IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Wheeler, of the Poultry, in the City of
London, Glove Manufacturer, for the Invention of “IMPROVEMENTS
IN FASTENINGS FOR GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES."
Sealed the 30th August 1870, and dated the 3rd March 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Wheeler at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3rd March 1870.
1, JAMES WHEELER, of the Poultry, in the City of London, Glove
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES," to be as
follows:
This Invention relates to the obtainment of a more efficient fastener.
for gloves and other articles, and consists in the employment of a stud-
of a peculiar construction, in company with a split disc of metal or a;
loose washer, as herein-after described.
The stud I propose to employ is made with an elongated shank, and'
by preference with the under expanded head of a smaller diameter, thai

page_text: the upper or outer one. The smaller head of this stud is passed through
the glove or other article to be fastened, and the metal disc or washer
(which may be cut or stamped to the form required) is then applied to
the shank by being clipped or drawn together so as to turn loosely
between the under or inner portion of the glove or other article and the
inner or smaller head of the stud. This disc or washer so drawn together
or closed forms an effective stop to the withdrawal of the stud or fastener.
If desired, the whole of the inner portion of this fastening may be covered
by stitching a patch over it.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Wheeler in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 30th August 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
WHEELER, of the Poultry, in the City of London, Glove Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Third day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-
third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said James Wheeler, Her special licence that
I, the said James Wheeler, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said James Wheeler, my executors, adminis-
trators, or 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 FASTENINGS FOR
GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said James Wheeler, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my hand and scal, 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 imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Wheeler, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
My said Invention relates to the obtainment of a more efficient
fastener for gloves and other articles, and consists in the employment of
a stud of a peculiar construction in combination with a split disc of
metal or a loose washer, as herein-after described.
The stud I propose to employ is made with an elongated shank, and
by preference with the under expanded head of a smaller diameter than
the upper or outer one. The smaller head of this stud is passed through
the glove or other article to be fastened, and the metal disc or washer
(which may be cut or stamped to the form required) is then applied to
the shank by being clipped or drawn together so as to turn loosely
between the under or inner portion of the glove or other article and the
inner or smaller head of the stud. This disc or washer so drawn together
or closed forms an effective stop to the withdrawal of the stud or
fastener. If desired the whole of the inner portion of this fastening
may be covered by stitching a patch over it.
And in order that the said Invention may be fully understood I shall
now proceed more particularly to describe the same, and for that purpose
shall refer to the several Figures on the annexed Sheet of Drawings, the
same letters of reference indicating corresponding parts in all the
Figures.
Figure 1 of the Drawings represents a sectional elevation on an
enlarged scale of my improved fastening complete; Figure 2 is a face
view of the inside portion of the fastening; Figure 3 is a similar view
of the external portion; and Figure 4 is a detail of the split disc or
washer detached.
a is a portion of a glove or other article to which the improved
fastening is attached; b is the elongated shank of a stud of metal or
other suitable material provided with a small head c on its inner end and
with a larger head d on its outer end forming the button or fastening.
The smaller head is passed through a hole made in the glove or other
article, and the stud is prevented from withdrawal by clipping round the
shank a loose disc or washer e (Figure 4) which is split, as shewn in
the Drawing, for the facility of opening the same in order to place it on

page_text: the shank Figure 5 shews the disc open ready to be placed on the stud.
After it has been adjusted the disc or washer is closed again or nipped
together, and thus effectually secures the stud in its place. If desired
the centre portion of the said disc or washer may be dished for the
reception of the small head e as shewn in Figure 1.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of the
said Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or
earried into effect, I would observe in conclusion that what I considor to
be novel and original and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me
by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the combination
-of-a-loose split disc or washer with a metal or other stud, substantially
in the manner and for the purpose herein-before-described..
In witness whereof, I, the said James Wheeler, have to this my
Specification set my hand and seal, the Twenty-ninth day of
August One thousand eight hundred and seventy.
JAMES WHEELER. (L.S.)