Stays, Gaiters, and for other like Purposes.
Year: 1885

page_text: Stays, Gaiters, and for other like Purposes.
I, FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER of Buckingham Street, Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of said invention for "A NEW OR
IMPROVED FASTENER FOR GLOVES, BOOTS AND SHOES, STAYS, GAITERS AND FOR OTHER
LIKE PURPOSES to be as follows:-
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My invention relates to a new or improved fastener for gloves, boots and shoes,
stays, gaiters and for other like purposes in which the fastening is effected in a
simple and efficient manner; and my said invention consists essentially of a plain
stud or hollow stem with a movable sliding top, which is coincident with the stud
or stem when unfastened, but excentric to it when fastened. The overhanging
edge of the movable top covering or overlapping an eyelet or hole on the other part
of the object to be fastened.
I will describe my invention in connection with a glove, although the application
of my invention to boots and shoes, and other articles, differs in no essential respect
from its application to a glove aforesaid.
The stud neck or hollow stem, which is in the form of a cap, has a flange and
attachment spikes or ears at its botton or open end for securing the stud neck to
the glove. Running across the top of the hollow stem is a slot wherein works a
hanging stem or stalk, carrying the movable head of the fastener; thus on the
sliding to and fro of the movable head, the glove is fastened and unfastened by the
head becoming concentric or excentric with respect to the stem upon which it slides.
The fastener is retained in the two positions fastened and unfastened, by a flat spring
bent into a semi-circular form, with its terminal ends turned round or under into
yielding inclined planes, which press upon opposite sides of the hanging stem, which
carries the movable head or button. Thus, when the head is concentric, the hanging
stem is upon one side of the inclines of the spring, and when excentric upon the
other side, thereby retaining the movable head in two positions.
To fasten the glove, it is only necessary to pass an eyelet on the one part over
the concentric head and stem on the other part; when by sliding the movable top
or head, it is made to become excentric, so as to overhang or overlap the eyelet hole,
and so effectually fasten or secure the two parts of the glove together.
To unfasten the glove, move the head backwards until it becomes concentric
with its stem, when the eyelet can then be withdrawn.
The movable head instead of sliding, may turn upon an excentric joint or pin, in
order to obtain the necessary lap in fastening; and instead of employing a separate
spring for retaining the head open and closed, a spring or springs may be made
from the metal of the fastener.
Dated this Nineteenth day of March 1985

page_text: Stays, Gaiters, and for other like Purposes.
I, FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER of Buckingham Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Engineer do hereby declare the nature of said invention for "A NEW OR
IMPROVED FASTENER FOR GLOVES, BOOTS AND SHOES, STAYS, GAITERS AND FOR OTHER
LIKE PURPOSES," 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 a new or improved fastener for gloves, boots and shoes,
stays, gaiters and for other like purposes in which the fastening is effected in a
simple and efficient manner; and my said invention consists essentially of a plain
stud or hollow stem with a movable sliding top which is coincident with the stud
or stem when unfastened, but excentric with it when fastened. The overhanging
edge of the movable top, covers or over-laps the edge of an eyelet or button hole on
the other part of the object to be fastened.
I will describe my invention in connection with a glove, although the application
of my invention to boots and shoes, and other articles differs in no essential respect
from its application to a glove as aforesaid.
The body of the fastener consists of a hollow stem of the form of a cap or box,
which is provided at its lower or open end with attachment spikes or ears for
securing the stud or fastener to the material of the glove; and across the top of the
hollow stem is a slit or piercing wherein a hanging stem or stalk works which is
carried by a movable head of the fastener; thus on the sliding to and fro of the
movable head, the glove is fastened and unfastened by the head becoming concentric
or excentric to the stem or box body upon which it slides. The fastener is retained
in the two positions fastened and unfastened, by a flat spring bent into a semi-
circular form, with its terminal ends turned round or under into yielding incline
planes, which press upon opposite sides of the hanging stem carrying the movable
head or button. Thus, when the head is concentric with its stem or body the
hanging stem is upon one side of the inclines of the spring, and when excentric
upon the other side, thereby retaining the movable head in two positions.
To fasten the glove, it is only necessary to pass an eyelet or button hole on the
one part, over the concentric head and stem on the other part, when by sliding the
movable top or head, it is made to become excentric with the stem so as to over-
hang or overlap the eyelet hole, or button hole and so effectually fasten or secure
the two parts of the glove together.
To unfasten the glove, move the head backwards until it becomes concentric or
coincident with its stem, when the eyelet can then be withdrawn.
The movable head instead of sliding may turn upon an excentric joint or pin, in
order to obtain the necessary lap in fastening; and instead of employing a separate
spring for keeping the head open and closed, a spring or springs may be made from
the metal of the fastener.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawing the
manner in which the same is to be performed.

page_text: Figure 1 is a glove provided with a fastener constructed according to my inven-
tion. Figure 2 is the fastener upon a larger scale, with the parts unfastened. This
view shows the eyelet encircling the neck of the stem of the fastener. Figure 3
is a like view as figure 2 but fastened; that is, the movable top has been moved or
pressed excentric to the stem; the excentricity of which prevents the eyelet on the
one part of the glove, from becoming disconnected from the stem of the other part.
Figure 4 is an edge view of figure 2, and figure 5 is a vertical section of figure 4.
Figure 6 is a plan of the underside of figure 5. Figure 7 is a side elevation of
figure 3 when the parts are represented in the positions as indicated in the said
figure 3. Figure 8 is a part vertical section of figure 7. Figure 9 is an underside
view of figure 7. Figure 10 is a separate view of the movable top and its
depending stem. Figure 11 is a plan of the box stem of the fastener. Figure 12
is the spring for retaining the movable head either in its open or in its closed
position.
a is a box stem or body of the fastener, provided at its lower end with an
attachment flange a³ and spikes a³; the latter are for the purpose of securing the
fastener to the glove. b is a movable head or top which slides laterally across the
top of the said box stem, so as to make the stem and head excentric or concentric,
when fastened or unfastened. The said sliding head b has a depending stalk or
rod b³ working within a slot a in the top of the box stem a-c is a spring of a
semi-circular form and provided with curved arms c³ ³ by which the head is
retained in the two positions, fastened and unfastened; that is, the arm or turned
ends of the spring c constitute yielding incline planes, which press upon
opposite sides of the hanging rod 62; thus when the head, is concentric, with its
stem or body as in figures 2 and 4, the rod or stalk 63 is upon one side of the
inclines, but when excentric as in figure 3, the stalk or stem is upon the other side
of the inclines as best seen in figure 9. 6³ is a collar on the rod or stem, for
keeping the spring to its bearing. d is an eyelet on the part A of the glove, while
the fastener is attached upon the other part B.
To fasten the glove, pass the eyelet à over the head b, and onto the neck of the
box stem a, on the parts being concentric as in figure 2; and when in this position,
the head b is made to slide into an excentric position, with respect to the stem a
by pressing or pushing the said head across the top of the stem as represented in
figure 3, so that the head b is made to overhang, or overlap the eyelet or button
hole, thereby effectually and securely fastening the two parts of the glove together.
To unfasten the glove, slide the head b back to its former position or until the
head and box stem become coincident, and when in this position, the eyelet can be
withdrawn, and the glove unfastened.
Figure 13 represents a modified form of the fastener hereinbefore described; the
head in this arrangement is retained in its open aud closed position, by a collar on
the end of the depending stem pressing upon a flat spring, resting upon the under-
side of the box stem. This spring is convex on the outer side, and is provided
with a slot extending partly across its body, and within this slot the stem,
depending from the underside of the head, works. The said figure 13 shows the
head in elevation unfastened. Figure 14 a vertical section of the same. Figure 15
shows figure 14 with the head excentric to the stem (or fastened). Figure 16 is a
plan of figure 13. Figure 17 a plan of figure 14.
a is the stem, b the head, c the spring, c³ the slot in the spring, 6º the depending
stem on the underside of the head, and 6 the head which presses upon the spring.
To fasten a glove, slide the head b forward which is retained in its excentric
position by the tension of the spring c acting upon the underside of the terminal
end 6 of the stem b².
To unfasten the glove, slide the head in the reverse direction, when the action of
the spring upon the stem is the same as described with respect to fastening.
In figure 18 the spring is in the form of a bar or strip of steel while the
depending stem, in the form of clips or cars, which embrace or slide over the

page_text: spring; so that, the yielding and bowed character of the said spring retains
the head fastened and unfastened, as the case may be.
Figure 19 is a vertical section with the head concentric or unfastened. Figure 20
excentric and fastened. Figure 21 is a plan of figure 19, Figure 22 is a plan of
figure 20 or in which the head is concentric with the stem.
a is the stem, b is the head, c the spring, b² the depending spring clips or ears
which embrace the spring upon its underside; so that the to and fro movement of
the head, slides the clips or ears 6 over the bowed part of the spring, thereby
retaining the head in two positions, fastened and unfastened.
Figure 23 represents a modified form of the fastener previously described, other
than that the head is made to overlap the stem by a turning movement instead of
a sliding motion; that is, the head b is jointed through the top of the stom a by a
pin or hanging stem which is situated excentric to the middle of the said head; this
depending stein 6' has flats b' upon it, upon which the arms c³ of the spring c bear.
To fasten a glove, pass the eyelet as before over the neck of the box stem, then
turn the head upon its excentric joint or depending stem 6* as represented in
figure 23, so as to cause the head, to overlap the stem to a degree that shall retain
the eyelet or button hole upon the stem, and so fastening the two parts of the glove
together, as in figure 24.
To unfasten the glove, turn the head aside, upon its joint or centre b³, to the
position figure 12, when the stem and head become coincident, when the glove can
be unfastened. Figure 25 shows an edge view of the head, and the depending joint
pin upon which the said head turns as a joint centre.
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 is
Improvements in glove and other like fasteners, consisting of a fixed box like
stem or body, with a sliding or turning hend or top which latter becomes excentric
or concentric with the stem upon which it slides or turns, for the fastening or
unfastening of a glove or other object to which the said fastener may be attached-
The position of the movable head or top being determined, and fixed, by the arms
of a spring or by the flexibility of the body or sides of a spring acting upon a
depending stem, stalk or parts, hanging or passing from, the underside of the head;
the motion of the said head being limited by a slot in the box stem. The parts
being arranged, combined and acting in the ways and for the purpose substantially
as described and illustrated.