A New or Improved Device for Fixing in Position Pins, such as Cravat and Hat Pins.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 12th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 21st Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Device for Fixing in Position Pins, such as
Cravat and Hat Pins.
I, GUY DE MARGEOT of 74 Boulevard de Waterloo, Brussels, Belgium,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a device applicable to cravat pins and hat pins and
having for object to fasten such pins in place, in such a way as to prevent their
removal without the knowledge of the wearer.
The device consists of a small thin metal plate open or recessed in the middle
and which may be in the form of a flat ring or lyre, or be of other suitable shape.
A small band or flat spring of steel is fixed by small rivets or other means across
one of the faces of the plate in the direction of its width so as to span the central
recess. A shallow groove is formed in the said face at or about right angles to the
spring above and below the central recess.
To apply the device to a cravat pin for instance the pin is first passed through
the cravat, then, behind the cravat, first along the upper portion of the groove in
the plate, then under the spring, and then against the lower portion of the
groove; the pin is then pushed in further, and is then passed again through the
cravat below the device.
By means of a cord or piece of elastic the device may be fastened to a small clip
or tongs fixed to the front of the shirt so as to keep the cravat in its place.
In some cases instead of making the plate and the spring in separate pieces they
may be made in one single piece by stamping or punching from a sheet of metal
that has sufficient elasticity.
Dated this 17th day of December 1892.
GUY DE MARGEOT,
By L.W., per F.B.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Device for Fixing in Position Pins, such as
Cravat and Hat Pins.
I, GUY DE MARGEOT, of 74 Boulevard de Waterloo, Brussels, Belgium,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :—
The invention relates to a device applicable to cravat pins and hat pins and has
for object to enable such pins to be fastened in place, in such a way as to prevent
their removal without the knowledge of the wearer.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figs. 1 and 2 show in elevation two different forms of the device ;
Fig. 3 represents the same applied to a cravat pin.
and
The said device consists of a small thin metal plate a open or recessed in the
middle and which may be in the form of a flat ring (Fig. 1) or of a lyre (Figs. 2
and 3), or of other suitable shape. A small band or flat spring 6 of steel is fixed
by suitable means such as small rivets c c across one of the faces or sides of the
Shallow
plate a in the direction of its width so as to span the central recess.
grooves d d' are formed in the said face at right angles or approximately so to the
spring and at opposite sides of the central recess as shown.
To apply the device to a cravat pin for instance, the pin is first passed through
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page_text: the cravat, then, behind the cravat, first along the upper portion of the groove din
the plate a, then under the spring b, and then against the lower portion of the
groove d; the pin is then pushed in.further and is then passed again through the
cravat below the device.
By means of a suitable connection such as a cord or piece of elastic, the
device may be fastened to a small clip or the like fixed to the front of the shirt
so as to keep the cravat in its place.
In some cases, instead of making the plate and the spring in separate pieces
they may be made in a single piece by stamping or punching from a sheet of
sufficiently elastic metal.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A device for fixing in position pins such as cravat and hat pins, comprising a
small thin metal plate open or recessed in the centre having a small strip or flat
spring fixed transversely across one of its faces and having shallow grooves formed
in the said face at right angles or approximately so to the spring, above and below
the central recess, substantially as described.
2. The devices hereinbefore described and shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings
annexed for fixing in position pins, such as cravat and hat pins.
Dated this 12th day of September 1893.
W. LLOYD WISE,
Per W. Cross,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.