An Improved Method of Securing Papers in Offices and other Places of Business.
Year: 1885

page_text: An Improved Method of Securing Papers in Offices and other
Places of Business.
I SAMUEL RICHARD VANN of Giles Gate City of Durham Provision Merchant
do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:—
The object of my invention is to economise printed and other forms and papers
used in offices warehouses and other places of business. This is accomplished by
using a suspender which may be of wire, cord or other suitable materiel. One end
of the suspender is to have a loop or eyelet by which it may be suspended. The
other end is to be attached to a needle or guard at a short distance from one end
of the needle. This needle or guard is to be somewhat sharp at both ends so as to
readily allow the papers to be fixed or detached so that when a paper is torn off in
the ordinary way it may be slipped on again by passing the needle through it and
it remains fixed on the suspender. The suspender being attached a short distance
from one end of the needle thus retains the paper in position.

page_text: An Improved Method of Securing Papers in Offices and other
Places of Business.
I SAMUEL RICHARD VANN of Giles Gate City of Durham Provision Merchant
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED METHOD OF
SECURING PAPERS IN OFFICES AND OTHER PLACES OF BUSINESS and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:―
My invention consists of a needle of steel brass or other suitable materiel
some what sharp at both ends for easy entrance into and withdrawal from the
papers to be filed or suspended. Near to one end of the needle there is a recess
and hole either longitudinal or transverse to the axis of the needle so as to allow
the suspender to pass through, which suspender being knotted at the end retains
the needle and papers in position. The suspender may be of wire, cord or other
suitable materiel and has a loop or eyelet at the end for attachment or suspension
to any suitable projection.
I will now describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings
wherein Fig. I & II are enlarged longitudinal sections of different forms of needle
shewing suspender and papers. In fig. I and II a and a¹ are the points of the
needle for insersion into the papers to be filed. b and b¹ are the opposite points
for withdrawal. c and c¹ are the holes by which the needles are suspended and
through which the suspending cord is passed. f and f¹ are the suspending cords
and g and g are the loops by which the whole is suspended from any suitable
projection. The needle at a and a¹ is inserted into the paper and then passed
through it; the cord lying in groove e and e¹ and when the paper has passed b
and b it is drawn back into position shewn at h and h¹ where it remains until it
is desired to detach it which may be done by reversing the operation of placing it
in position, or it may be torn off in the ordinary way.
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-
The method of retaining papers in position by means of a needle and suspender
substantialy as described.