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(NoModeL) V A. F. SHOREY.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

Patented Jul 19,1881,

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Witnesses,-

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBRO F. SHOREY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO LUOlEN SANDERSON, OF SAME PLACE.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,678, dated July I Application filed May 21, 1881. (No model.)

Io all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I, ALBRQ F. SHOREY, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Bill-Files, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, simple, and convenient bill-file and letter-holder, in which any paper on file may be removed therefrom without removing the one on top, or those subsequently placed on the file; and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of a clasping spring or springs, whereby the wire hook or hooks may be held open when a paper is being placed on file or being removed therefrom; and also to hold the said hook or hooks and their counterparts closed, so as to permit the papers on tile to be-slipped or passed over the connecting ends of the said hooks when removing papers from the file, as heretofore.

Figure 1 represents a perspective-View of a bill-file constructed according to my invention, the hook or books being shown in an open position within the springs.

resents a similar view of the same, constructed with a single hook closed and in position within the spring.

A represents a back piece, constructed of wood or any suitable material, provided near its upper end with a hole whereby the file may be hung upon the wall, if desired.

Fig. 2 rep-- B represents a bent or curved wire spring, being forked or provided with two prongs curved outward at their free ends, and adapted to pass each side of the wire hook 0 when it is raised up from the pointed projecting pin or holder E, as shown in Fig. 1, wherein the said double spring B yields or opens to receive the body of said hook O, which is extended through an openin gin the back A, and fitted within a horizontal groove and secured so as to permit it to turn as a hinge, pivot, or joint, thus allowing the free opening and closing of the said hook or hooks, and wherein I construct two hooks to a single file. The wire is so bent and formed as to pass across the back of the file, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, thus connecting both hooks O O together; or, if desired, they may be formed single, as shown in Fig. 2, and secured, one or more, upon the back A, as desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is' The combination of the double-pronged claspspring B with the pivoted hook G, pin=holder E, and back A, all being constructed and arranged substantially as shown and described, as and for the purposes set forth.

ALBRO F. SHOREY.

Witnesses? SYLVENUs WALKER, O. W. SoULE.

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