Improvements in Fasteners for Neck Ties and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Improvements in Fasteners for Neck Ties and the like.
I, JESSE ORRA HUNT, of 231, Eighth Street, Cairo, in the County of Alexander
and State of Illinois, United States of America, Merchant, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows: -
This invention is a safety necktic fastener for use in all kinds of ready-made
neck wear, but more especially on bow-ties, and the object in view is to provide
an article which will prevent the tie from moving in any direction when properly
adjusted for the fastener to be engaged with the collar button.
A further object of the invention is to provide an article, of simple and inex-
pensive construction which may be easily and securely fastened to a tie, may be
quickly engaged with, or. disengaged from, a collar-button, and which is not
liable to break or get out of order.
With these ends in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and
arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter fully described.
The body of my improved necktie fastener is stamped or struck up from a
single piece of sheet metal. This metallic blank consists of a flat, angular plate,
and an elongated shank, which extends from one edge of the plate. In preparing
the blank to produce a body which may be conveniently fastened to the necktie
the shank and plate are bent or folded, to bring the parts into parallel relation
to each other, and this plate is provided at its corners with transverse apertures,
adapted to receive the stitches by which the body may be secured to the fastener.
The free end of the offstanding shank is bifurcated to produce forks, which are
spaced and shaped to form a throat leading to an opening in the shank, and the
width of this throat is less than the diameter of the opening so that the shank
of the collar-button may readily pass through the throat and enter the opening,
in applying the fastener and necktie to the collar-button. The shank of the
metallic body has an arm, made integral therewith, and this arm extends from
one edge of the shank adjacent to the forked extremity thereof when the body
is struck up in blank form. The arm is doubled or bent across the shank and
around the opposite edge thereof, thereby forming a keeper, which is arranged on
one side of the shank and is adapted to receive a spring clasp, in a manner to
confine the latter properly in place on the fastener-body.
The spring clasp is made from a single piece of wire, which is bent into the
doubled stem and bowed arms. The arms are curved laterally from each other,
and at their free extremities they are bent reversely to their bowed portions into
loops, and the tension of the spring clasp is sufficient to close the arms toward
each other and thereby bring the loops normally in contact. The spring clasp
is fitted to the inner face of the shank, so as to lie between the plate and the
shank, and the folded extremity of the stem is arranged against a thickened
portion of the shank, and is headed upon the doubled stem of the spring clasp
thus firmly securing the stem of the clasp against the inner, face of the body
shank. The spring clasp is arranged on the shank of the body for the bowed

page_text: arms thereof to be substantially coincident with the edge of the opening in the
bifurcated shank, but the looped extremities of the spring clasp extend normally
across the throat of said shank in order to prevent the fastener from becoming
disengaged accidentally from the shank of the collar-button.
My improved fastener may be readily attached to any kind of a necktie, and
in the example described, the plate is designed to be fitted in the folded portion
of the tie or bow. The plate is concealed normally by the fold of the tie, and it
is attached thereto by the threads or stitches, which are passed through the
fabric and the apertures of the plate. The shank, with the spring clasp mounted
thereon, lies at the rear of the tie, and the forked end of the shank and the free
end of the arms Iorming a part of the spring clasp are disposed in vertical
positions for the easy application or detachment of the fastener to or from a
collar button at the front of the shirt band. After passing the band of a necktie
around the collar, the operator moves the tie in an upward direction for the forked
end of the shank to embrace the stem of a collar button, and a continued move-
ment of the tie and the fastener causes the button-shank to pass through the
throat, spread the spring clasp, and enter the opening of the shank. As the
button-stem enters the opening of the shank and the space between the bowed
arms of the spring clasp, said arms of the clasp instantly return to their normal
positions, and the clasp is thus made to embrace the stem of a collar button in
a manner to prevent the fastener and the tie from moving in any direction,
and wholly overcomes any tendency of the fastener to be detached accidentally
from the collar button. To disengage the fastener, it is only necessary to pull
downwardly on the tie, and thus disengage the bifurcated shank and the spring
clasp from the collar button, whereby the tie may be easily removed.
It will be observed that the looped extremities of the spring clasp present
curved edges to the rounded stem of a collar button, and this is advantageous
because the clasp is made to yield or give to a pull on the necktie, so that the
clasp operates automatically in fitting the fastener to a collar button and dis-
engaging it therefrom; but at the same time the tension of the spring clasp
is strong enough to overcome accidental separation of the fastener from the
collar button. The spring clasp of my fastener is carried or supported on a
comparatively stiff sheet metal body which takes up practically all the strain
on the fastener when it is in service, and contributes materially to the strength
of the fastener, besides providing for its ready attachment to a necktie. The
device is simple in construction and can be manufactured very cheaply. It is
readily applied or attached to any ordinary ready-made necktie and it is efficient
and reliable in service.
Changes may be made in the form of some of the parts while their essential
features are retained and the spirit of the invention embodied. Hence, I do not
desire to be limited to the precise form of the parts described.
Dadd +100
Contoh 1000

page_text: 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 is a safety necktie fastener for use on all kinds of ready-made
neck wear, but more especially on bow-ties, and the object in view is to provide
an article which will prevent the tie from moving in any direction when properly
adjusted for the fastener to be engaged with the collarbutton.
A further object of the invention is to provide an article of simple and inex-
pensive construction which may be easily and securely fastened to a tie, may be
quickly engaged with, or disengaged from, a collar-button, and which is not
liable to break or get out of order.
With these ends in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and
arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part
of this specification, in which: —
Figure 1 is a perspective view looking at the rear side of an ordinary bow-
necktie.
Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken transversely through the tie and the
fastener therefor.
Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the fastener detached from the tie.
Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the clasp-spring.
Fig. 5 is a detail view of the sheet-metal blank from which the body of the
fastener is made.
Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation on the plane indicated by the dotted line
of Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow.
Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a modification of the device, showing a con-
struction in which the keeper for the spring-clasp is omitted.
Fig. 8 is a sectional elevation similar to Fig. 6, showing the modified con-
struction illustrated in Fig. 7.
Like numerals of reference denote like and corresponding parts in each of the
several figures of the drawings.
The body 10 of my improved necktie-fastener is stamped or struck up from
a single piece of sheet metal in the form represented by Fig. 5 of the drawings.
This metallic blank consists of a flat angular plate 11 and an elongated shank 12,
which extends from one edge of the plate. In preparing the blank to produce
a body which may be conveniently fastened to the necktie, the shank and plate
are bent or folded, as at 13, to bring the parts into parallel relation to each
other, and this plate 11 is provided at its corners with transverse apertures 14,
adapted to receive the stitches by which the body 10 may be secured to the
fastener, The free end of the offstanding shank 12 is bifurcated to produce the
forks 15, 16, which are spaced and shaped to form the throat 17, leading to an
opening 18 in the shank, and the width of this throat is less than the diameter
of the opening so that the shank of the collar-button may readily pass through the
throat and enter the opening 18 in applying the fastener and necktie to the collar-
button. The shank 12 of the metallic body has an arm 19 made integral therewith,
and this arm extends from one edge of the shank adjacent to the forked extremity
thereof when the body is struck up in blank form. (Represented in Fig. 5).
The arm 19 is doubled or bent across the shank and around the opposite edge
thereof, as at 20, thereby forming a keeper 21, which is arranged on one side
of the shank and is adapted to receive the spring-clasp 22 in a manner to con-
fine the latter properly in place on the fastener-body.
The spring-clasp is made from a single piece of wire, which is bent into the
doubled stem 24 and the bowed arms 25. The arms are curved laterally from
each other, and at their free extremities they are bent reversely to their bowed
portions into the loops 26, and the tension of the spring-clasp is sufficient to
close the arms toward each other, and thereby bring the loops 26 normally in
contact. The spring-clasp is fitted to the inner face of the shank 12, so as to

page_text: lie between the plate 11 and the shank, and the folded extremity of the stem 24
is arranged against a thickened portion 23 of the shank. This stem of the
spring-clasp is secured firmly in place to the body by a rivet 26ª, which is at-
tached to the thickened portion 23 of the shank and is headed upon the doubled
stem 24 of the spring-clasp, thus firmly securing the stem of the clasp against the
inner face of the body-shank. The spring-clasp is arranged on the shank of
the body for the bowed arms 25 thereof to be substantially coincident with the
edge of the opening 18 in the bifurcated shank; but the looped extremities 26
of the spring-clasp extend normally across the throat 17 of said shank in order
to prevent the fastener from becoming disengaged accidentally from the shank
of the collar-button.
My improved fastener may be readily attached to any kind of a necktie, and in
the example illustrated by the drawings, the plate 11 is designated to be fitted
in the folded portion of the tie or bow. The plate is concealed normally by the
fold of the tie, and it is attached thereto by the threads or stitches 27, which are
passed through the fabric and the apertures 14 of the plate 11. The shank, with
the spring-clasp mounted thereon, lies at the rear of the tie, and the forked end
of the shank and the free ends of the arms forming a part of the spring-clasp are
disposed in vertical positions for the casy application or detachment of the
fastener to or from a collar-button at the front of the shirt-band. After passing
the band of a necktie around the collar the operator moves the tie in an upward
direction for the forked end of the shank to embrace the stem of the collar-
button, and a continued movement of the tie and the fastener causes the button-
shank to pass through the throat 17, spread the spring-clasp, and enter the
opening 18 of the shank. As the button-stem enters the opening of the shank
and the space between the bowed arms of the spring-clasp, said arms of the clasp
instantly return to their normal positions, and the clasp is thus made to embrace
the stem of a collar-button in a manner to prevent the fastener and the tie from
moving in any direction and wholly overcomes any tendency of the fastener to
be detached accidentally from the collar-button. To disengage the fastener, it
is only necessary to pull downwardly on the tie, and thus disengage the bifurcated
shank and the spring-clasp from the collar-button, whereby the tie may be easily
removed.
It will be observed that the looped extremities of the spring-clasp present
curved edges to the rounded stem of a collar-button, and this is advantageous:
because the clasp is made to yield or give to a pull on the necktie, so that the
clasp operates automatically in fitting the fastener to a collar-button and dis-
engaging it therefrom; but at the same time, the tension of the spring-clasp is
strong enough to overcome accidental separation of the fastener from the collar-
button. The spring-clasp of my fastener is carried or supported on a compara- 4
tively stiff sheet-metal body, which takes up practically all the strain on the
fastener when it is in service and contributes materially to the strength of the
fastener, besides providing for its ready attachment to a necktie.
The device is simple in construction, and can be manufactured very cheaply.
It is readily applied or attached to any ordinary ready-made necktie, and it is 4
effiecient and reliable in service.
While the invention has been shown in its preferred embodiment, it will be
understood that modifications may be resorted to without losing any of the ad-
vantages thereof. For instance, as shown in Figures 7 and 8 of the drawings,
the shank 12 may be made sufficiently short to dispense with the necessity for a
the keeper-piece 19.
This is accomplished by disposing the holding members or ears 23 sufficiently
close to the bifurcation of the fork to firmly grip the side portions of the spring-
clasp and thoroughly reinforce the same, while also obviating the possibility of
the clasp being unduly strained or weakened.
Changes may be made in the form of some of the parts, while their essential
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page_text: features are retained, and the spirit of the invention embodied. Hence, I do not
desire to be limited to the precise form of all of the parts shown, reserving the
right to vary therefrom.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. A necktie-fastener comprising an attaching-plate, a shank parallel therewith
and connected at one end thereto and provided at its opposite end with a forked
extremity, a spring-clasp comprising terminally-connected elastic arms normally
closed at their free ends across the throat in the forked shank and secured at
their connected ends to the inner surface of the shank, and a keeper-loop extend-
ing transversely across the shank and attached thereto between the forked end
thereof and the point of attachment of the elastic arms, the said keeper-loop
embracing the arms just below the button-receiving opening and serving to
brace said arms at the base of the fork while permitting their extremities to
spring freely apart, substantially as described.
2. In a necktie-fastener, a body struck up from a single piece of sheet metal
and comprising a flat plate and a shank which is doubled upon the plate to lie
parallel therewith, said shank being provided with a forked free extremity and
with a laterally projecting arm which lies below said forked extremity and is
doubled around the shank to form a keeper on the inner face thereof at the base
of the fork, combined with a spring-wire clasp fitted against the inner face of the
shank, within the keeper thereof and arranged for its bowed arms to be closed
normally across the throat of the forked shank, and a fastening for attaching the
lower end of the clasp to the shank below the keeper, substantially as described.
3. A necktie-fastener comprising an attaching-plate, an integral shank con-
nected at one end thereto, extending parallel therewith, and having a fork at
its free end, terminally-connected spring-arms arranged between said plate and
shank and secured at their connected ends to the shank and having their free
ends arranged to close across the throat of the fork, and a keeper-loop integral
with the shank and extending transversely across the inner surface of the shank
and embracing the spring-arms at the base of the fork, substantially as described.
4. A necktie-fastener comprising an attaching-plate, an integral shank con-
nected at one end thereto, extending parallel therewith, and having a fork at its
free end, and terminally-connected spring-arms arranged between said plate and
shank and secured at their connected ends to the shank and having their free
ends arranged to close across the throat of the fork, substantially as described.
Dated this 2nd day of June 1900.