Spring clip for holding sheets of paper or the like
OwnerHisao Satoinventor
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Abstract
A spring clip having a pair of opposing flat holding members the leading ends of which are resiliently pressed against each other to clip sheets of paper or the like therebetween and opposing ear-like projections which extend widthwise from the side edges of the opposing holding member, respectively, and serve to open the leading ends of the holding members in cooperation with opening means of a special device for applicating clips. In contrast with a conventional spring clip of the same type, the disclosed clip has no levers pivoted to the leading ends of the holding members, which are used to open the leading ends of the holding members for the purpose of inserting therebetween the sheets to be clipped, and, therefore, is advantageous since the clipped sheets are not prevented by the levers from being turned up.
Claims16
A spring clip for holding sheets of paper or the like, comprising a pair of cooperating confronting holding members, each said holding member having opposite side edges, a free continuous leading end portion, including a leading edge, a rear portion opposite said leading end portion and joining means for resiliently joining said holding members together at their respective rear portions such that said leading end portions are normally resiliently biased against each other with a predetermined clamping force, the joining means having no means for diverging said holding members, at least one of the side edges of one of the holding members corresponding to one of the side edges of the other said holding member, an ear-like projection for diverging said holding members extending a predetermined amount from each of said corresponding side edges and having portions spaced from each other to permit insertion of a spreader member between said ear-like projections in removable relationship for exertion of a separating force by said spreader member against each of said ear-like projections to cause divergence of said holding members and separation of said leading end portions whereby said sheets of paper or the like can be disposed between said holding members to be gripped by said leading end portions when said ear-like projections are disassociated from said spreader member, no portion of said ear-like projections being in contact with each other at the leading edge of each said holding member, and wherein said ear-like projections are stepped away from said side edges.
A spring clip for holding sheets of paper or the like, comprising a pair of cooperating confronting holding members, each said holding member having opposite side edges, a free continuous leading end portion including a leading edge, a rear portion opposite said leading end portion and joining means for resiliently joining said holding members together at their respective rear portions such that said leading end portions are normally resiliently biased against each other with a predetermined clamping force, the joining means having no means for diverging said holding members, at least one of the side edges of one of the holding members corresponding to one of the side edges of the other said holding member, an ear-like projection for diverging said holding members extending a predetermined amount from each of said corresponding side edges and having portions spaced from each other to permit insertion of a spreader member between said ear-like projections in removable relationship for exertion of a separating force by said spreader member against each of said ear-like projections to cause divergence of said holding members and separation of said leading end portions whereby said sheets of paper or the like can be disposed between said holding members to be gripped by said leading end portions when said ear-like projections are disassociated from said spreader member, no portion of said ear-like projections being in contact with each other at the leading edges of each said holding member, and wherein the ear-like projections on at least one holding member are spaced from the leading edge and disposed between the leading end portion of said one holding member and the joining means.
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