Improvements in and Means or Appliances for Attaching Braces or the like to Buttons.or Studs.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 14th July, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 14th Apr., 1892-Accepted, 21st May, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and Means or Appliances for Attaching Braces or
the like to Buttons.or Studs.
We, EVAN EVANS of Denbigh Street, Llanrwst, in the County of Denbigh,
Ironmonger and JOHN DAVIS of Station Road, Llanrwst aforesaid, Draper, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention-to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object a new method of, and apparatus or appliance
for attaching braces or other articles to buttons or studs. Preferably out of a
single sheet of metal I stamp a clip consisting of a combined semi circular hook, a
spring or tongue piece and a buckle bar, round which latter the strap, sewing, or
lashing of the braces.or other articlo passes. The circular book consists of a flat
disc or ring fitting over the face of the button or stud and having a series of
projecting pieces or a projecting rim hooked over in the form of a circular hook so
that when the button is slid in between these projecting pieces or hooked rim and
the plate or ring aforesaid, the button will be held from escaping except in the
direction of the tongue piece and buckle bar. The spring tongue piece is stamped
out of the body of the metal and is bent with a perpendicular face opposite the
semicircular rim. This has to be forcibly pressed down to allow the button to
enter the hooked rim. The moment therefore the button has passed and the spring
tongue-piece is allowed to spring into its natural normal position the perpendicular
face of the tongue piece prevents the button from escaping from the hooked rim.
The buckle bar is preferably formed of the body of the metal bent over and a
piece cut out immediately in front of the bend. The body of the metal is preferably
made wider at this point to allow a sufficiently wide slot for the strap, sewing, or
lashing. In some cases, I may make the tongue piece, an extension of this, bend
over portion. In that case the body of the metal need not be perforated for it
except at the very end, but I prefer to press the body of the metal outward, away
from this tongue piece so that it forms a guard for the tongue piece and when the
finger is pressing on the tongue piece the thumb can be on this guard or vice-versa;
This prevents any chance of an inexperienced person pressing with the finger
on the back of the tongue piece, and also with the thumb on the end of the
tongue piece, and thus defeating his object. Where the shield is used this is
impossible. In those cases, however, where the tongue piece is stamped out of the
body of the metal, I-profer to stamp it with protruberances on each side, which
when the tongue piece is bent come upon the solid sides and thus prevent the
tongue piece from being forcibly drawn out too far. If this arrangement be
adopted the sides of the body of the metal can, if desired, be bent forward so as
to form a guard for the protruberances of the tongue piece and 'thus prevent the
finger and thumb both pressing on opposite sides of the tongue piece at the
same time.
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C T.1 1001

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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and Means or Appliances for Attaching Braces. or
the like to Buttons or Studs.
We, EVAN EVANS of Denbigh Street, Llanrwst, in the County of Denbigh,
Ironmonger and JOHN DAVIS of Station Road, Llanrwst aforesaid, Draper, 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 :-
This invention has for its object an apparatus or appliance for attaching braces
or other articles to buttons or studs.
In the accompanying drawings:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the clip or fastening;
Figure 2, a back elevation';
Figure 3 a vertical section;
Figure 4 a vertical section showing the method of fastening;
Figure 5, a front view of a slightly modified form
Figure 6, a vertical section; and
Figure 7, a back view.
Referring first to Figures 1 to 4 inclusive :-
We stamp, preferably out of a single sheet of metal, a clip, consisting of a
combined semi-circular hook A, a spring or tongue piece B, and a buckle bar C,
round which latter the strap sewing or lashing of the braces D or other article
passos. is a button, and F the garment to which it is attached. The circular
hook A consists of a flat plate or semi-circular disc a, fitting over the face of the
button or stud, and having a series of projecting lips or a projecting rim a¹
hooked over in the form of a circular hook, so that, when the button is slid in,
between these projecting lips a' and the plate or disc a aforesaid, the button will
be held from escaping except in the direction of the tongue piece B and buckle
bar C.
The buckle bar C is preferably formed of the body of the metal bont over and
a piece cut out immediately in front of the bend. The body of the metal is
preferably made wider at this point to allow a sufficiently wide slot for the strap
sewing or lashing.
The spring tongue piece B is an extension of this bent over portion, and the
body of the metal is perforated for it at . The body of the tongue piece is bent
with a perpendicular face. This has to be forcibly pressed against the body of the
clip to allow the button to enter the hooked rim. The moment, therefore, the
button has passed, the spring tongue piece B is allowed to spring into its natural
normal position. The perpendicular face of the tongue piece prevents the button
from escaping from the hooked rim a'. The body of the metal is pressed outward
at G so that it forms a guard for the tongue piece, and, when the finger is
pressed on the tongue piece, the thumb can be on this guard G, or vice versa.
This prevents any chance of an inexperienced person pressing with the finger
on the back of the tongue piece and also with the thumb on the end of the
tongue piece, and thus defeating his object. Where the guard is used, this is
impossible.
:
Instead of making the spring tongue piece B an extension of the bent over
portion, it may be made of a separate piece of metal, and rivetted or otherwise
fixed to the body of the clip. Figures 5, 6 and 7 depict the tongue B stamped
out of the metal and bent with a perpendicular face opposite the semi-circular
hook A. This has to be forcibly pressed down to allow the button to enter or be
withdrawn from the hook. The buckle bar C is dispensed with, and, in its place,
the brace strap is secured by bending the edges of the clip c and pressing the

page_text: serrated portion into the strap. The tongue piece B is stamped with pro-
tuberances d on each side, which, when the tongue piece is bent, come upon the
solid sides of the body and thus prevent the tongue piece from being forcibly
drawn out too far.
The following are some of the advantages of the invention :-
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1. The semi-circular hook which clips on the button or stud does not reach or
touch the thread which attaches the button to the garment. The button is, there-
fore, not nearly so liable to come off.
2. It is a much easier and quicker way to attach the clip on to the button or
stud than to attach the ordinary brace straps to the button.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The improvement in clips or fastenings for attaching braces or other garments
to buttons or studs, which consists in forming them of a semicircular hook A fitting
over the face of the button or stud, a buckle bar or clip C for the strap sewing or
lashing and a spring tongue piece B for preventing the button or stud from
accidentally escaping from the hook.
2. In a clip or fastening, the combination of a hook A. consisting of a flat plate
with projecting lips a', the buckle bar C formed of the body of the metal bent over
and a piece cut out immediately in front of the bend, and the spring tongue piece B
formed out of the extension of said bent over portion, substantially as and for the
purpose described.
3. In a clip or fastening, the combination, with the hook A, of the serrated
clip e formed by the metal being bent over at the sides and into the strap, and
the spring tongue B, stamped out of the body of the metal and bent with a
perpendicular face opposite the semi-circular hook A, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 10th day of An- 1000
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, and London, Patent Agents.