IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC CONNECTIONS FOR ATTACHING NECKTIES AND OTHER SIMILAR HABILIMENTS
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Percy Holt, of Royal Insurance Buildings,
Leeds, in the County of York, Civil Engineer, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC CONNECTIONS FOR ATTACHING NECKTIES AND
OTHER SIMILAR HABILIMENTS."
Sealed the 20th November 1874, and dated the 23rd May 1874.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Percy Holt
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 23rd May 1874.
I, HENRY PERCY HOLT, of Royal Insurance Buildings, Leeds, in the,
County of York, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC CONNECTIONS FOR ATTACHING
NECKTIES AND OTHER SIMILAR HABILIMENTS," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in attaching necktics and other similar
habilements direct to the stud or button holes used for fastening the
shirt and collar; for this purpose I use a metallic fastener (or made of
other suitable material) connection, or
" which is a com-
bination of openings and slots, and in some cases springs or screws, by
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coupling

page_text: means of which when the "
"
coupling" is placed in position on the stud,
"locked" by the "coupling," and the necktie
the stud is "gripped ” or
(which is secured to the "coupling") is thus easily and quickly fixed,
and also maintained in a proper and central position without possibility
of derangement, but can at the same time be casily and instantly
removed when it is desired.
It is obvious that by means of this fastener no band is required to
pass round the neck, and consequently the comfort of the wearer is
enhanced, and the quantity of material required is reduced.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henry Percy Holt in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 23rd November 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
PERCY HOLT, of Royal Insurance Buildings, Leeds, in the County of
York, Civil Engineer, send grecting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-third day of May, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the
thirty-seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Henry Percy Holt, Her
special licence that I, the said Henry Percy Holt, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry Percy.
Holt, 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,
usc, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
** IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC CONNECTIONS FOR ATTACHING NECKTIES AND OTHER
SIMILAR HABILEMENTS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I
the said Henry Percy Holt, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and.
scals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six

page_text: calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Percy Holt, 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, that is to say :-
This Invention consists in novel methods or arrangements for attaching
neckties and other similar habilements direct to the stud or button hole
used for fastening the shirt and collar; for this purpose I use a metallic
fastener, connection, or coupling which is a combination of openings,
slots, and in some cases springs or screws, by means of which when
placed in position on the stud or in the button hole, the same is gripped
or locked by the connection, and the necktic is thus easily fixed, and
also maintained in a proper and central position without possibility of
derangement, but can at the same time be easily and instantly removed
when it is desired.
In order to make the details of the metallic connections or fastenings
clearly understood, I refer to the Drawings and descriptions which are
figured and lettered as follows:-
Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 12, and 13.-a and b, duplicate openings or slots for.
stud to drop into; c, c, springs for locking stud; d, e, stops and guides;
ff, holes for attaching fastener to necktie or other habilement;
g, g, positions where pressure is applied (when it is desired to attach the
coupling) to bring the openings a and b to coincide with one another in
order to place the connection in position, by introducing the stud into
the opening a, b, where it is locked on thic withdrawal of pressure
at g, J.
Figs. 5 and 6. The letters of reference are the same respectively, but
these connections do not require side pressure before introducing the
stud; this being done by simply placing "d" below the stud, and
pressing upwards untill the stud is introduced into the opening where
it is locked by spring c.`
Figs. 8, 9, 10, and 11.--a, opening for introduction of stud; b, locking
action; c, spring to actuate the same; d, e, stops. (In Figures 8,
à, d, are pivots); f, f, holes for attaching to necktie; g, g; position
where pressure is applied to open the locking action in the direction e'

page_text: when it is desired to put on the necktie. The coupling is placed in
position opposite the head of the stud, the stud is then pressed into the
opening "a," and the locking action being withdrawn the head of the
stud enters the slot by drawing the necktie slightly downwards; then
on releasing the locking action, by withdrawing the pressure at g, g, the 5
part b returns to d and the stud is held fast, but can be immediately
released by again applying pressure at 9, g, and reversing the above
proceeding.
Figs. 14, 15, and 26 are the same in principle as 8, 9, 10, and 11, but
have no locking action, and are retained in position by gravity alone; 1
they are put on in the same manner.
Fig. 16.a, stud having a screwed hole down the shank, and the edge
at d milled; b, screw which works into a, as shewn; c, c, plates to
attach necktie to by holes f, f.
:
The mode of fixing when the stud is in position is by introducing the 1
screw into the hole in the stud, and turning the milled edge d until
turn in the reverse
the necktie is screwed tight up, to unfasten
direction.
Fig. 17-a, opening for stud; b, locking lever which is sprung from
b to d; c, fulcrum; d, point or position from whence lever is actuated;
e, incline and stops; f, f, holes for attaching to neck tic.
connection is chiefly intended to be used with a stud having a flat shank
as shown underneath.
This
Fig. 18.-a, opening for stud to enter; b, c, inclined slots which retain
the stud by friction when the shank is drawn up into them; f,ƒ, holes 2
for attaching to necktic.
Fig. 19. a, b, duplicate openings for stud; c, locking spring; d, guide;
e, centre pivot; f, f, holes for attaching to necktic; 9, 9, position of
pressure for attaching or unlocking stud.
Fig. 20. a, duplicate openings for stud; b, b, guides; c, c, cliptical a
springs; ff, holes for attachment to necktie; 9, 9, position to apply
pressure before taking off or putting on the stud.
Figs. 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25.-a, b, openings for admitting stud;
c, c, springs for locking; f,f, parts for attaching to necktie.
Figs. 27 and 29 are studs fastened on to necktie which engage or
connect to the collar button hole, or one specially made in shirt.
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page_text: Fig. 28. a, slotted opening in plate fastened on to necktic; b, stud
with oblong head and shank. This is put on by introducing the stud
head into the oblong slot in plate, the tie being held in a horizonl
position until the stud is entered; the tie is then turned into a vertical
position, and retained in this position by the oblong stud head crossing the
slot in plate in its narrow direction; to unfasten, reverse this proceeding.
This mode of fastening and loosing likewise applies to Figure 29.
Having now described and particularly ascertained and shown the
nature of the said Invention, and the manner in which the same is or
may be used or carried into effect, I wish it to be understood that I do
not confine or restrict myself to the precise details which I have shown,
described, or referred to, as many modifications and variations may bo
made therefrom without deviating from the principles or main features
of the said Invention;. but what I consider to be novel and original, and
therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the hercin-before in
part recited Letters Patent is, the use and application of metallic
fastenings attached direct to the collar stud or button hole having
"securing" or "locking actions" (for safety) for fastening necktics or
other habilements, as shown and described on Drawings.
In witness thereof, I, the said Henry Percy Holt, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-first day of November, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
foun
5 Witness,
JOHN HANDSLY DALES,
Burley Street,
Leeds.
HENRY PERCY HOLT. (L.S.)