AN IMPROVEMENT OR IM- PROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING SPRING FASTENINGS TO GLOVES, AND BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Hinks and Thomas Hooper, trading as Hinks,
Wells, and Company, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Pen and
Pen Holder Manufacturers, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT OR IM-
PROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING SPRING FASTENINGS TO GLOVES, AND BOOTS AND
SHOES."
Sealed the 30th September 1879, and dated the 9th April 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Hinks and Thomas
Hooper at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th April 1879.
JOHN HINKS and THOMAS HOOPER, trading as Hinks, Wells, and Company, of
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Pen and Pen Holder Manufacturers.
"AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING SPRING FASTENINGS TO
GLOVES, AND BOOTS AND SHOES."
Our Invention has reference to those kind of spring fastenings for gloves and
boots and shoes which consist of two springs or nearly flat pieces of steel jointed
together and secured to opposite edges of the glove, or boot or shoe, the said
springs when separated from one another holding the glove, or boot or shoe open,
and when brought together, so as to lie parallel to one another, closing the glove
upon the wrist or the boot or shoe upon the foot of the wearer.
The fastenings to which our Invention is especially applicable are composed of
two strips of steel turning on a common centre at one end, one of the said strips
having near its jointed end an excentric heel part upon which the end of a spring
arm or the other strip bears; the said spring arm and excentric heel part causing
the fastening to be held very firmly either in its closed position or open position.
The inner ends of the strips work between two circular discs, one disc being formed
in piece with the strip carrying the spring arm and the other disc being loose.
The two discs are connected together by rivetting the central pin or axis, on which
the two strips constituting the fastening turn.
The object of our Invention is to effect in a simple and efficient manner the
attaching of the fastenings described to gloves or to boots or shoes.
The head or jointed end of the fastening is ordinarily connected to the glove by

page_text: making a small receptacle or pocket at the junction of the two edges of the glove,
in which pocket the said head of the fastening is secured.
By our Invention the said receptacle or pocket for the head of the fastening is
dispensed with.
For the purpose of attaching the fastening to the glove we make the axis on
which the two steel strips of the fastening turn, of a rivet having near one end a
head, and beyond the said head a short shank or prolongation of the stem of the
rivet, the said short shank having by preference a diameter a little less than that of
the stem of the rivet.
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When the two discs at the head part of the fastening are rivetted together by
means of the rivet or axis described the short stem or prolongation projects from
the under disc of the fastening. In attaching the fastening to the glove a hole is
pierced near the junction of the two edges of the glove, and the short shank or
prolongation of the rivet or axis is passed through the said hole to the inner side
of the glove. Upon the projecting shank within the glove a cupped disc or washer
pierced at its middle is placed, and by rivetting or expanding the said shank upon
the cupped disc or washer the latter is fixed on the inside of the glove, and the
head of the fastening is firmly secured to the glove.
The strips or arms of the fastening are secured to the opposite edges of the glove
by sewing in the ordinary way.
We connect the fastening to the edges of the upper leathers or upper parts of
boots and shoes in the manner described with respect to a glove.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Hinks and Thomas Hooper in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 1st October 1879.
JOHN HINKS AND THOMAS HOOPER, trading as Hinks, Wells, and Company, of
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Pen and Pen Holder Manufacturers.
"AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING SPRING FASTENINGS TO
GLOVES, AND BOOTS AND SHOES."
Our Invention has reference to those kinds of spring fastenings for gloves, and
boots and shoes, which consists of two springs or nearly flat pieces of steel jointed
together and secured to opposite edges of the glove, or boot or shoe; the said
springs when separated from one another holding the glove, or boot or shoe open.
and when brought together, so as to lie parallel to one another, closing the glove
upon the wrist, or the boot or shoe upon the foot of the wearer.
The fastenings to which our Invention is especially applicable are composed of
two strips of steel turning on a common centre at one end, one of the said strips
having near its jointed end an eccentric heel part, upon which the end of a spring
arm on the other strip bears; the said spring arm and eccentric heel part causing
the fastening to be held very firmly either in its closed position or open position.
The inner ends of the strips work between two circular discs, one disc being formed
in one piece with the strip carrying the spring arm and the other disc being loose.
The two discs are connected together by rivetting the central pin or axis on which
the two strips constituting the fastening turn.
The object of our Invention is to effect in a simple and efficient manner the
attaching of the fastenings to gloves, or to boots or shoes.
The head or jointed end of the fastening is ordinarily connected to the glove by
making a small receptacle or pocket at the junction of the two edges of the glove,
in which pocket the said head of the fastening is secured. By our Invention the
said receptacle or pocket for the head of the fastening may be dispensed with.
For the purpose of attaching the fastening to the glove we make the axis on
which the two steel strips of the fastening turn of a rivet, having near one end a
head, and beyond the said head a short shank or prolongation of the stem of the
rivet, the said short shank having by preference a diameter a little less than that
of the stem of the rivet. When the two discs at the bead part of the fastening are
rivetted together by means of the rivet or axis described the short stem or pro-
longation projects from the under disc of the fastening. In attaching the fastening
to the glove a hole is pierced near the junction of the two edges of the glove, and
the short shank or prolongation of the rivet or axis is passed through the said bole
to the inner side of the glove. Upon the projecting shank within the glove a
cupped disc or washer pierced at its middle is placed, and by rivetting or expanding
the said shank upon the cupped disc or washer the latter is fixed on the inside of
the glove, and the head of the fastening is firmly secured to the glove. The strips
or arms of the fastening are secured to the opposite edges of the glove by sewing
in the ordinary way.
We will now proceed to describe, with reference to the accompanying Drawing,
the manner in which our Invention may be performed.
Figure 1 represents in front elevation and edge view a spring fastening for a
glove provided with our Invention, the said spring fastening being represented
closed; Figure 2 represents the same open; Figure 3 represents the arms or strips
of the fastening detached; Figure 4 represents a portion of a glove to which our
improved fastening is applied, the parts of the glove which cover the spring
fastening being removed; Figure 5 represents a cross section of the fastening and
glove taken on the dotted line a, a, Figure 4; Figures 6 and 7 represent a portion
of Figure 5 drawn to a larger scale, Figures 6 showing the fastening before it is.

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attached to the above, and Figure 7 the same after it has been attached to the
glove; Figure 8 represents the rivet or axis of the fastening detached; and Figure 9
represents the cupped disc or washer, the said rivet or axis and cupped disc or
washer being drawn to the same scale as Figures 6 and 7.
The same letters indicate the same parts in the several Figures of the Drawing.
c, d, are the two strips of steel constituting the fastening situated on opposite
sides of the divided part of the glove, the said strips turning on the cominon centre
or axis e. The strip d has an eccentric heel part d², upon which the end of a
spring arm on the other strip c bears as indicated in dotted lines in Figures 2
and 4. This spring arm and eccentric heel part cause the two parts c, d, of the
fastening to be held firmly either in the closed position Figure 1, or open position
Figure 2. The inner end of the strip d and the spring arm c² of the strip c work
between the discs c³, c, the disc c³ being made in one piece with the strip c, and
the other disc being loose, the two discs c³, c, being connected together by rivet-
ting the central pin or axis e. The strips c, d, the spring arm c³, and heel part d²,
constitute no part of our Invention.
For the purpose of attaching the head or jointed end of the fastening to the
junction of the divided part of the glove we connect the parts of the fastening
together by means of a rivet of the construction best seen in Figure 8, and marked
e, g, f. The said rivet has a head or enlargement g near one end, and beyond the
said head or enlargement is a shank f forming a prolongation of the stem e of the
rivet, the shank or prolonged part f being slightly conical and hollow or tubular;
or the shank fƒ of the rivet or axis may be solid instead of hollow or tubular. In
arranging the parts of the fastening upon the rivet or axis, Figure 8, the pierced
disc of the strip c is first placed upon the stem e of the rivet, and made to bear
against the head or enlargement g of the rivet. The pierced heel end d² of the
other strip d is next placed on the stem e of the rivet, and afterwards the loose
pierced disc c is placed on the stem e.. By now rivetting the said stem e upon the
disc c¹ the several parts of the fastening are connected together, the short conical
hollow stem or prolongation of the rivet or axis projecting from the under disc c³ of
the fastening, as represented in Figure 1. The fastening is now ready to be
attached to the glove. To effect this a hole is pierced in the material m of the
glove near the junction of the two edges or divided part of the glove, and the
fastening being placed on the upper (or under) side of the edges of the glove,
the short shank or prolongation of the axis or rivet is passed through the said
pierced hole in the glove to the inner side thereof. The parts now occupy the
position represented in the cross section, Figure 6, the shank f projecting within the
glove. Upon the projecting shank f the cupped disc or washer h, Figure 9, pierced
at its middle is placed, and by rivetting or expanding the said shank f upon the
cupped disc or washer h the latter is fixed on the inside of the glove, and the head
of the fastening is firmly secured to the glove, as represented in Figures 5 and 7.
The ends of the strips or arms c, d, of the fastening are sewn at the piercings i, i,
to the edges of the divided part of the glove in the ordinary manner.
By attaching the spring fastening to the glove according to our Invention the
pocket or gusset in which the head of the fastening is ordinarily secured may be
dispensed with; the head of the fastening has no play or motion upon the glove,
and the inconveniences attending the attaching of the fastening to the glove in the
ordinary way are avoided.
The projecting shank ƒ of the axis or rivet e, f, g, of the fastening may be replaced
by a stud, button, or head.
Figure 10 represents this modification of our Invention detached from the glove;
and Figure 11 represents in plan, and Figure 12 in cross section the modified
fastening applied to a glove. Figure 12 is drawn to a larger scale than Figures 10
and 11. In the said Figures 10, 11, and 12, k represents the stud, button, or head,
on the inner side of the fastening made in one piece, with the rivet or axis e on
which the two parts c, d, of the fastening turn. In attaching this modification of
the fastening to a glove a button hole or eyelet hole is made at the junction of the

page_text: divided part of the glove for the said stud, button, or head to be engaged with,
as represented in Figure 12. After the stud, button, or head has been engaged
with the button or eyelet hole in the glove the said stud, button, or head is pre-
vented from being withdrawn from the said hole by a thread passed around the
shank and sewn inside the glove.
Instead of making the stud, button, or head k on the inner side of the fastening,
it may be made on the outer or upper side of the fastening. In this arrangement
the stud, button, or head, when the fastening is attached to the glove, is situated
outside the material of the glove at the junction of the divided part.
We connect the fastenings to the edges of the upper leathers or upper parts of
boots and shoes in the manner herein before described and illustrated with respect
to a glove.
Although we have only represented in the accompanying Drawing the application
of our Invention to that kind of spring fastening to which it is especially applicable,
yet we wish it to be understood that our Invention is also applicable to all kinds of
spring fastenings in which the two parts or strips turn on a common axis at the
head of the fastenings.
Having now described the nature of our Invention and the manner in which the
same is to be performed, we wish it to be understood that we do not limit ourselves
to the precise details herein described and illustrated, as the same may be varied
without departing from the nature of our Invention,―
But we claim as our Invention the improvement or improvements in attaching
spring fastenings to gloves and boots and shoes herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, that is to say, making the axis on which
the two steel strips or parts of the fastening turn, of a rivet having near one end a
head or enlargement, and beyond the said head or enlargement a short shank or
prolongation of the stem of the rivet, the said shank projecting from one side of the
head of the fastening, the spring fastening being attached to the glove or boot or
shoe by passing the projecting shank through a hole pierced in the material of the
glove or boot or shoe, and rivetting the said shank upon a disc or washer inside or
outside the glove or boot or shoe, substantially as described and illustrated; also
the modification described and illustrated in which a stud, button, or head is used,
in place of the projecting shank of the rivet or axis.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Hooper, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty sixth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy nine.
Witness,
S. GEO. MOORE,
Buckingham Street,
Birmingham.
THOMAS HOOPER. (LS.)