Improvements in Sleeve Links.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 9th July, 1390-Accepted, 9th Aug., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Sleeve Links.
I, JOSEPH ASSHETON FINCHER of Lampard Brook, Framlingham, Suffolk, Gentleman
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved construction of double sleeve links whereby
the necessity of passing the studs of the links through the button holes of the cuff is
rendered unnecessary, and thus the inconvenience, and the wear of the button holes,
attendant on that operation, avoided.
For this purpose 1 attach the one stud to the connecting metal bar or loop in the
usual way, but the second stud I form separate from the bar or loop and I construct
the eye by which it is to be connected to the bar as an open hook, the end of which
is bent inwards so as to project up into the loop of the hook. I also form the end
of the connecting bar or loop to which the hook is to be attached with a small eye
just large enough for the metal of the book to pass through. On fitting the link to
a cuff, the bar is passed through the one button hole, and the hook of the second stud
having been passed through the other button hole, the eye of the bar, is passed over
the end of the hook and is brought round the loop of the latter. It will then be
found that the bar cannot possibly free itself from the hook, whatever position it may
assume on the inner face of the cuff, while the two parts can be readily separated on
using both hands.
According to another modification, I form the book with a continuation running
down parallel to and close against the straight part or shank of the hook, the lower
end being bent slightly outwards, so that the eye of the bar can be passed over it and
slid up between the hook extension and the shank until it passes over the loop of the
hook.
Dated this 28th day of February 1890
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Sleeve Links.
I, JOSEPH ASSHETON FINCHER of Lampard Brook, Framlingham, Suffolk, Gentleman,
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:
My invention relates to an improved construction of double sleeve links whereby
the necessity of passing the studs of the links through the button holes of the cuff is
rendered unnecessary, and thus the inconvenience and the wear of the button holes,
attendant on that operation, avoided.
For this purpose I attach the one stud to the connecting metal bar or loop in the
usual way, but the second stud I form separate from the bar or loop and I construct
the eye by which it is to be connected to the bar as an open hook, the end of which
is bent inwards so as to project up into the loop of the hook. I also form the end
of the connecting bar or loop to which the hook is to be attached with a small eye
just large enough for the metal of the hook to pass through. On fitting the link to a
cuff, the bar is passed through the one button hole, and the hook of the second stud
having been passed through the other button hole, the eye of the bar is passed over
the end of the hook and is brought round the loop of the latter. It will then be found
that the bar cannot possibly free itself from the hook, whatever position it may

page_text: assume on the inner face of the cuff, while the two parts can be readily separated on
using both hands.
According to another modification, I form the hook with a continuation running
down parallel to and close against the straight part or shank of the hook, the lower
end being hent slightly outwards, so that the eye of the bar can be passed over it
and slid up between the hook extension and the shank until it passes over the loop of
the hook.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing shews one arrangement of my before
described improved sleeve link, in which the eye a of the link is formed as a hook
with the end projecting into the loop of the hook. The connecting link or bar bis
formed with a small eye b¹, so that to connect the link with the hook of the stud,
the eye is first. inserted over the end of the hook, and is then brought round over
the loop into the position shewn. It will be seen that in this position the attachment
is perfectly secure, while if by chance the stud should turn round so as to bring the
eye of the link into the dotted position, it cannot even then become disengaged from
the hook without bringing it by means of the fingers round the under side of the
book and over the end thereof. The end of the hook may either lie in the same plane
with the other part, or it may be bent outwards as shewn at Fig. 1ª.
In order to still further increase the difficulty of accidental detachment, the loop
of the hook may be brought so close to the underside of the stud, as not to leave a
space equal to the full thickness of the link b, and the eye b¹ of the latter is in that
case formed with a groove 62 at one point of sufficient depth to allow that part of the
link to pass through the said space.
Thus it will be evident that should the link accidentally pass over the point of the
hook, it is still prevented from separating therefrom, unless the link is brought into
a position with its groove exactly coinciding with the narrow space between the hook
and the stud.
Fig. 3 shews a modification in which the hook has at its end a continuation a¹
running close against the straight part or shank, and having its end bent slightly
outwards, so that the eye of the link can only be brought into the loop by forcing
the part a¹ open with spring action.
Fig. 4 shews a modification in which the shank a² of the h a is made with a
helical twist, so that, the eye of the link b having been passed over the end of the
hook and brought round to the loop thereof, the stud of the hook can be rotated so
as to bring the eye of the link on to the part of the shank above the helical twist.
The hook a may either be made to nearly touch the twisted part of the shank, as
shewn so that the link has to be sprung past that point, or sufficient space may be
left to allow it to pass freely.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what 1
claim is
1. Constructing sleeve links with the loop of the one stud made of a hook shape,
while the corresponding end of the connecting link or bar is formed with an eye that
requires to be turned with the fingers in order to be passed round the hook, substantially
as described.
2. The various constructions of sleeve links shewn on the accompanying drawing
wherein the one stud has a hook shaped connection a, while the link attached to
the other stud has an eye b¹ for fitting over the said hook.
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1000
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.