US761911A - Envelop-fastener. - Google Patents

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ffm. 761,911.. PATENTBD JUNE?, 1904.'

I.r L. RHEUTAN-.i BNVBLOP FASTENBR. APPLICATION FILED JULY 3.0, 1/903.

N0 MODEL.

VM/MM 'Ely Pity Patented J une 7, 1904.

PATENT Orro ISAAC L. RHEUTAN, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

ENVELOP-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,911, dated J' une 7, 1904.V

Application led J'nly 30, 1903. Serial No. 167,553. V(No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, IsAAo L. RHEUTAN, of the city of Richmond, county of Henrico, and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Envelop-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents what is commonly known as a merchandise-envelop with my improved fastener applied thereto, the top iiap being shown open preparatory to placing the printed matter or merchandise therein y and sealing the same. Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 1, with said top `Hap folded over and fastened. Fig. 3 represents, upon an enlarged scale, a transverse section taken on line a, Fig. 1 looking in the direction of arrow a', all the following iigures being on the same enlarged scale. Fig. L1 represents my improved fastener in blank form preparatory to bending My invention relates to metal fasteners, andV more especially to those made from sheet metal, for use on what are commonly termed merchandise-envelops whose top iiap is not gummed, but provided with an eyeleted opening toreceive the prongs of the fastener in fastening said top iiap to the body of the envelop.

Said invention consists of a fastener whose body in blank form is provided with a fas tening-clip at both ends of the body portion, with two oppositely-proiecting prongs extending at right angles from opposite sides of said body and clips formed on the body in alinement with said prongs, as and for the purpose hereinafter more fully set forth.

To enable others to better understand the nature and purpose of my said invention, I will now proceed to describe it more in detail.

In the drawings, A represents an ordinary manila merchandise-envelop made in the usual way and having the usual ungummed open flap A' at the top, which is provided with the eye* leted opening B.

C represents my improved metal fastener, whose prongs C/ C are passed through said eyeleted opening B in fastening the flap A', as hereinafter described. Said fastener C consists of the central part or body G2. the aforesaid prongs C (I, the side clips C3 (f, and the end clips C4 (1*.Y The prongs C C project at right angles from opposite sides of the body C2 in this instance, the inner edges thereof being shown in alinement. These long prongs C C have their inner edges C5 substantially in alinement. By inner edges it will be seen from Fig. 4 of the drawings that the longitudinal edges of such prongs nearerthe center portion of the body C2 are intended. rI`he clips C4 C1 are formed by bending the ends of body A, as is shown by the last four figures of the drawings, and the clips C3 C3 by eX- tending a portion of the metal out from each side of body A upon the opposite side of and in alinement with the prongs C C'. By this construction of employing four .fasteningclips, one on each side of body A,`said body and its prongs may be held securely upon all four sides, and thus prevents the fastener from becoming loose or readily torn from the envelop after having been fastened thereto. It will be observed that by arranging the long prongs, as shown, with their inner edges in alinement it admits of the clips C3 C3 being arranged in alinement with said prongs on opposite sides of said body, thereby reinforcing the prongs and holding the device securely in position in the operation of bending said prongs to fasten the loose flap of the envelop.

In securing the fastener to the envelop the clips C3 C3 CLC* are passed through the body t near the open end thereof and then bent against the inner surface of said envelop to hold them thereto, as is shown in Figs. 3 and 5, the body of the fastener being located at the proper place to admit of its prongs being passed through the eyeleted opening in iiap A@ when the latter is folded down against said body; as is shown in Fig. 2. rIhe fastener is designed to come centrally between ,the two sides of the envelop and near the open end thereof, as previously stated and shown In fastening the iiap A' in Figs. 1 and Q.

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down the prongs C C are passed through the eyeleted opening B, said llap folded against the body of the envelop, and said prongs then bent down against the outer surface of the iap in a similar nianner to other fasteners of this class. The construction of the fastener is sueh, as will be obviously seen, as to bring one of the side clips C3 and part of the two end clips C'1 C* through the usual central double overlapping edge D of the envelop, and thereby greatly facilitates holding the fastener securely from being torn from said envelop. The fastener when thus secured, as aforesaid, is firmly held against any lateral strain by the end elips Cl C* and against the strain imparted by bending` the prongs in fastening down the ap A by the side clips C C3. rlhis feature of holding the fastener against the pressure of bending the prongs, in conjunction with that of holding' said fastener against lateral strain, is the essential feature and advantage Which l. claim for iny invention over' the eornrnon Well-known envelop-fasteners of this class. I do not, however, clairn broadly the use of a metal faspurpose.

tener for the purpose described, as there are several fasteners of dili'erent constructions patented and in use employed for the same l therefore liniit rny invention to the specilic construction set forth and pointed out in the elaiin. i

Having described said invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isM

An envelop-fastener, consisting' of the main body whose ends form holding-clips adapted to be passed through the envelop and bent against the innersurface thereof, long prongs projecting laterally from opposite sides of said body, whose inner edges are snbstantially in alineinent, and holding-clips projecting laterally from opposite sides ot thebody, one side clip being in alineinent with one prong, and the other with the other prong, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ISAAC L. Rl l ICUTAN.

\Vitnesses:

(. R. Eynnn'r'r, W. B. GOODWIN.

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