A Cuff-fastener.
Year: 1894

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Cuff-fastener.
I, ALFRED HENRY HUNTER, of 25, Waring Street, Belfast, in the County of
Antrim, Ireland, Gentleman, 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 has reference to fasteners, used for fastening loose starched
or like cuffs to wrist bands or cuffs of shirt sleeves; and has for its object to
provide a fastener by which, when used and applied as hereafter described, the
said, shirt sleeve wrist-band or cuff to which the loose cuff is to be fastened is
caused to lie throughout closely against the inside of the loose cuff, and so render
the appearance not unsightly, as it is at present when fastened by the ordinary
mode or means.
A fastener according to the present invention consists of a double headed stud-.
device, that is to say, a device having a head similar to that of an ordinary' shirt
stud-or an equivalent head-at each end, connected together by a suitable*
connecting shank or part.
Illustrations of the fastener, and its mode of use or application, are given in the
accompanying drawings, and the further description of the invention will be made
with reference to them.
Figure 1 shews one form as fastener'under this invention, and Figures 2, 3, 4
and 5 shew modifications thereof:-
Figure 6 is a cross section through the outer loose cuff, and the inner shirt wrist
band or cuff, shewing the fastener in position.
Figure 7 shows a further slight modification.
Referring to the drawings a a are the two stud-heads of the fastener, and 6 is the
shank connecting said heads together.
In Figure 1, the heads a a are shewn of the ordinary stud-heads type, whilst the
shank b is a plain cylinder.
In Figure 2, the fastener is of the same form as that shewn in Figure 1, with
the exception that a collar is provided in the central portion of the shank,
by which a shoulder is formed on each side of it and presented to the inner surface
of the inner shirt wrist band or cuff, and a division is formed in the centre of the
fastener.
Figure 3 shews the same construction as that set forth with reference to Figure 2,
the central portion 6' however being made in the form of a globular or approximately
globular bulge, instead of a distinct collar as in Figure 2.
Figure 4 shews a modification wherein the dividing collar & is of greater diameter
than the heads a.
In the arrangement shewn in Figure 5, the heads a are inclined as shewn so as to
adapt themselves to the inclination of the cuff. Of course this construction may be
made in any of the manners herein specified.
Figure 6, in which
or cuff, and y an
Both the edges of
Figure 7 shows the fastener with two collars b' thereon.
The mode of use or application of a fastener is shewn in
represents the wrist in section, the shirt sleeve wrist-band
ordinary linen loose cuff of the ordinary kind fitting outside x.
he shirt wrist band or cuff, and the outer linen cuff y, are provided with holes-
such as ordinary stud-holes, and in applying the fastener it is passed through all
our as shewn the wrist band and the cuff edges taking the position illustrated by
he figure.
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page_text: It will be plainly seen the fastener can be readily passed from either end of it
through the stud holes of the shirt wrist-bands and loose linen cuffs, causing them
to take the position shewn in Figure 6, and the shirt sleeve wrist band or cuff x to
lie closely inside the cuff y at and about the edges at which the said loose cuff y and
wrist band are secured together by the fastener, as well as round the upper parts
and sides.
The fastener herein described may be made of any suitable material; such for
instance as bone, ivory, or suitable wood, or any suitable material compound or
composition, cast or formed into shapes shewn, or any modification thereof; or
it may be made of metal or alloy of any suitable kinds in any suitable known
manner, such as those used at present in making shirt studs. Also the fastener can
be made as one piece, or in two parts in the manner of a solitaire stud, and fastened
as such.
As to the length of the fastener between the heads a, a convenient length will be
one which will enable all four thicknesses of material, that is the two cuff edges
and two shirt wrist band or cuff edges to lie easily within same, and enable such
thicknesses to be passed over the head or heads onto the shank comfortably, in
applying the fastener in the manner described; or it may be longer than this.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invep-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The cuff-fastener substantially as herein described, adapted to be used or applied
in the manner and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 22nd day of February 1904
• 22nd day of February 1004
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON, Fels. Chart. Inst. P.A.,
15, Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON, Fels. Chart. Inst. P.A.,
15, Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.