An Improved Paper Fastener and Ticket Holder.
Year: 1894

page_text: This Print is in accordance with the Original Specification as it stands after
Amendment (under Section 11 of the Patents, &c. Act, 1883), as required by the
decision of the Comptroller General of the 3rd day of March 1896.
Date of Application, 12th Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 12th July, 1895-Accepted, 17th Aug., 1895
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Paper Fastener and Ticket Holder.
I, SAMUEL HENRY CROCKER of 172 Fleet Street, London, Engineer, do
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to a device to be used for fastening sheets of paper and
like articles, and also to serve to separately attach tickets or other papers, the
invention consisting of improvements on a Patent No. 8232 of April 25th, 1894
granted to me for " Improvements in paper fasteners."
The paper fastener described in this Specification is formed from a single blank
of sheet metal bent to form two arms, from one of which projects a small spike,
which when the arms are pressed together passes through the papers and enters into
the recess in the other arm.
The fastener I propose to employ in connection with the present invention is one
very similar to this provided with an additional attachment by which a card or the
like may be fitted to the papers or other articles held by the said fastener.
According to one arrangement, the blank from which the fastener is formed is
stamped with two small projecting arms or spikes, one at each side and at the
middle or bend. The ticket is fitted to this fastener by being doubled at the centre
and placed against the outside of the bend. The small arms or spikes are then
doubled over clipping the ticket between them and the back of the paper fastener.
The inner face or faces of the ticket are coated with an adhesive material, and are
stuck together, the ticket being thus held in a suitable position with relation to the
articles secured in the fastener. The tickets are used for putting on price marks or
other notes, and are especially intended for shop use.
Another means for securing tickets consists in stamping from one side of the
fastener two small additional spikes, which project from the back. These are
passed through the ticket and bent over, securing it at the back of the papers or
other articles.
A further modification consists in forming the fastener from a blank of greater
length than that employed in the arrangements above described, and doubling it
twice so as to form three sides, giving it an N shape in side view. From one side
the spike is stamped in the usual manner, and through the centre portion opposite
the spike a hole is stamped, the depression being formed in the third side at the
back of the hole. The ticket can thus be held in one recess while the papers are
placed in the other, the same spike securing. both. This arrangement is also
especially applicable to goods where papers or cards are required to be secured
very close to their edges, as if placed in the recess furthest from the spike, the

page_text: latter will perforate them almost at the edge instead of a short distance from it, as
in the fasteners above described.
Dated this 12th day of October, 1894.
GEO H. RAYNER
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C. Agent for the Applicant.
An Improved Paper Fastener and Ticket Holder.
I SAMUEL HENRY CROCKER of 172 Fleet Street, London, Engineer, 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 device to be used for fastening sheets of paper and
like articles, and also to serve to separately attach tickets or other papers, the
invention consisting of improvements on a Patent No. 8232 of April 25th 1894,
granted to me for "Improvements in paper fasteners."
The paper fastener described in this Specification is formed from a single blank
of sheet metal bent to form two arms, from one of which projects a small spike,
which when the arms are pressed together, passes through the papers and enters
into the recess in the other arm.
The fastener I propose to employ in connection with the present invention is one
very similar to this provided with an additional attachment by which a card or the
like may be fitted to the papers or other articles held by the said fastener.
According to one arrangement, the blank from which the fastener is formed is
stamped with two small projecting arms or spikes, one at each side, and at the middle
or bend. The ticket is fitted to this fastener by being doubled at the centre and
placed against the outside of the bend. The small arms or spikes are then doubled
over clipping the ticket between them and the back of the paper fastener. The
inuer face or faces of the ticket are coated with an adhesive material, and are stuck
together, the ticket being thus held in a suitable position with relation to the articles
secured in the fastener. The tickets are used for putting on price marks or other
notes and are especially intended for shop use.
Another means for securing tickets consists in stamping from one side of the
fastener two small additional spikes, which project from the back. These are
passed through the ticket and bent over securing it at the back of the papers or
other articles.
A further modification consists in forming the fastener from a blank of greater
length than that employed in the arrangement above described, and doubling it
twice so as to form three sides, giving it an N shape in side view. From one side
the spike is stamped in the usual manner, and through the centre portion opposite
the spike a hole is stamped, and a depression is formed in the third side at the back
of the hole. The ticket can thus be held in one recess while the papers are placed
in the other, the same spike securing both. This arrangement is also especially
applicable to goods where papers or cards are required to be secured very close to
the edges, as if placed in the recess furthest from the spike, the latter will perforate
them almost at the edge instead of a short distance from it, as in the fasteners above
described.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had to
the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Fig. 1 shows the blank from which one form is made,
Figs. 2 and 3 show the complete fastener and holder, Fig. 2 showing it alone,
and Fig. 3 with the ticket applied,
Fig. 4 shows another form, and

page_text: Figs. 5 and 6 are sections of another modification respectively with the article by
itself, and applied to the papers and ticket.
Figs. 1, 2, and 3 show the arrangement first described, the blank being formed
with the two main parts A, forming the two sides of the fastener as shown in
Figs. 2 & 3.
At the centre or narrowed portion the spikes or arms B project for a short
distance, extending at right angles at each side.
The sides A of the fastener are formed with the cup shaped depression a and the
spike a situated so as to register with one another when the fastener is complete.
These serve to retain the papers in the manner described in Specification No. 8232
of 1894 already referred to.
When the fastener is complete, the arms B are bent over on top as shown in Fig. 2,
the ticket C being first placed across the top or bend, so that the arms will retain it
when doubled over.
In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3 the ticket is doubled, and the inner faces are
secured together by gum or the like. A single ticket may however be used with
notches cut at the sides, into which the spikes or arms B will take, the ticket being
bent up into the required position.
As shown in Fig. 3 the ticket C is cut away at c forming a narrow neck at the
point where connected to the fastener.
As shown in Fig. 4 the fastener is formed in a similar manner, but instead. of
arms extending from the sides spikes B' are employed projecting from the back.
The ticket C is pierced by these spikes, which are then turned down securing the
ticket to the back of the fastener.
According to Figs. 5 and 6 the two sides A. instead of being directly connected,.
are connected by an intermediate or central portion A¹ two recesses being thus
formed in which the papers and ticket respectively lie. The middle portion A' is
formed with a perforation a permitting the spike a' to pass through it and into the
recess a when the sides are pressed together securing the papers and ticket as shown
in Fig. 6.
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 I
claim is :-
(1.) In an improved paper fastener and ticket holder formed from a metal blank
doubled at the middle, and securing the papers by means of a spike and recess, an
additional spike or arm projecting from the fastener and engaging with the ticket,.
substantially as described and for the purposes specified.
(2.) In a paper fastener and ticket holder of the kind described, the spikes or
arms B extending from the sides of the fastener at the centre, and doubled over on
top to secure the ticket, substantially as described and shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the
drawings.
(3.) In a paper fastener and ticket holder of the kind described, stamping one or
more additional spikes from one side of the fastener, adapted to pass through the
ticket, and secure it to the back of the fastener, substantially as described and
shown in Fig. 4 of the accompanying drawings.
(4.) An improved paper fastener and ticket holder, forined from a metal blank.
doubled at two points, forming two sides, and a connecting piece, a spike projecting
from one side, a recess in the opposite side registering with the said spike, and a
perforation also registering with the spike formed in the connecting portion
substantially as described and shown in Figs. 5 and 6 of the accompanying
drawings, and for the purposes specified.
Deted this 12th day of July 1895
GEO. H. RAYNER
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.