Data recorder

Claim 1

A device for recording data on substantially flat rectangular sheet members, said device comprising: elongated rectangular and substantially flat container means defining therein a flat compartment adapted to accommodate therein at least two of said sheet members, said container means being open at only one end thereof for permitting said sheet members to be inserted into or removed from said compartment; said container means including a pair of substantially flat parallel rectangular sidewalls disposed slightly spaced apart from one another and defining said compartment therebetween, said container means also including a substantially U-shaped edge means fixedly connected to and extending between adjacent edges of said sidewalls, said edge means being fixedly connected to three of the edges of each sidewall; said one end of said container means having an elongated slotlike opening formed therein for communication with said compartment, said slotlike opening being defined between a pair of adjacent edges on said sidewalls; partition means fixed to said container means for dividing said compartment into a pair of substantially flat and parallel subcompartments, said partition means including a substantially flat and rectangular partition wall positioned within said compartment between said pair of sidewalls, said partition wall being spaced from and substantially parallel with said sidewalls and having edges thereof fixedly connected to said edge means; said partition wall extending outwardly through said elongated slotlike opening and having an exposed end portion extending outwardly beyond the open end of said container means as defined by the adjacent edges of said sidewalls, the extending end portion of said partition wall having a central notchlike recess formed therein which extends inwardly of said partition wall toward the adjacent edges of said sidewalls; said rectangular sheet members being slightly longer than said sidewalls and slightly shorter than said partition wall whereby each sheet member, when inserted into one of said subcompartments, will have one end thereof projecting outwardly through said opening beyond the adjacent edges of said sidewalls but terminating short of the free edge of said partition wall, said one end of said sheet member overlapping said recess, the other end of said sheet member being disposed in abutting engagement with said edge means which functions as a stop for closing the other end of said compartment; means defining a plurality of apertures through said sidewalls adapted to expose said partition wall therethrough, said apertures being located to align with first indicia upon said sheet members when they are inserted into said compartment; and second indicia on the external surfaces of said sidewalls adjacent said apertures and adapted to correspond with said first indicia.

Claim 2

A device for recording data on substantially flat rectangular sheet members, said device comprising: elongated rectangular and substantially flat container means defining therein a flat compartment adapted to accommodate therein at least two of said sheet members, said container means being open at only one end thereof for permitting said sheet members to be inserted into or removed from said compartment; said container means including a pair of substantially flat parallel rectangular sidewalls disposed slightly spaced apart from one another and defining said compartment therebetween, said container means also including a substantially U-shaped edge means fixedly connected to and extending between adjacent edges of said sidewalls, said edge means being fixedly connected to three of the edges of each sidewall; said one end of said container means having an elongated slotlike opening formed therein for communication with said compartment, said slotlike opening being defined between a pair of adjacent edges on said sidewalls; partition means fixed to said container means for dividing said compartment into a pair of substantially flat and parallel subcompartments, said partition means including a substantially flat and rectangular partition wall positioned within said compartment between said pair of sidewalls, said partition wall being spaced from and substantially parallel with said sidewalls and having edges thereof fixedly connected to said edge means; said partition wall extending outwardly through said elongated slotlike opening and having an exposed end portion extending outwardly beyond the open end of said container means as defined by the adjacent edges of said sidewalls, the extending end portion of said partition wall having a central notchlike recess formed therein which extends inwardly of said partition wall toward the adjacent edges of said sidewalls; said rectangular sheet members being slightly longer than said sidewalls and slightly shorter than said partition wall whereby each sheet member, when inserted into one of said subcompartments, will have one end thereof projecting outwardly through said opening beyond the adjacent edges of said sidewalls but terminating short of the free edge of said partition wall, said one end of said sheet member overlapping said recess, the other end of said sheet member being disposed in abutting engagement with said edge means which functions as a stop for closing the other end of said compartment; means defining a plurality of apertures through said sidewalls adapted to expose said partition wall therethrough, said apertures being located to align with first indicia upon said sheet members when they are inserted into said compartment; and second indicia on the external surfaces of said sidewalls adjacent said apertures and adapted to correspond with said first indicia.