A New Or improved Stabber for use with Paper or other Fasteners.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 11th Aug., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 13th Sept., 1887.
A New Or improved Stabber for use with Paper or other
Fasteners.
1, LEOPOLD MYERS, of 5, Highfield. Road, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Pen
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
:-
This invention has reference to a new or improved stabber for use with paper or
other fasteners by means of which the sheets of paper or other material are pierced at
the same time as the divided shank of the fastener is inserted therein and the said
shank is supported and prevented from bending whilst being inserted.
The said stabber consists of a metal sheath open at one end and pointed at the other
which is made a little longer than the divided shank of the paper or other fastener and
of such a size and shape internally that the said shank will fit easily therein. The
said stabber is preferably made of sheet steel as follows:-1 take a strip of sheet steel
pointed at one end and by suitable press tools or by other means I turn up the two
long sides of the strip so as to form a trough; the said sides are then folded down
towards each other leaving a space between them and the central part thus forming a
sheath large enough to take the divided shank of the paper fastener. The extreme
point of the sheath, and for about a quarter of an inch more or less from the point, is
single metal pressed into a hollow or ribbed form so as to strengthen the point and
allow of its being ground sharp along the edges.
The stabber is used as follows :-The divided shank of the paper fastener is first
entirely sheathed by being inserted in the open end of the stabber which is then
pushed, pointed end first, through the sheets of paper or other material required to be
fastened together. On the stabber being removed by being pulled right through the
sheets of paper or other material the fastener is left in the material ready for its
shanks to be bent down in the ordinary manner.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Stabber for Use with Paper or other
Fasteners.
I, LEOPOLD MYERS, of 5, Highfield Road, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Pen
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
This invention has reference to a new or improved stabber for use with paper or
other fasteners by means of which the sheets of paper or other material are pierced
at the same time as the divided shank. of the fastener is inserted therein and the said
shank is supported and prevented from bending whilst being inserted.
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 represents a sheet metal blank for forming
my improved stabber, Fig. 2 shews the same blank partly formed into the stabber
represented in front elevation and sectional plan by Fig. 3 and in sectional side
elevation in Fig. 4. Figs. 5, 6 and 7 show how the said stabber is used as hereinafter
described.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the Figures.
On referring to the drawing it will be seen that the stabber consists of a metal
sheath A (Figs. 3 and 4) open at one end a¹ and pointed at the other a³, the sheath
being made a little longer than the divided shank of the paper or other fastener and
of such a size and shape internally that the said shank will fit easily therein. The
said stabber is preferably made of sheet steel as follows:-I take a strip of sheet
steel (see Fig. 1) and by suitable press tools or by other means I turn up the two
long sides a³, a of the strip, as shown by Fig. 2, so as to form a trough; these
sides a³, a are then folded down towards each other leaving a space b between them
and the central part a³ (see Figs. 3 and 4) thus forming a sheath large enough to
take the divided shank of the paper fastener. The extreme point a³ of the sheath
and for about a quarter of an inch more or less from the point is single metal pressed
into a hollow or ribbed form a so as to strengthen the point and allow of its being
ground sharp along the edges.
The stabber above described is used as follows:-The divided shank c of the paper
fastener is first entirely sheathed by being inserted in the open end of the stabber
(Fig. 5 shows the paper fastener partly inserted in the sheath of the stabber) which is
then pushed, pointed end first, through the sheets of paper d or other material (see
Fig. 6) required to be fastened together. On the stabber being removed by being
pulled right through the sheets of paper or other material as shown by Fig. 7 the
fastener is left in the material ready for its shanks c to be bent down in the ordinary
manner.
In conclusion I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise
method of constructing the stabber as herein described and illustrated as the same
may be varied without departing from the nature of my invention.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is —
The new or improved stabber for use with paper and other fasteners, hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, that is to say, a stabber for
the purposes described consisting of a pointed metal sheath, so constructed that
it will fit on to the shank of the paper fastener, substantially as described and
illustrated.
Dated this 10th day of Amanat 1887
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.