IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR SCARVES
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Eli Hewitt of Holloway Road in the County of
Middlesex for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR SCARVES
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Eli Hewitt at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th March 1883.
ELI HEWITT of Holloway Road in the County of Middlesex IMPROVEMENTS
IN FASTENINGS FOR SCARVES AND TIES
This Invention relates to improvements in fastenings for scarves and ties and
has for its object to prevent the scarf or tie riding up out of its place thus causing
both annoyance and discomfort to the wearer which has hitherto only been
avoidable by securing the scarf or tie by one or more pins which are not only
troublesome but quickly fray out and destroy the band of the scarf or tie
By the use of my improved fastener these various disadvantages are entirely
obviated at the same time that it is simple in construction and can be manufactured
at a merely nominal cost
Such improved fastener consists of a base plate provided on its upper edge with
a flange either curved or straight as preferred and having suitable holes drilled
therein to allow of its being sewn on to the back of the scarf or tie
Fitted to the bottom of such base plate is a hinged tongue piece to which a
tongue plate is soldered or otherwise fastened-This tongue plate has a suitable
orifice formed therein sufficiently large to permit the head of the collar stud to be
easily inserted therein-while in order to prevent the stud working loose-such
orifice terminates on its upper side in a recess wherein the shank of the stud
lodges while the head of the stud either rests upon or is passed underneath the
rim of the flange formed on the upper edge of the base plate
Such tongue plate is also fitted with any suitable spring either metallic or
otherwise so that when pressed upwards it snaps to with a clip action against such
flange and so securely holds the stud and precludes all possibility of the scarf
or tie riding up thereby greatly contributing to the comfort and convenience of
the wearer

page_text: Or instead of the construction already described such fastener may be made of a
single piece of metal rolled sufficiently to possess the requisite elasticity to ensure
the clip action already described
Or any other suitable method of making my improved fastener may be adopted
which carries out the principle of my invention;-such principle being the
securing the scarf or tie to the head of the collar stud by means of a clip fastener
in such a manner that it is impossible for such scarf or tie to ride up out of
position
Another advantage of my invention is that it dispenses with the necessity of
a band to the scarf or tie when turn down Collars are worn, as my improved Clip
Fastener makes the Scarf or tie perfectly secure without the trouble of putting the
band under the Collar
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page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent and of
an Order of the Lord Chancellor filed by the said Eli Hewitt in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 11th September 1883.
ELI HEWITT of Holloway Road in the County of Middlesex IMPROVEMENTS
IN FASTENINGS FOR SCARVES AND TIES
This Invention relates to an improved spring clip fastener for scarves and ties
and has for its object to prevent the scarf or tie riding up out of its place thus
causing both annoyance and discomfort to the wearer which has hitherto only
been avoidable by securing the scarf or tie by one or more pins which are not only
troublesome but quickly fray out and destroy the hand of the Scarf or tie
By the use of my improved fastener these various disadvantages are entirely
obviated at the same time that it is simple in construction and can be manufactured
at a merely nominal cost
And in order that my said invention may be better understood and readily
carried into effect I will now with the aid of the accompanying drawings whereon
similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts proceed to particularly
describe the same
Such improved fastener consists of a single piece of rolled thin sheet metal or
of a double wire of any suitable quality and substance and is made in the following
manner.
I take a tongue shaped piece of metal a wherein I make suitable perforations b
to allow of the fastener being sewn to the scarf or tie-I then cut or stamp out in
such plate a slot c and so form an outer tongue d-and an inner tongue e-I
then make a vertical groove f in the base of the plate in which groove I cut out a
recess g;-after which I make suitable horizontal grooves or indentations on both
tongues I then turn up the lower ends of such tongues and so complete the
fastener which is then sewn on to the back of the scarf or tie
The operation of my invention is as follows:-After the collar stud is passed
through the neck band of the shirt,-press the head of such stud up between the
outer and inner tongues when it passes over a shoulder formed in the middle of
the inner tongue by one of the before mentioned horizontal grooves and lodges in
a recess formed in the tip of such tongue by another of such grooves as shewn
in Figure 4. where it is securely held by the clip action of the outer tongue while
the recess g affords the necessary space for the play of the inner tongue when
compressed
Figures 5 and 6 shew a simpler form of such fastener wherein the inner tongue e
is dispensed with while the outer tongue d plays against a shoulder h formed by a
groove i in the back of the plate
Figures 7 and 8 shew such fastener made in wire,-the two ends of such wire
which is double being formed into tongues de while the middle is bent so as to
form two shoulders k-The tip of the tongue e is also bent so as to form a
recess wherein the head of the stud lodges and is held by the clip action of the
tongue d
One advantage of my invention is that it dispenses with all necessity for a band
to the scarf or tie where turn-down collars are worn as my improved spring clip
fastener renders the scarf or tie perfectly secure and thus the trouble of putting
the band under the collar is avoided
.
I would here observe that so far as regards the mechanical arrangement and
construction described in the first part of my provisional specification I have since
filing the same discovered that such arrangement and construction are not novel
and I therefore make no claim thereto

page_text: Having thus particularly described the nature and operation of my said inven-
tion I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to the particular
forms of my improved spring clip fastener shewn in the accompanying drawings as
the same may be varied without departing from the principle of my invention
What I claim as novel and of my invention is making a metallic spring
clip fastener suitable for scarves and ties from a single piece of metal or wire
substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein before described and
shewn
In Witness whereof I the said Eli Hewitt have' hereunto set my hand
and seal this eighth day of September in the Year of Our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty three
Witness,
ELT & CO
33 Southampton Buildings
Holborn, London.
ELI HEWITT (L.S.)