A New or Improved Guard or Protector for the Pointed End of Scarf-pins and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 1st Dec., 1894
A New or Improved Guard or Protector for the Pointed End of
Scarf-pins and the like.
We VERNEY DREW of 1, 2, and 3 Burlington Arcade London, and JOHN
COOPER SAUNDERS, of the Firm of Saunders & Shepherd, Bartlett's Passage
Buildings, Holborn Circus, London, Manufacturers, 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 :-
Our invention relates to a new or improved guard or protector for scarf-pins or
the like, and has for its object to provide a device of simple construction which can
be easily applied to the pointed end of a scarf-pin for the purpose of preventing it.
sticking into or pricking the body of the wearer, which now frequently occurs
during the act of stooping, riding, etc. while it would further securely hold the
scarf-pin in position and thus prevent it working up and falling out of the scarf or
cravat.
In carrying our invention into practical effect, we form our scarf-pin guard or
protector of a short hollow cylindrical body closed at one end, the other being open
and through which the pointed end of the pin is passed. This cylindrical body has
a short tube projecting from the side of same, which is internally screw-threaded
and into which enters a small screw, the end bearing against the scarf-pin and
pressing it against the said cylindrical body so as to prevent the said piu from
being withdrawn until the screw is loosened. The outer end of this screw is
furnished with a suitably shaped disc (which may be ornamented or jewelled if
desired) for the purpose of revolving the said screw.
As a modification, we may in some cases form the device of a hollow tapering
body of suitable springy material, and divide same by three or more vertical slots
into segments. The outer surface of this tapering body is screw threaded and has
a circular nut around same so that by screwing up the said nut the various segments
are drawn together so as to tightly grasp the end of the pin and prevent it being
removed until the nut is screwed down, the whole operating after the manner of an
ordinary spring drill chuck.
In order that our invention may be more fully understood, we will now proceed
to describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a side view of a scarf-pin fitted with my improved device and Fig. 2 a
front view of same.
Fig. 3 is a front view of the device at an enlarged scale and Fig. 4 a sectional
view of same.
Fig. 5 is a side view of the modified form of device and Fig. 6 a plan
of same.
Our new or improved device consists of a cylindrical body a furnished with a
short projecting and internally screw-threaded tube t into which enters the screw
having a disc or head d for convenience in rotating same, while the screw may be
furnished with an enlarged end or flange f so as to prevent the said screw from
being entirely removed and also to afford a better surface to bear against the
pin p.
In the modified form shown in Figs. 5 & 6 of the accompanying drawings, the
outer surface of the tapering body a is screw-threaded and divided into four
segments a, a, a, a, by vertical slots. A circular out n works up and down the
said body so that upon screwing up the said nut the segments are drawn together
so as to tightly grip the pin. The edge of the nut may be serrated or roughened
so as to enable same to be easily turned, while a small ring is formed at

page_text: the bottom of the tapering body to prevent the said nut from being entirely
removed.
It is obvious that the pointed end of the scarf-pin may be brought outside the
scarf or cravat when the device is jewelled or ornamented, or on the other hand
when the device is left plain or made of communer material, the end of the pin and
consequently the device may be concealed beneath the scarf or cravat.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The new or improved guard or protector for the pointed end of scarf-pins,
arranged and constructed substantially as herein described and shown with
reference to Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the accompanying drawings, and for the
purposes specified.
2. The modified form of scarf-pin guard or protector, substantially as herein
described and shown with reference to Figs. 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawings,
and for the purposes specified.
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F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.