Improvements in Necktie-holders or Fasteners.
Year: 1892

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Necktie-holders or Fasteners.
A communication from GUSTAV ROBINSOHN, of Löbtau-Dresden, Saxony, in
the German Empire, Mechanical Engineer.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
M.I. Mech. E., and Chartered Patent Agent, 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 improved mechanical holder or fastener for neckties or cravats, the con-
struction of which will be best understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings is mainly characterized by the arrangement of two angularly bent
gripping jaws, which, when they join, leave an opening sufficient for the reception
of the collar-stud. Their peculiar bent shape enables them to fit the contour of
the wearer's neck, and to make the cravat fit whatever the position of the body;
which facility of adaptation is still further enhanced by the manner in which the
holder is secured to the cravat and which enables the same to turn a distance
of 270° on its axis or centre of attachment.
In the drawings Figures 1 to 3 represent the improved cravat-holder in real size,
while Figures 4 to 7 are double sized views of the same. Figure 1 shows the
arrangement of the gripping jaws a a in the closed position in which they jointly
form an opening or eye for the reception of the hollow stud; they having
bearings at n n. Below their centre of rotation or hinge-pin, these gripper sa a
have peculiarly bent arms or projections e e carrying between them the spiral spring
whose action causes the grippers to join or move apart as may be required, serving
as their guide at the same time. These projections or arme e e are so turned in
or bent as to securely grasp and reliably operate the spring enclosed between them.
The spiral spring i as before stated, is arranged, when it expands, to bring the
two gripping jaws close together, and only leave the eye e between them for the
insertion of the collar-stud; so that to open this eye c more widely, it is necessary
to compress the spring to the desired extent.
The jaws or grippers a a terminate at their lower ends in
forming handles or finger-pieces to hold the fastener by.
turn on the eyes or bearings n n formed in the piece o
fastening the device to the cravat.
two rounded studs m m
The said grippers a a
which also serves for
The fastening is effected in such a manner that the cravat-holder is capable of
turning 270° on its centre of attachment. For this purpose the perforated lugs rr
(Figure 1) may simply be stitched to the cravat, or, as shown in Figure 4 (this
being the preferable because more practical arrangement),
may simply be stuck
on to the cravat by means of a pin d. Again, as exemplified by Fig. 6, the
connection between the holder and cravat may be established by means of a rod f
stitched at both ends to the cravat or tie. In this case the eyes r r form corre-
sponding slots by means of which the holder may be passed on to the rod, so that
it cannot afterwards be removed therefrom except by undoing the stitching.
By the two last mentioned arrangements, not only does the cravat-holder
acquire a great facility of rotation on its axis of attachment, but it also becomes
exceedingly easy and convenient to disconnect it from one cravat and attach it to
another. The capability of the device to turn in any direction affords, moreover,
an easy and rapid means of connecting the cravat with the collar through the
medium of the stud, which will be found particularly valuable in the employment
of turned down collars, in which the holes for the stud are situated on a lower level
than the body of the collar. By this means the collar need not be bent out of

page_text: shape or soiled while putting on the cravat, as it is not necessary to turn up the
folded down part to insert the tie.
Figure 3 illustrates the relative positions of the cravat-holder and cravat while it
is being fixed to a turned down collar. The dotted lines indicate the outline of the
cravat and the collar is shown at g. The cravat is not moved up under the flaps
of the collar until after it has been properly connected with the collar-stud.
Figure 3 clearly shows how this connection is effected: the gripping jaws a a are
first opened and placed around the neck or stem of the stud; whereupon they are
released so that they close of their own accord upon the said stem or neck over-
lapping each other over the same, as illustrated by Figures 6 and 7, the neck of
the stud being thus enclosed in the eye c. The jaws or grippers a a are bent
angularly as shown in Figures 3 and 5. This angular shape of the jaws and
consequently of the whole fastening device has for its object to facilitate the
displacement of the said device, which, in conjunction with its capability of turning
on its pivot, enables it to accommodate the shape and movements of the neck
(forming an angle where it joins the body). By this yielding nature of the
cravat-holder, therefore, great ease is ensured in the wearing of both the collar
and cravat, while the pain and inconvenience now frequently experienced through
the pressure of the collar-stud, itself pressed by a tightly drawn cravat, against the
skin of the wearer, are entirely avoided; and lastly the cravat thus fastened will
under all circumstances and whatever the position of the body retain its own
proper position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said
invention as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
A cravat-holder characterized by two angularly bent pivotted grippers or
jaws (a a) so arranged that in their closed position they form an eye or opening (c)
for the reception of the collar-stud, these grippers being removably connected
with the cravat by stitching or by means of a pin (d) or a rod (), so as to be
able to turn on its centre of attachment; which capability of turning in conjunction
with the angular shape of the grippers (a a) enable the cravat exactly to fit the
shape and movements of the neck without inconvenience to the wearer, such as
pressure of the collar-stud; the attachment and detachment being, moreover,
exceedingly easy, and the position of the cravat, when once attached, remaining
the same.
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W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
London, Liverpool, Manchester, and Nottingham, Agents for the Applicant.