CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Bown, of Birmingham, in the county of
Warwick, Manufacturer, for an invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN
FASTENINGS FOR GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS,"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Bown at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th April 1882.
WILLIAM BOWN, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, Manufacturer
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF
DRESS."
This invention relates to improvements in fastenings for gloves and other
articles of dress.
In carrying out my invention as applied to glove fastenings I employ a small
plate fixed to one side of the glove; on this plate slides a slotted or corrugated bar
operated by an arrangement of teeth or projections on the end of a hinged piece;
the other end of the said hinged piece is provided with a suitable catch for taking
into a recessed projection on the end of the said sliding bar when the fastening
is closed.
In securing a glove by a fastening of this construction the said projection is
passed through an eyelet in the glove and the closing of the hinged piece will
operate the sliding bar so as to draw the two edges of the opening of the glove
together and the herein before described catch taking into the recessed projection
will securely close the fastening. A spring may be employed to assist in keeping
the fastening closed.
In a modification of the arrangement the hereinbefore described hinged piece
may be dispensed with in which case the sliding bar is operated by hand, a
suitable arrangement such as a push piece being provided to release the spring
when it is required to open or close the fastening.

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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Bown in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
24th October 1882.
WILLIAM BOWN of Birmingham in the County of Warwick Manufacturer
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF
DRESS."
This Invention relates to improvements in fastenings for gloves and other
articles of dress
In carrying out my invention as applied to glove fastenings I employ a small
plate fixed to one side of the glove, on this plate slides a slotted or corrugated bar
operated by an arrangement of teeth or projections or their equivalent on the end
of a hinged piece, the other end of the said hinged piece is provided with a
suitable catch for taking into a recessed projection on the end of the said sliding
_bar_when_the fastening is closed.
In-securing a glove by a fastening-of-this-construction the said projection is
passed through an eyelet in the glove and the closing of the hinged piece will
operate the sliding bar so as to draw the two edges of the opening of the glove
together and the hereinbefore described catch taking into the recessed projection
will securely close the fastening and glove. A spring may be employed to assist in
keeping-the-fastening-closed.
But in order that I may bo well understood as to the nature of my said-Invention_
I will describe the same by aid of the drawing hereunto annexed reference being
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS,
Figure 1 represents a portion of a glove with my improved fastener attached,
the glove and fastening being shown as closed and secured on the hand. Figure 2
is a side sectional elevation of the same.-Figure 3 is a sectional elevation and
Figure 4 a top or flat view of the fastener open with the parts disengaged and
permitting the glove to be removed from the hand.-A is the base plate secured
to the one side of the opening of the glove by stitching or otherwise at a a a a.—
B is a sliding bar perforated with slots placed equi-distant as at b b b.
This bar is held in position on the base plate A by clips or ears formed on the
same c. c, and d d-the clips cc extending up sufficiently to form the support
joint a fulcrum for carrying the hinged pieco or lever C figure. 2.--which hinged
piece or lever at the joint end is formed with teeth or projections e, e. which take
into the slots b, b, of the base plate A; at the other end of this hinged piece Ca
recessed projection is formed as at D figure 3 into which the projection F on the
outer end of the hinged lover C falls when the glove is closed-the projection F is
recessed at E', for bolding and retaining the other portion or edge of the opening
of the glove by means of the eyelet E.
In securing a glove with my improved fastening thus described after the glove
has been placed upon the hand, (the fastening being in an extended position) the
projection D is passed through the eyelet secured on the one side of the glove
(while the fastening is secured to the other side) and the hinged lever C is closed
over until the projection F drops into the hollow or recessed projection D on the
sliding bar B, this action having the effect of simultaneously drawing the edges of
the glove together by the teeth or projections e, e. of the hinged piece C taking
into the slots b b in the sliding bar B as the hinged piece is closed over into the
position shown at Figure 1, the glove being securely held in a closed state by the

page_text: eyelet closing and fitting into the curved recess E¹. of the projection F assisted by
the tinsion on the glove and also by the spring f, secured to the base plate B as
shewn in Figures 2 and 3.
To open the glove it is simply necessary to raise the hinged lever and turning it
over into the position shewn at Figure 4 thus permitting the glove to be removed
from the hand.When considered necessary a back plate may be used inside the
material of the glove for affording additional strength in securing the said fastener
to the glove.
In some cases instead of operating the sliding bar by the teeth or projections of
the hinged lever working into slots in the sliding bar as first directed-I may
construct the said fastener as shown at Figures 5, 6 and 7 in which case the hinged
lever C works laterally instead of vertically as before described operating the
sliding bar by the pin g at the outer end of the lever working in the T shaped
sloth in the sliding bar as in the fastener first described; when the glove is
required to be fastened the eyelet is passed over the projection i on the sliding bar
as at Figure 5 the fastener being in an extended state, when the lever C is turned
round on the joint or axis j until it passes over the head of the projection i, which
has the effect of drawing the edges of the glove together by the pin g working in
the sloth of the sliding bar-Figure G is a sectional view of the fastener extended
and figure 7 a top view of the fastener closed.
As a modification of the foregoing arrangement I may form teeth or projections
kkas at Fig. 8 on the inside edge of the sliding bar and so form the end of the
hinged lever that corresponding teeth or projections m m are formed on the same
and by moving the lever backwards or forwards as described in the last figure, the
sliding bar is made to advance or retire when opening or closing the glove, and
this arrangement I have shewn in flat view at Figure 8, the other parts of the
fastening being substantially the same as last described.
Having now described the nature and object of my invention I wish it understood
that I do not purpose confining myself to the details herein described and exhibited
as the same may be modified without departing from the spirit of the same as for
instance various ornamental fronts forming the hinged levers may be adopted, and
corrigations instead of slots may be formed in the sliding bars but what I claim
and wish to protect by Letters Patent is, The construction of Glove fastenings
whereby the opening and closing of the Glove is effected by the operation of a
hinged or jointed lever with ratchots or projections in combination with a sliding
bar or bolt or their equivalents as herein described and exhibited.
In witness whereof I the said William Bown have horeunto set my hand
and seal this twenty third day of October One thousand eight hundred
and night two
WILLIAM BOWN. (LS)
Witness
W. LOACH.