An Improved Clip or Holder for Letters, Newspapers, and the like.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mai., 1887.
Specification Accepted, 7th Apr., 1887.
An Improved Clip or Holder for Letters, Newspapers,
and the like.
1, LEWIS WYCHERLEY STONE, of the firm of Henry Stone & Son, of Gattridge Street,
Banbury, in the County of Oxford, Manufacturers, 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 relates to an improved clip or holder for letters, newspapers, and the
like and has for its chief object to construct the same in such a manner that when the
said clip is open to remove a paper or other document therefrom a support is provided
upon which the papers remaining in the clip may rest.
In the accompanying drawing:
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a clip or holder constructed according to my
invention; and,
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.
a is the back or frame of the clip, which may be made of wood or any other suitable
material; and which, as shown, is of triangular shape and comprises the two side
bars and the bottom bar c. The bar e projects beyond the front of the bars bb a
distance corresponding to the desired capacity of the clip.
d is the holding jaw or clip proper, which is pivotted to the bottom bar cat e c, and
which is adapted to be turned to the position indicated in dotted lines in Figure 2, to
form a support or table upon which the papers in the clip may lie in sorting them to
find any particular paper or papers. This jaw is preferably made of wire, bent to the
desired shape as shown in the drawing, but it is obvious that it may be made of wood
or other suitable material.
In order to retain the said jaw in this approximately horizontal position I form a
loop in the wire, between the points e, e. When the clip is opened this loop bears
against the bar e, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 2, and prevents the jaw from
moving too far down.
g is a spring which is secured to the underside of the bar e and which serves to press
the jaw upon the papers in the clip, the said spring acting upon the loop of the said
jaw. Any other form of spring suitable for this purpose may, however, be employed.

page_text: It is to be understood that the frame a, instead of being triangular may be of any
other suitable shape; and that, instead of the two bars bb, a solid back may be used to
which the bar c carrying the jaw is attached. The jaw d also may be provided with a
suitable covering in order to protect the papers in the clip as much as possible from
dust and dirt. If desired, this covering may be of the same shape as the frame or back
The improved clip may be constructed, as shown in the drawing, to hang upon a
wall, or it may be adapted to stand upon a table.
of the clip.
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 :-
First. A clip or holder for letters, newspapers and the like wherein the movable
jaw, when turned down, is adapted to form a table or support, for the purpose
specified.
Second. The improved clip or holder constructed and arranged substantially as
described with reference to the accompanying drawing.