An Improved Solitaire or Stud for Fastening Wristbands and other Articles of Dress.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Sept., 1890-Accepted, 22nd Nov., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Solitaire or Stud for Fastening Wristbands and other
Articles of Dress.
I, GEORGE MORGAN EVANS, of Lucknow Place, Ystalyfera, in the County of
Glamorgan, Watchmaker, 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 relates to solitaires or studs of the kind in which the head and base
are separable.
In the improved solitaire or stud which constitutes this invention the head of the
solitaire is furnished with a stem on which is a knob or button of slightly larger
diameter than the body of the stem.
Embracing the stem is a tube projecting from a flat bar which extends across the
back of the head of the solitaire and is provided at each extremity with a claw which
fits loosely over the rim of the head.
Extending from the base of the appliance is a ferrule in which is a thimble partially
divided longitudinally, and contracted at its inner end. When the stem of the head
is inserted in the ferrule of the base the inner and narrow end of the split thimble is
spread by the button of the stem and as soon as the button has passed beyond the
inner end of the thimble, the split limbs thereof spring inwards and their extremities
bear against the shoulder behind the button. Consequently, the head and base
cannot thereafter be separated without expanding the inner end of the thimble.
Expansion is effected by pressing backwards the bar aforesaid, thus forcing the
tube surrounding the stem towards the button and so spreading the inner extremities
of the thimble. The head and base are then free to be drawn apart.
At
In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figs. 1 and 2 represent each a section of
my improved solitaire or stud for fastening cuffs and other articles of dress.
Fig. 1 the head a and base bare shown unlocked; at Fig. 2 they are shown locked.
At Fig. 3 they are shown separated. The illustrations are at an exaggerated scale.
Extending from the disc a, which constitutes the head of the solitaire, is a stem con
which is a knob or button c' of larger diameter. Surrounding the stem is a tube e
carried by a bar fextending across the head a and provided at each extremity with
a claw fitting loosely over the rim of the head.
Projecting from the base is a ferrule in which is fixed the split thimble i
contracted at the free end, as shown. Fig. 4 is a view of the split thimble detached.
The narrow end of the thimble is towards the base of the solitaire and the aperture
at that end is normally less in diameter than the button c¹ of the stein c. The head
and base are locked together by passing the ferrule over the stem c and the tube e.
The split limbs of the thimble i are forced apart by the button or knob c and when
they have passed behind the button the limbs spring back to clasp the stem C, their
extremities falling behind the button and bearing against it. The head and base are
thus locked, as seen at Fig. 2. To unlock them the bar is moved towards the
base b. The tube e is thereby moved along the stem c until its free end is brought
into contact with the button c¹. The extremities of the thimble i are accordingly
forced apart free of engagement with the shoulder behind the button c', and the head a
and base bare then free to be drawn apart.
Having now 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 solitaire or stud, for fastening shirt cuffs and other articles of dress, in which
the head and base are connected by a stem such as c springing from the head and

page_text: having an enlarged button c¹ behind which button the stem is clasped by the
extremities of a split thimble such as i contained in the hollow stem of the base b,
the release being effected by spreading the said extremities of the split thimble by
sliding thereunder a tube such as e surrounding the stem of the head, substantially as
hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 92nd day of Conkamah - 1000
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Bristol Bank Buildings, Bristol, Agent.