Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Jan., 1887
Complete Left, 12th Oct., 1887
Complete Accepted, 15th Nov., 1887
I, ROBERT EDWARD HENRY of 35 Stanhope Gardens, in the county of Middlesex,
Lieutenant-Colonel in Her Majesty's Army do hereby declare the nature of this.
Invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in that class of collar studs, wherein a needle or
sharp point projects, or may be caused to project from the stud, in order to retain the
necktie in position, and the main object of my said invention is to provide suitable
means for causing such point to be projected from, or withdrawn into the stud at
pleasure.
According to one method of carrying my invention into practice, a short internally
threaded tube is affixed to the centre of a disc or plate forming the back of the stud,
while the said tube forms the shank.
A flat rectangular piece of metal is provided with portions of a screw thread cut
upon two of its opposite edges, to fit the internal screw in the said shank, and a short
wire, or needle, ferminating in a sharp point is affixed to the said rectangular piece.
The head of the stud has a small hole in its centre, through which the needle can pass,
and to its underside a tube is affixed which enters the aforesaid shank.
This tube is slotted on opposite sides, to receive the aforesaid rectangular piece at
the bottom of the needle. The head of the stud is made to embrace a small flange ou
the top of the shank, so that while the head with its slotted tube can be freely rotated, it
cannot be withdrawn from the shank. When the head is rotated in one direction, the
rectangular piece aforesaid, being held by the slot in the internal tube, will also be
rotated, and by reason of the screw thread formed on its edges will advance and cause
the needle to be protruded through the head, and when the head is rotated in the
opposite direction, the point will be withdrawn into the head. In this form the stud
can be inserted in the button holes just the same as an ordinary stud, and when in
place, by rotating the head with the finger and thumb, the point is protruded, as above
described, and the necktie is then slipped or tied over such point.
As a modification of the above described construction, I may form the needle with
a circular boss, having a complete screw thread cut thereon, in place of the rectangular

page_text: piece aforesaid, and I provide a tail piece having a square or flattened section, below
the said boss, this tail piece enters a hole of corresponding form in the back plate, so
that while the needle is free to move longitudinally it cannot rotate.
An internal screw thread is cut in the tube fixed to the head of the stud, to fit the
thread on the needle boss, and no slots in this case are formed in such tube. The mode
of operating this stud is the same as in the first instance.
As a further modification, I may dispense with the screw arrangement and cause
the tubes forming the shank to slide within each other, one or both the said tubes
being preferably split to cause them to pinch each other with a certain amount of
friction. In this case the pointed needle is fixed into the back plate, when the shank
is pulled out to its full length the point is hidden, and when pushed in, the point
protrudes. This particular form of stud is chiefly intended for use on the back of a
shirt collar, where some inconvenience might be found in operating a rotating
movement.
Dated Twelfth day of January 1887
AMBROSE MYALL, C.E.,
21, Cockspur Street, London, S.W.,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I, ROBERT EDWARD HENRY of 35 Stanhope Gardens, in the county of Middlesex,
Lieutenant Colonel in Her Majesty's Army 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 improvements in that class of collar-studs, wherein a needle
or sharp point projects, or may be caused to project from the stud, in order to retain
the necktic in position, and the main object of my said invention is to provide
suitable means for causing such point to be projected from, or withdrawn into the stud,
at pleasure.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figs. 1 and 2 are sectional elevations of a
collar-stud, constructed according to one method of carrying out my invention; Figs. 3
and 4 are similar views, shewing a modified arrangement; Figs. 5 and 6 are similar
views of a further modification; and Fig. 7 is a part elevation of Figs. 5 and 6.
whole of the figures are to an enlarged scale.
The
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several figures.
According to the method of carrying my invention into practice, as shewn in Figs. 1
and 2, a short internally threaded tube A, is affixed to the centre of a disc or plate B
forming the back of the stud, while the tube A forms the shank. A flat
rectangular piece of metal is. provided with portions of a screw thread cut upon
two of its opposite edges, to fit the internal screw in the shank A, and a short
wire or needle D, terminating in a sharp point, is affixed to, or is formed in one
with the rectangular piece C. The head E of the stud has a small hole Fin
its centre, through which the needle D can pass, and to the underside of the head E
a tube H is affixed, which enters the shank A. The tube H is slotted on opposite
sides, as shewn, to receive the rectangular piece C, at the bottom end of the needle.
The edge E of the head E is turned over, in order to cause it to embrace a flange A'
on the top of the shank A, so that while the head E with its slotted tube H can be
freely rotated, it cannot be withdrawn from the shank A. When the head is rotated
in one direction, the piece C, being held by the slot in the tube H, will also be rotated,
and by reason of the screw thread formed on its edges will advance and cause the
needle point to be protruded through the aperture F, as shewn in Fig. 2, and when
the head is rotated in the opposite direction, the point will be withdrawn into the head,
as shewn in Fig. 1. In this latter condition the stud can be inserted in the button
holes, just the same as an ordinary stud, and when in place, by rotating the head E
with the finger and thumb, the needle point can be protruded as above described,
and the necktie then slipped, or tied over such point.
In the modified arrangement shewn in Figs. 3 and 4, I provide the needle D with a
circular boss C, having a complete external screw thread formed thereon, such circular
boss taking the place of the rectangular piece C, in Figs. 1 and 2. A tail-piece D', of

page_text: square or flattened section, is affixed below the boss C'. This tail-piece enters a hole A³
of corresponding section in the lower part of the shank A, so that while the needle is
free to move longitudinally, it cannot rotate. No screw thread is formed within the
shank A, but the tube H, which is affixed to the underside of the head E, as before, is
screwed internally to fit the thread on the boss C¹, and no slots are in this case required
in the tube H. The mode of operating this stud is the same as in the stud shewn in
Figs. 1 and 2.
In the further modification shewn in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, I dispense with the screw
arrangement and simply make the tube H to slide within the shank A, the pointed
needle D being fixed into the back plate B. When the head E, with its tube H, is
pulled out, the needle point is hidden, and when pushed in, the point protrudes. In
order to lock the stud in either of these positions, I prefer to affix a pin J on the
tube H, working in a slot K in the shank A. The form of this slot is shewn in the
exterior view of the shank A, Fig. 7, and it will be seen thereby that a slight turn of
the head E, when it has been pulled out or pushed in, will lock it in either position.
If preferred the tube H may be external to the shank A, and either or both of these
tubes may, if desired, be split to cause them to work with a certain amount of friction
and so assist in causing them to retain their relative positions. This particular form
of stud as shewn in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, is chiefly intended for use on the back of a shirt
collar, where some inconvenience might be found in operating a rotating movement.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :
1. The needle collar-stud constructed in the manner and for the purposes
substantially as herein described and shewn with reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the
accompanying drawings.
2. The needle collar-stud constructed in the manner and for the purposes
substantially as herein described and shewn with reference to Figs. 3 and 4 of the
accompanying drawings.
3. The needle collar-stud constructed in the manner and for the purposes
substantially as herein described and shewn with reference to Figs. 5, 6 and 7 of the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 12th day of October 1887
AMBROSE MYALL,
21, Cockspur Street, London, S.W.,
Agent for the Applicant.