Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Aug., 1887
Specification Accepted, 27th Sept., 1887.
I GEORGE HENRY PHELPS of Newton in the State of Massachusetts one of the
United States of America, Merchant 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 has for its object to construct a cuff-holder for attaching a cuff
to a sleeve at a point preferably just above the wrist band, which shall be reversible,
easily inserted through the button-hole of the cuff by either end, and be so smooth and
free from angular projections as not to cause annoyance by catching in the lining
of the coat sleeves.
My improved holder consists essentially of a shank of suitable length provided
at one end with a clamp or pair of jaws to engage the material of the sleeve, and at
the other end with a button or disc which is joined loosely to the shank by a bale or
link, so that the face of the button or disc may be made to occupy a position at right
angles to the shank, as when the button is to be passed through the button-holes in
the cuff, or by means of the link may be made to occupy a position approximately
in line with the shank to facilitate passing through a button-hole, and to then
lie with its face substantially parallel to the to the shank, as after the button has been
passed through the cuff, the button resting outside the cuff and the shank being
inside the cuff.
The clamps or jaws extended from the shank at an angle or on a gradual curve,
are shown as of such construction that they are equally efficient whether the shank is
placed with one or its other face upward, and so also I have so connected the button
or disc with the shank that the said button may be turned to occupy a position
at either side the shank to enable the same cuff-holder to be used either with a right
or left sleeve.
The clamps or jaws have toothed engaging edges or sides at right angles with
relation to the shank so as to engage the material and exert a strain thereupon
in a line parallel with the shank.
Figure 1 shows in top view a cuff-holder embodying this invention together with
a cuff and a portion of a sleeve to illustrate the manner in which the same is
employed.

page_text: Figure 2 a top view of the cuff-holder enlarged.
Figure 3 an underside view of the cuff-holder shown in Figure 2.
Figure 4 an edge view of the cuff-holder, the button being shown by dotted lines
in its different positions.
Figure 5 an end view of the cuff-holder.
Figures 6 and 7 details of a portion of the shank, and its button attached by
a modified form of link.
Figures 8 and 9 modified forms of cuff-holder, and
Figure 10 a top view of a modified form of cuff-holder.
The cuff-holder in Figures 1 to 5, as shown, has a shank a composed of a flat piece
or pieces of spring metal bent or shaped to present at one end of the shank two
jaws, b, c, which being suitably serrated at their ends serve as a clamp to engage the
sleeve S.
One of the jaws, as b, has a slot or opening 61, through which is passed the other
jaw c, which for such purpose is reduced in width, as shown, at a point near
its end.
These two jaws b, c, may be separated readily by pressing them at the points 2, 3,
just back of the point where the two jaws cross each other.
The jaws b, c, extend laterally from the end of the shank a, preferably on a gradual
curve, see Fig. 2, and being constructed as above described and shown, the shank a
may be placed with either of its flat faces outward, and the jaws be made to grasp a
right or left sleeve.
The jaws b, c, offset from the shank are provided with serrated edges, 8, 9,
substantially at right angles with relation to the shank to engage and extend
transversely across the material of the sleeve substantially at a right angle to
the direction of the pull or strain exerted by the cuff on the shank a, thereby
preventing tearing of the material as is the case when a series of teeth engage
a fabric in the line of the warp threads.
The opposite end of the shank a has loosely jointed to it a bale or link d, and in
Figures 1 to 5 inclusive, a bale is shown which has secured to it a button or disc e,
while in Figures 6 and 7 a link is shown which turns freely upon the shank a and
which has loosely pivoted to it the button or disc e.
The bale or link d is also of sufficient length to extend through the button-holes of
the cuff and wristband, and thereafter the button or disc will lie flush against
the outside of the cuff, and the shank a will lie flush against the rear side thereof.
When the button loosely connected to the link d is being inserted through the holes
in the cuff, the said button stands with its face approximately in line with the shank a,
and when the button is rigidly attached to the bale d the button will stand with the face
at an angle to the shank a, and as the bale or link is loosely connected to the shank a,
the button may be placed either side thereof to adapt the holder for either a right
or left hand sleeve, the jaws extending as shown at an angle or gradual curve from
the shank a.
The shank may be employed with either of the faces outward for this purpose.
If desired, the holder may be applied to the cuff by entering the jaws b, c, through
the several button holes, necessarily the button in such case bearing with its back
against the face of the cuff.
In Figure 8 I have shown the jaws of the holder as offset and serrated at their
ends, although not at right angles with relation to the shank of the button.
In Figure 9 the shank is shown as bent downwards or offset, as at 20, forming one
or the stationary jaw which is bent outward at an angle with relation to the shank,
and the other jaw is pivoted to this stationary jaw.
Figure 10 represents substantialty the same cuff-holder as represented in Figure 8,
except that the jaws are bent at a sharp angle instead of on a curve.
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 :-
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1. As an improved article of manufacture, the herein described cuff-holder composed

page_text: of a shank a having a clamp or pair of jaws at one end, and a button or disc loosely
attached to the opposite end by a bale or link, which, in turn, is jointed to the said
shank, whereby the button or disc may be arranged for use upon either side of the
shank, substantially as described.
2. As an improved article of manufacture, a cuff-holder composed of the shank a
having a clasp or pair of jaws extending laterally therefrom at one end as described,
and having a button or disc loosely attached at the opposite end by a bale or link, the
said pair of jaws being constructed, substantially as described to be nearly flush with
the shank, substantially as set forth.
3. As an improved article of manufacture, a cuff-holder composed of a shank a,
a pair of jaws extended laterally therefrom, as described, and having engaging teeth
at substantially right angles with relation to the shank, a button and a bale or link
interposed between the button and shank, and loosely jointed to each, substantially as
described.
4. A cuff-holder consisting of a shank, a clamp or pair of jaws extending laterally
from the shank, and at least one member of said clamp or pair of jaws being integral
with the shank, a button and a hinged or pivoted bale interposed between the button
and shank and connecting them, so as to permit the button to be moved from one
side of the shank to the other to adapt the holder for use on a right hand or left hand
sleeve, substantially as described.
5. A cuff-holder consisting of the shank, having the offset 20, the spring clamp or
pair of jaws, button e and bale or link d, substantially as described.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicant.