IMPROVEMENTS IN GLOVE FASTENERS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO FASTENERS FOR OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS AND FOR ARTICLES OF JEWELLERY
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Appleby, the younger, of Handsworth, in the
County of Stafford, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
GLOVE FASTENERS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO FASTENERS
FOR OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS AND FOR ARTICLES OF JEWELLERY."
Sealed the 14th May 1880, and dated the 21st November 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Appleby at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st November 1879.
JAMES APPLEBY, the younger, of Handsworth, in the County of Stafford, Manu-
facturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN GLOVE FASTENERS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO
APPLICABLE TO FASTENERS FOR OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS AND FOR ARTICLES OF
JEWELLERY."
My Invention consists of the improvements herein after described, in the con-
struction and arrangement of the parts of glove fasteners, which improvements are
also applicable to fasteners for other articles of dress and for articles of jewellery.
By my Invention the fastening of the glove or other article is effected without
any strain upon the glove or article, the tightening of the parts being effected after
the two parts of the fastener have been connected together.
I will describe my Invention as a glove fastener. One part of the fastener
consists of a stud or a short rod with a head at its top, which part is affixed by
sewing or otherwise to one side of the glove.
The other part of the fastener, which is affixed to the other side of the glove, is
constructed as follows:-The portion of this part of the fastener which is affixed
to the glove consists of a disc having on its upper side a tongue crossing the disc
as a diameter, and lying parallel and at a short distance from the disc. This
tongue has near its rear end a cross slot or opening. Upon the said tongue a shell
or cupped disc slides. This shell carries a spring suitable for engaging in the cross
slot in the tongue of the first named disc.
The said shell also has a hole in which the head of the stud on the other part of
the glove engages. Two pushers protrude from opposite points of the shell. These
pushers cross the spring tongue at right angles, their inclined inner ends being
situated under the spring tongue. When the shell is made by a sliding motion to
cover the disc, the spring tooth of the former snaps into the slot in the tongue of

page_text: the latter, and the shell and disc are fixed in that position. In order to permit the
shell to slide from over the disc, it is necessary to press upon the pushers, when
their inclined ends raise the spring tooth from out the cross slot in the tongue, and
the shell can then slide upon the tongue of the disc.
In using the fastener, the parts being in the positions last described, the stud on
one side of the glove is inserted in the hole in the shell of the other part, and the
two parts are pressed towards each other. The shell is thereby made to slide upon
and cover the disc and becomes fixed by the snapping action described. The two
parts of the glove are thus drawn together and tightened, the stud being at the
same time rendered incapable of being withdrawn from the hole in the shell by
the edge of the disc engaging under its head. In order to unfasten the glove it is
only necessary to press upon the pushers, when the shell can slide from over the
disc; the parts of the glove are now relaxed and the stud on the one part of the
glove can be withdrawn from the hole in the other part of the fastener.
Or in place of the disc and shell described, two trough shaped shells may be
employed, one sliding on the other. The shell attached to the glove carries a
spring tongue, the forked end of which snaps into holes in the sliding one when the
latter covers the former. The disengagement of the spring tongue is effected by
pressing upon a spring button on the sliding shell. The action of this modification
differs in no essential respect from that of the arrangement first described.
Fasteners of the kind described may be applied to the fastening of boots and
shoes and other articles of dress, as well as to the fastening of bracelets and other
articles of jewellery.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said James Appleby in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 14th May
1880.
JAMES APPLEBY, the younger, of Handsworth, in the County of Stafford, Manu-
facturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN GLOVE FASTENERS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO
APPLICABLE TO FASTENERS FOR OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS AND FOR ARTICLES OF
JEWELLERY."
My Invention consists of the improvements herein after described in the con-
struction and arrangement of the parts of glove fasteners, which improvements are
also applicable to fasteners for other articles of dress and for articles of jewellery.
By my Invention the fastening of the glove or other article is effected without
any strain upon the glove or article, the tightening of the parts being effected after
the two parts of the fastener have been connected together.
I will describe my Invention as a glove fastener.
One part of the fastener consists of a stud or a short rod with a head at its top,
which part is affixed by sewing or otherwise to one side of the glove. The other
part of the fastener, which is affixed to the other side of the glove, is constructed as
follows: The portion of this part of the fastener, which is affixed to the glove,
consists of a disc provided with a lip and guiding ears. Upon the said disc a
shell or cupped disc slides; this shell carries a spring tongue suitable for engaging
with the lip of the first named disc. The said shell also has a hole in which the
head of the stud on the other part of the glove engages. Two pushers protrude
from opposite points of the shell. These pushers cross the spring tongue at right
angles, their inclined inner ends being situated under the spring tongue. When
the shell is made by a sliding motion to cover the disc, the spring tooth or tongue
of the former engages with the lip of the latter, and the shell and disc are fixed in
that position. In order to permit the shell to slide from over the disc it is necessary
to press upon the pushers, when their inclined ends raise the spring tooth or tongue
from behind the lip of the disc, and the shell can then slide upon the said disc.
Or in place of the disc and shell described, two trough shaped shells may be
employed, one sliding on the other. The shell attached to the glove carries a
spring tongue, the forked end of which snaps into holes in the sliding one when
the latter covers the former. The disengagement of the spring tongue is effected
by pressing upon a spring button on the sliding shell or by raising or depressing
the spring by means of a button. The action of this modification differs in no
essential respect from that of the arrangement first described.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawing the
manner in which my Invention may be performed.
Figures 1, 2, and 3, represent in front elevation my improved fastener applied to
a glove. In Figure 1 the glove is represented fastened, in Figure 2 unfastened,
and in Figure 3 in the act of being fastened or unfastened.
Figure 4 represents in front elevation, Figure 5 in side elevation, and Figure 6
in vertical section the two parts of the fastener connected together.
Figure 7 represents in front elevation, Figure 8 in side elevation, and Figure 9
in vertical section, the two parts of the fastener disconnected from one another.
Figures 10 and 11 represent front elevation of the sliding shell and disc of one
part of the fastener, the said disc being represented covered by the sliding shell in
Figure 10 and uncovered in Figure 11; Figure 12 represents an inner or underside
of Figure 11, the covering disc of the shell being removed; Figure 13 represents
the metallic disc from which the spring tongue is made in combination with the
two pushers, and Figure 14 represents a section of Figure 13 taken through the
pushers.
The some letters of reference indicate the same parts in Figures 1 to 14.

page_text: a is the headed stud constituting one part of the fastener secured to the side b of
the glove, and d is the sliding shelf, and e the disc constituting the other part of
the fastener, the said disc e being secured to the other side c of the glove. The
headed stud a and disc e are represented in the Drawing as being fastened to the
sides of the glove by eyeletting the tubes connected with or forming parts of the
said stud and disc, but the said parts may be attached to the glove by sewing or
otherwise. The shell d is connected to the disc by ears f, f, on the latter engaging
in guide slots g, g, in the former, as best seen in Figure 11. The shell d is by this
means capable of sliding over or of being withdrawn from over the disc e. At the
edge of the disc e is a flange e² serving as a bearing for the finger during the
fastening of the glove. In the said disc e is a lip h made by piercing the metal
and turning the pierced part outwards, as best seen in Figure 9. The shell d
contains the spring tongue i made from the disc represented in Figure 13 for
engaging with the lip h on the disc e. The said shell d also contains the pushers
k, k, for releasing the spring tongue i from the lip h. The pushers k, k, are situated
at right angles to the spring tongue i, and their inner ends are inclined at 1, Z, the
said inclined ends 7, 1, being situated upon the edges of the said spring tongue i as
best seen in Figures 13 and 14. In the face of the shell d is a hole or opening at m,
for engaging the headed stud a of one part of the fastener with the shell d of the
other part of the fastener. The said hole or opening m has a contracted end into
which, after the head of the stud has passed through the wide part of the said hole,
the neck of the stud may be drawn, as seen in Figure 6. In one side of the disc e
is a recess at e³. When the shell d is made by a sliding motion to cover the disc e,
the turned up end of the spring tongue i passes over and engages behind the lip h
on the said disc e, as illustrated in Figure 6, and thereby fixes the sliding shell d
upon the disc e.
When the shell d has been fastened upon and made to cover the
disc e as last described, the recessed part es of the said disc e passes under the head
of the stud a which has been previously placed in the opening m, and the said stud
cannot be removed from the shell d. The two parts of the fastening are thereby
connected together. In order to permit the shell d to slide from off the disc e, the
pushers k, k, are pressed inwards between the thumb and finger. Their inclined
ends 1, l, are thereby made to depress the spring tongue i and disengage it from
behind the lip h. The shell d is thus unfastened, and the said shell may by pressing
upon it be moved from off the shell e as represented in Figures 7, 8, and 9. The
fastener is used as follows:-The glove being unfastened, as illustrated in Figure 2,
the stud a on the side 6 of the glove is inserted in the hole or opening m in the under
or inner face of the shell d, as illustrated in Figure 3. The two parts of the fastener
are now pressed together so as to slide the shell d upon the disc e. As soon as the
shell & has completely covered the disc e, the spring tongue i snaps behind or
engages with the lip h, and the two parts a and d, e, of the fastener are fixed
together as represented in Figure 1. By the sliding of the shell d upon the disc e
the two sides b, c, of the glove are drawn together and tightened, the stud a being
at the same time rendered incapable of being withdrawn from the shell & by the
recess e³, in the disc e engaging under the head of the said stud, as seen in the
section Figure 6. Thus the fastening of the glove is effected without any strain
upon it, the tightening of the parts being effected after the two parts of the fastener
have been connected together. In order to unfasten the glove it is only necessary
to press upon the pushers k, k, when the shell d is released from the disc e, and the
said shell may slide from off the disc, the pressure of the glove causing it to
take the position represented in Figure 3. The two parts of the glove are thus
relaxed, and the stud a at one side of the glove may be withdrawn from the shell d
at the other side of the glove.
Instead of liberating the spring by means of pushers, a button may be attached
to the spring and project through the front of the disc. The spring may be
released either by being depressed or raised, and the depressing or raising of the
button effects the unfastening and releasing of the parts.
Fasteners of the kind described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing
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page_text: may be applied to the fastening of boots and shoes and other articles of dress, as
well as to the fastening of bracelets and other articles of jewellery.
Having now described the nature of my Invention and the manner in which the
same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to
the precise details herein described and illustrated, as the same may be varied
without departing from the nature of my Invention.
But I claim as my Invention the improvements in glove fasteners and fasteners
for other articles of dress, and for articles of jewellery, herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, whereby the tightening of the parts of
the glove or article to be fastened is effected after the two parts of the fastener
have been connected together; that is to say, a fastener consisting of a headed stud
secured to one side of the glove or article to be fastened, and a compound part or
fastener secured to the other side of the glove or article, the said compound part or
fastener consisting of a disc upon which a shell slides, the said shell being provided
with a spring tongue and pushers for fastening it to and releasing it from the said
disc, the several parts of the fastener being constructed and operating, substantially
as described and illustrated. Also, the modifications described, in which trough
shaped shells are employed, and the spring tongue is released by a button instead
of by pushers.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Appleby, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Thirteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty
Witness,
GEORGE SHAW.
JAMES APPLEBY, J. (L.S.)