Improvements in or connected with Dressholders or Suspenders.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left. 21st Oct., 1892-Accepted, 26th Nov., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Dressholders or Suspenders.
I, HENRY MANNING KNIGHT, of Hampton on Thames, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In dressholders which are connected by their gripping arms above the gripping
pads by centrally jointed branches proceeding therefrom, and the upper arms of
which are connected by toggle joints or levers from the top of such arms; the
objection to such construction has been that when excessive strain is put on the
central connection of the toggle joints, these levers or toggles are liable to be
pulled beyond their centres, and such toggles cannot, without considerable difficulty,
be returned to their normal position. Now the object of my invention is to remedy
this defect. For this purpose I provide means whereby these toggle levers cannot
be pulled beyond their centres, no matter how great strain may be put thereon,
and to accomplish this, on the discs which embrace the ends of the levers I place or
provide stops, so that when pressure is put on the dress holder, these stops abut
and act against the ends of the levers, and in such manner that the toggle joints
cannot be pulled beyond their centres, or in other words, before the toggle levers
can go beyond their centres, these levers must be broken or the stops must be
removed. The springs for operating the gripping arins may be at the top ends of
the levers where the toggle joints are connected, or centrally.
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BREWER & SON,
33, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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Improvements in or connected with Dressholders or Suspenders.
1, HENRY MANNING KNIGHT of Hampton-on-Thames in the County of
Middlesex, 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:-
In dressholders which are connected by their gripping arms above the gripping
pads by centrally jointed branches proceeding therefrom and the upper arms of
which are connected by toggle joints or levers from the top of such arms, the
objection to such construction has been that when excessive strain is put on the
central connection of the toggle joints, these levers or toggles are liable to be
pulled beyond their centres, and such toggles cannot without considerable diffi-
culty be returned to their normal position. Now the object of my invention is to
remedy this defect. For this purpose I provide means whereby toggle levers
cannot be pulled beyond their centres, no matter how great the strain may be
put thereon.
My invention will be readily understood by the following description having
reference to the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 showing in elevation partly in
section an example of a dressholder constructed according to my invention in
its closed position, Figure 2 is a similar view showing the same dressholder
in its opened position, and Figure 3 is a vertical central cross section of Figure 1.
Similar letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.
According to my invention on the discs A' A' of the toggle levers or links A A,
which discs embrace the ends of the levers or arms B B, I place or provide
stops CC, so that when pressure is put on the dressholder, say by the ring D,

page_text: these stops C C abut and act against the levers B B, and in such manner that
the toggle joints cannot be pulled beyond their centres, or in other words before
the toggle levers A A, can go beyond their centres, these levers must be broken
or the stops must be removed. The spring or springs E Figures 2 and 3 for
closing the gripping arms may be at the top ends of the levers where the toggle
joints are connected, or centrally as shown at Figures 2 and 3.
In the construction shown, the toggle levers AA are double and are each dished
at the ends A'A', a portion of the flange of the dished part being cut away to form
the stops while the remainder of the flanges embrace the heads of the levers B B ;
at Figures 1 and 2 a portion of the left hand front toggle lever A is broken away
to show the position of these stop parts.
By my invention I am enabled to prevent the possibility of the toggle levers.
being reversed in position by any pull that they may be subjected to, unless such
become broken, and I thereby produce a more serviceable and efficient dressholder
of this class than heretofore.
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 -
In dressholders or suspenders having the gripping arms B B jointed together
and connected by toggle levers the combination therewith of the dished ends A' A'
of the toggle levers A A, a portion of the flanges of the dished ends being cut
away to form the stops for acting against the gripping arms B B, the latter where
jointed being provided with a spring or springs E substantially as and for the
purposes herein set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 21st day of October 1900
H. M. KNIGHT.
Brewer & Son,
33, Chancery Lane, London, Agents.