An Improved Clip or Fastener for Securing Labels.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Nov., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 21st Aug., 1899-Accepted, 30th Sept., 1899
PROTIDURAL DIEUTICATION.
An Improved Clip or Fastener for Securing Labels.
I, TOM BOVILLE, of the Mill, Swainby, near Northallerton, in the County of
York, Milk Salesman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to clips or fasteners for securing labels to articles of
luggage, packages and consignments which are usually conveyed by train or other
means of transit in which labels are used to indicate the destination of each
package or consignment, and which labels require to be constantly changed for
other labels with each fresh transit of the article such as a portmanteau, box, milk
can or the like.
At present labels of this kind are secured by string or wire which has to be
threaded through and wound round something and tied or twisted together which
is a tedious operation when the change of labels has to be often repeated upon a
number of packages or consignments.
The object of this invention is to provide a clip as a substitute for string or
wire the clip being permanently attached to a particular article of transit but
adapted to readily secure a label or allow it to be removed and another substituted
in its place.
The means for securing the clip to the article of luggage are not essential to
my invention the clip being secured by wire like a label or rivetted to some
convenient part or attachment thereof.
To effect the purpose of my invention I hinge two flaps together so that they can
be opened out for the reception of the label and then closed together with the
label between them. But in order to impart to the said flaps a tendency to
close together with pressure the hinge is controlled by a spring which is placed
in tension when the flaps are opened. A convenient way of doing this is to give
the hinge socket of one flap the form of a square externally the angles of which
force back a tongue of the other flap except when the flaps are closed together
but I do not restrict myself to this particular way of so causing the flaps to close
tight together other well known means being available. A pin attached to one
flange passes through a hole in the other flange and the eylet of the label thus
taking a secure hold of the label. A button is preferably provided on one flap
to draw it up when the pin is also withdrawn from the hole leaving the label
disconnected.
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page_text: An Improved Clip or Fastener for Securing Labels.
I, TOM. BOVILLE, of The Mill, Swainby, Northallerton, Dairy Farmer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention relates to an improved clip for detachable labels especially suit-
able for luggage labels or the loose labels usually attached to packages and for
goods in transit. Its special purpose is to provide a more convenient and effective
clip than those hitherto used, particularly in the case in which the article to which
the clip is attached is very frequently travelling from one place to another, and
requires a new label at every fresh consignment. The advantage in such a case
of a thoroughly reliable permanent clip by means of which the label can be
almost instantaneously replaced is obvious.
My improved clip consists essentially of two plates of which the one hereinafter
called the back plate is provided with a split ring or cord, or any other con-
venient means of attachment to the object to be labelled and has secured upon it
a pin serving as the hinge pivot for the front plate, to which plate is attached a
knob or handle for convenience of opening. The back plates is so united to the
hinge bolt that it acts as a spring, the pressure of which controls the movement
of the front plate and prevents it from becoming loose. The back plate more-
over has a projecting point attached to it which is preferably arranged to pass into
a cavity in the handle or knob attached to the front plate when the apparatus
is closed. This pin passes through the label when the same is gripped by the
closing of the apparatus and forms an additional security for the firm holding
of the said label.
Referring to the accompanying drawing in which I have represented one
modification of my invention by way of example:.
Figure 1 shows a front elevation of the device in the closed position.
Figure 2 a side view thereof in the same position.
Figure 3 a section of the device in the open position."
The back plate A provided with a hole a for a split ring or cord or other means
of attachment is preferably constructed as shewn in the drawing, having its two
side pieces B and C turned over and bent slightly forward in the manner shewn
in Figures 1 and 2, thus affording spring bearings for the pivot D of the hinged
front plate E of the device. The part F of the front plate E which passes round
the said pivot D is preferably formed rectangular as shewn in order to cause the
front plate to remain firmly in either the closed or the open position, until
sufficient pressure is exerted to move it from one to the other. The knob or
handle G attached to the front plate is preferably hollow and the pin or tooth H
secured to the back plate is so placed as to enter the cavity in the said knob G.
when the apparatus is closed.
J. Figure 1, represents a label held by the device.
The operation of my apparatus is obvious from the foregoing; the clip having
been opened remains in the position indicated in section in Figure 3, a label J
is then placed upon the pin H and the front plate is forced down upon it, causing
the pin H to penetrate the label and to enter the cavity of the knob G, whilst the
label is further firmly gripped between the back plate and the front plate under
the influence of the spring B and C. By raising the front plate when requisite
the label can be removed at any time and replaced.
I do not limit my invention to the precise arrangement illustrated in the draw-
ings, as various modifications of detail may be introduced without exceeding the

page_text: limits of my invention, for instance, the pin H may be attached to the upper plate
or I may have two or more pins or teeth for the same purpose. The springs B
and C may be otherwise arranged, as for instance by the use of spiral wire springs
or other well known mechanical equivalents.
Another alternative construction which I find convenient in certain cases is to
form the bottom flap in one piece with the suspending ring. This ring is formed
as a split ring in lieu of holes and separate split rings. I also prefer to con-
struct the top flap in one piece as shewn in Figure 4 of the accompanying drawing.
This construction will give the requisite tension on the back flap. The same figure
also shows the improved form of knob which I now prefer. This rectangular
shape of knob gives a better hold for the thumb and renders the opening of the
clip more easy.
The apparatus is preferably constructed of hard metal such as steel, but may be
made wholly or partly of other materials, such as aluminium, vulcanite, celluloid,
or other suitable material.
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 :-
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1. In a label clip, a back plate, a projection provided with means for attaching
the said clip to a package, spring bearings secured to the said back plate, a pivot
held by the said spring bearings, a front plate having a prolongation surrounding
said pivot, and of rectangular section, a hollow handle on said front plate and a
pin on the back plate adapted to engage in the cavity of said handle:
2. In a label clip of the kind set forth forming the bottom flap with a sus-
pending ring in one piece and having a top flap provided with square covering
knob, substantially as set forth.
3. The improved label clip constructed in the various modifications described
and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated the 17th day of August 1899
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
322, High Holborn, London, W.C., Patent Agents for the Applicant.