Year: 1897

page_text: I, GEORGE HENRY TWIGG, of Ludgate Hill, in the City of Birmingham,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to non-metallic paper fasteners or shoes, and has for its
object, an adhesive paper fastener, which is cheaply made and easily applied
and has no extending protuberances or parts liable to scratch or otherwise injure
the fingers, as frequently occurs in the case of the pronged metallic fasteners now
commonly employed.
In carrying out one form of my invention, I take a rectangular piece of adhesive
paper, linen faced with paper, or other material capable of being folded, and I
form from the middle part of one side of it, a tongue having a dovetail shaped
out end, thus leaving two side wings, which, when in use, are folded over the
adjacent edges of a corner, and the tongue part brought forward and folded over
and made to adhere to the turned-down corners and adjacent parts of the papers to
be fastened together. Thus, in connecting together a series of papers, the adhesive
surface of the same is first moistened and a corner of the said papers to be fastened
is placed upon the middle of a part of the adhesive surface, forward of the tongue,
so that the fastener is thus attached to the corner of the back sheet. The wings
are then turned over and made to adhere to the corner of the front sheet, after which
the tongue part is brought over and has folded over with it, the extreme tips or
corners of the sheets to be secured together. The said tongue is then fastened
down upon the front sheet, thus connecting the whole of the papers.
In another form of fastener, the tongue, which is cut out of a square of material,
is made to carry the wings, the said material being creased from the points of the
dovetail diagonally across to the junction of the same with the shank and when
bent or folded forms a cap which is secured over the corner of the papers. The
tongue is then folded over and made to adhere to the front of the said cap, thus
further securing the wings, and the front sheet of the series of papers.
Another form of fastener is made from a rectangular blank of paper or the like,
gummed upon one side, and having wings or ears formed at two opposite corners
by transversely slitting the sides to a short distance inwards and then running the
slits for a short distance in a right angle direction. These fasteners, caps or paper
shoes are applied to the folded over corners of the sheets in a similar way as
described.
As another modification, the blank is so cut as to make a tongue only, terminated
by a dovetail head carrying a pair of opposite wings or ears, formed by diagonally
creasing as before described.
As a still further form, the dovetail head is formed by diagonals slit from one
side, leaving the wings integral with the body; this form being applied in a like
way as in the preceding arrangements.
These fasteners may be embossed, or if necessary, ornamented in any desired
way, and the directions in which the blanks are to be folded in applying the same to

page_text: papers to be secured, may be indicated by scoring, creasing or marking the same at
the desired points.
Dated this 27th day of September 1897.
GEORGE HENRY TWIGG,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant,
I, GEORGE HENRY TWIGG, of Ludgate Hill, in the City of Birmingham,
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:-
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This invention relates to non-metallic paper fasteners or shoes, and has for its
object, an adhesive paper fastener, which is cheaply made and easily applied
and has no extending protuberances or parts liable to scratch or otherwise injure
the fingers, as frequently occurs in the case of the pronged metallic fasteners, now
commonly employed.
Figure 1 represents a paper fastener in accordance with one form of my
invention, the same being shewn separately and laid out flat. Figures 2 and 3
represent respectively front and back elevations of the fastener applied in securing
together a number of sheets of paper.
Figure 4 is a section of Figure 3 upon the dotted line x.
In making this form of fastener, I take a rectangular piece of adhesive paper,
linen faced with paper, or other material capable of being folded, and I form from
the middle of it, a tongue such as a, proceeding from a dovetail-shaped part al,
having two side wings a², a³, which when in use, are folded upon the dotted lines b, b,
over the adjacent edges of the corner of a number of papers to be bound or tied
together, and the tongue part which may have end extensions a, a, is then brought
forward and folded over and made to adhere to the turned-down wings and adjacent
parts of the front sheet of the series of papers to be fastened together. Thus, in
connecting together a series of papers c, the adhesive surface of the fastener is
first moistened, and a corner c', of the back sheet of the series of papers to be
fastened is placed upon the middle of a part of the adhesive surface, forward of the
tongue, so that the fastener is thus attached to the corner of the said back sheet
as represented in Figure 5. The binding wings are then turned over and made to
adhere to the corner of the front sheet as shewn in Figure 6, after which the tongue
part is brought over and has folded over with it, the extreme tips or corners c², of
the sheets to be secured together. The said tongue is then fastened down upon
the front sheet with the bent over tips or corners of the sheets included and secured
between it and the face of the front sheet, as represented in the sectional view
Figure 4.
Figure 7 represents a plan of another form of fastener which is made from a
rectangular blank of paper or the like a¹, gummed upon one side, and having
wings or ears a³, a³, formed at two opposite corners by transversely slitting the
one edge to a distance inwards at a. These fasteners, caps or paper shoes are
applied to the back sheet and the wings folded over the front as shewn in Figure 8.
The tongue piece a, is, together with the corners or tips c', of the papers, fulded over
onto the front sheet as represented in Figure 9 and to which the said tongue is
secured by adhesion, in a similar way as described in connection with
Figures 1 to 6.

page_text: In this modification, the blank is so cut as to make a tongue only, terminated by
a dovetail head carrying the pair of opposite wings or ears, formed by diagonally
creasing the material upon the dotted lines b, b.
A still further form of my invention is represented in Figure 10, the dovetail
head a', is formed by diagonals at, slit from opposite corners of one side, leaving
the wings a, a³, integral with the body and forming a tongue a, of dovetail shape
also. This form of fastener is applied as represented in Figures 11 and 12 in a
like way as in the preceding arrangements by securing the body of the fastener
to the back sheet to be fastened, turning over the side wings onto the front
sheet (see Figure 11) and then turning the tongue a, and corner c¹, of the papers
forward and fastening the tongue to the front wings. Fig. 12 is a back elevation
of the fastener thus applied.
These fasteners may be embossed, or if necessary, ornamented in any desired
way, and the directions in which the blanks are to be folded in applying the same to
papers to be secured, may be indicated by scoring, creasing or marking the same at
the desired points.
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:
First: A non-metallic paper fastener, consisting of a body part, adhesively
served on the inner side and carrying a tongue piece and side wings, adapted to
take over and be applied to the corner of a number of sheets of paper or the like,
substantially in the way described and set forth in Figures 1 to 6.
Secondly-Binding or fastening together a number of sheets of paper or the
like by means of non-metallic fastenings made from adhesively served material,
applied to the back sheet to be fastened and having binding wings and a tongue
piece or equivalent part adapted to be folded over from the back and be fastened down
to the front sheet and to secure the bent-over corners or tips of the several sheets
between its adhesive face and the said front sheet, substantially as herein described
and set forth.
Thirdly: The modified forms of paper fasteners or binders, substantially as
described and represented in Figures 7 to 12.
Dated this 24th day of June 1898.
GEORGE HENRY TWIGG,
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Row, Birmingham,
Agent for Applicant.