IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR GLOVES, BRACES, BELTS, BANDS, NECKTIES, CORSETS, BOOTS, SHOES AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES OF DRESS.
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Philippe Lemprierè at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 7th May 1883.
GEORGE PHILIPPE LEMPRIERE of Balsall-Heath in the County of Worcester, Gas
Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR GLOVES, BRACES, BELTS, BANDS,
NECKTIES, CORSETS, BOOTS, SHOES AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES OF DRESS.
My improvements consist in constructing, combining and arranging the parts of
the said fastenings, in the manner herein after described; whereby great simplicity
of construction and efficiency of action of the fastenings are attained.
I will describe my invention as a fastening for a glove..
The first part of my invention consists essentially of a hook and eye formed
from wire or strip metal, bent into the desired form. That part of the fastening
constituting the eye, is formed, by bending a length of wire or strip metal, into a
pear shaped loop; and folding up its terminal ends into inclined hooks, or small
loops lying in slightly different planes.
The front part of the loop forming the eye of the fastening, is concave in form.
The other or hook part of the fastening is formed by bending or twisting a length
of wire into an elliptical loop, and bending its terminal ends into two circular loops
lying in slightly different planes, and overlapping each other to a small extent;
so that in connecting the fastening together, the overlapping circular loops of the
hook, are either passed through the loop of the eye, by a slight twisting
movement, without compression, or by the overlapping loops being compressed by
the thumb and finger, and passed through the loop described.
The loops of the fastening when connected together, lie in planes parallel to
each other.
To liberate the two parts of the fastening, the hook part, may be either slightly
twisted and disengaged, or withdrawn, by forcibly collapsing the overlapping loops
on coming in contact with the inner edges of the loop of the eye.
The terminal loop ends of the loop of the eye as before described may be used
for attaching the fastening by sewing to a glove. Or the terminal loops may be
used as a spring T hook for taking into an eyelet or other opening; when so
used, the large loop is secured to the glove by sewing.
My invention consists secondly in forming as before described, a glove fastening
in two parts, by bending wire or strip metal into loops of the desired conformation,
and connected together as hereinafter described.

page_text: The one part which I again call the eye part, consists of a long loop having at
its front end an enlargement, this enlargement has a depression or gap formed in
the extreme inner end of the loop. The second or hook part consists essentially of
a loop with its ends formed into overlapping smaller circular loops; disposed at
an acute angle to the plane of the larger loop, and constituting collapsable spring
hooks. The two parts of the fastening are connected together, by the enlarged
part of the long loop passing over and engaging with the spring hooks or loops
described. on the hook part; the necks of the hooks or loops lying in the gap of
the long loop of the eye. The parts of the fastening are now securely and effectually
connected together.
My invention consists thirdly; in constructing arranging and combining the
parts of a glove fastening, as hereinafter described.
The fastening consists of a rectangular base plate, having a shallow trough or
depression formed along its middle in the direction of its length, and terminating
within a short distance of its ends. A half-round plate gapped at its sides nearly
through its whole length, covers the channel in the base plate, and is connected to
the said base plate, by ears passing through piercings at the ends of the shallow-
trough described. There is thus produced a barrel or tube, closed at both ends,
and partially open at its sides.
A loop of wire, or of strip metal, preferably of the kind described in the second
part of my invention, slides, or moves through the gaps or longitudinal slits
running along the sides of the barrel.
Within the barrel described, a coiled or helical spring works; one end of the
loop pressing or acting on the spring to compress it.
In fastening a glove the metal loop is drawn forward, compressing the said
spring in the barrel, and hooking the other end of the loop into an eyelet, or
engageing it upon a stud or hook on the opposite part of the glove to be fastened.
The glove being now fastened, the tension of the said glove acting entirely (through
the loop) on the end of the spring, gives great elasticity, ease and comfort on
wearing the glove. The spring accommodates itself to the varying conditions to
which the glove is, or may be susceptible.
Instead of the spring being operated upon by the end of a loop, as before
described, the said spring may be compressed by the head of a stud or by a button
attached to the part of the glove to be fastened, the neck of the said stud or
button slides in a groove cut along the top of the half round case described.
When desirable the spring may be acted upon by a forward, instead of by a
drawing movement of the compressing loop or stud.