Improvements in Holders, Clips, or Easels for Photographs, Mirrors, Photograph Frames, Cards, and other Articles.
Year: 1888

page_text: fate of Application, 1st Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 30th Apr., 1889-Accepted, 15th June, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Holders, Clips, or Easels for Photographs, Mirrors,
Photograph Frames, Cards, and other Articles.
HARRY WHITFIELD 68 Broad Street Birmingham Steel Pen Manufactory Manager
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention is primarily a metal holder or clip constructed to hold or clip a glass
plate, behind which is held a photograph picture or card. It is also constructed
to hold or clip a mirror photograph card or other article. My holder clip or easel is
composed of three arms of flat or round strips of metal or other suitable material
which are rivetted or in some other way loosley fastened togeather at the end of each
arin. The other end of each arm is formed as a hook. These hooks are meant to clip
or, hold the article it is desired to hold.
To two of the three said arms of my clip is attached a spring which exerts au
outward pressure.
Now when it is required to clip or hold a glass plate or other article by my inven-
tion the one of the arms of my clip to which the spring is not attached is extended in
one direction and the hook hooked over the edge, or otherwise, while the two arms to
which the spring is attached, are extended in an opposite direction like the arms of a
letter and the spring being compressed, the two arms of my clip attached to it
approaching one another lengthen the clip and the hooks are booked over the edge, or
otherwise of the article it is required to hold, the spring being released, the clip
shortens and thus holds or clips the article in the manner desired. Thus when it is
required to release the article held it is only necessary to compress the spring and the
two arms attached to it approaching one another, the clip lengthening looses the hooks
from the article hěld.
Any kind of spring exerting an outward pressure will actuate my clip in the manner
LACHME
Dated this 30th day of July 1888.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Holders, Clips, or Easels for Photographs, Mirrors,
Photograph Frames, Cards, and other Articles.
HARRY WHITFIELD Steel Pen Manufactory Manager 68 Broad Street Birmingham
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 is primarily a metal holder or clip constructed to hold or clip a glass
plate behind which is held a photograph picture or card. It is also constructed to
hold or clip a mirror, photograph, card or other article.
My invention is composed principally of three pieces of flat round or suitably formed
metal, wood, cardboard or other suitable material, which I will call arms, and a spring.
The three arais of my invention are rivetted or in some other way loosely fastened
together at one end of each arm, the other end of each arm is formed as a hook.
These hooks are meant to clip or hold the article it is desired to hold.
To two of the arms of my clip is attached a spring which shall exert an inward or
an outward pressure.
Now when it is required to clip or hold a glass plate or other article with 'my
patent clip, the one of the arms of my clip to which the spring is not attached is
extended in one direction and the hook hooked over the edge or otherwise of the

page_text: article to be held, while the two arms to which the spring is attached are extended
in an opposite direction like the arms of a letter Y, and the spring being compressed
the two arms attached to it approaching one another lengthen the clip and the
books are hooked over the edge or otherwise of the article it is required to hold,
the spring being released the clip shortens and thus holds or clips the article in
the manner desired.
Thus when it is required to release the article held, it is only necessary to compress
the spring and the two arms attached to it approaching one another the clip lengthens
and looses the hook from the article held.
I also make my invention to clip or hold a circular article by making the two arms
attached to the spring longer than the radius of the circle and using a spring which
exerts an inward pressure.
Any suitably formed spring would actuate my clip in the manner desired.
An easel leg of any suitable form is attached to my patent clip or holder.
I shall now proceed to describe my invention with reference to the drawings.
Fig. 1. shows my invention in a shortened position bolding or cliping a glass plate.
A & B are the arms attached to the spring and C is the third arm extended in an
opposite direction. D is the spring.
Fig. 3. shows my invention in an extended or lengthened position with the spring D
compressed and the hooks E: E. loosing the glass plate.
Fig. 2 shows my invention constructed to hold a circular article, with the two
arms A & B which are attached to the spring longer than the radius of the circle, and
the spring D exerting an inward pressure. E & F in dotted lines represent the
arms A & B with the spring extended loosing the hooks G & H from the circular
article héld.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
1. The manufacture of improved holders or clips in the form of the letter Y as
above described with a spring exerting an inward or an outward pressure.
2. The application of my invention to photographs, frames, glass plates mirrors,
pictures, picture frames, cards metal or porcelain plates and other articles.
Dated this Twenty-ninth day of April A.D. 1889.