Improvements in Stay or Corset Busks, and Eyelet or Slot and Stud Fasteners.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Aug., 1894
Complete Specification Left. 8th May, 1895-Accepted, 22nd June, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stay or Corset Busks, and Eyelet or Slot and
Stud Fasteners.
JOSEPH FARROW 75 Stevenson Street Picton Road Wavertree near Liverpool
Colliery Manager do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Stay or corset busks of ordinary construction having auxiliary strips of steel or
bones riveted at back of busk to stiffen or strengthen them possesses a disadvantage
by being fixed in position by rivets, pins, clips, or any secure fastening device
which will not permit them being separated from the busk at will to suit the
convenience of the wearer who cannot wear stiff or strong busks at all times, and
ordinary eyelet or slot and stud fasteners as heretofcre constructed on busks possess
the disadvantage of coming loose from uneven tension, as for instance when the
wearer has occasion to stoop or bend in certain positions the uneven tension causes
the stud to slip back and come loose, and from the same cause the sharp pointed
ends of steel busks cut the material of the corsets.
any
Now the object of my invention is to improve the corsets busks so constructed as
above named by inserting a circular lock in the eyelet or slot holes of the fasteners,
which will prevent the stud slipping back and coming loose under circumstances
whatever until unlocked by the wearer, and by attaching movable auxiliary strips
of steel or bone of the required width and length by means of slots or guides
riveted to the top and bottom of the busk for each end of the said loose movable
steels or bones to slide into, thus meeting the requirements of the wearer at all
times by providing a busk which can be worn with or without auxiliary steels or
bones, and in order to prevent the sharp pointed ends of the busks cutting the
corset material as before mentioned I provide busks of any desired shape and length
with rounded or curved ends, and protect them with neat wire or cast metal rims
attached to the slots or guides aforesaid.
The nature of any invention and the means for carrying the same into effect
will be more fully explained in connection with the accompanying sheet of
drawings :-
Figure 1. General construction of the front part of the busk.
Figure 2. Circular lock.
Figure 3. Section of circular lock.
Figure 4. Section showing stud head passing through the circular lock.
Figure 5. Showing stud passage when the lock is open.
Figure 6. Showing position of stud when locked.
Figure 7. Front view of slots or guide plates with rims attached for top of

page_text: Figure 11. General construction of the back part of busk.
Figure 12. Loose strips of steel or bone.
In Figure 1. A is a circular lock illustrated by Figures 2. 3. 4. 5 and 6, made
tubuliform like an eyelet with a slit cut in one side, inserted into the widest part of
the eyelet or slot holes B, and turned over with a punch or suitable instrument for
fixing eyelets, forming a rim on both sides of the eyelet plates and rotated by
means of a bridge shaped handle across it, C, when the said lock is rotated or
turned round so as to place the slit of the lock in the direction in which the stud
travels, see Figure 2, the stud can then pass through the lock into position in the
usual way, see Figure 5, and by again turning the lock half round it will lock or
secure the stud in its position, see Figure 6, the slit being then in an opposite
direction to the stud. The said circular lock may be cast or molded of any
suitable material and inserted in the widest part of simular eyelet or slot holes by
making a slit in the eyelet or slot plate and bending it sufficiently to allow the
said cast or molded circular lock to be placed in position.
In Figure 11 the loose movable steels or bones, D, are held in position at the
back of the busk by means of slots or guides riveted to the busk E, and E',
having rims fitted to them which neatly fits round the prepared ends of the busks
as shown at G. and G', in Figure 1, to prevent them cutting the material of the
corsets.
Dated this 11th day of August 1894
Improvements in Stay or Corset Busks, and Eyelet or Slot and
Stud Fasteners.
JOSEPH FARROW 75 Stevenson Street Picton Road Wavertree near Liverpool
Colliery Manager 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:―
Stay or corset busks of ordinary construction having auxiliary strip or strips of
steel or bone riveted at back of busk to stiffen or strengthen them possesses a
disadvantage by being fixed in position by rivets, pins, clips or any secure
fastening device which will not permit them being separated from the busk at
will to suit the convenience of the wearer who cannot wear stiff or strong busks
at all times, and ordinary eyelet or slot and stud fasteners as heretofore
constructed on busks possess the disadvantage of coming loose from uneven tension
as for instance when the wearer has occasion to stoop or bend in certain positions
the uneven tension causes the stud to slip back and come loose, and from the same
cause the sharp pointed ends of steel busks cut the material of the corsets.
Now the object of my invention is to improve the corset busks so constructed
as above named by inserting a circular lock in the eyelet or slot holes of
fasteners which will prevent the studs slipping back and coming loose under any
circumstances whatever until unlocked, and by attaching movable auxiliary strips
of steel or bone of the required width and length by means of slots or guides
riveted to the top and bottom of busks for each end of the said loose movable
steels or bones to slide into thus meeting the requirements of the wearer at all
times by providing busks which can be worn with or without auxiliary steels or
bones. And in order to prevent the sharp pointed ends of the busks cutting the
corset material as before mentioned, I provide busks of any desired length with
the sharp points at bottom rounded off or curved as shown is drawings see G¹, G',
Figure 1, and protect them with neat wire or metal rims, attached to the .slots or

page_text: drawings accompanying my Provisional Specification :-
Fig. 1. General construction of the front part of the busk.
Fig. 2. Circular lock.
Fig. 3. Section of circular lock.
Fig. 4. Section showing stud head passing through the circular lock.
Fig. 5. Showing stud passage when the lock is open.
Fig. 6. Showing position of stud when locked.
Fig. 7. Front view of slot or guide plates with rims attached for top of busks.
Fig. 8. Back view of slot or guide plates with rims attached for top of busks.
Fig. 9. Front view of slot or guide plates with rims attached for bottom of
busks.
Fig. 10. Back view of slot or guide plates with rims attached for bottom of
busks.
Fig. 11. General construction of the back part of busk.
Fig. 12. Loose strips of steel or bone.
In Figure 1, A is a circular lock illustrated by Figures 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, made
tubuliform like an eyelet with a slit cut in one side inserted into the widest part of
the eyelet or slot holes B and turned over with a punch or suitable instrument for
fixing eyelets, forming a rim on both sides of the eyelet plates, and rotated by
means of a bridged shaped handle across it C, when the said lock is rotated or
turned round so as to place the slit of the lock in the direction in which the stud
travels see Figure 2, the stud can then pass through the lock into position in the
usual way, see Figure 5, and by again turning the lock half round it will lock or
secure the stud in its position see Figure 6, the slit being then in an opposite
direction to the stud. The said circular lock may be cast or molded of any
suitable material and inserted in the widest part of similar eyelet or slot holes by
making a slit in the eyelet or slot plate and bending it sufficiently to allow the
said cast or molded circular lock to be placed in position.
In Figure 11, the loose movable auxiliary steels or bones which are illustrated
in Figure 12, are shown in position at D, D, but can quickly be removed at will
by drawing the end of the steels or bones out of the slots or guides E, E,
and El, E.
The slot or guide plates illustrated in Figures, 7, 8, 9, and 10, are made of thin
brass, tin, copper, or the like material being cut or shaped like the top and bottom
of the busks and blocked between the rivet holes to allow space for the ends of the
auxiliary steels or bones to slide into when riveted to the busks, and the outer
edges of the slot or guide plates are bent over a piece of curved wire to form a
rim neatly fitting round the end of the busks E, E, E¹, E', G, G, and G¹, G', the
said metallic slot or guide plates and rims may be soldered together or cast or
molded in one piece.
In Figures 1 and 11, the bottom of the busks at G¹, G', and E', E', are rounded
off or curved and fitted with rims neatly fitting round the prepared ends to prevent
them cutting the material of the corsets.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed or carried into practice,
I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The improvement in the bottom of the busks, by rounding off or curving the
ends and fitting them with rims to prevent them cutting the material of the corsets,
substantially as described and shown in the drawings.
2. Improvements in stay or corset busks by providing loose movable steels or
bones which can quickly be placed in position or removed at will by means of slots
or guides fixed at the back of the busks for the ends of the said steels or bones to
slide into substantially as described and shown in the drawings.

page_text: 3. Improvements in eyelet or slot and stud fasteners by inserting a circular lock
into the widest part of eyelet or slot holes to prevent the stud slipping back or
coming loose until unlocked, substantially as described and shown in the drawings.
Dated this 7th day of May 1895
JOSEPH FARROW.