IMPROVEMENTS IN GLOVES, AND 53 M APPMANC SCES FOR SECURING THE COFF OR END TO THE WRIS PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Timothy Bevington, of the Firm of Dent,
Allcroft, and Company, of 97, Wood Street, in the City of London,
Warehousemen, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN GLOVES, AND
53
M
APPMANC
SCES FOR SECURING THE COFF OR END TO THE WRIS
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Timothy Bevington
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 20th March 1873.
I, TIMOTHY BEVINGTON, of the Firm of Dent, Allcroft, and Company,
of 97, Wood Street, in the City of London, Warehousemen, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN GLOVES,
AND IN MEANS OR APPLIANCES FOR SECURING THE CUFF OR END TO THE WRIST,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements in gloves, whereby buttons
or other fastenings upon the wrists or cuffs are dispensed with, and

page_text: consists in forming channels or grooves round the inside, the outside,
or within the exterior and the lining of the cuffs or ends for the
reception of one or more bands, semi-bands, or strips of flexible
material, such as steel, or whalebone, covered or uncovered for putting
the cuffs or the wrist ends into close contact with the wrists of the
wearer while the gloves are upon the hands.
The steel or the whalebone is preferably of flat ring shape with the
ends to overlap when in a normal condition.
SPECIFICATION filed in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters
Patent, and of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, by the said
Timothy Bevington in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 11th
October 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, TIMOTHY
BEVINGTON, of the Firm of Dent, Allcroft, and Company, of 97, Wood
Street, in the City of London, Warehousemen, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the
thirty-sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Timothy Bevington, Her special
licence that I, the said Timothy Bevington, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Timothy Bevington, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN GLOVES, AND IN MEANS OR APPLIANCES FOR SECURING THE CUFF
OR END TO THE WRIST," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Timothy Bevington, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and

page_text: cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office on or before
the Fourteenth day of October One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
three.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Timothy Bevington, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings
hereunto annexed, that is to say :-
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This Invention relates to improvements in gloves whereby buttons
or other fastenings upon the wrists or cuffs are dispensed with, and
consists in forming channels or grooves round the inside, the outside,
or within the exterior and the lining of the cuffs or ends for the
reception of one or more bands, semi-bands, or strips of flexible
material, such as steel, cane, wood, or whalebone, covered or uncovered,
for putting the cuffs or the wrist ends into contact with the wrists of the
wearer while the gloves are upon the hands.
The steel, cane, or whalebone is preferably of flat ring shape with the
ends to overlap when in a normal condition.
The Invention will be understood by reference to the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings, in which Figure 1 represents the back view of a
glove, in the wrist portion a of which, between the outside and the
lining, two bands or strips of flat spring steel b, b, arc inserted and
retained in place by sewing. I have in this Figure shown a portion
of the glove exterior removed so that the steel b is clearly illustrated;
the steel strips are tempered and "sett" to slightly overlap each other,
as seen in the front view, Figure 2, when the glove is not in wear, but
when it is in wear the two ends of each strip of steel almost abut end
on and grasp the wrist sufficiently to retain the glove securely without
the necessity of employing buttons, clasps, or catches, as is now done.
The gloves by my Invention are more handy to pull on and off,
and the slender grip which the "sett" of the steel puts upon the
wrists serves to retain the warmth of the hands and fingers without
interfering with the circulation of the blood, an advantage of importance
in very cold weather during driving, riding, or walking exercise; the
depth of the cup when furnished with two strips of steel or whalebone

page_text: adding considerably to the comfort by keeping the fore arm of the
wearer warm and free from draughts of cold air blowing up the sleeve
of the coat while the hand is in a half raised position and the elbow
bent.
Figure 3 represents the cuff portion only of a glove in full lines,
the fingers being in dotted lines. Here it will be seen that the wrist
portion or cuff is of two thicknesses of material only, a and c; one a
acting as an exterior, say of leather, and the other c as a lining, say
of woollen fabric, both of them being sewn to form circular grooves
into which the spring steel or the whalebone strips are first inserted,
and the ends of the grooves then secured.
The steel, cane, or whalebone strips can be fitted in between the
leather or other fabric of which the glove is made, and an exterior
kind of cuff piece, and these may be of any pattern or shape to form
gauntlets, which may be worn outside the sleeve of the coat or other 1
article of dress to which the sleeve is attached, the slit of the cuff acting
as a ventilator for permitting the escape of the perspiration.
The steel, cane, or whalebone strips can be secured in any other
manner as well as sewing, for instance, they may be perforated and
ornamented by plain studs, or other fasteners can be employed, serving
not only as fasteners of the strips to the glove, but offering means of
ornamenting the wrist.
I do not limit myself to the employment of two strips of steel, cane,
whalebone, or their equivalent material in cach glove as one only
can be used, or three, or any other convenient number, as taste may a
dictate.
Again, the strips may be made up of more than one piece, and the
openings of the wrist portion of the glove may be at the back or at
one of the sides. The back portions of the strips may in some cases
have shields or buckles attached.
I am aware that elastic cord and elastic braid sewn upon or woven
into or with the cuffs of gloves have been used prior to the date of
my Patent, therefore I lay no claim broadly to the employment of
springy, flexible, or elastic bodies thereto; but what I do consider
novel and seek to protect in the before in part recited Letters Patent a

page_text: is, fitting one or more strips or bands of springy material, such as
steel, whalebone, wood, cane, or their equivalents of a springy character
in, on, or to the wrist portions of gloves, in the manner and for the
purposes herein-before described and shown.
In witness whereof, I, the said Timothy Bevington, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of September
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
TIMOTHY BEVINGTON. (L.S.)