Improved Means of Attaching Fasteners to Gloves and other Articles.
Year: 1896

page_text: .Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 10th June. 1996
Complete Specification Left, 10th June, 1896-Accepted, 22nd May, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means of Attaching Fasteners to Gloves and other
Articles.
I, PAUL EMILE LÉON PERDRIZET of 4, Rue Elzévir, Paris, France, Lapidary, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in the three-ball fastener for gloves and
other articles forming the subject of another Application for Letters Patent No. 12801
of even date herewith, which fastener is essentially characterized by the combination
and arrangement of a wire bent on itself so as to form two slightly elastic limbs
provided with knobs at their extremities and of a single straight stem also provided
with a knob on its extremity so that by inserting the stem between the knobs of
the other member of the fastener its knob will be retained in engagement with the
others. It was also stated in the said application referred to, that both members of
the fastener might be attached to the article to which they are to be applied by
sewing, clenching, or otherwise, and the object of the present improvement is to
provide special means of attachment.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this
specification which shew examples of various means of attachment.
Figure 1 is an elevation and plan of the single stem member;
Figure 2 is an elevation and plan of an ornamental device to be attached to the
stem for fixing the same to the glove or other article ;
Figure 3 is an elevation and plan of the device shewn attached to the shank and
forming therewith one member of the fastener; Figure 4 is an elevation, plan and
underside view of this member of the fastener attached by sewing and clinching;
Figure 5 is an elevation of this member of the fastener provided with three tangs
for attachment;
Figures 6 and 7 shew two different methods of attachment by sewing;
Figure 8 shews another form of the attachment plate, and Figure 9 a
section of the plate applied to the shank ;
plan and
Figure 10 shews the double member of the fastener to be attached by sewing, and
Figure 11 shews the same when fixed by tangs; Figure 12 is a cross-section, elevation,
and horizontal section on line 1-2, of a modified means of attachment of this member
of the fastener by means of tangs;
Figure 13 shews the attaching device separately;
Figure 14 is a section and underside view of another form of tanged attaching
device; Figure 15 shews said device separately.
The same letters of reference indicate the saine parts in all the figures.

page_text: As stated in my other application before referred to, the shank c forming the one
member of the fastener carries an ornamental fixing device e formed of a brass plate
stamped out of the form shewn in Figure 2 and having two wings which when
clinched around the flattened end of shank c hold the same firmly without soldering.
The fixing device is also provided with two tangs g for attaching the fastener to a glove
for example. When the tangs are placed as shewn in Figures 2 3 and 4 at the rear
end of the plate e, the shank c is further secured by means of sewing / but this may be
dispensed with by placing two tangs near the middle of the plate e and if necessary a
third tang at the rear end as shewn in Figure 5. The plate e may also be attached by
means of sewing only in which case it is perforated as in Figure 6 or Figure 7 or in
other suitable manner to give passage to the needle.
It will be understood that the form of the plate e may be varied according to
circumstances. It may consist, for example, of a disc i having a central aperture and
wing on its periphery as in Figure 8. After passing the shank c through the hole j
the disc is doubled as shewn in Figure 9 so as to clamp the flattened end of shank c.
between its two folded parts which are thus retained by doubling down the wing k as
shewn. In this case the disc i may be concealed by sewing it to the inside of the glove
in which a slit would be made for the passage of the shank c. The other or looped
member of the fastener having knobs b at its ends is also secured by sewing or clinching.
It may be formed of wire bent of the form shewn in Figure 10 so as to need sewing at
point only, this having the further advantage of uniting the two limbs and limiting
their elasticity.
In securing the fastener by means of tangs, a clip such as m for instance would be
employed, mounted on the looped wire a as shewn in Figure 11 provided with tangs n
to be passed through the skin of the glove and clinched. The member a may also be
looped in the form of a complete circle with the ends crossing as shewn in Figure 14
and be fixed either by sewing or clinching. In this case the member a is secured by
a clamp o consisting of an eyelet p and two tangs q, the eyelet being inserted in and
*clinched upon the circular portion a as shewn in Figure 12. The attaching device
may also be formed, as shewn in Figure 15, of a plate provided with three wings r to
be clinched around the circular loop of the member a (as shewn in Figure 14) and also
with tangs s for attaching the fastener to the glove or other article.
It is to be understood that the several arrangements of fasteners may be attached to
the outer or underneath surface of the glove in which latter case slits would be provided
for the passage of the limbs a or c of the fastener. I reserve the right to apply the
several means of attachment described to one or other member of the fastener.
Having now particularly described and. ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The several means herein described of attaching the two members of the three-ball
fastener herein referred to by sewing or clinching substantially as specified.
Dated this 10th day of Inno 1806
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.