AN EXPANDING OR NON-EXPANDING SAFETY PAPER HOLDER OP CLIP
Year: 1884

page_text: I FREDERIC EDWARD TAYLOR 115, Newball Street Birmingham in the county of
Warwick Clerk do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN EXPANDING
OR NON-EXPANDING SAFETY PAPER HOLDER OP CLIP, to be as follows:-
The Paper Holder or Clip consists of an upright piece of metal (A) Fig I. on
which works an arm (B) Fig I. which when moved round either more or less as in
Fig 2, is open, & music, papers, or any other documents, may be placed in the
Music Carrier, case, cover, or any other article, on which the paper Holder or Clip
is fastened. When this has been done, the arm is turned back as in Fig 3. & the
Paper Holder or Clip is closed, thereby preventing the music or papers from falling
out When the Paper Holder or Clip is made to expand, the arm (B) will move
upwards if required as in Fig 4. so as to allow a larger quantity of paper or music
to be held in safety by it-than if it did not expand. The expansion is caused by
a spring which works in the metal support (A.). The support (A) is fixed on a
piece of metal (C), which in its turn is fastened on the article on which the Paper
Holder or Clip is required to be used. The support (A) & the arm (B) can be
also made to revolve at (D).

page_text: I FREDERIC EDWARD TAYLOR, 115, Newhall St Birmingham in the county of
Warwick Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN EXPANDING
OR NON-EXPANDING SAFETY PAPER HOLDER OR CLIP 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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The safety paper holder or clip is made of metal, & when non-expanding consists
of an upright support A Fig 1. solid or otherwise, on which is fixed at the top by E
an arm B, whilst at the bottom of A another piece of metal C is fastened on to it.
The arm B can be made to revolve either at D, if fixed unmoveably at E; or else
at E, if joined unmoveably at D; or if desired, the arm B can work at E, & the
support A at D, both at the same time. The piece of metal C is fastened on to.
the Music Carrier either by flanges, or any other method which best suits the
requirements of the case. It is not requisite that the support A. & arm B should
be made in two parts, for if necessary they could be made all in one piece
revolving round at D. On the other hand, the support A, & piece of metal C.
could be both made in one piece, when the arm B would of course revolve on the
pivot at E. If the clip is made in three parts, & the support A made solid, the
support A will generally have a shoulder at each end on which will be rivetted
'the arm B, & piece of metal C respectively.
When the clip is made to expand Fig 4. the support A will not be solid, but
hollow, the top of the tube however being nearly closed over, so as only to admit
the wire F, which is fixed on to the arm B. This wire F is put through the hole
at the top of the support A, & a spiral wire, vide Fig 5. is slipped on it inside the
tube from underneath. After having headed or capped the bottom of the wire F
to prevent the spiral wire from coming off, the support A is then fastened on the
piece of metal C, & the clip is complete.
When the expansion principle is brought into action by raising up the arm B
(thereby causing the spiral spring to contract) a greater distance of course exists
between B & C than would ordinarily exist when the clip is non-expanded, &
therefore a larger quantity of papers can be held between them. On releasing the
arm B it is forced back by the expansion of the spiral spring into its original
position, or as near to it as the contents of the case will permit. If the clip, either
expanding or non-expanding is to be used on a Music Carrier, one is fixed at each
end of the inside joint, & the arms B B are placed in the position of those shewn
in Fig 2. The music or papers are then put in the carrier, & the arms B B are
turned back over them, vide Fig 3, thus keeping the papers from falling out. The
clip can be used on cases covers, or any articles whatsoever which are constructed
to hold papers, documents, or articles of any kind, and thereby keeping the latter
in nearly certain safety & liable to little risk of slipping out, or getting lost-The
shape or design of the Paper holder or clip is liable to alteration, & I do not bind
myself rigidly to any of the particular forms herein described.

page_text: Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said
invention, & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
(i) The use of an arm made to revolve either on or with a support as berein
described.
(ii) The revolving arm with support so arranged that the former can be turned
over or on to the contents of the article to which it is attached.
(iii) The combination of the aforesaid revolving arm with a spring in a tube
which supports it so fixed, that the distance between the arm, & the bottom of the
support may be variable substantially as described.
Dated this twelfth day of January 1885.

page_text: Shewing section of support A with spring inside it.
Paper Holder shut, but expansive principle open Slightly.