Improvements in or relating to Photo, Picture, and Mirror Frames.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 3rd May, 1894-Accepted, 30th June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Photo, Picture, and Mirror Frames.
I, JAMES SAMUEL BELL of No. 5 Wharton Street King's Cross in the City
of London, Silversmith, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention as regards the frame consists in the use of a spring clip fastener
which is attached to frame having a spring in the hinge whereby the back board
is secured or released as required for the purpose of holding in photo or allowing
of photo & back-board to be taken out for restoring frame.
The spring clip is constructed as follows. Part of hinge is attached to frame
& part to the clip by means of a hinge wherein the spring is held at each end by a
plug. The act of raising the clip twists the spring & then being released springs
back into its normal position.
Dated 10th
1000
JAMES S. BELL.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Photo, Picture, and Mirror Frames.
JAMES SAMUEL BELL of 4, Berners Mews, Oxford Street, London, W., but
formerly of 5 Wharton Street, King's Cross, London, N. (which latter address
appeared in the Declaration) Manufacturing Silversmith 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 relates to a hinged clip to be affixed to photo, picture, mirror or
other frames. In the hinge of said clip is a steel spring, secured at each end by a
plug, and by means of this spring the clip is pressed against the back of the photo
or other frame, thus holding the said back firmly in position.
My invention will be clearly understood by reference to the annexed drawings.
Figure 1 is an elevation of the hinge flap.
Figure 2 view of the spring in a plain and Figure 3 a similar view of the spring
in a twisted position as when fixed in the joint barrels of the hinge.
Figure 4 is an elevation of the upper part or it may be the lower part of the
frame with a half hinge barrel joint affixed.
Figure 5 represents the frame and hinge complete.
Figure 6 a section of same.
A is the hinge flap. B the half barrel thereof. C is the spring. D the other
half barrel forming part of the frame E.
The spring C when the two half barrels are in line is pushed into said barrel as
a joint pin in which position the two ends of the spring are fixed by plugs
soldered into the hollows formed between the barrel and the spring. One end of
the spring is twisted prior to being soldered up so that the spring is put into
tension to exert pressure on the flap for putting it into contact with the backing or
of the photo, picture, mirror or like that may be inserted.
The flap can be easily lifted for the removal or placing in of the desired
object.
For convenience of rapidly placing a photo in the frame I make a pocket at .F
by forming a lip G at the end opposite to the spring hinged clip.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what 1
claim is
The construction of photo and like frames with a spring-pin-hinged clip, the
spring being in tension by a twist in the same for holding photos, picture or mirror
as and in the manner described and as represented in the annexed drawings.
The 3rd day of May 1894.
JAMES SAMUEL BELL.