IMPROVEMENTS IN SHIRT STUDS AND DRESS FASTENINGS
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexander Leslie Fyfe, of Aldersgate Street, in the City
of London, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SHIRT STUDS AND DRESS
FASTENINGS."
Sealed the 15th May 1877, and dated the 17th November 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alexander Leslie Fyfe at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th November 1876.
ALEXANDER LESLIE FYFE, of Aldersgate Street, in the City of London. "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN SHIRT STUDS AND DRESS FASTENINGS."
My Invention relates to improvements in shirt studs and dress fastenings, and it
has for its object to render at once more easy and secure the insertion or attachment
of the studs or fastenings. Shirt studs as ordinarily made are difficult to insert,
more especially when the shirt front is highly finished or stiffened, and the appear-
ance of the shirt is often spoiled in consequence, and the edges of the holes are
soon frayed and worn by the frequent insertion and removal of the studs.
My Invention consists in providing the stud or fastening with an oval T headed
pillar taking into an oval metallic eyelet in the shirt front or other garment. The
oval pillar or shank has a T head at back, as above mentioned, with a tranverse V
or other shaped slit to enable the pillar to contract when turned round in the eyelet,
and then spring outwards to retain the stud securely in position.
In the holes of the shirt I fit oval metallic eyelets of such a size as to just receive
the T head of the pillar, said eyelets being preferably made of German silver to
avoid corrosion by washing.
In applying the stud the T head is inserted in the eyelet hole, and turned half
round until it stands transversely to the eyelet, the spring imparted to the pillar
by the slit cut therein causing the stud to be securely retained in position. To
enable the wearer to know when the stud is in position a small depression-is-made
in the eyelet to receive a corresponding projection on the stud.
My Invention is applicable to various articles of dress, such as solitaires for cuffs,
fastenings for ladies' belts, and the like.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Alexander Leslie Fyfe in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 17th
May 1877.
ALEXANDER LESLIE FYFE, of Aldersgate Street, in the City of London.
PROVEMENTS IN SHIRT STUDS AND DRESS FASTENINGS."
** IM-
My Invention relates to shirt studs and dress fastenings, and has for its object
to render at once more easy and secure the insertion and attachment of the stud or
fastening. With studs as ordinarily made much difficulty is experienced in intro-
ducing them into the holes, more especially when the front is highly finished or
stiffened, the appearance of the shirt being frequently spoiled in consequence;
moreover, the edges of the hole soon become frayed and worn out by the frequent
passage through them of the head or back, as the case may be, of the stud.
According to my Invention the stud or fastening, which is made in two parts,
consists of a pillar with a small head and slit therein, to enable the head to yield
on being passed through an eye or collet, which rises from the back of the stud,
and then spring outwards to retain the stud firmly in position.
In order that my Invention may be more readily understood I have represented
in the accompanying Drawings views of the stud drawn on an enlarged scale.
Figure 1 is an elevation of the two portions of the stud separately.
Figure 2 shows in section the spring head passed through the collet, and secured
by springing out inside the hollow pillar of the back portion.
In Figure 3 the two parts of the studs are shown fastened by a screw thread
on the pillar, which screws into the upper part of the tubular pillar.
a is the front portion of the stud, the pillar b of which has an oval or other
shaped head c and a slit to enable it to yield on being passed through the collet d
of the tubular pillar e of the back part of the stud, and spring out to lock the stud
securely in position, as before described.
In Figure 3 the spring head, besides serving as an additional safeguard against
loss of the stud, should the screw become detached, also forms a guide for screwing
the parts together, that is to say, directly the head e is passed through the collet d
the thread on the pillar b engages with the female thread in the tubular pillar, and
in this manner facilitates the attachment of the two parts of the stud.
I prefer to fix in the holes of the shirt front metallic eyelets to prevent wear;
these eyelets would be made of German silver to avoid corrosion in washing.
This Invention is applicable to various articles of dress, such as solitaires for cuffs,
fastenings for ladies' belts, and the like.
Having described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of performing
the same, I declare that what I claim as the Invention to be protected by the
herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, connecting together the front and
back parts of a stud, solitaire, or similar dress fastening, substantially as shown and
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alexander Leslie Fyfe, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
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