IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR PURSES BAGS GLOVES LEGGINGS BOOTS AND OTHER ARTICLES OF WEARING ADDADTT
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Dowler and Henry Dowler and Frederick
Dowler the younger all of Aston near Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Manufacturers, for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR
PURSES BAGS GLOVES LEGGINGS BOOTS AND OTHER ARTICLES OF WEARING
ADDADTT
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Dowler, Henry
Dowler, and Frederick Dowler the younger at the Office of the Commissioners
of Patents on the 13th February 1883.
FREDERICK DOWLER and HENRY DOWLER and FREDERICK DOWLER the younger
all of Aston near Birmingham in the County of Warwick Manufacturers
"IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR PURSES BAGS GLOVES LEGGINGS BOOTS AND
OTHER ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL
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Our invention relates to such fastenings as consist essentially of a stud fixed on
one of the two parts of the article to be fastened together and an eye fixed on the
other part the said stud being engaged in and disengaged from the said eye-by
gentle pressure. Our improvements consist in constructing and attaching the said
parts of the fastenings in the ways hereinafter described.
We will describe our invention as applied to the fastening of a glove. We make
the stud preferably of metal the said stud consisting of a stem terminating at top
in a head and terminating at bottom in a flange. The head is separated from
the stem by a neck or slightly contracted part. The stud described is either solid
or hollow and is made from sheet metal or wire by ordinary raising and shaping
processes and tools.
The stud is attached to one edge of the open wrist part of the glove by sewing
or by eyeletting. Or it may be attached by a thin metallic cap having teeth or
serrations on its edges. Some of these serrations are turned over the flange of the
stud and fix the cap thereto while others pass through the material to which the
stud is attached and are turned down or clinched on its upper side. Or a detached
serrated cap may be employed or the flange of the stud may have serrations for
the purpose of attaching it to the article."

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In some cases we make the stem of the stud conical at its lower part and cover
the flange with a loose fitting cap. In attaching this stem we pass its head from
the back through a hole in the material and force an eyelet down the conical stem.
The eyelet is expanded and the expanded part passes between the flange and
loose fitting cap.
The head of the eyelet grips the material between itself and
the cap at the back of the material and thereby secures the stem in its place.
Our improvements in the eye part of the fastening are as follows we make the
said eye of sheet brass or other hard metal or alloy raised or shaped into the figure
of a dome or inverted cup having at its mouth a flange there being a slight
contraction near the flange. We cut away portions of the flange and the sides of
the cup near the flange the uncutaway parts constituting opposed elastic arms. This
cup is of a size suitable for the reception of the head of the stem the said stem
when pressed into the said cup being gripped at its neck by the spring arms. The
In some cases we
said eye may be attached to the article in various ways.
attach it to an eyelet by means of a separate collar. By pressure this collar is
fixed to the head of the eyelet and retains the eye in its place without affecting its
elasticity. The eye thus secured to the eyelet is fixed to the article by clinching
the eyelet in a hole in the article. Or the eye may be covered by a dome the
edge of which is joined to the head of the eyelet.
Or the flange of the eye may have prongs which are passed through the article
and clinched upon a plate of metal having holes through which the prongs pass.
This plate is perforated at its middle to allow of the passage of the stem of the
fastening.
The stem and eye are attached at points opposite each other on the two parts
of the glove or article to be fastened. The stem is inserted in the eye and pressed
home therein. Its head having passed the lower ends of the spring arms the said
arms snap into the neck and hold the stem in the eye. To separate the parts or
to withdraw the stem from the eye it is only necessary to raise the part of the
article having the eye with sufficient pressure to overcome the contraction of the
eye upon the stem when the latter can be withdrawn from the former and the two
parts of the article separated.
In some cases we perforate the cup or
the passage of a projection on the top
above the level of the top of the eye.
disengagement of the stem from the eye
The cutting away of parts of the flange and sides of the eye may be dispensed
with as the said eye will grip the stem in the absence of these cuttings.
action is however more efficient when the eye has the said cuttings.
dome forming the eye so as to permit of
of the stem passing through and standing
Pressure on this projection facilitates the
The
The application of our invention to purses bags leggings boots and other articles
of wearing apparel differs in no essential respect from its application to gloves as
herein described.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Frederick Dowler, Henry Dowler, and Frederick Dowler the
younger in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 3rd August 1883.
FREDERICK DOWLER and HENRY DOWLER and FREDERICK DOWLER the younger
all of Aston near Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR PURSES, BAGS, GLOVES, LEGGINGS, BOOTS
AND OTHER ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL.
"
Our invention relates to such fastenings as consist essentially of a stud fixed on
one of the two parts of the article to be fastened together and an eye fixed on the
other part the said stud being engaged in and disengaged from the said eye by
gentle pressure. Our improvements consist in constructing and attaching the said
parts of the fastenings in the ways hereinafter described.
We will describe our invention as applied to the fastening of a glove. We make
the stud preferably of metal, the said stud consisting of a stem terminating at top
in a head and terminating at bottom in a flange. The head is separated from the
stem by a neck or slightly contracted part. The stud described is either solid or
hollow and is made from sheet metal or wire by ordinary raising and shaping
processes and tools.
The stud is attached to one edge of the open wrist part of the glove by sewing
or by eyeletting. Or it may be attached by a thin metallic cap having teeth or
serrations on its edges. Some of these serrations are turned over the flange of the
stud and fix the cap thereto while others pass through the material to which the
stud is attached and are turned down or clinched on its upper side. Or a detached
serrated cap may be employed; or the flange of the stud may have serrations for
the purpose of attaching it to the article. In some cases, we make the stem of the
stud conical at its lower part and cover the flange with a loose fitting cap. In
attaching this stem we pass its head from the back through a hole in the material
and force an eyelet down the conical stem. The eyelet is expanded and the
expanded part passes between the flange and loose fitting cap. The head of the
eyelet grips the material, between itself and the cap at the back of the material
and thereby secures the stem in its place.
Our improvements in the eye part of the fastening are as follows:-We make
the said eye of sheet brass or other hard metal or alloy raised or shaped into the
figure of a dome or inverted cup having at its mouth a flange, there being a slight
contraction near the flange. We cut away portions of the flange and the sides of
the cup near the flange, the uncutaway parts constituting opposed elastic arms.
This cup is of a size suitable for the reception of the head of the stem, the said
stem when pressed into the said cup being gripped at its neck by the spring arms.
The said eye may be attached to the article in various ways. In some cases we
attach it to an eyelet by means of a separate collar. By pressure this collar is
fixed to the head of the eyelet and retains the eye in its place without affecting its
elasticity. The eye thus secured to the eyelet is fixed to the article by clinching
the eyelet in a hole in the article. Or the eye may be covered by a dome, the
edge of which is joined to the head of the eyelet.
Or the flange of the eye may have prongs which are passed through the article
and clinched upon a plate of metal having holes through which the prongs
pass. This plate is perforated at its middle to allow of the passage of the stem of
the fastening.
The stem and eye are attached at points opposite each other on the two parts
of the glove or article to be fastened. The stem is inserted in the eye and pressed.
home therein. Its head having passed the lower ends of the spring arms the said
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page_text: arms snap into the neck and hold the stem in the eye. To separate the parts or
to withdraw the stem from the eye, it is only necessary to raise the part of the
article having the eye with sufficient pressure to overcome the contraction of, the
eye upon the stem when the latter can be withdrawn from the former and the two
parts of the article separated
In some cases we perforate the cup or dome forming the eye so as to permit of
a projection on the top of the stem passing through and standing above the level
of the top of the eye. Pressure on this projection facilitates the disengagement of
⚫the stem from the eye.
The
The cutting away of parts of the flange and sides of the eye may be dispensed
with as the said eye will grip the stem in the absence of these cuttings.
action is however more efficient when the eye has the said cuttings.
We will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawings
the manner in which our invention is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents a portion of a glove to 'which fastenings constructed
according to our invention are applied, a being the stud part of the fastening fixed
on the edge c of the glove and 6 the eye part of the fastening fixed on the
opposite edge d of the glove; Figure 2 represents in section the stud part of the
fastening and portion of the glove and Figure 3 represents in section the eye part
of the fastening and portion of the glove, the said Figures 2 and 3 and the other
Figures exhibiting parts of the same being drawn to a larger scale; Figure 4
represents in section the stud part engaged with the eye part; Figure 5 represents
the stem of the stud separately and Figure 6 represents portions of the eye part.
separately.
The stud part of the fastening consists of a hollow stem (but the stem may be
made solid) having at top a head a. The lower part a² of the stem is conical and
terminates in a flange a³ (see Figure 5). Between the head and conical base of
the stem is a neck or slightly contracted part e as represented. The stem is
closed at bottom by a cap fin which the flange a³ fits loosely.
In attaching the stud to the glove its head a is passed from the back through a
hole in the material and an eyelet g (shown separately in section in Figure 2) is
forced down the conical base part a of the stem. The barrel of the eyelet is
thereby expanded and the expanded part made to pass between the flange and
loose fitting cap f and cause the material of the glove to be gripped between the
face or flange of the said eyelet g and cap f as shown in the sectional views
Figures 2 and 4. The stud is thereby fixed to the glove.
The eye Figure 3 of the fastening consists of a dome or inverted cup b per-
forated at top and having at its mouth a flange 6 the dome or cup 6 being
slightly contracted at h near the said flange.
b
The edge of the flange be is covered by a ring 68 which acts as a guard to prevent
the straining of the eye. Portions of the flange 6* and sides of the cup near the
flange are cut away at opposite points as best seen in the section, side elevation
and plan of upper side of the dome or cup in Figure 6, the said Figure 6 also
exhibiting a plan of the dome or cup without its ring. The cut away parts in the
flange and cup are marked i, i. The uncutaway parts of the dome or cup con-
stitute opposed elastic arms. .
A space
is left between the edge of the flange 62 of the dome or cup and ring b³
to permit of the expansion of the said dome when the stud is inserted or with-
drawn.
The dome or cup of the eye part of the fastening is fixed to the material of the
glove in the manner illustrated in Figure 3; that is, the dome or cup is passed
through a hole in the material from the back thereof so that its ring bª bears on
the underside of the material. The dome or cup b on the upperside of the
material is then covered with a dome shaped cap k the upper edge of which is
eyeletted around the hole in the top of the dome or cup b as seen in Figures 3 and
4 and marked l. By the eyeletting of the cap k the material is gripped between the
base of the said cap k and the ring 63 at the mouth of the dome or inverted cup b.

page_text: In order to fasten together the two edges of the glove the stem a of the stud
part of the fastening is pressed home in the dome or cup of the eye part. As the
head of the stem passes the narrow end or mouth h of the said dome or cup the
spring arms of the said cup are expanded and when the stem has been fully pressed
home the said stem is gripped by the snapping of the spring arms of the cup upon
the neck or contraction of the stem as seen in Figure 4 and the two edges of the
glove are connected together.
By raising the material carrying the eye part 6 with a pressure sufficient to
overcome the contraction of the cup upon the stem, the two parts of the fastening
may be disconnected from one another.
Although we prefer to cut away the parts of the flange and sides of the cup or
dome b of the eye part as described and represented yet the said dome or cup may
be used without cut away parts as represented in section and plan in Figure 7.
The strengthening ring 68 of the cup or dome may be dispensed with. and the
material gripped directly between the flange 62 of the cup b and the base of the
dome shaped cap k, Figures 3 and 4.
The top of the head a of the stud part may be furnished with a projection for
passing through the perforated top of the cup or dome 6 of the eye part as
represented in Figure 8. When the two parts of the fastening are connected
together the projection of the stud a stands above the level of the top of the eye
part b as represented and pressure upon the said projection facilitates the dis-
engagement of the stem from the eye.
Instead of eyeletting the stud part to the material of the glove it may be fixed
by teeth or serrations in the manner represented in elevation in Figure 9; plan of
upperside in Figure 10 and connected to the material in Figure 11. In this modi-
fication the flange at the base of the stud a is placed in a thin metallic cap m
having teeth or serrations on its edge marked n, n and p, p. The teeth p are
turned over the flange a³ of the stud a and fix the cap m thereto as seen in the
plan Figure 10, while the other teeth n, n are passed through the material from
the back and are turned down or clinched on the upper side of the said material
as represented in Figure 11.
Or a loose cap as represented in Figure 12 may be used. In this case the flange
of the stud is placed in the loose cap r and the teeth q are passed through the
material and clinched on the upper side thereof in the same manner as the
teeth n, n of the arrangement Figures 9. 10 and 11. Or the separate cap may be
dispensed with and the flange of the stud have serrations or teeth made upon it
for attaching the stud to the material as represented in Figure 13, where the
teeth on the flange before they are clinched are marked 8, s.
The eye part of the fastening may be fixed in a similar manner as illustrated in
Figures 14 and 15, where t, t are the teeth at the edge of the flange 6 of the cup b
which teeth are passed through the material from the back and clinched upon &
washer at the front of the material as represented in Figure 15.
Figure 16 represents in section the stud part Figure 13 (after the teeth 88 have
been clinched) engaged with the eye part Figure 15.
Figure 17 represents a portion of a glove to which fastenings constructed
according to our invention are applied; Figure 18 represents a portion of the same
drawn to a larger scale; Figure 19 represents in section and plan the eye part of
the fastening detached and Figure 20 represents in section and plan the stud part
of the fastening detached.
In this modification the parts of the fastening are attached to the two edges of
the glove by sewing. For this purpose, the flange of the cup or dome b of the eye
part forms ears 6', 6' which are pierced. By means of the pierced ears b*, b* the
eye part of the fastening is attached by sewing to the glove.
The stud part a of this fastening has a pierced flange a³ by which it is attached
by sewing to the glove as represented.
Or teeth may be made on the flange of the stud part for attaching it by clinching
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Figure 22 represents in section the eye part and Figure 23 in section the stud
part of another glove fastening constructed according to our invention:"
Figures 24 and 25 represent the said eye and stud parts connected to the edges
of the glove.
In this modification the cut away dome or cup 6 of the eye part has an eyelet b*
secured to it at its mouth by the ring b' being closed upon the flange of the saiḍ
dome or cup and the flange of the eyelet as represented, a space being left between
the ring 65 and the flange of the dome or cup 6 to permit of the expansion of the
said cup when the stud is introduced into it.
b
The ring 65 acts as a strengthening ring to the eye in the same manner as the
ring b³ Figures 3, 4 and 6. The stem part a has a similar eyelet a* and ring a
but the ring as is closed tightly upon the flanges of the eyelet and stem as repre-
sented. The two parts Figures 22 and 23 of this glove fastening are attached to
the glove by passing their eyelets 6. a from the front through holes in the glove
and eyeletting the lower projecting parts of the said eyelets upon rings 66, a on
the underside of the glove as represented in Figures 24 and 25
Figure 26 represents a fastened legging provided with fastenings constructed
according to our invention and Figure 27 represents a cross section of the same
taken through one of the fastenings, drawn to a larger scale.
Figure 28 represents the eye part of the fastening and Figure 29 the stud part
of the fastening before they are attached to the legging.
This fastening resembles generally the glove fastening last described excepting
that the ring 65 by which the flanges of the cup or dome b and eyelet 6 of the eye
part are connected together is replaced by a cap or dome b' by which the perforated
top of the cup 6 is covered (see Figure 28). The other parts of the eye and stud
parts of the legging fastening are sul stantially the same as corresponding parts
of the glove fastening last described and are marked with the same letters of
reference.
The application of our invention to purses bags boots and shoes and other
articles of wearing apparel differs in no essential respect from its application to
gloves and leggings hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawings
Having now described the nature of our invention and the manner in which the
same is to be performed we wish it to be understood that We claim as our invention
of "Improvements in fastenings for purses bags, gloves, leggings, boots and other
articles of wearing apparel."
First Making the stud part of the fastening of a stem having in combination
the following parts, namely, a head a, a conical base a² with a flange a³, covered
with a loosely fitting cap f, and a neck or contraction e between the head and
conical base as hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 4 and 5 of
the accompanying Drawings, whether the said stem be made from sheet metal or
from wire. Also fixing the said stud to the material by means of a separate
eyelet in the manner herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawings.
Secondly-Making the eye part of the fastening of the figure of a dome or
inverted cup, perforated or unperforated at top, having at its contracted mouth a
flange, parts of the said dome or cup and its flange being cut away for the purpose
hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings also the
modification herein before described and illustrated in Figure 7 in which the dome
or inverted cup is without cut away parts in its sides and flange.
Thirdly The addition to the head of the stud part of the fastening of the
projection represented in Figure 8 to be used in combination with a perforated eye
part, whereby the disengagement of the two parts of the fastening by pressure on
the said projection is facilitated.
Fourthly The modification of the fastening herein before described and illus-
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page_text: stud and eye parts of the fastenings are secured to the glove or other article by
sewing.
Fifthly The methods of fixing the eye part of the fastening to the material
herein before described and illustrated in Figures 3. 4. 8. 14. 16. 22. 24. 27 and 28
of the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof we the said Henry Dowler and Frederick Dowler the
younger have hereunto set our hands and seals this first day of August in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty three