Year: 1899

page_text: I, KENNETH CLLGRAM GOODMAN, of Midhurst, Moorland Road, Weston-super-
Mare, Electrician, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows
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This invention consists in an appliance designed for attachment to ladies' belts
and having for its objects to exert a downward pull on blouses, to hold both skut
and blouse and to stiam them about the waist to a suitably tight fit.
The appliance consists of a curved limb of steel or other suitable metal, to each
of the two extremities of which are pivotally connected a pan of arms curved in
a reverse direction to the said lumb Springs, acting across the joints of the
said arms to the said limb, tend constantly to thrust the aims upwaid Towards
its inner extremity each aim is pivotally connected to a link which in turn is
pivotted on a pin fixed in a bar sewn or otherwise secured to the inner face of
the belt to which the device is applied On the said pin is pivotted a second
pau of links pivotally connected to the curved limb aforesaid Between the bais
secured to the belt a determined amount of "slack" in the belt 18 allowed
The appliance, which has hooks projecting from the curved limb and the
operating aims pivotally connected thereto, is hooked by certain of such hooks to
the skut, and the act of fastening the belt round the waist causes other hooks to
hook on to the blouse
Normally, that is to say, when the belt is not fastened about a waist, the slack
part of the belt between the bars, which are sewn or otherwise secured to the belt,
is a loose tuck or gather When the belt is placed about the waist, the act of
diawing the ends together for fastening causes the tuck or gather aforesaid to be
more or less strained, as the bars on either side of the tuck or gather are diawn
further apart The skut and blouse are simultaneously pulled towards each
other and contracted or gathered in at the back from opposite sides of the middle
thereof
The appliance being, as aforesaid, secured on the unei face of the belt, is
unseen when the belt is in place around the waist
According to a modification, the curved limb and reverse-curved arms may be
formed in one piece of wire so bent and arranged as to afford the requued icsi-
liency without the use of separate spings
Dated this 31st day of August 1899.
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Chartered Patent Agent, Bristol.

page_text: I, KENNETH CLEGRAM GOODMAN, of Midhurst, Mooiland Road, Weston-super-
Maie, 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..
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This invention consists in an appliance designed for attachment to ladies' belts
and having for its objects to exert a downward pull on blouses, to hold both skut
and blouse and to stiain the blouse about the waist to a suitably tight fit
"
My improved dress fastener consists, according to one arrangement, of a cuived
limb of steel or other suitable metal or material, to each of the extremities of
which are pivotally connected a pair of arms curved in a reverse direction to that
in which the said limb is curved. Springs acting across the joints whereby the
Limb and the aims are connected tend constantly to thrust the aims upward
Towards its unei extremity each aim is pivotally connected to a link which, in
tuin, is plotted on a pin fixed in a bai which is adapted to be sewn to the
anner face of the belt to which the fastener is applied. On the pins fixed in the
bais are pivotted a second pair of links which are pivotally connected to the
limb aforesaid Between the bais secured to the belt a determined amount of
slack" in the belt is allowed The appliance, which has hooks projecting from
the curved limb and from the operating aims pivotally connected to the limb,
is hooked by certain of such hooks to the skut, and by the other hooks automati-
cally to the blouse The whole appliance is curved as between its end exticmi-
ties so that one face, namely that which is next the waist of the wealer, is concave
conformably, or approximately so, to the encumferential curve of the waist
Normally, that is to say when the belt is not fastened about a waist, the slack
part of the belt between the bars, which are sewn or otherwise secured to the belt,
18 a loose tuck or gather. When the belt is placed about the waist the act of
diawing it more or less taut for fastening causes the tuck on gather to be more
or less strained as the bais on either side of the tuck are diawn further apart.
The skut and blouse are simultaneously pulled towards each other and the blouse
is contracted on gathered in at the back from opposite sides of the middle of
the back
The links referred to as connecting the curved limb and aims to the bats by
which the appliance is adapted to be sewn to the belt, may be dispensed with,
and the aims may be pivotted duectly on the pins provided in the said bais In
this arrangement the effect on the blouse and skit is similar to that of the above
described arrangement
According to another modification the curved limb aforesaid is divided between
the hooks which it carries, and the parts are connected by a hinge pin, and the
aims are similaily connected together between the hooks they carry In this last
allangement the blouse is not gathered in at the back by the appliance
In the Provisional Specification left with my application for a Patent for my
invention, a modification is referred to, according to which the curved limb and
reverse-curved aims are made in one piece of wue so bent and alanged as to
obviate the use of springs This has been found impracticable in practice, and
18 accordingly abandoned
Refering to the accompanying drawings, Fig 1 represents a face view of my
improved ladies' dress fastener as arranged according to one form. It is shown
as secured upon a belt a, the inner face of which is seen. The fastenei 18 attached

page_text: to the belt at such a position that when the belt 18 secured round the waist of the
wearer the fastener 18 at the centre of the back The centre of the back co-incides
with the centre of the appliance as represented by the line e,, Fig. 1 of the
diawings. As shown in Fig. 1 the fastener is in the position it assumes when
the belt is not strained At Fig. 2 it is shown as fully strained about a waist
Fig 3 18 a sectional view on the line, r, Fig. 1, the belt being omitted.
To the curved limb bare pivotally connected at c, e arms d, d curved in a
Ieverse direction to that in which the limb 6 18 curved. The springa e, e, acting
across the joints c, e tend constantly to thrust the aims d, d upwards to the posi-
tion shown at Fig. 1. The arms d, d are pivotally connected at f,f to links g, I,
which are pivotted on pins h, h fixed in the bais, which are secured by
stitches to the belt a. The bars, may be secured to the belt otherwise than
by sewing. On the pins h, h are also pivotted the links, which are pivotally
connected at I, I to the lumb b. Between the bars, a given amount of "slack"
is allowed in the belt. Normally, that is to say, when the belt is not fastened
about a waist, the slack pait m of the belt assumes the form of a loose tuck or
gather, as indicated by the vertical shade lines shown at Fig 1
The limb has upwardly-projecting sharp-pointed hooks b¹b formed on it.
The arms d, d have similar hooks d', d, but projecting downwards The limb b
and arma d, d are curved as between the points so that the face of the appliance
which lies against the waist is concave and thus conforms or approximately con-
forms to the curvature of the waist
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When the belt is placed about a waist the hooks of the limb bare hooked
ou to the skut The act of drawing together the ends of the belt preparatory
to fastening at about the waist causes the bais, to be pulled apart and these
bais i, acting on the links k, and g, g cause the hooks d', d of the aims d, d
to engage with the blouse The slack part m of the belt allows the bars, to
be pulled apart. The skirt is pulled up by the hooks d, and the blouse 18
pulled down by the hooks 61, 81 Simultaneously, the hooks d', d' approach
nearer to one another and thus gather in the blouse from opposite aides of the
middle of the back. Fig 2 shows the position of the parts of the appliance
when the belt a is stiuned The extent of downward travel of the hooks d, d
is regulated by the amount of slack in the tuck m, Fig. 1, which must be suffi-
cient to provide that when the hooks d', d reach their lowest point of travel, the
belt is tight about the waist.
At Fig. 4 18 shown a face view of a modification In this arrangement of the
appliance the arms d, d are pivotted duectly, without the employment of inter-
vening links, on the lins h, h fixed in the bais, The pivotal connections c, c
of the arms d, d to the limb b are made higher up than the connections of the
aims d, d to the bars 1, The effect is similai in practice to that of the auange-
ment fist above described.
In the modification shown at Fig 5 the limb b 18 divided and hinged as at 6ª
at or about midway between the hooks 61, 61. The arms d, d are similarly con-
nected by a hinge pin at d. The limb b and the aims d, d are pivotted on the
pins h, fixed in the bais, In this aangement the effect is confined to the
vertical pull on the blouse and skirt The blouse is not gathered in by it.
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 18
1 An appliance for connecting ladies' blouses to skuts, consisting of a curved
limb such as 6 carrying hooks 6, 6, and pivotally connected to arms such as d, d
cariying hooks, d, spings such as e. e o the like arranged to exert a spread-
ing action across the joints connecting the said limb and the said arms; the said
limb and arms being connected by hinged or pivotal connections to bais or plates
such as t, or the like adapted to be secured by sewing or otherwise to a belt or
band which a slack part or tack such as m is provided between the places of

page_text: attachment of the appliance to the belt, substantially as hereabove described with
reference to Figs 1 and 2 of the accompanying diawings
2 The modification according to which the aims are pivotally connected duectly
to the bars, plates, or the like by which the appliance is secured to the belt oi
band, substantially as her embefore described and shown at Fig 4 of the accom-
panying drawings
3. The modification according to which the limb b is divided and the parts con-
nected by a hinge or pivot pin between the hooks carried by the said limb, the
aims being similarly connected between the hooks they carry, substantially as
herembefore described with reference to Fig. 5 of the accompanying drawings
Dated this 25th day of May 1900
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Chartered Patent Agent, Bristol.