A NEW OR IMPROVED CLIP OR HOLDER FOR FACILITATING THE CARRYING OF PARCELS TIED WITH STRING
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert Burgess, of No. 10, Loftus Road, Uxbridge Road,
Shepherd's Bush, in the County of Middlesex, Coach Ironmonger, for an
Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED CLIP OR HOLDER FOR FACILITATING
THE CARRYING OF PARCELS TIED WITH STRING."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Robert Burgess at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th December 1881.
ROBERT BURGESS, of No. 10, Loftus Road, Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush, in
the County of Middlesex, Coach Ironmonger. "A NEW OR IMPROVED CLIP OR
HOLDER FOR FACILITATING THE CARRYING OF PARCELS TIED WITH STRING."
The object of my Invention is to remedy the inconveniences attending the
carrying of light parcels by the use of a string loop hung on the finger or fingers
of the person carrying the parcel.
.
The string loop referred to generally twists in use, thereby occasioning discomfort
to the carrier of the parcel, beside which the string of the loop being usually thin
is often painful to the finger.
By the use of a clip or holder constructed according to my Invention, the
inconveniences referred to and other inconveniences are avoided, and the carrying
of parcels tied with string much facilitated.
My new or improved parcel string clip or holder consists of a strip of thin
sheet metal, bent by preference into the figure of a hollow bow or crescent, the
said bow tapering from its middle towards each end.
The said hollow bow has in cross section the figure of a trough or open tube,
the opening being situated on the outer or convex side of the bow or crescent.
In using the clip or holder described the string loop of the parcel to be carried
is passed through the opening in the clip, and the sides of the clip are closed
and slightly flattened upon the string loop, the opening in the clip being thereby
contracted.
The clip is thus securely fixed to the string loop.

page_text: The string loop of the parcel is in this way readily provided with a smooth
and rigid clip or holder by which to suspend the parcel upon the finger or fingers
during the carrying of the same, the carrying of the parcel by the use of the
said clip being unattended by the inconveniences herein before pointed out with
respect to string loops,
The closing and slightly flattening of the clip upon the string loop, after it has
been passed into the trough of the clip, may be effected by the pressure of the
fingers, or by the use of a pair of plyers or pincers, the upper and lower jaws of
which have a figure corresponding to that of the clip; that is, the upper jaw is
concave and the lower jaw is convex. Or the same object may be attained by
the use of a spring compressor consisting of a fixed jaw, and a jointed jaw raised
by a spring, the acting faces of the two jaws having the required figures.
Although I prefer to make my improved parcel string clip of metal, yet it may
be made of other materials which present a smooth surface and which are capable
of being closed upon the string loop as before described.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Robert Burgess in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 23rd May
1882.
ROBERT BURGESS, of No. 10, Loftus Road, Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush, in
the County of Middlesex, Coach Ironmonger. "A NEW OR IMPROVED CLIP OR
HOLDER FOR FACILITATING THE CARRYING OF PARCELS TIED WITH STRING."
The object of my Invention is to remedy the inconveniences attending the
carrying of light parcels by the use of a string loop hung on the finger or fingers
of the person carrying the parcel.
The string loop referred to generally twists in use, thereby occasioning discomfort
to the carrier of the parcel, besides which the string of the loop being usually thin
is often painful to the finger.
By the use of a clip or holder constructed according to my Invention the
inconveniences referred to are avoided, and the carrying of parcels tied with string
much facilitated.
My new or improved parcel string clip or holder consists of a strip of thin
sheet metal, bent by preference into the figure of a hollow bow or crescent, the
said bow tapering from its middle towards each end.
The said hollow bow has in cross section the figure of a trough or open tube,
the opening being situated on the outer or convex side of the bow or crescent.
In using the clip or holder described the string loop of the parcel to be carried
is passed through the opening into the clip, and the sides of the clip are closed and
slightly flattened upon the string loop, the opening in the clip being thereby
contracted. The clip is thus securely fixed to the string loop.
The string loop of the parcel is in this way readily provided with a smooth
and rigid clip or holder by which to suspend the parcel upon the finger or fingers
during the carrying of the same, the carrying of the parcel by the use of the
said clip being unattended by the inconveniences herein before pointed out with
respect to string loops.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents in front elevation and side
elevation a metallic clip or holder constructed according to my Invention applied
to the string loop of a parcel; Figure represents a section, side elevation, and
plan of the same before the clip or holder is closed or compressed upon the string
loop. The said metallic clip or holder is marked a, and the string loop of the
parcel upon which it is fixed is marked b.
It will be seen by an examination of the Drawing that the said clip or holder
has the form of a hollow bow or crescent, and has in cross section the form of a
trough or open tube, the opening being situated on the outer or convex side of the
bow or crescent. The string loop 6 of the parcel to be carried having been passed
through the opening into the clip, the sides of the clip are closed and slightly
flattened upon the string loop, as seen in Figure 1. The opening in the clip is
thereby contracted and the clip securely fixed to the string loop. In carrying the
parcel it is suspended upon the finger by the clip a, the smooth concave underside
of the clip resting upon the finger.
In order to facilitate the closing of the sides of the clip upon the string loop b,
the outer edges of the clip may be scolloped, as represented in Figure 3, or the
sides of the clip may be perforated in the manner represented in Figures 4, 5, 6, 7,
and 8, or the base of the trough may be perforated, as illustrated in Figure 9, but
the clip may be perforated in other ways than those represented.
The ends of the clip may have the form represented in Figure 10, and instead of
giving the trough the nearly semicircular figure in cross section represented in
Figures 1, 2, and 3, it may have the sectional form represented in Figure 4. By
this form the breadth of that part of the clip which rests upon the finger is increased.

page_text: I do not however limit myself to any sectional form of the trough, as it may be
made square or other angular figure in cross section, but I have found the rounded
surface represented in the Drawing to answer well in practice.
Or the clip may have the form represented in Figure 11, and instead of closing
the whole of the sides of the trough upon the string loop the bottom parts
marked c, c, Figure 11, may alone be closed upon the string loop. In this case the
parts at c, c, to be closed upon the string loop are separated from the other parts
by cross slits or piercings at i, i.
Or the clip may be furnished with side ears or projections as represented in
Figures 12 and 13, and marked d, d, for closing over the trough of the clip and
fixing the string loop in the trough instead of closing the whole or portions of the
trough upon the string loop as before described. The closing or pinching of the
ears or projections d, d, is readily effected by the fingers of the operator.
Figure 14 represents in front elevation and side elevation a modification of the
clip or holder. In this modification two parallel broad rings e, e, are connected
together at bottom by the semi-circular bend or trough f. The string loop is
passed between the parallel rings e, e, into the trough or semi-circular bend f, and
the sides of the said bend or trough ƒ are closed upon the string loop so as to fix
the clip to it.
In carrying the parcel the ring parts e, e, of the clip are supported upon the
finger or fingers.
Or the clip or holder may be modified in the manner represented in Figure 15.
This clip or holder consists of the loop g, the bottom of each side of the loop being
bent upwards into a hook h the two hooks being situated at a short distance apart.
The string loop of the parcel is first passed between the two hooks h, h, and then
engaged with the said hooks. The hooks h, h, are then closed or folded upon the
string loop so as to secure the clip or holder to the loop.
The closing and slightly Battening of the clip or part or parts thereof upon the
string loop after the said loop has been passed into the clip or holder may be
effected by the pressure of the fingers or by the use of a pair of plyers or pincers,
the upper and lower jaws of which have a figure corresponding to that of the clip,
that is, the upper jaw is concave and the lower jaw is convex. Or the same object
may be attained by the use of a spring compressor consisting of a fixed jaw and a
jointed jaw raised by a spring, the acting faces of the two jaws having the required
figures, but I do not limit myself to any particular way of or apparatus for closing
the clip or holder upon the string loop.
Although I prefer to make my improved parcel string clip of metal, yot it may
be made of other materials which present a smooth surface, and which are capable
of being fixed upon the string loop, for example, hardened india rubber and gutta
percha may be used in place of metal.
Having now described the nature of my Invention and the manner in which
the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I claim as iny
Invention,-
The new or improved clip or holder for facilitating the carrying of parcels tied
with string, constructed and used substantially as herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Robert Burgess, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty third day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty two.