IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR BELTS, BRACES, GARTERS, BOOKS, PORTE- MONNAIES, PORTFOLIOS, POCKET BOOKS, INVOICE, WRITING AND CIGAR CASES, RETICULES, BAGS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES OR PURPOSES
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to August Emil Clemens Scheidel, of the firm of Gouda,
Scheidel, and Company, of Frank-fort-on-the-Main, in Germany and
Watling Street, in the City of London, Manufacturers, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR BELTS, BRACES, GARTERS, BOOKS, PORTE-
MONNAIES, PORTFOLIOS, POCKET BOOKS, INVOICE, WRITING AND CIGAR CASES,
RETICULES, BAGS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES OR PURPOSES."-A communi-
cation from P. F. Gouda.
Watling Street, in the City of London, Manufacturers, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR BELTS, BRACES, GARTERS, BOOKS, PORTE-
MONNAIES, PORTFOLIOS, POCKET BOOKS, INVOICE, WRITING AND CIGAR CASES,
RETICULES, BAGS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES OR PURPOSES."-A communi-
cation from P. F. Gouda.
Séaled the 14th May 1859, and dated the 30th November 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said August Emil Clemens
Scheidel at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 30th November 1858.
I, AUGUST EMIL CLEMENS SCHEIDEL, of the firm of Gouda, Scheidel, and
Company, of Frankfort-on-the-Maine, in Germany, and Watling Street, in
the City of London, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR BELTS, BRACES, GARTERS,
BOOKS, PORTEMONNAIES, PORTFOLIOS, POCKET BOOKS, INVOICE, WRITING AND CIGAR
CASES, RETICULES, BAGS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES OR PURPOSES," communi-
cated to me by P. F. Gouda, a foreigner residing abroad, to be as follows:-
On one side or part of a belt, portemonnaie, or other article is fitted a
clip, clasp, small case, or recess, slotted or with an opening on each side, or a

page_text: double plate so connected as to leave a groove on each side, and on the end
flap or other part of the belt, portemonnaie, or other article is attached a
frame or loop formed with cheeks, feathers, or tongues, or cut away at the
inner sides so as to leave parts projecting inward, which by drawing or
pulling the frame or loop, which is suitably attached for the purpose, preferably
to an elastic, are caused to enter the slots or grooves in the clip, case, or
recess, in order to fasten the belt, portemonnaie, or article, and are drawn out
of such slots or grooves in order to unfasten it; or the clip or clasp may be
slotted through, and the frame formed with a single tongue or projecting
piece sliding in like manner in and out of the clip or clasp in order to fasten
and unfasten the belt, portemonnaie, or other article; or the frame may be
a fixture, and the clip, case, or double plate so attached to the belt, porte-
monnaie, or article as to slide to and fro, and thus engage and disengage the
projecting parts, cheeks, or tongues to effect the fastening and unfastening.
The improved fastening may also be applied to braces, garters, books, and
pocket books, writing and cigar cases, bags, reticules, and similar articles or
purposes.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said August Emil Clemens Scheidel in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 30th May 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, AUGUST
EMIL CLEMENS SCHEIDEL, of the firm of Gouda, Scheidel, and Company, of
Frankfort-on-the-Main, in Germany, and Watling Street, in the City of
London, Manufacturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-second year of Her
lid, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
mil Clemens Scheidel, Her special licence that I, the said August
del, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
reign
said August
Emil Clemens Sche..
others as I, the said Augu
trators, and assigns, should at any
to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR BELTS, BRACES, GARTERS,
st Emil Clemens Scheidel, my executors, adminis-
time agree with, and no others; from time

page_text: Eooks, PORTEMONNAIES, PORTFOLIOS, POCKET BOOKS, INVOICE, WRITING AND CIGAR
CASES, RETICULES, BAGS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES OR PURPOSES," communica-
tion from P. F. Gouda, a foreigner residing abroad, upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said August Emil Clemens Scheidel, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their,
or one of their bands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said August Emil Clemens Scheidel, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the accompanying
Drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
This Invention consists in constructing fastenings in the following
manner-On one side or part of a belt, portemonnaie, or other article is
fitted a clip, clasp, small case, or recess, slotted or with an opening on each
side, or a double plate so connected as to have a groove on each side, forming
a holding piece, and on the end flap or other part of the belt, portemonnaie,
or other article is attached a frame or loop formed with checks, feathers, or
tongues, or cut away at the inner sides so as to leave parts projecting inwards,
which, by means of moving the frame or loop, which is suitably attached for
the purpose, preferably by an elastic, are caused to enter or slide into the slots
or grooves in the holding piece in order to fasten the belt, portemonnaie, or
article, and are drawn out of such slots or grooves in order to unfasten it;
or the clip or holding piece may be slotted through, and the frame formed
with a single tongue or projecting piece sliding in like manner in and out of
the holding piece, in order to fasten and unfasten the belt, portemonnaie, or
other article; or the frame may be a fixture, and the clip, case, or double plate
so attached to the belt, portemonnaie, or article as to slide to and fro, and
thus engage and disengage the projecting parts, cheeks, or tongues to effect
the fastening and unfastening.
These improved fastenings may also be applied to braces, garters, books,
and pocket books, writing and cigar cases, bags, reticules, and similar articles
or purposes.
The accompanying Drawings exemplify modes of carrying the Invention
into effect.
Figure 1 shews a purse or portemonnaie A, with one of these improved

page_text: fastenings applied, and represented as closed; Figure 2 shews the fastening
a is a holding
detached; and Figures 3 and 3, the parts thereof in detail.
piece attached on one side of the purse, and formed with recesses or grooves
a!, a¹, on each side. This piece is shewn in plan and edge view, Fig. 3b, and
consists of a double plate a, a³, so connected at a' as to leave the
connected to the flap by an elastic attached
This piece is formed with cheeks or parts
grooves
a¹
at each side; b is a frame or loop
. beneath the leather of the purse.
.c, c, projecting inward. To close the fastening the frame 6 is to be drawn
beyond the piece a, and on releasing it to the elastic the cheeks c, c, will slip
into the grooves a¹, a¹, and thereby effect a firm fastening, which may be
readily opened by pulling or withdrawing the frame b, to disengage its pro-
jections from the grooves. Figure 4 shews a belt B with this -fastening
applied, represented as open; and Figure 5, a lady's bag E with two of these
fastenings attached. e is a knob for more conveniently handling the piece b.
Figure 6 shews a portemonnaie A with another form of these improved
fastenings applied, and represented as open; and in the view of a workcase B,
Figure 7, it is shown closed; Figures 8 and 8 represent the parts detached.
a is a clip or case or holding piece fitted at one side of the purse, slotted or
open through; b, a frame or loop attached to the purse by an elastic, and
formed with a tongue c in such a position that when the frame is pulled down
.beyond the piece a on releasing it the tongue will enter the recess, and
securely fasten the purse; to unfasten it the tongue may be drawn out of or
disengaged from the recess. Figure 9 shews a cigar case D, with a modification
.on the same principle applied, represented in detail in the detached view,
Figures 10 and 10°. a is a plate attached at one side of the cigar case, with
hook-shaped pieces forming recesses a¹, a¹; this plate may be fitted under the
leather with the hooks a', a, protruding outside. b is a loop or frame
attached to the flap of the case by an elastic, and having on each side pro-
jections c', c', at the ends of a bar c; on pulling and releasing the frame b, aș
before explained, the projections c', c', will slide into the hooks or recesses
a', a', and fasten the case, which is unfastened, as before, by pulling the frame b,
and releasing its projections from the recesses.
The belt and the purses and
other receptacles shewn on the Drawings, and marked A, B, D, E, are merely
represented thereon in order to exemplify articles to. which the improved
fastenings may be applied, the Invention relating to the construction and
arrangement of the fastenings for such and similar articles or purposes.
And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same may be performed, I declare that this Invention refers to
improvements in fastenings for belts, braces, garters, books, portemonnaies,

page_text: portfolios, pocket books, invoice, writing, and cigar cases, reticules, bags, and
other similar articles or purposes, and that what I claim is, arranging and
combining the parts of fastenings in the manner herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said August Emil Clemens Scheidel, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of May, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
Witness,
S. E. A. NEWSOME,
84, Fleet Street.
A. E. C. SCHEIDEL. (L.S.)