Clip or Fastener for Paper and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 27th June, 1899--Accepted, 5th Aug., 1899
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Clip or Fastener for Paper and the like.
I, ADNA GUERNSEY BOWEN, of No. 149, Broadway, Borough of Manhattan, City
of New York, County and State of New York, United States of America, Lawyer,
lo hereby declare the nature of my invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:―
The object of my invention is to provide a clip or fastening for securing together
sheets of paper or other material, and that will admit of being readily applied and
will be free from all tendency to work loose or roll laterally when in use.
By my invention the necessity of mounting the clips in rows on cards for the
market is obviated, as they may be economically and loosely packed in boxes
without liability of becoming entangled together in groups, the construction
of my clips being such that they remain apart independently of one another,
thereby admitting of their separate withdrawal one by one from the box as
needed.
A further object of my invention is to combine with a clip made according
thereto, a loop of bent wire that will permit hanging the papers on a nail or other
support.
In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is a face view of a clip or fastener
constructed according to my invention; Fig. 2 is a similar view of such a clip
provided with a suspension loop, and Fig. 3 is a modification of Fig. 2.
The clip is formed of a single piece of wire possessing the requisite resilience
to cause the dependent arms to normally impinge on the body portions at their
respective intersections.
From the point, a, of the arm A, the wire extends upwardly in an inclined
direction to the rounded corner, b, forming said arm; thence in a straight line
to the rounded corner, c, forming the top side or shoulder B; thence downwardly
in an inclined direction to the rounded corner, d, forming the side C, which
crosses the arm A, and normally impinges against the same at the point, i;
thence upwardly in a direction preferably parallel to the arm A, to the rounded
corner e, forming the side D; thence in a straight line in line with the top
side or shoulder B, to the rounded corner, f, forming the top side or shoulder E;
thence downwardly in a direction preferably parallel to the side C, to the
point, g, forming the arm F, which is crossed by the side D, and normally
impinges against the same at the point, h.
It will be seen that the body portion comprised within the sides, B, C, D, and E
has openings, any one of which is too small every way to allow any side portion
of another clip to enter it in such a manner as to become entangled therewith and
require disengagement before it can be used.
It will also be seen that in Figs. 1 and 2 the adjacent corners, b and f, of the
40 wire are normally in close contact, or substantially so, in order to prevent the
clips, when packed in boxes for the market, and when in the tray, from
interlocking and thus causing delay and inconvenience in withdrawing them

page_text: In Fig. 2 the two top sides or shoulders, B and E, of the wire are provided
with indentations, 1, and m, formed by bending the wire upwardly slightly;
and around these parts are secured the looped extremities of a wire preferably
bent to form the two sides j, and. k, of a triangle, their apex serving as a loop
to suspend the clip and papers secured thereby, on a nail or other support.
It is not essential however, that the corners, b and f, should be in close contact,
or substantially so, when used with the loop as the loop serves the purpose of
preventing entanglement, and instead of having indentations, the top sides
or shoulders, may be rounded as shown in Fig. 3, at B¹ E¹.
In my construction of clip, the straight broad top sides or shoulders, B and E,
thereof, enable paper of comparatively great thickness to be held within the
clip without subjecting the latter to undue strain tending to impair its efficiency;
this feature being shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
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 wire clip or fastener for paper, and the like, consisting of a continuous
length of wire bent so as to provide two straight arms A, F, with points a, g, and
two straight sides C, D, with a rounded point d, the arms A, F, crossing the
sides C, D, respectively and impinging thereon, and with two sides or
shoulders B, E, the body portion comprised within the sides B, C, D, E, having
openings any one of which being too small every way to allow any side portion
of another clip to enter it in such manner as to become entangled therewith and
require disengagement before it can be used, and the adjacent corners of the top
sides or shoulders B, E, being normally in close contact, or substantially so,
to prevent the clips from interlocking in the box or tray, substantially as set
forth.
2. A clip or fastener for paper and the like as set forth in the first claim,
having attached to the top sides or shoulders (which may be straight as at B E,
Figs. 1 and 2, or rounded as at B, E, Fig. 3), a suspending loop, the said top
sides or shoulders when straight having indentations in which the ends of the loop
aro hinged, the adjacent points of the top sides or shoulders not being required to
be in close contact when the suspending loop is employed, substantially as set
forth.
Total thin ofth day of T. 1000
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
Chartered Patent Agents,
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow.
Agents for the Applicant.