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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
CHARLES H. JAEHINIG, OF EAGLE PASS, TEXAS.
N EWSPAPER-FI LE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 461,438, dated October 20, 1891.
Application filed September 27, 1890. Serial No. 366,401. (No model.)To all wzhom it may concern:
Be it known that I, CHARLES H. JAEHNIG, a
German subject, residing at Eagle Pass, in
the county of Maverick and State of Texas,
5 have invented certain new and useful Im-
provements in Newspaper-Holders; and I do
hereby declare the following to be a full,
clear, and exact description of the invention,
such as will enable others skilled in the art
io to which it appertains to make and use the
same.
My invention relates to certain new and
useful improvements in newspaper-holders,
and has for its object to produce a device of
15 simple, durable, and economical construction,
and one which will be effective for its pur-
poses and easy of manipulation.
In the accompanying drawings, illustrative
of my invention, Figures 1 and 2 represent
20 one form of newspaper-holder embodying my
improvements, and Fig. 3 represents a modi-
fied form thereof.
In the form of the invention shown in Figs.
1 and 2, A indicates a metallic piece bent at
25 its end a to form a loop for suspending the
newspaper-holder from a hook or its equiva-.
lent and bent at its lower end b to form a
hand-grasp. Attached to the metallic piece
-A or forming a part thereof are the retaining-
30 clips e, through which passes the thin strip
B, bent outwardly at its ends, as shown, form-
ing springs b' b". To the extremities of these
springs are connected the loops c, the lower
one of these loops being connected to an eye
35 on the lower part of the retaining-tongue f.
The sa'd retaining-tonguef is hooked at its
upper end, and is adapted, when in use, to
engage by means of said hook with the up-
per one of the loops c, as shown in Fig. 2.
40 In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the me-
tallic piece A' is made of spring metal, and its
ends are bent so as to form rearwardly and
backwardly extending springs d. To the ends
of these springs are connected the loops e',
45 the lower end of which is connected to the
retaining-tonguef' in the same manner as the
lower loop c of Figs. 1 and 2 is connected to
the similar retaining-tongue f.The mode of operation will be readily un-
derstood. The tendency of the springs is 5o
normally to hold the loops c e' against the
metallic piece A or A', and consequently to
hold the retaining-tongues ff' against it when
the hooked end of f orf' is engaged with the
upper loop c or e'. To utilize the device as a 55
newspaper-holder it is therefore merely nec-
essary to unhook the retaining-tongue from
the upper loop, place the fold of the newspa-
per between the retaining - tongue and the
piece A or A', and finally again engage the 60
hooked end of the retaining-tongue in the up-
per loop, whereupon the newspaper will be
clamped and held securely in place. It is
evident that, the back-turned ends of the me-
tallic piece A' of Fig. 3 will also serve as 65
means for suspending and manipulating the
newspaper-holder in like manner as the back-
turned end of the piece A of Figs. 1 and 2.
It is also apparent that the retaining-tongue
may be connected permanently to the upper 70o
loop and engage with the lower without vary-
ing from the spirit of my invention.
What I claim is--
1. A newspaper-holder comprising a back
piece having permanently-attached springs, 75
an upper and a lower loop connected to the
springs, and a retaining-tongue pivotally con-
nected with the lower loop and havinga hooked
end for engaging the upper loop, substantially
as described. 80
2. A newspaper-holder comprising a back
piece bent at its upper end to form a spring
and a means of suspension for the holder, and
also bent at its lower end to form a similar
spring and a hand-grasp, an upper and a lower 85
loop connected to the bent ends of the back
piece, and a retaining-tongue pivotally con-
nected to the lower loop and having a hooked
end for engaging the upper loop, substan-
tially as described. 9c
In testimony whereof I affix my signature
in presence of two witnesses.
CHARLES II. JAEHNIG.
Witnesses:
JOHN CREATON,
F. C. MENTZ.
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Jaehnig, Charles H. Newspaper-File., patent, October 20, 1891; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172823/m1/2/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.