Improvements in or connected with Dress Holders.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left. 28th July, 1892-Accepted, 10th Sept., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Dress Holders.
1. HENRY MANNING KNIGHT of Hampton on Thames in the County of
Middlesex Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
According to my invention I make the pads which are usually used in dress
holders of small pieces of tubular rubber. These tubes are held in position by
tongues of metal which are bent so as to grip the tubes inwardly and thus holding
the said tubes with their sides towards each other.
These rubber tubes are very elastic, and having I no projecting side pieces, and
also being hollow, possess a great amount of elasticity and do not injure the dress
which is held between them.
Rubber pads for dress holders constructed and applied according to my invention
may be fitted to any suitable form of dress holder in which rubber pads are used.
Dated this 28th day of October 1891.
HENRY MANNING KNIGHT,
By Brewer & Son,
33, Chancery Lane, London, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Dress Holders.
I, HENRY MANNING KNIGHT, of Hampton on Thames, in the County of
Middlesex, Manufacturer, 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 :-
This invention refers to improvements in the gripping ends of dress holders as
hereafter described, whereby I am enabled to obtain a greater elasticity and holding
power than heretofore, combined with simplicity of construction.
My invention will be clearly understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings,
Fig. 1 being a front elevation of the gripping ends of the dress holder, constructed
according to my invention, and shewn in the open position,
Fig. 2 shewing the same ends closed,
Fig. 3 being a back view of one of the arms and shewing the attachment of the
pad, and
Fig. 4 being a front sectional view of the same on the line X Y of Fig. 1.
According to my invention, I make the pads A. A of pieces of tubular rubber as
shewn. These tubes A. A are held in position by tongues B B of metal, which
are bent so as to grip the tubes A. A inwardly as shewn at Fig. 4. The tongues B
are either formed in a piece with the legs of the dressholder C C, or separate
therefrom as shewn at Fig. 3, and rivetted to the said legs, or otherwise secured
thereto. The elastic tubes A A are thus held with their sides towards each other,
and are very elastic, having no projecting side pieces, and also being hollow,
possess a great amount of elasticity, and do not injure the dress which is held
between them.
Rubber pads for dressholders constructed and applied according to my invention
may be fitted to any suitable form of dress holders in which rubber pads.
are used.

page_text: 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
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In dressholders, the combination with the legs or gripping parts thereof of pieces
of tubular rubber, applied and fitted thereto substantially as and for the purposes
herein before described and illustrated with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Dated thi. 09th dow of Iul 1900
.
BREWER & SON,
33, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for Applicant.