Improvements in Means for Attaching Together Gloves, Stockings, and other like Articles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 24th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 7th Nov., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Attaching Together Gloves, Stockings,
and other like Articles.
I, SAMUEL HENRY CROOKER of 31, Furnival Street, London, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a device mainly intended for use in connecting together
pairs of gloves, stockings, and other like articles, and is intended to provide a simple
and effective device which can be easily applied, without in any way injuring the
article.
The device I propose to employ is stamped from a blank of thin sheet metal, bent
over at the centre to form two arms, the central portion of the blank being made
narrower than the portion at each side to permit of this bending being made more
easily and with greater accuracy.
According to one arrangement especially applicable to gloves, a short spike is
stamped from each side of the metal blank, projecting upwards and situated so that on
pressing the two sides together, one spike will just pass the opposite one. These
spikes are preferably placed close to the bend, and when used in fastening a pair of
gloves together, the sides of the gloves are placed together and between the two
spikes, so that the latter come against the hem on the inside. The whole fastener is
thus inside the gloves, and the spikes on pressing the sides of the fastener together,
do not penetrate completely through the hem, but only pierce the inner side, thus
making no hole which can be seen from the outside.
A slightly modified arrangement consists in forming the spikes at the sides of
the blank, instead of stamping one spike from the centre of each arm. In this
modification a small projection is turned up on both sides of each arm at a short
distance from the bend, so that four spikes or projections are used.
The
In another form of device, the blank is stamped with a projecting arm at each side
of the central portion or bend, and this arm is formed with serrated edges or a series
of teeth at each side of ratchet form. When the fastener is applied these arms are
turned over at an angle so as to project from the centre between the two faces.
articles to be fastened together are placed between the outer faces and these toothed
projections on each side of the latter, so that on pressing the two faces together
between the finger and thumb, the material is held firmly in position, the points of
the teeth entering or engaging with the material.
Instead of employing two toothed projections, one only may be used at the side,
this being heut over to the centre and then bent up at right angles being used in
precisely the same manner as that above described.
Dated this 23rd day of December 1895.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant..

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Attaching Together Gloves, Stockings,
and other like Articles.
I, SAMUEL HENRY CROCKER, of 31, Furnival Street, London, Engineer, 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 :-
This invention relates to a device mainly intended for use in connecting together
pairs of gloves, stockings, and other like articles, and is intended to provide a simple
and effective device which can be easily applied, without in any way injuring the
article.
The device I propose to employ is stamped from a blank of thin sheet metal, bent
over at the centre to form two arms, the central portion of the blank being made
narrower than the portion at each side to permit of this bending being made more
easily and with greater accuracy.
According to one arrangement especially applicable to gloves, a short spike is
stamped from each side of the metal blank, projecting upwards and situated so that
on pressing the two sides together, one spike will just pass the opposite one. These
spikes are preferably placed close to the bend, and when used in fastening a pair of
gloves together, the sides of the gloves are placed together and between the two
spikes, so that the latter come against the hem on the inside. The whole fastener is
thus inside the gloves, and the spikes on pressing the sides of the fastener together, do
not penetrate completely through the hem, but only pierce the inner side, thus making
no hole which can be seen from the outside.
A slightly modified arrangement consists in forming the spikes at the sides of the
blank, instead of stamping one spike from the centre of each arm. In this modification
a small projection is turned up on both sides of each arm at a short distance from the
bend, so that four spikes or projections are used.
In another form of device, the blank is stamped with a projecting arm at each side
of the central portion or bend, and this arm is formed with serrated edges or a series
of teeth at each side of ratchet form. When the fastener is applied these arms are
turned over at an angle so as to project from the centre between the two faces. The
articles to be fastened together are placed between the outer faces and these toothed
projections on each side of the latter, so that on pressing the two faces together
between the finger and thumb, the material is held firmly in position, the points of
the teeth entering or engaging with the material.
Instead of employing two toothed projections one only may be used at the side, this
being bent over to the centre and then bent up at right angles being used in precisely
the same manner as that above described.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had to the
accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Fig. 1 shows the metal blank from which one form of my fastener is made, and
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the fastener when completed.
Fig. 3 shows the blank from which a slightly modified arrangement is formed, and
Fig. 4 shows the completed article.
Figs. 5, 6, and 7 show other modifications.
As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the metal blank A is bent to form two sides or arms,
the middle portion a being narrowed to allow of the bending being more readily
effected. The spikes B are stamped from the blank at a short distance from the
centre, and are bent up at about right angles. On pressing the sides together the
spikes will be caused to enter the edge of the gloves or other article without
disfiguring it in any way by a large hole.
As shown in Figs. 3 and 4 instead of employing a spike on each arm stamped from
the blank, the blank is made with the spikes B¹ on each side which are bent up when

page_text: the fastener is completed, as shown clearly in Fig. 4. In this modification 4 spikes
are used, two at each side. Figs. 5 and 6 show a somewhat different arrangement,
the spikes being dispensed with and arms (being employed, one on each side and
placed at the middle. The edges of these small projecting arms are formed with
teeth or serrated so that when the arms are bent over within the two faces of the
fastener and the glove or other article inserted between the said faces and the
retaining arms, the points of the teeth will be caused to enter the material and
prevent the article being withdrawn on the sides being pressed together.
In the arrangement shown in Fig. 7 instead of two retaining arms being used, a
central one C only is employed formed at one side of the blank, and doubled over so
as to project at about the centre of the fastener, the edges engaging with the glove in
the manner above described.
Having now particularly 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) An improved fastener for gloves, stockings and like articles, formed from a
shaped blank of sheet metal narrowed at the middle, and doubled at about its centre-
to form two arms, each of which is provided with one projecting spike arranged
nearly opposite to each other and within the outlines of the blank.
(2) An improved fastener for gloves, stockings, and like articles, formed from a
blank of sheet metal, having rounded ends and a narrowed centre at which it is
doubled over to form two arms, each of which arms is provided with two spikes
arranged nearly opposite to each other, substantially as described and shown in
Figs. 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.
(3) In a fastener for gloves, stockings and the like articles, formed from a blank of
sheet metal, narrowed at the middle and doubled over to form two jaws, a projecting
arm at each side with toothed or serrated edges bent within the sides or faces of the
fastener, substantially as described and shown in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings and
for the purposes specified.
(4) In an improved fastener for gloves, stockings, and like articles, formed from
a shaped metal blank narrowed at the centre, and doubled over upon itself to form
two jaws, an arm at one side having toothed or serrated edges doubled in the fold of
the fastener and bent out at about the middle, substantially as described in Fig. 7 and
for the purposes specified.
(5) An improved fastener for gloves, stockings, and the like, substantially as
described in this specification and illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 21th down of tab 100€
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.