Improvements in Paper and like Fasteners.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Aug., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 10th Apr., 1895-Accepted, 1st June, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Paper and like Fasteners.
I, GEORGE TUCKER, of Cotton Lane, Moseley, near the City of Birmingham,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to paper and like fasteners, commonly employed for
securing or connecting together papers, fabrics and the like, and has for one of its
objects a new fastener whereby the tips of the fingers are not injured on the turning
back of the legs or prongs after insertion, and has for another of its objects the
making of both the legs or prongs and head of the same from a single blank of
sheet metal.
In ordinary paper or like fasteners the prongs or legs which are terminated by a
head lie face to face or one upon another and after insertion the same cannot be
turned back until they have been separated, which is usually done by a thumb or
finger nail.
Now the separation of the legs by the finger nail is liable to injure the quick of
the finger or thumb by becoming pierced by one of the points.
By my present invention the legs or prongs come edge to edge and not face to
face, so that the figure of the combined legs is alike unto a spear or lancet end
divided longitudinally down its middle.
In carrying out one form of my invention, I cut out from thin sheet metal a
blank alike unto a headed spike with short legs or wings coming at the two
opposite sides of the head adjacent to the shank of the spike which is slit longi-
tudinally up its middle. In other words the blank is somewhat in shape alike unto
the figure of a headless man, and having a trunk body, arms extending downwards
from the body and with the combined legs which come edge to edge being shaped
spear wise or coming to a point. These legs are now turned at right angles to the
body part at the junction of the body with the arms, and which body and arms now
constitute the head.
The fastener thus made consists of two legs with the piercing ends directed to a
common point, and their other or shank ends, terminated by a flat head of a
bifurcated or gapped figure, which somewhat resembles the letter U and make
a cross or shaped head, integral with the metal of the legs.
In use the legs are pierced through papers or the like, to be fastened, and the
same pressed and bent back flat in opposite directions but unlignable. That is, the
one leg is forced one way and the other leg forced the other way and the papers or
the like clipped between the legs and head and with the said legs lying in the same
horizontal plane but in dissimilar vertical planes.
To strengthen the legs the same may be fluted or corrugated and so also may the
head be shaped.
Dated this 11th day of August 1894
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page_text: Improvements in Paper and like Fasteners.
I, GEORGE TUCKER, of Cotton Lane, Moseley near the City of Birmingham,
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 relates to paper and like fasteners, employed for securing or
connecting together papers, fabrics and the like, and has for its object a new
fastener, so made that the tips of the fingers are not injured on the turning back of
the legs or prongs after the passage of the same through papers or materials to be
fastened together.
In ordinary paper or like fasteners, the prongs or legs, which are terminated by a
bead, lie face to face or one upon another, and after insertion the same cannot be
turned back in opposite directions until they have been separated, which is usually
done by inserting a thumb or finger nail between them.
The separation of the legs by the nail is liable to injure the quick of the finger
or thumb by piercing the same with one of the points.
By my present invention, the legs or prongs come edge to edge, and not face to
face, so that the figure of the combined legs is alike unto a spear or lancet end
divided longitudinally down its middle.
In carrying out one form of my invention, I cut out from thin sheet metal, a
blank alike unto a headed spike having wings upon the two opposite sides of
the head.
The fastener thus made consists of two legs with the piercing ends lying side by
side in the same plane and directed to a common point, and their other or shank
ends terminated by a flat head of a bifurcated or gapped figure, which somewhat
resembles the letter U and makes a cross or T shaped head, integral with the metal
of the legs.
In use, the legs are passed through papers or the like, to be fastened and on the
papers coming up to the bead, the said legs are pressed and bent back flat in
opposite directions in the same plane but out of line with one another. That is,
the one leg is forced in one direction and the other leg in the opposite direction and
the papers or the like are clipped between the legs and head.
To strengthen the legs the same may be fluted or corrugated and so also may
the-head.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents a perspective view, of a paper
or like fastener constructed according to my invention.
Figure 1 is a front elevation and Figure 2 an edge view of the same, whilst
Figure 3 is a vertical section, Figure 4 an underside plan and Figure 5 a topside
plan thereof.
Figure 6 shows a section of the fastener when in use.
Figure 7 is an underside plan and Figure 8 a topside plan of Figure 6.
a is the cross or T head of the fastener, consisting of an angled bearing part a',
and angle wings a². a³, a' are the legs or prongs lying normally edge to edge and in
the same plane, when in use, the said legs are turned in opposite directions as
represented in Figures 6, 7 and 8.
Figure 9 represents the blank from which the fastener is made, and Figure 10
the same after being pierced.
Figure 11. is a perspective view of a modified form of fastener, in which the
winged parts of the head are dispensed with and the fastener takes the shape of a
figure L.
I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to the shapes of the heads
or legs described, but

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
A paper or like fastener, having legs which lie edge to edge and in the same
plane, and a crossing or right angled head, substantially as described and
set forth.
Dated this 9th day of April 1895.
GEORGE TUCKER,
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.