IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRING CLIPS FOR HOLDING CARDS AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1884

page_text: I, JOSEPH KNIGHT, of 1ª Clarence Place, High Road, Kilburn, in the County of
Middlesex, Contractor, do hereby declare the naturo of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRING CLIPS FOR HOLDING CARDS AND OTHER ARTICLES," to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of spring clips for
holding cards and other articles and for exhibiting and displaying the same in
windows and for other purposes.
The said clips are constructed of one or more pieces of flat or round steel which
is or are so curved or bent into a bow or other suitablo form as to give to the same
the necessary elastic pressure for holding the article between the free ends thereof.
One or both sides of the clip is or are bent as desired. When made of one piece of
steel the closed end of the clip is, in some cases, turned over in the form of a hook
by which it can be suspended to a string or other support, and when constructed
of two pieces of steel one end of one of the pieces may be prolonged and bent into
the form of a hook for the same purpose. When I desire to form a double clip
I rivet or connect two pieces of steel together at the centre, the ends of one or both
pieces of steel being curved or bent as hereinbefore stated. The metal, having
been curved or bent as desired, is tempered in order to give the requisite elastic
strength thereto. The inner surfaces of the free ends of the clip are made smooth
so as to prevent any abrasion or injury of the card or other article placed between
the sainc. The free ends of the clip are slightly curved in order to give free
entrance to the article which it is intended to hold.
When pieces of round steel are employed for the purposes herein before described
the free ends are flattened in order to increase the clipping area of the same.
The holding or gripping parts are, in some cases, lined or covered with a soft
material to prevent injury.
Dated this tenth day of January in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and eighty four

page_text: I, JOSEPH KNIGHT, of 1ª Clarence Place, High Road, Kilburn, in the County
of Middlesex, Contractor, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRING CLIPS FOR HOLDING CARDS AND OTHER ARTICLES,"
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:—
My said invention relates to improvements in the construction of spring clips for
holding cards and other articles and for exhibiting and displaying the same in
windows and for other similar purposes:-
: _
The said clips are constructed of one or more pieces of flat or round steel which
is or are so curved or bent into a bow or other suitable form as to give to the same
the necessary elastic pressure for holding the article between the free ends thereof.
One or both sides of the clip is or are bent as desired. When made of one piece
of steel the closed end of the clip is, in some cases, turned over in the form of a
hook by which it can be suspended to a string or other support, and when con-
structed of two pieces of steel one end of one of the pieces may be prolonged and
bent into the form of a hook for the same purpose. When I desire to form a
double clip I rivet or otherwise connect two pieces of steel together at the centre,
the ends of one or both pieces of st. el being curved or bent as herein before stated
so that the ends thereof are brought into close proximity to form the clips. Tho
metal having been curved or bent as desired is tempered in order to give the
requisite e'astic strength thereto The inner surfaces of the free ends of the clip
are made smooth so as to prevent any abrasion or injury of the card or other
article placed between the same. The free ends of the clip are slightly curved in
order to give free entrance to the article which it is intended to hold.
When pieces of round steel are employed for the purposes hereinbefore described
the free ends are flattened in order to increase the clipping area of the same..
The holding or gripping parts are, in some cases, lined or covered with a soft
material to prevent injury.
In the accompanying drawings Figures 1. and 2. are respectively front view and
side view of a double clip constructed in accordance with my said Invention.
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:-
The construction of clips from a picce or pieces of flat or round steel so curved
or bent as to give the necessary elastic pressure for holding a card or other articlo
between the ends thereof, the metal being afterwards tempered in order to give the
requisite strength thereto, substantially as and for the purposes hereintefore set
forth and described.
Dated this ninth day of October One thousanu dicha hundr I an I sights fant