Improvements in Glove Fasteners, also Applicable as a Fastener for Garments, Pocket Books, Purses, and other similar Articles.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 12th Apr., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Glove Fasteners, also Applicable as a Fastener for
Garments, Pocket Books, Purses, and other similar Articles.
I ELIAS RANDNITZ of Prag-Carotenenthal, Bohemia, Hardware Manufacturer
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
Glove-fasteners hitherto used have been defective-either being troublesome to
manipulate, inconvenient to the hands or wrists of the wearer or from their being
insecure in use. This invention has for its object to remedy these defects by the
manufacture of a fastener which lays flat upon the glove, which can be readily hooked
in and out of position without trouble or inconvenience which has an elegant
appearance, is durable and can be made at a very low price.
The accompanying drawing illustrates my improved fastening device.
Fig. 1 is a plan view of the fastener shewing it both opened and closed, Fig. 2
being a longitudinal section, Fig. 3 a side view and Fig. 4 an inverted plan view of
the same all on a larger scale.
Figs. 5 and 5 are respectively. a top and side view of the single eyelet and
Fig. 6 is a side sectional view of the button and fastening eyelet without head.
This improved fastener which is stamped out of sheet metal consists of the spring
button, nipple or stud a which with the tail c and the upper part of the fastening
eyelet 6 is stamped out of one piece of metal (see Fig. 6). The round plates d forming
the glove knots are firmly attached to the nipple a and eyelet b.. The nipple a is
closed below and circumferentially recessed or grooved at a¹. It is moreover slotted
cross-wise below at a and thus this part is rendered elastic and acts resiliently when
pressed in position. The eyelet 6 is inserted in the glove in the usual well known
manner employed in eyeletting-the eyelet f being similarly secured in the other side
of the glove opening at such a distance from the former eyelet that the nipple, a may
be easily inserted in the eyelet f which is wider at its upper opening so that owing to
the elasticity of the nipple and to the narrowing of the eyelet f the former may snap
into the latter and form a secure fastening therewith.
The opening of this improved fastener is equally easy as the nipple needs only to
be raised to yield or spring together and thus release it from the eyelet f.
This improved fastener is equally applicable to fastening parts of garments pocket-
books, portfolios, purses, cigar cases and other similar articles.
Having thus 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 :-
A fastener consisting of the locking nipple, knob or stud a recessed or grooved
circumferentially at a and slotted crosswise below at a' in order to act as a spring
and forming one piece with the tail c and the upper part of the locking oyelet 6 whilst
the cover plates forming the heads d are fixed to the upper end of the eyelet band of
the stud a substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated
on the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of February 1890.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Patent Office, 55, Market Street, Manchester, Agent for the Applicant.