Improvements in and connected with Fasteners for Neck-ties and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 17th Apr., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Fasteners for Neck-ties and
the like.
I, ALFRED TREBILCOCK, Trevornick, St. Columb, Cornwall, Rural Postman,
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 :-
My invention relates to fasteners for neck-ties and the like, and the object in the
case of neck-ties is to render more convenient the attachment of the tie to, and its
detachment from, the collar stud.
The invention is more particularly intended for use with "made up" ties, and is
especially convenient when used with turn down collars.
In carrying my invention into effect, I proceed in or in about the following
manner, making reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Fig. 1. is a front view of the fastener closed and attached to the stud.
Fig. 2. is front view of the fastener open before attachment to, or after
detachment from the stud.
extending from b
form shewn and
The upper part
Fig. 3. is a back view of a tie with the fastener attached.
Similar letters represent the same parts wherever they occur.
a is a base plate, having upstanding sides b b and a bridge c
to b¹. Between c and a are two levers d and d¹ of about the
working on the pine which may be attached to a or to a and c.
of a is made with a gap f to allow the head of the stud to pass through, and the
upper ends of d and d¹ have in them semi-circular openings or gaps g to clip the
shank of the stud, which is represented in cross section at h (Fig. 1). The parts
of d d¹ which work on the pin e are preferably halved in thickness, so as to permit
the gaps g to shut on to, but not to pass, one another. The same effect might be
of course attained by leaving d un-halved at the pivotting point and bending the
gapped ends g so that they shut on to one another. Extending from 6 to b¹ and
passing through the lower part of d and d¹ is a bar and between d and d' and
encircling i is a spiral spring ; of sufficient strength to keep the stud end of d
and d¹ closed on to one another as shewn in Fig. 1. The spiral spring may be
dispensed with and any other kind of spring substituted for it. k are projections
from the plate a and are intended to be forced through the card-board at the back
of the tie m and then flattened down on to the card as shewn by the dotted lines in
Fig. 3. Holes may if desired be provided in a or in k for stitching on the fastener
if desired. The lower ends of d d are curved somewhat outwardly so as to prevent
them slipping from between the thumb and finger of the user. The invention being
capable of modification without departure from its essential features, I do not
restrict myself to the precise shapes, relative proportions or disposition of parts as
shewn in the drawings, and further the invention is not confined to use only on ties
such as are shown at Fig. 3. In use, assuming the fastener to be attached to the
tie, the lower ends of d d are pinched together thus overcoming the spring jand
parting the gapped ends of d d. This allows the head of the stud to pass, and on
releasing the lower ends of d d' the spring presses outwards and shuts the gaps g
on to the shank h. It is obvious that a, b b1, and. k might be made from one piece
of metal.

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 I
claim is :-
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CLAIMS.
1. An improved fastener for attaching ties to collar studs, the said fastener
consisting essentially of a plate attached to the tie and having two levers each
pivotted thereon at or at about the centre of its length, the lower ends of the levers
being pressed apart by an intervening spring thus causing gaps provided at the
upper ends of the said levers to close around the shank of the stud, the whole
substantially as described in the above specification and exemplified in the
accompanying drawings.
2. An improved fastener for ties, the said fastener being constructed and
operating substantially as described in the above specification, and exemplified in
the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 8th day of March 1897.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.