Tape file apparatus

Claim 1

A FILE FOR HOLDING MACHINE-TAPES, COMPRISING: A BOXLIKE CONTAINER HAVING AN OPEN TOP AND INCLUDING TWO LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SIDEWALLS LATERALLY SPACED APART A DISTANCE GREATER THAN TWICE THE WIDTH OF FOLDED-MACHINE TAPES FILED THEREIN; MAGNET MEANS CARRIED BY EACH SIDEWALL ADJACENT THE TOP THEREOF; PARTITION MEANS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY ALONG THE BOTTOM OF SAID CONTAINER AND SPACED FROM EACH SIDEWALL A DISTANCE GREATER THAN THE WIDTH OF A FOLDED MACHINE-TAPE TO DIVIDE THE LOWER VOLUME OF SAID CONTAINER INTO A PLURALITY OF LATERALLY SPACED TAPERECEIVING COMPARTMENTS, SAID PARTITION MEANS TERMINATING SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW THE TOP OF SAID SIDEWALLS, A PLURALITY OF JUXTAPOSED DIVIDERS EXTENDING LATERALLY BETWEEN SAID SIDEWALLS, SAID PLURALITY OF JUXTAPOSED DIVIDERS HAVING A BODY PORTION AND A PLURALITY OF DEPENDING LEG PORTIONS, SAID BODY PORTION OF EACH OF SAID JUXTAPOSED DIVIDERS BEING POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID SIDEWALLS AND ABOVE SAID PARTITION MEANS, SAID LEG PORTIONS BEING POSITIONED TO DIVIDE EACH OF SAID TAPE-RECEIVING COMPARTMENTS INTO A PLURALITY OF TAPE FILING LOCATIONS FOR FOLDED MACHINE TAPES, EACH LOCATION RECEIVING A SINGLE TAPE, EACH TAPE FILING LOCATION BEING POSITIONED SUCH THAT A FOLDED MACHINE TAPE FILED IN ONE OF SAID FILING LOCATIONS CONTACTS ADJACENT SURFACES OF THE DEPENDING LEG PORTIONS OF TWO OF SAID PLURALITY OF JUXTAPOSED DIVIDERS, WHEREBY ADJACENT DIVIDERS ARE POSITIONED CLOSE TOGETHER, SAID DEPENDING LEG PORTIONS BEING WIDER THAN A FOLDED MACHINE TAPE TO FACILITATE THE FILING OF A FOLDED MACHINE TAPE IN SAID FILE LOCATION IN A SPACED-APART RELATIONSHIP RELATIVE TO SAID SIDEWALLS AND PARTITION MEANS, EACH OF SAID JUXTAPOSED DIVIDERS BEING EQUIPPED WITH A SPACED PAIR OF MAGNETICALLY SUSCEPTIBLE ELEMENTS COOPERABLE WITH SAID MAGNET MEANS TO MAGNETICALLY REPEL ADJACENT DIVIDERS FOR PERMITTING ACCESS TO A FOLDED MACHINE TAPE FILED BETWEEN ADJACENT DIVIDERS IN SAID TAPE FILING LOCATIONS.