NEW OR IMPROVED FASTENINGS FOR ARTICLES OF DRESS, AND FOR FASTENING BELTS AND BANDS GENERALLY
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Nehemiah Brough, of Birmingham, in the County.
of Warwick, Tool Maker, and George Thomas Kilby, of Birmingham,.
aforesaid, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "NEW OR IMPROVED
FASTENINGS FOR ARTICLES OF DRESS, AND FOR FASTENING BELTS AND BANDS
GENERALLY."
Sealed the 19th April 1861, and dated the 29th October 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Nehemiah Brough, and
George Thomas Kilby at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 29th October 1860.
We, NEHEMIAH BROUGH, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Tool
Maker, and GEORGE THOMAS KILBY, of Birmingham aforesaid, Manufacturer
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "NEW OR IMPROVED
FASTENINGS FOR ARTICLES OF DRESS, AND FOR FASTENING BELTS AND BANDS
GENERALLY," to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists, firstly, of a fastening constructed as follows:-The
said fastening consists essentially of two parts, which are made, by preference,
from sheet metal. One of the said parts consists of a plate from which an
elliptical, circular, or other shaped piece is cut, a bar being left across the
middle of the opening. The other part consists of a piece of nearly the same
external shape as the inner shape of the former. The last-described part is"
bent or folded at or near its middle, around the bar of the other part; upon.
which it turns as an axis.

page_text: We will describe the use of this fastening as applied to a brace. The lower
end of the brace is attached to the moveable part, and the other part of the
brace is passed under the top side of the fixed part over the bar or axis, and
under the lower side and between the said lower side and the edge of the
moveable part. The length of the brace having been adjusted, the extention
or pulling of the two parts of the brace causes the moveable part of the fasten-
ing to grasp the brace firmly between its edge and that of the lower side of the
fixed part. This part of our Invention is particularly applicable aşa fastening
for braces and garters.
Our Invention consists, secondly, of a fastening for securing the ends of
waist bands or belts constructed as follows:-The said fastening is made from
sheet metal, and consists of two parts, one of which is broader than the other,
and has side ears or projections, which are bent or doubled over into a plane
parallel to that of the other portion of the said part. The other part is flat
and expanded at its end. It engages under the ears in the first-described part,
the expanded end coming against the said ears secures it in its place.
Our Invention consists, thirdly, of a fastening forsecuringand adjusting the
ends of mill or other bands and belts constructed as follows:-A metallic
frame fitting closely on one end of the band or belt, and capable of sliding
freely thereon, has a transverse opening cut therein, and at the opening a flap
or plate is jointed, the said flap or plate is capable of lying flat upon the band,
or of being raised perpendicular thereto. On the axis of the said flap and on
the under side a pin or tongue is situated. The end of the band passing
through the frame is perforated with holes, in one of which the said tongue
enters or engages when the flap is brought into a horizontal position. The
other end of the band is fastened to the said flap, and in order to unfasten the
two ends of the band, the one end attached to the flap only requires to be
raised nearly perpendicular to the other end of the band, when the pin or
tongue is raised from the hole, and the two ends are disconnected. Where the
band or belt is very broad, the axis of the flap may be provided with two or
more pins or tongues, the said hand or belt having a corresponding number of
holes made in it.
Although we have described the first part of our Invention as particularly
applicable to braces and garters, the second part of our Invention as applicable
as a fastening for waist belts, and the third part of our Invention as applicable
to the fastening of mill and other bands, and parts of harness, yet we do not
limit the application of the different parts of our Invention to the fastening of
particular articles.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Nehemiah Brough and George Thomas Kilby in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 23rd April 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, NEHEMIAH
BROUGH, of Birmingham,in the County of Warwick, Tool Maker,and GEORGE
THOMAS KILBY, of Birmingham aforesaid, Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-fourth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and graut unto us, the
said Nehemiah Brough and George Thomas Kilby, Her special licence, that
we, the said Nehemiah Brough and George Thomas Kilby, our executors, ad-
ministrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said Nehemiah Brough and
George ThomasKilby, ourexecutors, administrators, andassigns,should atany
time agree with, and no others, from time to time aud at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "NEW OR IMPROVED
FASTENINGS FOR ARTICLES OF DRESS AND FOR FASTENING BELTS AND BANDS
GENERALLY," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said Nehemiah
Brough and George Thomas Kilby, our executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under our or their hands and seals, or under the hand
and seal of one of us or them, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Thomas Kilby, on behalf of
myself and the said Nehemiah Brough, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be par-
ticularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof,
that is to say:-
Our Invention consists, firstly, of a fastening for braces, belts, and garters,
and for other like purposes, constructed in themauner herein-after described
and illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, of the accompanying
Drawings.
Figure 1 represents in plan, a brace fastening constructed according to this
part of our Invention; Figure 2 represents a transverse section of the same;

page_text: and Figure 3 represents a transverse section of the same, with a portion of a
brace applied thereto; Figures 4 and 5 represent separate portions of the
same.
The said fastening consists of two parts a and b, made by preference from
sheet metal. Thepart a is shewn separately in plan and edge view in Figure 4,
and the part b is shewn separately in plan and edge view in Figure 5. The
part a consists of a plate from which semi-elliptical pieces are cut, thereby
forming a frame c, c2, with a bar d across the opening in the said frame. The
other part b consists of a piece of nearly the same external shape as the inner
shape of the part . The said pari b is bent or folded at or about its middle
around the bar d of the part a, upon which said bar d the part b turns as an
axis, as best seen in Figures 2 and 3. The lower end e of the brace, or that
part which is connected with the button or buttons on the garment is attached
to the loop fof the moveable part b,and the other part or band g of the brace
is passed under the part cover the bar or axis d, and under the part 2 of the
part a, and between the part c2 and edge of the tongue 6, the said tongue
being formed by folding or doubling the part 6 as before explained. The
length of the brace having been adjusted, the extention or pulling of the two
parts e, g,of the brace causes the moveable part to grasp the band g between
its tongue 2 and the part 2 of the frame c, c², of the fixed portion of the
fastening, as seen in Figure 3. The brace is thus fixed in its adjusted position
In order to lengthen or shorten the brace, the part g of the brace is lifted, the
part c² of the frame is thereby separated from the tongue b, and the fastening
can be moved on the said brace to the required position. By loosing the part g2
the brace becomes fixed; instead of giving an elliptical figure to the parts a
and 6 of the fastening, they may have a circular or other shape, and be orna-
mented in desired
any
way.
Figure 6 represents in plan a belt or band fastening, made according to this
part of our Invention; and Figure 7 represents a garter fastening, made
according to this part of our Invention. In these fastenings, one end of the
belt or band is secured to the loop h of the part i, and the other and free end
of the belt or band is passed through the fixed part k, in the mauner described
with reference to the brace fastening, Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. The action
of the belt and garter fastenings, Figures 6 and 7, is the same as that of the
brace fastening already described.
Our Invention consists, secondly, of a fastening for securing the ends of
waistbands, belts, and garters, and for such like purposes, constructed in the
manner herein-after explained and illustrated in Figures 8, 9, and 10 of the
Drawings.

page_text: Figure 8 represents in plan and edge views the back of a garter fastening
made according to this part of our Invention, the two parts of the fastening
being disconnected; and Figure 9 represents in plan the two parts fastened
together, the said fastening consists of two parts l, m, made froin sheet metal
and connected by the loops P, m³, to the opposite ends of the band to be
fastened. The part is broader than the part m, and has side ears or projec-
tions n, n. (best seen in the edge view at o, Figure 8,) which are bent or
doubled over into a plane parallel to that of the part 1. The other part m is
flat and has an expanded end m³. In connecting together the two parts of this
fastening the part m is placed upon the part 7, the part m is brought under the
ears n, n, and the expanded end m³ made to bear against the said ears n, n.
The two parts of the fastening are thus secured together.
Figure 10 represents in plan the back of a waistband or belt fastening made
according to this part of our Invention. In this fastening the ears n, n, are
placed at the end of the part 7 instead of at the middle thereof as in the garter
fastening last described. The parts of the said belt fastening, Figure 10, are
marked with the same letters as corresponding parts in Figures 8 and 9. The
fastenings Figures 8, 9, and 10 are cut out and raised from sheet metal in the
ordinary manner. The said fastenings may be varied in shape and ornamented
in any desired manner.
Our Invention consists, thirdly, of fastenings for securing and adjusting the
ends of mill or other bands and belts for braces, traces, and other parts of
harness, and for other purposes, herein-after particularly described and illus-
trated in Figures 11 to 23, both inclusive, of the accompanying Drawings.
Figure 11 represents in plan, and Figure 12 in edge view, a fastening con-
structed according to this part of our Invention as applied to a brace for
adjusting the length of the same. Figure 13 represents a front view of the
fastening separated from the brace, and Figure 14 is an end elevation of the
same. Figure 1 represents the fastening and portion of the brace in section
p is a small metallic frame sliding on the brace q, in which said frame a flap »
carrying a pin or tongue s works. In the front of the frame p is a hole, in
which the piu or tongue s may be made to enter, and the said tongue be
removed therefrom by raising or depressing the flap r. To the said flap the
lower part of the brace is secured. The end of the brace y passing through
the frame P is perforated with holes, as represented, in one of which the
pin or tongues enters, as represented in Figures 11 and 12, and fixes
the brace in that position. By raising the part of the brace the flap r is
turned on its joint, and the tongue s brought out of the holes in the frame
and brace q, as represented in the section, Figure 15. The brace can now be

page_text: moved freely in the frame p to the required distance, when by depressing the
flap the tongues is made to enter the hole in the brace y and fix the said
brace.
When we take the fastening last described for fastening traces and other
parts of harness, we modify it in the manner represented in edge view in
Figure 18 A, of the Drawings, that is to say, we make the frame p² sliding on
the strap 2 much broader and longer, so that it can be moved freely on the
strap, the said frame surrounding the strap on both sides of the joint. The
action of the fastening, Figure 13 A, is the same as that described in Figures
11,12,13, 14, and 15. By the use of the fastening Figure 13 A; the traces and
parts
s of harness can be fastened and unfastened with great facility, and
when fastened great security is obtained.
other
Figure 16 represents in plan a fastening constructed according to our In-
vention as applied to a mill band. Figures 17 and 18 represent vertical
sections of the same, and Figure 19 represents an edge view of the same;
Figure 20 represents a front view of the fastening separately, and Figure 21
represents a plan of the under side of the same. The said fastening consists
of a metallic frane u fitting closely on one end of the band v, and capable of
sliding freely thereon. The upper face of the said frame u has a transverse
opening at w, in which opening a flap or plate a works, being jointed to the
frame u. The flap or plate a is rivetted to the opposite end of the band or
belt.
The said flap or plate is capable of lying parallel with the band v,
as represented in Figures 16, 17, and 19, or of being raised and thrown back,
as shewn in Figure 18. On the axis of the said flap and on the under side
a pin or tongue y is situated. On the under side of the frame is a hole, in
which the pin or tongue y engages when the flap is made to lie flat upon the
band. The end of the band v passing through the frame is perforated with
holes 2, 2, in one of which the pin or tongue y enters when the flap is made to
lie on the said band », and thus fixes or fastens the two ends of the band
together. In order to lengthen or shorten the band or disconnect the two ends
of the band, it is only necessary to raise the flap, the pin or tongue y is
thereby raised from the holes in the band vand frame u, and the said band can
be moved in the frame u and adjusted. By depressing the flap it is made to
fix the band in the adjusted position.
When the frame of the fastening is required to possess great strength, the
opening in which the flap works is made through the centre of the frame, the
metal of the said frame being on either side of the opening.
A fastening made according to this modification is represented in plan in
Figure 22, with its flap depressed, and in plan, in Figure 23, with its flap raised.

page_text: When the band or belt is very broad, the axis of the flap may be provided
with two or more pins or tongues, the said band or belt having a corresponding
number of holes made across it.
Although we have described the first part of our Invention as particularly
applicable to braces, belts, and garters, the second part of our Invention as
applicable as a fastening for waistbands, belts, and garters, and the third part
of our Invention as applicable to the fastening of braces of mill and other
bands and parts of harness, yet we do not limit the application of the different
parts of our Invention to 'the fastening of particular articles.
Having now described the nature of our Invention, and the manner of
carrying the same into effect, we wish it to be understood that we do not limit
ourselves to the precise details herein described and represented, as the same
may be varied without departing from the nature of our Invention; but we
claim as our Invention,-
Firstly, a new or improved fastening for braces, belis, and garters, and for
fastening such other articles as the same is or may be applicable to constructed
substantially in the manner herein-before described and illustrated in Figures
to 7, both inclusive of the accompanying Drawings.
Secondly, a new or improved fastening for fastening belts and garters, and
for fastening such other bands, as the same is or may be applicable to, con-
structed substantially in the manner herein-before described and illustrated in
Figures 8, 9, and 10 of the accompanying Drawings.
Thirdly, new or improved fastenings for fastening braces, traces, and other
parts of harness, and mill bands or belts, and for such other purposes as the
said fastenings are or may be applicable to, constructed substantially in the
manner herein-before described and illustrated in Figures 11 to 23, both
inclusive, of the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Thomas Kirby, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of April, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
Witness,
GEORGE SHAW.
GEORGE THOMAS KILBY. (L.S.)