Improvements in Studs, Solitaires, and other similar Articles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 17th June, 1889
Complete Specification Left 9th Aug. 1889-Accepted. 24th Aug.. 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Studs, Solitaires, and other similar Articles.
1, ALEXANDER BLACK, of 5 Mylne Street, Middleton Square, Clerkenwell, in the
County of Middlesex, Watchmaker and Jeweller, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention comprises certain improvements in studs, solitaires, and other
similar articles, which when adjusted will not crush or crumple the linen or other
material around the button hole of the shirt front, cuffs or other part.
According to this invention, I construct the base of the stud of one piece of thin
pliable metal, hent round upon itself twice, and left free so as to form an easy spring
or clip. One double edge is slightly flattened so that it may be quickly inserted in
the button hole, and the upper part of the spring or clip is somewhat shorter than the
underside so as to allow it to pass under the edge of the button hole when inserted.
Thus when the lower part of the spring is inserted through the button holes of the
cuffs, front etc., the metal will spring backwards and allow the whole of the base of
the stud &c. to pass through thereby making a far superior and quicker fastening than
those at present in use.
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CASTLE SMITH,
Per F. W. Golby,
"Invention " Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Studs, Solitaires, and other similar Artioles.
I, ALEXANDER BLACK, of 5 Mylne Street, Middleton Square, Clerkenwell, in the
County of Middlesex, Watchmaker and Jeweller, 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 comprises certain improvements in studs, solitaires and other similar
articles, which when adjusted will not crush or crumple the linen or other material
around the button hole of the shirt front, cuffs, or other part.
According to this invention I construct the fastening of one piece of thin pliable
metal, bent round upon itself twice, and left free so as to form an easy spring or clip.
One double edge is slightly flattened so that it may be quickly inserted in the button
hole, and the upper part of the spring or clip is somewhat shorter than the underside
so as to allow it to pass under the edge of the button hole when inserted. Thus when
the lower part of the spring is inserted through the button holes of the cuffs, front, etc.,
the metal will spring backwards and allow the whole of the fastening etc. to pass
through thereby making a far superior and quicker fastening than those at present
in use.
In the accompanying drawings, which are furnished in illustration of my invention,
Figure 1 shows a strip of metal before it is made up; Figure 2 shews it finished
ready for attachment to the head of a stud, solitaire, or to a button, military ornament,
or any other article to which a spring clip fastening may with advantage be attached,
and Figure 3 shews it with a stud-head attached and inserted in a shirt cuff as a
solitaire.
As will be seen by referring to Figure 1, the strip of metal is preferably made to
taper in the direction of its length although it may be flat. The thickest end A forms
the shank of the stud, solitaire or other article, the head of which is either rigidly or

page_text: detachably fastened thereto in any well known manner. The remainder of the strip
forms the fastening of the stud, solitaire or other article and is bent so as to be at
right angles or thereabouts to the shank A. The upper part B of the fastening is
curved upwards so as to form the arc of a circle of large radius, the strip is then
curved round upon itself and the part C is curved upwards, its curvature being about
equal and opposite to the curvature of B, until it reaches immediately beneath the
shank A. From here the part D, of equal length to the part C, is continued in a
straight line, or almost so, and is turned upwards and bent over on itself rather
sharply, the thin end E of the strip being slightly curved so that it lies close against
the part B when placed thereunder. The corner F is preferably nipped or indented
as at G, so as to give the end E an upward tendency and cause it to lie close against
the underside of B and thus form the spring clip. The corner F is made sufficiently
sharp to admit of easy insertion under the edge of the hole in the material.
Assuming that, as shewn in Figure 3, there is a stud, button, or other article
attached to the shank A, the corner F is first inserted in the button or other hole and
the fastening pressed endwise until the edge of the button or other hole is between
the parts E and B, when the other corner. H may be passed through the button or
other hole by pressing down the shank A. One edge of the hole then lies on the
upper side of E, and the other edge on the upper side of B. To release the clip it is
simply necessary to press the stud or other article to one side and allow one edge of
the button or other hole to pass between the parts E and B, when the corner H may
be drawn up and the other corner F released by simply sliding the fastening in the
opposite direction.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The construction, from a strip of metal, of a fastening and shank for studs,
solitaires, or other articles to which a spring clip fastening may with advantage be
attached, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth and illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 9th day of August 1889.
CASTLE SMITH,
Per F. W. Golby,
"Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.