A New or Improved Device for Connecting Together Papers and other similar articles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Aug., 1892-Accepted, 24th Sept., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Device for Connecting Together Papers and
other similar articles.
I, ALFRED WHYMAN WHITE, of 13 Bryett Road, Holloway, in the County
of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention to
be as follows:-
The new or improved device for connecting together papers and other similar
articles, which forms the subject of this invention, consists of a piece of thin
material, of any suitable kind, cut or stamped-out somewhat in the form of the
letter I, that is to say in the form of a strip with a crosshead or cross arm of
any suitable shape at each end. The device thus formed is inserted into the
papers, or other similar articles it is desired to connect together, by cutting two
slits through the said papers or articles of a length slightly in excess of the
width of the middle part of the connecting device, and parallel to each other at
a distance apart somewhat less than the distance between the two cross heads
or cross arms according to the thickness of the packet of papers or other articles
to be connected together. The laterally projecting parts of the cross heads or
cross arms are then folded inwards and each end of the connecting device is
passed through one of the slits in the papers or other articles, and the cross
heads or cross arms are then opened out and they lock the connecting device
and prevent it from being drawn out of the slit.
Any suitable material may be employed for the connecting device, provided it
is sufficiently flexible and strong enough to resist the tearing effect to which it
may be subjected when in use. I have found that parchment is a very suitable
material, but strong paper, cardboard, sheet metal, and celluloid, for example,
may be employed, according to the character of the articles it is desired to connect
together.
My new or improved connecting device holds the papers or other articles more
securely and firmly than ordinary paper fasteners, and is free from the sharp
projecting points found in the latter and which are so inconvenient and often
hurtful to the hands.
If preferred, the connecting device may be made in two parts, each having
the form of a T, in which case the stems of the two Tees may be passed through
the slits in the papers or other articles to be connected and be then joined
together by means of adhesive material, or in any other convenient or suitable
manner, the two parts thus forming a connecting device similar to that first above
described.
Dated this 24th dor of November 1201
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Device for Connecting Together Papers and
other similar articles.
1, ALFRED WHYMAN WHITE, of 13 Bryett Road, Holloway, in the County
of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
[Price 8d.1

page_text: ascertained in and by the following statement, reference being had to the accom-
panying sheet of drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is
to say :-
The new or improved device for connecting together papers and other similar
articles which forms the subject of this invention consists (see Figure 1 of the
drawings) of a piece of thin material of any suitable kind cut or stamped out
somewhat in the form of the letter I that is to say in the form of a strip A with a
cross head or cross arm A¹ of any suitable shape at each end. The device thus
formed is inserted into the papers or other similar articles C it is desired to connect
together, by cutting two slits B B (see Figure 2 of the drawings) through the said
papers or articles of a length slightly in excess of the width of the middle part A
of the connecting device, and parallel to each other at a distance apart somewhat
less than the distance between the two cross heads or cross arms A' according to
the thickness of the packet of papers or other articles to be connected together.
The laterally projecting parts of the cross heads or cross arms are then folded
inwards as for example at the dotted lines in Figure 1, and each end of the con-
necting device is passed through one of the slits B in the papers or other articles C
and the cross heads or cross arms A are then opened out as shown in dotted lines
in Figure 2 and they lock the connecting device and prevent it from being drawn
out of the slits B. Figure 3 is a section taken on the line X-X of Figure 2
showing the connecting device in place. It will be obvious that instead of folding
the cross arms at both ends of the strip A and passing each through its appropriate
slit, the arm at one end only may be folded, and that end be then drawn through
one slit from back to front or vice versa of the papers C and then through the other
slit from front to back or vice vers of the papers and the folded arm be then
opened out to lock the device in position.
Any suitable material may be employed for the connecting device provided it is
sufficiently flexible, and strong enough to resist the tearing effect to which it may
be subjected when in use. I have found that parchment is a very suitable material,
but strong paper, cardboard, sheet metal, and celluloid for example may be
employed according to the character of the articles it is desired to connect
together.
My new or improved connecting device holds the paper or other articles more
securely and firmly than ordinary paper fasteners, and are free from the sharp
projecting points found in the latter and which are so inconvenient and often
burtful to the hands.
If preferred the connecting device may be made in two parts (see Figure 4) each
having the form of a T, in which case the stems A of the two Ts may each be
passed through a slit in the papers or other articles to be connected and be then
joined together by means of adhesive material D or in any other convenient or
suitable manner, the two parts when so joined together forming a connecting device
similar to that first above described (see the right hand portion of Figure 4).
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The new or improved device for connecting together papers and other similar
articles, substantially as hereinbefore described, and illustrated in the drawings.
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1000
A. W. WHITE.
Per W. H. Beck,
115, Cannon Street, London, Agent.
A. W. WHITE.
Per W. H. Beck,
115, Cannon Street, London, Agent.