Improvements in Clipping Appliances, designed for Holding Letters and other Papers.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 7th July, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 8th Aor., 1895-Accepted, 24th May, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,
Improvements in Clipping Appliances, designed for Holding Letters
and other Papers.
I, ERNST DRECHSLER, of 41 Langestrasse, Berlin O, in the Empire of
Germany, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to a clipping appliance designed for holding letters and
other papers. The improved appliance is made of wire, is very light and can be
easily handled. The papers to be kept are clipped between a wire frame and one
or two spring loops pivoted thereto and adapted to be fixed in the open position.
This appliance may be arranged so that it can be suspended or used standing. In
the latter case a fixed loop is suitably bent outwards from the frame, the papers
being clipped between this fixed loop and the pivoted loops.
When constructing my improved clipping appliance so that it can be used
standing it comprises a frame made of one piece of wire, from the middle of which
a rigid loop is bent upwards.
From each of the lateral parts of the frame, arms are bent outwards on the
two sides of the rigid main loop, two such arms being always opposite each other.
In these arms I support pivoted loops pressed with their outer edges against the
main loop by helical springs wound about their pivots.
These pivoted loops are provided with handles, by means of which they may be
opened or turned from the fixed main loops. For enabling the pivoted loops to be
fixed in this open position the frame possesses clamps into which, when the pivoted
loops are opened, the handles are pressed in order that they may be held by the
said clamps. In this position of the pivoted loops the papers to be kept may be
conveniently introduced. In order to clip them the aforesaid clamp is pressed
down by means of its projecting nose so that the handle of the pivoted loop will be
released and the latter can be pressed by its spring against the rigid main loop or
against the papers already put in the clipping appliance.
When the clipping appliance is adapted to be suspended the aforesaid rigid loop
is dispensed with and the arms which form the supports for the spring loop are
placed nearer together. The papers are here held between the spring loops and
the frame of the appliance.
In a modified arrangement of the clipping appliance designed to be used standing
the loops pivoted in eyes are not pressed by helical springs but by other springs
against the rigid main loop bent outwards from the frame. These springs press.
against arms on the pivoted loops and act like a brake when the clipping appliance
is open, so that the loops provided with handles, when they are turned sideways,
will be held by them in this position. The closing of the clipping appliance
takes place in this instance by pressing the pivoted loop against the rigid main
loop.
The before-described appliance just described may also be adapted to be
suspended. The rigid loop is then dispensed with and the pivoted loops, supported
in arms which are beut outwards from the frame, clip the papers between themselves
and the frame.

page_text: It will be observed that all the before-described arrangements may be used either
standing or suspended.
Dated this 7th day of July 1894.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Clipping Appliances, designed for Holding Letters
and other Papers.
I, ERNST DRECHSLER, of 41 Langestrasse, Berlin O, in the Empire of
Germany, 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:—
My invention relates to a clipping appliance designed for holding letters and
other papers. The improved appliance is made of wire, is very light and can
be easily handled. The papers to be kept are clipped between a wire frame and
one or two spring loops pivoted thereto and adapted to be fixed in the open
position. This appliance may be arranged so that it can be suspended or used
standing. In the latter case a fixed loop is suitably bent outwards from the
frame, the papers being clipped between this fixed loop and the pivoted loops.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the clipping device.
Figure 2 is a plan of the same.
Figure 3 is a diagrammatic view of a modification.
Figure 4 is a side elevation of another form of appliance.
Figure 5 is a plan of the same and
Figure 6 is a diagram of a further modified form of the device.
When constructing my improved clipping appliance so that it can be used
standing as shown in Figures 1 and 2 it comprises a frame A made of one piece of
wire from the middle of which a rigid loop 6 is bent upwards.
From each of the lateral parts of the frame arms c are bent outwards on the two
sides of the rigid main loop b, two such arms being always opposite each other.
In these arms I support pivoted loops d pressed with their outer edges against the
main loop by helical springs wound about their pivots as shown on the right of
Figures 1 and 2.
These pivoted loops d are provided with handles g by means of which they may
be opened or turned from the fixed main loops b, as indicated on the left of
Figures 1 and 2. For enabling the pivoted loops to be fixed in this open position
the frame A possesses clamps h into which when the pivoted loops are opened, the
handles c are pressed in order that they may be held by the said clamps. In this
position of the pivoted loops the papers to be kept may be conveniently introduced.
In order to clip them the aforesaid clamp his pressed down by means of its
projecting nose h¹ in the direction of the arrow shown in Figure 1, so that the
handle of the pivoted loop d will be released and the latter can be pressed by its
spring against the rigid main loop or against the papers already put in the
clipping appliance.
Figure 3 shows a diagram of an arrangement of the before described clipping
appliance adapted to be suspended. In this case the aforesaid rigid loop
dispensed with and the arms c which form the supports for the spring loop d are
placed nearer together. The papers are here held between the spring loops and
the frame A of the appliance. In other respects the arrangement of this loop is
the same as that represented in Figures 1 and 2.

page_text: In a modified arrangement of the clipping appliance designed to be used standing
as shown in Figures 4 and 5, the loops d pivoted in eyes c are not pressed by
helical springs but by other springs i against the rigid main loop 6 bent upwards
from the frame A (Figures 1 and 2 on the right). These springs i press against
arm d on the pivoted loops d and act like a brake when the clipping appliance is
open, (Figures 1 and 2 on the left), so that the loops provided with handles g when
they are turned sideways, will be held by them in this position. The closing of
the clipping appliance takes place in this instance by pressing the pivoted loop d
against the rigid main loop b.
Figure 6 shows the before described appliance adapted to be suspended. The
rigid loop 6 is then dispensed with, and the pivoted loops, d supported in arms c
which are bent outwards from the frame A clip the papers between themselves and
the frame.
It will be observed that all the before-described arrangements may be used
either standing or suspended.
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 :-
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First. A clipping appliance for holding papers and the like, comprising &
wire frame (A) with loops (d) pivoted thereon; these loops being by means of
springs (fi) pressed against the frame (A) or against an upwardly bent loop (b)
thereby holding any papers or the like placed between.
Second. In the clipping appliance described in the first claim the arrangement of
devices holding the pivoted loops when in the open position.
Third. The construction of the devices described in the second claim in such a
manner, that the pivoted loops (d) are provided with handles (9) which for opening
the clipping appliance are pressed into clamps (h) arranged on the frame (A), and
held fast therein; the releasing of the loops being effected by pressing down the
said clamps (h) whereupon the said loops are forced upward against the inserted
papers under the action of their springs (i).
Fourth. The construction of the devices described in the second claim in such a
manner that the springs (i), which force the pivoted loops (d) against the inserted
papers and the like, exert a pressure against arms (d') of said loops and act as
brakes when the clipping appliance is in the open position.
Dated this 8th day of April 1895.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.