Improvements in Paper Fasteners.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 27th Dec., 1889-Accepted, 1st Feb., 1800
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Paper Fasteners.
I JOSEPH SOUTHALL of the Worcester Foundry in the City of Worcester of the
Firm of Hardy & Padmore Ironfounders, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PAPER FASTENERS" to be as follows:-
My Invention has for its object making Paper Fasteners in such a manner that the
ends of the parts which go through the paper shall when bent down be received under
part of the Fastener so as to prevent them catching in articles which come in contact
with the papers so fastened. I will describe one way of accomplishing the desired
object, I make a small plate of thin Brass or other suitable metal with ends terminating
in points long enough for the purpose required, these points in use are bent up at
right angles to the plate and go through perforations in the papers, the plate of which
they form part coming flat up against the papers, I provide another plate of similar
metal but without any points; in this plate are slots corresponding to the perforations
in the papers and having also a slot, or a raised part with a slot at each side of it, at
or about its centre, this plate fits over the points projecting through the papers,
sliding down to and lying flat on the papers, the points are then bent down inwards
and are pressed through the slot or slots at the centre of the plate till quite flat, the
points are thus received under the plate and are so covered that they will not catch
articles coming in contact with the papers and they can be readily unfastened if
desired.
Dated 3rd day of April 1889.
JOSEPH SOUTHALL.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Paper Fasteners.
I JOSEPH SOUTHALL of the Worcester Foundry in the City of Worcester of the
firm of Hardy & Padmore Ironfounders do hereby declare the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My Invention has for its object making Paper Fasteners in such a manner that the
ends of the parts which go through the paper shall when bent down be received under
part of the Fastener so as to prevent the catching in articles which come in contact
with the papers so fastened. I will describe one way of accomplishing the desired
object, I make a small plate of thin Brass or other suitable metal with ends terminating
in points long enough for the purpose required, these points in use are bent up at
right angles to the plate and go through perforations in the papers, the plate of which
they form part coming flat up against the papers, I provide another plate of similar
metal but without any points, in this plate are slots corresponding to the perforations
in the papers and having also a slot, or a raised part with a slot at each side of it, at
or about its centre, this plate fits over the points projecting through the papers, sliding
down to and lying flat on the papers, the points are then bent down inwards and are
pressed through the slot or slots at the centre of the plate till quite flat, the points are
thus received under the plate and are so covered that they will not catch in articles
coming in contact with the papers and they can be readily unfastened if desired.
In order to show how my said Invention can be carried out, I annex a sheet of
drawings, shewing one form of paper Fastener made according to my invention, and
which I will now proceed to describe.
Fig. 1 is a plan of the plate A shewing the points B. B. lying flat, one of these
points being for preference bevilled on the one side, and the other point bevilled on

page_text: the other side, so as not to overlap each other when bent over into their places as
shewn in Fig. 5.
Fig. 2 is a side view of the plate A shewing the points B bent up at right angles
ready to be pushed through the papers intended to be fastened together, and thence
through the slots C. C. near the ends of the cover plate E.
Fig. 3 is a plan & Fig. 4 a sectional view of the cover plate E shewing the slots or
perforations C. C & D. D. and the slightly raised part in the centre of this plate for
the points B. B of the plate A to pass under. In action the points B. B. when in the
position shewn in Fig. 2 are passed through the papers, the plate A lying up flat
against one side of the papers, the plate E is then dropped on to the points B. B.
which slip through the slots C. C. allowing the plate E to slide down and lie flat
against the other side of the papers, the points B. B are then pressed down inwards
and passed through the slots D. D and are thus covered up by the plate E so as to
prevent the possibility of their catching in anything coming in contact with the
fastener.
Fig. 5 is a sectional view shewing the Fastener complete with the points B. B.
pressed into their positions as above described, the dotted line F F between the plates
representing the position of the papers.
Plates A and E may be made in the shape shown on the drawing, or circular, or in
such other shapes as may be required, and the number of points Band of the slots D
to receive same, may be varied accordingly.
Having now described the nature of my said invention and shown one form of
same, 1 declaro that what I claim is-
Constructing Paper Fasteners in the manner and with the object described herein,
and shewn on the Drawings.
Dated this 23rd day of December 1889.
JOSEPH SOUTHALL.