Improvements in Glove Fastenings.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 11th Sept., 1891-Accepted, 31st Oct., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Glove Fastenings.
I, JAMES WATSON EMPSON Daisy Bank, Nelson Street, Rotherham Com-
mercial Traveller do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in buttons and other equivalent fastenings
for gloves, the object being to enable those who deal in such articles, and
especially the retail dealers, to know at once and with certainty the number or size
of gloves, and to be able to pair such gloves when they have become detached from
each other, or have got mixed in the course of business, or to tell the size of worn
gloves. At the present time the size of the glove is printed either on the inside
of the glove, or upon small adhesive labels which become loose and drop off, and
much trouble is the result; I propose to stamp, or otherwise mark the size of the
glove upon the button or other fastener in a permanent and legible manner, in the
process of manufacture, so that each glove will have a permanent record of its
size.
Dated the 10th dox of Doromban 1900
JAS. W. EMPSON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Glove Fastenings.
I, JAMES WATSON EMPSON Daisy Bank, Nelson Street, Rotherham Com-
mercial Traveller 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in buttons, and other equivalent fastenings
for gloves, the object being to enable those who deal in such articles, and more
particularly the retail dealers, to know at once and with certainty, the number
denoting the size of such gloves, and to be able to pair them when they have
become detached and separated from each other, and may have got mixed in
the course of business; also to enable the size of worn gloves to be readily
determined.
According to the present method, the size of the glove is printed either upon
the inside of the wristband of the glove or upon small adhesive labels; in the first
described method the printed figures soon become obliterated and in the second, the
labels become loose and drop off, and as tradesmen are well aware when gloves
become mixed there is a great deal of time lost in resizing and matching them
owing to the inadequate means employed in marking them.
To avoid this trouble to the trade, and to enable the wearer to know at once what
size of glove he is wearing, I stamp, impress, or otherwise permanently mark
upon the button or other equivalent fastener, the size or number of the glove in a
legible manner, so that each glove will bear a permanent record of its size.
The process of stamping the buttons or other fasteners, should be one of the
operations of the manufacture of such articles.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, or carried into practice,
I declare that what I claim is :-
1-The combination with a glove button or fastener, of an impressed or other-
wise permanently marked figure or figures representing the size of the glove to
which it is attached, substantially as herein before described.
2-A glove button or fastener, having a stamped or otherwise marked figure or
figures upon it, to indicate the size of the glove for which it is intended.
Dated the 31st day of August 1891.
ROBT. F. DRURY, Fel. Inst. P.A.,
Bank Buildings, George Street, Sheffield, Agent for Applicant.