Improvements in Letter Clips.
Year: 1899

page_text: Improvements in Letter Clips.
I, ADOLPH MYERS, of the Firm of M. Myers & Son, Charlotte Street Steel
Pen Works, Charlotte Street, in the City of Birmingham, Pen Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to letter clips of that kind which consist essen-
tially of a gripping lever mounted on a suitable base and provided with a spring
by which the lever is caused to grip and hold letters papers and the like.
According to this invention I make the said hinged gripping lever in the
form of an oval or other conveniently shaped frame, preferably of metal, adapted
to hold an advertisement or show-card or picture or the like with or without
a xylonite glass or other transparent protective front secured in the frame as
by a back piece or by clips or other convenient means so that the letter clip
will thus also form a good advertisement. Or the said frame may be fitted
with a mirror.
In another arrangement of my invention the oval or other suitably shaped
lever frame and central portion forming the advertisement are- stamped or other-
wise formed in one piece of metal or other suitable material the advertisement
being printed or otherwise suitably marked on the portion within the frame.
Dated this 3rd day of October 1899
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Letter Clips.
I, ADOLPH MYERS, of the Firm of M. Myers & Son, Charlotte Street Steel
Pen Works, Charlotte Street, in the City of Birmingham, Pen Manufacturer,
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 has reference to letter clips of that kind which consist essen-
tially of a gripping lever mounted on a suitable base and provided with a spring
by which the lever is caused to grip and hold letters papers and the like. My
invention consists in constructing the gripping lever part of the said letter
clips as herein described so that the letter clip will form a good advertisement.
My invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings on which Fig. 1
is a front elevation of a letter clip constructed according to this invention;
Fig. 2 is a plan of the same; Fig. 3 is a side view of the same; Fig. 4 is a sec-

page_text: tional elevation of the same; and Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of a modified
form of the gripping lever part of the same.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all
the figures.
A is the gripping lever, B is the base of the letter clip which is made with
the usual ears 62 jointed by the cross pin C to ears a¹ a² fixed to the back of the
lever frame A. D is the usual two armed spring passing round the joint pin C
and forcing apart the ends a³ 3 of the lever A and base B forcing together their
gripping ends at in the usual way.
According to this invention I make the hinged gripping lever A in the form
of an oval or other conveniently shaped frame as shewn for instance by Fig. 1
preferably of metal made with an oval or other conveniently shaped opening as
and adapted to hold an advertisement card such as E or a show-card or picture
or the like with or without a xylonite glass or other transparent protective
front F which together with the advertisement card show-card picture or the
like are secured in the frame A as by the metal back plate G which is placed at
the back of the advertisement show-card picture or the like and there secured
by any convenient means as by the clips as formed round the margin of the
frame A and closed round at the back against the back plate G. Thus the letter
clip forms a good advertisement. Or the frame like gripping lever A may be
fitted with a mirror in place of the advertisement.
In another arrangement of my invention the oval or other suitably shaped
lever frame A and the central portion forming the advertisement are stamped
or otherwise formed in one piece of metal or other suitable material as shewn
for instance by Fig. 5 the central portion of this figure being marked a² and on
this central portion a the advertisement is printed or otherwise suitably marked
within the surrounding frame.
It will be evident that the shape of the lever frame A may be varied according
to taste.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, declare that what
I claim is:-
A spring lever letter clip of the kind herein referred to having its hinged
spring gripping lever made in the form of a frame and provided with or adapted
to hold within the frame an advertisement show-card or the like or a mirror
substantially as set forth.
Dated this 3rd day of July 1900.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.