US1815774A - Clip for holding papers together - Google Patents

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F July 21, 1931. w. H. HEARD CLIP FOR HOLDING PAPERS TOGETHER Filed March 18, 1930 INVENTOR William H. H ecLvcL,

. I L I ATTORNEY Patented July 2 1,1931

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.VPATENVT OFFICE WILLIAM HENRY HEARnQor' nrnnronn ENGLAND CLIP non HOLDINGPAPERS TOGETHER Application filed March 18, 1930, Serial No. 436,840, and in Great Britain April 3, 1929.

- This invention relates to clips for holding papers together and is particularly intended Y :for temporarily binding together the pages of 'newspaper or'other papers'at the fold either at the top or bottom or both so that allthe'pages of a newspaperor other pa pers are held togetherat the foldand at the same time allowof same being opened for reading-in the ordinary manner,without the 10 pages falling apart, or being blown apart by wind when openedout' of doors.

'Accordin'g toniy invention construct the clip fromr'any suitable material preferably spring metal andfrom' one'stripof ma- "angular in cross section. The angularity'of the cross section of one of the legs is'sharper.

than that of the other leg, and said legs are so positioned that one leg will be withinthe' otherwith the vflat portions of one; leg each overlying the corresponding portion of the a other leg and contacting with the latter at a *single point. The inner leg is preferably longer than the outer, leg and the connection portions of the two legsare preferably curled, the shaping of the legs being formed 7 before or after bending. I U

My invention will be. clearly understood annexed drawings in which i I Figure 1' is a side elevation, Figure: 2 a

placed sideways.

terial bent to form two legs, eachleg being,

from the following description aided by the two legs A, B will grip the sheets between them at two points on opposite sides of the fold. The freeend of the leg B is slightly turned away from the leg A as at B to facilitate the insertionof the sheets of paper into us" the clip and avoid tearing of the paper.

By the cross sectional shape of the legs,a perfect grip onthe combined sheets is ob tained without fear of the clip being dis- What I do claim as my invention anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is V A clip of the character described, comprisinga strip of resilient material folded upon itself between itsiends into a pair of leg poru tions, each'of said leg portions being bent into V-shape on a line extending longitudinally thereof with the parts of one leg portion on opposite sides of said line closely overlying the corresponding parts of the '70 other leg portion to grip a plurality of sheets i I of folded material therebetween, the V-shape I bend of one of said leg portions being sharper than the V-shape bendof the other leg portion to thecxtent that a two-point contact wih'said material on opposite sides of its fold line is accomplished. y

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand I I plan and Figure 3 a section "on the line III, 4 III of Figure 1 of a clip constructed ,ac-

Y cording to thisinvention' from a folded strip ofspring metal or the like, comprising two;

legs A, B; each of angularcross section, connected by a curled portion ,0 which maybe flat; the leg A laying Within the leg B', and

" the angularity of the bendin the leg Abeleg A being thelonger.

Figure 4 is a perspective ing two clips in position on folded sheets of paper. I

free end of the leg A first inserted within ing sharper-than that oflthe bend in leg B, the

In applying the clip to a Vnewspaper the,

elevation show- I the folded sheets with. its longitudinal bend I overlying the'foldpo'rtion and, when the clip is'moved longitudinally of said fold, theleg Blwill pass beneath therear sheet; and the i 7 WILLIAM'HENRY HEARD. so j

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