CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR SOLITAIRES AND SLEEVE LINKS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE FOR CONNECTING DOG COLLARS, SATCHELS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph George Rollason and John Wood, Trading
in Co-partnership under the Style or Firm of Rollason and Wood,
of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Die-sinkers, Tool Makers,
Stampers, and Piercers, for the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
IN FASTENINGS FOR SOLITAIRES AND SLEEVE LINKS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE
ALSO APPLICABLE FOR CONNECTING DOG COLLARS, SATCHELS, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES."
Scaled the 16th October 1875, and dated the 17th April 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph George Rollason
and John Wood at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 17th April 1875.
We, JOSEPH GEORGE ROLLASON and JOHN WOOD, Trading in Co-partner-
ship under the Style or Firm of Rollason and Wood, of Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, Die-sinkers, Tool Makers, Stampers, and Piercers,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IM-
PROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR SOLITAIRES AND SLEEVE LINKS, WHICH IMPROVE-

page_text: MENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE FOR CONNECTING DOG COLLARS, SATCHELS, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows (that is to say) :-
Our Invention consists in constructing and arranging the parts of
sleeve links and solitaires, and other fastenings for satchels, dog collars,
and for other similar purposes, as herein-after set forth.
We will proceed to describe our Invention as applied to sleeve links
and solitaires, the said sleeve links and solitaires being made in two parts,
and constructed in the following manner:-We first stamp from a sheet
of suitable metal a blank of the desired shape to make front, back, and
sides to assume when completed the form of a padlock, shield, or other
suitable design, one of which side pieces is made longer than the other
for the purpose of being bent to form a spring, the top of which is bent
inwards at right angles, which bent portion has also a rectangular slot,
so as to form a detent, in which the herein-after described loop or bow is
held in detention. To form this loop or bow we stamp a rectangular
strip of metal, each end of which is cross-like in form, and bend the
same into a curvilinear shape, the two cross pieces on the bottom end
of which are fitted into corresponding pierce holes in the front and back
parts on the side opposite to the detent, so as to furnish a hinge joint
without the aid of a rivet or pin. On the corresponding end of the loop
or bow we form a snap joint, which by the pressure of the finger is
forced into the rectangular slot, so by this action in connection with the
springy nature of the sides perfect security in attained.
We next take a flat, circular, or other shaped disc of metal, ivory,
bone, or other suitable substance, to the centre of which is fixed (in a
suitable manner) a rectangular, tubular, or other shaped shank, on the
apex of which is formed an opening or openings to allow when the
article to be secured is passed over it of the loop or bow being passed
through, so that when actuated by the finger and thumb the sleeve link
or solitaire (or other article) becomes thoroughly secure by the snap joint
and by the springy nature of the sides and detent.
The act of disconnection is performed by simply compressing the sides
of that portion of our Invention first described, when the detent releases
the snap joint, and the corresponding side acting upon the bottom end of
the hinged joint the loop or bow is made to spring open, thus effecting a
ready means of severing the parts, which can be reconnected equally
expeditiously.

page_text: The same mechanical action when applied to the connection of dog
collars, satchels, and other articles requiring greater strength in the
spring, we purpose forming in four pieces, that is to say, the front and
back are respectively stamped in suitably shaped parts, and a rectangular
strip made to form the sides, with two cross projections in the centre,
which fit into corresponding pierce holes in the front and back parts to
form rivets to connect them thereto, the said strip being turned up as
before explained, but (by preference) the side for forming the detent is
turned outward at right angles, thus making a projection to be actuated
on by the finger in releasing the detent.
The construction and application of the loop or bow is as before stated,
and as dog collars, satchels, and other articles to which our Invention
can be applied are generally furnished with staples, the use of what wo
may aptly term the button and shank may be dispensed with.
By the use of our Invention a desirable, expeditious, and secure lock
action will be effected.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Joseph George Rollason and John Wood in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 16th October 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JOSEPH
GEORGE ROLLASON and JOHN WOOD, Trading in Co-partnership under
the Style or Firm of Rollason and Wood, of Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Die-sinkers, Tool Makers, Stampers, and Piercers, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of April, 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 suc-
cessors, give and grant unto us, the said Joseph George Rollason and
John Wood, Her special license that we, the said Joseph George
Rollason and John Wood, our executors, administrators, and assigns,

page_text: or such others as we, the said Joseph George Rollason and John Wood,
our executors, administrators, or assigns, should at any timo 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
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR SOLITAIRES AND SLEEVE LINKS,
WHICH SAID IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE FOR CONNECTING DOG COLLARS,
SATCHELS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that we, the said Joseph George Rollason and John Wood, by an instru-
ment in writing under our 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 imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Joseph George Rollason and John
Wood, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described in
and by the following statement, that is to say :-
Our Invention consists in constructing and arranging the parts of
slceve links and solitaires, and other fastening for satchels, dog collars,
and for other similar purposes, as herein-after set forth.
We will procced to describe our Invention as applied to sleeve links
and solitaires, the said sleeve links and solitaires being made in two parts,
and constructed in the following manner :-We first stamp from a sheet
of suitable metal a blank of the desired shape to make front, back, and
sides to assume when completed the form of a padlock, shield, or other
suitable design, one of which side pieces is made longer than the other
for the purpose of being bent to form a spring, the top of which is bent
inwards at right angles, which bent portion has also a rectangular slot,
so as to form a detent, in which the herein-after described loop or bow is
held in detention. To form this loop or bow we stamp a rectangular
strip of metal, each end of which is cross-like in form, and bend the
same into a curvilinear shape, the two cross pieces on the bottom end of
which are fitted into corresponding pierce holes in the front and back
parts on the side opposite to the detent, so as to furnish a hinge joint
without the aid of a rivet or pin. On the corresponding end of the loop

page_text: or bow we form a snap joint, which by the pressure of the finger is forced
into the rectangular slot, so by this action in connection with the springy
nature of the sides perfect security is attained.
We next take a flat, circular, or other shaped disc of metal, ivory,
bone, or other suitable substance, to the centre of which is fixed (in a
suitable manner) a rectangular, tubular, or other shaped shank, on the
apex of which is formed an opening or openings to allow when the article
to be secured is passed over it of the loop or how being passed through,
so that when actuated by the finger and thumb the sleeve link or solitaire
(or other article) becomes thoroughly secure by the aid of the snap joint
and by the springy nature of the sides acting on the detent.
The act of disconnection is performed by simply compressing the sides
of that portion of our Invention first described, when the detent releases
the snap joint, and the corresponding side acting upon the bottom end of
the hinged joint, the said loop or bow is made to spring open, thus
effecting a ready means of severing the parts, which can be reconnected
equally expeditiously.
The same mechanical action when applied to the connection of dog
collars, satchels, and other articles requiring greater strength in the
spring, we purpose forming in four pieces, that is to say, the front and
back are respectively stamped in suitably shaped parts and a rectangular
strip made to form the sides, with two cross projections in the centro,
which fit into corresponding pierce holes in the front and back parts to
form rivets to connect them thereto, the said strip being turned up as
before explained, but (by preference) the side for forming the detent is
turned outward at right angles, thus making a projection to be actuated
on by the finger in releasing the detent.
The construction and application of the loop or bow is as before stated,
and as dog collars, satchels, and other articles to which our Invention
can be applied are generally furnished with staples, the use of what
we may aptly term the button and shank may be dispensed with.
By the use of our Invention a desirable, expeditious, and secure lock
action may be effected.
Our Invention may be embossed, engraved, enamelled, or otherwise

page_text: But in order that the details of our Invention and the manner in
which the same is to be carried into effect may be clearly understood, we
will refer to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the letters and
figures marked thereon.
Fig. 1 represents a front view of a finished sleeve link or solitaire
marked A drawn to a somewhat large scale for better illustration, with
the circular back part and tubular shank marked C attached thereto to
show the manner of connection.
Fig. 2 is a metal blank, comprising front and back parts marked A:
and B, and side pieces or lateral springs marked D and E, from which A,
Figure 1, is composed, with the two pierce holes a, b, for receiving the
cross pieces or projections on the lower end of the herein-after described
loop or bow. At the end of the side piece or lateral spring D we form
a rectangular slot or detent (marked g) for holding the aforesaid loop or
bow in detention, and below which we form a projection marked h (but
clearly shown at 1, Figure 1), to be actuated on by the finger or thumb,
which side piece or lateral spring D is bent up inwards (by preference)
at right angles through the dotted line j, j, thus placing the rectangular
slot in position for receiving the snap catch (described in our Provisional
Specification as a snap joint) on the terminal end of the loop or bow,
and completing the connection of the parts.
Fig. 3 is the loop or bow shown in blank with two cross pieces or pro-
jections marked c, d, and enlarged lower end e, at the terminal end of
which blank we make a snap catch, clearly shown at ƒ, Figure 4.
Fig. 4 represents the loop or bow marked F, shown in blank at
Figure 3, bent into position for attachment by inserting the two cross
pieces or projections c, d, Figure 3, into the corresponding pierce holes
a, b, Figure 2, which cross pieces when in position are bent up or rivetted,
thus making a joint for the loop or bow, and thereby securely connecting a
the front and back parts together without the aid of solder, thus allow-
ing perfect freedom for the action of the two side pieces or lateral springs.
The bottom part e is shown curved outwards for exerting its force in
keeping the side piece or lateral spring E in extension.
Fig. 5 is a part sectional view of Figure 1, showing the loop or bow F 3
released or extended, and the side pieces or lateral springs bent into

page_text: position, the side piece or lateral spring E being turned slightly inward so
as to exert its force on the curved lower end of the loop or bow (marked
e), thereby keeping it in extension. The bent portion of the side picco
or lateral spring D is partly in section to show the rectangular slot ready
for receiving the snap catch.
Fig. 6 is a repeat of Figure 5, but showing the loop or bow held in
detension by the rectangular slot or detent.
Fig. 7 is a sectional view of the back part or tubular shank marked C
to construct which part we first take a circular (or other shaped) disc
of metal or other suitable material, exhibited at Fig. 8, in the centre
of which we pierce two rectangular slots marked k, k. We next tako
the tubular shank shown in blank at Fig. 9, at the ends of which are
two projections 1, l, which blank when constructed into the tubular
shank shown at Figure 7 and the projections 1, 1, fitted into the cor-
responding pierce holes k, k, Figure 8, when by having a device stamped
on the back of the disc the heads of the two projecting picces 1, 7, are
flattened down, thereby completing the union of two portions and
obliterating the mode of connection.
In using our improved solitaire or sleeve link we first place the tubular
shank through the button holes or part of the dress to be connected,
leaving the orifice at the apex of the shank free for receiving the loop or
bow F, which when held in the position shown at Figure 5, it becomes
simply requisite to press the snap catch into the rectangular slot or
detent g, when by the springy nature of the side piece or lateral spring D
it will be drawn in by the action of the snap catch passing through the
slot until it catches in the recess, when it will exert its force outwards,
thereby making a secure connection, as shown at Figure 6. When
desired to be released it is only necessary to press the thumb or finger on
the projection h, which releases the snap catch, when the corresponding
side piece or lateral spring E (which in Figure 6 is shown held in exten-
sion by the lower curved part e of the tubular shank) will return to its
normal position, causing the loop or bow to be extended, as at Figure 5,
ready for withdrawing from the tubular shank, thereby affording simple
and expeditious means for connecting and disconnecting the parts.
Instead of using a circular disc to the back of the tubular shank, as
shown at Figure 8, we may take a narrow strip or band of metal or other
pliable material of the desired length to go round the article to be con.

page_text: nected, at one end of which we fix the tubular shank or an ordinary
staple, and at its corresponding end we purpose forming pierce holes,
into one of which the tubular shank or staple is passed, when the con-
nection is completed by simply following out the details described in the
former Figures.
In applying our Invention to dog collars, satchels, or other like
articles where greater strength is required, instead of making the primary
or body part in one piece, as at Figure 2, we make the front, back, and
sides in three separate parts, as for example, we take the two corre-
sponding pieces, one of which is shown at G, Fig. 10, and the side 1
pieces or lateral springs at H, H, Fig. 11, on the centre of which at
right angles are two projections m, m, which fit into corresponding
rectangular or other shaped slots at the bottom of the blanks, as at n,
Figure 10; or if desired we can, instead of having these projections,
place a rivet or pin through the corresponding parts, either way effecting
a secure connection when such side pieces or lateral springs are bent up
into position, as shown at Fig. 12.
In this we (by preference) dispense with the projection on the top
of the lateral side spring D, as shown at h, Figure 1, thereby making
the mode of opening secret, also (by preference) we make the loop or
bow of a tubular form, as increased strength is thereby obtained, which
loop or bow can be secured as at Figure 1, or by dispensing with the
projections at the end of the loop, and using a rivet.
Fig. 13 merely shows a finished view of the padlock with an orna-
mental projection on the front marked o.
Fig. 14 exhibits a modification of Figure 1. In this case we purpose
making the blanks of a circular or other suitable shape, with the centre
pierced as shown at Fig. 15, into which we can fix in any desirable
manner photographs, or a piece of ivory, glass, wood, or other suitable
material, upon which any particular device or design may be repre-
sented.
Fig. 16 is a further modification of our first Figure; but in this Figure
instead of making the side springs or lateral arms in a horizontal position,
with the back and front parts as shown in the blank at D and E, Figure 2,
we make them in a vertical position with the body. The rectangular slot :
or detent on the top of the lateral springs is represented at p and the
orifice for receiving the loop or bow at q, q. In this example the lateral

page_text: springs being connected to the body are partly divided to give elasticity,
as shown in the dotted lines r, r.
Fig. 17 merely shows a finished view of the last Figure.
Having thus described the nature of our Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be carried into effect, we wish it clearly under-
stood we do not purpose limiting ourselves to the precise details
herein described, as we can without departing from the spirit of our
Invention diversify and elaborate, as for example, in the manner shown
in the blanks and finished parts at Figs. 18 and 19; but what we claim
and desire to protect under these our in part recited Letters Patent is, the
general combination and arrangement as herein substantially described
and set forth for the production of solitaires, sleeve links, or other
fastenings.
In witness whereof, we, the said Joseph George Rollason and John
Wood, have hercunto set our hands and scals, this First day of
October, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
seventy-five.
Witness,
W. FAULKNER.
JOSEPH GEORGE ROLLASON. (L.S.)
JOHN WOOD.
(L.S.)