IMPROVE- MENTS IN GLOVE FASTENINGS
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Henry Johnson, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields,
in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN GLOVE FASTENINGS."-A communication from abroad by Marie
Alfred Geminel, of Paris, in the Empire of France.
Sealed the 16th August 1867, and dated the 8th March 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Henry Johnson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with bis Petition, on the
8th March 1867.
I, JOHN HENRY JOHNSON, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN GLOVE FASTENINGS," a communication to me from abroad
by Marie Alfred Geminel, of Paris, in the Empire of France, to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to a simple and effective fastening for gloves, and
consists in constructing such fastenings by stamping or punching from
a sheet of thin metal one of the two parts constituting the fastening, this
part having a tongue piece formed therein by suitably slitting the centre
portion, an ornamental device is also stamped or formed on one end of the
piece, which is to be doubled or bent over the tongue when attached to the
glove, the tongue itself being also slightly elevated underneath the ornamental
part, so as to leave a recess on the under side of the piece for the engagement
of the other part of the fastening. The other part of the fastening consists of

page_text: a stamped or punched plate having a catch or projection formed in the centre,
which is to be turned up at right angles to the surface of the plate after it has
been cut. Both these parts are attached to the glove by sewing or by the
aid of metal clips provided with sharp points, which are inserted through the
material of the glove and fastening, and then secured by bending them down.
The fastening is secured or connected by simply inserting the projection of one
half into the recess in the under side of the opposite half, the sides of such
recess serving to guide the projection into its proper place. By tapering the
recess and making the projection which engages therein wider at the top the
latter will be effectually locked therein on being drawn towards the narrower
end of the recess.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Henry Johnson in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 7th September 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
HENRY JOHNSON, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said John Henry Johnson, Her special license that I, the said John Henry
Johnson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said John Henry Johnson, my executors, administrators, or assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN GLOVE FASTENINGS," a communication to me from abroad, by
Marie Alfred Geminel, of Paris, in the Empire of France, upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said John Henry Johnson, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my band and seal, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Henry Johnson, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings, and
to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :--
The said Invention relates to a simple and effective fastening for gloves, and
consists in constructing such fastening by stamping or puncbing from a sheet
of thin metal one of the two parts constituting the fastening, this part having
a tongue piece formed therein by suitably slitting the centre portion, an
ornamental device is also stamped or formed on one end of the piece which is
to be doubled or bent over the tongue when attached to the glove, the tongue
itself being also slightly elevated underneath the ornamental part, so as to
leave a recess on the under side of the piece for the engagement of the other
part of the fastening. The other part of the fastening consists of a stamped
or punched plate having a catch or projection formed in the centre, which is
to be turned up at right angles to the surface of the plate after it has been
cut. Both these parts are attached to the glove by sewing or by the aid of
metal clips provided with sharp points, which are inserted through the material
of the glove and fastening, and then secured by bending them down. The
fastening is secured or connected by simply inserting the projection of one half
into the recess in the under side of the opposite half, the sides of such recess
serving to guide the projection into its proper place. By tapering the recess
and making the projection which engages therein wider at the top the latter
will be effectually locked therein on being drawn towards the narrower end of
the recess.
And in order that the said Invention may be fully understood I shall now
I shall
proceed more particularly to describe the same, and for that purpose
refer to the several Figures on the annexed Sheet of Drawings, the same
letters of reference indicating corresponding parts in all the Figures.
Figure 1 of the Drawings is a view of the guide foot a punched out, and
Figure 2 a side view of the same, shewing it as it is put on the glove after the
turning down of the ornamental part; Figure 3 is a longitudinal section,
Figure 4 is a plan, Figure 5 a section, and Figure 6 a side view, of the
fa-tening piece, hook, or pin carrier; Figures 7 and 8 show the attaching points
or pins ; and Figure 9 represents the improved fastening applied to a glove.
I first punch out the foot a terminating in an ornamental piece b, which is
subsequently turned down, as shewn in Figure 2, on to the glove in imitation
of a button. In the interior of the foot a I form a tongue piece c, which
being slightly raised forms a recess under the glove to receive the pin d. The

page_text: pin d is formed by a small tongue piece made at the time of the punching
operation in a metal disc e provided with two small holes i. The two parts a
and d may be attached to the glove by sewing, or by preference by means of
the small pins (Figures 7 and 8) which pass through the glove, and enter
the holes i, and are then turned down either on the outside or inside of the
glove.
In order to fasten the glove the foot a is drawn forward or made to slide
over the pin d, which engages in the recess formed by the raised portion of
the tongue c, the parts being made of the most suitable form to facilitate the
fastening. The system of fastening is exceedingly simple, and may be applied
with facility.
The ornamentation of the imitation button may, of course, be varied
according to taste and the dimensions of the parts modified without deviating
from the nature of the said Invention. Other modes than that shewn in the
Drawings of attaching the fastening to a glove may also be used if found
desirable.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried
into effect, I would observe in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and
original and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein-
before in part recited Letters Patent is, the general construction and arrange-
ment of fastening, and its application to gloves, substantially as herein-before
described and illustrated by the Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Henry Johnson, have to this my
Specification set my hand and seal, the Fifth day of September, One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
J. HENRY JOHNSON. (L.S.)