Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Jan., 1887
Complete Left, 5th Sept., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 18th Oct., 1887.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
M.I.M.E. do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to design an improved device for fastening news-
papers or the like onto holder or in covers. The mechanism consists of a wire spring,
fastening plates and a hasp or catch. The spring consists of metal wire and is bent
at a right angle near the end and provided with a flat hook at the extreme end; the
fastening plates are also of metal and on these are hinged or pivotted the springs and
the hasps or catches which latter are provided with a notch for the reception of the
hook of the spring. The fastening plate for holders which latter are in the form of
rods consists of two parts one for the front and one for the back-while for covers in
book form they are preferably in the shape of a fork and passed over the edge of the
back they are furthermore provided with slot holes through which the hook of the
spring passes. The spring is hinged or pivotted on the front plate and the catch or
hasp at the back the latter in such a manner that the hook of the spring when passed
through the slotholes in the plate fits into the notch of the hasp or catch. When a
newspaper is to be fastened onto the holder or in the cover the springs are lifted or
turned aside the paper placed in position the springs turned back and the arm with
the hook passed through the paper and the slotholes to the back of the plate. The
hasp or catch is now turned so that the notch stands exactly under the hook of the
spring when the latter is let go and the hook will be held in the notch.

page_text: If the newspaper is to be taken off the holder or out of the cover the short arm of
the spring is pressed down so that the hook disengages. from the notch in the catch
when the latter is turned away and the arm of the spring withdrawn from the slot-
holes and the paper and leaves the latter free to be taken away.
The catch or hasp may also be arranged or fastened on the front of the plate in
which case the bent arm of the spring need not be so long and the back plate may be
omitted in case of the holder in the form of a rod.
Dated this 8th day of January 1887

page_text: I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 323 High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex,
M.I.M.E. 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:-
The object of the present invention is to design an improved device for fastening
newspapers or the like onto holders or in covers. The mechanism as illustrated by
the accompanying Drawings consists of wire springs a fastening plates b and a hasp
or catch c. The springs a consist of metal wire are bent at a right angle near the
end and provided with a flat hook d at the extreme end which engages in a notch e of
the catch c. The fastening plates b are also of metal and on these are hinged or
pivotted the springs a and the catches or hasps c. These fastening plates 6 if used
for holders which are in the form of rods consist of two parts one for the front and
one for the back while for covers in book form they are preferably in the shape of a
fork and passed over the edge of the back, they are moreover provided with slot
holes g for the passage of the end of the springs a with the hooks d.
The springs a are hinged or pivotted on the front-plate and the catches or hasps c
on the back plate, the latter in such a manner that the hook d of the spring a when
passed through the coinciding slot holes y of the plates 6 and m of the rod or cover
fits into the notch e of the hasp or catch c (see figures 1 to 6).
g
When a newspaper is to be fastened onto the holder A or in the cover B, the
springs a are lifted or turned aside, the paper placed in position, the springs turned
back and the bent arm with the hook d passed through the paper, and the slot holes
and m to the back of the plate b. The hasp or catch c is now turned so that the
notch e stands exactly under the hook d of the spring when the latter is liberated and
the hook will engage in the notch e of the hasp or catch c.
If the paper is to be taken off the holder or out of the cover the hook d of the
spring a is disengaged from the notch e of the hasp or catch c by depressing the
knee of the spring. The catch is now turned away and the bent arm of the spring
withdrawn from the slot hole and the paper when the latter may be removed.
Figure 7 to 11 represent a modification of the above construction in which the
catch or hasp c is also fastened to the front of the plate & in case the holder is in rod
form the back plate may be omitted altogether. The catch or hasp c is in this case

page_text: pivotted underneath the front plate and is moreover provided with a stud or
projection c¹ fitting into a notch z formed in the plate . The spring a is here
represented as hinged at x.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the 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 :-
A device for fastening newspapers onto holders or in covers consisting of springs
such as a hinged or pivotted to the fastening plates and held by hasps or catches c
secured to the back inner or front side of the holder or cover substantially as and for
the purpose described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Datad this 5th day of Santamba 1007
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents.