IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENERS FOR GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1885

page_text: I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, and Co Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the
nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENERS FOR GLOVES AND OTHER
ARTICLES " and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to a fastener for gloves and other articles, and comprises
the improvements hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawing.
Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank for forming what I term the cap or head of
the socket member of the fastener.
Figure 2 represents the cap struck or formed from this blank.
Figure 3 shows the shape of a blank from which the socket part of the socket
member of the fastener is made.
Figure 4 shows in section a socket part made from such blank.
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Figure 5 represents in vertical section the two parts of the socket member
fastener connected together upon or to the material upon which it is used.
Figures 6 and 7 show in section modified forms hereinafter described.
Figure 8 is a plan of a blank used in making the cap shown in section Figure 9.
Figure 10 is a plan of a blank used in making the crown piece or interior cap
shown in Figure 11.
Figure 12 is an elevation of a rivet.
Figure 13 represents the rivet secured to the inner cap.
Figure 14 shows the inner and outer caps in their relative positions.
Figure 15 shows them fastened together.
Figure 16 shows in section the socket used with the compound cap shown in
Figure 15.
Figures 17 and 18 represent the compound cap and the socket part fastened
together upon the material

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Figures 19 and 20 represent caps having soft metal fastenings projecting from
the inner surfaces thereof, by which fastening the socket members of the fastenings
are secured in place.
Figures 21 and 22 show the fastening struck down from the metal of the cap
and in the shape of a prong.
Figure 23 represents in section a compound cap covered with cloth or other
flexible material.
Figure 24 represents a vertical section of a stud forming the other member of the
fastening.
Figure 25 shows it secured to the material:
Figures 26, 27, 28 and 29 represent other forms of studs.
Figure 30 shows the two members of the fastening together.
The improved fastener is composed of two parts or sections A, B; the section A
of the fastening comprises, or is made of, two principal parts first, the socket piece,
and, second, the cap or part for fastening it in position.
The socket or section for receiving and holding the section B of the fastening is
disposed upon the under surface of the material to which it is attached, or to
present its opening upon the under side thereof, and it is held in place to the
inaterial by a cap or covering piece which is disposed upon the upper surface of
the material and which carries a fastening by which the two parts are secured
together and to the material.
There are a number of ways of constructing this member of the fastening, and
Figures 1 to 7 inclusive represent one form of construction, and figures 9 to 23
inclusive another form.
In the first named form a represents the piece or part which I call a socket.
This socket is struck up from the disc a' to the shape shown in Figure 4, and has
the yielding inwardly extending lips, flanges or sides a³, around the opening a³;
it also has the hole a through its top for the reception of the fastening device
hereinafter specified. This socket is disposed upon the under surface of the
inaterial C, upon which it is used, as shown in Figures 5, 6 and 7, and is secured
thereto by the cap D which is, preferably, struck from the blank d to the shape
shown in Figure 2, and is provided with a downwardly extending eyelet, d¹. The
said cap is disposed or placed upon the upper surface of the material in fastening
the socket in place, as represented in Figure 5, the eyelet d' entering the hole
formed in the material and the hole, a' of the socket, and its lower edge being
folded over or upset upon the under surface of the socket, as shown in Figure 5,
the material being between the upper surface of the socket and the under surface
of the cap.
In lieu of the eyelet integral with the cap, a separate eyelet, rivet or prong d²,
supported by the cap, as represented in Figures 6 and 7 and adapted to pass
through a hole in the socket and to be upset or clinched upon the under surface
thereof may be used; or a prong formed integral with the cap by striking down
a section thereof may be used; or the cap may support any other form of fastening
device for connecting it with the socket. In lieu of attaching the fastening to, or
fastening it upon, the cap, it may be attached to or formed upon a separate crown
piece or enclosed cap E as represented in Figures 9 to 23 inclusive adapted to be
covered by the cap, as shown in Figures 14 to 23 inclusive.
The cap, if desired, may be covered with cloth, leather, or any other flexible
material, and in Figure 23 I have represented it as so covered, F being the cloth.or
flexible covering or surface, the edges of which are fastened in place between the
inner surface of the turned in flange of the cap and the lower edge of the inclosed
cap or crown piece.
The section B of the fastening has, preferably, a rounded head b, above the
neck b. This head may be made solid with a tubular sleeve b³, as shown in
Figures 24, 25 and 30 in which event it is secured to the material with a washer
upon the upper surface thereof, as indicated in Figures 25 and 30 and a wasber
upon the under surface, the lower edge of the sleeve being upset upon the under
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page_text: surface of the lower washer; or it may be made from a cap eyelet G as represented
in Figure 26, the cap eyelet having a flange g which bears upon the under surface
of the material. When a washer g¹ is used, as represented in Figures 26 and 27,
end pressure applied to the cap eyelet will cause it to assume the shape shown in
Figure 27.
In Figure 28 two cap eyelets are used one with a flange resting upon the upper
surface of the material, and the other with a flange adapted to bear upon the under
surface and inserted into the cavity of the first. By end pressure in a suitable
holder these eyelets are caused to assume the shape shown in Figure 29.
I do not, confine myself to the especial form of stud described, as any stud
adapted to enter the opening of the socket and to be enclosed by its yielding lips
or sides, may be employed.
In use the member A of the fastening is secured to one section of the material
on which it is to be used, in proper place, and the section B is secured to the
material in proper place, and by bringing the entrance to the socket over the
member B and pressing it down thereon the two parts are caused to come together
as represented in Figure 30. The lips or yielding sides closing upon the neck of.
the stud and the enlarged part of the stud being contained within the socket.
separate the parts it is simply necessary to draw or pull upon one edge of the
section A.
To
It will be seen that the socket member is so enclosed by the cap and material to
which it is fastened that its lower surface or edge projects but little, if at all, below
the under surface of the material to which it is secured.
It will be observed that by constructing the socket member of the device as
herein described, and fastening it as herein indicated, very small sockets may be
employed, and that they, as well as those of larger size, are very strongly secured
or fastened to the material, as little or none of the material is removed in applying
either member of the fastening thereto and as a comparatively large area of the
material is clamped between the upper surface of the socket and the under surface
of the cap, forming a large holding surface.
The advantages of the invention arise, first, from the cheapness of its construc-
tion; second, from its efficiency in use; third from the readiness with which it can
be applied; and, fourth, from its neat and ornamental appearance.
It has also all the characterizing features of a button, and is capable of ornamenta-
tion in various manners; in fact, it more closely resembles a button, in use and
application, than any other fastening, while at the same time it possesses many
advantages over a button and button hole for practical use; it therefore is adapted
for all uses to which a button and button hole can be put.
I do not confine myself to placing the socket member upon the under surface
and the cap upon the outer surface of the material, as the positions may be reversed
if desired, but for general purposes this is the best arrangement.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is
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First. A member of a fastening for gloves and other articles, comprising a socket
or other equivalent device, having yielding grasping lips, flanges or sides disposed
around a receiving opening; and a cap or head, bearing or holding a securing
device, for covering the socket and fastening it in place, substantially as described.
Second. A member of a fastening device, comprising two parts, one of which has
yielding lips, flanges or sides disposed around a receiving opening, and is adapted
to be placed upon one surface of the material, and the other of which is a cap or
head adapted to be placed upon the other surface of the material to cover the
socket and to fasten it in place by means of a connecting eyelet, rivet, or other
fastening, all as described.
Third. A member of a fastening device having a socket provided with grasping
lips, flanges or sides disposed around a central receiving opening, and adapted to be

page_text: secured to one surface of the material upon which it is used; and a cap or head
disposed upon the other side of the material and adapted to cover and hold the
socket in place, which cap is covered with cloth, or other flexible material, substan-
tially as described.
Fourth. A member of a fastening device having the cap or head, enclosing a
shell, disposed upon one surface of the material, and a socket, having grasping
yielding flanges, sides or lips disposed. around a central opening, and fastened by
an eyelet, rivet, or other fastening device to said shell or cap, all substantially as
described.
Fifth. The combination in a member of a fastening device, of a socket having
yielding, grasping lips, flanges, or sides disposed about a receiving opening, a cap
or head for fastening the same in place, as specified, and a connecting eyelet, rivet,
or other fastening, substantially as described.
Sixth. The combination of a member of a fastening device having yielding or
spring grasping lips, flanges or jaws disposed about a receiving opening, and
fastened in place by a cap or head, and a connecting device, with the second
member of the device, comprising a stud or projection adapted to enter the receiving
opening of the first part and to be held by its grasping lips, flanges, or sides, all
substantially as specified.