Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Aug., 1894-Accepted, 8th Sept., 1894
A communication from GEORGE H. RICHTER, of Boston, State of Massachusetts,
United States of America, Merchant.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn, County of Middlesex,
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a holder for papers of various sorts, particularly note
or letter paper, when the whole thing may be used as a pad, each sheet being
removed when written upon.
The holder consists of two parts, a plate or block, conveniently of wood and a
clamp preferably made of a bent piece of metal. The clamp is secured to the
block in any convenient manner as for example by screwing, but a simple way of
doing it is to reduce the thickness of the block upon its under-side at the clamp
end and in the shoulder thus formed run a saw cut into which the clamp may be
inserted and secured by cementing, screws or other suitable means, or even by
being merely a tight fit. The clamp is curved on the under-side so as to project
downwards beyond the under-face of the block; it is then curved up at right
angles or thereabouts so as to extend over the end of the block and some little
distance beyond it, then at right angles or thereabouts again so as to present a
face more or less parallel with the face of the block and lastly at right angles or
thereabouts again so as to present a clamping edge lying approximately perpen-
dicular to the face of the block.
In use the block is pressed downwards thus moving the projecting clamp
towards the under-face of the block and consequently moving the clamping edge
away from the upper face of the block, the papers are then inserted between the
clamping edge of the clamp and the face of the block and the pressure relaxed
when, by its resilience, the clamp will return to its normal position with its under-
face projecting beyond the under-face of the block, while the clamping edge will
be brought firmly down upon the papers. To release the papers it is only
necessary to press lightly upon the block when the pressure of the clamping edge
will be relaxed and one or more of the papers can be withdrawn.
Dated this 11th day of November 1893.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Paper Holders.
A communication from GEORGE H. RICHTER, of Boston, State of Massachusetts,
United States of America, Merchant.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
This invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing
which is a perspective view of the paper holder..
A communication from GEORGE H. RICHTER, of Boston, State of Massachusetts,
United States of America, Merchant.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
This invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing
which is a perspective view of the paper holder..

page_text: The device consists of the board B and the clamp or clamps C. In the under
side of said board may be formed a deep narrow groove or saw-scarf B1, the object
of said groove is for receiving and firmly holding one end of the clamp C. This
clamp is of thin, resilient sheet metal bent into some such form as shown in the
drawing, one end being secured to the bottom of the board by said groove, or
otherwise. The opposite or jaw end C¹ of the clamp C is held against the upper
face of the board B.
This paper holder is used as follows :-Placing it on a table the under part of
the clamp C will rest on the same. Now by pressing the hand upon board B the
upper end of the board will be moved far enough below the jaw end C¹ of the
clamp C to permit the. insertion of a convenient quantity of paper sheets. On
removing pressure of hand the clamp grips the paper and holds the paper securely
to the board. Spring C is designed so that the ordinary pressure of the hand,
when writing, does not loosen its hold upon the paper, it requiring a greater
pressure to accomplish the loosening of the spring from the stack of paper.
This paper holder is designed to form a writing pad. A convenient quantity
of unfolded sheets of paper being held thereby while the upper sheet is being
written upon. The upper sheet can be easily removed by pressing upon the pad,
thus loosening the hold of the clamp upon the sheet so that the sheet may be
removed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said
invention, as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :—
1. In a paper holder the combination with a board of a clamp formed of
resilient sheet metal having one end fastened rigidly to the under side of said
board and the opposite or jaw end pressed upon the upper face of said board
substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
2. The combination with a board having a transverse groove such as B¹ therein
of a resilient clamp such as C having one end rigidly held by said groove and the
other end C¹ pressed against the face of said board substantially as and for the
purpose described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 3rd day of August 1894.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.