Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Fastenings for Garters, Belts, Vest Back-straps, Braces, Gloves, and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Feb.,
1894
Complete Specification Left, 20th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 22nd Dec., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Fastenings for
Garters, Belts, Vest Back-straps, Braces, Gloves, and the like.
We, JAMES WHITTAKER of No. 47 Albert Road Kings Heath, in the County
of Worcester Engineer and SAMUEL GEORGE WHITEHOUSE of High Street,
Kings Heath, in the county aforesaid, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the improvements, hereinafter described, in and
relating to the manufacture of fastenings for garters, belts, vest back-straps,
braces, gloves and other like articles and consists in making a metallic fastening
whereby two ends of the articles aforesaid may be expeditely connected or
disconnected, by one engaging in or interlocking the other.
Our said invention consists essentially in the manufacture of a metallic fastening
aforesaid, produced from a length of brass, copper, iron steel or other suitable
tube, which we cut into short lengths and by press or other tools bend into an oval
shape, we afterwards cut a transverse slot near one edge thereof, or
cut the said slot about the centre or any other part for the purpose hereinafter
described.
we may
We by another operation depress the oval shape tubular piece into a rectangular
shape, having two right angular turned up edges.
We by a further operation bend the turned up edges downwards forming with
the flat face of the tubular part two V or U shaped guides at the same time
tapering the same laterally, that is to say, one end of the fastening is made wider
than the other.
The fastening thus formed may be nickel plated or otherwise finished, is con-
nected to one end of the garter, or other similar band by threading one end
through the tubular part and hence through the transverse slot aforesaid which
allows the garter or band to be shortened or lengthened as desired. The widest
part of the fastening being placed next the band and the lesser next the end of the
band.
To the other end of the said garter or band is attached a metallic taper plate
forming the other part of the fastening which is made in a similar manner from a
short length of tube by first bending it into an oval shape and afterwards into a
rectangular form the same operation making the edges taper to correspond
with, and of a size to engage in the taper part of the guides of the fastening
aforesaid.
The said plate is attached to the end of the garter or band by placing the end
thereof in the tubular part and closing the same by press tools at the same time
fluting or ornamenting the upper surface thereof.
When it is desired to connect the two ends of the garter or band together the
narrow part of the taper plate attached to one end, is placed in the wide part of
the fastening between the V or U shaped guides, and slides therein, and is held
firmly by the elasticity of the band which forces it wedge like, and holds it between
the said guides.
We may when desired make our improved fastening from strips of sheet metal or
from a metal blank instead of a length of tube.

page_text: Our invention may, by slight modification be applied to fastenings for gloves
and other like articles.
Dated this 19th day of February 1894.
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH.
36, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicants.
Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Fastenings for
· Garters, Belts, Vest Back-straps, Braces, Gloves, and the like.
We JAMES WHITTAKER of No. 47 Albert Road, Kings Heath in the County
of Worcester, Engineer, and SAMUEL GEORGE WHITEHOUSE of High Street
Kings Heath in the county aforesaid, Engineer, 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:-
This invention relates to the improvements hereinafter described in and relating
to the manufacture of fastenings for garters, belts, vest back-straps, braces, gloves
and other like articles and consists in making a metallic fastening whereby two
ends of the articles aforesaid may be expeditely connected, or disconnected, by one
engaging in or interlocking the other.
Our said invention consists essentially in the manufacture of a metallic fastening
aforesaid, produced from a length of brass, copper, iron, steel or other suitable
tube, which we cut into short lengths and by press or other tools bend into an oval
shape, we afterwards cut a transverse slot near one edge thereof or we may
cut the said slot about the centre or any other part, for the purpose hereinafter
described.
We by another operation depress the oval shape tubular piece into a rectangular
shape, having two right-angular turned up edges.
We by a further operation bend the turned up edges downwards forming with
the flat face of the tubular part two V or U shaped guides, at the same time
tapering the same laterally, that is to say one end of the fastening is made
wider than the other.
The fastening thus formed may be nickle plated or other-wise finished, is
connected to one end of a garter, or other similar band by threading one end
through the tubular part and hence through the transverse slot aforesaid, which
allows the garter or band to be shortened or lengthened as desired. The widest
part of the fastening being placed next the band and the lesser next the end of the
band. To the other end of the said garter or band is attached a metallic taper
plate forming the other part of the fastening which is made in a similar manner
from a short length of tube, by first bending it into an oval form, and afterwards
into a rectangular form, the same operation making the edges taper to correspond
with, and of a size to engage in the taper part of the guides of the fastening
aforesaid.
The said plate is attached to the end of the garter or band by placing the end
thereof in the tubular part and closing the same by press tools, at the same time
fluting the same or ornamenting it.
When it is desired to connect the two ends of the band together the narrow end
of the taper plate attached to one end of the band is placed in the wide part of the
fastening between the V or U shaped guides on the opposite end of the band and
slides therein and is held firmly the elasticity of the band which forces it wedge
like between the said guides.
We will proceed to describe our invention by reference to the accompanying
drawings the same letters of reference indicating similar parts throughout.

page_text: Figure 1 represents our improved fastening attached to a garter and shows the
two ends of the same connected together.
Figure 2 shows the same fastening disconnected.
Figure 3 represents a short length of metallic tube.
Figure 4 shows the tube bent by press tools into the form represented and
pierced with a transverse slot A.
Figure 5. shows the same bent or depressed into a rectangular shaped tube with
two projecting ends B, B, at right angles thereto.
Figure 6. shows the same after another operation in which the ends B B are
bent into guides B and B of the form shown, by the same operation the guides
and the ends of the same tubular parts are made taper as shown in the plan view
Figure 6.
The one end of the fastener being thus formed is nickel plated or otherwise
finished and connected to one end of the garter by first passing one end thereof
down the tubular part D Figures 5 and 6 and then through the slot A as shown in
Figure 7.
Figure 8 represents a short length of tube of less diameter than Figure 3 for
forming the opposite end of the fastener.
Figure 9 represents the same bent into the form shown.
Figure 10 represents the same after another operation which bends it into the
form of the section V and produces the flutes or corrugations E (which may be of
desired pattern) the same operation produces the taper as shown in the plan.
This part of the fastening after being nickel plated is fixed to the opposite end
of the garter by folding the end over and placing it in the recess F, in this
position the metal is closed by press or other tools which securely fixes the same
thereon as shown at H Figure 2.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim, is
1. The improved fastening for garters, belts, waistbands and the like herein-
before described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings which consists in
making a metallic fastening from a circular or other suitable shaped tube consisting
of two parts one being fixed to one end of the garter, belt or waistband and the
other made detachable to the other end as hereinbefore described and whereby the
two ends are made to engage with each other by the interlocking of their taper
edges together substantially as set forth.
2. In the improved fastening for garters, belts or waistbands consisting of a
tubular part D and the slot A for connecting the same to one end of a garter, belt
or waistband for the purpose hereinbefore described and the guides or taper
parts B', B2 into which slides the plate E, which is connected to the other end
of the garter, belt or waistband substantially as described and illustrated in
Figures 1. 2. 3. 4. 5 6 and 7 and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 17th dor of November 1894
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicants.