Improvements in Combined Spring Clips and Hooks or Devices for Holding Watches, Jewellery and other Articles, and Descriptive Tickets of the same.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Dec., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 1st Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 2nd Nov., 1888
PROVISIONAL SIMULTICATION.
Improvements in Combined Spring Clips and Hooks or Devices for
Holding Watches, Jewellery, and other Articles, and Descriptive
Tickets of the same.
We, MAURICE MYERS, of Charlotte Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Pen
Manufacturer, and JAMES LOWE, of Highfield Road, Saltley, Warwickshire, Works
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to combined spring clips and hooks or devices, more
particularly for use in shop windows, for holding watches, jewellery and other articles
and descriptive tickets of the same.
In carrying out our invention we employ a pair of clipping levers formed from
sheet metal blanks which somewhat resemble the letter T. These levers are placed
together and make an acute angle with each other their wider ends or upper part of
the T meeting and forming a pair of clipping jaws which are directly acted upon and
pressed together by the extremities of a sheet steel spring which is C-shaped in cross
section and which encircles the back of the jaws. Two narrow holes are pierced a
short distance apart near the centre of the C-spring through which the tails or narrow
parts of the levers severally pass, that part of the C-spring which is between the
levers forming their fulcrum. By pressing together the tail ends of the levers the
jaws are opened and the jaws are closed by the C-spring on the tail ends of the levers
being released. So far this is similar to the well known C-spring letter clips.
Now according to our invention, as embodied for instance in a hook or device for
suspending a watch or other article from a shelf and for holding a descriptive ticket
of the same, the clipping jaws and C-spring-above-described are made of a size to
clip the shelf near the edge from which the tail part of the levers will then project.
The tail part of the lower lever we bend into a booked form for suspending the watch
or other article from, and the upper lever we turn backwards at a convenient angle
for holding and displaying the ticket and in order to hold the ticket this lever has one
or more spring tongues raised out of it between which and the other part of the lever
the ticket can be inserted and held.

page_text: In a modification of this watch hook the lower lever is bent down at about right
angles to the shelf and is then hooked backwards for suspending the watch or other
article from, and near the top of this bent part a spring tongue is raised between
which and the downwardly projecting lever the ticket can be held. By this arrange-
ment the ticket is held vertically immediately above the watch or other article
suspended on the hook, the top of the ticket being about level with the top of the
shelf.
In another example of our invention which is more particularly for use in sus-
pending Christmas and other cards or photographs from a string and for holding
descriptive tickets of the same, but can also be put to other similar uses, we make one
of the said levers much longer than the other and we hook this longer lever by
bending it backwards towards the clipping jaws. The shorter level has a spring
tongue or tongues raised from it between which and the lever a descriptive ticket can
be held. When in use for suspending a card from a string the upper edge of the card
is clipped by the C-spring closing the jaws and the hooked lever is hooked on to the
string, the shorter lever being in front and carrying the ticket above the suspended
card.
We sometimes form a spring tongue or spring tongues on both the levers and
arrange the levers at different angles so as either to hold a card in different positions
or to hold two cards at the same time.
In a hook or holding device embodying our invention, more particularly for use in
holding a ring and descriptive ticket from a shelf in a shop window, the C-spring
causes the jaws of the levers to clip the shelf and the ends of the levers project there-
from as in the modification first above described and the upper lever has a spring
tongue raised from it for holding the ticket as above described; the lower lever is
split or divided longitudinally into three tongues by two cuts extending for some
distance from its outer end the central tongue is slightly bent back from the two
outer ones and the extremity of each of these tongues is slightly hooked so that when
the tongues are sprung together a ring can be inserted between their hooked ends and
on the tongues being released they spring apart and hold the ring between them.
Instead of forming the tongues for holding a ring on one lever and the spring
tongue for holding the ticket on the other lever as above described, the tongues for
holding a ring and the tongue for holding the ticket may both be formed on the same
lever.
In order to prevent the C-spring working back away from the jaws when the jaws
are opened each of the jaws may be provided with a rib or other projecting part
which the extremities of the C-spring cannot pass, as described in the Provisional
Specification of an application for Patent made by us No. 11,849 dated
September 1st, 1887.
Dated this 28th day of Navamhan 1007

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Combined Spring Clips and Hooks or Devices for
Holding Watches, Jewellery, and other Articles, and Descriptive
Tickets of the same.
We, MAURICE MYERS, of Charlotte Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Pen
Manufacturer, and JAMES LOWE of Highfield Road, Saltley, Warwickshire, Works
Manager, 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 has reference to combined spring clips and hooks or devices, more
particularly for use in shop windows, for holding watclies, jewellery and other articles
and descriptive tickets of the same.
In carrying out our invention we employ a pair of clipping levers formed from
sheet metal blanks which somewhat resemble the letter T. These levers are placed
together and make an acute angle with each other their wider ends or upper parts of
the T meeting and forming a pair of clipping jaws which are directly acted upon and
pressed together by the extremities of a sheet steel spring which is C-shaped in cross
section and which encircles the back of the jaws. Two narrow holes are pierced a
short distance apart near the centre of the C-spring through which the tails or
narrow parts of the levers severally pass, that part of the C-spring which is between
the levers forming their fulcrum. By pressing together the tail ends of the levers
the jaws are opened and the jaws are closed by the C-spring on the tail ends
of the levers being released. So far this is similar to the well known C-spring
letter clips.
Now according to our invention, as embodied for instance in a hook or device for
suspending a watch or other article from a shelf and for holding a descriptive ticket of
the same, the clipping jaws and C-spring above described are made of a size to clip
the shelf near the edge of which the tail part of the levers will then project. The tail
part of the lower lever we bend into a hooked form for suspending the watch or other
article from, and the upper lever we turn backwards at a convenient angle for holding
and displaying the ticket and in order to hold the ticket this lever has one or more
spring tongues raised out of it between which and the other part of the lever the
ticket can be inserted and held. This example of our invention is illustrated on the
accompanying drawing in side clevation by Fig. 1 in front elevation by Fig. 2 and in
plan by Fig. 3. The same letters of reference indicate the corresponding parts in all
the Figures on the drawing. The two clipping levers are marked respectively A and B
and the C-spring is marked C. D is the glass or other shelf which is clipped by the
jaws of the clip. c c are the two narrow holes in the spring C through which the
tails of the levers A, B, severally pass. 6 is the hooked lower end of the lever B
from which a watch or other article can be suspended; a¹ is the upwardly projecting
part of the lever A which is provided with the tongue or tongues a² between which
and the part a' a ticket can be inserted and held.

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In a modification of this watch hook the lower lever is bent down at about right
angles to the shelf and is then hooked backwards for suspending the watch or other
article from and near the top of this bent part a spring tongue is raised between
which and the downwardly projecting lever the ticket can be held. By this arrange-
ment the ticket is held vertically immediately above the watch or other article
suspended on the hook, the top of the ticket being about level with the top of the
shelf. This example of our invention is illustrated on the accompanying drawing by
Figs. 4, 5 and 6 of which Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the watch hook Fig. 5 is a front
elevation and Fig. 6 is a plan of the same. The lower lever B is bent down at some-
where about right angles to the shelf and near its lower end it is bent backwards at 61
and also has a spring tongue or tongues 62 projecting towards the front between
which and the downwardly projecting lever B the ticket can be held, the watch or
other article being suspended from the hook . The lever A is merely made long
enough to afford a hold in pressing the levers together to fix the clip on the shelf or
remove it therefrom.
In another example of our invention which is more particularly for use in sus-
pending Christmas and other cards or photographs from a string and for holding
descriptive tickets of the same but can also be put to other similar uses we make one
of the said levers much longer than the other and we hook this longer lever by
bending it backwards towards the clipping jaws. The shorter lever has a spring
tongue or tongues raised from it between which and the lever a descriptive ticket
can be held.
When in use for suspending a card from a string the upper edge of the
card is clipped by the C-spring closing the jaws and the hooked lever is hooked on
to the string the shorter lever being in front and carrying the ticket above the
suspended card.
A is the lever
Figs. 7, 8 and 9 illustrate the said example of our invention which is more
particularly for use in suspending Christmas and other cards or photographs from a
string and for holding descriptive tickets of the same, Fig. 7 being a side elevation of
the said hook Fig. 8 a front elevation and Fig. 9 a plan of the same.
which is made long and hooked backwards so as to enable the clip to be suspended
from a string and is the spring tongue (or two or more spring tongues may be
used) which is formed upon the lever B between which and the lever B a descriptive
ticket can be held. e is the card which is shewn as being held by the jaws of the
clip. We sometimes form a spring tongue such as b₁ or spring tongues on both
levers A and B instead of forming a hook on one of them and arrange the levers at
different angles so as either to hold a card in different positions or to hold two cards
at the same time.
In a hook or holding device embodying our invention more particularly for use in
holding a ring and descriptive ticket from a shelf in a shop window the C-spring
causes the jaws of the levers to clip the shelf and the ends of the levers project. there-
from as in the modification first above described and the upper lever has a spring
tongue raised from it for holding the ticket as above described; the lower lever is
split or divided longitudinally into three tongues by two cuts extending for some
distance from its outer end the central tongue is slightly bent back from the two
outer ones and the extremities of each of these tongues are slightly hooked so that
when the tongues are sprung together a ring can be inserted between their hooked
ends and on the tongues being released they spring apart and hold the ring
between them.
Instead of forming the tongues for holding a ring on one lever and the spring tongue
for holding the ticket on the other lever as above described, the tongues for holding a
ring and the tongue for holding the ticket may both be formed on the same lever.
In
This example of our invention is illustrated by Figs. 10, 11 and 12 of which
Fig. 10 is a side elevation of the clip for holding a ring and descriptive ticket from a
shelf Fig. 11 is a front elevation of the same and Fig. 12 is a plan of the same.
this example the upper lever A is made similarly to the clip above described and
illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, and 3 and the lower lever B is split or divided longitudinally
into three tongues 62 63 64 the central tongue 63 being bent back from the two outer

page_text: ones and the extremities of the tongues being slightly hooked so that when the tongues
are sprung together a ring (as shewn by the dotted lines) can be inserted between their
hooked ends and when the tongues are released they will spring apart and hold the
ring between them.
In order to prevent the C-spring working back away from the jaws when the jaws
are opened each of the jaws may be provided with a rib or other projecting part which
the extremities of the C-spring cannot pass, as described in the Provisional
Specification of a application for Patent made by us No. 11,849
September 1st, 1887.
dated
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
The improvements in combined spring clips and hooks or devices for holding
watches, jewellery and other articles and descriptive tickets of the same herein before
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing; that is to say, the com-
bination of the levers A and B constructed substantially in the several ways described
and illustrated, for holding a watch or other article or articles and a descriptive
ticket or tickets of the same, with a C-spring C embracing the clipping parts of the
said levers and pressing them together for the purpose and substantially as described
and illustrated.
Dated this 29th day of September 1888.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.