Improvements in Fasteners or Binders for Securing Together Papers, Cloth Samples, and for other like uses.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Apr., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 13th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 15th Feb., 18:6
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fasteners or Binders for Securing Together
Papers, Cloth Samples, and for other like uses.
We, ARTHUR GRAFTON HERBERT, of Dean Street, Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturer, and WILLIAM PULLEN, of Lime Grove,
Moseley Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham aforesaid, Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the herein described improvements in fasteners or
binders for securing together papers, cloth samples and for other like uses.
One form of the said fasteners or binders constructed according to this invention
consists of a small ductile sheet metal blank which is bent about centrally so as to
form flat jaws between which the sheets of paper will be held. Both of these jaws
have one or more pointed teeth projecting inwardly at about right angles to the
faces of the jaws. These teeth may either be formed by piercing and raising the
tooth or teeth out of the body of the blank forming the jaws; or by making
the blank with two or more side or end pointed projections which are afterwards
bent up at right angles to the faces of the jaws to form the said teeth.
When using the fasteners above described the sheets of paper for instance have
to be placed between the jaws and then when the jaws are pressed together their
said teeth pierce the papers on both sides and the ends of the teeth on both jaws
come into contact with the inner faces of the jaws and thus the sheets are secured
together. By both of the jaws being made with teeth to pass through the papers
from both sides as above described the teeth will pass through more sheets of paper
and the latter will be better secured together than when, as in some other paper
binders of this class, only one of the jaws is made with a tooth or teeth.
Instead of both jaws being made with teeth as above described we may make
the teeth only on the end or sides of one of the jaws, and then turn inwardly the
edge or edges of the other jaw for the tooth or teeth on the first said jaw to take
behind when the paper fastener is closed as stated above..
Or, as in another modification of this invention, one of the said jaws has two or
more of the said teeth formed of pointed projections bent up at its ends or sides
and arranged to engage in corresponding depressions in the other jaw when the
paper fastener is closed as stated above.
Dated this 10th day of April 1895.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fasteners or Binders for Securing Together
Papers, Cloth Samples, and for other like uses.
We, ARTHUR GRAFTON HERBERT of Dean Street, Birmingham, in 'the
County of Warwick, Manufacturer, and WILLIAM PULLEN of Lee Crescent
Edgbaston, Birmingham aforesaid, and late of Lime Grove, Moseley Road, Balsall
Heath, Birmingham, aforesaid, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this
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page_text: 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 fasteners or binders for securing together papers, cloth
samples, or the like and has for its object to provide a modification or improvement
on Patent No. 8232 entitled 66
Improvements in paper fasteners and dated
April 25th 1894.
In carrying out our invention we take a small blank of ductile sheet metal which
is bent at about the centre so as to form jaws or arms, between which the sheets.
of paper can be held. Both of these jaws have one or more spikes or teeth
projecting inwardly at about right angles to the faces of the jaws. These
spikes can be formed by stamping a portion from the blank and bending it up.
They may also be formed by making the blank with pointed projections at the
sides which are afterwards bent up at right angles to form the spikes. The sheets
of paper or other articles are placed between the jaws and the latter are then
pressed together causing the spikes to pierce the papers on both sides. The ends
of the teeth or spikes come in contact with the inner faces of the jaws, the papers
being thus pierced from both sides.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood reference is had to
the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a plan of the blank from which the fastener is formed and Fig. 2 is a
side view of the same both showing spikes stamped up.
Fig. 3 shows a complete fastener and Fig. 4 is a slightly modified arrangement,
Figs. 5 and 6 show another form of blank of which Fig. 7 is the complete
fastener and Figs. 8 and 9 illustrate another modified arrangement.
Referring to Figs. 1 to 4 the blank A is narrowed at the waist or middle a so
that it can be easily bent at that point to form the two jaws or arms shown in
Eigs. 3 and 4.
From one side of the blank at a short distance from the end, the spike B is
stamped out and bent up at about right angles and from the other end the two
spikes B' are stamped. On bending the blank into its proper form these spikes
should pass one another so that on pressing the jaws together the spike B will pass
through the papers between the two spikes B'.
As shown in Fig. 4 two spikes B₁ are formed on each side, both being stamped
from the material of the blank. When the sides are pressed together, these spikes
will pass each other after pressing the material.
According to Figs. 5 to 9, the blank A¹ is of rectangular form, the central
part al however being narrowed and the corners rounded. Instead of stamping
the spikes from the blank, the latter is formed with the projections B and B at
the ends, B being placed at the centre and the spikes B' at each side.
According to Figs. 8 and 9 two spikes B are employed at one end projecting
from the extremity and corresponding spikes B are formed at each side projecting
from the side and bent up at right angles.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
(1.) An improved paper fastener or binder for papers and the like, formed from
a shaped metal blank narrowed in the middle and doubled at about its centre to
form two jaws or arms one of which is provided with two spikes, and the other is
provided with a single spike, all stamped from the same blank, so as to pierce the
paper or other material when the jaws or arms are pressed together, substantially
as described in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the drawings, and for the purposes specified.
(2.) A paper fastener formed from a blank of sheet metal narrowed in the
middle and doubled at the centre so as to form two jaws, each of which is provided
with two spikes stamped up from the blank, substantially as, described and shewn
in Fig. 4 of the drawings, and for the purposes specified.
(3.) An improved paper fastener for papers and the like formed from a blank of

page_text: sheet metal narrowed in the middle and bent at its centre to form two jaws and
provided with pointed extensions at the ends of the blank, bent up to make spikes,
one apike being placed at one end of the blank, and two spikes at the other end,.
substantially as described and shewn on Figs. 5 6 and 7 of the accompanying
drawings, and for the purposes specified.
(4.) A fastener for papers and the like, formed from a blank of sheet metal
narrowed in the middle and doubled at about its centre to form two jaws, provided
with four spikes formed from pointed extensions at the ends or sides, bent up at
right angles, substantially as described.
Dated this 13th day of January 1896.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicants.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicants.