Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 26th Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 26th Apr., 1887,
We, WILLIAM WHITMORE JONES, of Belle Vue, Ashbourne, Derbyshire Sewing
Machinist, and WILLIAM BRADBURY GARNISS of Dove House Ashbourne, Derbyshire,
Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention is designed to obviate the disadvantages of the present busks, which
are formed with pins on the auxiliary spring sliding in slots in the busk, the pins
coming against the ends of these slots bring the auxiliary spring into play. These
pins are very apt to break off or bend, and the article requires far more care, skill, and
cost in manufacture to be serviceable, than we anticipate ours will.
Our invention consists of a flat piece of steel placed at the back of a stay or corset
busk as an auxiliary spring, to prevent over bending or breaking of busk when in wear,
the said flat piece of steel or spring can be used any width, but we prefer to use it
same width as top of busk, the said steel or spring is riveted to busk, preferably
at top end, with one or more at rivets or other secure fastening device, we prefer it
about one inch from end of busk, but it can be rivetted close to the top or
further off, if required. It is then carried down the busk and bent twice at
right angles to form a step, and passed through a slot cut in the busk
at right angles to the straight side of busk, and the said slot we prefer to be
about one and half inch from bottom end of busk, but can be cut higher up or lower
down if required, we make the slot sufficiently wide to give the necessary play, say
between one eighth to a one quarter of an inch. The said flat piece of steel slides in
the said slot and forms a check when the step strikes the slot edge to prevent the busk
from being over bent (in either direction) and broken when in use as aforesaid; in
some cases, we may add a clip device in or near the middle to hold the two springs
together.
Dated this Fourth day of November 1886
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool,
Patent, Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: We WILLIAM WHITMORE JONES of Bello Vue, Ashbourne Derbyshire, Sewing
Machinist, and WILLIAM BRADBURY GARNISS of Dove House Ashbourne, Derbyshire,
Clerk, 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 is designed to obviate the disadvantages of the present busks, which
are formed with pins on the auxiliary spring sliding in slots in the busk, the pins
coming against the ends of these slots bring the auxiliary spring into play. These
pins are very apt to break off or bend, and the article requires far more care skill,
and cost in manufacture to be serviceable, than we anticipate ours will.
Our invention is best described by aid of the accompanying drawings in which :—
Figure 1 is a front view.
Figure 2 a back view of a pair of busks fitted with our improved auxiliary spring.
Figure 3 is a side view of said spring, and,
Figure 4 a modification which however we do not recommend for general use.
In these A is a flat piece of steel placed at the back of a stay or corset busk Bas an
auxiliary spring, to prevent over bending or breaking of the busk when in wear. The
said flat piece of steel or spring can be used any width, but we prefer to use it
somewhat less than the width of the top of the busk as shown. The said steel or spring
is riveted to the busk, preferably at or near the top end with one or more rivets bor
other secure fastening device. We prefer it about one inch from the end of the busk,
but it can be riveted close to the top or further off if required. It is then carried down
the busk and bent twice at right angles at to form a step, and passed through a
slot D cut in the busk at right angles to the straight side of busk, and the said slot
we prefer to be about one and half inch from bottom end of busk, but it can be cut
higher up or lower down if required, we make the slot sufficiently wide to give
the necessary play, say between one eighth to one quarter of an inch. The said flat
piece of steel slides in the said slot and forms a check when the step strikes the
slot edge to prevent the busk from being over bent (in either direction) and broken
when in use as aforesaid; in some cases, we may add a clip device in or near the middle
to hold the two springs together; but this is seldom necessary or useful so is not shown
on the drawings. In Figures 1 and 2 the spring beyond the step is shown rather
larger in width so as to form a step which effectually prevents the spring being
pulled out and forms an effectual stop in one direction being too large to pass
through the slot.
This form is desirable, but in cheaper busks it can be replaced by the form set forth
in Figure 4.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is :-
1st. The improvement in stay or corset busks which consists in forming them with
an auxiliary spring fixed to the stay at one end, preferably by rigid attachment, and
at the other by an attachment allowing of a small longitudinal relative movement
between the two pieces substantially as described.
2nd. The busk and auxiliary spring formed without slots and rivets for regulating
the relative motion between the two, but constructed and combined substantially as
described.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Lord Street, Liverpool,
Agents for the Applicants.