Improvements in and connected with Clips, Holders, and Racks for Displaying or Holding Bottles, Glasses, and other articles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in and connected with Clips, Holders, and Racks for
Displaying or Holding Bottles, Glasses, and other articles.
I, FREDERICK HAISMAN, 52, Hatton Garden, London, E.C., Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to holders either for displaying of articles in shop
windows warehouses or for other purposes of exhibition and also for holding
tools and articles for ordinary business purposes.
D. The first object of my invention is to enable the user to interchange the
holder or holders without the necessity of unscrewing or other objectionable
methods now in use.
E. A further improvement in this invention is that it strengthens the holder
that is to say at the point of attachment and that owing to the peculiar forma-
tion of the foot both ends of the holder are left free to be made into any shape
that may be required and to hold any and every article that may be found
necessary to hold.
F. I construct the holder in two parts as follows.
A. I take for purposes of explanation a piece of brass steel or any material
that may be deemed strong enough into which I make a slot, shape and size
as required, the slotted metal or article may be fixed in any mechanical way to
the wall, pedestal, fitting or case and can be placed at any angle.
B. The holder or clip is made up by useing a strip of metal or other pliable
substance and out of this strip I form a foot, T, L, or any shape that may be
necessary and in such a manner that whilst the two ends are left free the foot
passes into and behind the slotted holder.
C. The foot is made in such a manner that the slotted metal always maintains
a firm grip.
1. The advantages of this formation of pliable foot acting into and behind
the slotted metal enables the user to interchange the clips or holders as may
be desired.
E. The foot being made from the strip that is to say into and out of the
strip at any part leaving both ends free enables the clip to be formed into
many shapes besides keeping a springiness to bear upon the article or articles
being held.
Dated this 15th day of September 1898.

page_text: Improvements in and connected with Clips, Holders, and Racks for
Displaying or Holding Bottles, Glasses, and other articles.
I, FREDERICK HAISMAN, of 52, Hatton Garden, London, E.C., Engineer, 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:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in and connected with clips
holders and racks for displaying bottles glasses and other articles in shop win-
dows warehouses or for other purposes of exhibition and also for holding tools
and articles for ordinary business purposes.
The primary object of my invention is to enable the user to interchange the
holder or holders without the necessity of unscrewing the bracket support or
detaching the same along with the interchangeable portions of the holders.
Further in the combination and use of these improved holders. The detach-
able portions or clip portions will be strengthened at the point of attachment
owing to the peculiar formation of the foot of the detachable parts that is the
foot is common to both arms of the clip and is made of a piece therewith so that
the arms and foot have a spring like tensility whilst both ends of the holder
are left free to be made or finished to any shape required and to hold any article
that it may be found desirable or necessary to hold.
In order that the invention may be well understood there is annexed hereto a
sheet of drawings illustrative thereof and the same will be referred to in the
following description by figures and letters of reference like letters referring
to similar parts throughout.
Fig. 1 represents a piece of metal or other material with a slot or slit A in
the projecting or raised part A¹ thereof and constituting the supporting bracket.
It is understood that in using the words "slot or slit" of the projecting or
raised part of the supporting bracket I wish to secure myself in as simple
language as possible without having to particularize the many ways in which
the tensile spring clip foot B₁ Fig. 5 may be held.
I use the slotted bracket, Fig. 1 as shewn as it is most efficacious and performs
many important functions in the application of my invention but I wish it to
be clearly understood that over and above the holding slot slit gap and recess
as described and shewn in reference to Fig. 1 other mechanical contrivances or
combinations may be arranged to in some part perform my invention. I next
refer to Fig. 2 shewing four screws having flat surfaces behind the heads for
performing in a very simple manner this fixed holder part of my invention as
described. Again the screws may be fitted with collared rollers as shewn in
Fig. 2 the edges A2 of the rollers 2 being fitted and set to form the gap or
slit A and the foot retaining space A¹ of the bracket holder device.
Fig. 3 a collar or ferrule of metal or other material as described which said
collar when passed over and on to a pillar of smaller dimensions will constitute
in a like manner to that of Fig. 1 a holder for the foot of the spring clips such
foot or feet being curved to an arc of the circle of the circumference of the
pillar or column or any circular shaped fitting as shewn in Fig. 5. The said
collar may be formed to accomodate its fitting to a square faced pillar or to a
pillar polygonal form in cross section.
There will next be described the other part of the invention in reference to
the shaped foot, B¹ of the spring clip C and in reference to Fig. 5c, of the
drawings.

page_text: It is to be observed that I form the said foot B₁ out of the same strip of metal
or material as the clip ends C₁ and in such manner that the foot B¹ itself is
pliable or flexible that is it partakes of a spring like yielding to the slot or slit
of the bracket attachment and when forced into and behind the slotted bracket
it takes up a firm and tight position with a large bearing surface affording great
firmness without undue rigidity and irrespective of how often used or inter-
changed for removal and application owing to its shape and flexibility.
It is further to be observed that at that point marked B" Fig. 5° the two
faces of the clip do not meet and whatever grip or compression the clip may
have after formation of the foot B₁ B" the said grip or compression is greatly
enhanced by passing the clip piece into and behind the adjacent edges of the
slot or gap of the fixed holder or bracket.
The free ends C¹ of the clip can be formed into many shapes.
Fig. 5 is intended to hold and grip stationey papers letters dockets cards
fabrics and the like.
Fig. 6 is designed for holding articles such as boots and articles for display
as for instance fancy goods in shop windows and so forth the interchangability
of the spring clip holders facilitating variations of dressing windows and the
like.
Fig. 7 represents suitable holders for bottles glasses circular square or other-
wise and numerous other articles needless here to be mentioned.
Fig. 8 represents a slotted strip of metal for convex or concave fittings and
holding either the foot Bla Fig. 4 or B¹ Fig. 5.
Fig. 9 shews the foot collars and screws as used.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1-The improvements in and connected with clips holders and racks for
displaying or holding articles having in combination the herein described slotted
or gapped fixed bracket or holder means and the adjustable and removable clip
holder and foot thereof constructed and operating as and for the purpose herein
specified.
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2-In a holder device as set forth the fixed holder piece or bracket having the
fore slot "a" recess al" " and adjacent edges of the slot gap as specified.
3-In combined holder device as set forth the combination of the adjacent
edges of the slot or gap "a" with the spring foot, b1, 61, compressing the two
faces of the clip as and for the purpose specified.
4. In the holder device as specified the socket shaped brackets and holding
slit for preventing fracture of the clip holder as set forth.
5--In holder device as set forth the foot 1611 C, shaped up from the strip of
metal forming the holding clip by compression of the metal and having spring
bearing in the holder fixture or bracket (so avoiding fracture) constructed com-
bined and operating as and for the purpose specified.
6. The holder device as set forth the foot bb11 C, held in the slot "a" of
the fixed bracket piece and being so held in compression when in conjunction
with the slot holder and adding to firmness and strength of the clip holders
extension as and for the purpose specified.
7. The device set forth as and for the purposes herein described in reference
to and shewn by the drawings.
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