An Improved Page Holder and Marker for Books and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: .Date of Application, 27th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 1st Mr., 1894-Accepted, 7th Apr., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Page Holder and Marker for Books and the like.
1 JOHN HERBERT PRESTON of 20 Mayfield Street, Spring Bank Hull in the
County of York, Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, to be as
follows
The object of my invention is to construct a simple contrivance, which can be
attached to books and the like for the purpose of holding the leaves down, and
which can also be employed as a marker for the page when the book is shut.
I construct my invention as follows :—
I employ a spring or other clip to which is pivotted or hinged a stretcher or
arm, this stretcher being preferably divided at the end to which it is pivotted to
the clip, in the space thus formed a suitable spring is placed. To the other end of
the stretcher or arm which is preferably also opened or divided a link is placed,
and a pin passed through the arm and link, allowing the said link to turn freely.
To this link I attach by a pivot a second link which has in turn another arm
pivotted to one of its ends, these two arms being employed for keeping the pages
from rising when attached to a book or the like.
The pivotted arms double up and lie between the pages of the book when closed,
thus acting as a book marker.
Dated this Twenty-sixth day of October 1892

page_text: the said link to turn freely. To this link I attach by a pivot a second arm F
which has in turn another arm G, pivotted to one of its ends, these two arms
being employed for keeping the pages from rising when attached to a book or
the like.
The pivotted arm G doubles up and lies between the pages of the book (as
shown in dotted lines Fig. 4) when closed, the whole thus acting as a book
marker.
The spring clip A is preferably made of a piece of flat metal, having a portion
cut and pressed out to form a clip A¹.
The spring clip is slipped on to one of the backs of the book, and the arms F
and G opened and placed on the leaves, as shown at Fig. 4, these arms hold the
pages down, but being pivotted are easily moved for the purpose of allowing the
leaves to be turned.
When the holder is not in use the stretcher B lies flat against the clip A, the
spring C bearing against the said clip; when the holder is in use, the stretcher
opens out as the pages are turned over, and will open until straight as shown at
Fig. 2, so that it can be used for any thickness of book, the spring C bearing
against the clip A, causes the stretcher to have a tendency to close, thus putting a
pressure on the arms which thus hold the pages firmly down.
An indiarubber band H or the like, may be slipped over the part A³ of the
spring clip, to prevent the spring clip from catching to table-cloths and the like
when the book is laid on tables, chairs and the like, and also for the purpose of
gripping the book back, thus preventing the clip from slipping off.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A combined page holder and book marker consisting of a spring or other clip A,
having pivotted thereto a stretcher or arm B, with spring C, and moveable arms F
and G, connected by means of a link D to the said stretcher, substantially as shown
and described.
Dated this Twenty-eighth day of February 1894.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax, Patent Agent for the Applicant.