotatably mounted on the bracket, said bodyjhaving flat faces, resilient means selectively acting o n said flat faces in the operative and inoperative positions `of 'the ringer, said resilientv means-comprising a plate mounted for limited freev movement, aspring interposed between theY panel 'and the plate for urging the latterv against said body, and Va ,pin-like grip secured to the body, all said fingers normally parallel'- ing the supporting face of said panel when brought into engag'ementwith` the sheets, but pivotally movable 'to positions lsubstantially at right angles to said face.

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