IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRING FASTENINGS FOR WEARING APPAREL,ID PRO BEING ALSO APPLICABLE FOR OTHER USES
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edme Maria Thomas Garnier, of Great Marl-
borough Street, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRING FASTENINGS FOR WEARING APPAREL, SAID
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edme Maria Thomas
Garnier at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 15th February 1875.
I, EDME MARIA THOMAS GARNIER, of Great Marlborough Street, in
5 the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRING FASTENINGS FOR WEARING APPAREL,
SAID FASTENINGS BEING ALSO APPLICABLE FOR OTHER USES," to be as follows:-,
This Invention has for its object the improvements in fastenings appli-
cable to wearing apparel, as sleeve links and studs, or to earrings and
such like, and also to fastenings for other uses, and it can be applied in
most cases where a fastener may be required.

page_text: In carrying out my said Invention I adopt substantially the following
arrangements :-In case of sleeve links I construct the two studs
forming the link and join them in front by any suitable ornamental
device, so that in effect the appearance will be as in the ordinary links,
but by the connection they will be as one link. To the back of one of 1
these studs a projection is made, and so formed as to catch into (when
the fastening is effected) an opening made in a spring clip which is
hinged to the back of the other stud. This spring clip or catch is
formed at the end with a slit right through. The projection on one stud
is passed through one hole in the wristband, and the spring catch
attached to the other stud through the other, and the spring catch is
pressed on to the said projection, and the end being split allows same to
give to admit the head of the projection into the opening to receive it,
and the two sides of the spring catch close over the head of the
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projection, thus firmly securing the fastener to the wristband.
desired the fastening may be formed as a solitaire, and then the pro-
jection and hinge with spring catch would be fitted to back of same,
and this would also answer for the earring, where the projection passes
through the hole formed in the ear (being attached in any suitable way
to the earring) the spring catch when securing the carring being pressed
on to the said projection.
to fastenings for
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, 2
filed by the said Edme Maria Thomas Garnier in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 14th August 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDME
MARIA THOMAS GARNIER, of Great Marlborough Street, in the County
of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of February, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give

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and grant unto me, the said Edme Maria Thomas Garnier, Her special
licence, that I, the said Edme Maria Thomas Garnier, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Edme Maria
Thomas Garnier, 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 SPRING FASTENINGS," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Edme Maria Thomas Garnier, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument 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 Edme Maria Thomas Garnier, 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 :—
This Invention has for its object improvements in fastenings applicable
to wearing apparel, as sleeve links and studs, or to earrings and such
´like, and also to fastenings for other uses, and it can be applied in most
cases where a fastener may be required.
In carrying out my said Invention I adopt substantially the following
arrangements :-In case of sleeve links I construct two studs forming
the link and join them in front by any suitable ornamental device, so
that in effect the appearance will be as in the ordinary link, but by the
connection they will be as one link. To the back of one of these studs
a projection is made, and so formed as to catch into (when the fastening
is effected) an opening made in a spring clip which is hinged to the
back of the other stud. This spring clip or catch is formed at the end
with a slot right through. The projection on one stud is passed through
one hole in the wristband, and the spring catch attached to the other
stud through the other, and the spring catch is pressed on to the said
projection, and the ends being split allows same to give to admit the
head of the projection into the opening to receive it, and the two sides

page_text: of the spring catch close over the head of the projection, thus firmly
securing the fastener to the wristband. If desired the fastening may be
formed as a solitaire, and then the projection and hinge with spring
catch would be fitted to back of same, and this would also answer for
the carring, where the projection passes through the hole formed in the
car (being attached in any suitable way to the earring) the spring catch
when securing the earring being pressed on to the said projection.
Although I have described my Invention as applied to fastenings for
wearing apparel it is obvious that it can be usefully applied to various
purposes where fastenings are required.
carrying out in practice my said Invention.
Fig. 1 shews a side view of a solitaire, the same being closed; Fig. 2,
spring catch piece for same, the slit × being open as when not 1
fastened.
Fig. 3, isometrical perspective of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4, spring catch piece, fastened.
Fig. 5, back plan of solitaire; the above arrangements apply to ear-
rings as well as solitaires.
Fig. 6, view of double link, suitable for wristbands or cuffs, shewn as
fastened; Fig. 7, view of same unfastened; the spring catch or clip
being in Figs. 6 and 7 marked × at the slit thereof.
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By referring to the foregoing statement, and inspecting these illus-
trative Drawings, the nature of my said Invention and in what manner 2
the same is to be performed or carried out in practice will be readily
understood by the practical man.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my
said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed or put
in practice, I hereby declare that I claim the said Invention of "Im- 8
provements in Spring Fastenings," substantially as herein-before set
forth and described, and illustrated by the accompanying Drawings, it
being understood that I do not limit or confine myself to the precise
forms and details shewn by the Drawings and herein described with

page_text: reference thereto, nor do I claim the same, except as constituent parts of
the Invention substantially as the same is herein-before described and
illustrated by the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edme Maria Thomas Garnier, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of August,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
seventy-five.
EDME M. T. GARNIER. (L.S.)
Witness,
W. HILLIER,
21, Cockspur Street,
Charing Cross, S.W.