A COMBINED COLLAR STUD AND CRAvat FASTENER
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Brockell, of 37, New Bond Street, in
the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "A COMBINED COLLAR
STUD AND CRAvat FASTENER."
Sealed the 21st August 1875, and dated the 23rd June 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Brockell at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 23rd June 1875.
I, WILLIAM BROCKELL, of 37, New Bond Street, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"A COMBINED COLLAR STUD AND CRavat Fastener," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to obviate the necessity of using a pin
to secure the cravat from moving out of its proper position at the back
of the neck when it is tied. For this purpose instead of a stud being
formed with two heads in the ordinary manner a bar is fixed to the
stem of a stud, and to the end of the bar is hinged another corresponding
bar formed at its outer end with teeth or claws, or in other manner
suitable for taking hold of a cravat. A spring is applied to act upon

page_text: the hinged bar in such manner as to retain it when closed in a position
parallel with the bar to which it is hinged, so that its teeth or claws
shall then take hold of a cravat if there be one placed between the bars
or when open to retain the hinged bar standing out at right angles and
ready for a cravat to be placed between the bars. Studs formed in this {
manner have the advantage of fastening or buttoning the loose collar
(if one is worn) to the shirt, avoiding the use of a button generally
fixed to the shirt collar band for the purpose, with the addition of
retaining the cravat and preventing it from moving out of its position;
the fastener also remains unseen when the coat is on.
"
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Brockell in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 23rd December 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
BROCKELL, of 37, New Bond Street, in the County of Middlesex, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Petters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-third day of June, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the thirty-
ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Brockell, Her special
license that I, the said William Brockell, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Brockell, my executors
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thercafter during the term:
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "A COMBINED
COLLAR STUD AND CRAVAT FASTENER," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said William Brockell, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause. the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within

page_text: SLX calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Brockell, 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 thereof :-
The object of this Invention is to obviate the necessity of using a pin
to secure the cravat from moving out of its proper position at the back
of the neck when it is tied. For this purpose instead of a stud being
formed with two heads in the ordinary manner a bar is fixed to the
stem of a stud, and to the end of the bar is hinged another corresponding
bar formed at its outer end with or without teeth or claws, or in other
manner suitable for taking hold of a cravat. A spring is applied to act
upon the hinged bar in such manner as to retain it when closed in a
position parallel with the bar to which it is hinged, so that its teeth or
claws shall then take hold of a cravat if there be one placed between
the bars, or when open to retain the hinged bar standing out at right
angles and ready for a cravat to be placed between the bars. Studs
formed in this manner have the advantage of fastening or buttoning the
loose collar (if one is worn) to the shirt, avoiding the use of a button
generally fixed to the shirt collar band for the purpose, with the
addition of retaining the cravat and preventing it from moving out of
its position; the fastener also remains unseen when the coat is on.
The Drawings hereunto annexed show on an enlarged scale a
¡ combined collar stud and cravat fastener constructed in the manner
above described.
Figure 1 is a side view showing the fastener closed; and Figure 2, a
side view with the fastener open; Figure 3 shows a back view; and
Figure 4, a plan view of the stud and fastener; Figure 5 shows a
) section taken through the line x, y, Figure 3.
a is a bar secured to the stem of the stud 6; to the end of this bar is
hinged the bar o formed with claws at its end o³ to take hold of a cravat.
The opposite end of the bar c has bearing upon it the spring & which
lies in a slot in the bar a. As will be seen from the Drawings this
spring retains the bar o, both when it lies parallel with the bar a and
when it is standing at right angles to it. The stud is passed through a

page_text: button hole in the back of a shirt collar band, or if a loose collar is used
it is first passed through a button hole in the band of the collar, and
then through the button hole at the back of the shirt. The cravat is
then tied and the fastener being open the cravat lies over the bar a.
When the cravat has been adjusted the fastener is closed and the
claws c³ take hold of it and prevent it from moving out of its position.
. Having thus described the nature of my Invention and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that I claim the
construction of a combined collar stud and cravat fastener, substantially
as above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Brockell, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of December,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
five.