An Improved Device for Holding in Position Shirt and other Cuffs.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 6th May, 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
An Improved Device for Holding in Position Shirt and other Cuffs.
I ALFRED WOOD, of Fairlight House, Bouverie Road, Folkestone, Carriage
Builder, do hereby declare the 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 :-
My invention relates to an improved device for holding in position, shirt and
other cuffs, and has for its object, means for enabling a cuff to be retained within a
coat sleeve or the like in such a manner as to allow whatever portion of cuff to
project beyond same, as is desirable, the device at same time being easy of adjust-
ment and simple and inexpensive of manufacture.
And in order that my invention may be the more readily understood, I have shewn
same upon the accompanying sheet of drawings, wherein :
Fig. 1 is a plan 'view of the device complete.
Fig. 2 being a side elevation thereof.
Fig. 3 a detailed view of a portion of the device, and
Fig. 4 is a modification of same.
Fig. 5 shows an alternative form of device complete.
Fig. 6 being a modification thereof, while
Fig. 7 is a detail of a part of same and
Fig. 8 is a modification thereof.
Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the figures.
a is a length of wire or other suitable material bent or otherwise fashioned about
mid-way of its length into an elliptical or circular eyelet a¹ the end of which is
brought back so as to form, with the first portion, two parallel bars, one end a² of
which is bent into a small-form to the eyelet a', the end as being brazed, or soldered
or otherwise joined thereto so as to form a solid frame, as shown or, if desirable the
Threaded
said end a³ may be rolled into an eye into which the other end a² enters.
on these two parallel bars u is a sliding-stud b of bone, ivory or other non-frictional
substance having two perforations or eyes 61 (Fig. 3) formed in its base. The
resiliency of the frame a, due to its peculiar construction enables the sliding-stud b
to remain in whatever position it is slid or pushed along to.
In lieu of piercing the base of the stud b, I may slot or groove the sides of same,
as shown in Fig. 4, so that while answering the same purpose as that form of
stud shown in the previous figures, will also be readily removable and easy of
replacement.
Referring to Fig. 5 I have shown the device therein, as having only one bar. In
this case the sliding-stud b is pierced with only one perforation or eye b', and is
provided with india-rubber collars 6 placed respectively around the ends of the
perforation or eye 6. The stud 6 so provided, is threaded upon the bar a the
rubber-collars answering the same purpose, (i.e. retaining the stud in any desired
position along the bar) as in the form where two-barred frame is used.
In lieu of two india-rubber collars I may use one collar or tube 63 running right
through and lining the perforation 6' through the base of the stud b; or if found
desirable, I may dispense entirely with the rubber collar or collars.
In the form of device above described the ends of the frame a are bent around so
as to form eyelets a¹ a². In lieu of bending the ends of the frame into the form of
eyelets, I may prolong one end and give it a twist as at a and sharpen or point its
extremity as, the other end as being bent to receive and hold the pointed end a³ in
a similar manner to that of the safety-pin.
Referring to Fig. 8 I have shown therein an alternative method of arranging the
india-rubber resisting-piece. Instead of employing a collar or socket placed

page_text: horizontally, as in the former example, I provide a thin strip or case of india-rubber
or the like material 62 recessed and placed vertically in the stud-base b, so that the
pin a will pass through the perforation or eye b' and perforated india-rubber strip
or core 2 as shown.
In the form of device illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 5, the said device would be
sewn or otherwise secured to the lining of the coat-sleeve or the like, by means of
the eyelets a', while that form of device shown in Figs. 6 and 8 would be secured
to the coat-sleeve lining, for instance, by passing the pointed end of the pin a
through same and securing such end when passed through, by pressing same into
the socket as formed at the other end of the frame.
When the frame a is secured to the lining of a coat-sleeve, for instance, the head
of the stud b is inserted into the stud-holes in the cuff and so maintains same
securely in position, the length of cuff protruding from beyond the coat-sleeve, being
regulated by sliding the stud along the bar or bars of the frame a in either direction
which is requisite.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The improved device for holding in position, shirt and other cuffs, consisting
of a resilient two-barred frame on which can slide a perforated stud for insertion
into the cuff, and the sliding of which stud is regulated by the resiliency of the
frame, the whole device being attached to the lining of a coat-sleeve or the like by
sewing through eyelets provided for the purpose substantially as described and
illustrated.
2. In combination with the two-barred frame above claimed, the modified form
of sliding stud, substantially as shown and described in Fig. 4 of the accompanying
drawing.
3. The improved form of device for holding in position shirt and other cuffs,
consisting of a frame having only one bar with eyelets at either end on which bar
slides a stud provided with india-rubber collars, substantially as and for the purpose
described and illustrated in Fig. 5 of the accompanying drawing.
4. In the form of device above claimed, having only one bar, the modified form
of fastening same to a coat-sleeve lining or the like, substantially as described and
illustrated in Fig. 6 of the accompanying drawings.
5. In combination with the device having only one bar, above claimed, the
modified form of sliding-stud having a vertical strip or case of india-rubber within
its centre, through which the pin of the frame passes, substantially as described
and illustrated in Fig. 8 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 30th day of March 1893.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.