IMPROVE- MENTS IN CLIPS OR FASTENINGS FOR THE BANDS OF PURSES AND POCKET BOOKS, AND FOR OTHER BANDS. AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Newey, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Pen and Pencil Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN CLIPS OR FASTENINGS FOR THE BANDS OF PURSES AND POCKET BOOKS,
AND FOR OTHER BANDS. AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES."
Sealed the 5th March 1867, and dated the 15th September 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Newey at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 15th
September 1866.
I, THOMAS NEWEY, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Pen and
Pencil Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CLIPS OR FASTENINGS FOR THE BANDS OF PURSES AND
POCKET BOOKS, AND FOR OTHER BANDS, AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES," to be as
follows:-
My Invention consists of the improvements herein-after explained in con-
structing the clips or fastenings employed for connecting or joining the ends
of elastic bands used with purses, pocket books, and other articles, and also
for adjusting the length of the said bands.
Although my Invention is specially applicable to the fastening and adjusting
of elastic and other bands, in connection with which I will herein-after describe
it, yet my said Invention may also be applied to the fastening of dress belts
and bands, the ends of crinoline, and for other similar purposes.

page_text: In making a clip or fastening for elastic bands according to my Invention I
take two plates or strips of thin sheet metal of a rectangular figure, and in one
of the said plates I make two or other number of serrated tongues, the said
tongues being raised out of the plane of the plate. The longer sides of the
said plates are so constructed as to form when put together hinge joints, that
is to say, at the ends of one of the longer sides of each plate eyes or knuckles
are made, and at the middle of the opposite side of each of the said plates
another eye or knuckle is made, the last-mentioned eye or knuckle being of a
length equal to the distance between the two eyes on its opposite side. By
placing the middle eye on one plate into the space between the two eyes on
the other plate, and passing a pin or wire through the said eyes and rivetting
it, the two plates are binged together and are capable of closing upon one
another or being raised from one another. When the plates are closed upon
one another after the manner of closing a book, the eyes on their unconnected
sides engage together, and by passing a bolt through the said eyes the two
plates are fastened together at either edge. The eyes or knuckles on the
longer sides of the plates may be made in any convenient way, but I prefer to
make them by raising dies and pressure. In connecting the ends of the band
by the use of a clip or fastening of the construction described the plates or sides
of the clip are opened and the ends of the band placed upon the serrated
tongues on the one side or plate of the clip; by now closing the other plate or
side upon that containing the serrated tongues, and passing a pin or bolt
through the eyes of the said plates or sides the ends of the band are securely
connected to the clip or fastening. The pin or bolt by which the two plates
or sides are fastened and unfastened is provided with a head for facilitating its
withdrawal. When the length of the band requires adjusting it is only
necessary to withdraw the fastening, pin, or bolt, when access to the ends of
the band is obtained and the ends may be adjusted and refastened between the
plates or sides by the introduction of the fastening pin or bolt.
By my Invention the connecting and adjusting of elastic and other bands
are effected in a more simple and easy manner than in clips or fastenings of
the ordinary kind. The clips or fastenings constructed according to my
Invention are also less costly than ordinary clips or fastenings.
In applying my Invention to the fastening of dress belts and bands and the
ends of crinoline the construction and action of the parts are essentially the
same as in the clip or fastening already described, the shape and size only
being varied.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Newey in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
13th March 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
NEWEY, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Pen and Pencil
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Thomas Newey, Her special licence that I, the said Thomas Newey, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Thomas
Newey, my 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CLIPS OR FASTENINGS FOR THE BANDS OF PURSES AND POCKET BOOKS, AND FOR OTHER
BANDS, AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Thomas Newey, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Newey, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say:-
My Invention consists of the improvements herein-after explained in
constructing the clips or fastenings employed for connecting or
joining the
ends of elastic bands used with purses, pocket books, and other articles, and
also for adjusting the length of the said bands.
Although my Invention is specially applicable to the fastening and adjusting
of elastic and other bands in connection with which I will hereiu-after describe
it, yet my said Invention may also be applied to the fastening of dress belts and
bands, the ends of crinoline, mill banding, and for other similar purposes.
In making a clip or fastening for elastic bands according to my Invention

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Newey in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
18th March 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
NEWEY, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Pen and Pencil
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Thomas Newey, Her special licence that I, the said Thomas Newey, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Thomas
Newey, my 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CLIPS OR FASTENINGS FOR THE BANDS OF PURSES AND POCKET BOOKS, AND FOR OTHER
BANDS, AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Thomas Newey, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Newey, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say :-
My Invention consists of the improvements herein-after explained in
constructing the clips or fastenings employed for connecting or joining the
ends of elastic bands used with purses, pocket books, and other articles, and
also for adjusting the length of the said bands.
Although my Invention is specially applicable to the fastening and adjusting
of elastic and other bands in connection with which I will herein-after describe
it, yet my said Invention may also be applied to the fastening of dress belts and
bands, the ends of crinoline, mill banding, and for other similar purposes.
In making a clip or fastening for elastic bands according to my Invention

page_text: I take two plates or strips of thin sheet metal of a rectangular figure, and in
one of the said plates I make two or other number of serrated tongues, the
said tongues being raised out of the plane of the plate. The longer sides of
the said plates are so constructed as to form when put together hinge joints,
that is to say, at the ends of one of the longer sides of each plate eyes or
knuckles are made, and at the middle of the opposite side of each of the said
plates another eye or knuckle is made, the last-mentioned eye or knuckle being
of a length equal to the distance between the two eyes on its opposite side.
By placing the middle eye on one plate into the space between the two eyes on
the other plate, and passing a pin or wire through the said eyes end rivetting it,
the two plates are hinged together and are capable of closing upon one another
or being raised from one another. When the plates are closed upon one
another, after the manner of closing a book, the eyes on their unconnected sides
engage together, and by passing a bolt through the said eyes the two plates
are fastened together at either edge. The eyes or knuckles on the longer
sides of the plates may be made in any convenient way, but I prefer to make
them by raising dies and pressure. In connecting the ends of the band by the
use of a clip or fastening of the construction described the plates or sides of
the clip are opened and the ends of the band placed upon the serrated tongues
on the one side or plate of the clip. By now closing the other plate or side
upon that containing the serrated tongues and passing a pin or bolt through
the eyes of the said plates or sides the ends of the band are securely connected
to the clip or fastening. The pin or bolt by which the two plates or sides are
fastened and unfastened is provided with a head for facilitating its withdrawal.
When the length of the band requires adjusting it is only necessary to with-
draw the fastening pin or bolt when access to the ends of the band is obtained,
and the ends may be adjusted and refastened between the plates or sides by the
introduction of the fastening pin or bolt.
Having explained the nature of my Invention I will proceed to describe,
with reference to the accompanying Drawing, the manner in which the same
is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in plan and edge view the blank from which one part
of a clip or fastening for an elastic or other band is made, and Figure 2
represents in plan and edge view the blank from which the other part of the
said clip or fastening is made. The said blanks have the same shape, but the
positions of the projecting parts are inverted. I take these blanks and by means
of press tools worked in a press or in any other convenient manner I shape
the projecting middle parts a, a, and end parts b, b, of the blanks into eyes or
knuckles, as represented in plan and section in Figures 3 and 4 of the Drawing.

page_text: In Figure 3 the eye or knuckle made from the middle part a, Figure 1, is
marked c, and the eyes or knuckles made from the end parts b, b, Figure 1,
are marked d, d. In Figure 4 the eye or knuckle made from the middle
part a, Figure 2, is marked e, and the eyes or knuckles made from the end
parts b, b, Figure 2, are marked f. The eyes or knuckles c, e, at the middle
of one side of each of the plates or parts 1, 2, of the clip or fastening are of
a length equal to the distance between the two eyes or knuckles d, d, and f, f,
respectively on the opposite sides of the said parts 1, 2.
In the part or plate 1 of the clip two (or more) serrated tongues g, h, are
made, the said tongues being cut or pierced out of the metal of the plate and
raised from the plane of the plate; these serrated tongues are made by piercing
or slitting tools worked in a press. I do not limit myself to the number, shape,
or position of the serrated tongues, as they may be varied; for example, the
ends or portions of the ends of one or both plates may be turned up out of
the plane of the other part, and the said turned up ends be serrated. I fit
together the two parts or plates 1, 2, of the clip or fastening, Figures 3.
and 4, in the manner represented in Figures 5 and 6, Figure 5 representing
the two plates 1, 2, open, and Figure 6 the same closed and fastened together,
that is to say, I fit the eye or knuckle e of the plate 2 between the eyes or
knuckles d, d, of the plate 1, and by passing a pin or wire i through the said
eyes d, e, d, and rivetting the said pin or wire the plates 1, 2, are hinged
together at one side and are capable of closing upon one another as represented
in Figure 6, or of being raised from one another as represented in Figure 5.
On closing the plates or parts 1, 2, upon one another, as in Figure 6, the eye c
of the plate 1 and the eyes.f, f, of the plate 2 engage together, and by passing
a small bolt or headed pin k through the said eyes f, c, f, the two plates are
fastened together at opposite edges. In connecting the elastic band to the clip
or fastening the fastening pin k is removed and the two plates or parts 1, 2,
opened, and the ends of the band placed upon the serrated tongues g, h, of the
plate or part 1, as represented in Figure 7. By now closing the plate or part 2
upon the plate or part 1, and passing the bolt or fastening pin k through the
eyes of the said parts 1, 2, the ends of the band are pressed closely upon the
serrated tongues and thereby securely connected to the clip or fastening, as
represented in plan in Figure 8 and elevation in Figure 9, the serrated tongues
preventing the withdrawal of the ends of the band from the clip. When the
length of the band requires adjusting the fastening pin or bolt k is withdrawn,
and the two plates 1, 2, opened as in Figure 7. After the ends of the band
have been adjusted the two plates are closed upon one another and refastened
by the introduction by the fastening pin or bolt k.

page_text: In applying my Invention to the fastening of dress belts and bands, and the
ends of crinoline, the construction and action of the parts are the same as in
the clip or fastening already described and represented in the Drawing, the
shape and size only being varied.
In applying my Invention to the fastening of mill banding and other large
bands I make the plates and knuckles and serrated tongues or edges of the
clip of such a size and strength as will fit them to hold securely the band
placed between the plates or parts of the clip. By the use of my Invention the
connecting and adjusting of elastic and other bands are effected in a more
simple and easy manner than in clips or fastenings of the ordinary kind. The
clips or fastenings constructed according to my Invention are also less costly
than ordinary clips or fastenings.
Having now described the nature of my Invention and the manner in which
the same is to be performed. I wish it to be understood that I do not limit
myself to the precise details herein described and illustrated in the Drawing
as the same may be varied without departing from the nature of my Invention;
but I claim as my Invention the improvements in clips or fastenings for
the bands of purses, and pocket books, and for other bands and for other
like purposes herein-before described and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawing, that is to say, constructing the said clips or fastenings of two plates
of metal between which and serrated tongues or edges on one or both of the
said plates the ends of the band or article are held, the said plates being jointed
together at one side and capable of being temporarily fastened together at the
other side substantially as described and represented.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Newey, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
Witness,
.
GEORGE SHAW.
THOMAS NEWEY. (L.S.)