An Improvement in Solitaires, Shirt Studs; Collar Studs, Buttons, and other like Dress Fastenings.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 6th July, 1892-Accepted, 6th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
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An Improvement in Solitaires, Shirt Studs; Collar Studs, Buttons,
and other like Dress Fastenings.
I, JOHN COOPER, of 23, Augusta Street, Birmingham, in' the County of
Warwick, Manufacturing Jeweller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention consists in the hereindescribed improvement in solitaires,. shirt
studs, collar studs, buttons, and other like dress fastenings.
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I will describe my invention as a solitaire. A solitaire constructed according to!
this invention is of that kind which consists essentially of two parts namely a base
and a removable front. The said base is of circular or other form furnished with. a.
central stem having a knob or head at its outer end, and the said front is also of
circular or other form made hollow.
In the back of the front part I provide a slot extending from the centre thereof
to or towards the periphery. This slot is of a size to admit the stem but except at:
its outer termination the slot is not large enough to permit the head or knob of the.
stem to pass through. At the central termination of the slot there is a recess in the
back part in which recess the head or knob. will fit, and inside the front part there;
is a sheet metal or other spring by preference made in the form of a buckled; or,
domed disc for the purpose hereinafter described.
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In using the solitaire above described the knobbed or headed end of the stem is.
first threaded through the button holes in the shirt as is done with some other
solitaires. The knob or head of the stem is then inserted in the enlarged outer part
of the slot and the front is moved along until the knob or head comes into the.
inner end of the slot when it is-by the spring snapped into the recess and thus,
the two parts of the solitaire are secured together. To disconnect the two parts
of the fastening from each other it is only necessary to squeeze them together by
holding them between the finger and thumb so as to press back the spring and the.
knob or head out of the recess and then to slide the front part along until the head:
or knob has left the slot at the enlarged part of the same.
My invention. is applied to shirt studs, collar studs, buttons and other like
fastenings similarly as above described with reference to a solitaire..
Dated.this 5th.day of October 1891.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Solitaires, "Shirt Studs; Collar Studs, Buttons,
and other Hike Dress Fastenings.
I, JOHN COOPER, of 46, Warstone Lane, Birmingham, late of 23, Augusta
Street, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturing, Jeweller, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed,,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by, the following statement.:-
This invention consists in the herein described improvement- in solitaires;-shirt:
studs; collar studs, buttons and other like dress-fastenings such as scarf pinsshair
pins; bonnet pins and brooches:
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I will describe my invention by referring.. to the accompanying drawings onw
which
Fig….1.is a cross-section of a solitaire constructed according to this inventions.
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page_text: Fig. 2 is a sectional plan and a cross sectional elevation of the same;
Fig. 3 is a similar cross section to Fig. 2 shewing how the two parts of the
solitaire have to be pressed together when separating them as hereinafter described;
Fig. 4 shews the removable front part of the solitaire separately and Fig. 5
shews the base or back part of the same separately;
Figs. 6 and 7 shew details of the solitaire as hereinafter described;
Fig. 8 shews my invention applied to a scarf pin;
Fig. 9 shews my invention applied to a bonnet pin or hair pin and
Fig. 10 shews my invention applied to a brooch.
I will first describe my invention' as a solitaire and refer to Figs. 1 to 7 both
inclusive. A solitaire constructed according to this invention is of that kind which
consiste essentially of two parts namely a base A and a removable front B. The
said base is of circular or other form furnished with a central stem c having
a knob or head d at its outer end, and the said front is also of circular or other
form made hollow.
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In the back e of the front part B I provide a slot extending from the centre
thereof to or towards the periphery. This slot is of a size to admit the stem c
but except at its outer termination f the slot is not large enough to permit the
head or knob d of the stem to pass through. At the central termination of the
slot f there is a recess g in the back part e in which recess the head or knob d will
fit (see Figs. 1; 2 and 3) and inside the front part B there is a sheet metal or other
spring by preference made in the form of a strip of steel or other hard metal bent
slightly into a bow shape as shewn by Fig. 7 and arranged to fit in the groove i¹
of the filling piece i (shewn separately by Fig. 6) which is of the same shape
as the front B and is enclosed therein. Or instead of the spring a buckled or
coned disc or any other form of spring may be used which will act upon the head d
of the back part in the manner hereinafter described.
In using the solitaire above described the knobbed or beaded end d of the stem c
is first threaded through the button holes in the shirt cuff as is done with some
other solitaires. The knob or head d of the stem c is then inserted in the enlarged
outer part of the slot fand the front B is moved along until the knob or head d
comes into the inner end of the slot. (see Fig. 3) when upon the solitaire being
released (see Figs. 1 and 2) the knob or head d is by the spring h snapped into the
recess and there retained and thus the two parts A and B of the solitaire are
secured together. To disconnect the two parts A and B of the solitaire or fastening
from each other it is only necessary to squeeze them together by holding them
between the finger and thumb so as to press back the spring and the knob or
head d out of the recess y (as shewn in Fig. 3) and then to slide the front part B
along in the direction shewn by the arrow in Fig. 3 until the head or knob d has
left the slot fat the enlarged part f¹ of the same.
Instead of the shank of the base being oblong in cross section both it and the
head d may be round as usual or of any other convenient form.
My invention is applied to shirt studs, collar studs, buttons and other like
fastenings such as scarf pins, hair pins, bonnet pins and brooches similarly as above
described with reference to a solitaire. When my invention is applied to scarf pins
I make a head d on a small shank ĉ at right angles to the scarf pin (see Fig. 8)
and the front B of the scarf pin is made as above described with reference to a
solitaire so as to engage with the head d. My invention is also similarly applied to
hair pins and bonnet pins (as shewn for instance by Fig. 9) the head d being formed
on the end of the pin and the front B being made to engage with the head d in the
manner above described. And in the same way my invention is applied to brooches
as shewn for instance by Fig. 10 where it will be seen that the back part A. of the
brooch has a shank e and head d formed with it the front part B being constructed
in the manner hereinbefore described with reference to a solitaire so as to engage
with the head d and be removed therefrom when required. Or the brooch may
have two or more of the heads d so as to carry two or more of the front parts B.
Thus a valuable or other front part B can be used either as a solitaire,.shirt

page_text: stud, collar stud or button with a back part such as shewn by Figs. 1 to 5 or the
same front part can be used with a scarf pin (Fig. 8) or a bonnet or hair pin (Fig. 9).
or with a brooch (Fig. 10) and if desired a similar front part can be used as part
of an ear-ring, the wire part of the ear-ring having a head d to engage with the
front B in the manner above described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In dress fastenings such as solitaires, shirt studs, collar studs, buttons, scarf
pins, hair pins, bonnet pins and brooches, making as herein described the removable
front part with a slotted and recessed back adapted to receive the head and neck of
the base or pin of the dress fastening and with an internal spring adapted to press
the said head into the said recess so that the front part and the base or pin can be
connected together and disconnected from each other in the manner and substantially
as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
2. In a dress fastening such as a solitaire, shirt stud, collar stud, button, starf
pin, hair pin, bonnet pin and brooch and in combination with the base or pin
thereof made with a head and neck to attach to a front part, the use of a front part.
having a slotted and recessed back adapted to receive the head and neck of the base
or pin of the dress fastening and having an internal spring adapted to press the
said head into the said recess so that the front part and the base or pin can
be connected together and disconnected from each other in the manner and
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
3. The particular construction combination and arrangement of parts consti-.
tuting the removable front part of a dress fastening such as a solitaire, shirt stud,
collar stud, button, scarf pin, hair pin, bonnet pin and brooch adapted to connect to
or be disconnected from the headed stem of the base or pin part of the dress
fastening in the manner hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying.
drawings.
Dated this 5th day of July 1800
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.