Apparatus for clipping sheets together
OwnerWalter B. Lincolninventor
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Abstract
A spring wire clip for clipping together sheets has a head and a pair of legs extending forwardly and outwardly from the head. Each leg has a forward transverse portion and a return portion at the end of the transverse portion which lies substantially outside the width of the head. Apparatus for clipping a plurality of sheets with a spreadable spring clip having a head and a pair of legs has an upstanding magazine for the spring clips, a support for the sheets which are to be clipped together and a pusher for engaging the head of the lowermost clip in the magazine and advancing the clip to the sheet support. Cams interposed between the sheet support and the magazine are engaged by the clip as it is advanced for spreading the legs of the clip and then releasing them when they are overlying the sheet support.
Claims3
Apparatus for clipping a plurality of sheets together with a spreadable spring clip having a head at its rear end and first and second spaced legs extending forwardly, each leg having a forward transverse portion and a rearwardly extending return portion at the end of the transverse portion with one return portion being outside said first leg and the other return portion being inside the said second leg, and all of the clip lying in a single plane, comprising:
- an upstanding magazine for clips,
- a support for sheets,
- first cam means between the magazine and said support having a portion adapted to lie outside said first leg for engaging said one return portion and raising it from the at rest plane of the clip to a position above said plane,
- second cam means between the magazine and said support camming apart the other return portion and the second leg,
- a pusher adapted to engage the head of the lowermost clip in the magazine and,
- means to advance the pusher to advance a clip past the first and second cam means to the support for sheets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.