Improvements in Fasteners or Holders for Documents, Papers, and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 19th-Jan.. 1899
Complete Specification Left, 19th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 25th Nov., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fasteners or Holders for Documents, Papers,
and the like.
I, ROBERT RICHARDSON BURT, 19, Maryfield, Edinburgh, Inventor, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in fasteners or holders for documents,
papers, and the like, the object being to enable papers to be clipped together
or released as required, and same is carried out as follows.
I provide two hinged pieces having curved or bent ends for engaging upon the
documents or papers a spiral or other suitable spring being employed for the
purpose of causing the curved ends aforesaid to grip the documents or papers.
These curved ends may be pointed if desired and by causing the other ends of
the hinged pieces to approach one another by means of the pressure of the hand
or the like, the documents or papers may be released from the curved ends.
Dated this 19th day of January 1899.
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.
Improvements in Fasteners or Holders for Documents, Papers,
and the like.
I, ROBERT RICHARDSON BURT, 19, Maryfield, Edinburgh, Inventor, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:—
This invention relates to improvements in fasteners or holders for documents,
papers, and the like, the object being to enable papers to be clipped together
or released as required, and same is carried out as follows:-
I provide two hinged pieces having curved or bent ends for engaging upon the
documents or papers, a spiral or other suitable spring being employed for the
purpose of causing the curved ends aforesaid to grip the documents or papers.
These curved ends may be pointed if desired and by causing the other ends of
the hinged pieces to approach one another by means of the pressure of the hand
or the like, the documents or papers may be released from the curved ends.
For purposes of illustration I will now refer to the annexed drawings in
which:
Figure 1 is a side elevation shewing my invention.
The pieces c are hinged together ate and have the ends g curved as shewn

page_text: which may be pointed for the purpose of gripping papers or documents. f is a
spring which is arranged between the prolongations and a for the purpose of
maintaining the ends g in contact with the papers or documents when required.
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:-
1. The improved fastener or holder for documents, papers and the like, sub-
stantially as described and illustrated herein and for the purpose set forth.
2. In fasteners or holders for documents, papers and the like, two pieces having
curved or bent ends for engagement upon the documents, being hinged together;
a spring arranged between two prolongations for the purpose of maintaining
the curved ends of the pieces in contact with the documents or papers, substan-
tially as described and illustrated herein and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 19th day of October 1899.
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.