An IMPROVED SPRING SCARF CLIP OR ADJUSTER
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Nelson, of Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Stamper and Piercer, for the Invention of "An
IMPROVED SPRING SCARF CLIP OR ADJUSTER."
Scaled the 9th July 1875, and dated the 14th January 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Nelson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
14th January 1875.
I, WILLIAM NELSON, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Stamper and Piercer, do hereby declare the nature of my said Inven-
tion for "Ax IMPROVED SPRING SCARF CLIP OR ADJUSTEB,” to be as follows
(that is to say):-
My improvement in scarf spring clips consists in making them in two
parts, producing the spring or tentional part from lateral straps or arms
cut out with the body, which said arms, being bent over and tempered,
form lateral springs for bearing on the clip between the bite and the
axis on which it works, The free end of the clip beyond the axis is

page_text: formed into a small convenient thumb bit for applying the finger or
thumb for lifting the clip when reqiured.
As an equivalent when such spring scarf clips are made from ductile
metal the arms or springs may be made of thin steel and applied by
riveting.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Nelson in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 14th July 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
NELSON, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Stamper and
Piercer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of January, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in
the thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, givo and grant unto me, the said William Nelson, Her
special license that I, the said William Nelson, my executors, admi-
nistrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Nelson,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the a
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED
SPRING SCARF CLIP OR ADJUSTER," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said William Nelson, my executors, administrators, and 2
assigns, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of
the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said 3
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Nelson, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention and in what mannos the same is to ho

page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by tho
following statement (that is to say) :-
My improvements in scarf spring clips consist in making them in two
primary parts, producing the spring or tentional part from lateral straps
or arms cut out or formed with the body, which said arms, being bent
over and tempered, form lateral springs for bearings on the clip between
the bite and the axis on which it works. The free end of the clip
beyond the axis is formed into a small convenient thumb bit for applying
the finger or thumb for lifting the bite of the clip when required.
As an equivalent when such spring scarf clips are made from ductile
metal the arms or springs may be made of thin steel and applied by
rivetting thereto, as will be understood by referring to the Drawings
hereunto annexed, which I will procced to describo.

page_text: modified and adapted to the back or frame, as exhibited in a front, top,
and side view, at Figs. 9, 10, and 11.
Fig. 12 represents the flat form of the frame before bending into shape
and made of flat steel, as in the other case. In this instance the parts
of the frame marked O and P are bent into a circular form for the
purpose of receiving the two ends of the scarf when such style or fashion
requires them, the said ends of the scarf being passed down from the
top within the said circular parts marked O and P, and continued down
between the back part of the frame Q and beneath the clip R, and
retained by the elastic force of the spring arms ₺ and u. A clip thus
formed in two parts may be used to restrain or adjust the position of a
girdle or cords as well as the ends of a scarf.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
in which the same may be readily produced with suitable tools as
as used for cutting out, shaping, hardening, and tempering small articles.
made of sheet steel, I wish it understood that the same may be altered
in size and proportion, as also the position of the spring arms, without
affecting the purpose and character of my Invention; or the said spring
arms may be cut and formed of steel, while the other parts may be made
of brass or other suitable sheet metal, the said spring being secured
thereto by rivetting or otherwise, so as to produce an equivalent effect
to the scarf clip here exhibited, which I claim as new and desire to
protect by these my in part recited Letters Patent.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Nelson, havo hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.
Witness,
WILLIAM H. TAYLOR,
Clerk to James S. Cockings,
Patent Agent,
Birmingham.
WILLIAM NELSON. (L.S.)