In 1896, the American Stationer announced that D. We have found no advertisement for, or other mention of, the Fay design until 1896. This clip was originally intended primarily for attaching tickets to fabric, but the patent recognized that it could be used to attach papers together. When were paper clips introduced? The first paper clip was patented by Samuel B. This type of clip was also called a "letter clip." We consider these devices on our web page dealing with small filing devices. Recently some paper clips have been made of plastic, but these are not covered here.ĭuring the 19th and early 20th centuries, the term "paper clip" was also used to refer to a spring loaded clip that was generally two or more inches long. One (Nifty) was made by bending a wire into a spiral and then flattening it. Three others were stamped from sheet metal (Eureka, Sheet Brass Gothic, Proco) and another four (Angell, Utility, Vise, Acme Correspondence) were made by folding small pieces of resilient sheet steel. A large majority of different paper clip models were made by bending single pieces of resilient spring steel wire. What counts as a paper clip? For purposes of the discussion and timeline presented here, a paper clip is a flat or nearly flat piece of metal that slides over an edge of a set of papers and holds the papers together without being bent or pinched by the user and without piercing the papers.
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