IMPROVEMENTS IN SCARF RINGS OR SCARF SLIDES FOR FASTENING SCARFS AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Arthur Walton, of Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Manufacturing Jeweller, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
SCARF RINGS OR SCARF SLIDES FOR FASTENING SCARFS AND OTHER ARTICLES
OF DRESS."
Sealed the 26th August 1879, and dated the 5th March 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by. the said Frederick Arthur Walton at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th March 1879.
FREDERICK ARTHUR WALTON, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturing Jeweller. "IMPROVEMENTS IN SCARF RINGS OR SCARF SLIDES
FOR FASTENING SCARFS AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS."
My Invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in scarf rings
or scarf slides for fastening scarfs and other articles of dress, such for example as
ladies' boas, by which improvements the said scarf rings or scarf slides are made
very efficient in action, and can be made to fasten and unfasten the scarf or other
article of dress with great readiness.
I make the body of the scarf ring of a bow shape, and to each end of the bow a
strip of metal or link is jointed, the two strips or links being jointed together at
their inner ends. The said links when in the same line are of a greater length
than the distance between the ends of the bow, and when in that position they
expand the bow or body slightly. The said links form a toggle joint, and when
they are inclined slightly to one another on either side of a right line joining the
ends of the body they spring by the clasticity of the body into a position in which
they make with each other an obtuse angle, greater or less, according to the elasticity
of the body. When the said links are pressed from the body beyond the neutral
position they spring into a position in which the concave side of the angle they
make with one another is presented to the inner side of the body, and the space
between them and the body is at a maximum, and the slide can be moved freely
on the scarf. After the adjustment of the slide the links are pressed towards the
body past the neutral position, when they spring into the position in which the

page_text: convex side of the angle they form with one another is presented to the body, and
the space between the links and the body is at a minimum, and the scarf is firmly
gripped.
Instead of two links three or more links may be used with like effect, and the
joint or joints of the links which press against the scarf may have plates upon them
to increase the pressing area.
The links may be jointed to the bow at one side only, the connection with the
other side being effected by inserting the end of the link at that side into a depres-
sion made to receive it. By this modification the slide can be opened on one side,
and the scarf introduced by a side motion instead of by a threading action, as is
necessary where the slide does not open.
The links described may either be straight or curved.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Frederick Arthur Walton in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 27th
August 1879.
FREDERICK ARTHUR WALTON, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturing Jeweller. "IMPROVEMENTS IN SCARF RINGS OR SCARF SLIDES
FOR FASTENING SCARFS AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS."
My Invention consists of the improvements herein after described in scarf rings
or scarf slides for fastening scarfs and other articles of dress, such for example as
ladies' boas, by which improvements the said scarf rings or scarf slides are made
very efficient in action, and can be made to fasten and unfasten the scarf or other
article of dress with great readiness.
I make the body of the scarf ring of a bow shape, and to each end of the bow a
strip of metal or link is jointed, the two strips or links being jointed together at
their inner ends.
The said links when in the same line are of a greater length than the distance
between the ends of the bow, and when in that position they expand the bow or
body slightly. The said links form a toggle joint, and when they are inclined
slightly to one another on either side of a right line joining the ends of the body
they spring by the elasticity of the body into a position in which they make with
each other an obtuse angle, greater or less, according to the elasticity of the body.
When the said links are pressed from the body beyond the neutral position they
spring into a position in which the concave side of the angle they make with one
another is presented to the inner side of the body, and the space between them
and the body is at a maximum, and the slide can be moved freely on the scarf.
After the adjustment of the slide the links are pressed towards the body past the
neutral position, when they spring into the position in which the convex side of
the angle they form with one another is presented to the body, and the space
between the links and the body is at a minimum, and the scarf is firmly gripped.
Instead of two links three or more links may be used with like effect, and the.
joint or joints of the links which press against the scarf may have plates upon them
to increase the pressing area.
The links may be jointed to the bow at one side only, the connection with the
other side being effected by inserting the end of the link at that side into a
depression made to receive it.
By this modification the slide can be opened on one side and the scarf introduced
by a side motion instead of by a threading action, as is necessary where the slide
does not open.
The links described may either be straight or curved.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawing the
manner in which my Invention may be performed.
Figures 1 and 2 represent in plan and side elevation a scarf ring or scarf slide
made according to my Invention, drawn double the full size, Figure 1 representing
the said ring or slide in its expanded or widest position ready to receive the scarf,
and Figure 2 the said ring or slide in its contracted or gripping position.
.
The said scarf ring or slide consists essentially of three parts, namely, of the body
part a, a, having a bow shape, and of two jointed plates or links b, c. The link b is
jointed at d to one end of the bow or body a, and the link c is jointed at d to the
other end of the said bow or body a, and the inner ends of the two links b, c, are
jointed together at f, the said links b, c, constituting a toggle joint. When the
middle joint f of the two links b, c, is brought into a line with the ends d, d³, of
the bow or body a the combined length of the said links is greater than the distance
between the said two ends of the bow when the said bow is in its normal state, and
the said bow is consequently expanded, and its elasticity presses the links b, c,

page_text: towards each other, and when the position of the joint fis brought slightly on either
side of the neutral position indicated by the line h, Figure 1, the said pressure of
the bow or body a forces the said links b, c, into either the position represented in
Figure 1, or that represented in Figure 2. For example, when the links b, c, are
pressed from the body or bow a beyond the neutral position at h they spring into
the position represented in Figure 1, and the space between them and the body or
bow is at a maximum, and when the links b, c, are pressed towards the body or
bow a past the said neutral position at h, the said links spring into the position
represented in Figure 2, and the space between the said links and body is at a
minimum.
'
To the middle joint f of the links a pressing plate i, i, is jointed for increasing
the pressing surface by which the scarf is held.
In using the scarf ring or scarf slide the links or jointed parts b, c, are brought
into the position represented in Figure 1, and the ring or slide can be readily
passed upon and adjusted on the scarf. After the adjustment of the ring or slide
on the scarf the links b, c, are pressed inwards or towards the body a, and made to
spring nearly into the position represented in Figure 2, and the scarf is gripped,
very firmly between the body and the pressing plate i, i. By this construction of
scarf ring or slide the scarf is fastened and unfastened with great facility, and when
fastened the scarf ring or slide is held very firmly upon the scarf.
Figures 3 and 4 represent in plan and side elevation a scarf ring or slide, in
which three jointed plates or links are used, Figure 3 representing the ring or slide.
in its expanded state, and Figure 4 the same in its contracted state for gripping the
scarf..
In this arrangement the two links b, c, which are jointed respectively to the
ends of the body or bow, are jointed together by the third or middle link or
plate k.
When the links b, k, c, are pressed inwards past the neutral position indicated by
the line h, Figure 3, they spring by the elasticity of the body or bow part a into
the position represented in Figure 4, and grip the scarf between them and the
body a, and when the said links b, k, c, are pressed outwards or from the body a
past the said neutral position or line h they spring into the position represented in
Figure 3, and release the scarf, the action being the same as the arrangement first
described, in which two links are used. A pressing plate similar to that marked i, i,
Figures 1 and 2, may be used with the slide, Figures 3 and 4.
Instead of three links more than three may be used.
I do not limit myself to the shape of the links, as their shape may be varied.
For example, the links b, c, may be straight, as indicated by the dotted lines in
Figure 2; or they may be made convex towards the body a, instead of concave,
The pressing plate i in these cases must be made of a curve of shorter radius than
that represented.
.
Figure 5 represents in plan a scarf ring or slide constructed according to my
Invention, in which the links are jointed to one side only of the body; and
Figure 6 represents a plan and side elevation of the same closed for gripping the
scarf.
In this arrangement the parts are marked with the same letters as corresponding
parts in Figures 1 and 2. The link b is jointed to one end of the body a, but the
other link c is not jointed to the opposite end of the said body, its free end being
slightly curved at c². The end of the body a, to which the link c is connected, is
slightly curved, and is furnished with a depression or slot at a³, the said parts c² and a²
constituting a spring snap, but other constructions of snap fastenings may be used.
After the scarf has been introduced into the open scarf ring or slide, Figure 5, the
links b, c, are closed upon the body a, and the end c³ of the link c engaged with
the snap fastening at a². By further pressing the links inwards they spring into
the position represented in Figure 6, and grip the scarf.
The scarf ring or slide opening at one side may be furnished with more than´
two links.

page_text: Although I prefer to make the body of a bow shape as the most convenient shape
for use, and for giving the required elasticity to the body, yet I do not limit myself
to any particular shape of the body so long as it possesses the same or nearly the
same elasticity as the bow shape. For example, the principal middle part of the
body may be straight, and the ends turned at right angles with nearly the same
effect as the shape represented.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in which the
same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I claim as my Invention,
the improvements in scarf rings or scarf slides for fastening scarfs and other articles
of dress herein before described, and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, that
is to say, constructing the said scarf rings or scarf slides of a bow shaped or elastic
body and two or more jointed plates or links, forming a toggle joint, the said plates
or links being jointed together and to one end or both ends of the said bow shaped
or elastic body, substantially as described and illustrated, the said links when pressed
outwards or from the body and past a right line joining the ends of the body
springing by the elasticity of the body into a position in which the scarf ring or
slide is in its expanded state, in which state the scarf may be introduced into or
released from it, and the said links when pressed inwards or towards the body and
past the before mentioned line springing into a position in which the scarf ring or
slide is in its contracted state, and the scarf is gripped firmly by it, the several
parts being constructed and acting substantially as described and illustrated.
In witness, I, the said Frederick Arthur Walton, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twentieth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy nine.
Witness,
RICHARD SKERRETT,
Olerk to George Shaw,
Birmingham.
FREDERICK ARTHUR WALTON. (L.S.)