Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Apr:, 1886..
Complete Left, 16th Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 18th Jan., 1887.
I, ALEXANDER JACK Engineer 3 Watson St. Motherwell Scotland, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
My invention consists in forming the back, or part of the back, of the tie or scarf, of
a thin steel or other metal-plate. The silk, or other material, forming the front of the
tie or scarf to be attached to the plate by stitching, or riveting or other means. One
end of the neck strap is similarly attached to the plate; while, for securing the loose
end, a catch will be affixed to the plate or formed thereon.
ALEXANDER JACK.

page_text: An Improved Tie or Scarf.
I, ALEXANDER JACK, 3 Watson Street, Motherwell, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, Draughtsman, 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 :-
My said Invention, which relates to an improved tie or scarf, is more especially
applicable to what are known as "made up" or "pin ties" and has for its object to
render such or other like ties more durable and at the same time to keep them at all
times in proper shape. Heretofore it has been customary to employ an ordinary piece
of card board as a backing for the tie and to hold the catch or pin used for securing
the free end of the neck strap but in accordance with my improvement I employ a
thin steel or other metal plate, in lieu of the said cardboard, and I preferably make the
said plate with corrugations to obtain a maximum of strength with a minimum of
weight or thickness of metal, and I secure the catch or pin to the said plate and attach
the plate to the tie in the manner following.
In order that my Invention may be properly understood and readily carried into
effect, I will now proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
Figure 1, of the accompanying sheet of Drawings is a view of the back of the tie.
Figure 2, is an edge view of the plate.
Figure 3, is an enlarged detail view of the pin and shewing a method of attaching
it to the plate.
The corrugated plate A is attached to the back of the tie B by the stitching or
riveting holes a, and the fixed end of the neck strap C is preferably secured to the
plate by similar means as shewn at c.
The pin D as shewn more particularly in Figure 3, is passed through a cut or
opened portion a¹, of the central portion a², Figure 2, of the plate and locked therein
by the catch portions a³, a, Figure 3, formed at the point and back extremity
respectively, of the pin; the pin may thus be sprung into the said opened portion a³,
and made fast therein without the necessity for sewing or riveting.
The central portion a², of the plate, as shewn more particularly in the edge view
Figure 2, is so formed to allow of the ready insertion therethrough of the free end
of the strap C. Heretofore the insertion of the strap between the back of the tie and
the usual piece of cardboard has been a troublesome operation especially when the tie
has become out of shape by the breaking or crumpling of the cardboard.
When corrugating the plate, I prefer to leave a flat border all round the plate as
shewn in Figure 1, for the purpose of facilitating the sewing or riveting of the plate
and to render the attachment neat in appearance.
In some cases I may employ two plates which may be plain plates without
corrugations, their central portions as at a², being so formed and secured together as
to afford a clear aperture for the insertion of the end of the neck strap or by reducing
the aperture of the said plates they may he made to grip elastically upon the strap in
which case the use of a securing pin as at D Figure 1, may be dispensed with.

page_text: I do not limit myself to the precise method, shewn in the drawings, for securing the
pin, as it may be secured by riveting or by other suitable means according to the
particular construction of the metal plate or plates and the quality of the tie.
The steel or other metal of which the plate or plates is or are made is preferably
blued or similarly treated in order to keep the metal clear of rust, and the face of the
metal which would be in contact with the shirt of the wearer, inay be covered with
silk or other suitable material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
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1. The steel (or other metal) plate or plates A constructed and mounted
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and in part shewn upon
the accompanying drawings.
2. The arrangement and construction of the pin D in combination with the steel
plate or plates A substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn in the accom-
panying drawings.
3. The construction of the steel plate or plates A with corrugations or their
equivalent substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and shewn
upon the accompanying drawings.
.
J. H. JOHNSON, DAY & JOHNSON,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Applicant's Agents.