A NEW AND IMPROVED METHOD OF FASTENING AND UNFASTENING THE SHIRT COLLAR OR OTHER STUD, SLEEVE LINK,
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Marius Anthony Pradier, of No. 7, Bedford
Street, Bedford Square, in the County of Middlesex; Manufacturing
Jeweller, for the Invention of "A NEW AND IMPROVED METHOD OF
FASTENING AND UNFASTENING THE SHIRT COLLAR OR OTHER STUD, SLEEVE LINK,
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Marius Anthony
Pradier at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 14th December 1875.'
I, MARIUS ANTHONY PRADIER, of No. 7, Bedford Street, Bedford;
Square, in the County of Middlesex, Manufacturing Jeweller, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW AND
IMPROVED METHOD OF FASTENING AND UNFASTENING THE SHIRT COLLAR OR OTHER
STUD, SLEEVE LINk, and Solitaire, BY MEANS OF THE SCREW PRINCIPLE," to be
as follows:-
The back part of the stud, sleeve link, or solitaire, is circular, and
the Invention acts best when the said back part is twice the size of the
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button or other hole for which it is intended. At one part of the circle
it is cut from the circumference to the centre in a double curve, the
curve nearer the circumference being much larger than the inner curve
which terminates at the centre, and so as to leave where the opening
meets the circumference of the circle on the one side a pointed piece
(afterwards rounded) which is slightly bent up, and on the other side of
the opening a piece which is bent downwards towards the centre pivot
which connects the front and back parts of the said stud, sleeve link, or
solitaire, its point being at the same time bent inwards towards the
centre of the said pivot, and is soldered thereto, and reaches about half
way down it..
.
The back part of the said stud, sleeve link, or solitaire thus (having
by such cut as aforesaid one end pointed, but rounded and raised, and
the other pressed down and fastened to the said pivot) forms a kind of
screw, by means of which, on the insertion of the pointed end into the
button or other hole, and on the turning of the stud, sleeve link, or
solitaire in the same direction, its fastening can be accomplished most
easily and quickly. By turning the stud, sleeve link, or solitaire in the
reverse direction it can be unfastened almost instantaneously. Thus
ease and rapidity are gained in the fastening and unfastening of the
stud, sleeve link, or solitaire, and there is much less risk of the shirt,
collar, cuff, or other article into which the stud, sleeve link, or solataire
is inserted being creased, and yet the stud, sleeve link, or solitaire is
held quite securely. The space on the said pivot left quite free between
the bottom of the screw and the front part of the stud should be made
so as to be just deep enough conveniently to hold quite tight as many
folds of linen or other material as may be required.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Marius Anthony Pradier in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 13th June 1876.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, MARIUS
ANTHONY PRADIER, of No. 7, Bedford Street, Bedford Square, in the.
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my
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of December, 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 suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Marius Anthony Pradier;
my executors, administrators, and assigns, Her special licence, that I,
the said Marius Anthony Pradier, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Marius Anthony Pradier,
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with;
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter 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."À
NEW AND IMPROVED METHOD OF FASTENING AND UNFASTENING THE SHIRT COLLAR OR
OTHER STUD, SLEEVE LINK, AND SOLITAIRE, BY MEANS OF THE SCREW PRINCIPLE,'
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Marius Anthony
Pradier, 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 six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
F
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Marius Anthony Pradier, do.
hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement, reference being had to the
annexed Sheet of Drawings in each of the Figures in which. said
Drawings the same letters of reference indicate the same parts :-.
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My said Invention has for its object an improvement in the con-
struction of the back portion or back plate of studs, sleeve links, or
solitaires, by means of which the said studs, sleeve links, or solitaires
may be more easily and rapidly applied for the fastening and unfastening
of shirts; collars, cuffs, wristbands, and similar articles of dress, and
when applied to the fastening of the above mentioned articles of dress
the said articles of dress shall be securely fastened, and with less risk of
the said article of dress being in any way creased, tossed, or crumpled
by the use of the said stud; sleeve link, or solitaire, than by the use of
studs, sleeve links, or solitaires of any construction at present in use,

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Having thus described the nature of my said Invention I will now
proceed, by the aid of the annexed Drawings, to describe and ascertain
the manner in which the same might be performed or carried into
effect.
Fig. 1 represents the back part or plate of the stud of the form when
the same has been cut out of the weld of which it is made, and before
it has been bent so as to form a portion of the archimedian screw, as
herein-after described, and Figs. 2, 3, and 4, different views of the
complete stud, sleeve link, or solitaire.
The back part or plate of the stud, sleeve link, or solitaire is formed
as shewn in Fig. 1, and the Invention acts best when the said back part
or plate is twice the size of the button or other hole for which it is
intended. At one part it will be seen that a cut is made from the circum-
ference to the centre in a double curve, the curve nearer the circum-
ference being much larger than the inner curve which terminates at the
centre, and so as to leave where the opening meets the circumference
of the circle on the one side a pointed piece a (afterwards rounded),
which is slightly bent upwards, and the pin 6 on the other side of the
opening is bent downwards towards the centre pin, pivot, or stem c,
which connects the front and back parts of the said stud, sleeve link,
or solitaire, its point being bent inwards towards the said pin, pivot, or
stem c, and is attached or soldered thereto, and reaches about half way
down it, as shewn in Fig. 2.
b
. The back part or plate of the said stud, sleeve link, or solitaire thus
(having as aforesaid one end pointed, but rounded and raised, and the
other pressed down and attached or soldered to the said pin, pivot, or
stem c) forms a portion of an archimedian screw, by means of which,
on the insertion of the pointed end into the button or other hole, and on
the turning of the stud, sleeve link, or solitaire in the same direction its
fastening can be accomplished most easily and quickly. By turning the
stud, sleeve link, or solitaire in the reverse direction it can be unfastened
almost instantaneously. Thus ease and rapidity are gained in the
fastening and unfastening of the stud, sleeve link, or solitaire, and there
is much less risk of the shirt, collar, cuff, or other article into which
the stud, sleeve link, or solitaire is inserted being creased, and yet the
stud, sleeve link, or solitaire, is held quite securely. The space on the
said centre pin, pivot, or stem c. left quite free between the bottom of
the screw and the front part of the stud should be made so as to be

page_text: just deep enough conveniently to hold quite tight as many folds of linen
or other material as may be required.
From an inspection of the Drawings attached to the Specification my
said Invention will be readily understood.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my
said Invention, and the manner in which the same may be performed or
carried into effect, I wish it to be distinctly understood that I am aware
that studs, buttons, and solitaires have before the date of my said
Patent been made with crescent and similarly shaped back plates, and
in particular that a Patent has been granted for the same to John
Jeffreys, dated 10th day of July, 1868, No. 2189, of A.D. 1868, and
also that another Patent was granted for an improvement upon the
Invention comprised in the last mentioned Letters Patent to John
Compton Wiche Jeffreys, dated 31st October, 1874, No. 3770, of
A.D. 1874, I therefore make no claim to studs, sleeve links, or solitaires,
having any crescent or similarly shaped back plates, but I declare that
what I do claim to be secured to me by the herein-before in part recited
Letters Patent is the use, manufacture, and construction of studs, sleeve
links, or solitaires having back parts or plates of a screw or spiral form,
as herein-before described and represented in the Drawings hereunto
annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Marius Anthony Pradier, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of June,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
Signed, sealed, and delivered, by the
said Marius Anthony Pradier in-
the presence of
А. Аввотт,
M. A. PRADIER. (L.S.)
Clerk to Messrs. Townley, Gard, & Corbin,
2, Gresham Buildings,
Basinghall Street,
Sol*.,