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UNITED STATES PATrNT OFFICE,
ABRAM MYERS KINSEL, GEORGE ALEXANDER HUNTER, AND SETH BALLARD
NOLLEY, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.
CABINET FOR BLANKS.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 585,038, dated June 22, 1897.
Application filed September 17, 1896, Serial No, 606,177. (No model.)To all whom it mc y concern.:
Be it known that we, ABRAM MYERS KIN-
SEL, GEORGE ALEXANDER HUNTER, and SETH
BALLARD NOLLEY, of Dallas, in the county
5 of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented
a new and Improved Cabinet for Letter-Sheets
and Envelops, of which the following is a speci-
fication.
Our invention is an improvement in the
io class of cabinets, cases, or boxes designed for
use in hotels, post-offices, and other places
where stationery is required by guests or other
portions of the public.
The features of novelty are hereinafter
15 pointed out.
In accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a
vertical longitudinal section of our cabinet
on line A B of Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a vertical
transverse section on line C D of Fig. 3. Fig.
20 3 is a top view or plan.
The cabinet is rectangular, its main portion
having a compartment L, designed to contain
letter-sheets, while the superposed smaller
compartment M is for envelops. The bottom
25 J of compartment L is adapted to slide and
is secured in due position by a hook and eye
or other suitable means of fastening. Said
compartment L has an openingN, Figs. 1 and
3, at the upper angle of one end, through
30 which letter-sheets may be removed one at a
time, as required for use. The letter-sheets
rest upon a false bottom F, consisting of a
thin rigid plate, which is hinged at one end
to one end of the true bottom J and is sup-
35 ported in normal raised position by a plate-
spring K, that is secured to the true bottom
beneath the false bottom, as shown in Fig. 1,
and is adapted to lie flat when the false bot-
tom is depressed, so that the capacity of com-
40 partment L may be utilized to the fullest ex-
tent.
A spring H is arranged at one end of com-
partment L, attached to the bottom J' of the
envelop-compartment L, so that its free end
45 is directly over the hinged end of the false
bottom F. Said free end is sharp or pointed
to adapt it to press upon the letter-sheets and
pierce two or more of the upper ones, so as to
prevent displacement of the second when the
50 upper or overlying one is drawn out.
One end of compartment L is closed by a
door I, Fig. 1, which is hinged to the bottom J.In order to place a quire or other package
of letter-sheets in compartment L, the door I
is opened, the spring-detainer H raised, and 55
the package pushed in upon the plate F, which
is thus depressed, as shown by dotted lines,
Fig. 1. The free end of the plate F then holds
the letter-sheets pressed up against the top
of compartment L, and a portion of the upper 60
sheet is visible through the opening N, so that
a finger may be applied to draw it out through
the opening N.
The envelop-compartment M has a hinged
plate or false bottom G and a supporting plate- 65
spring E therefor, similar to those in com-
partment L. It has also an opening O at an
upper angle to permit removal of the envelops
singly, as required. The true bottom J' of
this envelop-compartment slideslike the bot- 70
tom J of the lower compartment.
The door I is of such length that it closes
the side of compartment M as wellas the first-
mentioned one L, and therefore permits ac-
cess to both when opened. Envelops are read- 75
ily inserted laterally into compartment M by
depressing the plate or false bottom G, as will
be readily understood.
The purpose of adapting the bottoms J and
J' to slide is to facilitate repair or substitu- 80
tion of their attachments, if required.
Thus constructed our cabinet is well adapt-
ed for its intended use and may be easily re-
plenished and repaired as occasion requires.
It is also simple in construction and therefore 85
inexpensive.
What we claim is-
The improved cabinet for stationery, hav-
ing a compartment provided with discharge-
opening at one end, a plate or false bottom 90o
hinged therein at one end, a spring arranged
beneath the latter, and a spring-detainer at-
tached to the top of the compartment and
having a pointed free end which presses upon
the stationery, thus serving to prevent with- 95
drawal of the sheet underlying the top one,
as shown and described.
ABRAII 31YERS KINSEL.
GEORGE ALEXANDER HUNTER.
SETH BALLARD NOLLEY.
Attest:
J. R. HARMED,
T. J. WILsoN.
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Kinsel, Abram Myers; Hunter, George Alexander & Nolley, Seth Ballard. Cabinet for Blanks., patent, June 22, 1897; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174653/m1/2/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.