AN IMPROVED PAPER-CLIP
Year: 1884

page_text: I, JASPER WETTER, Engineer, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, do
hereby declare the nature of said invention for AN IMPROVED PAPER-CLIP, a com-
munication to me from abroad by Franz Müller and Emil M. Fasch, both of Leipzig,
in the kingdom of Saxony, to be as follows-
This invention bas for its object to hold letters or loose sheets of paper securely
on a board without perforating or cutting the paper.
1
For this purpose I attach to the back side of a board or rigid plate a spring bent
so as to form a loop extending backward and over the upper edge of the plate and
to rest with its free end on the front of the plate.
For securing loose sheets the board is placed with its back on a table, and slightly
pressed down, whereby the front end of the spring is pressed away from the board,
so as to allow papers to be placed under the spring.
If now the board is released, the spring, which has previously been pressed
forward, will recede and press with its free end upon the sheets situated on the
front of the board, thereby securing the same with elastic pressure.
The front end of the clip or spring may have a vertical extension perforated for
Buspending the clip from a nail or pin.
HERBERT & Co.,
Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I, JASPER WETTER, Engineer of 67 Strand Westminster do hereby declare the
nature of said invention for " AN IMPROVED PAPER CLIP" (A communication to
me from abroad by Franz Muller and Emil M. Fasch of Leipzig Saxony) and in
what manner the same to to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of this invention is to secure or hold together slips of paper with ease
and the Invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Figures 1, 2 and 3 show respectively in front elevation, sectional side view and
back elevation a paper clip constructed according to this invention fitted with a
single spring; and Figure 4 is a front elevation, Figure 5 a sectional side view
showing the clip closed, Figure 6 is a back elevation and Figure 7 a sectional side
view shewing the clip open wherein a compound spring is used.
The letter clip shown in Figures 1 to 3 is made of a cover a and spring b which
latter is fixed to the back of the cover a, the free end of which spring is bent over
to the front side of the cover a and presses elastically against the same.
In order to squeeze the slips of paper d against the cover a of the clip it is placed
on a table or any other level surface, the cover a is pressed in the direction of the
arrow in order to raise the end of the spring b and at the same time the slips of
paper d required to be held are pushed under the end of the spring. If the pressure
on the cover a is released, then the end of the spring presses the slips d against the
cover a and thereby holds them securely.
There is also a lug c with a hole in it on the spring b so arranged that it serves to
hang the holder up by. The lug c is constructed in such a manner that the strips d
hung in the clip are covered by the cover a.
Figures 4 to 7 show this improved clip having a compound spring h, b, instead
of a single spring. The object of this is to press the cover a against the free end
of the spring b, namely, against the strips laid between the cover and the end of
the spring, so that the cover a can not be bent back, from the spring b when the
letter clip has been in use a long time.
One end of the spring his fixed to the spring 6 and the other free end presses
against the cover a, in such manner that the cover a is pressed by the free ends
of the compound spring b, h and with it the slips of paper d placed on the said
cover.
In Figure 7 the letter clip is shown with the cover a pressed back from the end
of the spring b.
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 as the invention communicated to me is :-
A letter clip consisting of the cover a in combination with a spring band with or
without the spring h and in which the slips of paper d are slipped underneath the
end of the spring by pressing on the cover a, and on releasing the pressure they are
held securely against the cover a substantially as set forth.
Dated this First day of January 1885.