Improvements in Fasteners for Gloves and other. Articles of. Attire
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 11th Dec., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
"Improvements in Fasteners for Gloves and other. Articles of.
Attire."
I CARL AUGUST PFENNING of Barmen-Rittershausen; Rhenish Prussia, in the
Empire of Germany, 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 and accompanying drawings.
My said invention relates to certain improvements. in the. construction and
manufacture of fasteners chiefly for use in conjunction with gloves but not confined to
these articles.
The improvements will be best. understood by a reference, to the annexed sheet of
illustrative drawings.
Fig. 1 is a sectional view to an enlarged scale of the upper half of my improved
glove fastener.
Fig. 2 is a separate view of the clamping plate and case containing the locking
lever before being combined with the cap and glove material as shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of the lever.case.
Fig. 3 illustrates a modification in the mode of attaching the cord to the locking.
lever as hereinafter explained.
Figs. 4 and 5 are side and plan views of the clamping plate.
Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a fastener cap of a heavier make for instance of
mother-of-pearl, horn, celluloide or the. like..
Fig. 7 shows the washer by means of which the other part of the fastener.is
secured.
Fig. 8 is a sectional view of the two halves of the fastener shown snapped
together.
Fig. 9 is a plan view at x-x Fig. 8 showing the modified push lever which locks
the halves of this last example together..
Fig. 10 is a view of four of the fasteners secured to a glove and 'having their
locking levers connected by a cord so as to open the fasteners simultaneously.
Figs. 11, 12 and 13. are modifications in the mode of connecting and operating the
respective locking levers..
In order to connect the lower portion or lever case g with the cap k the tubular.
part or ferrule d extending upward from the casing g is reduced at.its upper end as
shown in Fig. 2. The cap contains a plate k¹ with a hole in, the central part
capable of receiving the reduced end d'. When the reduced part d¹ is pushed into this
central hole up to the shoulder d² and expanded by pressure the reduced end d¹ is
expanded as seen in Fig. 1 and forms a rivet head in the space behind the plate kt. so
as to secure the top and bottom parts firmly together. When the .cap consists
of a solid part of mother-of-pearl, horn, celluloide or the like as in Figs. 6 and 8
I use a washer m instead of the plate k¹.
This dished washer m fits into a recess in the under side of the solid cap k and
when the reduced part d¹ is entered and pressure applied the reduced part d' expands
behind the washer m and is secured as indicated in Fig. 8.

page_text: At the same time the washer m is slightly flattened and expanded so as to bite
The lever case g
into the undercut recess in the cap and take a firm hold thereof.
carries a cover p and the upturned edge or flange of the case g carries teeth / which
as to unite
pass through holes o in the cover p and are clamped down so
the cover p to the case g. The cover p also carries teeth i which pass
through the material 8 of the glove and coming against the rounded lower
edge of the cap k are turned over thereby and clenched down on the glove material
thereby binding the plate and casing to the material s while the superadded clenching
effect of the expanded head binds the upper and lower parts of the fastener
together the material 8 of the glove being nipped and held between the two parts.
The case g cannot therefore turn relatively to the cap.
Within the case g is a lever h formed as shown in Fig. 3 one end extending through
a slot w¹ in the flange or edge of the case g, the other or free end being capable of
movement in a slot w in the said case flange. The centre of the lever is formed with
a longitudinal eye surrounding the ferrule d and a tooth on the lever eye (see Fig. 3)
passes through a slot in the ferrule d so as to engage with the groove in the head of
the stud which projects upward from the lower separable half of the fastener as seen
for instance at Fig. 8. This lower separable half of the fastener is of the usual form
and secured in the usual way to the underlapping portion of the glove material.
A spring g¹ in the case g keeps the lever h in a normal locking position, as plainly
shown in Fig. 3.
The free end of the lever h is slit at r as shown and an eye formed by bending the
central part up and the sides 2 down and through the eye thus made I pass the
cord u indicated by the dotted circle in Fig. 2. I then flatten down the edge eye so
as to nip the cord as in Fig. 1. By a modification this central part 1 might be cut
across at the inner side so as to form a free tongue which is clenched down on the
cord u.
When the upper halves of the fastener are secured to the overlapping portion of
the glove material (see Fig. 10) they are so attached as to present the lever ends at
an angle favourable to their being pulled over and unlocked by the cord u. The cord u
extends from lever to lever throughout the series, being secured or clenched to each
lever in the manner herein before set forth. As the cord extends below the material it
is advisable to let it emerge through a hole in the upper part of the glove as shown at
Fig. 10.
An advantage of the free tongue arrangement shown at Fig. 3 is that the end
instead of having to be threaded through each lever eye can be slipped in from the
side.
Instead of bringing the cord up through the end of the glove as in Fig. 10 I might
as in Fig. 12 place a knob 2 on the end of the last lever and let the knob appear
through a slit q in the glove, or I might attach a small chain h³ to an eye on the last
lever, the lever eye protruding through a slit q in the glove. In all cases however the
levers are connected by the cord so that when operated by whatsoever means all of
the levers move together and unlock the fasteners simultaneously.
As an improved means of attaching the end of the cord u to the lever of the last
fastener I refer to Fig. 11 where the cord is shown attached to the lever by a sheath n
having a tooth n¹ at the front to lay hold of the cord and formed with a hook at the
back to engage with an eye in the end of the lever as shown.
Instead of the lever
rocking pivottally as described it might be made to slide as shown in Fig. 8 and
particularly in Fig. 9.
The lever a projects through the flange of the cover g and is formed with a knob
at the outer end by which it can be pushed inwards against the pressure of a spring f
The latter spring retains the lever in its normal locking position. and by pushing
the lever back the f fastener is disengaged.
The projecting portion a¹ of the lever d which carries the knob b is slightly bent
downwards so as to bring the knob beneath the under side of the overlapping upper
edge of the glove material & so that in pushing in the lever the knob does not catch
on this overlapping part.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
claim is.
The respective improvements in fasteners for gloves and other articles of attire
substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated.
Dated this 4th day of November 1897.
For the Applicant
E. K. DUTTON & Co
Chartered Patent Agents 5 John Dalton Street, Manchester.