Documents, Pamphlets, Newspapers, and the like.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Sept., 1886.
Complete Left, 26th May, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 8th July, 1887.
Documents, Pamphlets, Newspapers, and the like.
We JOHN ASTEN, Engineer and FREDERIC EVELYN MORRIS Architect both of
Colchester in the County of Essex, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows :-
This invention consists of a peculiar spring clip for temporarily binding or holding
together loose sheets or documents, or the loose pages or sheets of pamphlets, news-
papers and the like.
According to one form of clip it may consist of a piece of wire of any section or
a flat strip of steel or other metal of sufficient elasticity bent or folded together at or
about the middle of its length so as to cause the two folded halves to press against
each other their extremities being turned up or slightly rounded in order to facilitate
the application of the clip to the edges of the sheets or documents to be held together.
One of these clips, in the case of folded papers or pamphlets is applied over the edges
of the sheets at the part where they are folded a similar clip being if desired applied
to the opposite end of the fold whereby the several sheets are held firmly together.
We prefer to make the said spring clips from a flat strip or blank of metal punched
or otherwise cut to the proper shape and then to impart a hollow trough shape thereto
so that when bent in the middle the one half of the trough shaped clip will lie within
the other half thereby more effectually gripping the interposed sheets or documents
the hollow trough shape of the one half of the clip fitting snugly over the outside
of the fold in the paper where such fold exists. Or in lieu of both arms of the clip
being stamped to a hollow or trough shape one only may be of that form namely the
one which fits outside the fold the other half being a solid wire tongue lying within
the trough of the opposing half of the clip.
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page_text: Documents, Pamphlets, Newspapers, and the like.
We JOHN ASTEN Engineer and FREDERIC EVELYN MORRIS Architect both of
Colchester in the County of Essex 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 consists of a peculiar spring clip capable of being readily removed
and replaced for temporarily binding or holding together loose sheets or documents
or the loose pages or sheets of pamphlets newspapers and the like.
Our improved clip consists of a strip of steel or other suitable material of sufficient
elasticity bent or folded at or about the middle of its length so as to cause the two
folded portions of the strip, to press against each other one or both of which portions
is or are corrugated longitudinally, or trough shaped, in order to increase their
rigidity and hold; their extremeties are by preference slightly rounded or bevelled
in order to facilitate the introduction between them of the edges of the sheets or
documents to be held together. One of these clips in the case of folded papers or
pamphlets is applied over the edges of the sheets at the part where they are folded a
similar clip being if desired applied to the opposite end of the fold whereby the
several sheets are held firmly together.
We prefer to make the said spring clips from a flat strip or blank of steel or other
suitable elastic material punched or otherwise cut to the proper shape and then
stamped at the ends to impart a hollow or trough shape thereto a sufficient length in
the middle being left plain or flat to form the bend or fold so that when closed and
applied one of the trough shaped portions of the clip will lie within the other thereby
more effectually gripping the interposed sheets or documents the hollow trough shape
of the wider portion of the clip fitting over the outside of the crease or fold in the
paper where such fold exists. Or in lieu of both arms of the clip being stamped to a
hollow or trough shape one only need be of that form namely the wider portion
which fits outside the crease or fold the other half being if preferred a plain solid
tongue.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.

page_text: Figure 6 is a side elevation of the finished clip and
Figure 7 is a plan of the same.
Figure 8 shows on a small scale the clips as applied to a pamphlet for example.
a is a flat strip of metal or other suitable elastic material constituting the blank
which is cut to the shape shown in figure 1 one portion being of sufficient width to
form the wide trough 6 and the other portion of a suitable width for forming the
narrower trough or tongue e (figure 2). The whole is folded or doubled at the flat
middle portion as shown at d in figures 6 and 7 the elasticity of the bend being
sufficient to maintain the parts b and c in contact with each other. e shows the
bevelling or curving of the outer extremities of the clip to facilitate the entrance
within it of the thickness of the sheets of paper of the pamphlet or documents to be
held together.
In Figure 8 A A are the clips applied one at the top and the other at the bottom
end of the fold in the pamphlet B which is folded along the dotted line C.*
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is :-
For holding together loose sheets or documents, pamphlets, newspapers and the
like, the construction and arrangement of spring clip made from a single blank doubled
or folded at or about the middle of its length having one or both its gripping parts
corrugated longitudinally or trough shaped and bevelled or rounded at their extremities
as hereinbefore described.
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