Abstract: A file system is disclosed which includes a pair of attachable hang rails for suspending hanging files in a drawer. Each hang rail includes a horizontal bar, a vertical post and a connector segment. The front end of the horizontal bar includes a camming surface and a notch. The front end is inserted into a slot on the inside surface of a front wall of a drawer. The bottom edge of the slot provides vertical support for the horizontal bar. The camming surface acts with the bottom edge of the slot to cause the notch to straddle the top edge of the slot, thereby locking the horizontal bar in the slot and providing longitudinal and rotational stability. The vertical post is supported by a pair of bracing sleeves located on the back wall of a drawer which provide transverse and rotational stability. The vertical post rests on the bottom of the drawer to provide vertical support.

Abstract: Suspension apparatus for supporting documents and the like, comprising a track (30) having first and second walls (31) and (32) dependent from a bridging portion (33) and defining a channel, a step (36) facing the bridging portion (33) formed within the channel on the first wall and (31) and, a suspendable article (45, 46) having a substantially lamina edge portion and an abutment. A guide member (41) extends from the second wall (32) of the track and is arranged for guiding the lamina edge portion (45) into the channel from a direction transverse to the channel and, for holding the suspendable article (45, 46) in such a way that, when the lamina edge portion (45) is engaged in the channel, the abutment may contact the step (36) and the article (45,46) may be supported by the track (30).

Abstract: A frame member usable with a like frame member supports file folders in a cabinet drawer. The frame member has a solid one piece construction consisting of an elongated file receiving rail and a pair of outer end support legs on the rail. The support legs are flexible longitudinally of the rail and have free ends which are shaped for locking into recesses provided in the drawer by flexing the legs.

Abstract: A drawer organizer having a plurality of spaced linearly aligned separate suspended sections that can hold various articles of clothing or the like. The sections are selectively expandable and compactible and have midtranslucent portions for accommodating articles of clothing of varying dimensions. The sections may be formed from a blank providing ease of manufacture.

Abstract: A portfolio presentation folder is made of a single blank sheet of cardboard for custom decoration and instant assembly by the user in a home, school or office environment. The blank sheet is separable into a pocket part and a front cover part so that the latter may be separately and independently decorated by standard office machines, desk-top publishing equipment, etc., or by hand. Both parts are provided with cutouts forming handle flaps and handle openings arranged for registry with one another so as to provide strong, multi-layered handle regions when the cover and pocket parts are connected to one another after the pocket part has been folded to form a pocket.

Abstract: A document handle comprises a pair of elongated members. The outer ends of the document handle are provided with webs having hooked openings for engaging the binder posts of a bound multi-page document. The first member is formed as a channel adapted to slidingly receive the second member. The second member is formed with latches that engage openings in the first member to lock the two members together in positions at which the webbed openings engage the binder posts. Several sets of openings can be formed in the first member, so that the same document handle can be used with a variety of standard size papers.

Abstract: A cartridge for binding multi-page documents comprises a center member and a pair of side members pivotally connected to the center member. In the closed operative configuration, the side and center members cooperate to form a U-shaped channel for receiving the documents. Pins extending between and supported by the side members enter aligned holes in the documents for suspending them. The side members are provided with a lock for releasably locking the cartridge in the closed configuration. The lock comprises a first tab on one side member having an opening therein and a second tab on the other side member having a protrusion. The two tabs cooperate such that the second tab protrusion releaseably engages the first tab opening when the cartridge is in the closed configuration. The cartridge may be made with a T-shaped bar or a center hook suspension system.

Abstract: There is disclosed a film storage system consisting of a series of elongated tracks each with a C-shaped internal groove along its length. The tracks are mounted on an shelving unit. Plastic storage envelopes having textured surfaces and a sliding closure are suspended from the tracks by means of a rib and connecting piece along the top of the envelope which rib and connecting piece slide into the C-shaped groove. Each track has an identification label attached to the shelving unit and each envelope has a corresponding identification label on the connecting piece which is visible when the rib is within the groove. Each envelope also has a handle formed in the connecting piece.

Abstract: Clothes airer of the type having a pair of hinged frames each with a pair of legs joined by a beam, the legs being pivoted between their upper and lower ends so that the frames can fold or unfold between retracted and in-use positions, there being struts spaced from one another along each beam which will receive clothes pegs for carrying clothes requiring airing or drying when stretched between the beams, and a retracting line with a releasable line lock joining the beams and being adjustable for length so as to adjust the distance between the beams.

Abstract: A foldable file box receives hanging files. In one embodiment resilient rails are removably inserted by flexing the rails and inserting their ends into sockets formed in the sides of the box. The file box has a bottom panel, a generally rectangular top channel frame, and inwardly collapsible side panels. An end panel at each end of the box is hinged to a corresponding end piece of the top frame. When they swing down to a vertical position, the end panels lock the collapsible side panels to erect the box. In order to receive and maintain a pair of file rails in a spaced parallel relationship, aligned sockets are provided at the ends of the rails so that the file rails may be inserted therein by flexing. Alternatively, the file rails may be integrally molded into the box. For portability, various rolling supports, such as easily attachable rollers or a dolly, may be added to the file box.

Abstract: The present invention provides a frame for hanging file folders which is size adjustable without requiring tools and without having to physically alter, as for example cutting any of the frame components. The frame consists of a set of opposing side rails, a set of opposing end rails and a plurality of upright leg members for supporting both sets of rails. Each side rail comprises overlapping side rail members which are longitudinally adjustable relative to one another for different length settings of the frame and releasable securing members securing and supporting the side rail members in the different length settings at spaced intervals along each side rail.

Abstract: A hanger strip for envelopes that contain flat articles such as high quality collector art prints in a storage rack, which has a leg that extends along the top edge of the envelope adjacent the opening to the envelope, and which has a cover flap that can be pivoted open to permit access to the envelope opening. The hanger is at the top edge of the cover flap on a suitable web. The envelope is adhesively secured to the one depending leg so that it can be quickly attached, and then when stored is hung from the hanger to hold the envelope closed completely.

Abstract: A hanging file folder support assembly is provided comprising a pair of support rails securable to the sides of the drawer and a plurality of support bars spanning the distance between the side rails, said bars insertable in slots in the side rails. This system is adaptable to support hanging file folders which run between the sides of the drawer, parallel to the sides of the drawer or both. The system is also adaptable to support hanging file folders at or below the level of the top of the sides of the drawers.

Abstract: Binding strips are used to bind punched paper. A first strip has studs fitting through the holes in the paper and in a second strip. In one form of the invention the studs are flexible and are bent over to snap into grooves in the second strip so that the studs may be unbent to add or remove paper. In another, more permanent, form the studs may be cut off and riveted to the second strip. One of the strips or an intermediate strip has lateral ears formed with hooks which fit over the conventional parallel bars of suspension-type file drawers. One of the strips may be formed with file tabs to indicate the subject matter of the bound paper. Such file tab may be notched to facilitate removal of a pressure-sensitive label affixed to the tab.

Abstract: In a hanging arrangement for holders intended for holding sheet-like articles (6) the holder (1) comprises two pivotable parts (2,3) which embrace the upper edge of respective suspended articles. The shaft (4) about which the holder parts pivot is bent to form an inner hook member (4a) and an outer hook member (4b), which extend in different planes. A hanging frame (10) comprises two mutually parallel U-shaped sections having wires or rods (13) extending therebetween. The inner hook member (4a) of the holder (1) is intended to be placed on a wire (13), therewith enabling the holder to be moved inwardly. The outer hook member (4b) is then attached to the outer U-shaped section (12), to complete the operation.

Abstract: A system for supporting documents such as multi-leaf computer print-out documents is presented and uses a holder having a main support member having a pair of support posts for supporting documents and a closure member pivotally mounted on the main support member for movement between an open position wherein documents can be mounted on or removed from the support posts and an intermediate position having a portion superposed over the support posts. The closure member can be moved in a linear direction from the intermediate position to a fully closed position in which the main support member and the closure member are locked together. Guiding forces control the linear movement of the closure member and frictional forces function to hold the main support member and the closure member in the fully closed position.

Abstract: A filing module includes a box of relatively rigid material, projections extending outwardly from upper portions of front and rear panels of the box, and a pair of parallel rods secured to corresponding projections on the front and rear panels. The parallel rods are spaced to support hanging folders and function as carrying handles. A cover is hinged to the box by one of the rods and can be locked for security. The filing module can be placed in a standard file drawer or can be used independently. In one embodiment, a second pair of parallel rods is secured between end panels of the box to provide support for legal size hanging folders.

Abstract: Winding arrangement of a stator and/or rotor of a three-phase generator or electromotor makes possible an improvement of all performances of these electric machines. The improvement is obtained in that to star-connected windings there are connected additional delta-connected windings, which in relation to the star-connected windings are spatially shifted for an angle of (.pi./2p).+-.(.pi./6p), p being the number of pole pairs. Such a winding arrangement is symbolically expressed by Y+j.DELTA.= .

Abstract: Apparatus for supporting and storing engineering drawings and similar large size paper sheets comprising a plurality of longitudinally aligned ring binder assemblies each of which includes a plurality of rings which can be opened and closed and extended through holes formed in the paper sheets to be supported, an elongated support member connected to and arranged in a supporting relation with the binder assemblies and provision for disposing the support member in a horizontal position with the ring binder assemblies extending downwardly therefrom so that the paper sheets hung on the rings can hang downwardly from the rings. In one form of the invention, the elongated support member consists of a clamp assembly of a type presently used for supporting engineering drawings and the like and in another embodiment of the invention, the elongated support member is secured directly to the binder assemblies and is supported from a suspension hook.

Abstract: A foldable file box receives hanging files. In one embodiment resilient rails are removably inserted by flexing the rails and inserting their ends into sockets formed in the sides of the box. The file box has a bottom panel, a generally rectangular top channel frame, and inwardly collapsible side panels. An end panel at each end of the box is hinged to a corresponding end piece of the top frame. When they swing down to a vertical position, the end panels lock the collapsible side panels to erect the box. In order to receive and maintain a pair of file rails in a spaced parallel relationship, aligned sockets are provided at the ends of the rails so that the file rails may be inserted therein by flexing. Alternatively, the file rails may be integrally molded into the box. For portability, various rolling supports, such as easily attachable rollers or a dolly, may be added to the file box.

Abstract: Clips for temporarily holding a memo or note on a surface. The clip comprises an elongated strip of semi-rigid resilient sheet material having a lip along one longitudinal edge and a longitudinal strip of adhesive parallel to and spaced from the lip. In the preferred form of the clip, the lip is upturned and the adhesive is applied to the opposite surface of the strip. The clips may be formed from plastic or paperboard sheet material. Where the clips are provided separately from the surface to which they are to be attached, a pressure-sensitive adhesive is preferably used, along with a peelable cover strip. The clips may be one- or two-sided. They may be provided in combination with file folders or file dividers. In some forms they may be formed integrally with the file folder or divider. In a preferred form, the clips are provided with a tension crease for enhanced holding power.

Abstract: A document holder for an assembly of loose leaf sheets, such as computer printouts, including a channel member provided with a slot defining a track for slidably and separably receiving at least one binder element secured to the sheet assembly, wherein the binder element is detachably snapfitted to the sheet assembly through aligned apertures formed in corresponding perforated margin portions of the sheets.

Abstract: A document filing system including a document holder (1) provided along the top edge (3) thereof with retaining means (4) arranged to engage in complementary shaped supporting means (8), the release of the holder (1) and associated retaining means (4) from the said supporting means (8) being effected by relative movement between the retaining (4) and supporting means (8) in a direction normal to that required to locate the holder (1) and associated retaining means (4) on said supporting means (8).

Abstract: A suspension system for use in suspending a plurality of hangers within a storage space of a filing cabinet or the like comprises front and back stationary rails and a plurality of suspension rails. The front and back stationary rails are mounted in a spaced parallel relationship and extend across said storage space. The front and back storage rails each have a lower end at which a suspension flange is formed. The backrail has a plurality of seats formed in its suspension flange at spaced intervals along the length thereof. The suspension rails each have a front end, a back end and an upper and a lower edge extending longitudinally between the front and back ends thereof. Each suspension rail has front and back suspension notches formed in the front and back end of said upper edge to form slipways through which the flanged lower edge of the stationary rails extend.

Abstract: On a beam which constitutes the body of the sheet material holding device, are slidingly mounted, by means of prismatic coupling with wings of the beam profile, one or more hook brackets for hanging the beam to mounting bars which are disposed in suspension filing systems and, respectively, at least two material holding forks by prismatic coupling with wings opposite to the wings with respect to the core of the beam profile. Locking means consisting of a screw, apt to lock the hook bracket to the beam, are on each bracket, and retaining means, generally by friction, are provided between each holding fork and he beam, to prevent the forks from indesirably moving under the effect of the weight of the bound sheet materials.

Abstract: A hanging partition folder with a generally conventional structure has pivotal hanging devices at the outer corners thereof. These corners also have a cut off shape to permit the pivotal movement of the hanging devices between a retracted position in which they are substantially flush with the folder and an extended position in which they project from the folder. In the extended position, a hook portion of each hanging device is adapted to make contact with the rails of a suspension file system.

Abstract: A portable easily transportable desk having a top planar working surface, a utility compartment and beverage stowage area, and compartmentalized file and paper storage, all easily accessible to the user. The working surface can either be tilted upwardly or slid to provide an adjustable work surface.

Abstract: A carrying case adapted to conveniently contain writing materials. A carrying case has a lower portion having inwardly facing surfaces that define an upwardly opening file chamber having a lower portion rim. An upper portion has inwardly facing surfaces that define a storage chamber having an upper portion rim. A panel is adapted to move between a closed position and an open position to selectively close and open the storage chamber. Means are provided for removably fastening the upper portion rim to the lower portion rim to thereby close the file chamber.

Abstract: Support apparatus for supporting products on a processing line of the type wherein a plurality of support bars are supported transversely of such line, and comprising hanger means shaped and adapted for supporting products therefrom, attachment means at either end of said hanger means, for attachment to a respective said support bar, connecting means at each end of each said support bar for interengagement with said attachment means on said hanger means, and wherein such attachment means and connection means are interengageable with each other from either end of such support bar whereby said hanger means may be attached to said respective support bar.

Abstract: A pail-like enclosure is provided for carrying and demountably containing various especially configured article supporting and organizing assemblies.

Abstract: An apparatus for cataloguing and storing photographic prints and negatives in the same aesthetically designed case. In one embodiment, a negative album is placed in one compartment of the case, and a second compartment of the case retains a plurality of separately bound and identifiable photograph albums. The negative albums holds a plurality of conventional paper negative/print wallets, labelled to correspond to respective photograph albums stored in the apparatus. Each individual photograph album is designed for facile addition, removal, substitution and viewing of individual photographs; and is attached to a hand-grippable hanger element to permit both removal of albums from the case as well as their return to the case. The apparatus performs the same function whether vertically or horizontally disposed.

Abstract: A container for door panels or other articles includes a sling divider having transverse support rods equally spaced along a flexible web. The ends of the rods are received in vertically staggered pairs of side wall pockets so that web sections form slings of different depths relative to the top of the container and thus allow the laterally projecting portions of the articles to deform the web and overlap to accommodate more articles in a container of given length. In the preferred embodiment, the container is rectangular with longer side and shorter end walls, and is nestable with nesting stops that establish a nesting space between the bottom walls of two nested containers, and the support rods are long enough to extend between the side walls but are shorter than the distance between the end walls so the sling divider can be removed, turned, and stored in the nesting space.

Abstract: A novel hanger framework assembly comprises an inserted assembly to be placed within the interior confines of industry-known tote boxes as commonly used for the handling, carrying, storing and shipping of electrostatic charge sensitive electronic circuits, PC boards and components, which framework assembly includes novel channel configuration utilized to capture and guide movements of hanger bar members, to receive insertable corner brace members and an encircling strap fastener, and within which channels the end portions of suspendable insulating materials are captured, which insulating materials also comprise flexible folders to be suspended from the hanger bar members and within which objects to be protected from electrostatic discharge can be placed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an arrangement for hanging folders including an upright support for a pair of rails spaced apart to receive the folders. In one upright position of the structure the rails are supported at a first spacing for hanging folders of one size and when the structure is inverted the rails are supported at a second spacing different from the first spacing for hanging folders of another size.

Abstract: A portable file comprises a case formed with two side panels, a front panel, a back panel, a bottom and a top. The two side panels, back panel and bottom form an integral structure. A first hinge connects the integral structure and the rear end of the top and permits pivoting movement of the top between a closed position and an open position. A second hinge connects the integral structure and the bottom of the front panel and permits pivoting movement of the front panel between a closed position and an extended position. A latch connects the top and the front panel whereby they can be releasably retained in their respective closed positions, and a handle is connected to the case whereby it can be carried. The side panels are formed with supports for a plurality of hanging files, and the top is formed with a retainer cooperating with the supports for retaining the hanging files on the supports when the top is in the closed position, notwithstanding tipping of the case.

Abstract: A single-channel microfiche master housing a strip of microfilm containing one or more frames of reduced scale images, the master being manipulatable in one axial direction only by optical readers and other microfiche-handling machines. The master is constituted by a rectangular tab having a pair of keyhole notches at spaced positions in the lower edge thereof and a single channel transparent jacket accommodating the microfilm strip, one end of the jacket being secured to the tab at a position intermediate the notches to form a T-shaped structure. The microfiche master may be stored in a standard pull-out drawer by a raised pair of rails which is bridged by the tab, the rails passing through the notches whereby the jacket is suspended therebelow in the drawer.

Abstract: A suspension clip, particularly for the suspension filing of open-topped envelopes containing floppy discs for computers, comprises a hook member of U-shape having a transverse part from which extend two arms, one of which has on its outside a longitudinally extending groove, and a resiliently deflectable prong which is anchored at or adjacent said transverse part and extends along said groove. Thus, two clips can be used to suspend an envelope from two parallel rails of a suspension filing system.A suspension filing system which may be used with said clips comprises at least one rail for engagement by a clip, a retaining bar disposed above the level of and adjacent to and substantially parallel to said rail to prevent upwards dislodgment therefrom of a clip, and means mounting said bar so that it can be displaced to permit upwards removal of a clip from the rail.

Abstract: A suspension folder support system for placement within a file drawer includes four identical corner members that are defined by a planar web. Each corner member includes a hinge allowing a first side of the web member to be bent at a right angle to a second side. The web includes a pair of sleeves on opposite sides of and parallel to the hinge and a pair of channel members perpendicular to the hinge. Support rails and cross braces are included for insertion into the channels. Four legs or supports are also included for insertion into the sleeves. The support rails, cross braces and legs include frangible portions at spaced intervals to be broken to vary the length. The suspension file support system may be packaged in a single container including four interconnected corner members, two side rails, two cross members and four support posts.

Abstract: A document holder for releasably binding together loose-leaf stationery items and securing them to either single- or double-rail suspension filing systems is provided by a loose-leaf binder which incorporates a thin external spine structure incorporating at least one hook suitable for suspending the binder from single-rail suspension systems and retractable head- and tail-end hooks suitable for use with double-rail suspension systems.

Abstract: A cabinet for storing and selectively dispensing a variety of paper supplies in web form carries separate boxes of webs on vertically spaced decks of a turntable within the cabinet. The boxes on one deck are offset with respect to the boxes on the other deck so that webs from the lower deck can pass upward between boxes on the upper deck. The ends of webs from all the boxes are held at a common level adjacent the under side of the cabinet top, and a slot in the top permits withdrawal of any web as it is aligned with the slot by rotating the turntable.

Abstract: A filing hanger comprising a first strap extending across the upper edge of the sheet to be filed. The strap extends along one side of the sheet. A second strap extends across the upper edge of the sheet along the other side. At least one of the first and second straps has a hook at each end for engaging one of the bars in the file drawer. A projection on one of the straps extends through the perforations in the sheet and into a hole on the other strap for fastening the straps to each other and to the sheet. The straps are preferably hinged together at spaced points along the straps.

Abstract: A cabinet consisting of a plurality of racks movable with respect to a frame, each rack having a plurality of support pins for suspendingly supporting flat, perforated articles to be filed in said cabinet; coupling means on each rack for releasably coupling said racks to each other and to said frame and arresting means for releasably arresting said rack or racks to said frame in an uncoupled, moved position of a rack or racks with respect to said frame; the improvement being that each rack is provided with a handle and control means such that said rack or racks can be uncoupled or the arrested position can be abolished by operating only one of said handles so that a person may use only one hand for said operation.

Abstract: A novel hanger binder for binding and storing perforated edge paper in conventional suspension filing systems. The hanger binders which are used in pairs have two side members with hooks to engage conventional suspension filing apparatus. Perforated edge paper is bound between the side members on a binding post and thereby supported without continuous support along the length of the paper.Two types of hanger binders are included. One made of wire with a rigid binding post. The other has a flexible binding post and greater variability of spacing to bind and store larger numbers of sheets.

Abstract: The invention discloses a new system of filing sheet articles, especially plans, maps, drawings and the like, using magnetic pull to keep them suspended from a folded tape, the two opposed parts thereof containing in their inner faces magnetized plates which hold said sheets. The suspension tapes are hung in a filing cabinet by pins which pass through holes existing in said suspension tapes.

Abstract: File folders of the type having hooks to permit suspension for storage, and further including appendages to permit binding or compartmentalization of materials. The folder may contain loose-leaf binding rings, permanently or detachably mounted to the base. Alternatively, the folders are perforated at the base to hold a spiral binder for materials. The folders can be provided with telescoping side members to achieve an accordion-like effect. Such folders may additionally include permanent or removable divider panels.

Abstract: A clip is provided for use in the suspension filing of magazines, journals and like articles having sheets or pages held together in a spinal portion. The clip comprises a bifurcate part having two fingers engageable respectively inside and outside the spinal portion of a magazine to grip the spinal portion between them, and a hook part engageable over a side rail of a suspension filing system. By inserting a clip at each end of the spinal portion of a magazine and engaging the hooks over the two parallel rails of a suspension filing system, the magazine can be suspended with its spinal portion performing the function of the normal cross-bar in such a system.

Abstract: A device for displaying jewelry and the like comprising a display card of cardboard or the like which is suspended from a hanger mounted on a vertical supporting surface. An outwardly biased flap is hingedly attached to the upper edge of the card extending downwardly therefrom. A pair of spaced horizontal ribs are provided in the hanger with the lower rib engaging beneath the bottom edge of the flap to provide vertical support for the card and with the upper rib engaging the flap at the intermediate point in its extension. The hanger has a top wall terminating in a downwardly extending flange or wall that is spaced outwardly from the ribs thereby retaining the flap in engagement with the lower rib.

Abstract: An especially configured carrying box has a plurality of cantilever arms demountably and pivotably mounted therein and display panels are demountably suspended from the cantilever arms. The display panels have fastener devices thereon for demountably supporting miscellaneous articles in organized arrays.

Abstract: A vertical filing system is provided wherein documents are filed in the spaces between a plurality of filing bars contained in a cabinet by hanging the documents on pins extending through the bars and outwardly into the spaces. In the closed, filing position, the pins extending from any one bar extend into the space between bars and overlap the pins extending into the space from an adjacent bar. In the open position, any two adjacent filing bars are separated such that the oppositely coacting pins on adjacent bars do not overlap and documents can be either inserted and filed or removed therefrom. In a preferred embodiment, openings are provided in each filing bar through which pins from adjacent bars can extend, the preferred pin-opening sequence on the filing bars being pin-opening-opening, pin-opening-opening, and so on.

Abstract: In a stack of two or more drawers, the upper drawer has a removable bottom and several ways are shown for selectively ganging the drawers together. Thus, each two drawers vertically adjacent one another in the stack may be used separately, or the bottom may be removed from the or each relatively upper drawer and the respective drawers ganged together to effectively exchangeably provide a larger number of shallower drawers or a lesser number of deeper drawers.