Improvements in and relating to Lacing Hooks or Studs for Boots, Shoes, Gloves, or other Articles.
Year: 1884

page_text: Improvements in and relating to Lacing Hooks or Studs for
Boots, Shoes, Gloves, or other Articles.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, and Co. Patent Agents,.
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO LACING HOOKS OR
STUDS FOR BOOTS, SHOES, GLOVES OR OTHER ARTICLES" and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
This Invention relates to the construction of lacing studs for boots, shoes, gloves
and other articles, and to the mode of applying them to the articles to be laced,
and it consists in the novel construction of the stud, and in the combination of the
said stud with a washer or plate of peculiar shape, which will be readily understood
by reference to the accompanying Drawing in which
Figures 1 and 2 are respectively an inverted plan and a central vertical section
of the partially formed stud.
Figure 3 is an elevation of the finished stud.
Figures 4 and 5 are respectively a central vertical section and a plan of a washer
or circular plate to be used in connection with the said stud.
Figure 6 is a central vertical section through a stud set in a piece of material, in
connection with the washer shown in Figures 4 and 5.
Figures 7 and 8 are respectively a central vertical section and a plan of a slightly
modified form of washer or circular plate, and,
Figure 9 is a central vertical section through a stud set in combination with the
washer or plate shown in Figures 7 and 8.
In carrying the said Invention into practice I first cut a blank of suitable length
from a wire of a diameter corresponding to the desired diameter of the shank to
be formed.. I then subject the blank to the action of a pair of dies to bend
a portion of the said blank at right angles to its other portion and flatten it out
or partially swage it to the shape desired, and then to a second pair of dies to
complete the swaging to the shape shown in Figures 1 and 2, with the shank a set
eccentric to the inner collar b instead of concentric as heretofore practised. The
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page_text: shank a may be drilled out before bending the neck c to bring the head d over the
collar b, or after the said bending, as has been practised heretofore.
The neck c is next bent to bring the head & over the shank a and collar b, but
the blank is so shaped and proportioned that the head d projects some distance
beyond the collar bas shown in Figures 3, 6 and 9.
A circular disc e, provided with an opening e¹ to receive the shank a of the stud
and located eccentrically to the circumference of the said disc, is provided as
a means of more securely attaching the stud to thin elastic material like glove kid.
The disc e is struck up in suitable dies to form upon its upper side a crescent
shaped raised surface e² concentric or nearly so with the opening e¹ as shown in
Figures 4, 5. 7 and 8.
The object of this raised surface e³ is to raise the leather or other material at or
near the outer edge of the head d nearer to the said head, so that the lacing cord
will have to be compressed, and the leather or other material as well, in order that
the lacing cord inay enter the space between the head & and collar band engage
with the neck c, and at the same time diminish the liability of fringes, laces and
other clothing catching on the lacing studs.
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. A lacing hook or stud provided with a tubular shank a set eccentric to
the collar b, and having the head d arranged to project beyond the said collar upon
the side opposite to the neck c, substantially as described and shown.
Second. In combination with a lacing stud or hook, a washer or disc provided
with an aperture to receive the shank or fastening portion of the stud, and with
the raised surface e², all arranged and adapted to operate substantially as, and for
the purposes, described.
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