Improvements in Sleeve Links and like Dress Fastenings.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 24th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 27th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Sleeve Links and like Dress Fastenings.
I, CHARLES HENRY OWEN, of 28 Augusta Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in sleeve liuks and like dress fastenings
and consists in a new method of forming the shank upon the back of each sleeve
link, by punching through the said back so as to force through a strip of metal of
sufficient width to form at the back an eye or loop.
In carrying the invention into effect I cut out the oval or other disc, preferably
metal, to form the back and I then introduce the said disc under a punch which
forces the metal through the said back, first forcing a small loop at the centre and
a cut of some length, and forming the part forced through in the lower die in such
manner that the strip forced through is connected at each end to the metal of the
disc and only forced through at the centre. By this method I produce a shank
which does not project rapidly at the back of the sleeve stud but forms a gradually
inclined piece which is not liable to catch while in use.
I may arrange my punch to cut out the disc and force through the shank at one
blow.
The connecting loop or shank is passed through the centre part of the projecting
shank so produced.
Sometimes I so form the strip, forced through, that when a connecting loop or
link is laid flat against the back a projection or projections from the shank passes
or pass within it and spring it out slightly so gripping it and holding the stud flat
with the connecting link for pushing through the shirt cuff. Such projections may
be arranged on both sides of the centre part of the pushed out shank.
After forming the back of the studs in this manner I attach the front by any
usual method.
Dated this 00-d 1-
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Sleeve Links and like Dress Fastenings.
I, CHARLES HENRY OWEN, of 28 Augusta Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Manufacturer, 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 invention relates to improvements in sleeve links and like dress fastenings
and consists in a new method of forming the shank upon the back of each sleeve
link, by punching through the said back so as to force through a strip of metal of
sufficient width to form at the back an eye or loop.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings-
Figures 1 and 2 represent the back plate for my improved sleeve link, with the
shank, loop or eye punched out and formed from the plate.
Figure 3 represents the complete sleeve link formed from the two studs or
discs A. A connected by the link or hook B.

page_text: Figures 4 and 5 represent a modified form of my improved link, while
Figures 6, 7, 8 and 9 illustrate the method for holding the studs or discs flat with
the connecting link for enabling them to be readily pushed through the shirt cuff or
other article of dress.
In carrying the invention into effect I cut out the oval or other metal blank or
disc A' Figures 1 and 2, to form the back of each stud, and I then introduce the
said disc under a punch or suitable tools and force or depress a strip of metal from
the blank, to form the shank, loop, or eye A³ Figure 2. The strip forced through
to form the eye is thus connected at each end to the metal of the disc its central
portion being depressed as illustrated. By this method I produce a shank which
does not project rapidly at the back of the sleeve stud, but forms a gradually
inclined piece which is not liable to catch while in use.
I may arrange my punch to cut out the disc or blank and force through the
shank at one blow.
The connecting link or hook B Figure 3 is passed through the centre part of the
projecting shank produced as described at the back of the studs for coupling or
connecting them together to form the complete sleeve link.
Instead of a connecting hook such as illustrated at Figure 3, I sometimes employ
a split link as at Figures 4 and 5 for connecting the two studs together, and form
triangular or other shaped apertures at the centres of the blanks or back plates to
permit of free movement of the link. I also adopt other forms of connecting
links.
Sometimes I so form the strip forced through that when a suitable connecting
loop or link such as illustrated at Figure 8 is laid flat against a back plate or blank
as at Figure 6 a projection or projections C Figure 8 which pass within the space
between the back and front of the stud as at Figure 9, are kept in position by
means of the small spring piece as at Figure 7 which is inserted in the position
shown at Figure 9. In this manner the link is held flat against the stud allowing
it to be readily pushed through the shirt cuff.
After forming the back of the studs in this manner I attach the front by any
usual method.
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 :-
1. In sleeve links and like dress fastenings, the method of forming the shanks,
loops, or eyes, from strips depressed from the studs or discs, substantially as herein-
before described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. A sleeve link or like dress fastening consisting of two studs or like parts
secured together by means of a hook, link or other fastening, passing through
shanks, eyes, or loops, formed by strips depressed from the back plates of the
studs or discs, substantially as herein before described and as illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
3. In sleeve links and like dress fastenings having studs with eyes or shanks
formed from the back plates, the method of retaining the connecting links flat
against the back of the studs or discs, by means of the link projections and spring
pieces substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and as illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.