Improvements in Fastening Devices for Gloves and other Articles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 28th Aug.,
1897
[Communicated from abroad by WARREN B. PAGE, of 5, Court Street, Boston,
Massachusetts, United States of America, Architect.]
Improvements in Fastening Devices for Gloves and other Articles.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 devices for fastening gloves and other like articles, and
it has for its object to provide a simple and efficient fastening device the members
of which are adapted to be readily connected and disconnected, and when in use
will be free from liability to accidental disconnection. The invention also has for
its object to provide an improved construction whereby the members of a two-part
fastening device may be readily secured to the parts of a glove or other article to
which they belong by clamping a part of the article between the outer portion or
head and the inner portion or foot of each member. The invention consists in the
improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.
Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,-
Figure 1 represents, in different sectional views, the parts of one member.
Figure 2 represents a sectional view of the member shown in Figure 1, the parts
being connected.
Figure represents a sectional view, showing the members of my improved
fastening device connected.
Figure 4 represents a plan view of one of the parts shown in Figure 1.
Figures 5 to 9 inclusive, represent a modified form of my invention.
In carrying out my invention, I construct a fastening device composed of two
members a and b, each comprising a locking part constructed to detachably inter-
lock the other member, and an attaching part adapted to be engaged with the
locking part by the operation of pressing the two parts together, the material to
which the member is to be applied being first interposed between the said parts,
after which the parts are pressed together, and are thus united and caused to firmly
clamp the interposed material between them. The locking part of the member a,
in the construction here shown, comprises a concave plate or disk 2 having a raised
annular margin which surrounds a recess, and a tongue 3 cut out from the material
of said plate and projecting inwardly from said margin over a portion of the recess.
The marginal portion of the plate 2 is provided with a backwardly-turned flange 30,
which engages the margin of a concave or cup-shaped washer 4 having a central
orifice 5 which receives a boss or protuberance 6 formed on the central portion
of the concave plate 2. The plate 2 and washer 4 are united by the flange 30,
their form being such that a narrow cavity exists between them. The attaching
part of the member a includes a disk or flange 7, on which is formed a tubular
shank 8 the outer end of which is adapted to be upset or spread and thus caused

page_text: to enter the space between the concave plate 2 and washer 4 when the parts are
pressed together, the outer end of the tubular shank 8 entering the orifice 5 of
the washer and encountering the boss 6, which spreads it and directs the spread
portion outwardly into the cavity between the plate 2 and washer 4. It will be
seen, therefore, that by inserting the tubular shank 8 through a hole in the piece
of material c to which the member a is to be attached, leaving the flange 7 at
one side of the piece, and then pressing the part composed of the plate 2 and
washer 4 downwardly upon the tubular shank, the outer end of the latter will be
spread and caused to enter the cavity between the plate 2 and washer 4, as shown
in Figure 2, thus firmly uniting the two parts and clamping the piece c securely
between them.
concavo-convex
The head or interlocking part of the member b comprises a
plate 10 having an inwardly turned marginal flange 12 at its base, and an inwardly
projecting boss 13 at its centre, a slot 15 being formed close to the base of the
said plate.
A washer 16 is engaged by the flange 12, and has a central opening 17
surrounded by a flange 18 arranged above the said boss, the washer and plate
being separated by a space. The attaching part is an eyelet comprising a flange 20
and a tubular shank 19 adapted to enter the opening 17 and be spread by the
boss 13, the said shank passing through the material, while its spread portion
enters the space between the plate 10 and washer 16, and is engaged with the
end of the flange 18. The parts of the member bare united with each other and
clamped to the portion c¹ of the article with which the fastener is used, by placing
the flange 20 at one side of said piece, passing the tubular shank 19 through the
piece, inserting its outer end in the opening 17, then by pressing the parts together,
spreading the outer portion of the said shank, and causing it to enter the cavity
between the plate 10 and washer 16.
The convex locking part 10 having the slot 15 is formed to project into the
recess of the locking part 2, as shown in Figure 3, so that when the tongue 3 is
engaged with the slot 15, the projection of the locking part 10 into the locking
part 2 will to a certain extent prevent edgewise displacement of either member
relatively to the other; the engagement of the tongue with the slot preventing
both edgewise and lateral displacement or separation of the two members.
The convex and concave form of the locking parts of the members is such that
each member may turn or rock while in contact with the other, and facilitates the
engagement and separation of the two members, the members being separated
by tipping one of the parts on the other, and then withdrawing the tongue 3 from
the slot 15.
The tongue 4 is preferably cup-shaped or concavo-convex, its outer side being
concave, while its inner side, which is next to the recessed or concave surface of
the plate 2, is convex, so that it conforms to the curvature of the inner surface of
the plate 10 when engaged with the latter, as shown in Figure 3, thus preventing
accidental movement of either member to an extent calculated to withdraw the
tongue 3 from the slot 15, the tongue being sufficiently resilient to permit it to be
withdrawn from the slot by the exercise of a reasonable degree of force.
It will be seen from the foregoing that the parts of each member are readily
attachable to the article with which they are to be used, no special tools being
required, and that when attached they are free from possibility of accidental
separation.
The tubular shanks 8 and 14 may be made with longitudinal slits, if desired,
to facilitate the spreading of their outer ends by converting the same into prongs.
It will be seen that the described construction whereby each member is attached
to the material enables a relatively small hole to be made in the material, the
eyelet or tubular shank being comparatively small, so that there is no liability
of pulling the member out of the material.
In Figures 5 to 9, inclusive, I show a form of fastening device embodying
certain of the improvements above set forth, but adapted for use as a corset
fastening. In this modification, the member a is a plate or ear, which may be

page_text: riveted or otherwise secured to one of the flexible strips or corset-steels, which
is incorporated into one edge of a pair of corsets, while the member 6 is or may be
the corresponding strip or corset-steel incorporated into the opposite edge. The
concavo-convex tongue 3 of the member a is located above a recess 30 in the
under side of the member a, said recess being formed to receive the concavo-convex
plate 10 of the member b. The member 6 has a slot 15 extending partly around
the concavo-convex plate 10, as shown in Figure 7. An elongated slot 40 is formed
in the member a to receive the concavo-convex plate 10. When the two members
are coupled together, the tongue 3 fits in the plate 10, the latter being received
in the recess 30, all as shown in Figure 9.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is:-
1. A fastening device comprising a recessed member having a curved tongue
projecting inwardly over the recess, and a concavo-convex member formed to
project into the recessed member and having a slot arranged to receive said tongue,
the convex side of which interlocks with the concave side of the concavo-convex
member, said members having suitable provisions for their attachment to the
parts to be connected by the device.
2. A fastening device comprising two members, one having a recessed portion,
a raised margin surrounding the recess, and an elastic tongue projecting inwardly
from the margin over the recess, while the other member has a projecting portion
formed to enter the said recess and provided with a slot formed to receive said
tongue, each member being composed of two parts, one of which has a tubular
shank or eyelet adapted to be spread at its outer end, while the other has a shank-
spreading boss and a cavity surrounding the same to receive the spread portion
of the shank.
3. A fastening member comprising a cancavo-convex plate having a slot in one
side and an inwardly projecting boss at its centre, a washer engaged with the
flanged base of the plate and having a central opening opposite the boss, and an
attaching eyelet the tubular shank of which is adapted to pass through the opening
in the washer and be spread by the boss into the cavity between the washer and
plate.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.