IMPROVEMENTS IN STAY BUSK EYES OR FASTENERS
Year: 1885

page_text: I, FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER of Buckingham Street, Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of said invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN STAY BUSK EYES OR FASTENERS," to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to conceal from view the stud head of a stay busk
fastener by covering over the slot hole upon the upper or top. side of the fastener,
and leaving a space between the slot hole plate, and the covering shield, to admit
of the sliding of the stud into and out of position, for fastening and unfastening;
thus producing a stay or corset fastener in which the fastening stud is concealed
from view, when in its fastened position.
The covered fastener consists of an under plate of any desired shape with a
turned up edge running around the front part of the plate, so as to elevate the
covering plate from the slot hole, while the ear or attachment end of the plate is
left plain-The covering plate which is situated upon the top side of the fastener,
is a thin blank of sheet metal of a like figure to the slot hole plate and slightly
domed at that part which comes above the slot hole so as to elevate the metal to
admit of the stud head-The front edges of this covering plate are closed or turned.
over the turned up edges of the slot hole plate, so as to connect the two parts
together The attachment end is connected by rivetting; or by extending the
metal of the covering plate over the edges of the slot hole plate, and thus connecting
the two parts constituting the eye or fastener together.
The kind of stud I prefer to employ is one with a shallow neck, so as to reduce
its height.
The covered in, or shell like eye, may be produced by concaving the lower plate
around the slot hole, and closing upon the upper side a covering plate, thus leaving
a space between the slot hole and the covering for the purpose as described.
The eye or fastener if desired may be covered with linen or other fabric similar
to that of a covered button.

page_text: "
Improvements in Stay Busk Eyes or Fasteners.
I, FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER of Buckingham Street, Birmingham in the County
of Warwick, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of said invention for
'IMPROVEMENTS IN STAY BUSK EYES OR FASTENERS," and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
The object of my invention is to conceal from view the stud head of a stay
busk fastener by covering over the slot hole upon the upper or top side of the
fastener, and leaving a space between the slot hole plate, and the covering shield,
to admit of the sliding of the stud into and out of position for fastening and
unfastening; thus producing a stay or corset fastener in which the fastening stud '1
is concealed from view when in its fastened position..
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The covered fastener consists of an under plate of any desired shape with a
turned up edge running around the front part of the plate, so as to elevate the
covering plate from the slot hole, while the ear or attachment end of the plate is
left plain. The covering, plate which is situated upon the top side of the fastener, .1
is a thin blank of sheet metal of a like figure.to the slot hole plate and slightly
domed at that part which comes above the slot. hole so as to elevate the metal. to
admit of the stud head. The front edges of this covering plate are closed or
turned over the turned up edges of the slot-hole plate, so as to connect the two
parts together. The attachment end is connected by rivetting; or by extending
the metal of the covering plate over the edges of the slot hole plate,. and thus
connecting the two parts constituting the eye or fastener, together.
The kind of stud I prefer to employ is one with a shallow neck, so as to reduce
its height.
The covered in, or shell like eye may be produced. by concaving the lower plate.
around the slot hole, and closing upon the upper side a covering plate, thus leaving
a space between the slot hole and the covering for the purpose as described.
The eye or fastener if desired may be covered with linen or other fabric similar
to that of a covered button.
;
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawing, the
manner in which the same is to be performed.
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Figure 1 is a plan of the upper side, and figure 2 a plan of the underside of a
covered stay busk fastener constructed according to my. invention. Figure 3 is an
end elevation of the back of the same, and' figure 4 is a cross section on the dotted
lines A B figure 2. Figure 5 is a side elevation, and figure 6 is a longitudinal
vertical section on the dotted lines CD figure 1. Figure 7 is the same as figure 6,
showing the stud head on the other part of the fastener within the slot 'liole.
Figure 8 is the upper shell of the fastener, and figure 9 is the lower shell. Figure 10
is a cross section of the shell figure 8. Figure 11 is the blank from which figure 8
is raised. Figure 12 is a modification in which the whole of the fastener is made
from one blank instead of being made from two as described; the edges of the one
side being turned over the edges of the other, to bind and connect the front to the
back or underside, and also to give a neat appearance to the edges of the fastener.

page_text: Figure 13 is a longitudinal section of figure 12, showing how the metal is folded
over. Figure 14 is a stay busk eye or fastener covered with linen or other fabric,
with the edges tucked between the over-lapping edges of the shells constituting,
the covered stay eye or fastener. Figure 15 is a vertical section of the same.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures
of the Drawing.
a is a top plate, and b is a bottom plate which are connected together by the
closing or partial closing over of the edges a² of the blank or shell a upon the
turned up edges 6 of the lower or under shell b; that is, the covered fastener
consists of an under plate, b, and a top or front plate a, the former having its
middle, part domed, so as to elevate the top of the metal to a distance above the
face of the slot hole in the lower plate. c is the domed part of the top covering a,
and d is the slot hole in the under-plate b, which comes opposite the dished or
concaved underside of the dome c, so as to admit of the passage of the stud c, (see
figure 7) and in connecting one part of the fastener to the other. ff are coincident
rivet holes in both the upper and under shells a, b; and through these holes, rivets
or eyelets pass, in connecting the fasteners to the stay busks g. h is a teit or ear
which is turned up from the lower plate to the back of the upper plate, so as to
prevent the shell, or the plate of the one, from being withdrawn or detached from
the plate of the other.
In figure 12 the covered stay eye or fastener (front and back) is made out of a
single blank, by doming or concaving the one part, piercing the slot hole in another
part, and then folding the blank upon itself, with the concaved or underside of the
dome of the top, lying above the slot hole in the bottom or underside; the edges
of the top plate are closed or turned over the turned up, or plain edges of the
bottom plate, so as to properly connect the top and bottom parts or plates together,
and also to give a neat appearance thereto. Figure 13 is a section of the same.
Figures 14 and 15 show a stay busk fastener, covered upon its top side, with
linen or other fabric, with the edges tucked between the edges of the closing parts
of the shells is the linen or fabric, and a, b are the shells of the fastener.
Instead of covering only the top as represented, the bottom may also be covered
in the same way.
Figure 16 shows a modification in which the dome part c of the eye or fastener
is made separate, and attached to the body by ears or attachment prongs; that is,
the fastener consists of a single plate b with the usual slot hole piercings & The
dome or cover is made separate, and attached to the fastener plate by ears or
prongs c which pass through piercings b³ and clenched or rivetted on the underside
of the plate.
Or the cover or domed part, may be made in the form of an eyelet, of the shape
of the slot hole.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is-
First. Making covered or concealed slot hole stay eyes, or fasteners, of two
independent plates, or parts, respectively domed and pierced, and connected
together by closing or turning over the boundary edges of the one, over or upon
the boundary edges of the other, substantially as described and illustrated in
figures 1 to 11 both inclusive of the accompanying Drawing.
Secondly. Closing or connecting together the edges or parts of the edges of
covered or closed fronted stay eyes or fasteners, made from a single blank, by
bending or closing the boundary edges or part of the boundary edges of the one
folded part, over the edges; or over the part boundary edges of the other,
substantially as described and set forth in figures 12 and 13.
Thirdly. Covering over the fronts of the slot-holes of stay busk fasteners, by
means of an independent dome cap or headed eyelet, substantially as described
and illustrated in figure 16.

page_text: Fourthly. Covering the fronts or backs, or both fronts and backs, of stay busk
eyes or fasteners, with linen or other fabric, and tucking or nipping the outer
edges of the said fabric between the closing edges of the shells when made of two
parts, or closing the fabric under a rolled or other edge when an eye is made from
a single blank, substantially as described and set forth in figures 14 and 15.
Dated this twenty fourth day of March 1886