Year: 1887

page_text: We, ROBERT SIMPSON, HENRY SIMPSON, and BENJAMIN GREAVES SIMPSON,
all of Heeley Old Mill Sheffield in the County of York, Busk 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:
This invention relates to an improved construction of busk for Stays or Corsets,
the object being to so arrange the various parts, as to give the busk the requisite
strength and elasticity; and to locate those attributes in the various positions required
in a busk.
And in order that our invention may be clearly understood, we have annexed a sheet
of drawings illustrating same in which
Fig. 1 shows the front view of a Busk.
Fig. 2 the back of a busk, made after our invention.
Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in either of the figures.
Before proceeding to particularly describe our invention, we wish it to be understood
that we are aware that busks have been constructed, consisting of a number of strips
of steel secured together in such a manner as to combine strength with elasticity,
(see Avery No. 2018, 1870) and we therefore do not claim such principle of using
auxiliary strips of steel.
Our invention practically divides the busk into three portions indicated in the
drawings by the transverse dotted lines, the attributes required in each portion
being as follows: In the top portion-great flexibility. In the iniddle flexibility
and strength. In the lower portion, less flexibility with increased strength to support
the body.
The first mentioned attribute is obtained by letting the top consist of a single strip
of steel. The second by the absence of any rigid connections between the two parts,
and by the auxiliary strips at the back; and the last by the increased width of the busk
and the connection of the two parts.
We make our improved busk in the following manner; the front strips of steel A,
are made shorter than the desired length of the busk, reaching up to the position
marked B, or thereabouts.

page_text: The inside strips C, extend from near the bottom of the front strips, to the full
extent or measurement of the busk, and they thus extend considerably beyond the top
ends of the front strips A.
The front and back strips are fastened together by one or more rivets D, passed
through them in the position indicated at the top of A. They are secured at the bottom
ends by a headed stud E passing through a slot, or by any other self-adjusting
connection that will allow of a sliding movement, but will not permit the strips to
separate.
The top clasp or fitting, is fastened to the projecting ends of the back strips C, the
others may be placed as shown in the drawings. We wish it to be understood that
we do not confine ourselves to the exact configuration of busk shown, nor to the
proportions of the strips as these may be varied.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, or carried into practice, we declare
that what we claim, is:-
1-A Stay or Corset Busk constructed as hereinbefore described, and as illustrated
in the drawings.
2-A Busk, in which the back strips project above the tops of the front strips; and
the front strips, extend below the bottom of the back strips for the purpuse specified,
and substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated.
Dated the 10th day of October 100.
ROBT. F. DRURY,
Agent for the Applicants.
ROBT. F. DRURY,
Agent for the Applicants.