for read and firmly fastening severals
Year: 1886

page_text: I, FRANCIS HENRY RICHARDS, of Springfield, Massachusetts, one of the United
States of America, Mechanical Engineer, 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:-
This invention relates to devices for readily and firmly fastening several sheets
of paper together.
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Figure 1, of the accompanying drawings, is a perspective view of my new paper
fastener, when made of fibrous flexible material; and Figure 2 is a like view of
the same when made of one piece of flexible metal; while. Figure 3 is a like view
of such a fastener when made of two pieces of such metal riveted together. Figures 4
and 5 are a side and an edge view, respectively, of my fastener, when made of any
suitable flexible material, and showing its preferred size and proportions. Figures 6
and 7 are a side and an edge view, respectively, of a portion of a web of two-ply
flexible fabric, suitable to be cut up into my paper fasteners, as hereinafter described.
Figures 8 and 9 are a side and an edge view, respectively, of many sheets of paper
secured together by two of my fasteners. Figure 10 is an enlarged edge view of
a strip of cloth, faced partly with paper, and partly with gum, or other adhesive
substance, and bent into a preliminary form, to the end of producing my paper
fastener otherwise than as shown in prior Figures. Figures 11 and 12 are an edge
and a side view, respectively, of my paper fastener, when made of the strip shown
in Figure 10.
The fasteuer of Figure 1, may be made by stitching together two pieces of cloth,
midway between their ends, or by stitching two strips of cloth together midway
between their sides, and then cutting the product up into fasteners, by severing it
cross-wise. The fasteners of Figure 2, may be made by rolling a rod of soft metal
into a form having a continuous axis, and four radial wings, and a cross section
substantially like a central longitudinal section of that fastener, and then cutting
that form of metal into such fasteners, by severing it crosswise and rounding the
ends of the severed pieces. The fastener of Figure 3, is made by riveting two
pieces of metal together, midway between their ends. My fastener may also be
made of fabric by weaving or knitting a two-ply web with one line of joined
weaving or knitting, or with several parallel lines of joined weaving or knitting,
as shown in Figures 6 and 7; and, in the latter case, severing the web into strips
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page_text: by cutting through both plys, about midway between each of the woven or knitted
joints, as indicated by the broken lines in those Figures, and then, in either case,
cutting the strips into fasteners, as partly shown by the dotted lines which enclose
parallel sided and rounded end spaces in Figure 6. The fastener of Figures 11
and 12, may be made by bending a strip of cloth or other fibrous material into the
blank form of Figure 10, having first provided it with gum on the whole of its
upper surface, and on the central reach of its lower surface as shown at A and B in
that Figure; and then bending the central reach of the blank upon itself at its
middle portion, and otherwise putting it into the form of Figure 11, with those
two pairs of its reaches which are, in contact, fastened respectively together with
the gum applied to their adjacent surfaces.
My fastener is applied to the sheets to be fastened, by passing two of its four
free ends through a slit cut through those sheets, until the axis of the fastener
reaches the middle of the pile of sheets, and then by bending away from each
other, and pressing down upon the paper, the two free ends on each side of the
sheets being fastened.
Where the metal fasteners are used, they should be inelastic so as to retain the
shape to which they are bent; and where the fibrous fasteners are used, they
should be attached to the sides of the adjacent sheets with some suitable adhesive
substance.
Where the cloth fasteners are to be made, the material may first be faced
with paper on those of its surfaces which will be exposed to view, as shown at C,
in Figure 10.
One of those ends of my fastener which extend toward the nearest edge of the
sheets being fastened, may be made longer than the others, and may be folded
around the adjacent edges of the sheets, and then be lapped upon its fellow, so as
to bind the extreme adjacent edges of the sheets closely together.
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. A paper-fastener, made of flexible material, and having four free ends,
substantially as described and shown.
2. A two-ply fabric, the plys of which are woven or knitted together along one
or more isolated lines, so that it may be cut into flexible paper fasteners having
four free ends, by being severed across such a line, and otherwise substantially as
shown and described.
3. The process of making flexible paper fasteners, having four free ends, which.
consists in making a two ply fabric, the plys of which are woven or knitted together
along one or more isolated lines, and then in cutting the fasteners from the fabric
by severing the latter across such a line, substantially as shown and described.
Doted this first day of Max 1000