Improvements in or connected with Neckties.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Mar., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 13th Oct., 1890-Accepted, 15th Nov., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Neckties.
I, WILLIAM ROCKLIFFE of 35 South Street, Durham in the County of Durham,
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to improvements in or connected with neckties and consists
in a novel arrangement of neckscarf or strap and tie front and method of
fastening or adjusting the tie front or frame to suit the wearer.
I may effect
my object by constructing the tie frame or front piece in such a manner as that
when the ends of a neckstrap or scarf are thrust therethrough the loop formed
by the intermediate portion thereof shall be capable of variation or adjustment
by extension reduction and withdrawal for passing over the head of the wearer and
in order to make such variations or adjustments sufficiently constant in any one
position the tie frame or front is constructed preferably of some flexible material such
as india rubber or vulcanised india rubber or leather or card-board may be used
neatly adorned or covered as desirable but in the latter instances it is necessary and
in the former advisable to connect the opposite sides or front and back of the frame
by an elastic or other thread or threads so that the variations in thicknesses of silk or
scarf material may in part be met by a corresponding variation without damage in
the tie front or frame which is thus arranged as a flexible and binding tic frame or
front neatly adorned or covered as desirable and adjustable either vertically as a
"sailor's knot" or horizontally as a "bow" through which the neckscarf or strap
passes without any rigid connection thereto the ends of the latter thus forming in the
former case the tail or in the latter case the side pieces or wings of the tie as adapted
to be worn. The tie front or frame above described may be made in one piece or
jointed by stitching or lacing through perforations made therefor in the margins of
the frame or if necessary a clasp or the equivalent thereof may be arranged within
the frame to further hold the neck scarf or strap arranged so as to be readily opened
or shut by the application of pressure so as to grasp or release its hold at will.
By the simple arrangements above described the difficulties attending the manufacture
of a thoroughly durable and reliable neckstrap to a tie front or frame are overcome
and stud eyelet and the like contrivances are rendered unnecessary. To avoid the
smell attending the use of vulcanised material I find a process of washing the
sheet in a solution of soda then scrubbing the same and airing it to be practically
efficient.
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A. CRAWHALL CHAPMAN,
3, St. Nicholas' Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Neckties.
1, WILLIAM ROCKLIFFE of 35 South Street Durham in the County of Durham,
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention 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 improvements in or connected with neckties and consists
in a novel arrangement of neckscart or strap and tie front and method of fastening or
adjusting the tie front or frame to suit the wearer. I may effect my object by
constructing the tie frame or front piece in such a manner as that when the ends of
a neckstrap or scarf are thrust therethrough the loop formed by the intermediate
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page_text: portion thereof shall be capable of variation or adjustment by extension reduction
and withdrawal for passing over the head of the wearer and in order to make such
variations or adjustments sufficiently constant in any one position the tie frame or
front is constructed preferably of some flexible material such as india rubber or
vulcanised india rubber neatly adorned or covered as desirable. The back and front
of the frame may if found desirable be connected by an elastic thread so that the
variations in thicknesses of silk or scarf material may in part be met by a
corresponding variation without damage in the tio front or frame which is thus
arranged as a flexible and bending tie frame or front neatly adorned or covered as
desirable and adjustable either vertically as a "sailor's knot" or horizontally as a
"bow" through which the neckscarf or strap passes without any rigid connection
thereto the ends of the latter thus forming in the former case the tail or in the latter
case the side pieces or wings of the tie as adapted to be worn. The tie front or frame
above described may be made in one piece or jointed by stitching or lacing through
perforations made therefor in the margins of the frame. By the simple arrangements
above described the difficulties attending the manufacture of a thoroughly durable
and reliable neckstrap to a tie front or frame are overcome and stud eyelet and the
like contrivances are rendered unnecessary.
To avoid the smell attending the use of vulcanised material I find a process of
washing the sheet in a solution of soda then scrubbing the same and airing it to bo
practically efficient.
To fully describe my invention I will now refer to the accompanying drawings in
which Fig. 1 shows a front view of a tie made up and arranged in accordance with
my invention. In this fig. a is the tie frame or front constructed of some flexible
material and adorned as hereinabove described and is the neck scarf and strap all
arranged in one piece.
To fit the tie the ends of the material are thrust through the frame a (shown in
plan in Fig. 2). The loop e thus formed can then be slipped over the head and
adjusted on the collar. The frame a through its flexibility holds the material in
position on the wearer.
The back may be conveniently formed by stitching as shown in Fig. 3 which is a
rear view of the frame shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 shows at a front view of a tie frame with a "bow" tic arranged thereon
the neckstrap n and tio n being all in one piece.
By the above described construction or arrangement of necktie and frame it will
be seen that the internal packing and wadding at present generally used are dispensed
with as well as the necessity for connections mechanical or otherwise between the
neckstrap and the tie front or frame.
Great economy in manufacture combined with durability is thus obtained for the
frame on which the material is fitted can be re-covered or the material can be
washed thereon without damaging the tie which cannot be done with the ties
manufactured as heretofore.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The use of a flexible tie front or frame through which the neckstrap ends are
passed to form a tie substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 11th dow of October 1800
A. CRAWHALL CHAPMAN,
3, St. Nicholas' Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Patent Agent for Applicant.