Improvements in or relating to Holders or Clips for Labels, Show- cards or Tickets, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Sept., 1897-Accepted, 20th Nov., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Holders or Clips for Labels, Show-
cards or Tickets, and the like.
I, JAMES GOODWIN of 35 and 36 Hesier Lane, Smithfield in the County of
Middlesex, Manufacturer, 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 label or show-card holders or the like and has for its
object to so construct the holder that it may be readily placed in position and also
to enable the clip in which the show-card is held to be readily and securely attached
to the main part of the holder.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of one construction of the improved 'show-card
holder.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of another construction.
Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2 showing the method of attach-
ing the clip to the main part of the holder in this construction.
Figure 4 is an elevation of the clip shown in Figure 2 previous to its attachment.
to the main part of the holder.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
A suitably shaped strip of metal A has one end turned up at right angles as
at A¹. Near this turned up portion are formed on the main body of the strip
laterally projecting tongues A2. By bending these over they may be caused to
securely hold a suitably bent piece of spring steel B3 which is thus held sufficiently
near the turned up end A¹ to form a clip in which the show-card or label may be
placed and held. The main part of the holder A which is of convenient length has
a slot A3 cut in it, an opening into this slot being cut as at A towards the end of
the metal strip A, and preferably slightly to one side.
This form of holder being intended for attachment to a shelf, stand or the like
by means of a bolt and nut, it will be seen that with the above construction it is
unnecessary to remove the nut in order to place the holder A in position as by
merely loosening the nut the body of the bolt may be passed through the open-
ing A into the slot A³ when the position and distance from the bolt at which the
card is to be held may be adjusted by moving the holder to and fro, the tightening
of the nut fixing it in the required position.
In the construction illustrated in Figure 2 the main body of the holder A is
formed by a piece of wire, bent as shown the central part between the arms of the
wire forming the slot A3, while the opening A between the ends of the wire allows
of access to this slot. In this case a spring clip such as C is preferably employed
being attached to the end of the wire A in the following manner:
The clip is provided with an extended portion C₁ in which is cut a slot C². This
part C is wrapped round the wire A and a tapered pin D passed through the ends
of the slots C as they come up on either side of the wire A, thus holding the clip

page_text: firmly on the wire. A flat or grooved part A5 is formed on the wire A for the
reception of the pin D.
It is obvious that the materials employed in the construction of the above
described show-card holders may be varied as desired, also their shape may be
modified to suit different requirements. If preferred other forms of spring clip
may be attached to the wire holder shown in Figure 2.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
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1. A slotted holder and spring clip such as A A¹ A2 B for the purpose described.
2. In a label or show-card holder the combination with a slotted strip such as
A A¹ A3 A3 A4 of a spring piece B substantially as described.
3. Uniting a spring clip such as C C¹ to a wire holder in the manner described
and illustrated in Figures 2, 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.
4. In a label or show-card holder the combination with a wire A of a spring clip 1
such as C C and a pin D substantially as described.
5. The complete holder for a label or show-card substantially as described and
illustrated in Figure 1 or in Figures 2, 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 21st day of September 1897.
JAMES GOODWIN.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.