Improvements in Gloves.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 19th Aug., 1891-Accepted, 19th Sept., 1891
Improvements in Gloves.
We THOMAS HOOPER and SAMUEL GEORGE MOORE trading as Hinks Wells
and Company of No. 106 Buckingham Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Steel Pen and Penholder Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention has reference to those kinds of gloves which are fastened by the
closing of the mouths of the gloves upon the wrists by means of springs.
These springs are ordinarily situated at the edges of the middle division of the
glove on the inner or palm part the middle division extending from the wrist part
of the glove to a short distance along the said palm part.
In this the ordinary arrangement of the fastening springs the projection of the
spring at the middle of the palm part of the hand occasions considerable inconvenience
especially when holding with the gloved hand a pen or an umbrella or walking
stick or the like. The object of our invention is principally to obviate the incon-
venience referred to and consists in arranging or applying the fastening springs of
the glove or equivalent devices for the same purpose in the manner hereinafter
described. Our invention has the further object of facilitating the putting on and
taking off of the gloves.
Instead of applying a fastening spring to the inner or palm part of the glove
as usual we apply a fastening spring to each of the sides or edges of the wrist part
of the glove; that is at the junctions of the front and back parts of the glove.
For this purpose we slit or divide the said edges or sides at the wrist part for a
distance say of about two or three inches so that the month of the glove can be
opened out at a wide angle for introducing the hand into the glove or removing the
glove from the hand.
The spring fastening which we prefer to use consists of two flat strips or arms of
steel situated at the edges of the side slit or division of the glove and jointed
together at the top of the said slit the ends of the jointed strips or arms being se wn
to the glove. By means of a spring situated on one of the jointed arms of the
fastening and acting on the joint the two arms of each side fastening can either be
maintained in their open position or in their closed or parallel position. In the
former position the divided slit parts of the glove are maintained in their open
position for introducing the hand into or removing it from the glove and in the
latter position the said divided or slit parts of the glove are closed upon the wrist
with a pressure sufficient to hold the glove securely upon the hand.
We do not limit ourselves to the use of spring fastenings at the divided sides or
edges of the wrist part of the glove as other appliances or devices which will cause
the divided sides or edges of the glove to close upon and grip the wrist may be
employed in place of spring fastenings.
Dated the 31st day of December 1890
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gloves.
We THOMAS HOOPER and SAMUEL GEORGE MOORE trading as Hinks Wells
and Company of No. 106 Buckingham Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Steel Pen and Penholder Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of
our invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
Our invention has reference to those kinds of gloves which are fastened by the
closing of the mouths of the gloves upon the wrists by means of springs.
These springs are ordinarily situated at the edges of the middle division of the
glove on the inner or palm part, the middle division extending from the wrist part
of the glove to a short distance along the said palm part. In this the ordinary
arrangement of the fastening springs the projection of the spring at the middle of
the palm part of the hand occasions considerable inconvenience especially when
holding with the gloved hand an umbrella or walking stick or the like. The object
of our invention is principally to obviate the inconvenience referred to and consists
in arranging or applying the fastening springs of the glove or equivalent devices
for the same purpose in the manner hereinafter described. Our invention has the
further object of facilitating the putting on and taking off of the gloves.
Instead of applying a fastening spring to the inner or palm part of the glove as
usual we apply a fastening spring to each of the sides or edges of the wrist part of
the glove; that is, at the junctions of the front and back part of the gloye. For
this purpose we slit or divide the said edges or sides at the wrist part for a distance
say of about two or three inches so that the mouth of the glove can be opened out
at a wide angle for introducing the hand into the glove or removing the glove from
the hand.
The spring fastening which we prefer to use consists of two flat strips or arms of
steel situated at the edges of the side slit or division of the glove and jointed
together at the top of the said slit the ends of the jointed strips or arms being sewn
to the glove. By means of a spring situated on one of the jointed arms of the
fastening and acting on the other arm near the joint the two arms of each side
fastening can either be maintained in their open position or in their closed or
parallel position. In the former position the divided slit parts of the glove are
maintained in their open position for introducing the hand into or removing it from
the glove and in the latter position the said divided or slit parts of the glove are
closed upon the wrist with a pressure sufficient to hold the glove securely upon the
hand.
We will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawing the
manner in which our invention is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in front elevation and Figure 2 in side elevation or edge view,
a glove containing our improvements, the wrist part of the glove being closed and
held in its closed position by the spring fastenings;
Figure 3 represents a portion of Figure 2 in section ;
Figure 4 represents in front elevation and Figure 5 in side elevation or edge view
partly in section the said glove with the wrist part in its open position for introducing
the hand into or removing it from the glove.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of the
drawing.
a, b are the slit or divided front and back parts or flaps of the wrist portion of the
glove, the slits or divisions of the wrist part at the edges or sides of the glove
being marked c, c. By thus dividing the wrist part of the glove at the edges or
sides the mouth or wrist part of the glove can be opened out at a considerable
angle as represented in Figures 4 and 5 for putting on or taking off the glove. At
each of the divided sides of the wrist parts or flaps a, b of the glove a jointed

page_text: spring fastening is applied and attached, one strip or arm of the spring
fastening being attached to the front part a and the other strip or arm of
the spring fastening being attached to the back part 6 of the divided wrist
of the glove the joint on which the strips or arms of the fastening turn being
situated at the top of the slit at each side of the glove: The construction of the
jointed spring fastening which we prefer to use at each side of the wrist part of the
glove is best seen in Figures 3 and 5. The two arms or strips of the spring
fastening are marked respectively d, d² the arm d being attached by sewing at e
to the divided front part a and the arm d² being attached by sewing at to the
divided back part 6 of the wrist of the glove; d³ is the joint on which the two
arms d, d² turn, the joint d³ being situated at the top of the slit c. By means of
the spring g on the arm & acting on the flats of the heel h of the other arm d² the
said arms can be maintained in their open position or in their closed or parallel
position. When the arms d, d2 are in their closed position Figures 1, 2 and
divided or slit parts or flaps a, b at the wrist of the glove are closed upon the
wrist of the wearer with a pressure sufficient to hold the glove securely upon
the hand; and when the arms d d of the fastening are opened out as represented in
Figures 4 and 5 the divided or slit parts a, b of the glove are maintained in their
open position for putting on or taking off the glove. The spring fastenings are
enclosed in the gussets or pockets i, i formed by turning over the edges of the
divided parts a, b of the glove upon the arms of the fastening and sewing the
folded over edges in their places as represented in the drawing.
the
We do not limit ourselves to the use of the particular kind of jointed spring
fastening represented as other kinds of spring fastenings which will hold the divided
wrist part of the glove in its open and closed positions may be used in place of the
spring fastenings represented; but we have found those fastenings to answer well.
A glove made in accordance with our invention provides a large opening for the
introduction of the hand and entirely avoids a projection at the palm of the hand
which projection is very objectionable inasmuch as it interferes with the free
movement of the hand.
By arranging the closing springs at opposite side portions of the wrist they are
placed entirely out of the way and permit the use of the hand as freely as though it
were ungloved.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that we claim
as our invention of "Improvements in gloves":-
Providing the opposite sides of the wrist part of a glove with longitudina
slits c c so as to produce at the said wrist the separate and independent front and
rear flaps or parts ab which respectively extend across the back and palm of the
hand and are adapted to be opened from and closed upon each other, each side slit
of the glove containing a spring fastening for holding open the two independent
flaps and for closing them upon the wrist of the wearer substantially as herein-
before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Did the 15th dor of A vous 1891
THOMAS HOOPER.
SAMUEL GEORGE MOORE.