Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Nov., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 26th July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 31st Aug., 1888
We, JOSEPH FRIEDBERGER, CARL HAMMER, FRANZ JOSEF MOCK, ANDREAS BUCHER,
& MAX HÄDERER, all of Buchan in the Empire of Germany, Manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is a safety fastening or brooch for ribbons decorations
and other purposes and tends to remove the drawbacks attending the fastenings
hitherto employed, which mostly consist in lever-spring-pins. With such fastenings
the pin must be introduced into or removed from the closing hook with the finger,
when fastening the respective article to or removing from the garment, the projecting
point of the pin frequently causing injuries to the hand or garments.
To avoid this we employ two pins adapted to be moved with the points towards each
other and guided in suitable tubes attached to the brooch or article, their outer
extremities being provided with little balls or heads. The said guide tubes have
depressed noses fitting into corresponding guide grooves in the pins. Near the head
or ball of each pin is provided in the groove or one of the grooves a projection which
is slanted on both sides, and glides over the nose of the guide tube for fixing the pin
and preventing it from accidental loosening. The groove or one of the grooves of
each pin does not extend quite to the point thereof thus determining play of the pin
and preventing falling out thereof.

page_text: We JOSEPH FRIedberger, Carl Hammer, Franz JOSEF MOCK, ANDREAS BUCHER
and MAX HÄDERER all of Buchan in the Empire of Germany, Manufacturers 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 :-
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The object of this invention is a safety fastening or brooch for ribbons, decorations
and other purposes and tends to remove the drawbacks attending the fastenings
hitherto employed which mostly consist in lever spring pins. With such fastenings
the pin must be introduced into or removed from the closing hook, with the finger
when fastening the respective article to or removing from the garment, the projecting 1
point of the pin frequently causing injuries to the hand or garments.
To avoid this we employ preferably two pins adapted to be moved with the points
towards each other and guided in suitable tubes attached to the brooch or articles,
their outer extremities being provided with little balls or heads.
The said guide tubes have depressed noses fitting into corresponding guide grooves
in the pins. Near the head or ball of each pin is provided in the groove or one of
the grooves a projection which is slanted on both sides and springs over the nose of
the guide tube for fixing the pin and preventing it from accidental loosening. The
groove or one of the grooves of each pin does not extend quite to the point thereof
thus determining the play of the pin in its socket and preventing the falling out 2
thereof.
Reference being made to the drawings hereunto annexed:
Figs. 1 and 2 show in rear elevation a brooch provided with two of the said pins
respectively in closed and open position. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same.
Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of one of the pins. Figs. 5 and 6 show the 2
same with socket. Fig. 5 in section, Fig. 6 in plan. Fig. 7 is a cross section on
line A B Fig. 6. .
M M¹ are the sockets, N, N₁, the respective pins sliding therein, k¹ the knobs on
the pins, o and p the grooves therein the latter terminating towards the point of the
pin at C, bde are noses in the socket, a the nose or projection in the groove o.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
In brooch fastenings and the like:
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1. The combination of two sockets and two pins sliding respectively in said sockets 3

page_text: 2. The combination of two sockets and two pins sliding respectively in said sockets
said pins being prevented from withdrawal from said sockets and held against
accidental displacement when in their closed position substantially as set forth.
3. The combination of a socket having noses as set forth with a grooved pin and
headed sliding pin substantially as set forth.
Dated this 26th day of July 1888.
HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C.,
Agents to Applicants.