Tickets, and other like Articles.
Year: 1885

page_text: Tickets, and other like Articles.
I BENJAMIN FREDERICK COCKER of Nursery Street Sheffield in the County
of York, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for
AN IMPROVED, SPRING. HINGED HOLDER, FOR RETAINING LABELS, TICKETS AND
OTHER LIKE ARTICLES to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improvement on the spring clips which were registered
as useful designs N° 627980 and 662983 the object being to dispense with the trouble'
and difficulty of driving the spiked ends of such clips into or through the wood to
which they are attached, usually the oak sole bar of railway wagons, and to
otherwise improve the holder.
In carrying out my invention I make the lower part of the holder which is to be
fixed permanently to the wagon (or other object)-of any suitable metal, and of
the shape of half a hinge, having holes so that it can be screwed to the woodwork
by ordinary screws. The clipping part is made of wire, of a shape suitable for
holding a card, label, or ticket; one end of the wire is coiled into a spring, the
extreme end bearing against the beforementioned lower part, or point of resistance,
the other end of the wire being coiled round once or twice, to correspond with the
spring, and fit upon the hinge pin. The said hinge pin is passed through one end
of the fixed part then through the spring and small coil and finally through the
opposite end of the fixed part, completing the hinge. Instead of forming the spring
upon one end of the wire as before described, a shorter spring may be formed on
each end of the wire of which the clip is made, in which case the extreme ends of
the wire would project so as to take a bearing or resistance point against the fixed
part.
As a modification, instead of making the clip of wire, it may be stamped or cast
to shape, having parts for the hinge pin to pass through and a central portion cut
away so as to expose the hinge pin; on this portion of the pin I put a coiled
spring, acting against the two parts in such a way as to close the clip against the
side of the wagon or other object to which the holder is fastened.

page_text: Tickets, and other like Articles:
I, BENJAMIN FREDERICK COCKER of Nursery Street, Sheffield in the county of
York Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED
SPRING HINGED HOLDER FOR RETAINING LABELS, TICKETS, AND OTHER LIKE
ARTICLES, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to an improvement on the ordinary spring clips, and also
the clips registered as useful designs Nos 627980 and N° 662983 the object being to
dispense with the spiked ends of wire of which such clips were made, and which
were difficult to drive into the wood to which such clips were attached; and
otherwise to improve upon such clips.
In order that my invention may be clearly defined, I annex a sheet of drawings
illustrating same in which
Fig. 1. is a front view of my clip.
Fig. 2. is a side view of same.
In carrying out my invention in the manufacture of an improved spring hinged
holder or clip, I make the lower part of the holder A, which is to be fixed per-
manently to the side of the wagon B, (or other object) of any suitable metal,
resembling half of a hinge, having holes so that it may be fixed to the wood work
by means of screws C.
The clipping part D, may be made of wire, but I prefer to make it as a casting
to the configuration shown, the bottom part being made as a hinge but with a
central opening E, and the two parts A and D are connected by means of a hinge
pin F.
To obtain the clipping action, I place on the exposed portion of the hinge-pin in
the central opening E, one or more spiral springs G, two as shown in the drawing
being found to act well, and give an equal pressure on the part D. The action of
these springs is to keep the part D, tightly pressed against the wagon B.
Two stops H, are made on the bottom part A, to prevent the clip D, being drawn
open too far, to the detriment of the springs.
When the clipping part is made entirely of wire, one or both ends of the wire
are coiled into spiral springs, are placed on the hinge pin, and the extreme ends
made to act against the lower part A, in the manner as hereinbefore described and
shown, but if only one end of the wire is made to act as a spring, the other end is
coiled round a few times upon the hinge pin to form a bearing.
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 :-
1-A label holder or spring clip, consisting of a hinge like plate, such as A,
having a clipping part, such as D, attached to it by means of a hinge-pin, round

page_text: which are fixed one or more springs such as G, for the purpose specified, and
substantially as herein before described and illustrated.
2-A label holder or spring clip, consisting of a hinge like plate, such as A, in
combination with a clipping part such as D, in its upper configuration but made
from wire, with the lower parts bent to the desired shape and coiled into springs,
the said coils passing round the hinge pin and acting in the manner herein before
described and shown.