New or Improved Clips or Fasteners for Ties, Braces, Belts, Garters, Straps, and for similar uses.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Jan., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 13th Mar., 1890-Accepted, 26th Apr.,
1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Clips or Fasteners for Ties, Braces, Belts,
Garters, Straps, and for similar uses.
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS RICHARDSON 52 Wilton Road Pimlico Hosier, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A peice of metal, metal wire or other material formed into box or runner with open
ends to receive light articles requiring clipping such as ties braces belts garters straps
and for similar uses.
The box would contain a lever or levers reversible or otherwise acted upon by
a spring or springs with the reversible lever a bolt or other means could be used
for locking purposes when required: the springs necessary for reversible lever might
be formed by stamping the letter H out of lid and placing lever hung on pivots
in centre cut when metal on either side would act as a spring if article was passed
through box: the same result could be obtained in other ways.
The bolt or catch would in some cases be required to retain lever in an upright
position or to prevent reversible action until desired.
The H pattern spring could be also used with fixed lever half bent inwards, half
upwards lever being hung on pivots in centre or otherwise would receive pressure on
both ends giving double power.
The stop to reversible action of lever can be obtained by using one of the springs
(H pattern) slightly raised above level to catch against top edge of lever-released by
pressure on said spring.
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FRED. A. RICHARDSON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Clips or Fasteners for Ties, Braces, Belts,
Garters, Straps, and for similar uses.
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS RICHARDSON 52 Wilton Road Pimlico S.W. Hosier, 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:
A peice of metal, metal wire, or other material formed into box or runner with
open ends to receive light articles requiring clipping or fastening, such as indicated in
title.
The box or runner (Fig. 1) would be made of suitable metal in one or more peices.
If with two peices the sides would be formed by turning over two edges of top or
bottom plate or both, and the whole fastened together either by tongues (part of
sides) penetrating slits in opposite plate and being bent down, or by other means held
together. The top plate (Fig. 2) would be pierced in the form of the letter Hor
or otherwise giving spring power when pressed upon with holes (when needed) for
sewing on to article used with. Also would have small teeth turned upright out
of metal at corners or otherwise (when needed) to fix on to article used with or to
assist in so fixing: these teeth would in the case of being used with a tie having a
card-rivet the card to the fastener.
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Bottom plate (Fig. 3) would have slits cut to receive tongues of sides, also when
required pierced with two long slits or complete tongue so as to yield or create spring
power. The corners would be bent over so as to form teeth either to fix by or aid in
fixing on to article attached to: also having holes for same purposes,

page_text: The sides of box or runner would be pierced with holes at top edge to receive lever
hinges.
Lever (Fig. 4) would be hung in these holes acting through cross cut in top plate:
the bottom portion would reach or nearly reach bottom plate but in all cases be
capable of reversible action. This portion would engage with article passed through
box or runner and would be made with teeth if desired. The upper portion would
project above top plate and engage with either or both of the spring peices formed
from letter H or other form on top lid.
The H pattern top plate might also be used with a stud attached to one spring
peice which spring peice would when not pressed upon prevent lever from reversing
as it would otherwise do (when desired) until said stud was pressed upon when the
lever being released would reverse: the lover would in this case be hung one side
close to the spring peice having the stud.
A clip or fastener made with ordinary H pattern top plate would be capable of
being released two ways: either by simply pressing the top edge of lever down,
which would lift its lower edge towards top plate, or by using superior force than
needed to fasten article being clipped, and pulling the lever over which when passed
its upright position or centre loses all clipping power and so releases article before
fastened.
With a single action lever the top plate would only be pierced one side and the
release obtained by pressure.
Fig. 5 shews double box fitted with reversible levers.
Fig. 6 shews double box fitted with upright single levers.
Having now particulary 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:
1. The application of a metal plate or plates, smooth or toothed, with square round
or chisel edges, hung on pivots acting as a lever or levers capable of a reversible action
(as described) when applied to the articles given in title.
2. The application of a metal plate or plates, smooth or toothed, with square round
or chisel edges, hung on pivots acting as a lever or levers capable of attaining an
upright position when applied to the articles given in title.
3. The making of a box or runner in one or more peices (as described) with double
or single spring plate top (H or ☐ pattern or otherwise) with or without spring plate
bottom.
4. The using of teeth to attach to article used with or to aid in so fixing (as
described) when applied to articles given in title.
5. The making of double boxes as shewn in Figs. 5 and 6.
Dated this 12th March 1890.
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS RICHARDSON.