Photograph Frames, Cards, and other Articles.
Year: 1887

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Photograph Frames, Cards, and other Articles.
HARRY WHITFIELD 68 Broad Street, Birmingham Steel Pen Manufactory manager
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention is primarily a metal holder or clip constructed to hold or clip a glass
plate, behind which is held a photograph picture or card. It is also constructed to
hold or clip a mirror photograph card or other article.
My invention is formed of two flat or round strips of metal or other suitable
material These two strips are rivetted or in some other way fastened together loosely
at their centres so as to form a cross-Each end of each strip is formed as a hook-Å
spring which exerts an outward pressure is attached one end of it to each of the two
strips at a position above or below the centre of each strip-On this spring being
compressed the cross assumes a lengthened shape, and when the spring is released the
cross is shortened and clips the article which it is required to hold-Thus when it is
desired to release the article held it is only necessary to compress the spring, and the
cross lengthening looses the hooks from the article held.
I make the spring in my invention in such a way that it can be used as an easel
leg, but any suitably formed spring would actuate the cross in my invention in the
manner desired.
Dated this Fourteenth day of April 1887
HARRY WHITFIELD

page_text: Improvements in Holders, Clips, or Easels for Photographs, Mirrors,
Photograph Frames, Cards, and other Articles.
I HARRY WHITFIELD Steel Pen Manufactory Manager 68 Broad Street, Birmingham
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:
My invention is primarily a metal holder or clip constructed to hold or clip a glass
plate, behind which is held a photograph, picture or card. It is also constructed to
hold or clipa mirror, photograph, card picture, pictureframe, or other article.
My invention is formed of two flat round or suitably formed pieces of metal wood,
cardboard or other suitable meterial, which we will call strips, a spring, or springs,
and other necessary tackle such as rivets staples &c.
The two strips are rivetted or in some other way fastened together loosely each at
its centre so as to form a cross.
The spring is constructed in the shape of a V and is tempered to exert an outward
pressure.
In my invention I make the spring of two flat pieces of steel riveted together at
their centres and forming thus the V spring and a continuation to form the easel leg;
but any suitably formed and tempered spring would actuated my invention in the
manner desired.
Each end of each strip is formed as a hook. A spring which exerts an outward
pressure is attached one end of it to each of the two strips at a position above or
below the centre of each strip. On this spring being compressed the cross assumes a
lengthened shape and when the spring is released the cross is shortened and clips the
article it is required to hold. Thus when it is desired to release the article held it is
only necessary to compress the spring, and the cross lengthening looses its hooks
from the article held in the manner desired.
I make the spring in my invention in such a way that it can be used as an easel
leg but although I claim this as part of my invention, I do not bind myself to this
kind of spring, any suitably formed spring would actuate the cross.
I shall now proceed to describe my invention with reference to the drawings.
Fig. 1. is an elevation of my invention showing the said cross A. A. A. A in a
shortened position, clipping or holding the glass plate B. B, and showing the
spring C. C. exerting a pressure which causes the books D. D. D. D to hold the
article as desired.
Fig. 2 is a similar elevation to Fig. 1 showing the cross A in an extended position
and the spring C. C compressed at the points E. E, and the hooks D. D releasing the
article held.

page_text: Fig. 3 is a side view of my invention showing how I make the spring Cact as an
easel leg, and showing the hooks D D holding the bevelled edge of a glass plate.
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 is :-
1. The manufacture of an improved clip, easel or holder as above described.
2. The application of my invention to photographs, frames, glass plates mirrors,
pictures pictureframes, cards, metal, china or porcelaine plates and other articles.
3. The use of the spring in my invention as an easel leg.