Year: 1886

page_text: I CHARLES HENRY PUGH of Whitworth Works Rea Street South Birmingham in
the County of Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My invention consists of the improvements herein after described in fastenings for
gloves and other articles of dress whereby a fastening--simple: in construction and
efficient in action is produced. I will describe my invention in connection with a glove
fastening.
A glove or dress fastening made according to my invention consists of a base
attached to one side of the wrist opening in the glove. The said base has two
uprights between which a spring tongue or lever is jointed the said tongue or lever in
its raised position being passed through the hole in the other side of the wrist opening
of the glove. On the shutting down of the said tongue or lever the two edges of the
wrist opening are drawn and held tightly together. By the springing action of the
tongue or lever as hereinafter described it is retained with considerable force in its
raised or lowered position.
In making a fastening according to my invention I take a piece of steel brass or
other strong wire and near its middle I form a nearly circular loop the ends of the
wire being bent at right angles to the plane of the loop. The said loop constitutes
the base of the fastening and the fastening is secured to the glove by sewing around the
said loop. The turned up ends of the wire which are situated near and are parallel to
each other constitute the uprights between the tops of which the spring tongue or
lever is jointed. One of the said uprights is longer than the other and being turned
at right angles so that its extreme end rests on the top of the other upright constitutes.
the joint pin on which the tongue or lever turns. The said tongue or lever consists of
a piece of wire having a small knob at one end and bent nearly at right angles near its
other end. The short arm is flattened between the bend and its extreme end. The
said flattened short arm has a joint hole made in it and the joint pin formed by
turning at right angles the top of one of the uprights as described passes through
the said hole and completes the joint. The springing action of the tongue or lever

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is produced by the unflattened extreme end of the short arm of the tongue or lever.
This part has a diameter greater than the distance between the uprights so that when
the tongue is shut down the said part in passing between the uprights forces them
apart the elasticity of the wire tending to restore the normal state of the said uprights
after the said part has nearly passed from between them. The pressure of the
uprights on the rear and inclined sides of the said part gives great steadiness to
the tongue in its lowered position. When the tongue is raised to unfasten the glove the
said part again passes between the uprights in an opposite direction and after passing
them they close and maintain the position of the tongue or lever. In order to
prevent the possibility of the tongue or lever passing from its joint pin to the
upright from which the said joint pin is formed the said upright is flattened so as
to make it of a breadth greater than the joint hole in the tongue or lever.
Where it is desired to attach the fastening by means of two loops similar to those
of the ordinary hook and eye I make the joint pin of the middle of the piece of wire
and form the two loops on the ends of the wire. The general form and mode of
action of this modification resembles essentially the form and mode of action of the
first described form of my invention.
Dated this Twentysixth dov October 1886
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I CHARLES HENRY PUGH of Whitworth Works, Rea Street South, Birmingham in
the County of Warwick, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my 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 consists of the improvements hereinafter described in fastenings for
gloves and other articles of dress, whereby a fastening simple in construction and
efficient in action is produced.
The fastenings to which my invention relates are of the kind described in the
specification of Letters Patent No. 15,509 of 1885 granted to Harry Caston.
I will describe my invention in connection with a glove fastening.
A glove or dress fastening made according to my invention consists of a base
attached to one side of the wrist opening in the glove. The said base has two
uprights between which a spring tongue or lever is jointed the said tongue or lever in
its raised position being passed through the hole in the other side of the wrist opening
of the glove. On the shutting down of the said tongue or lever the two edges of the
wrist opening are drawn and held tightly together. By the springing action of the
tongue or lever as hereinafter described it is retained with considerable force in its
raised or lowered position.
In making a fastening according to my invention I take a piece of steel, brass or
other strong wire and near its middle I form a nearly circular loop the ends of the
wire being bent at right angles to the plane of the loop. The said loop constitutes
the base of the fastening and the fastening is secured to the glove by sewing around the
said loop. The turned up ends of the wire which are situated near and are parallel to
each other constitute the uprights between the tops of which the spring tongue
or lever is jointed. One of the said uprights is longer than the other and being
turned at right angles so that its extreme end rests on the top of the other upright
constitutes the joint pin on which the tongue or lever turns. The said tongue
or lever consists of a piece of wire having a small knob at one end and bent nearly
at right angles near its other end. The short arm is flattened between the bend
and its extreme end. The said flattened short arm has a joint hole made in
it and the joint pin formed by turning at right angles the top of one of the
uprights as described passes through the said hole and completes the joint.
The springing action of the tongue or lever is produced by the unflattened extreme
end of the short arm of the tongue or lever. This part has a diameter greater than
the distance between the uprights so that when the tongue is shut down the said part
in passing between the uprights forces them apart, the elasticity of the wire tending
to restore the normal state of the said uprights after the said part has nearly passed
from between them. The pressure of the uprights on the rear and inclined sides of
the said part gives great steadiness to the tongue in its lowered position. When
the tongue is raised to unfasten the glove the said part again passes between the
uprights in an opposite direction and after passing them they close and maintain the
position of the tongue or lever.

page_text: In order to prevent the possibility of the tongue or lever passing from its joint pin
to the upright from which the said joint pin is formed the said upright is flattened so
as to make it of a breadth greater than the joint hole in the tongue or lever.
Where it is desired to attach the fastening by means of two loops similar to those
of the ordinary hook and eye I make the joint pin of the middle of the piece of wire
and form the two loops on the ends of the wire. The general form and mode of
action of this modification resembles essentially. the form and mode of action of the
first described form of my invention.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents a portion of a glove to which
lever fastenings constructed according to my invention are applied; Figure 2
represents in side elevation; Figure 3 in end elevation and Figure 4 in plan one of
my improved lever fastenings drawn to a large scale, the lever or tongue of the
fastening being in its shut down position; Figure 5 represents the same view as
Figure 2 with the lever or tongue in its raised position; Figure 6 represents in
side elevation and plan the base of the fastening and Figure 7 represents in side
elevation and plan the lever or tongue of the fastening detached.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in Figures 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6
and 7.
The fastening is made of strong wire. The base of the fastening consists of the
nearly circular loop a by which the fastening is secured to the glove either by sewing
around the said loop or by fixing it to the glove by an eyelet. The ends of the wire
of the loop a are bent at right angles to the plane of the loop and are parallel to one
another and constitute the uprights b, c between which the short arm or heel of the
lever or tongue of the fastening works and to the tops of which uprights the said
lever or tongue is jointed. It will be seen by an examination of Figures 3 and 6 that
the upright bis longer than the other upright cand the said longer upright bis turned
at right angles so that its extreme end rests on the top of the other upright c. The
horizontal turned in part d of the upright b constitutes the joint pin on which the lever
or tongue turns. The two uprights b, c are capable of slightly separating and
springing together for retaining the lever or tongue with considerable force in its
raised or lowered position. The lever or tongue e, f of the fastening is made from
wire having a knob on one end, the heel or short arm e being situated nearly at right
angles to its long arm f. The bend of the two arms e, f of the lever is flattened and in
the flattened part is the joint hole g. In jointing the lever or tongue e, f to the base
part a the joint hole g of the lever is passed onto the joint pin d at the top of the
short upright c before the said joint pin d is closed down upon the upright c.
After the lever has been passed onto the joint pin d the said pin is fully closed upon
the upright and the jointing of the lever thereby completed and in order to prevent
the lever or tongue passing off the joint pin the latter may be flattened and made
somewhat broader than the joint hole g in the said lever or tongue. The unflattened
or thick end of the short arm e of the lever works between the elastic uprights b, c and
by the action of the unflattened part of the said arme upon the elastic uprights the
springing movement described is produced, that is to say, the unflattened part of the
short arme of the lever has a diameter greater than the distance between the uprights
when the latter are in their normal position so that when the lever or tongue is shut
down into the position represented in Figures 2. 3 and 4 to fasten the glove, the said
unflattened part in passing between the uprights b, c forces them apart, the elasticity
of the wire causing the said uprights to again close after the part e of the lever has
nearly passed from between them. The sides of the unflattened part e of the lever are
curved as represented and the pressure of the uprights b, c on the rear and curved sides
of the said part e gives great steadiness to the lever or tongue in its lowered position.
When the lever or tongue e f is raised as illustrated in Figure 5, the unflattened
part of the short arm or heel e again passes between the elastic supports b, c in an
opposite direction and after passing them close and maintain the position of the lever
or tongue.
The fastening is secured to one edge of the glove (or other article) and the long
arm of the lever or tongue is passed through an eyelet h at the opposite edge of the

page_text: glove (or other article) and the said long arm is turned down so as to fasten the
two edges of the glove (or other article) together as illustrated in Figure 1.
Figure 8 represents in side elevation; Figure 9 in end elevation and Figure 10 in
plan a modified lever fastening in which the base of the fastening has two loops and
the joint pin on which the lever or tongue turns is made at the middle of the piece of
wire and bridges the elastic uprights between which the short arm of the lever
works.
In making this modified fastening the two loops i, i are made on the ends of the
piece of wire and the branches of the wire are brought parallel to one another the
ends of the doubled or parallel parts k, k being bridged by a cross piece. The ends
of the parallel parts k, k most distant from the loops i, i are then bent up at right
angles to the other parts and constitute the elastic or spring uprights 1, 7 between
which the short arme of the lever or tongue e, f works, the straight junction
or bridge m of the uprights 1, 1 constituting the joint pin on which the lever or
tongue turns.
Or the spring action for holding the lever in its shut down position may be obtained
by a spring tongue situated between the uprights made as last described upon the free
end of which spring tongue the end of the heel or short arm of the lever bears.
This modification is represented in side elevation in Figure 11; end elevation in
Figure 12 and plan in Figure 13, where the spring tongue upon which the bottom of
the heel e of the lever bears when the said lever is shut down is marked p. The
said spring tongue p is made by continuing the inner side of one of the loops i
between the parallel parts k, k and raising the prolonged part out, of the plane of the
said parts k, k. To prevent lateral motion in the lever the heel part or short arm e
may be provided with a collar 9 which works between the two uprights 1, 1.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention and
the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that I claim as my
invention of "Improvements in fastenings for gloves and other articles of dress."
First Making the joint pin of such glove and dress fastenings made of wire as
have spring or elastic uprights between which the short arm or beel of the lever or
tongue of the fastening works in one piece with the base or body and uprights
of the fastening substantially as herein before described and illustrated in
Figures 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6 and 7 of the accompanying Drawing.
Secondly-Making the joint pin of such glove and dress fastenings made of wire
as have spring or elastic uprights between which the short arm or heel of the lever or
tongue of the fastening works in one piece with the base or body and uprights of
the fastening substantially as herein before described and illustrated in Figures 8, 9
and 10 of the accompanying Drawing.
Thirdly Obtaining the spring action for holding the lever or tongue of the
fastening in its shut down position by means of a spring tongue situated at the middle
of the base or body and uprights and made in one piece with the base or body,
uprights and joint pin substantially as herein before described and illustrated in
Figures 11. 12 and 13 of the accompanying Drawing.
Dated this 11th of T... 1007