A Device for Fastening Neckties, Cravats, or the like to the Studs of Shirts.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1891-Accepted, 9th Jan., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Device for Fastening Neckties, Cravats, or the like to the
Studs of Shirts.
I, FRANZ SUCHA, of 31 Kastulbusgasse Prague, Bohemia, in the Empire of
Austro-Hungary, Mechanical Engineer, 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 :-
This invention relates to a device by means of which a necktie, cravat or the
like may be readily attached to and detached from the stud of a shirt and mainly
applies to ready made bows mostly worn with turned down collars and fastened to
the stud connecting the collar and shirt.
In the accompanying drawings this device is illustrated on an enlarged scale in
Figs. 1 to 4, Fig. 1 being a front elevation, Fig. 2 a section on line of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 a section on line y y of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 a section on line az of Fig. 1,
Fig. 5, drawn to a smaller scale than Figs. 1 to 4, illustrates the method of
fastening a bow or cravat to the stud K part of the cravat being covered over or
concealed by the turned down corners of the collar.
Bow-shaped cravats especially of the smaller size are as is well-known generally
each mounted upon a crescent shaped foundation plate P (generally made of
cardboard). To the back of this crescent it has been usual to fix a small india-
rubber loop by which the bow was hung on to the stud.
According to this invention the said india-rubber loop is replaced by a small
plate A of sheet-metal provided with a slot or opening O the upper part of which
is semi-circular in shape. At its lower part the plate A is formed with two side
wings between which is guided a small plate B made of sheet metal also provided
with turned down edges or guide-wings n (see Fig. 3). These wings in their turn
embrace the slotted plate A and the plate B is also bent at its lower edge Z so
that the slotted plate A may be moved down thereon in the direction of the arrow
until the wings bear on this bent edge.
At its upper edge the plate B Fig. 1 has a semi-circular or curved recess.
Between the two plates there is a zig-zag wire spring F one end of which bears
on lugs a on the plate A while the other end is soldered or otherwise rigidly
secured to the plate B.
This spring constantly tends to move the plate B upwardly and to retain it in
the raised position so that when the plate B is pulled down in the direction of the
arrow overcoming the resistance of the said spring and then released it will spring
back into its raised position under the action of F.
Neckties provided with this device are fastened to the stud K in the following
manner :-
The plate B is pulled down against the pressure of the spring F, so that the
slot of the plate A which is normally covered over is exposed. Into the
exposed slot O the stud K (Fig. 2) is then inserted and the plate B is released and
allowed to spring back so that it grasps the collar-stud at the back of the head.
When it is required to unfasten the tie the plate B is pulled down as before and
the slot or opening O widens sufficiently to admit of the ready passage of the
stud-head therefrom.
The plate A is best secured to the foundation plate P by means of the bent
over portions b and c (Fig. 2) formed in the plate A during the punching or
stamping operation by which is also made the slot or opening O.
These edges are passed through slots provided in the plate P and turned down
on the onnosite side of this plate

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
A device for fastening neckties to shirt-studs mainly consisting of a small plate
such as A fixed to the foundation plate P and provided with a slot O and of
another plate such as B adapted to slide upon the plate A in combination with a
spring located between the two plates A and B and having a constant tendency
to retain the plate B in such a position that it covers the slot O of plate A
substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 9th day of December 1891,
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT.
Agents for the Applicant.