AN IMPROVED PIN-CASE CLIP OR FASTENER
Year: 1885

page_text: I, FREDERICK WILLIAM AMSDEN, of Falcon Street, London, Wholesale Ware-
houseman, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "AN IMPROVED
PIN-CASE CLIP OR FASTENER" 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 in an improved pin-case clip or fastener which shall hold
down the flap of a pin-case when closed and if desired shall serve also to bind the
leaves of the pin-case together. It is particularly applicable to such pin-cases as
are made of paper or cardboard but can also be used for such as are made of other
materials.
I will at once refer to the accompanying drawing and describe the manner in
which iny Invention may be performed; the same letters of reference indicating
the same parts in the several Figures.
Figure 1 represents in part elevation and cross-section an ordinary pin-case open
and provided with my improved clip or fastener; Figure 2 is a horizontal section
of the same and Figure 3 shews the pin-case closed; Figures 4, 5 and 6 are partial
views of the pin-case shewing how the clip or fastener may be fixed thereto;
Figure 7 shews in side elevation and plan the clip or fastener on an enlarged
scale; Figure 8 is a perspective view of the same and Figure 9 shews the blank
from which it is formed. The other Figures represent modifications of my
improved clip or fastener and their mode of application to a pin-case as hereinafter
described.
The
The pin-case clip or fastener as illustrated by Figures 1 to 9, both inclusive, is
made from a metal blank, as shewn in Figure 9, of brass or other suitable metal
or alloy shaped as a tongue-piece a, two spikes b, b, and a back part c.
spikes b, b, are turned up or bent at right angles to the back c and the blank is
partly folded towards the spikes on the dotted line d, d, and is then as represented
in Figures 7 and 8. The spikes b, b, are inserted from the back of the pin-case
through the leaves l, and bent down to bind them together, as shewn in Figures 4,
5 and 6. The front of the pin-case p¹ and the tongue-piece a of the clip or
fastener are then bent or turned up as shewn in Figures 1 and 2 and the said
tongue-piece will then serve to clip or hold the flap p² of the pin-case when it is
inserted behind it as shewn in Figure 3. The top edge a¹ of the tongue-piece
is preferably slightly turned up or rounded as shewn for the more ready insertion
of the flan

page_text: Various modifications of my improved pin-case clip or fastener may be made
according to my Invention. The spikes b, b, for instance instead of being produced
from the sides as above described may be cut from the back part c and bent
outwards from each other, as shewn in Figures 10 and 11, or they may be bent
towards each other, as shewn in Figure 12, or holes f may be provided in the back
part as shewn in Figure 13 and the clip fixed by the loose spikes Figure 14 or a
single hole f may be provided in the back part, as shewn in Figure 15, for fixing
with an eyelet or rivet. The tongue piece may be slit into two or more pieces a
and a², as shewn in Figure 16, and the flap inserted between them as shewn in
Figure 17 or an eyelet or rivet may pass right through the back part c and front
part a³, as shewn in Figure 18; or the back part o may be dispensed with and
the clip formed as shewn in Figures 19, 20 and 21, the spikes b₁ in Figures 20
and 21 being inserted through the leaves from the front of the pin-case instead of
from behind.
I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise details as
herein described and illustrated as the same may be varied without departing from
the nature of my Invention.
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. A pin-case clip or fastener having a tongue-piece a constructed and arranged
to hold down the flap of a pin-case in the manner hereinbefore set forth.
2. A pin-case clip or fastener having a tongue-piece a and a spike or spikes b
all constructed and arranged to operate in the manner and for the purpose herein-
before set forth.