US559758A - Coin holder or clip - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

W. J. STANTON, Jr. 00m HOLDER OR GLIP.

No. 559,758. Patented May 5, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICEQ W'ILLIAM J. STANTON, JR., OF LYNDON, VERMONT.

COIN HOLDER OR CLIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 559,758, dated May 5, 1896.

Application filed June 22, 1895. Serial No. 553,751. (No model.)

To asZZ whom zit may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. STANTON, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Lyndon, in the county of Caledonia and State of Vermont, have invented a new and useful Coin Holder or Clip, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of the present invention is an improved holder or clip for securing loose papers and coin in piles, and which is equally well adapted for universal application for all purposes for which clips and holders are designed.

The improvement consists of aholder comprising two or more frames which are positively connected at one side in such a manner that advantage is taken of the torsion of the confined side bar to form a springwhereby the free portions of the said frames are held in closed relation and caused to grip the articles designed to be held in compact form by means of the device. has been constructed heretofore, and consists of substantially two parallel frames, which are crossed in reverse directions on one of their adjacent sides, forming a running hinge, said frames being adapted to separate to admit of articles being placed between them, the crossing sides tilting to adapt the frames to the bulk of the articles placed between them. This style of clip has been found objectionable because of the absence of permanent connections between the frames. Moreover, the crossing of the frames restricts the use of the device to papers and letters and prevents the general application of the device, which is the vital feature of the present improvement.

The improvement further consists of the novel features and peculiar formation of the holder, which hereinafter will be more fully set forth and claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the application of the invention for holding coin. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the application of the invention for holding papers. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the preferred form of holder, showing the fastener, by means of which the frames are positively secured together, opened so as to illustrate the relative A clip of this naturev disposition of the parts. Fig. et is a detail view of a modification; and Fig. 5 is a similar View of a further modification, showing a series of three frames.

The holder or clip is formed from springwire and comprises a series of frames 1, which may have any desired configuration and be of the same or difierent relative sizes. For the sake of simplicity in illustration the frames are shown of the same size and of substantially rectangular shape. A side bar of the frames is diagonally disposed, and the end portions 3 of the wire from which the holder is constructed are brought upon opposite sides of the diagonal bar 2 and are disposed in the same plane with each other and the said diagonal bar and are held in fixed relative position by a fastener l, the latter beinga strip of sheet metal of required length and having its edge portions folded over the diagonal bar 2 and the separated end portions 3 of the wire from which the holder is constructed. The end bars of the frames may be straight, or one of the frames may have its end bars deflected, as shown at 5 in Fig. 2, this style of holder being best adapted for filing papers and letters.

In Fig, a the end bars of the frames are deflected in opposite directions between their extremities, as shown at 6, and the outer end portions are oppositely flared, as shown at '7, thereby facilitating the entrance of the papers orarticles to be held together between the said frames. In Fig. 5 the holder comprises a series of three frames, in which instance there will be two diagonallydisposed side bars, which, with the separated end portions of the wire, will be embraced by the fastener a.

Vihile it is preferred to construct the holder from a single length of wire, it is obvious that different lengths mayenter into the formation of the same. The fastener 4, which is a convenient and ready means for positively securing the frames together, maybe replaced by any preferred means which will effect the same result. The fastener shown and herein described is preferred because of its simplicity and the ease with which it can be applied and because it admits of the frames turning therein at their hinged sides to adapt themselves to the direction of strain, as will be readily understood.

It will be understood that the holder depends for itsefficiency upon the torsion of the diagonal side bar 2 to compress and bind the frames upon the articles placed between them. hen the holder is used as a bill-file, the fastener 4 lies flat against the bundle of papers and in the same plane with one of the frames, while the opposite frame performs the function of a binder to secure the papers together. As a coin -holder the free portions of the frames are separated and the required number of coin are forced between the end bars and held between the fastener 4-0n one side and the side bars of the frames at approximately opposite points.

In embodying the gist of the invention in the different patterns and styles of holders and clips provided for the various uses for which the invention is susceptible of application it is clear that changes in the form, proportion, and the-minor detailsof construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the inventiomavhat is claimed as new is- 1. A holder for the purposes set forth, comprising oppositely-disposed frames formed fronra single length of spring-wire, a diagonally-disposed torsion-bar at one side of and integral with the frames, and a fastener embracing the said torsion-bar and the contiguous portions of the adjacent-frames, substan tially as set forth.

2. A holder substantially as set forth, comprising oppositelydisposed frames formed from a single length of spring-wire and having a diagonally-disposed torsion-bar at one side of and integral with the frames, and a fastener comprising a strip of metal having its edge portions bent to embrace the said diagonal torsionbar and the adjacent portion of the frames, substantially as set forth;

3-. Aholder comprising oppositely-disposed frames formed from a single length of spring- Wire and having a diagonally-disposed torsion-bar at one side of and integral with the frames, and the end portions of the frames contiguous thereto disposed upon opposite sides of the said torsion-bar, the end bars being deflected, or bent, and a fastener positively connecting the said diagonal bar and the end portions adjacent thereto, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J. STANTON, JR.

Witnesses:

L. F. STANTON, E. E. BAILEY.

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