Improvements in Clips, principally for use as Clothes Pegs.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 4th July, 1898-Accepted, 6th Aug., 1898
Improvements in Clips, principally for use as Clothes Pegs.
We, JOHN ROBERT RICHARDSON, Wagon Maker, of 17, Vine Row, Boothen,
Stoke-on-Trent, and WILLIAM FREDERIC RICHARDSON, Lock Carpenter, of Bridge
House, Rode Heath, Stoke-on-Trent, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to an improved clip more especially intended to be used
as a so called clothes peg.
Two pieces of wood of equal length have each of them one of their faces shaped
as follows an inclined portion rising from one end extends about one third of
the length of the face which is then rounded or flattened for a short distance and
more or less abruptly dropped to a lower level which is extended to near the end
of the face and is then bevelled away to the said end. In the inclined portion at
about the centre thereof is made a recess and through the piece where it is thickest
are holes for the passage of rivets.
These pieces placed face to face with insertion of a block of caoutchouc or the
like in the counterpart recesses in the inclined portions of their faces are then
rivetted and form a clip or couple with a limited but sufficient elasticity for the
purpose in view.
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Improvements in Clips, principally for use as Clothes Pegs.
We, JOHN ROBERT RICHARDSON, Wagon Maker, of 17, Vine Row, Boothen,
Stoke-on-Trent, and WILLIAM FREDERIC RICHARDSON, Lock Carpenter, of Bridge
House, Rode Heath, Stoke-on-Trent, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion 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 an improved clip more especially intended to be used
as a so called clothes peg.
Two pieces of wood of equal length have each of them one of their faces shaped
as follows: An inclined portion rising from one end extends about one third of
the length of the face which is then rounded or flattened for a short distance and
more or less abruptly dropped to a lower level which is extended to near the end
of the face and is then bevelled away to the said end. In the inclined portion at

page_text: about the centre thereof is made a recess and through the piece where it is thickest
are holes for the passage of rivets.
These pieces placed face to face with insertion of a block of caoutchouc or the
like in the counterpart recesses in the inclined portions of their faces are then
rivetted and form a clip or couple with a limited but sufficient elasticity for the
purpose in view.
Referring to the annexed drawing. Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the improved
clip or clothes peg. Fig. 2 is a plan, and Fig. 3 a longitudinal section thereof.
a a are the two members forming the clip and shaped substantially as shown.
These two members may be rivetted together by two rivets or nails b₁ preferably
passed through from opposite sides of the members, and the clips may be further
strengthened by passing round the same a band of tin, zinc, or other suitable
material fixed by a central rivet c¹. Elasticity and tenacity is obtained by inser-
tion of a block of caoutchouc or the like d placed in recess sunk in each of the
members a and a¹.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:-
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An improved clip adapted particularly for use as a clothes peg consisting of
two suitably shaped members a a¹ connected together by rivets 6b, the said con-
nection being if preferred strengthened by a band of zinc, tin, or the like, and a
rivet elasticity and tenacity being obtained by the insertion of a block of
caoutchouc or the like d, substantially as illustrated and described.
1000
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to Applicants, 18, Buckingham Street, Strand, W.C., London.