IMPROVED FASTENINGS FOR SHIRT AND COLLAR STUDS SOLITAIRES, DRESS OFEARING
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Owen of number 38 Vyso Street Birmingham in
the County of Warwick Manufacturing Jeweller for an Invention of
IMPROVED FASTENINGS FOR SHIRT AND COLLAR STUDS SOLITAIRES, DRESS
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Owen at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th June 1883.
HENRY OWEN of N° 38 Vyse Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Manufacturing Jeweller IMPROVED FASTENINGS FOR SHIRT AND COLLAR STUDS
SOLITAIRES DRESS AND GLOVE FASTENERS AND OTHER KINDS OF WEARING
APPAREL -
It consists of a stud in two parts namely a front or top part and a back or
lower part The back or lower part consists of a disc having a tube or neck in
the centre with a spring or springs in or on the sides of the tube or neck which
also has a collar or rim at the upper end for the purposo of buttoning over the
folds of shirt fronts neck bands cuffs Wristbands or other garments in such a
manner that they will remain securely fastened until the top or front part of the
Stud can be put on-The top or front part consists also of a disc with a wire
stem in the centre of a proper size to fit the tube or neck on the back or lower.
part and which wire stem has one or more notch or catch to correspond with and
fit the Spring or Springs in or on the side of the tube or neck of the back or
lower part When the folds of the Garment have been buttoned over the tube or
neck of the back or lower part, the front or top part is affixed by inserting the
wire stem in the tube or neck of the lower part and is made firm and secure by
being pressed downwards-The front of the Stud can be taken off by a slight
downward pressure and turning round of the top at the same time whereby the
Springs are released from the notches or catches thus avoiding the inconvenience
and unsightly appearance of pushers on the front of the stud

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, and
of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, filed by the said Henry Owen in the
Patent Office on the 4th January 1884.
HENRY OWEN formerly_of_38-Vyse-Street,-Birmingham-in-the-County-of-
Warwick but now of N° 72 Great Hampton Street, Birmingham aforesaid
Manufacturing Jeweller "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR SHIRT AND COLLAR
STUDS, SOLITAIRES DRESS AND GLOVE FASTENERS, AND OTHER KINDS OF WEARING
APPAREL
"
My Invention relates to collar shirt and other studs and snaps solitaires slecve
links glove and other dress fastenings, consisting essentially of two parts, and
when in use, are connected together by a peg or stem on the one part taking or
engaging within a tube on the other part the combined tube and stem pass
through the button hole or holes of an article of dress. I will describe my
Invention as applied to a Sleeve link or solitaire. The back or lower part consists
of a disc of metal in the centre of which, a hollow stem is fixed. This hollow
stein has a spring like tongue or tongues bending inwards, and formed out of the
metal of the sides of the said stem which has a terminal collar or annular flange at
its suminit for the purpose of buttoning over the folds of the shirt front, neck
band Wrist-Band or other garment in such a manner that they will remain
securely fastened until the top or front part of the stud can be put on or affixed
to the other part. The top or front part consists of a disc with a peg or stem in
its contre, of a suitable size to properly fit or take into the hollow stem of the
back part; the said peg or stem has near its end, one or more notches or
depressions into which the free end of the spring tongue or tongues tako or
engage therewith for securely fastening or connecting the two parts of the sleeve
link together. To fasten the sleeve link, the folds of the Garment are buttoned
over the hollow stem of the back part; the front part is affixed or fastened by
inserting the solid wire peg or stem into the said hollow stem of the back part
and the two parts are thereby securely locked or fastened together. The sleeve
link is unfastened by slightly rotating or twisting the front part, so as to remove
the notches from out of contact with the ends of the spring tongues whereby the
parts can be readily separated. By the arrangement described unsightly pushers
commonly employed in such like dress fastenings are entirely dispensed with.
I will proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawing the manner
in which the same is to be performed. Figure 1 shows in clevation, a sleeve link,
the parts of which are arranged and combined according to my Invention the
two parts of the sleeve link being connected together. Figure 2. shows the same
in vertical section. Figure 3. shows a section only of the lower part and it also
shows the spring tongues or catches removed from the notches in the stem and
ready to be withdrawn. Figure 4 is a traverse section on the line A B Figure 2.
Figure 5 shows the parts separately and Figure 6 the same as figure 5 in Section.
Figure 7 is a traverso section of the stem part across the notches and the other
view is a plan of the bottom part Figure 8 represents the blank for making up
the hollow stem figure 9, Figure 10 represents a collar stud and figure 11 a cross
section of the stem of a collar or other stud having three notches or facets on the
stem as described A is the front part and B the back part of the solitaire or
sleeve link, C is the stem of the front A and C2 C2 are notches or indentations
formed on opposite sides of the said stein, D is the hollow stem of the part B
and D2 D2 are spring tongues or catches on opposite sides which take into o
engage within the corresponding notches or depressions C³ C on the stem C

page_text: Ds is the terminal collar or annular flange for retaining that part of the solitaire
within the button holes of the article to which it is or may be attached. To
fasten the two parts of the solitaire or sleeve link figures 5 and 6 together and
also to fasten the ends of wrist bands or cuffs together the hollow stem D with its
terminal collar D³ is passed through the button holes of the cuff. The solid
stem C of the part A is then insorted or introduced into the hollow stem D of
the part B and pushed home when the terminal ends of the spring tongues D³ D³
snap into and engage with the corresponding depression or notches C³ C³ that is
the ends of the springs snap over the shoulder like part C³ of the said notches and
thereby provent their withdrawal. The two parts A and B are thereby securely
fastened together as shown at figures 1. 2, and 4 of the drawings. To unfasten
or separate the two parts as described the part A is slightly rotated removing the
ends of the spring tongues from out of their notches and from in front of the
shoulders C³ ³ as shown at figure 3 of the drawing the parts are now unfastened
and can be separated by withdrawing the parts from each other. The hollow
stem and its collar D, D³ is produced by subjecting the blank figure 8 to a series
of drawing through processes and afterwards upsetting the top thereof into the
collar D as described and represented. Although I have only described my
Invention as applied to a solitaire or sleave link and collar stud yet my said
Invention is equally applicable to glove and other dress fastenings and ornaments.
Having described the nature of my Invention and the manner in which the same
is to be performed I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to tho
preciso details as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing but I
clain. First. Improvements in Shirt and Collar studs, sleeve links snaps glove
and other similar dress fastenings that is to say the stem C with one two or more
depressions facets or notches C arranged round tho said stem of the one part
while the hollow or tubular stem D of the other part has corresponding spring
tongue like catches D³ which engage with the shoulder of the notch or notches being
operated and working substantially in the way as described and illustrated. The
releasing of the fastening being effected by twisting or slightly rotating the one
part so as to disongage the spring catches as described and set forth. Secondly.
Producing tubular stems with one or more spring tongue like catches as described
and illustrated by drawing through processes and afterwards upsetting the metal of
the top for forming the collar thereof In witness whereof I tho said Henry Owen
have hereunto set my hand and scal this thirtieth day of November in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty three
HENDY OWN
.
Witness.
WILLIAM OWEN
Sol
88 Colmore Row
Birmingham
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