Patent GB-191030015-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Facilitating the Fastening of Garments or the like.
Inventor: ROSENFELD ALFRED
IPC: A41F1/00
Filed: 1910-12-24
Granted: 1911-12-27
Abstract: 30,015. Rosenfeld, A. Dec. 24, 1909, [Convention date]. Sliding - clasp fastenings. - An instrument for fastening or for facilitating the fastening of pressbuttons, hooks, and eyes, or the like comprises a metal slide which is adapted to be moved along the edges to be joined, or along guides secured to these edges, so that the edges are caused to overlap one another, thereby bringing the parts of the fastenings in such position that they can easily be fastened by hand or by inclined planes carried by the slide. In its simplest form, as shown in Fig. 3, the device comprises a plate 1 provided with bentover ends 4 which engage the edges 6, 7 of the garment, along which it is moved by a handle 8, thereby bringing the parts 9, 10 of the press-button into the position shown ready for fastening. Modifications are described in which the necessity for holding the device at an angle as shown in Fig. 3 is overcome. In further modifications, devices are described which are provided with inclined planes for closing the press-buttons after they have been positioned. These devices may be guided along flexible grooves secured to the edges of the garment, and may be made in parts that may be readily detached for removal from the edges of the garment. The modification shown in Figs. 19, 21<a>, 23<a>, and 24<a>, embodies these features, and is designed for use with pressbuttons of the type wherein a spring head 10 passes completely through a flat ring 9. This device comprises three plates 57, 58, 59 connected together by a spring stud 61 and a pin 51 and connected to a plate 60 by a second pin 51 passing through a groove formed by the plates 59, 60. The plates 58, 59 are provided with tongues 25',25 respectively which engage flexible grooves 31<1>, 32<1>, 34<1> secured to the fabric 2, 3. These grooves may be formed of caoutchouc or of suitably bent wire, which may be covered with fabric. The plate 67 is formed with inclined channels E F, G H, Fig. 21<a>, in which the head of the stud 10 projecting through the ring 9 is received. The ring 9 is supported by the middle plates 58, 59, and in passing the device over closed fastenings the inclines E F, G H press the studs out of the sockets so that the middle plates 58, 59 can pass. Inclines J K, K L on the plate 60, Fig. 24<a>, serve to press the button into engagement with the ring. In passing along the edges of a garment from left to right, Fig. 20, to close the fastenings, the incline E F opens any buttons that may already be closed, so that the plates 58, 59 may pass and the incline J K presses the studs into engagement. In the reverse movement for opening the press-buttons, the incline L K closes any that may be open already, and the incline H G presses the heads out of the rings. The ends of the middle plates 58, 59 may be provided with inclines to facilitate their passage between the fabric. Stud and keyhole slot or hook-and-eye fastenings in which lateral movement is required in engaging them are secured bv a slide provided with bent grooves which engage bands secured to the fabric or vice versa. In the case of eyes that lie flat on the fabric, the slide may have inclines for slightly raising them before the hooks are engaged with them. In some forms of slide, the middle plates 58, 59 are dispensed with.