Improvements in Pins for Scarves and other purposes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Apr., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Jan., 1892-Accepted, 27th Feb.. 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pins for Scarves and other purposes.
A communication to me by THEODOR FAHRNER, of Pforzheim, in the Empire
of Germany, Manufacturer.
I, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the firm of Edwards and Co., Patent Agents and
Engineers, of 35, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to scarf pins and pins used for cravats, shirt fronts, or for
other purposes, and it has for its object a novel method of making such pins so that
they are firmly held in position without being liable to come out.
Such pins as ordinarily made, generally have suitable grooves made in their
length by which the liability to come out is lessened, and the present invention
consists of a novel method of making the pin, by which it is turned half round
when in its place and is thus firmly held.
Upon the upper end of the body of the pin itself is formed or attached a wire,
which after curving outward and downward is brought back and ends in a short
spiral opposite to the pin. The end of the wire where it is attached to the pin may
be twisted round the latter and then form an ornamental loop, or it may be made in
a heart or other ornamental shape, or may form the setting for a precious stone or
other ornament. To fix the pin it is forced into the scarf or other material up to
the point where the curved wire described joins it, so that the spiral at the end of
the latter lies in front of the pin and away from the scarf.
The pin is then turned round through a semi-circle so that the spiral end of the
wire is brought behind the pin and against the scarf, and in this position the pin
cannot be withdrawn as the projecting end of the wire is caught by the material,
and the pin is therefore safely and firmly held.
In order to withdraw it, it is turned back through balf a circle, so that the end
of the wire lies outside the pin and the latter can then be withdrawn.
The bent wire may be curved either to the right or left of the pin, the latter
being turned through a semi-circle to the left or to the right respectively, as
already described.
The improved pin can be used for very many purposes, either by ladies or
gentlemen, or for upholsterers' decorative work.
Dated this 23rd day of Anril 1891
EDWARDS & Co.,
35, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pins for Scarves and other purposes.
5 A communication to me by THEODOR FAHRNER, of Pforzheim, in the Empire
of Germany, Manufacturer.
I, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the firm of Edwards and Co., Patent Agents and
Engineers, of 35 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, 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 and accompanying drawing, that is to say :—
This invention relates to scarf pins, and pins used for cravats, shirt front.
other purposes, and it has for its object a novel method of making such ¸ɔ n³
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page_text: Such pins as ordinarily made, generally have suitable grooves made in their
length by which the liability to come out is lessened, and the present invention
consists of a novel method of making the pin, by which it is turned half round
when in its place and is thus firmly held.
The accompanying drawing is in illustration of the invention.
Figures 1 and 2 are back and front views respectively of an improved scarf pin.
Figures 3 and 4 are back and front views respectively of a pin stuck into a
cloth.
Upon the upper end of the body of the pin A itself is formed or attached at C
a wire B, which after curving outward and downward is brought back, and ends in
a short spiral D opposite to the pin. The end of the wire B attached to the pin
may be twisted round the latter and then form an ornamental loop, as shewn in
Figures 1 and 2, or it may be made in the form of a heart or other ornamental
shape, as shewn in Figures 3 and 4, or may form the setting for a precious stone or
other ornament. To fix the pin, it is held in the position shewn in Figure 1, and
is forced into the scarf or other material up to the point C where the curved wire
described joins it, (as shewn in Figure 3,) so that the spiral D at the end of the
latter lies in front of the pin A, and away from the scarf.
The pin is then turned round a semi-circle, so that the spiral end of the wire D
is brought behind the pin A, and against the scarf, (as shewn in Figure 4,) and 2
in this position the pin cannot be withdrawn, as the projecting end D of the wire is
caught by the material, and the pin is therefore safely and firmly held.
In order to withdraw it, it is turned back through half a circle, so that the end
of the wire D lies outside the pin and the latter can be withdrawn.
The bent wire B may be curved either to the right (as shewn in Figures 1 and 2,) 2
or to the left (as shewn in Figures 3 and 4,) the pin being turned round through a
semi-circle to the left or to the right respectively, as already described.
The improved pin can be used for very many purposes either by ladies or
gentlemen, or for upholsterers' decorative work, and the like.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is :-
1. The self-fastening pin, in which a bent wire B is fastened at one end to the
pin A. at C, its other spirally shaped end D standing out somewhat from the pin A,
so that when the Intter is inserted in a scarf or other material it is in front of the 3
pin, and when turned half round is behind the pin and against the scarf, substantially
as and for the purpose described and shewn.
Dated this
day of January 1892.
EDWARDS & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.