MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF DRESS FASTENINGS AND ORNAMENTS
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John George Taylor at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 12th October
1864.
I, JOHN GEORGE TAYLOR, of Paris, 29, Boulevart St. Martin, in the Empire
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of France, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF DRESS FASTENINGS AND ORNAMENTS," to be as
follows:
The improvements forming the subject of the present Invention relate to
buckles, clasps, hooks, and all kinds of fastenings generally, as also to the
methods of manufacturing and ornamenting such articles.
These. improvements consist,. 1st, in a new method of manufacturing and
uniting the tongues and frames of buckles by stamping in a die, and then-
uniting the parts by pressure without the aid of solder.
2ndly, in an improved method of connecting the several parts of the buckles,
hooks, or other articles by means of eyelets, which are formed of a single
piece with the frame, and folded down or turned over to permit of the passage
of the pin or rivets uniting the parts of the buckle.
3rdly, the next improvement consists in a method of attaching or fixing a
ribbon or waistbelt to the buckle or clasp without sewing. This I effect by
cutting two slits in the frame of the buckle in which the ribbon is doubled
over, in order to fix it in position. The connection of the parts is effected in
this case in a similar manner to that above described.
4thly, the ornamentation of these improved pins, buckles, and other articles

page_text: by means of rivets, having facets or otherwise ornamented, which I fix in the
article, and then rivet at back on a second plate of similar form, in which is
made the eyelet forming the improved fastening.
5thly, the buckles may be further furnished with a plate in their interior,
the edge of which is turned up in the form of a hook, whereby it may be
connected to the frame of the buckle which is similarly formed at one end;
in this case the buckle is solid, and without any openings, the exterior surface
may also be ornamented in any. suitable manner.
In the accompanying Drawing I have illustrated these improvements as
applied to buckles.
Figs. 1 and 2 show the frame and tongue as formed in the die. a represents
the flat part of the tongue, which is turned up in the form of a tube for
receiving the pin uniting the parts together; b, tongues; c, frame of the
buckle; d, flat part, which is afterwards turned up in the form of a tube.
Fig. 3 represents a frame e as furnished at its end with two eyes f, which are
turned down at right. angles for receiving the pin or rivets connecting the
several parts; Fig. 4-shows-the e frame g, as having two slits.h for receiving
and securing the ribbon; Fig. 5 shows a plain buckle i, the exterior of which
may be variously ornamented; in this arrangement the slit is dispensed with,
and the frame is connected to it at back; Fig. 6 shows a back view of
another form of buckle j, which is perforated with a number of holes k for
receiving studs 7, serving as the ornamentation of said buckle, and rivetted to
plate m, carrying the eyelets n for the passage of the pin; Fig. 7 shows a pin
similarly ornamented; Figs. 8 and 9 represent back views of a buckle o fur-
nished with a plate p, the edge q of which is turned up in hooked form. The
plate r, Fig. 8, also has its end s turned up in the form of a hook, it may be
at one or several points for uniting with the hook q of the buckle; Fig. 10
represents a section of a button suitable for a dress ornament, having a metal
shank contained within the button itself; Fig. 11 represents another kind of
attachment suitable for leather or ribbon belts. The leather or ribbon is
fastened at t, and then inserted first in slit u, and then in v, the clasp being
made of a plain piece of metal, one opening or slit may be used instead of
two, as at u, v; Figs. 12 and 13 show other forms of clasps or fastenings
applicable for garters, and many other purposes, which may be made of any
suitable material. The clasps or fastenings represented in Figs. 11, 12,
and 13 may be made of any form or dimensions, and be in metal, shell, india-
rubber, papier maché, and other substance, and ornamented in any suitable
manner.
My improvements further consist in the ornamentation of all kinds of dress

page_text: ornaments or fastenings and jewellery by means of metal studs or points of
any suitable form. I first ornament and rivet the points on the article so as
to cover or partially cover the same; I then cut and polish them while on the
article so as to give them a glazed appearance, by which arrangements the
points are cut much quicker than by the ordinary method.
Another improvement consists in covering the article, either wholly or.
partially, with the studs or points, and then coating it with black or other
varnish or color, and afterwards cut the points as before mentioned, the
glazing being produced by the cutting operation.