Improvements in Sleeve Links and such like Fastenings.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 12th June, 1893-Accepted, 2nd Sept., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Sleeve Links and such like Fastenings.
I ROBERT ELLIOTT of 30 Delaval Road Whitley in the County of
Northumberland 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:-
The object of my invention is to provide a ready means by which a sleeve-link
can be placed in or removed from a shirt without creasing it.
And in order that my invention may be fully understood I shall now proceed
more particularly to describe the same and for that purpose shall refer to the
several figures on the annexed sheet of drawings the same letters of reference
indicating corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figures 1 and 2 shew in plan and elevation respectively a sleeve-link constructed
according to my invention.
A. A. are the studs which can revolve upon their respective axles B. B (the
axles B. B are shewn in dotted lines in Figure 1) the frames C. C are joined
together by the connecting rod D.
Figure 3 shews the position the sleeve-link shewn in the Figures 1 and 2 takes
up when it is in its position in the shirt. A. A. are the studs. B. B. the axles
C. C the frames and D the connecting red.
Figures 4 and 5 shew in plan and elevation respectively, a stud A. and axle B
and a frame C which can form parts of a sleeve-link constructed according to my
invention.
The stud Ain Figures 4 and 5) is shewn in the position it occupies in the
frame C when it is threaded through the hole in the shirt.
The axle B can move along the slotted or elongated hole E when required and
the frame C can take up a position at right angles to the stud A. the frame C is
shewn in this position in dotted lines in Figure 5.
Figures 6 and 7 shew in plan and elevation respectively another form of sleeve-
link made according to my invention.
The stud A. the axle B. and the frame C. are of the same type as shewn in the
Figures 1 and 2; the stud A' with its perforated shank G is joined to the
connecting rod D by the shackle F.
Figures 8 and 9 are the end views of a stud A and the frame C with their
respective stops H. H' and H* which can form parts of a sleeve link constructed
according to my invention.
The stops H. and H' are fixed to the frame C. and the stop H' is fixed to the
stud A.
Figure 8 shews the stud A at right angles to the frame C. the stop H. being in
contact with the stop H².
Figure 9 shews the stud A when it is in a line with the frame C. the stop H*
being in contact with the stop H'.
The stud A can only turn upon its axle between the stops H and H¹. One specified
side of the stud is always next the shirt when the stud is in its requisite position in
the shirt.
Figures 10 and 11 shew in plan and elevation respectively the parts of a sleeve-
link constructed according to my invention.
C is the frame and H. H' H³ are the stops there is also a stop on the opposite
side of the frame C, and in a line with H3 which is not shewn, B. B' are two axles
which are in a line with each other.

page_text: Figures 12 and 13 shew in plan and elevation respectively the parts of a sleeve-
link constructed according to my invention. A is the stud H2 and H' are the stops
and E the axle hole.
Figures 14 and 15 shew in plan and elevation respectively the parts of a sleeve-
link constructed according to my invention. C is the frame and J. J are the
single eyes formed in it, the trunnions K. K¹ working in the single eyes J. J¹.
A is the stud which can revolve in the frame C when required.
Suitable stops can be fixed to the frame C and the stud A in certain alternative
forms of this type of stud and frame, the stud can only turn upon the trunnions
within certain limits.
Figures 16 and 17 shew in plan and elevation respectively the stud A and its
trunnions K. K¹.
Figures 18 and 19 shew in plan and elevation respectively an axle B and a
frame C which can form the parts of a sleeve-link constructed according to my
invention.
Figure 20 shews the plan of another form of sleeve link constructed according to
my invention. A. A. are the studs which are free to move along the connecting
link 1, the studs A. A. are shewn in the positions they occupy when they are
threaded through the shirt, when in these positions they can revolve upon the ends
of the link if required.
Figures 21 and 22 are views of the sleeve-link shewn in Figure 20, the
studs A. A are now at right angles to part of the connecting link I. this is very
nearly the position they assume when in their requisite positions in the shirt.
Figures 23 and 24 shew in plan and elevation respectively another form of sleeve
link constructed according to my invention.
A. A are the studs, with channels cut partially through them the pins M. M
being fixed in the studs and across the channels. Threaded upon the pins M. M.
are the links L. L which are free to move through the channels in the studs,
the links L. L are joined together by the link N.
Figure 25 shews the plan of a stud A and a pin M.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is
1. A sleeve-link consisting of parts turning upon axles or trunnions supported
by suitable frames which are connected together substantially as here-in-before
described.
2. A sleeve-link consisting of parts which can turn upon the connecting link
when in certain positions substantially as here-in-before described.
3. A sleeve-link consisting of parts turning on pins connected together by links
substantially as here-in-before described.
4. The several sleeve-links and parts of a sleeve-link here-in-before described and
severally illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Ninth day of June 1893.
ROBERT ELLIOTT.