AN IMPROVED METHOD OF and APPLIANCES FOR CLOSING OR FASTENING GLOVES
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Julien Tréfousse, of the Firm Tréfousse and Co.,
Manufacturer, of Chaumont, in the Department of Haute-Marne, in the
Republic of France, for an Invention of "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF and
APPLIANCES FOR CLOSING OR FASTENING GLOVES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Julien Tréfousse at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th August 1880.
JULIEN TRÉFOUSSE, of the Firm Tréfousse and Co., Manufacturer, of Chaumont,
in the Department of Haute-Marne, in the Republic of France. "AN IMPROVED
METHOD OF AND APPLIANCES FOR CLOSING OR FASTENING GLOVES."
My improvements concern the closing of gloves, and consist in the employment
of, 1st, a number of pincers running the whole length and on each side of the
opening of the glove; 2ndly, a plain loop without any organ whatever to deterinino
the stop, that is to say, that the aforesaid loop is stopped quite naturally by catching
as soon as it is introduced into the aforesaid pincers, the description of which is as
follows:-
Fig. 1 of the accompanying Drawings shows a gloved hand in full length. The
glove a is provided with a convenient opening, the edges b, b', of which are
furnished with pincers c in any number and equidistant. Each pincer c may be
made with a metal plate, spiked as shown Fig. 2, which represents it twice its real
length; this metal plate is afterwards folded in the middle, as shown by Figs. 3
and 4, in order to produce a flat pincer c having two surfaces c, c², wider at the
entrance than at the bottom, so as to allow of the easy introduction of the loop d
into the pincers, as shown Fig. 1; this loop is more firmly caught the more deeply
it enters the aforesaid pincers.
The visible side of the surface c may be ornamented, hollow, in relievo, or other-
wise, according to any model (Figs. 1 and 3), and the surface c¹ is provided with
any number of claws e, square folded, whose position may be varied.
In order to fix each pincer c, as shown Fig. 1, the claws e must pass through the
thickness of the glove. A metallic rundle (Fig. 5) provided with holes g for the
introduction of the claws is placed underneath, and these latter are bent over
the rundle.

page_text: Fig. 6 shows a pincer c¹ in detail, and Fig. 1 represents it in situ, made with a
metal plate similar to that Fig. 2. The surface c is bent in a contrary manner
to the preceding pincers, that is to say, on the side of the claws e, in order to catch
and form the loop d, binding the whole with pincers c¹ before fixing them on the
glove.
When the glove a, Fig. 1, is thus provided with a number of pincers c and c¹¹
bound with the loop d, the glove may be closed by successively introducing the
loop d into the pincers c on each edge of the opening of the glove.
The loop & is more pressed and held as it reaches nearest the bottom of the
pincers, and when introduced into the last one the closing of the glove will be
complete, when the loop is then as close as possible to the bottom of the pincers;
this allows of the use of a plain loop throughout its length, whatever it may be, and
the end of which d' may remain hanging.
Thus it will be easily understood that by this contrivance the loop, whose length
is of no consequence when it is held by each pincer, will close the glove, whatever
the size of the wrist.
If deemed convenient the position of the pincers c¹¹ may be altered, that is to say,
it may be placed nearer the middle of the opening of the glove, between the other
pincers c. In this case the loop d should be solid with the pincers c¹¹ in the centre
of its length, and it should be introduced between the pincers c by both ends, the
two ends of the loop hanging.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Julien Tréfousse in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 21st
December 1880.
JULIEN TRÉFOUSSE, of the Firm Tréfousse and Co., Manufacturer, of Chaumont,
in the Department of Haute Marne, in the Republic of France. "AN IMPROVED
METHOD OF AND APPLIANCES FOR CLOSING OR FASTENING GLOVES."
My improvements concern the closing of gloves, and consist in the employment
of, 1st, a number of pincers running the whole length and on each side of the
opening of the glove; 2nd, a plain lace without any organ whatever to determine
the stop, that is to say, that the aforesaid lace is stopped quite naturally by catching
or nipping as soon as it is introduced into the aforesaid pincers, the description of
which is as follows:-
Fig. 1 of the accompanying Drawings shows a gloved hand in full length. The
glove a is provided with an opening more or less long, the edges b, b¹, of which
are furnished with pincers c of variable number and equidistant. Each pincer c
may be made with a metal plate, spiked as shown by Fig. 2, which represents it on
an enlarged scale; this metal plate is afterwards folded in the middle, as shown by
Figs. 3, 4, and 5, in order to produce a flat pincer c having two surfaces c, c', wider
apart at the entrance than at the bottom, so as to allow of the easy introduction of
the lace & into the pincers, as shown Fig. 1, and in order that this lace may be
more and more caught or nipped the more deeply it enters the aforesaid pincers.
The visible side of the surface c may be ornamented, hollow, in relivo, or otherwise,
according to any design, and the surface c¹ is provided either with a variable number
of claws e, square folded, and whose position may be varied either by an eyelet
belonging to the surface c², and which can be replaced by an independent eyelet
placed in an aperture made in the surface c'. These several or any other means
may be indifferently used for fixing the pincers c to the glove.
In order to fix each pincer c, as shown Fig. 1, the claws e must pass through
the thickness of the glove. A metal plate (Fig. 6) provided with holes g for the
introduction of the claws e is placed underneath, and these latter are bent over the
plate f.
Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 show in different views a similar pincer to that repre-
sented in the preceding Figures, with the difference that one of the three claws e
is cut in the surface c' instead of being placed outside.
Fig. 12 shows a plate / cut for forming a pincer c, Figs. 13 and 14. The surface c¹
of the pincer is pierced with an aperture, and the metal is bent on one side for
forming a hollow cylindrical part i, intended to pass through the thickness of the
glove, and then to receive a small rundle, and to form by flattening it an eyelet for
fixing each of the pincers c to the glove in convenient positions.
With the same object independent eyelets can also be employed for fixing the
pincers to the glove. In this case the surface c³ of the pincers c is simply provided
with a hole for the passage of the eyelet. The lace d is rendered solid with the
pincer c, Fig. 1; with this view the plate h, which serves to form the pincer, is
pierced with a hole j, Fig. 15, so that when the plate is folded to form the pincer
the hole j occupies the position represented Figs. 16, 17, 18, and 19; it then suffices
to pass the lace d through the hole j and make a knot at its end, which knot is
imprisoned between the surfaces c, c¹. When the glove a, Fig. 1, is thus provided
with a certain number of pincers c and with the laco & solid with the pincer all, the
glove can be closed by passing the lace d successively in all the pincers c, by passing
it from one to the other on each side of the glove opening. The lace d is more and
more nipped and secured the more it reaches to the bottom of the pincers, which
admits of the employment of a smooth lace whose end d' may be free or loose. The
length of this lace is not restricted, so that all the pincers or clippers can be used if

page_text: necessary for closing the glove, whatever the thickness of the wrist. I can, should
it be deemed expedient, change the position of the pincer c", that is to say, place it
near the middle of the length of the glove opening among the other pincers. In
this case the lace would be inserted in the nippers c by both its ends.
Finally, my Invention consists in closing or fastening gloves by means, 1st, of
nippers or pincers throughout their length and on either side of the glove opening,
the said pincers being made from a metal piece folded in two for forming surfaces
more apart at the mouth than at the bottom, so as to allow of the ready intro-
duction of and nipping or catching of the lace serving to close the glove; 2nd, of a
simple smooth lace of no fixed length and free of any organ for stopping it, which
is effected by each of the nippers or pincers in a natural manner by pinching it in
succession in each of the pincers on each side of the glove opening in passing from
one to the other.
As to the mode of fixing the pincers to the glove I can optionally employ those
described above or any other equivalents which may be deemed suitable. Any form
and dimensions of pincers may be used, as well as any metal or material of con-
struction more or less ornamented, and they may be made of two parts united if
considered advantageous.
In witness whereof, I, the said Julien Tréfousse, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty.