IMPROVEMENTS IN CUFF FASTENERS
Year: 1885

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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the firm of A. M. and Wm. Clark, of
53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN CUFF FASTENERS (a communication to me from abroad by James Joseph Fay
of New Bedford in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts United States
of America, Decorator) and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
This Invention consists in a novel device for holding, with provision for their
ready detachment when required, removable shirt cuffs to their places on the
person of the wearer and to provide for the exposure of the same below or beyond
the coat sleeves, said device being so constructed and applied as to fasten the cuffs
to the lining of the coat sleeves as distinguished from their attachment to the shirt
sleeves, or bands, so that, when the coat is removed the cuffs remain attached to it
and so that, when the coat is on the person, the cuffs may be drawn up along with
the coat sleeves, when washing the hands, and so avoid soiling of the cuffs, also
whereby elastic bands applied to the shirt sleeves to hold them up or back and
which interfere with the circulation of the blood, are or may be dispensed with.
Furthermore shirt cuff fasteners constructed in accordance with this invention
provide for the cuffs being readily attached to the coat sleeves either when the
coat is off or on the person and of being adjusted to give the necessary show
beyond the ends of said sleeves, regardless of the length of the shirt sleeves. The
invention likewise consists in certain special constructions and combinations of
parts in a shirt cuff fastener of the character above described and whereby said
fastener is made to form a positive lock with the rear button holes of the cuff and
the back or free end of its lower portion which is a spring leaf, is made to form a
stop to prevent the cuff from slipping unduly backward after the fastener has been
adjusted to give a certain exposure of the cuff below or beyond the coat sleeve.
Furthermore the fastener is preferably provided with duplicate fastening pins
having a spring like action and being of one and the same piece with the rest of

page_text: the fastener, thus adding to the durability and security of the cuff fastener which
is generally composed of folded flat spring metal substantially as hereinafter
described.
In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 represents a partly broken and partly
sectional longitudinal view of a coat sleeve in part, and a cuff attached thereto by
the improved fastener.
Figure 2 is an outer face longitudinal view of the fastener. Figure a side or
edge view thereof, and Figure 4 a perspective view of the same.
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The whole fastener is made of or from a single piece of flat spring metal con-
structed to form a lower spring leaf A doubled over at its front end a, to form a
second outer separated leaf B which in its turn is bent or doubled over at its back
end 6 and made to form duplicate outer spring side pins C, C, the points of which
when closed enter within point guards or catches d on or near the front end of the
outer leaf B. The inner or lower spring leaf A, is made with a crook or stop e at
its back end where it shuts against the under side of the back end of the leaf B.
The fastener is applied by entering the free or crooked end e of the spring tongue
or leaf A through both of the back button holes 8 8 of the cuff D and sliding said
leaf backwardly along the under or inner side of the cuff till the folded metal
portion a forms a positive lock with the button holes as of the cuff, and the
crook e acts as a stop to restrain the cuff from unduly sliding backward should the
button holes gape. The cuff is then adjusted to its proper position within the coat
sleeve E to give the required show beyond the outer end thereof, and the spring
pins CC, passed through the lining f, of the coat sleeve and the points of said pins
afterward sprung under or into engagement with the guards or catches d d to bold
the cuff firmly to the coat sleeve, and from which they may be readily detached when
required by pressing on and manipulating them from the outside of said sleeve.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. A spring fastener for detachable shirt cuffs constructed for application to the
lining of the sleeve of a coat and attachment thereto independently of the shirt
sleeve and providing for the adjustment of the cuff and its secure hold and ready
detachment when required substantially as specified.
2. In a fastening device for securing shirt cuffs to the sleeve linings of coats, the
flat sheet metal spring body of the fastener constructed to form an inner spring
leaf A, looped or folded at its forward end a, outer leaf B, looped or folded at its
back end b, and duplicate fastening spring pins C, essentially as shown and
described.
3rd In a fastening device for securing shirt cuffs to the sleeve linings of coats,
the flat metal spring fastener, consisting of an inner spring leaf A, constructed to
form a stop e at its back or free end and looped at its forward end as at a an outer
-leaf B, looped or folded over at its back end b, spring pins C, formed by side
extensions of the looped end b, and the pin point guards or catches & substantially
as specified.