IMPROVEMENTS IN BUSKS FOR STAYS OR CORSETS AND IN " FASTENINGS FOR THE SAME
Year: 1884

page_text: I GEORGE WRENCHER of 24ª Church Row, Bethnal Green in the County of
Middlesex, Stay and Corset Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN BUSKS FOR STAYS OR CORSETS AND IN
"
FASTENINGS FOR THE SAME" to be as follows:-
:-
My Invention has for its object the production of a busk for stays or corsets
which shall be practically unbreakable, and also to provide improved fastenings for
the same, whereby the stays or corsets can be more readily fastened or unfastened,
than hitherto and without any strain on the busk,
In carrying out my Invention the centre portion of each half of the busk (or
that portion which is subject to the greatest strain) is made wider than hitherto
and the substance or thickness of each of the said portions is reduced, so that at
the point of greatest strain the busk is thinner than elsewhere. I also temper each
of the said portions of the busk. By thus increasing the width, reducing the
thickness and tempering that portion of each half of the busk which is subject to
the greatest strain the spring or elasticity of the busk is greatly increased and the
said busk rendered practically unbreakable. The upper fastening of the said busk
is formed by a plate attached to one half of the said busk, the said plate having a
vertical slot formed therein and a lateral slot opening into the said vertical slot.
A stud on the other half of the busk enters the said lateral slot and passes into the
vertical slot. The centre fastenings of the busk are formed by plates having
vertical slots open at their lower extremities which slip over studs on the other
half of the busk. In fastening the stays or corset the upper fastening is secured
by slipping the stud through the lateral slot into the lower portion of the
vertical slot of the said fastening and the centre fastenings are brought over their
studs when by a vertical movement of either half of the busk the studs of the
centre fastenings are thrown into their slots and the stud of the upper fastening
passes into the upper end of the vertical slot of the said fastening. The lower end
of the busk is then secured by any suitable lateral fastening which will prevent
the vertical displacement of either half of the busk.
T. N. PALMER & Co.,
For the Applicant.

page_text: I GEORGE WRENCHER of 24a Church Row, Bethnal Green in the County of
Middlesex, Stay and Corset Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BUSKS FOR STAYS OR CORSETS, AND IN
FASTENINGS FOR THE SAME " and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement,
reference being had to the accompanying Drawing forming a part of this
Specification:-
My Invention has for its object the production of a busk for stays or corsets
which shall be practically unbreakable, and also to provide improved fastenings for
the same whereby the stays or corset can be more readily fastened or unfastened
than hitherto and without any strain on the busk.
In carrying out my Invention the centre portion of each half of the busk (or
that portion which is subject to the greatest strain) is made wider than hitherto
and the substance or thickness of each of the said portions is reduced, so that at
the point of greatest strain the busk is thinner than elsewhere. I also temper each of
the said portions of the busk. By thus increasing the width, reducing the
thickness and tempering that portion of each half of the busk which is subject to
the greatest strain the spring or elasticity of the busk is greatly increased and the
said busk rendered practically unbreakable. The upper fastening of the said busk
is formed by a plate attached to one half of the said busk, the said plate having a
vertical slot formed therein and a lateral slot opening into the said vertical slot.
A stud on the other half of the busk enters the said lateral slot and passes into the
vertical slot. The centre fastenings of the busk are formed by plates having
vertical slots open at their lower extremities which slip over studs on the other
half of the busk. In fastening the stays or corset the upper fastening is secured
by slipping the stud through the lateral slot-into-the-lower portion of the vertical
-slot of the said fastening and the centre fastenings are brought over their studs
when by a vertical movement of either half of the busk the studs of the centre
fastenings are thrown into their slots and the stud of the upper fastening passes
into the upper end of the vertical slot of the said fastening. The lower end of the
busk is then secured by any suitable lateral fastening which will prevent the
vertical displacement of either half of the busk.
The Drawing shows one of my improved busks with the fastenings attached
thereto.
AA are the two halves of the busk. The centre portion A' of each half of the
busk or that portion which is subject to the greatest strain, is made wider than
hitherto and of greater width than the upper portion of the said busk and each of
the said portions A¹ is reduced in substance or thickness and tempered. I thus
greatly increase the spring or elasticity of the busk and render it practically
unbreakable.
My improvements in fastenings for busks of stays or corsets consist in an
improved fastening B for the upper extremity of the busk and in the combination
of the said fastening B with the fastenings C or other similar fastenings and with
any suitable lateral fastening for securing the lower ends of the busk.
The upper fastening B of the busk consists of a slotted plate b and a stud b¹.
The said plate b has a vertical slot bu. A lateral slot bis formed in the outer
edge of the fastening and opens into the vertical slot 6" so as to admit of the free
passage of the stud 6' into the vertical slot 6. The said lateral slot 6111 may be

page_text: horizontal, or oblique as shown in the Drawing. The said fastening may be cast
or formed in any suitable manner, of brass, or other suitable material and the form
of the same may be varied without departing from my Invention.
The centre fastenings C of the busk may be formed by the plates chaving
vertical slots c¹ open at their lower extremities to receive the studs c¹¹ on the other
half of the busk or I may use for the centre of the busk any fastenings constructed
in such a manner that the said fastenings together with the upper fastening B
may be secured by a vertical movement of either half of the busk as hereinafter
described.
In fastening the stays or corset the upper fastening B is secured by passing the
stud b¹ through the lateral slot 611 into the lower portion of the vertical slot 611 of
the said fastening. The fastenings C are then brought into such a position that
the studs care immediately under the vertical slots c¹ of the said fastenings. A
slight vertical movement of either half of the busk will then cause the studs c¹¹ to
enter the slots c¹ and the stud b¹ to pass into the upper portion of the vertical
slot 6 of the fastening B. The lower extremity of the busk is then secured by
the lateral fastening D or by any other fastening which will retain the fastenings
B and C in position and prevent them from becoming unfastened by the vertical
displacement of either half of the busk.
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
First. A stay or corset busk having the centre portion of each half, or that
portion which is subject to the greatest strain, increased in width, reduced in
thickness and tempered, substantially as shown and described.
Second. The fastening B for the busks of stays or corsets, consisting of the
plate b, with vertical slot 611 and lateral slot 6111, and stud b₁ substantially as
shown and described.
Third. The fastening B consisting of plate b with slots 6 and 6111 and stud b', or
their equivalents in combination with the fastenings C or other suitable fastenings,
and with any suitable fastening for securing the lower ends of the busk and
preventing the vertical displacement of either half of the said busk substantially as
described.
Dated this nightmouth 1
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