Improvements in Lace Fasteners.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd May, 1899-Accepted, 1st July,
1899
COMPLETE SPECITION
Improvements in Lace Fasteners.
I, ERNEST HORATIO LUDLOW, of Langley, in the County of Worcester, Gentle-
man, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same
s to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in lace fasteners for boots, and other like
purposes, and refers to improved means for securing such fasteners to the boots
or other fabric.
Hitherto such fastener has been secured by means of sewing or of rivets or the
like, all of which have had some objectionable fault, as for instance in the case of
sewing, it involves too much trouble and in the case of rivets and the like they
become loose and frequently tear away, and the interior of the rivet frequently
causes damage to the stocking or even the leg.
This invention intended to remove all these objections.
In order to more clearly describe this my invention I have appended hereunto
a sheet of drawings, upon which are figures and numbers of reference, similar
numbers referring throughout to the same thing or part.
Fig. 1, is a front view of the invention.
Fig. 2, is a view of the back plate.
Fig. 3, is a sectional view of the invention on line A-B Figs. 1 and 2, showing
the plates upon each side of the fabric ready for being secured.
Figs. 4 and 5, are side and top views of the staple by which the fastener is
secured.
Figure 6, is a side sectional view on line C--D (Fig. 3) showing the staple
lving in channel.
Fig. 7, is a general front view showing the fastener in use.
The fastener consists essentially of a double divided frame plate 8, the lower
At the middle, and depend-
part of which is turned upwards to form the tongue 9.
ing from the upper part of the frame plate is the arm 10, which lies in the middle
slot of the tongue 9.
The said fastener is secured to the boot &c. as follows: In the frame plate 8,
are made piercings 11, and between such piercings the metal is set back so as to
form a channel 12. A back plate 13, is also provided in which are piercings 11",
between which are also formed similar channels 12ª. The frame plate 8, is now
placed upon the front of fabric 14, and the plate 13, at the back; when the
The body part 15, of the
staple 15, is pushed through the piercings 11 and 11".
staple is made to lie in the channel 12. and the ends of the staple are turned down
so as to lie within the channel 11. By these means the fastener is much more
firmly attached than hitherto, and the staple is also protected from causing damage
&c. by its being concealed in the channels as described.
It will be readily seen that for an inferior article the rear plate 13 may be
dispensed with, and the staple passed through from the back with its ends turned
down into the channel 12, but the use of both front and back plates is much the
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page_text: The method of securing the lace in the fastener is readily seen in Fig. 7, but
this forms no part of this invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
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1. In a lace fastener the combination with a frame plate 8 for carrying the
tongue 9 and arm 10, of piercings 11, with intervening channels 12, and of plate 13,
with piercings 11", with intervening channels 12ª, and with staple 15, for securing
the two plates together all as set forth and shown.
2. In a lace fastener the combination with a frame plate 8 for carrying the
tongue 9 and arm 10, of piercings 11, with intervening channels 12, and staple 15,
substantially as set forth.
Dated this 20th day of May 1899.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicant's Agent.