AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR SECURING TOGETHER ARTICLES OF DRESS AND FOR OTHER USES
Year: 1884

page_text: I WILLIAM DE WILDE CATER of 55 and 56 Pall Mall in the County of Middlesex
Army Contractor do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED
FASTENING FOR SECURING TOGETHER ARTICLES OF DRESS AND FOR OTHER USES
to be as follows :-
The object of the invention is to provide a cheap, efficient and simple fastening
or catch for securing together two articles of dress or parts of dress, or for other
uses.
For this purpose in carrying out my invention I form the one part (which
answers to the hasp in some kinds of locks) of the fastening somewhat like a collar
stud or as a ball or enlargement on the end of a pillar or stem attached to
a foundation plate, which plate may be bored or perforated to facilitate sewing to a
part of the dress or other article, or it may be brazed to metal or otherwise held or
secured to the article it is to connect.
The other part of the fastening consists of four or other suitable number of parts
of a circle around the outside of which is placed India rubber or other suitable
elastic substance and centrally of these four or other number of pieces where their
inner corners or points of junction would be I form a circular opening or holding
part somewhat less in diameter than the diameter of the head or enlargement of
the other or held part of the fastening and these holding parts and the India rubber
or other spring are secured between plates perforated to admit of the passage of the
enlargement of the other part of the fastening and these plates may be brazed,
rivetted or otherwise secured together either with or without filling pieces.
The operation of the parts is as follows; the enlargement of the one part or stud
is pressed into the opening in the plates of the other or holding part of the improved
fastening thereby separating the segments or nipping parts and compressing the
spring and then these parts close again around the pillar or stein after the passage of
the head and the articles or parts of articles attached are secured until by pressing
the enlargement or head in the reverse direction these are again released.
These fastenings will be found particularly useful for securing together parts of
bags, belts, shoulder-straps, military and other accoutrements gloves, studs, solitaires,
buttons and for numerous other uses where one article or part of an article, is
desired to be secured to another article, or part article and yet be readily
détachable.

page_text: SERVIFICATION.
I WILLIAM DE WILDE CATER of 55 and 56 Pall Mall in the County of Middlesex
Army Contractor do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED
FASTENING FOR SECURING TOGETHER ARTICLES OF DRESS AND FOR OTHER USES
and in what manuer the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of the invention is to provide a cheap, efficient and simple fastening
or catch for securing together two articles of dress, or two parts of an article or
⚫articles of dress or for other uses.
For this purpose in carrying out my invention I form the one part of the
fastening, which answers to the hasp in some kinds of locks, somewhat like
"collar stud" (Fig 8 of the accompanying drawings), or as a ball a or enlarge-
ment on the end of a pillar or stem a¹attached to a foundation plate a³, which plate
may be bored with a series of holes a³ or perforated or otherwise formed to facilitate
sewing to a part of the dress or other article, or it may be brazed to metal or
otherwise held or secured to the article it is to connect.
The other part of the fastening 6 consists of four or other suitable number of
parts of a circle (1.) (2.) (3.) (4.) around the outside of which is placed India rubber
or other suitable substance (5) to act as a spring to draw or press all the
pieces (1.) (2.) (3.) (4) towards the centre, and centrally of these four or other
number of pieces 1, 2 et cetera around the point where their inner corners or points
of junction would be I form a circular opening (6) or holding part for the stud a,
or part to be held, somewhat less in diameter than the diameter of the head or
enlargement of the part a, and an easy fit for the neck a¹.
The various figures of the drawings shew one convenient method of construction
of a fastening according to my invention but the form of the parts, especially of the
holding portion 6 may be greatly varied as regards its attachment to the ornaments
it is intended to carry or secure to other articles by means of the studs a, or its
incorporation into parts of articles to be secured to other parts Thus Fig 1 shews
a side view of the part b with one face plate (7) removed, shewing the four
pieces (1,) (2) (3) (4,) embraced by the india rubber, or other elastic band (5) or
elastic spring, lying within the filling ring or piece (8) and backed again by a similar
face plate to (7) the two plates (7) and the filling piece (8) may be rivetted through
the corner holes (9,) or brazed or otherwise the parts may be secured together as
will be readily understood dependent on the design or material or other circum-
stances. In some cases it will be convenient to dispense with the middle piece (8)
and to so form the two plates (7) that they when secured together shall hold the
moving parts in correct relation.
Fig 2 is a side view of the part 6 with the plate (7) replaced. Fig 3 is a similar
view to Fig 1 but with the parts (1,) (2) (3) (4) distended so as to give enlarge-
ment to the opening (6) to admit the head a. Fig 4 is a similar view to Fig 2
except that it shews the opening of the parts (1,) (2) (3) (4) as it momentarily
takes place as the head a passes in Fig 5 is an edge view of the part 6 Figs 6.7

page_text: and 11 are side and edge views separately of the pieces (7) and (8) Fig 12 is a side
view of two of the pieces say (1) and (3) and Figs 13, 14, and 15 shew an alternate
form for these pieces-those shewn in the previous figures being solid whereas these
are hollow and the elastic spring is bedded within their circumference in part or
wholly.
The operation of the parts in use is as follows, the head a or enlargement of the
one part or stud is pressed into the opening (6) in the plates (7) and (8) of the other
or holding part 6 of the improved fastening thereby separating the segments (1,) (2,)
(3.) (4) or nipping parts and compressing the spring (5) and then these parts (1,) (2)
(3,) (4) close again around the pillar or stem at after the passage of the head a and
the articles or parts of articles attached are secured until by pressing the enlargement
or head in the reverse direction these are again released.
These fastenings will be found particularly useful for securing together parts of
bags, belts, shoulder-straps, military and other accountrements, gloves, studs,
solitaires, jewelled or other buttons, and for numerous other uses where one
article, or part of an article, is desired to be secured to another article or part
article and yet be readily detachable.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
The improved constructions and arrangements of parts forming an improved
fastening for securing together articles of dress and for other uses substantially as
set forth
Dated this 11th day of July 1885.
WBROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the said William de Wilde Cater.