US542014A - Check-case - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

B. A. GLABSER. CHECK CASE.

No. 542,014. Patented Jul -2, 1895.

Inventor WY. 5%

Attorney UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD A. GLAESER, or HAMILTON, onto.

CH ECK-CAS E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 542,014, dated July :2, 1895.

Application filed December 14,1894. Serial No. 531,753- (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. GLAESER, of Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Check-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertains to improvements in devices designed for use in assorting checks or the like and has been designed for use by bankers in assortin g the checks of depositors. Such checks are usually assorted, either alan assorting-case is provided with properly-.

labeled pockets; but such cases are rather bulky and involve more or less trouble in digging the checks from the bottom of the pockets.

My improved check-case will be readily understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved case open and ready for use; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the same folded; Fig. 3, an enlargement of the lower left-hand corner of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a side elevation at the hinge when the case is open, and Fig. 5 a similar view when the case is folded.

In the drawings,1 indicates one half of the check-case formed with thin vertical partitions; 2, the second half; 3, the hinges uniting the two halves, so that one half may be folded upon the other, the hinges being constructed double and located in a recess, as seen in Figs. 4 and 5, so that when the case is open and the hinged side laid down upon a table there will be no projecting hinges to mar the table or to elevate the lower face of the case from the table; 4,.the compartments formed by the partitions, these compartments having a size suited to the checks to be dealt with and the depth of the case being such as to accommodate the maximum height ofpile liable to result from the assorting; 5, depressions in the edges of the partitions to perunit of the presence of labels marked on or socured 011 the edges of the partition without danger of the labels doing or receiving damage by rubbing on the table on which the case is used, and 6 lug-rests at one edge of some of the partitions to adapt certain of the compartments to temporarily receive a removable bottom. These lug-rests project but slightly beyond the edges of the partitions, so as not to interfere with the free insertion and removal of the checks.

It is to be observed that compartments are opened at top and bottom or entirelythrough the case. The case being open, as in Fig. 1, and laid upon a table the checks may be as sorted into the various compartments, any appropriate system of marking or labeling in the depressions 5 forming the guide. WVhen the assorting is done, then the case may be lifted bodily from the table, leaving the assorted piles of checks upon the table, or,if desired, the checks may be removed from the com partments. By using the case with the other side up another set of markings or labelings may be brought into use. Thus one face of the case may be labeled for assorting by alphabetical order and the other face of the case may be labeled for assorting by months or by special parties. As many compartments may be provided for as expediency suggests and a surplus of compartments may be provided for contingencies, the surplus compartments being preferably the row at the front of th case.

It may sometimes happen that the case is to be used upon a desk not wide enough for the entire case, the front row of compartments thus being deprived of flooring. In such event the front compartments may be floored by false bottoms placed in them and resting on the rests 6.

When the case is not in use, it may be folded for compact storage.

When the case is folded, it provides compartments of extra depth for use in emergencies, the number of compartments being in such case of course reduced.

I claim as my invention- In a check-case, the combination, substan-= tially as set forth, of a pair of half cases hinged to fold together and having compartments divided by partitions and open above and below. A

EDWARD A. GLAESER. Witnesses:

CHAs. J. CLARK, SAML. D. MAYER.

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