AN IMPROVED SPRING CLIP FOR HOLDING OR RETAINING LOCSE PAPERS OR OTHER LOOSE ARTICLES
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Lund, of Fleet Street, in the City of
London, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED SPRING CLIP
FOR HOLDING OR RETAINING LOCSE PAPERS OR OTHER LOOSE ARTICLES."
Sealed the 9th June 1857, and dated the 11th December 1856.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Lund at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 11th
December 1856.
I, WILLIAM LUND, of Fleet Street, in the City of London, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "AN IMPROVED SPRING
CLIP FOR HOLDING OR RETAINING LOOSE PAPERS OR OTHER LOOSE ARTICLES," to be
as follows:-
My Invention relates to a novel method of holding or temporarily binding
loose papers, unbound or unstitched pamphlets, music, sheets, office docu-
ments, letters, and all other similar articles which are simply loose or uncon-
nected, or are folded without stitching, and consists in the novel application
and use of a cylindrical "spring clip," or a variety of "clips" of the same'
kind, the simplest form being one made thus
, the principal.
feature of which is extended or varied in other forms. This clip is par-
ticularly adapted for retaining the corners of office papers, drafts, &c., and.
also for holding at the back or fold small unstitched pamphlets or serials;-
the same description of clip being lengthened, and having portions of the.

page_text: lips or holding edges cut away to lessen the friction when passing it on the paper,
forms a spring clip, to be employed for holding newspapers or other similar long
papers. The spring clip most suitable for holding sheets of music and other like
papers consists in the use of a double cylindrical spring clip, the two springs
being secured together by rivets or otherwise thus -
the
upper one embracing a light stick or rod of wood, which adds strength and a
back to the whole, and the lower one clips the folded edge of the music. When
it is desired to bind together several pieces of music I pass a cord alternately
from the fold in the middle sheet to the upper and lower part of each
sheet before the spring clip is applied; this prevents the "spring" slipping,
and more effectually binds the sheets together. When the sheets are required
to open perfectly flat, as a book, I employ two or more tubes encircling a slotted
stick, each tube having a wire bracket or holder, which is passed through the
centre fold (similarly to stitching); the springs holding the two ends of the
brackets or wires; this will allow the folded edge of the paper to open flat as
when stitched. The cylindrical form of spring may also be applied to letter
clips by securing the two ends or lips of the spring between the two plates
which clip or hold the letters, the spring serving the twofold purpose of joint &
spring. This improved cylindrical spring clip may be varied in form and mode
of application for the several purposes above nained, and which will be more
fully detailed and exhibited hereafter in iny Completo Specification thereof.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of tho conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Land in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 9th
June 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAN
LUND, of Fleet Street, in the City of London, in the County of Middlesex,
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the twentieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
William Lund, Her special license that I, the said William Lund, my execu-
tors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Lund.
my exccutors, administrators, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and
no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,

page_text: within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED SPRING CLIP FO3.
HOLDING OR RETAINING LC03E PAPERS OR OTHER LOOSE ARTICLES," upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that I, the said William Lund, by an instrument in.
writing under my hand and seal, should particularly describo and ascertain tho
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-.
formed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within.
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters:
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Lund, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-.
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following.
statement and accompanying Drawings (that is to say):-
My Invention relates to a novel method of holding or temporarily binding:
loose papers, unbound or unstitched pamphlets, music sheets, office documents,
letters, and all other similar articles which are simply loose or unconnected or
are folded (without stitching), and consists in the novel application and use of a:
cylindrical "spring clip," or variety of clips of the same kind, the simplest form;
being the well-known one made thus O, the principal feature of which being:
extended or varied constitutes the chief object of these present improvements;:
the first and most simple improvement upon the ordinary clip being to fold the;
clipping edges, in order to prevent the said edges tearing or cutting the papers.
upon which they may be placed.
This form of clip is particularly adapted for retaining the corners of. drafts,
&c., office papers, and also for holding at the back or fold small unstitched,
pamphlets or serials; the same description of clip being lengthened, and having:
portions of the lips or holding edges cut away to lessen the friction when:
passing it on to the paper, forms a spring clip to be employed for holding:
periodicals or other similar long papers. The spring clip suitable for holding
sheets of music and other like papers consists in the use of a double cylindrical:
spring clip, the two springs being secured together by rivets, folding pieces, or,
otherwise, the upper clip embracing a light stick or rod, which adds strength.
and a back to the whole, and the lower one clips the folded edge of the paper
or sheet music. When it is desired to bind several pieces of music together I:
pass a cord alternately from the fold in the middle sheet to the upper and.
lower part of each sheet before the spring clip is applied; this prevents
the spring slipping, and more effectually binds the sheets together. When:
the sheets are required to open perfectly flat (as a book) I employ two
or more tules encircling a slotted stick, each tube having a wire staple or :

page_text: holder, which is passed through the centre fold, similarly to stitching. the
springs, holding the two ends of the staple or wires; this will. allow the folded
edges of the paper to open flat as when stitched. The cylindrical form of
spring may also be applied to letter clips by securing the two ends or lips of
the spring between the two plates which clip or hold the letters, the spring
serving the twofold purpose of joint and spring. This improved cylindrical
clip may be varied in form and mode of application for the several purposes
above named.
And in order that the Invention may be better understood and more fully
exhibited in detail, I have hereunto annexed a Sheet of Drawings, illustrative
of some of the variety of forms and applications in which the improved spring
clip may be employed, although it is capable of being extended to many other
forms and applications for the above-named purposes, these herein shewn being
sufficient for example.
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Class 1 represents the most simple form of the spring clip, the edges of
which may be folded or bent in any form, so as to present a smooth edge to
the paper, as those in a, a, a, a, or the edges may be extended so as to hold in
two places, as b. This class also comprehend the clips attached to the ends of
tubes c, c, sliding within each other, so as to allow the clips to hold the paper
at each end of its length, the sliding tubes being connected by an elastic cord
passing within these from one end to the other. d' shews the form of spring
for holding in three places, in which the back tube is an entire piece with the
clips.
.
Class 2 represents that form of clip particularly adapted to sheet music and
other papers required to open as a book. In this the staple E is passed through
the paper, one at each end, or one in the centre, and into the slotted stick f,
encircled by the clip by which it is retained; this may also be arranged to slide
as shewn at c, c.
Class 3 shews an extended application, the object being to hold two or more
sheets in the same spring; to effect this, two springs are employed, the inner
one g being slotted to allow of two or more staples side by side, and the outer
one g' embracing the inner one, to assist in retaining the staples, and also
being partially divided near the middle of its length to admit the connecting
stick or back without causing the opposite end to relax its hold upon the inner
clip and staples.
Class 4 illustrates the form of clip preferred for holding news and other like
papers, partaking of the principle and appearance of Class 1,.but having corru-
gations or indentations formed therein, so as to hold the paper between the
red at certain points round its circumference.

page_text: Class 5 shews a combination of two springs, one secured upon another, by
which means a double or extra clipping power is imparted to the holding
edges.
Class 6 represents also a double spring, the spring h embracing a stick or
rod (and attached to the spring i which holds the papers) by any convenient
method, two of which are herein shewn.
Class 7 illustrates the adaptation of the spring to the ordinary plates, known
as a letter clip, applied to which it forms both the joint and spring, Figuro 1
shewing the spring has applied outside the plates i, and Figure 2 illustrating
the reverse position, the spring h being between the said plates.
Class 8 shews an extended form of this clip, wherein two springs are
employed, both exerting the clipping power upon one pair of plates. This may
be extended to any number of springs, according to the length of the plates
and pressure to be exerted thereupon.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, together with several of the most approved methods of performing
the same, I would remark, in conclusion, that I claim,-
First, the novel employment and use of the simple spring clip, having
doubled, folded, or otherwise smooth edges, being well aware that a similar
form of clip has been hitherto employed having sharp or rough edges, such as
have been detrimental and destructive to papers upon which they have been
used, and thereby rendered unfit for general employment.
Secondly, I claim the various applications and adaptations of such spring
clip as herein shewn, fully set forth, and exhibited in the Drawings, together
with any slight modification or variation thereof which shall be substantially
the same, but merely an extension of the application of my improved spring
clip for holding or retaining loose papers or other similar loose articles.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Lund, havo hereunto set my hand
and seal, the Fifth day of June, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-
seven
WILLIAM LUND. (L.8.)