Improvements in Corset Fastenings.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 19th June,
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Complete Specification Left, 9th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 13th Apr., 1895
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Complete Specification Left, 9th Mar., 1895-4ccepted, 13th Apr., 1895
Improvements in Corset Fastenings.
I, PETER MEYER, Manufacturer, of 45 Hohestrasse, Cologne, in the German
Empire, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object, to construct corset fastenings in such a manner,
that they can be opened simultaneously by longitudinal shifting of the corset bars
or busks, or one of them relatively to the other, and that they can be closed or
locked by simply pressing the eyelets over the buttons.
One of the corset busks carries a row of buttons, as usual, and the other busk a
row of eye pieces or eyelets of special design.
The heads of the buttons are conical; and each of the eyepieces consists of two
parts or halves placed one on the top of the other and connected with each other
by a pivotal pin.
The lower half has the shape of a hook and is fixed to the busk by means of
rivets, while the upper part can be turned on the lower part by pivoting on the
pin mentioned above.
The front ends of the two parts are hook shaped, the end of the upper part
pointing downward, while the end of the lower part poiuts upward, the hook end of
the upper part being situated below the hook end of the lower part, the two books
thus forming together a kind of eyelet or slip hook.
The lower or stationary part has a pair of small lugs for limiting the pivotal
motion of the upper part.
Around the connecting pin the upper part has an annular groove provided with
a sharp corner and containing a coiled spring, one end of which enters an orifice of
the stationary part and is held therein, while the other end rests against one of the
straight edges of the said annular groove. The spring has thus the tendency
to bring the hook shaped ends of the upper and lower part together and to keep
them in contact, or to keep the eyelet closed.
The closing of the corset should commence at the top of the busk, that is to say,
with the topmost eyelet piece, and the latter is shaped somewhat differently from
the others, in order to prevent it from opening again accidentally, while the other
eyelet pieces are being closed. For this purpose the hook of the lower eyelet half
has a slightly wider opening, so that, when all the lower fastenings are closed;' the
topmost fastener is relieved of pressure.
For closing the corset, the eyelet, that is the closed slip-hook, is simply pressed
over the button, during which operation, the conical head of the button forces the
two halves of the eyelet slightly apart. As soon as the head is through, the upper
eyelet half is pressed against the neck of the button by the spring.
For opening the corset, the two corset busks are simply shifted one against each
other; the busk carrying the buttons being shifted upwards and the busk carrying
the eyelets being shifted downward. This causes the buttons to press against the
moveable eyelet halvés, which turn about their connecting pins, so as to open the
eyelets, and allow the buttons to escape: Afterwards the eyelets are again closed
by spring action.
Dated this 11th day of June 1894.
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, PETER MEYER, Manufacturer, of 45 Hohestrasse, Cologne, in the German
Empire, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what mauner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
.
This invention has for its object, to construct corset fastenings in such a manner,
that they can be opened simultaneously-by longitudinal shifting of the corset bars
or busks or one of them, and that they can be closed or locked by simply pressing
the eyelets over the buttons.
In the accompanying drawings ;
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a pair of corset bars or busks provided with
fastenings according to the present invention,
Fig. 2 is a plan of an eye-piece on a larger scale,
Fig. 3 shows the corresponding button,
Figs. 4 and 5 show the two halves of the eye-piece in plan and side view.
One of the corset busks carries a row of buttons a as usual, and the other busk
a row of eye-pieces bor eyelets of special design.
The heads of the buttons a are conical, as shown by Fig. 3, and each of the eye-
pieces consists of two parts or halves c, c', placed one on the top of the other and
connected with each other by a pivotal pin.
The lower half c has the shape of a hook and is fixed to the busk by means of
rivets, while the upper part e' can be turned on the lower part e within given limits
by pivoting on the pin mentioned above.
The front ends of the two parts c, c' are hook shaped, the end of the pivoted
upper part c¹ pointing slightly downward, while the end of the lower part e points
upward, and the hook end of the upper part being situated below the hook end
of the lower part, the two hooks thus forming. together a kind of eyelet or slip-
book having an aperture o.
The lower or stationary part has a pair of small lugs e for limiting the pivotal
.motion of the upper part.
Around the connecting pin i the upper part c¹ has an annular groove c³ provided
at the bottom with a sharp corner and containing a coiled spring f the curved
end of which enters an orifice of the stationary part and is held therein, while the
other end rests against one of the straight edges of the said annular groove .
The spring has thus the tendency to bring the hook shaped ends of the upper and
lower part together and to keep them in contact, or to keep the eyelet closed.
The closing of the corset should commence at the top of the busk, that is to
say, with the topmost eyelet piece, and the latter is shaped somewhat differently
from the others (as shown by Fig. 1), in order to prevent it from opening again
accidentally, while the other eyelet pieces are being closed. For this purpose the
hook of the lower eyelet half c has a slightly wider opening, so that, when all the
lower fastenings are closed, the topmost fastener is relieved of pressure.
C
For closing the corset, the eyelet, that is the closed slip-hook, is simply pressed
over the button, during which operation the conical head of the button a forces
the two halves of the eyelet slightly apart. As soon as the head has passed
through, the upper eyelet-balf is pressed against the neck of the button by the
spring.
For opening the corset, the two corset busks are simply shifted relatively to
each other, the busk carrying the buttons being shifted upwards and the busk
carrying the eyelets being shifted downwards. This causes the buttons to press
against the movable eyelet halves, which turn about their connecting pins, so

page_text: as to open the eyelets, and allow the buttons to escape. Afterwards the eyelets
are again closed by spring action.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is;-
1. A corset fastening comprising in its construction a pair of busks provided
with eye-pieces and buttons adapted to open by shifting the busks relatively to
each other and to close by pressing the eye-pieces over the heads of the buttons,
substantially as described.
2. In a corset fastening adapted to operate as described, buttons provided
with conical heads, substantially as described.
3. In a corset fastening adapted to operate as described, an eyelet piece
consisting of two parts or halves, one half being fixed to one of the corset busks,
while the other half is adapted to pivot on the same within given limits and
controlled by a spring, the two parts overlapping each other at their ends and
forming an eyelet opening or slip hook, substantially as described.
Dated this 8th day of March 1895
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
433, Strand, London, Agents.