Improved Cuff Holder.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 15th July, 1892-Accepted, 20th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Cuff Holder.
STANLEY CHRISTOPHER TOWLER, 151, Grove Lane Camberwell S.E.
Assistant in City Warehouse do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
The invention consists of a spring for stopping the shirt cuff from coming below
the sleeve of the coat, and for the purpose of keeping the shirt cuff clean. This
said invention can be made in wood metal or other suitable material & any size or
shape. At each end of the spring it has a piece of rubber or other suitable
material for keeping the shirt cuff stationary, so that the shirt cuff shall not come
down over the bands or below the edge of the coat cuff.
Dated this 19th day of March 1892.
STANLEY CHRISTOPHER TOWLER.
Improved Cuff Holder.
I, STANLEY CHristopher TowLER, formerly of 151 Grove Lane, Camber-
well, but now residing at "Aysgarth," Grove Park, Camberwell, in the County of
Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, 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 an appliance for keeping shirt cuffs clean by holding
them down inside the coat cuff when desired, and it consists in a clip or holder
having two or three arms the free ends of which are forced towards each other so
as to hold the shirt cuff tightly against the cuff of the coat when pushed back, and
so prevent it coming out and getting soiled.
My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the cuff holder.
Fig. 2 a side elevation thereof, and
Fig. 3 a view showing such holder in use.
In these drawings A represents a suitable form of construction of my improved
euff holder, which is composed of two spring arms a, a', made from a single piece
of metal bent to the form shown, and the outer or free ends b, b', of which are
forced together by the spring of the bow or bend of the holder. To use this holder
the ends b, b, are, as shown in Fig. 3, passed over the coat cuff B and shirt cuff C, and
the latter is then pushed back to the desired position, where it will be securely held
by the pressure of the ends b, b', of the spring arms a, a'. If desired the contact
surfaces of the spring arms a, a, may be covered with rubber or other suitable
material so as to increase the friction and thereby assist in holding the shirt cuff C
securely in position.
Although I prefer to form my cuff holder of metal it will be readily understood
that same might be made of any other suitable material, and that the size and
shape of same may be varied without departing from the nature of my invention.
Instead of having two arms only, the holder might be made with three arms,
one lying outside the coat cuff, the second between the coat and the shirt cuff, and
the third inside the shirt cuff, all three arms pinching the coat and shirt cuffs
together so as to keep the latter in the required position.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A holder for keeping a shirt cuff down inside the coat cuff, composed of two
or three arms the free ends of which are forced towards each other, substantially as
described.
2. In an appliance substantially as described in Claim 1, covering the contact
surfaces of the arms with rubber or other suitable material so as to increase the
friction, substantially as described.
Dave is to day or my 1852.
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.