IMPROVEMENTS IN "FASTENERS FOR SECURING GLOVES, BELTS, BOOTS AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Kenworthy Dutton of the City of Manchester
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in the County of Lancaster Patent Agent for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS
IN "FASTENERS FOR SECURING GLOVES, BELTS, BOOTS AND OTHER ARTICLES
communicated to him from abroad by Carl August Pfenning of Barmen
Rittershausen Rhenish Prussia in the Empire of Germany
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by tho said Edward Kenworthy Dutton at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th August 1883.
EDWARD KENWORTHY DUTTON, of the City of Manchester in the County of
Lancaster, Patent Agont, "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENERS FOR SECURING GLOVES,
BELTS, BOOTS AND OTHER ARTICLES " communicated to me from abroad by Carl
August Pfenning, of Barmen-Rittershausen, Rhenish Prussia, in the Empire of
Germany.
This Invention relates to the fasteners to be used in lieu of buttons or buckles for
securing gloves, gaiters, boots, belts, purses, bags and other articles and for similar
purposes. In the case of each fastener an eyelet or loop upon one part is passed
over the upper end of a stud which is provided with a yielding bolt or with bolts
which project outwardly to prevent the accidental disengagement of the fastening.
Referring to the drawings attached hereto Fig 1 is a perspective view of the
fastening Fig 2 is a sectional view of the same and Fig 3 is a plan. In the said
Figs a is the said stud which is soparately represented by Figs 7 to 9.
The said
stud is rounded at the top and is formed with a hole in which is inserted a bolt b
which is formed with a rounded head. Upon the shank i of the bolt is mounted
a spiral spring f, the pressure of which spring tends to force the bolt outward.
To prevent the bolt from being forced out of the hole o the margin of the hole or
the rough edge usually resulting from the drilling operation is bent, beaten or
pressed in ward after the bolt and spring have been placed in position so as to
cause the margin of the hole to become slightly less than the greatest diameter of
the bolt head which is thus prevent from leaving the hole in the stud. The
length of the shank i is such as to permit of the bolt 6 being pushed entirely
within the hole o. To provide for the attachment of the stud a to the material
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page_text: the said stud is formed with a shank g which is made hollow or is bored conically
or cylindrically as seen in Figs 8 and 9. A recessed washer 8 shewn in Figs 11
and 12 is laid on the material and the shank g having been passed through tho
washer and material a similar washer 8 is applied to the other side and the hollow
shank is splayed or hammered or pressed outward so as to grip and bind together
the material and the washers thus forming a solid and secure attachment. In the
material of the other part which is to be secured is fixed an eyelet e having an eye
slightly larger than the diameter of the stud. When the eyelet e is passed over
the stud a the bolt yields and allows the eyelet to pass over the rounded head b
but being immediately thrust out again by the pressure of the spring prevents the
return of the eyelet without the exercise of force. Figs 4 and 5 illustrate a
modification wherein attached plates p are used instead of inserted eyelets.
Fig 6 shows a modification in the construction of the fastener wherein the boro
of the hole in the stud extends through and contains two bolts one having a hollow
shank in which the shank of the other bolt slides. A head b is presented at
each side of the fastener and a spring ƒ forces the bolts apart and as in the former
instanco the bore is slightly contracted at each end so as to keep the studs from
being forced out or other suitable means may be used in either case. One, two, or
more of these fastenings may be used as may be desirable.
Having now fully set forth and indicated the nature of the said Invention and
the manner in which the same is carried into effect I would state that I claim on
behalf of my Foreign correspondent. -
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First. The fastener in which an eye or eyelet is passed over a stud in which is
a yielding bolt or part acted upon by a spring and having a projecting head which
offers. resistance to the disengagement of the parts substantially as and for the
purposes set forth and indicated hereinbefore and in the accompanying drawings.
Secondly. The modification wherein the stud is provided with two bolts having
shanks sliding one within the other substantially as set forth and indicated with
reference to Fig 6 of the drawings.
And lastly. The method of securing the studs to the material by means of a
hollow shank passing through the material and through recessed eyelets and
splayed out over the back eyelet substantially as set forth and indicated.
In witness whereof I the said Edward Kenworthy Dutton have hereunto set my
hand and seal this seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-three
EDWARD IZ DUTTON