Abstract: A case for receiving paper clips, pins or the like includes a pan having a bottom, a peripheral wall extending upwardly from the bottom and an open top. An upper cover covers the open top and is rotatably mounted to the pan. The pan and the upper cover define a receiving space for receiving the paper clips, pins or the like. The upper cover includes a top wall having an eccentric opening and a shoveling portion integral with the top wall and extending from a portion of a periphery of the opening toward the bottom of the pan in a circumferential direction. The paper clips, the pins or the like are shoveled into the shoveling portion when the upper cover is rotated relative to the pan in a first direction. The paper clips, the pins or the like are put into the receiving space through the opening when the upper cover is rotated relative to the pan in a second direction opposite to the first direction.