Improved Method of Securing Caps or Protectors to the Ends of Metal Busks, Stiffeners, and the like.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Dec., 1889-Accepted, 11th Jan.. 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Method of Securing Caps or Protectors to the Ends of
Metal Busks, Stiffeners, and the like.
I, RICHARD HOWARD WALL of Blythe Street Works, Bethnal Green in the County
of Middlesex, Busk and Bodice Steel Manufacturer, 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 :-
The object of this invention is the securing of caps to the ends of stiffeners busks
and the like in such a manner that they will not become detached therefrom. These
caps or protectors are usually secured to metal busks and stiffeners by friction only
and are liable to become detached therefrom. This defect I propose to overcome by
so shaping the ends of the busk or stiffener that the caps cannot be withdrawn there-
from without bending the material of which they are made. Now according to this
invention I punch or otherwise form cavities or depressions in or taper the edges of
the busk or stiffener or I may form a cavity or depression in or taper one edge only
and affix the cap or protector thereto by means of lateral and vertical pressure so as to
force the cap or protector into the cavity or to fit closely to the tapered end of the
busk or stiffener. And in order that my said invention may be the better understood
I will proceed to explain the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of
drawings in which Figure 1 represents a stiffener with the cap or protector attached
in the usual manner shewing one end of the stiffener with the cap affixed thereto and
the other 'end ready to receive the same.
Figures 2 and 3 shew the method of attaching caps to stiffeners according to my
present invention one end of the stiffener having the cap attached thereto and the
other end thereof prepared to receive the same.
Figures 4 and 5 shew side and end view respectively of an ordinary cap or pro-
tector. The ends of the stiffener a have removed therefrom preferably by punching
one or more approximately semicircular portions leaving cavities b and c in the edges
thereof as shewn in Figure 2 or 1 form one or both edges of the stiffener tapering
towards the ends as shewn in Figure 4.
The caps are placed over the ends thus prepared and pressure. applied thereto the
caps being forced into the punched out cavities b and c or closed over the tapering
portions c and d so as to grip the same tightly on the sides.
Caps so attached to busks stiffeners and the like will not come off when in use nor
can they be detached therefrom without the expenditure of considerable force.
In conclusion I would remark that I do not bind myself to form the ends of busks
stiffeners or the like of the exact shape shewn in the drawings as these may be made
of any suitable shape without departing from the principle of my invention.
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 :-
Securing caps or protectors to the ends of busks stiffeners and the like by forming
the said ends with recessed or tapered edges or their equivalent and closing the said
caps or protectors into and over the same substantially as described and shewn.
Dated this Eleventh day of December 1889.
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