An Improved Fastener for Ladies' and Gentlemen's Cuffs and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 10th July, 1897-Accepted, 21st Aug., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fastener for Ladies' and Gentlemen's Cuffs and the like.
ARCHIBALD WALKER 4 Egerton Brow Bishopston Bristol, do hereby declare.
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of a piece of metal, or other suitable material being bent
in the centre till the two ends meet a pin being attached by means of two ears
which have been formed on the piece of metal. The ears are so constructed that
they are behind & below the bend. The pin is formed & fixed in such a way that
it opens & shuts with the spring of the metal similar to the blade of a pocket
knife.
Dated this 9th day of October 1896.
I, ARCHIBALD WALKER, of 4, Egerton Brow, Bishopston Bristol, Electrician, 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 consists in a device for holding up at any adjusted point in the
sleeve of the wearer, detached cuffs, that is to say, cuffs which are not incorporated
with a garment.
The device consists of a spring clip formed by bending a piece of steel or other
suitable metal so that it presents two limbs between which the cuff is clipped or
gripped after having been introduced between the limbs.
The device is attached, with the bend farthest from the hand, to the inside or
outside of the sleeve of the coat, blouse, or other garment, by means of a pin
hinged to one of the limbs both of which latter are turned outwards at the lower
ends to facilitate the introduction of the cuff. After pinning, the pin is closed
upon the device by a spring snap action.
The device is readily attached to and detached from a sleeve.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings Fig. 1 represents, in side
view, a cuff holder made in accordance with one arrangement comprised in this
invention. Fig. 2 is a rear view showing the pin for attaching the device to a
sleeve. Fig. 3 is a rear view with the pin removed, and Fig. 4 is a side view of
the pin. The holder consists of a piece of steel or other suitable metal bent to
present two limbs a and a¹ which make contact with one another above the lower

page_text: ends which are turned out as shown. The limbs a and a¹ form together a spring
clip. The clip is attached, with the bend leading, to the sleeve of a coat, jacket,
blouse, or other garment at any desired point..
The pin 6 by which the attachment to the sleeve is made is turned outwards
on its hinges when introducing, the device into the sleeve. The pin is then
passed through the fabric of the sleeve or lining and is then returned towards
the limb a. It closes with a spring snap action which is produced by the tongue a²
cut in the limb a' which tongue is forced inwards by the nose 6 of the pin-head
and rebounds after the nose has been turned sufficiently.
When the device has been attached to the sleeve, at a suitable distance from
the lower extremity of the sleeve, the upper or inner end of the cuff is introduced
by pushing it upward between the limbs a and a', the turned out ends of which
are, as aforesaid, downwards in the sleeve.
The snap action of the pin in closing may be variously provided. for A
different method of producing it is shown at Figs. 5, 6 and 7 of the drawings.
The cuff holding device is substantially the same as that shown at Figs. 1 to 4
inclusive, that is to say, it consists of a piece of steel or other suitable metal bent to
form a pair of limbs a and a constituting a spring clip. The pin c is inverted
and is coiled around the hinge pin c so as to form a spiral spring which bears
against the outer face of the limb a¹. After having been passed through the fabric
of the sleeve or lining the pin is pressed towards the limb a¹ and, in rebounding,
is made to bear against the inner face of the hood d which extends outwards' from
the limb a¹..."
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is:
"A device for gripping and retaining cuffs at adjustable positions in coat and
other sleeves; the said device consisting of a piece of steel or other suitable metal
bent to form limbs such as a and a making contact towards the turned out
extremities and constituting a spring clip for attachment to a sleeve with the
bend farthest from the mouth of the sleeve, a pin being hinged to the device and
arranged to close with a spring snap action after being passed through the fabric
of a sleeve or sleeve lining, substantially as hereinabove described with reference
to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings.
Dated this 7th day of July 1897.
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Bristol, Chartered Patent Agent.