IMPROVEMENTS IN CUFF ATTACHERS
Year: 1885

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I, JOHN VASHE PILCHER, of Louisville, in the County of Jefferson and State of
Kentucky, United States of America, Inventor, do hereby declare the nature of
my Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN CUFF ATTACHERS, 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 that class of devices which are used on. gentlemen's
apparel for the purpose of connecting parts thereof, and its object is to attach linen
cuffs temporarily to the shirt or coat sleeves of the wearer, at points on the sleeve
where there are no buttons, whereby the location of the cuff may be adjusted to
expose to view any desired portion thereof. To this end the invention consists in
& spring-jawed clamp adapted to grasp a small fold of the sleeve, in combination
with, and peculiarly secured to a device called the attacher, which is adapted to
enter one or more button holes of the cuff, entirely enclosing a portion of the latter,
whereby the cuff may be attached to the sleeve, as hereinafter described and
claimed, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a side elevation showing the invention in full.
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Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.
Fig.
3 is an elevation thereof at one end showing the clamp in side view.
Fig. 4 is a view of the opposite end of the attacher; and
Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section at x-x of Fig. 1.
A represents the clamp consisting of two jaws B B, pivoted together at C and
impelled by a spring E to meet together in lines of teeth at D, whereby the said
clamp may seize upon and hold to a small fold of the sleeve at any desired point of
the latter. This clamp in all the details thus far described is common and no claim
is laid thereto. F represents the attacher preferably made of a single piece of
elastic sheet metal punched out and bent into the shape shown. This single piece
comprises the following operative parts. The back G bent upward at its forward
end H, and formed into a hook I, and bent up to form the rear end J', the
tongue K projecting forward from the rear end J and terminating in a-nib L
adapted to enter the hook I, when sprung in by hand, but normally occupying
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page_text: the position shown above in dotted lines; and the springs M which are tongues
punched loose at three sides from the body pièce and left attached thereto at one
end of each. The free end of each of these springs bears upon the flat sides of the
head N of the pivot C by which the clamp A is secured to the attacher F. The
said pivot is rigidly fixed in one half of the clamp while the other half is free to
oscillate upon it, and it is journaled to revolve in the end J of the attacher. By
this means the toothed end D of the clamp may be revolved over to grasp the
sleeve either at the right or left of the attacher, thus adapting every complete cuff-
attacher to be used on either arm of the wearer. The springs M yielding permit
the clamp to be revolved by the application of a little force, while by pressing on
flattened sides of the bead N they hold the clamp A either way relatively to the
attacher F, with sufficient security for practical use. One of the springs M would
accomplish the purpose nearly as well as both; and it is evident that springs
which would answer the same purpose, though at a greater cost, might be made of
separate pieces secured to the body of the attacher F. This attacher is in the form
of a parallelogram adapted to entirely surround and enclose a portion of one or both
ends of a cuff when the hook end I is inserted through one or both button-holes
thereof and the tongue nib L is caught in the hook, thus securing the attacher to
the cuff against every possibility of being lost, and that without deranging the
form or set of the cuff. To prevent the nib L of the tongue K from escaping
accidentally the hook I is provided with a bar P across its mouth. The upper
end R is shaped on its inner side parallel with the adjacent portion of the book
thus forming a parallel throat or exit S through which the nib L can only escape
or enter by being guided by hand, thus giving the final measure of security against
loss. It is evident that the tongue F and back G might be made of separate pieces
secured together, but this would entail more original cost. It is also evident that
the hook I and the nib L might be dispensed with if the tongue K were made to
spring downward in its normal state, to the position shown in full lines Fig. 1.
This would require that the tongue be raised by hand to admit a portion of the
cuff, then when set free the spring would press down upon the cuff, holding the
hook inserted therein. This cuff attacher may be used as follows: Linen cuffs
have generally four button holes in each. Two of these are to be joined by a
button which is usually an article of jewelry; in the remaining two holes place the
hook end I and secure the tongue nib L in the said hook. Now the clamp A may
be attached to the lining of a coat sleeve at a point that will permit the cuff to
project from the sleeve as desired. Then the cuff being large enough to pass freely
over the hand may be taken off or put on as one with the coat. Or the clamp
may be made fast to the shirt sleeve, whereby the cuff is temporarily secured to
be worn.
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 as my invention is
1. The combination with a spring clamp or equivalent fastener, of another
fastener or attacher secured thereto consisting of a body piece G having the hook I
and the tongue K, having the nib L adapted to engage the said hook I, substan-
tially as shown and described.
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2. The combination in a cuff-attacher of a body G having a bent end provided
with the hook I, a bar P crossing the mouth of the latter and a narrow throat S
nearly parallel to the inner edge of the hook and a tongue K having the nib L
adapted to engage the said hook, substantially as shown and described.
3. The combination of a clamp having spring-closed jaws and a flat headed pivot
for the jaws, and an attacher adapted to engage the button hole or holes of a cuff,
the said attacher having a bearing at one end for the aforesaid pivot and further
provided with a spring or springs to engage the head of the said pivot substantially
as shown and described.

page_text: 4. The combination of a clamp having spring-closed jaws pivoted together and
an attacher comprising the body G having its end bent up at H' and the spring
tongue K, the said clamp and attacher being secured together, substantially as
shown and described.
5. The combination with an attacher substantially as described adapted to
receive within it a portion of a cuff and to enter one or more button-holes thereof
and a spring-jawed clamp journaled at its center to one end of the said attacher,
substantially as shown and described, whereby the clamp may be revolved to act
either at the right or left side of the attacher as set forth.