IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENING DEVICES FOR GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL
Year: 1884

page_text: I HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, and Co Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature
of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENING DEVICES FOR GLOVES AND
OTHER ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL " and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This Invention relates to fastenings for gloves and other articles of wearing
apparel, of the class described in the Specification of former Letters Patent dated
May 13th A.D. 1882, No. 2267, and comprises improvements in the form and
construction of the socket and ball of the fastening device which improvements
cheapen the fastening and adapt it for special uses.
In the accompanying Drawing
Figures 1 to 9 inclusive illustrate the socket member of the fastening in which
the yielding sides or arms forming the "socket are integral with the attaching
device..
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Figures 11, 18, 19 and 22, refer. particularly to a slight modification of the
location of the yielding arms forming the socket; and to a slight modification in
construction which is hereinafter referred to..
Figures 26 to 33, inclusive, relate to a modification in the use of the fastening
and also to the shape of the ball member, by which useful results are obtained.
These three features are the principal improvements in the fastening described
in the said former Specification.
Taking these three features of the Invention substantially in the order named.
Figure 1 is a plan of a blank from which the complete socket member of the
fastening is made.
Figure 2 represents the blank submitted to a striking down or spinning operation
by which the tubular fastening extension is formed.
Figure 3 is a plan view of the partially formed blank shown in Figure 2.
Figure 4 represents in vertical section, and
Figure 5 in plán, the wings, a of the blank struck up from the seat u².

page_text: Figures 6 and 7 represent these wings a¹ as bent in towards each other; and in
Figures 8 and 9 they are shown as still further formed, so as to provide the
flange a³. The yielding arms a¹ then become the, yielding sides of the socket, and
the opening or recess a³, between the arms receives the shank of the other member
of the fastening device.
In Figure 10 I have shown the other member of the fastening device in
position.
In Figure 16 I show the socket member of the fastening secured in place to the
material, the flange a³ forming one seat and the tubular fastening being upset at
its lower end to form the other seat.
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Figures 12 and 13 represent a ball member of the fastening having a projection b,
which serves as a fulcrum in disengaging the ball member from the socket member
on the upward movement of the arm of the ball member on contact with the stop
or flange a³.
In Figure 15. I-represent the socket member as having a finger or thumb piece as,
by means of which the socket member can be pressed downward in disengaging it
from the ball.
Figures 18, 19, 20 and 22 show a socket member which is similar in principle of
construction to that shown in Figure 11, but which differs therefrom in being made
in two parts, namely, the upper part c, which has the yielding sides c¹ and recess c²,
. and the lower part c³, which has a tubular fastening and the flange or head e
(see Figure 22). The upper part is preferably made from the blank shown in
Figure 20, and by striking down the inner sections c, to form the yielding arms
or sides c¹, and the incline c', and by folding the outer edge upon itself so as to
form the recess c²; and.this section of the fastening is secured in place by means
of the fastening c³; the end of the tube when the fastening is secured in place
striking the incline c', and being curved or. 'bent into the recess c³, so that the
two parts or sections of the device bear, the relation to each other shown in
Figure 19..
When this construction is used the socket member becomes the upper member
of the fastening device instead of the ball member, as represented in Figure 12.
In Figure 17 I have represented the wrist of a glove with the two flaps thereof
secured together by this fastening.
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I may use this method of securing, also, in connection with the ball member of
the fastening; and this is shown in Figures 18.and.21. The only difference.in.the
.application of this principle to the ball is that the recess c² is formed upon the
disc or seat d, of the ball member by turning its edges over, and that the incline c²
is formed by striking down the central portion of the disc to the shape shown
in Figures 18 to 21.
Instead of having the arm of the ball extend radially therefrom I may have it
extend tangentially therefrom, or from any part of the circumference of the ball
other than from a central part and I have shown the tangential construction in
Figures 24 and 25. These forms are especially applicable for use in connection
with the form of socket member represented in Figures 17, 18, 19 and 22.
In Figures 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33 I also show the socket member as the
upper member of the two parts of the fastening; but instead of using the form
shown in the other Figures of the Drawing I employ à socket member e which is
formed upon the end of the arm e¹, by striking up, in suitable dies, substantially
as described in the said former Specification, but instead of having the opening of
the socket exposed I reverse its position so that the opening is towards the article
to which it is secured, and it thereby covers the ball member of the fastening and
conceals it from view, and at the same time exposes the surface, which can be
utilized for ornamental purposes. When this form of construction is used I prefer
to make what I call the ball member of the fastening, flat upon its under surface e³,
or that surface which comes in contact with the material to which it is secured, in
order that it may not turn, and I have shown this in Figures 27, 31, and 33. In
Figure 26 I show the fastening as applied to the wrist of a glove.

page_text: To prevent the socket member from moving the ball member, there may be
formed in the ball member a hole or depression e³ which may receive an inwardly
extending projection e' of the socket, so that the two parts, when in this position,
are locked together, and no, or very little, lateral movement of the one in relation
to the other is obtained.
Of course the ball may be flattened by making a portion of it flat, or by
removing a section, as may be desired. The ball member inay be secured in place
by means of 'an independent fastening, as represented in Figures 30, 32 and 33, if
desired.
The ball member may be in the form of a button and used in connection with
the socket as represented in Figure 16.
In lieu of the tubular extension shown in Figures 1 to 9 inclusive, a pronged
fastening or extension may be employed.
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:-
First. A fastening device having yielding sides a¹, a flange or seat a³, and an
integral fastening extension a, all substantially as, and for the purposes; described.
Second. A fastening device having arms extending downward from its upper
surface or within the section or portion which passes through the hole in the
article with which it is used, all substantially as, and for the purposes described.
Third. A fastening in two sections, one of which has the yielding arms c', and a
recess c², and the other of which has a tubular or similar fastening extension
adapted to be upset in the recess c³, and having the flange c³ adapted for use as
specified.
Fourth. The ball member of a fastening, having a stop or projection b, all
substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Fifth. A socket member having a seat a³, provided with the recess a¹ and the
tubular fastening a, all substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Sixtb. A ball member adapted to be fastened to the article upon which it is
used, and a socket member with its opening towards the material, so as to cover
the ball member, all substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Seventh. The ball fastening device herein shown and described.
Eighth. The socket fastening device herein shown and described.
Ninth. The fastening device, comprising the ball member and socket-member
when constructed, and adapted to operate, substantially as herein shown and
described.