IMPROVEMENTS IN CLASPS FOR NECKTIES AND SCARVES
Year: 1884

page_text: I HENRY WILLIAM ABERLIN of 33 Ossington Street, Bayswater, in the County
of Middlesex, Hosier and Shirt-maker do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CLASPS FOR NECKTIES AND SCARVES," and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My. Invention relates to an improvement in clasps for neckties and it has for its
object to provide a simple and convenient means of attaching the clasp to the collar
stud in order that it may be thereby securely retained in position.
The Invention consists of a forked claw or tongue adapted to embrace and ride
on the pillar of the stud immediately behind the head said claw or tongue being
spring hinged to the back of the clasp to facilitate its attachment to the stud and
used in combination with a stop formed on the clasp as hereafter described with
reference to the accompanying Drawings forming part of this Specification
wherein :-
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Figure 1 is a rear view and Figure 2 a side view of a clasp provided with my
attachment and Figure 3 is a sectional view of part of the back half of the clasp
showing the attachment on a larger scale. The same letters of reference indicate
the same parts in all three Figures.
a a¹ are the frout and back halves of the clasp of any ordinary construction and
hinge jointed together in the usual way, b is the forked attachment and c is the
collar stud to which it is connected. The attachment consists of a forked tongue b
the slot between its limbs being just wide enough to admit the pillar of the stud
between them. It is hinge jointed at d to the back half a' of the clasp which is
provided with ears d¹ to receive the hinge pin or otherwise. This forked tongue
when in the closed position shown in Figure 2 lies just close enough to the back
of the clasp to imprison the head of the stud between. them as shown.
The tongue has a squared butt end b¹ which passes through a slot in the clasp
and is pressed upon by a steel spring e fixed within the hollow of the clasp (which
is of the usual channelled form) whereby the tongue will be securely retained in
either of two positions that is to say closed as shown in Figure 2 or opened as
shown in Figure 3. In the latter position it may be readily engaged with the
collar stud. The back of the clasp is provided with a projecting shoulder or
abutment against which the tongue closes and between which and the upper
part of the tongue the head of the stud is imprisoned as shown in Figure 2. The
accidental detachment of the clasp is thus prevented.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1* The combination with a necktie clasp of a forked tongue or claw, spring
hinge jointed thereto, and adapted to embrace the pillar of the collar stud and
imprison the head thereof substantially as shown and described.
2nd The combination with the clasp of the forked tongue spring hinge jointed
thereto as described and the abutment or shoulder on the back of the clasp as and
for the purpose specified.