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 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 retained in position.
The Invention consists of a pair of under-cut ribs or rigid wires or bars affixed to
the back of the clasp and adapted to embrace the head of the collar stud between
them and the clasp, in combination with a spring stop substantially as hereinafter
more fully described with reference to the accompanying Drawings forming part of
this Specification wherein :-
Figure 1 is a rear view and Figure 2 a cross section of a clasp provided with an
attachment formed of ribs having undercut grooves therein and Figure 3 a rear
view and Figure 4 a side view of a clasp having an attachment formed of rigid
wires or bars projecting from the back of the clasp sufficiently to admit the head of
the collar stud the attachment being substantially the same in both cases.
same letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the Figures.
The
The clasp may be of any ordinary construction, and as usually made is composed
of a front and back half jointed together and closed by a spring or snap.
a a are a pair of ribs or rigid bars or wires fixed to the back b of the clasp either
throughout their whole length as in Figure or at the two ends as in Figures 3
and 4. In the former case they would be undercut on the inner side as in Figure 2
to receive the head of the collar stud c and embrace it between them and the back
of the clasp the width between the flanges of the ribs being just sufficient to admit
the pillar of the stud. These ribs are united at top to form a stop for the head of
the stud or any other suitable stop may be provided, or they may be formed of two
stiff wires as in Figures 3 and 4 projecting sufficiently from the back of the clasp to
admit the head of the stud between them and the back to which they are soldered
by their upper and lower return ends. The wires embrace the pillar of the stud
between them, their lower ends being splayed apart to give passage to the head of
the stud, whilst the upper ends are not, and form a stop for the same.

page_text: In either case a spring stop d is provided between the ribs or wires to engage
with the head c of the stud, and prevent the accidental detachment of the clasp
therefrom. This spring d is fixed within the hollow of the back of the clasp, which
is made of the usual channelled section, and it has a bent portion which projects
through an aperture in the back of the clasp so as to stand in the path of the
head c as it slides between the ribs or wires a, its rounded form enabling the
head c to readily force it back and pass it by the application of slight force in
attaching and detaching the clasp.
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 =
An attachment for a necktie clasp consisting of a pair of parallel ribs or stiff
wires adapted to embrace and engage with the head of the collar stud, in
combination with a spring stop or abutment, substantially as herein described and
shown in the Drawings.