IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF FASTENER FOR WAISTBELTS, STRAPS, CLOAKS, PURSES, POCKET-BOOKS, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES, APPLICABLE ALSO FOR BROOCHES AND TO DRESS- HOLDERS."
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Louis Dee, of Sherwood Street, Golden Square, in the
County of Middlesex, for an Invention of "IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF
FASTENER FOR WAISTBELTS, STRAPS, CLOAKS, PURSES, POCKET-BOOKS, AND
OTHER LIKE ARTICLES, APPLICABLE ALSO FOR BROOCHES AND TO DRESS-
HOLDERS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Louis Dee at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st October 1881.
"
_LOUIS DEE, of Sherwood Street, Golden Square, in the County of Middlesex.
IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF FASTENER FOR WAISTBELTS, STRAPS, CLOAKS,
PURSES, POCKET BOOKS, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES, APPLICABLE ALSO FOR
BROOCHES AND TO DRESSHOLDERS."
The object of this Invention is a special construction of fastener for securing
waistbelts, straps, garters, purses, pocket books, and the like, said fastener being
also applicable as a brooch or other like article for personal wear, and to dress-
holders.
'
The Invention consists of a back plate, which may be part of a tube or be
jointed to a front plate, in which a hole is formed for the passage of a plug which
can by a turning action be caused to project through said hole to press upon or
against the loose end of the strap or other article which may be put through or
into between the two plates to hold the end secure. The front plate is provided
with a neck having two or more inclined surfaces on the inner side, and also two
or more notches for the passage of studs which engage under the inclined surfaces.
Stop pins are fitted to limit the travel of the plug, these serving also to prevent
the plug becoming detached from the front plate. The inner end of the plug has a
smooth or a roughened face, or a pin, and the outer has preferably a milled edge or
handle to enable it to be easily turned when desired.
In some cases I insert in the said plug a locking plate, the catches of the lock
taking into one or more sides of the neck aforesaid. A spiral spring is fitted in the
thickness of the neck for the purpose of holding or maintaining the plug so as to
allow room for the strap or other article to pass through the plates or tube.
The outer face of the plug may be engraved, embossed, or otherwise ornamented,
or it may have a stone mounted in it, particularly when the article is prepared as a
brooch or cloak clasp.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Louis Dee in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 21st April 1882.
LOUIS DEE, of Sherwood Street, Golden Square, in the County of Middlesex.
'IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF FASTENER FOR WAISTBELTS, STRAPS, CLOAKS,
PURSES, POCKET BOOKS, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES, APPLICABLE ALS OF OR
BROOCHES AND TO DRESSHOLDERS."
The object of this Invention is a special construction of fastener for securing
waistbelts, straps, garters, purses, pocket books, and the like, said fastener being
also applicable as a brooch or other like article for personal wear, and to dress-
holders.
The Invention consists of a back plate, which may be part of a tube or be jointed
to a front plate, in which a hole is formed for the passage of a plug which can by
a turning action be caused to project through said hole to press upon or against
the loose end of the strap or other article which may be put through or into
between the two plates to hold the end secure. The front plate is provided with a
neck having two or more inclined surfaces on the inner side, and also two or more
notches for the passage of studs which engage under the inclined surfaces. Stop
pins are fitted to limit the travel of the plug, these serving also to prevent the
plug becoming detached from the front plate. The inner end of the plug has a
smooth or a roughened face, or a pin, and the outer has preferably a milled edge or
handle or enable it to be be easily turned when desired.
In some cases I insert in the said plug a locking plate, the catches of the lock
taking into one or more sides of the neck aforesaid. A spiral spring may be fitted
in the thickness of the neck for the purpose of holding or maintaining the plug so
as to allow room for the strap or other article to pass through the plates or tube.
The outer face of the plug may be engraved, embossed, or otherwise ornamented,
or it may have a stone mounted in it, particularly when the article is prepared as a
brooch or a cloak clasp.
The annexed Drawings show my Invention.
Figure 1 is a view of the front plate A in a piece, with the back plate B as in
the sectional view Figure 2, a slot or opening C being formed between them for
the passage of the free end of a belt, strap, sash, or other article which has to be
fastened in position. The front plate A has a barrel or neck D, in the inner wall
of which I form inclined surfaces a, a, for the reception of lugs b, b, of a plug E,
Figure 3, so that it can by a turning operation be caused to travel towards the
back plate B, and nip or pinch the belt, strap, sash, or other article, either by a
pin c, as in Figure 4, or the bottom of the plug may be roughened as in Figure 5.
The back plate B may however be roughened or otherwise as desired.
Figures 6, 7, 8, and 9 show the plug E with different ornamentations, some of
which may serve to turn it by, or it may be plain, or with a milled edge for the
fingers to grip it with the necessary pressure. When the plug is first fitted in
position in the barrel D of the front plate A, I fit a pin through to prevent it
leaving the barrel when the plug is unfastened by turning it in the reverse
direction.
Figure 10 represents in section a modified arrangement. In this the barrel of
the front plate is provided with a loose fitting internal plate F, which is formed
with inclines for the lugs b, b, of the plug E, to force down into contact with the
article which may be arranged in the slot C.
Figure 11 represents a further modification. In this the back plate B is hinged
at d to the front plate A, the opposite ends of the two plates A, B, being secured
by any mode of fastening, such as a clip.

page_text: Figure 12 shows a cloak fastener or clasp with a plate H forming part of a
medallion to be passed into the slot C of the front and back plates A, B, as in the
sectional view Figure 13.
Figure 14 shows the adaptation of my first herein described fastener to a garter,
bracelet, or other like band K. Figure 15 its application to a purse, portmonnaie,
or bill case L
Figure 16 represents it as applied to a neck ribbon or tie M, the arrow N being
fitted for artistic effect or as a hinge pin, as described with reference to Figure 11.
Figures 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21 represent portions of a fastener, substantially the
same as those previously described, the front and back plates A, B, being hinged
at d, and also provided with duplicate pintle sockets e, e, for the reception of a
removable pin suspended from one of the plates. When this pin is removed from
the sockets the front and the back plates A, B, can be opened out on the hinged,
to receive several folds of, say, a dress and then temporarilly closed to, and the pin
again inserted to enable the fastener to be used as a dress holder, the plug E
being turned to secure the dress within the fastener.
Figures 22 and 23 show the application of a spring P, bearing against a shoulder
of the front plate A, and a portion of the plug E, to facilitate the return of the
plug when the article which may be in the slot C has to be removed.
Any method of locking the plug temporarily in a secure position may be
adopted. Figure 5 shows the lugs b formed with wedge shaped ends or faces to
engage into notches formed at the ends of the inclines of the barrelled portion of
the neck D for that purpose.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
he same is to be performed, I declare that I claim,-
The improved construction of fastener and modifications thereof, shown in the
annexed Drawings, consisting of a front and back plate (in a piece or hinged) and
with a plug or its equivalent capable of being turned to approach the back plate
by inclined surfaces in said front plate to secure any article which may be arranged
or fitted between said front and back plate as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Louis Dee, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Twenty first day of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty two.