A Device for Connecting Pins to Tickets or Show Cards and such like Purposes.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 28th Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 29th Apr., 1887.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Device for Connecting Pins to Tickets or Show Cards and such
like Purposes.
1, FREDERICK JONES PALFREY, of 64 Edgbaston Street, Birmingham, Artist and
Designer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to a device for holding the pins in tickets and show cards,
which are employed for such purposes as shewing price, quality and description of
goods exposed for public sale, the usual way of fixing these tickets has been by piercing
the paper or card and the article with the ordinary domestic pin, but this has always
been objectionable partly on account of its not being presentable and of its disfiguring
and twisting the said paper tickets or cards.
I will describe my Invention thus I cut or pierce a strip of metal a required width
and length and with tools specially provided, bend or double up into a T shape as the
ordinary paper binder or fastener differing in one particular, viz. I indent the upper
part into a tubular form so that it shall come between the two parts that pierce the
paper.
In applying this Invention to a ticket or show card I first slot the card and from
the front side I pass the two ends used for piercing right through and also the tubular
part these two ends being now pressed down close to the card leaves the tubular part
projecting, and this is fitted to receive an ordinary pin, for connecting to the article
for sale, the front part may be of any suitable design.
THOS. KENDRICK,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: I, FREDERICK JONES PALFREY, of 64 Edgbaston Street, Birmingham, Artist and
Designer, do hereby declare the nature of my said 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 relates to a device for holding the pins in tickets and show cards,
which are employed for such purposes as shewing price, quality and description of
goods exposed for public sale; the usual way of fixing those tickets has been by
piercing the paper or card and the article with the ordinary domestic pin, but this has
always been objectionable partly on account of its not being presentable and of its
disfiguring and bursting the said paper tickets or cards.
I will describe my invention thus:-I cut or pierce a strip of metal a required
width and length and with tools specially provided, bend or double up into a T shape
as the ordinary paper binder, or fastener, differing in one particular, viz. I indent the
upper part into a tubular form so that it shall come between the two parts that pierce
the paper. In applying this invention to a ticket or show card I first slot the card.
and from the front side I pass the two onds used for piercing right through and also
the tubular part, these two ends being now pressed down close to the card leaves the
tubular part projecting and this is fitted to receive an ordinary pin, for connecting to
the article for sale, the front part may be of any suitable design.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, I will proceed by the aid of
the accompanying drawings to describe the same more in detail in order that my
improvements may be better understood.
The same letters of reference upon the several figures indicate like or corresponding
parts.
Fig. 1 is a side view in elevation.
Fig. 2 is an end view of same in elevation.
Fig. 3 is a view in elevation when applied to its purpose.
Fig. 5, a front view of same also applied to its purpose.
Fig. 4 the strip from which the above is formed.
a, is the strip of metal having pointed ends b, for piercing or entering the ticket or
show card to which it may be affixed, being bent or doubled up at c, and at d, so as to
form the tubular part e, and bent at f, to form a.
This device is introduced to the public for use as Fig. 1, excepting the pointed
ends b, which are brought somewhat closer together so as to pass with facility through
the slot previously prepared in the front of the ticket or show card the tubular part e,

page_text: also passing through; the ends a, a, with pointed ends b, b, are brought down upon
the said ticket or show card g, as shown at Fig. 3 and by a little pressure entirely
flattened as in the case of the ordinary paper binder ;-e, is now left projecting and an
ordinary pin i, is passed straight down e, and by application of the thumb or finger to
the head of the pin it is first held in e, and by pressure forced into the article or
material h, as Fig. 5, to which the card or ticket is affixed. The front part of the
strip a can be ornamented with a suitable design or inscription.
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 :-
A device for connecting pins to tickets or show cards and such like purposes
constructed from a strip of metal a, with points b, b, and bent at c, c, and d, d, to
form
and at ff, as Fig. 1 for the purpose herein before described and set forth in
the foregoing Specification and shewn on the accompanying sheet of drawings.
e,