IMPROVEMENTS IN CUFFS FOR THE WRISTS AND IN THE MEANS FOR FASTENING THEM
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Morgan-Brown, of the Firm of Brandon and
Morgan-Brown, Engineers and Patent Agents, of 38, Southampton Buildings,
London, and 1, Rue Laffitte, Paris, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CUFFS FOR THE WRISTS AND IN THE MEANS FOR FASTENING THEM." A com-
munication from abroad by Thomas Hedges, Ernst Möller, and Carl Graf, all
of Hamburg.
Sealed the 10th January 1879, and dated the 13th July 1878.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Morgan-Brown at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th July 1878.
WILLIAM MORGAN-BROWN, of the Firin of Brandon and Morgan-Brown, Engineers
and Patent Agents, of 38, Southampton Buildings, London, and 1, Rue Laffitte, Paris.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CUFFS FOR THE WRISTS AND IN THE MEANS FOR FASTENING
THEM." [A communication from abroad by Thomas Hedges, Ernst Möller, and Carl
Graf, all of Hamburg.]
This Invention of improvements in cuffs for the wrists and in the means for
fastening them, consists in constructing a peculiar kind of cuff with a peculiar
fastening to it, by which studs, as usually employed, of whatever nature, are
dispensed with.
In the Drawings accompanying this Specification,-
Figure 1 is an elevation, Figure 2 a vertical section, and Figure 3 a horizontal
section of the cuff and its fastening.
Figure 4 shows the improved cuff, and Figure 5 the fastening buckle, on a rather
larger scale.
The cuff is supplied with a catch A and a flap E; the fastening buckle F is
admitted by E, and effects the fastening of the cuff by squeezing the catch A. The
latter is done by putting the buckle as far as b through E with the part e, the
catcl: A is brought across the narrow back a, which is joined with e, and
squeezed firmly by means of the bow d, influenced by the spring 8.
The cuff can be made either narrow or wide, dependent on the length of the
catch A, and that this kind of fastening makes the use of studs and button-holes
superfluous.
The cuffs can be made of any of the usual material that cuffs are made of.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Morgan-Brown in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
10th January 1879.
WILLIAM MORGAN-BROWN, of the Firm of Brandon and Morgan-Brown, Engineers
and Patent Agents, of 38, Southampton Buildings, London, and 1, Rue Laffitte,
Paris. "IMPROVEMENTS IN CUFFS FOR THE WRISTS AND IN THE MEANS FOR FASTEN-
ING THEM." A communication from abroad by Thomas Hedges, Ernst Möller, and
Carl Graf, all of Hamburg.
The Invention in question relates to an improvement in cuffs for the wrist and
their fastenings, and serves to do away with the inconvenience experienced by
fastening this description of cuff by means of studs or buttons.
In the accompanying Drawing,
Figure 1 is a front view of a linen or woven cuff and its fastening; Figure 2
shows a vertical, Figure 3 a horizontal, section of the improved cuff and its
fastening.
Figure 4 represents part of the new cuff, and Figure 5 the fastening contrivance.
The linen or other woven cuff is supplied, instead of the usual button holes at one
end, with a band which is provided with an extension or lap to form the catch A,
and a flap E is provided at the other end of said cuff. The flap E is made with an
elongated opening reaching near to its middle to receive the fastening contrivance F.
The latter has a tongue or projection e at its under side, which is passed into the
flap E into the opening as far as b, when the catch or band A is brought across the
narrow back a of the fastening buckle, which is jointed to the projection or tongue e,
and is there squeezed firmly by means of two ribs r jointed to the bow d or face
part of the buckle, assisted by the spring a acting against the same.
In order to protect the fastening buckle F against loss the bow d is provided at
its lower end with a nose or catch that latches the lower edge of the tongue c.
Having now described and particularly set forth the nature of the said Invention,
and the manner of carrying the same into effect, I would have it understood that
what I claim is,―
First. A linen or woven cuff having a band provided with an extension or lap to
form the catch A on one end and a flap E with a central elongated opening at its
other end in combination with a buckle F, in the manner and for the purpose
substantially as described.
Second. A fastening buckle formed by the hinged and latching parts & and e
jointed respectively with ribs and narrow back a and spring 8, substantially as
set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Morgan-Brown, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Tenth day of January, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.
WILLIAM MORGAN-BROWN. (LS.)