Describing device for flagging punched business card

Phillips, B. L. S.

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October 16, 1970 
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to Code US1 memorandum on this subject, dated June 8, 1970, 
the attached NASA-owned U.S. patent is being forwarded for 
abstracting and announcement in NASA STAR. 
The following information is provided: 
U. S. Patent No. 
Corporate Source : Langley Research Center 
Supplementary 
Corporate Source . 
NASA Patent Case No.: XLA-02705 
WA 
Gayle Parker 
Enclosure: 
Copy of Patent 
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March 21, 1967 
Filed July 20, 1965 
FIG. 4 
BETTY LEE S. PHILLIPS 
March 21, 1967 B. L. S. PHlLLiPS 
F I L E  CARD MARKER 
Filed July  20, 1965 
FIG. 2 L 2 0  
2 Sheets-Sheet 2 
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IN\JENTOil 
BETTY LEE S. PHILLIPS 
3,s 10,054 United States Patent Ofice Patented Mar. 1957 
3,310,054 
FILE CARD MARKER 
Betty Lee S, Phillips, GBoocester Point, Va., assignor to 
the United States of America as represented by the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
Filed July 20, 1965, Ser. No. 473,537 
2 Claims. (el. 129-16.7) 
FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the file cnr:l ~nar!.e: 
per se; 
FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of t l ~ c  file c,-.rcl n?:irLcr 
showing the business machine card inszrtecl therein; 
FIG. 4 is 'an end view of the 6ic card i~iarker sliowr-i 
in FIG. 3; and 
FIG. 5 is a modified form of file card marker. 
Basicallv. this invention relates to a file card i-ilai-ltci. < ,  -~ 
'1 he invention described herein may be nlanufactured utilized with the filing of business machixe cards. 1-tic 
and used by or  for the Government of the United States marker consists of a single piece or I-.i;:!>k of !n:!leri:il 
of America for governmental purposes without the pay- 10 which has a dimension greater than the width of the busi- 
ment of ,any royalties thereon or  therefor. ness machine card. The blank is prokidcd with s!ii~ 
This invention relatcs to a file card marker, and more syaced from the edges of the blank ;ind fro!: eac".:thc1-. 
particularly to a device for flagging punched-type busi- These slits are of a length slightly greater than the wid111 
ness cards. of the business machine czrd such that ihc portiiin 0' 
Business machine cards are utilized for a n~ultitude of l5 the blank between the slits may be disp!ac:d from :h!: 
purposes, one of which is to keep a running inventory on  remainder o i  the card allowing the business m-cl~ine c2:rd 
the maintenance of laboratory equipment. TO accom- t o  be inserted through the slits. A pcrtlon cC tl?c slits 
~ l i s h  this, hundreds of cards must be filed saccording to may be skewed to  facilitate insertion of llie businci;s A;-:- 
chronological dates, location, etc. In order to use such chine card. A raised or  tabular portion is foi-i-ed on rhc 
cards in a properly control operation, it is necessary to 20 upper part of the marker providing a place cC indecllfy- 
flag the cards to apprise the clerk of various categories ing the marker and card. 
of equipment. One dificulty encountered in flagging Referring now more specificalIp to t i c  details of ;he 
the cards is the use of a device which will not mutilate invention, FIG. I shows the file card ma:-iter designated 
the card. This is important since .a mutilated card can- 25 generally by the reference iiumernl 13, the b:lsiii~ss 111:i- 
not be read by a business machine. Thus, if the card is chine card 12 inserted in the card in,-.i-kcr, anti storagc 
torn, changed in thickness, punched, it is no longer of bins 14 constructed to receive the busii~css rn:lc:>ii~c ards 
value and must be replaced with a new card. Obviously, with or  without the file card marker. 
the punching of a new card is expensive and is time- The file card markcr 10 is constructed from r. card-like 
consunling. 30 material of generally the same thickness or a 1i:ile greater 
It is, therefore, apparent that many of the devices util- thickness than the business machine card whit?; ii is ti: 
ized for idsntifying folders, cards, etc., cannot be util- receive. The card 10 has a body pcrlicn 16 'ravli:? 011.3 
ized to identify a business machine card. Obviously, a dimension which is somewhat greater than the wickh of 
tab cannot be glued, stapled or otherwise directly fastened the business machine card which is to be attached ~hcrzt ,? 
to the b:isiness machine card since it will mutilate the 35 and another dimension considerably less tlia:i the icngii? 
card upon ren~oval, the card thereafter being rejected in of the business machine card. SpacecP i1lv:arciiy frs:ii 
a machine sort. I t  is apparent that the business machice the edges of the card body 16 alid from eacl? other are 
card could be placed in various types of folders; how- slits 17 and 18. The slits 17 and 18 are crii coi?~p!eiely 
ever, the folders are expe~lsive, very bulky when dealing thro,ugh the card, and the upper portions oi esch sii! 
with hundreds of cards, and the card is not pariicuiarly 40 skewed at  an agle of approxim;ltcly 33" w:th r.cs?ccl io 
accessible when placed in the folder. the remainder of the slits. This arracge:nent Cacilitat~s 
The invention here under consideration eliniinates the insertion of the business card :I-iroug;; ihe s:i!s. 7k-!~,: 
Cificultics discussed above providing a single piece file exact positioning of the slits 17 r,ncl 18 with rcspect to 
card marker through which the business card may be in- the sides of the body and to each ~ i h e r  ~.r.c n g t  ?nrt i i -  
serted. The marker is of approximately the same thick- 45 ularly critical; however, should be lnczted ?,o I::: ~;ii'i- 
ness as the business machine card eliminating the prob- stantial portions of the body are betwe-2 I;-~- ednes cf 
lem of the bulky folder. The card is readily insertable the body and the slits and between sfits. Tile siiis 
in the f l e  card marker and can be inserted without muti- ,are also located parailel to each oiirrej- and arc of the 
laling the card. Likewise, the card can be removed for same length so that the business maci.lin:: c;irJ i j  :~csi- 
scanning by the b~rsiness machine without damaging the 50 tioned square with respect to the fils card il]:lrhcv. 
card. No  adhesive, stapling or other such technique is A portion of the body PO is forrncd ir: ihe ilaliire 'of a 
necessary to secure the marker with respect to the busi- tab 19 which rises above the slits and the busi~~ess  ma- 
ness machine card. A tab or raised portion of the marker chine card which might be inserted in the fi!e czrd nlzrker. 
is forn~ecl integral with the remainder of the device pro- A date or  other identifying infor~nat io~.~ inay be typed o ! ~  
viding a means for ready identification of the particular 55 the tab. It should also be noted that a poi-iian of the 
bi~siness machine card. file card marker body 10  extends below ;lie sii?s 17 arid 18 
It is, therefore, an object of this invention to provide forming a base 29b. Thus, the marker of base 20 rests 
a file card marker for business machines which provides upon the bottom of the storage hins fcrther prevcntiilg 
a means for flagging the card without mutilating the mutilation to the edges of the business machine cards. 
card. The file card marker 310, shown in FXG. 5. is  a smodi- 
Stiil another object of the invention is to provide 'a file fied form of the file card marker 10. It has a body 31: 
card marker which is economic.al to manufacture and slits 32 and 33, a base 34 and a tabular partien 35 similar 
maintain, is not bulky and is easily attache,d or  removed to the previously described arraagernent. b i  difre!-s in 
from h e  business machine card. that a transparent material 36, such as pias:ie, is wrapped 
These and other objects and advantages of the inven- around the tabular portion and fixed to the L?ody in a 
tion will become more apparent upon reading the speci- 65 conventional manner, such as by a11 adhesive. The !rppcr 
fication in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. portion of the cover, however. is not adhercd ia the tabu- 
In the drawings: lar portion and provides a pocket wherein an icler~tification 
FIG. I is a perspective view of business machine card plate 37 may be inserted. This type oi tabul:ir coilstl-tic- 
stcrage bins showing the business machine card with the tion provides an  arrangement whereby the iclc;~tification 
attached marker filed and another business machine card 70 on the file card marker may be readily chai:zeti by nrcrely 
with the attached marker in position for filing; inserting a different identification plate, ~~'Etercas, ihc iilcrt- 
3 
, ii~!i.:~!io~~ r pixie is norrt~a!!)~ p:.ii:tc(l or. typed on the t;ihul:ir 
portion of the file cni'il nl::rhcr shou;n in tile FIG. 3 em- 
boiiin~ent. 
'Tire operr~tion of the fie card marker P O  and 30 is be- 
lieved appil!.eiii from the above descripiion. The particu- 5 
Iar identification for the file card marker is affixed thereto 
as described above. The particular business 11lachine 
card to be flagged is then inserted in the nlarker by forcing 
the section of the nlarker body between the slits inwardly 
or outwardly and threading the business machine card 
between the slits and over or under the depressed portion 
as the case may be. The file card marker and the busi- 
ness machine card are then placed in the storage bins as 
is shown in FIG. 1. 
I t  is believed apparent that the file card marker de- 15 
scribed herein may be utilized to flag a business machine 
card without mutilating the card. The card may be 
readily inserted or  removed for machine sorting. Obvi- 
ously, the file card marker is made of a minimum amount 
of material with little bulk. The combined file card 20 
marker and the business machine card can be filed in ap- 
proxinlately the same area as the business machine card 
alone. Due to the simplicity of the file card marker, it 
can be made very economically and there is no main- 
tenance involved. The file card marker can be used re- 25 
peatedly by merely changing the identification on the tab. 
Furthermore, the fi!e card marker can be made of different 
colors providing an additional means of identification for  
different categories of property control. Obviously, the 
slits cam be placed in the file card markers at  various 30 
angles to facilitate insertion of different types of busi~less 
machine cards and the dexterity of the clerk in inserting 
and removing the card. 
While a preferred embodiment of this invention has 
been described, it will be understood that modification and 3 5 
irnprovenlents map be made thereto. Such of these modi- 
fications and improvements as incorporate the principles 
of this invention may be considered as included in the 
hereafter appended claims unless these claims by their 
language expressly state otherwise. 40 
What is claimed: 
1. A business machine file card marker comprising: a 
generally rectangular marker; said marker constructed of 
a single, unfolded piece of material having uniform thick- 
ness throughout having a dimension which is greater 45 
,054 
4, 
t i i a~ i  the uiiiiii of  ;I t?~rsiiicss cilicl receivctl iilcrehy n!;il 
l e i~gih  thai i i  :I fraction of the ler?gil? of iiie bitsii-icss IIiii- 
chine carcl; h a i d  in;iulier hr~viitg a fiist slit s l ;~~t i r lg  above 
the nra~ker  bottom ailti terinin>iii;ig belo\\' the ri~urker top 
the !najor portion of  wllich is pei-pendicular to the bottoni 
of the marker; a similar second slit spaced fi.c?m said first 
slit and being parallel thereto; said slits being of sufficient 
dimension to receive a business card without daniaging 
the edges yet capable of holding a business card snugly; 
said slits having a portion thereof near at least one of 
the ends of the slits skewed to facilitate insertion of a 
business card; said slits being spaced inward from the 
edges of the marker so that edge portions of the marker 
are located in front of an inserled business card and the 
center portion in back o i  an inserted business card or vice 
versa depending on how the card is inserted; said marker 
being placeable at any position along the length of a 
business machine card permitting the edge portions of 
adjacent staggered markers to overlap and occupy the 
, same area; and tab means formed integsal with the marker 
adapted to project above an inserted business machine 
card for identification. 
2. The business machine file card marker of claim 1 
wherein a transparent member overlaps said tab and is 
fixed to said marker; said transparent member and tab 
fornlitlg an envelope to receive an identification nlerrtber 
facilitating changing identification of said file card markcr. 
References Cited by Ihr: Ex:3rnin:?r 
UNITED STATES IJAI ENTS 
1,310,468 7/1919 Best --------------- 129-16.7 
2,432,493 12/ 1947 Addington ---------- 129-16.8 
2,515,424 7/1950 Rembold ----------- 129-16.7 
2,786,470 3/1957 Bock -------------- 129-16.7 
2,827,057 3/1958 Feeley ------------- 129-16.7 
FOREIGN PATENTS 
929,110 6/1963 Great Britain. 
References Cited by the Applicant 
UNITED STATES PATENT-S 
2,883,989 4/1959 Ulrich. 
JEROME SCHNALL, Priri~nry Esnri~irler. 


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