Paper holding mechanism for office machines

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A DATA PROCESSING MACHINE INCLUDING A FORM-ALIGNER DEVICE AND HAVING A WEB OF PAPER MOVING THERETHROUGH AT A HIGH SPEED, PAPER HOLDING MEANS ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO THE FORM-ALIGNER DEVICE OF THE MACHINE AND COMPRISING A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL OPPOSITELY DISPOSED HOLDER MEMBERS, EACH OF SAID HOLDER MEMBERS COMPRISING A RELATIVELY SHORT LEG AND A RELATIVELY LONG LEG DISPOSED AT SUBSTANTIAL RIGHT ANGLES WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER, EACH OF SAID SHORT LEGS PROVIDED WITH APERTURES FOR FACILITATING SECURING OF THE HOLDER MEMBERS TO THE FORM-ALIGNER WHEREBY THE HOLDER MEMBERS ARE DISPOSED SLIGHTLY INWARDLY THEREFROM, DETENT MEANS PROVIDED ON EACH SHORT LEG FOR COOPERATION WITH THE FORMALIGNER TO STABILIZE THE HOLDER MEMBERS AGAINST VIBRATION OF THE MACHINE DURING OPERATION THEREOF, SAID SHORT LEGS BEING SLIGHTLY BENT ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE THEREOF TO PRECLUDE HINDRANCE OF THE OPERATING PORTIONS OF THE MACHINE, EACH OF SAID LONG LEGS BEING BENT WITH RESPECT TO THE ASSOCIATED SHORT LEG WHEREBY THE LONG LEG EXTENDS UPWARDLY FROM THE MACHINE A SHORT DISTANCE AND BEING FURTHER BENT WHEREBY THE GREATER PORTION THEREOF EXTENDS REARWARDLY OF SAID SHORT LEGS A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE FOR PRECLUDING BACK-FOLDING OF THE PAPER BEING PROCESSED IN THE MACHINE DUE TO PASSAGE OF THE PAPER OVER THE REAR PORTIONS OF THE MACHINE.