An Improvement in Paper Fasteners and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Mar., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 14th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 25th Jan., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Paper Fasteners and the like.
GEORGE FREDERICK RESTALL 101 Marylebone Road, London Sanitary
Engineer JOHN EMSON of Goboins Farm Romford, Essex Estate Agent do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is forming a paper fastner which will hold papers
together securely.
By this invention we make a cut or cuts in a piece of sheet metal or other
suitable material which does not extend the whole length but forms an opening
and then we place the corners of the paper in the said opening and then we fold
both pieces inward or outward each side of the papers the bend being in a line
with the opening. The said opening is formed like a lip or jaw or slot and when
bent together grips the papers tightly. When folded outward the two flat portions
of the metal fastner may be locked by a hole being made in one piece and a piece
cut and turned up in the opposite piece and passed through the said hole or it may
be locked by any suitable means. In some cases we hinge the joint instead of
bending so that when the papers are placed in there is an opening and as we close
the fastner the papers are drawn tightly together and when we fold the fastner
outwardly the two edges may be locked by any suitable means. The fastners may
be made of any suitable material and of any suitable ornamental shape or size.
A ring or loop or any suitable attachment may be put on the said fastner so that
it can be hung up if desired. These fastener can be used for binding any suitable
material.
Dated this Fourteenth day of March 1895.
GEORGE FREDERICK RESTALL.
JOHN EMSON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Paper Fasteners and the like.
GEORGE FREDERICK RESTALL 101 Marylebone Road London Sanitary
Engineer and JOHN EMSON, Goboins Farm Komford, Essex Estate Agent 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 :-
Our invention consists of an improved fastener for holding papers or the like
together especially those that are fastened at the corners.
The fastener is made of a piece of pliable sheet metal and a cut or opening is
made in or near the centre which does not extend the whole length but leaves
sufficient metal at each end of the cut or opening so that it will bend freely at
either end of the opening. The cut or opening is made longitudinal with the
bends and sometimes we make it partly round or like a jaw or slot with a tongue
on either or both sides slightly bent inwardly. Sometimes we make the tongues
partly rounded or rough at the edges. One of the outward edges or flanges of the
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fastener is sometimes made hollow and the opposite flange slightly round so that
when the fastener is closed the papers are forced into the hollow flange and held
by the flange that is partly round. With the fasteners that are folded with the
flanges outward towards the corners of the papers we extend the flange or flanges
and make a hole or holes in the one extension and a projecting piece in the other
which is passed through the hole in the opposite flange and locked or the projecting
piece is bent over to hold the two flanges tightly together. In a part of the
extended flange or flanges we make an opening so that it can be hung up.
Sometimes we make a groove in one flange so that the the tongue that projects
from the opening which receives the papers forces the papers into the groove.
In
some cases we form a hinge at each end of the opening which receives the papers
instead of bending the metal at each end of the slot or opening. These fasteners
may be made of any suitable material and of any ornamental shape and of various
sizes.
Referring to the annexed drawings
Figure 1 shows a plan of our invention A the flange on one side of the tongued.
opening, A¹ the flange on the opposite side of the opening B the tongued opening
C the bend.
Figure 2 shows the fastener as attached to the papers A' the flange B the
tongued opening X the papers being held by the fastener.
Figure 3 shows the fastener with a locking pin and hinged instead of bent.
A the flange A¹ the opposite flange A' the locking pin A³ the hinge B the tongued
opening.
Figure 4 shows the fastener holding the papers the flanges being bent outward
and locked by the pin. A shows the flange A¹ the opposite flange A2 the locking
pin as bent over the flange, A³ the hinge B the tongued opening, X the papers
being held by the fastener.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
-claim is
1st. A fastener substantially as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the annexed
drawings which is described in the Specification for the purpose herein before set
forth.
2nd. A fastener substantially as illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 of the annexed
drawings which is described in the Specification for the purpose herein before set
forth.
Dated this 14th day of December 1895.
GEORGE FREDERICK RESTALL.
JOHN EMSON.