Year: 1889

page_text: We, HEINRICH BERNHARD BRÄUER, and JOHANNES RICHTER, of Limbach, in the
Kingdom of Saxony and Empire of Germany, Manufacturers, 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 invention relates to an improved fastening device particularly intended for
ladies' gloves and has for its purpose to ensure an elegant and easy fit of the glove
and at the same time facilitate the fastening thereof.
It is obvious that a ladies' glove, regardless of the material it is made of, fits most
elegantly when fastened by means of a cord or lace, the two halves of which cross
each other at possibly short intervals. The known fastening devices of this kind
however have the drawback of necessitating the time wasting process of drawing the
cord alternately from outside and inside through the eyelets or behind books or clasps.
Moreover, with long gloves, a considerable amount of friction in the single eyelets or
clasps is produced by this mode of fastening, and consequently the tensions the glove
has to undergo through the movements of the arm are not compensated, but produce
folds.
These drawbacks have been recently sought to he removed in a glove fastening
called "Amazon Fastening" by using half the number of single cords as there are
eyelets in the glove, instead of but one cord for all eyelets. Besides the waste of
time evidently attendant on their use, such fastenings are deficient in security, as,
with long gloves, the considerable difference in the length of the cords naturally
causes different tensions when wearing the glove. Thereby the ends of the cords,
projecting the same distance at first, subsequently become unequal, and, as the whole
of the ends must be moved with one pull, the longer cords remain loose and fail to
close the glove at the respective places.
In my improved glove-fastening device, which I will call the "Victoria
Fastening," the advantages of the one cord-system referred to are retained as regards
tight closing, while simultanously the excessive friction in the single eyelets is
avoided

page_text: Referring to the accompanying drawing,
Fig. 1 illustrates a glove with the improved fastening device in about half its
natural size and
Fig. 2 is a top view and vertical section of the eyelet and plate on an enlarged
scale.
The cord a is fastened in its middle at a to the glove, and the two halves are drawn
crosswise as shewn through the vertically placed eyelet rings or loops o rigidly
connected with plates p fixed to the glove. When fastening the latter, the two ends
of the cord are pulled and secured in their position by means of a clamping slide k.
In the improved device, the friction in the single eyelets or loops is so minimal as
to allow the longest glove to be completely closed by pulling the ends of the cords,
as illustrated by Fig. 1.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare, that what we
claim is :
A fastening device for ladies' gloves, in which the two halves of a cord are drawn
crosswise through eyelet rings or loops vertically secured to the glove material,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 30th day of March 1889.
HEINRICH BERNHARD BRÄUER.
JOHANNES RICHTER.
By Huelser & Co.,
Their Attorneys.