PAPER CLIP DISPENSER

• US 3,786,959 A
• Filed: 04/05/1972
• Issued: 01/22/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Daniel W. Greb, Kenneth W. Greb
• Original Assignee: Daniel W. Greb, Kenneth W. Greb
• Inventors: Greb, Kenneth W., Greb, Daniel W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Reeves, Robert B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kocovsky, Thomas E.
• Application Number:
  US05/241,224
• Time in Patent Office: 657 Days
• Field of Search: 221/261,232,233,234,235,237,246 27/212P
• US Class Current: 221/261
• CPC Class Codes: B43M 99/009 Paperclip dispensers or holders
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53504 One work part comprising paper clip

Abstract

A paper clip dispenser includes a housing having a base member and a cover member which cooperate to confine a plurality of paper clips in a side-by-side relationship and includes a spring for biasing the clips to a dispensing position. The cover member has an integral manually operable member for pivoting one end of a clip about an abutment and into a slot in the base member thereby projecting the other end of the clip through an exit aperture. The projected clip is ready to be lifted from the dispenser.

Claims

1. A paper clip dispenser comprising:

a housing supporting a plurality of clips in a side-by-side relationship;

the housing having a bottom wall and an end wall, the end wall defining a clip engaging surface for the end one of the plurality oF clips, the bottom wall having a recess extending downward along the clip engaging surface;

an abutment formed by the recess;

the housing having an exit aperture in alignment with the clip engaging surface of the end wall; and

means movable relative to the housing for pivoting the one clip about the abutment for moving one end of the one clip into the recess thereby extending the other end of the one clip through the exit aperture whereby the one clip may be removed from the dispenser.

2. A paper clip dispenser as defined in claim 1 further comprising means for urging the plurality of clips against the one clip for holding the one clip in the pivoted position.

3. A paper clip dispenser as defined in claim 1 wherein the movable means includes an operable member haing a clip engaging portion of a thickness slightly less than the thickness of a clip to assist in stripping the one clip from the plurality of clips, the bottom wall recess having a space slightly greater than the thickness of a clip to assist in stripping the one clip from the plurality of clips, and the housing exit aperture having a space slightly greater than the thickness of a clip to assist in stripping the one clip from the plurality of clips.

4. A paper clip dispenser as defined in claim 1 wherein the movable means includes an operable member having a portion biased against the clip engaging surface for maintaining the operable member in engagement with the clip engaging surface during the pivoting movement of the one clip.

5. A paper clip dispenser as defined in claim 4 wherein the operable member is integrally formed from the housing.