Improvement in Corset Fasteners or Busks.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 11th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Apr., 1895-Accepted, 4th May, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Corset Fasteners or Busks.
I OTTO GROSSE, Corset Manufacturer 494 Kingsland Road, London (a
communication from Messrs. Frank and Herz in Berlin, Grüner Weg No. 117
Corset Manufacturers) do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The fasteners consist of two steel bars, one bearing a number of brass studs, the
other corresponding brass eyes with slits through which the studs pass in and out.
Each eye is covered with a movable hook which by its relative position covers
or uncovers the slit in the eye and thus fixes the studs or relieves them.
All these hooks are fastened to a thin steel lever moving up and down on the
surface of the left steel bar.
The top hook has a small button which by down pressure lifts the lever, moving
all hooks at the same time and relieves all studs simultaneously.
London, 11th June 1894.
OTTO GROSSE.
I, OTTO GROSSE, Corset Manufacturer 494 Kingsland Road, London N.E. a
communication from Messrs. Frank & Herz in Berlin 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 :-
Corset fasteners or busks consisting of two steel bars, one bearing a number of
brass or other metal studs, the other bearing corresponding brass or other metal
eyes with slits through which the studs can easily pass in and out.
Each eye is covered with a movable hook which by its relative position covers
or uncovers the slit in the eye and thus fixes the studs or releases them.
All these hooks are fastened to a thin-steel rod, moving up and down on the
surface of the left bar.
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The top hook has a small button which by a downward pressure lifts the rod
and all the hooks at the same time and releases all the studs simultaneously.
This simultaneous action forms my improvement of corset fasteners or busks.
The drawing shews the fastener or busk in Fig. 1. closed and in Fig. 2. open.
On bar a, the eyes with slits b, are fixed; the hooks c, are movable in such
manner that by horizontal position (Fig. 1.) they cover and close the eyes; by
oblique position (Fig. 2.) they uncover the slit in the eye and therefore release
the studs.
The hooks c, form two-armed levers, one arin being pivoted on a thin rod d,
which connects all the hooks, so that by shifting this rod up or down, all the hooks
are moved in the same direction.
The top hook is supplied with a button, e, acting as a baudle to shift the rod d,
and the hook c.

page_text: One end of the rod is connected with a spring f, which pulls the rod downward
and therefore keeps the hooks in their closing position (Fig. 1.).
On the second bar a', the studs g, are fixed, passing in and out of the eyes b, and
thus forming the fastening of the corset.
The fastening is done in the usual manner by pushing the studs g, into the
eyes b.
The opening of the corset is effected by pressing the button e, downward,
whereby the hooks c, release all the slits of the eyes (Fig. 2.) and allow the
studs g, to pass through.
If the button e, is no longer pressed, the hooks c, return by the aid of the
spring f, into their closing position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
Corset fasteners or busks, consisting of two bars, one bar a', bearing studs 9, the
other bar a, bearing eyes with slits, b, and movable hooks, c, connected by the
rod d, which hooks fasten or release the studs simultaneously.
The object of this invention is, to enable the wearer of the corset to open and
close the same in the easiest possible way, by simply pressing the button of the
top hook.
Dated this 2nd day of April 1895.
OTTO
GROSSE,
494, Kingsland Road, Ñ.E.