AN IM- PROVED FASTENING FOR NECKTIES, SCARFS, BELTS, AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Solomon Maurice, of Monkwell Street, in
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the City of London, Commission Agent, for the Invention of "AN IM-
PROVED FASTENING FOR NECKTIES, SCARFS, BELTS, AND OTHER ARTICLES."-
A communication from abroad by Simon Hayem, ainé, of 38, Rue du
Sentier, Paris, France.
Sealed the 4th April 1868, and dated the 18th October 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Solomon Maurice,
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
18th October 1867.
I, SAMUEL SOLOMON MAURICE, of Monkwell Street, in the City of London,
Commission Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR NECKTIES, SCARFS, BELTS, AND OTHER ARTICLES,
communicated to me from abroad by Simon Hayem, ainé, of 38, Rue du
Sentier, Paris, France, to be as follows:-
In neckties, braces, belts, pocket-books, and other articles, hooks, buckles,
eyes, spiral springs and other agents are used to fasten the article in the required
position of adjustment, which is an inconvenient and unsatisfactory arrange-
ment.

page_text: Whereas according to this Invention an appliance constructed as follows is
employed for the purpose:-A moveable plate having by preference teeth on
one of its edges, and herein-after called the working plate, works on two
projections, pivots, or axes, one of which is cranked, these pass through the sides
of another plate acting as a frame and to which is attached a bent plate
forming a spring, through one end of which the cranked projection or pivot
passes. The working plate is actuated by exerting pressure on it by means
of a knob or similar appliance. Holes are provided in the working plate and
frame plate to sew or stitch the necktie or other article thereto. The appliance
is thus used: The neckband or slide of the tie or the slide tongue or moveable
piece of the article is slipped between the frame plate and the working plate
and drawn through to the required position of adjustment, and the working
plate is released so that its edge may press against and retain the band, slide,
tongue, or moveable piece, and thereby retain it in place. It is freed by
pressing on the working plate whereby the latter is raised or moved and the
part on which it pressed is released. A flattened elongated ring or frame may
be used as a guide gauge or stiffener in the neck band, tongue, sliding or
moveable piece.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Samuel Solomon Maurice in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 18th April 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
SOLOMON MAURICE, of Monkwell Street, in the City of London, Commission
Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirty-first year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Samuel Solomon Maurice, Her special licence that I, the said
Samuel Solomon Maurice, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Samuel Solomon Maurice, my executors, adminis-
trators, 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
Mar, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED FASTENING POR NECKTIES, SCARPS, BELTS,

page_text: AND OTHER ARTICLES,'
communicated to me from abroad by Simon Hayem,
ainé, of 38, Rue de Sentier, Paris, France, upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Samuel Solomon Maurice, my executors or adminis-
trators, 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 Samuel Solomon Maurice, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, reference being had to the accompanying
Drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:-
In neckties, scarfs, braces, belts, pocket books, and other articles, hooks,
buckles, eyes, spiral springs, and other like agents have been heretofore used
to fasten the article in the required position of adjustment, but these are
inconvenient and unsatisfactory arrangements.
Whereas according to this Invention an appliance constructed as follows is
employed for the purpose:-A moveable plate which has by preference teeth
on one of its edges, and which is herein-after called the working plate, works
on two projections, pivots, or axes, one of which is cranked; these pass
through the sides of another plate, which I call a frame plate, and to which
is attached a bent plate forming a spring, through one end of which the
cranked projection or pivot passes. The working plate is actuated by exerting
pressure on it by means of a knob or similar appliance; holes are provided
in the working plate and frame plate to sew or stitch the necktie or other
article thereto. The appliance is thus used:-The neck band, slide, tongue,
or similar moveable piece of the tie or other article to which the fastening is
applied is slipped between the frame plate and the working plate, and drawn
through to the required position of adjustment, pressure having first been
exerted on the working plate to afford a passage for the band, slide, or.
tongue. The working plate is then released so that its edge may press
against and retain the band, slide, or tongue or moveable piece in place. The
band, slide, tongue, or moveable piece is freed by pressing on the working
plate again, whereby the latter releases the part on which it pressed. A
flattened elongated ring or frame may be used as a guide or stiffener in the
neck band, tongue or like sliding or moveable piece.
I proceed more particularly to describe with reference to the Drawings the
best mode of carrying the Invention into effect.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a front view; Figure 2, top view or plan; Figure 3, side view;
and Figure 4 back view of a fastening constructed according to this Inven-
tion; Figure 5 elevation, and Figure 6 side view of the working plate
detached; Figure 7, plan of the fastening as it would appear if lying on its
front; Figure 8, perspective view of the fastening.
A is a curved plate, preferably toothed on its lower edge, I call this plate
the working plate; it is formed with two projections a, a*, one on each
side, these projections form axes or pivots; one of these axes or pivots a* is
cranked; these axes or pivots pass through the bent sides or flanges of a
plate B, which I call the frame plate, this plate acting as a frame to the
plate A, that is to say, the axes or pivots a, a*, work in and are supported
by the plate B. The plate B is shewn detached in elevation Figure 9, per-
spective view Figure 10, and section Figure 11. The sides or edges of the
plate B are bent or turned up; C is a knob attached to the plate A; by
pressing on this knob the upper edge of the plate A is pushed inwards, and
the toothed edge of the plate is pushed outwards; D is a bent plate forming
a spring; it is riveted at one end to the outer side of the plate B. The
extremity of the cranked axis or pivot a* passes through and works in the
other or free end of this spring D.
In order to explain the application of the fastening conveniently, I will
suppose it applied to a scarf M, N, Q, as shewn in Figure 12, vertical
section, and Figure 18 back view of part of a scarf. I sew the fastening
in the body of the knot or loop Q of the scarf by threads passing through
holes q, q, in the plates A, B, the threads passing through the holes in plate A
being sufficiently loose to allow the plate A to work freely. I place the
fastening so that the plate A is towards the back of the scarf, its knob C
traversing an aperture therein. I use the fastening thus:-I press on the
knob so as to open the fastening, that is to say, so as to press the upper end
of the plate A inward and its lower end outward, as shewn in side view
Figure 14, and I pass the tongue, band, or slide N of the scarf between the
plates A, B, and draw it down. I then release the knob C, and thereupon
the plate A resumes its position or closes its toothed or lower edge, returning
or moving inward and pressing upon the tongue, band, or slide N, thus
fastening it firmly in position, as shewn in section Figure 15 in black lines,
the tongue, band, or slide being held firmly between the plates A and B ;
the red lines in that Figure shew the fastening open. I open the fastening
in order to take off the scarf by pressing on the knob C, thereby pressing

page_text: the toothed edge of the plate A outward, thus opening the fastening and
allowing of the withdrawal of the band N from the knot or loop Q.
Figure 16 is a front view, Figure 17 back view, Figure 18 side or edge
view, and Figure 19 plan or top view of a modification of this arrangement.
A is the working plate which is toothed at its lower edge, and is provided
with axes or pivots a, a*, one of which a* is cranked, and these axes or
pivots a, a, pass through and work in the bent sides of a frame plate B;
and D is a bent plate forming a spring, which spring has one end attached
to the plate B, while the other end receives the cranked axis or pivot a*, all
as described in the previous arrangement; but in this modification the shank c
of the knob C passes through a slot in the plate B, and thus the knob C
projects behind the plate B. Holes q, q, are formed only in the plate B, to
stitch the fastening to and within the scarf, but in this modification there are
no holes q in the plate A. The plate B (instead of the plate A) is placed
towards the back of the knot or loop Q. The fastening is worked exactly
like the arrangement described in reference to Figures 1 to 15 inclusive,
the knob C protruding through the back of the necktie.
Figure 20 is a front view of a flattened elongated ring or metal stiffener,
which I sometimes insert within the tongue or slide at the end thereof to
facilitate its insertion through the fastening, but I do not always use this
metal ring or stiffener.
I have described the fastening applied to a scarf, but it is applied in like
manner to other articles.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same may be performed, I declare that I claim a fastening having
its parts arranged and combined substantially in the manner herein-before
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Solomon Maurice, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Ninth day of April in the year One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
Witness,
E. DE PASS,
68, Fleet Street,
London.
SAMUEL S. MAURICE.
(L.S.)