IMPROVED FASTENINGS FOR NECKTIES, SCARFS AND LIKE ARTICLES
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Pierre Ambjörn Comte de Sparre of Boulevard
Saint Denis 1 at Paris for an Invention of "IMPROVED FASTENINGS FOR
NECKTIES, SCARFS AND LIKE ARTICLES"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Pierre Ambjörn Comte de
Sparre at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th October
1882.
“
PIERRE AMBJORN COMTE DE SPARRE of Boulevard Saint Denis 1 at Paris,
IMPROVED FASTENINGS FOR NECKTIES, SCARFS AND LIKE ARTICLES
"
My Invention relates to fastenings for neckties, scarfs, gloves, garters and other
like articles. The improved fastenings consist of a sort of flat hinged clasp
formed of two parts, male and female, jointed to each other. These two parts thus
jointed together can be made of iron, steel or other wire shaped to the required
form hereinafter described or they may be cut or stamped from sheet iron, steel or
other metal. The male part can be attached by sewing or otherwise to the scarf
and the female part be movable so as to clasp and retain the neck band; or this
arrangement may be reversed, the female part being attached to the scarf and the
male part being movable.
The female part is in the form of two double parallel arms firmly connected
together at the lower part by a cross piece which is in a piece therewith. The
male part consists of one double arm which enters between the two double arms
of the female part and forces therein and holds the neck band of the scarf. For
this purpose the male part is connected to the female part at the upper end by a
joint formed of a bent pin or otherwise.
In a modified form of the fastening the female part consists of a strip of metal
turned up at the edges in the form of flanges which take the place of the parallel
arms; to this piece is jointed the male part consisting of a single strip. The male

page_text: part is bent approximately to the shape of an S and carries a small metal blade:
terminated by a hook and forming a spring. The neck band of the scarf is placed
between the male and female parts and by pressing on the former the spring is
forced into an opening in the feinale part. The spring is retained therein by its
hook and does not become released until sufficient force is applied to the male part.
The neck band is therefore nipped and securely held in the fastening.
The nipping of the neck baud can also be effected by means of two flat parts one
of which has pins to pass through the fabric and enter the other part, or by means
of a flat part in which is lodged an india rubber plate and receiving a round pin
which holds the fabric and forms a spring

page_text: "
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Pierre Ambjörn Comte de Sparre in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 16th April 1883.
PIERRE AMBJÖRN COMTE DE SPARRE of Boulevard Saint Denis 1 at Paris
IMPROVED FASTENINGS FOR NECKTIES SCARFS AND LIKE ARTICLES
"
My invention relates to fastenings for neckties, scarfs, gloves, garters and other
like articles. The improved fastenings consist of a sort of flat hinged clasp formed
of two parts, male and female, jointed to each other. These two parts thus jointed
together can be made of iron, steel or other wire shaped to the required form
which is hereinafter described or they may be cut or stamped from sheet iron, steel
or other metal. The male part can be attached by sewing or otherwise to the
scarf and the female part be movable so as to clasp and retain the neck band; or
this arrangement may be reversed the female part being attached to the scarf and
the male part being movable.
Figure 1 of the annexed drawings is a front view on an enlarged scale of one of
my improved fastenings. Figure 2 is a sectional side view, Figures 3 and 4 are
two transverse sections showing respectively the two modifications above specified.
Figures 5 and 6 represent two scarfs or ties provided with fastenings made
respectively in accordance with the two modifications.
The female part is in the form of two double parallel arms a a firmly connected
together at the lower part by a cross piece b which is in a piece therewith. The
male part consists of one double arm c which enters between the two double
arms a a of the female part and forces therein and holds the neck band d of the
scarf or tie f. For this purpose the male part c is connected to the female part
a a at the upper end by a joint g formed of a bent pin or otherwise. As I have
already mentioned the fastening can be made according to either of two
modifications. In the first, seen in Figures 3 and 5, the female part a a is fixed to
the scarf f and the male part, c clasps or holds the neck band d. In the second,
seen in Figures 4 and 6, the male part c is fixed to the scarf f and the female
part a a clasps or holds the neck band. The improved fastenings can be ornamented
in a variety of ways, for instance, the wire of which they are made can be plain
or engraved, and gilt, silvered, nickel plated, bronzed &c; or if they be made by
cutting and stamping they may be of any desired design embossed or in relief-
In all cases there may be applied to the end of the movable part an ornamental
plate as shown at h Figure 6 on which a trade mark may be applied.
The fastenings may be made of small dimensions for gloves or other articles.
In a modified form of the fastening represented in Figures 7 and 8 the female
part consists of a strip of metal turned up at the edges in the form of flanges a a
which take the place of the parallel arms; to this piece is jointed the male part
consisting of a single strip c. The male part c is bent approximately to the shape
of an S and carries a small metal blade terininated by a hook and forming a
spring. The neck band of the scarf is placed between the male and female parts
and if the former be pressed the spring is forced into an opening in the femäle
part. The spring k is retained therein by its hook and does not become released
until sufficient force is applied to the male part c. The neck band is therefore
nipped and securely held in the fastening.
The nipping of the neck band can also be effected by means of two flat parts
one of which has pins to pass through the fabric and enter the other part, or by
means of a flat part in which is lodged an india rubber plate and receiving a round
pin which holds the fabric and forms a spring.

page_text: Having now described the nature of my said invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed I declare that I claim
The improved fastenings for neckties, scarfs, and like articles constructed
substantially as hereinbefore described and represented in the annexed drawings.
;
In witness whereof I the said Pierre Ambjorn Comte de Sparre have
hereunto set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of April One thousand
eight hundred and eighty threo.
Witness:
ALBERT CAHEN
PIERRE AMBJÖRN COMTE DE SPARRE (ES)
Civil Engineer
of Boulevard St. Denis 1
at Paris.