Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 17th May, 1837.
Specification Accepted, 17th June, 1887.
Articles.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 :-
This invention relates to that class of fasteners for gloves and other articles which
are provided with a ball and socket and it comprises improvements in the parts of such
fasteners which carry, support or hold, the ball-receiving device and which, when
fastened to the fabric or material lie upon the under surface thereof.
The said invention consists in the use of a bead preferably in the form of a ring,
and having prongs extending preferably from its inner edge, which bead is adapted to
bear upon
the outer surface of the fabric or material and has a hole of a size sufficient
to receive a dome shaped washer or plate which carries the ball receiving device, and
also the material thereon, the ring or bead being united to the edge of said washer or
plate through the material and slots or holes formed in the side of said plate the ends
of said prongs being turned inward into the cavity of the washer or plate.
These are the essential features of the invention. The invention comprises however
various other features of less importance, which will hereinafter be described.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is a view in plan of a blank from which a pronged annular bead or ring is
formed.
Figure 2 shows said blank after it has been submitted to the operation of a punch,
whereby portions of the blank have been removed to form, without material waste, n
blank having prong-forming sections integral therewith.
Figure 3 shows in section this blank after it has been submitted to a further forming
operation, and in its complete form.

page_text: Figure 4 is a plan of a blank from which the washer or plate for supporting the
ball-receiving section of the fastener is made, and
Figure 5 shows it after it has been submitted to a suitable forming operation to
provide it with a rounded or dome-shaped section having a continuous flange, and a
cavity adapted to receive the device for holding the ball of the other member of the
fastener:
Figure 6 is a plan view showing this washer or plate as provided with a holding
device and also as having slots or holes for the reception of the prongs of the fastening
ring.
Figure 7 is a view in plan of the said part inverted.
Figure 8 shows the position of the parts in relation to each other, and before they
are secured together and to the fabric or material.
Figure 9 represents the parts as secured together to the fabric or material, and also
the ball member of the fastener.
Figure 10 is a plan view to show the bead and ring when secured to the fabric.
Figure 11 shows the two members of the fastener together.
Figures 12, 13, 14 and 15 represent the employment or use of an ornamental cap,
preferably of metal, adapted to be placed over the material or fabric within the line of
the holding ring or bead, and having a flange or points which extend under the edge
of said flange.
Figures 16, 17 and 18 show the ring or bead as provided with integral metal
sections shaped to ornamental form.
Figure 19 represents the cap plate as supporting a socket for receiving the ball
member of the fastener instead of the wire holding device of Figures 7 and 9.
The blank represented in Figure 1 is submitted to the operation of suitable dies
which form thereon, first, the ring a and second, two or more prong-forming sections a¹
which extend inward from the inner edge of the ring. This ring and the prongs are
then submitted to a further forming operation, whereby the ring, preferably, is struck
up or pressed to a curved or rounded form in cross-section, and the prongs are bent or
turned in relation to the inner edge of the ring, so as to bring their shanks under the
ring, and preferably in a central position in relation to each edge thereof (see Figure 3).
This arrangement of the prongs is desirable because the strain of the material against
the fastener will not then be sufficient to cause an opening of sufficient size to extend
from the prongs outward beyond the outer edge of the ring. This complete ring,
binding piece or bead I have lettered A.
The washer or plate B is shown in Figures 5, 6, and 7. It is formed from the
round blank shown in Figure 4 by suitable forming-dies or by spinning, and in its
complete shape has the dome or rounded section 62, extending from its lower edge.
It may support the ball-holding wires 6, as shown in Figure 6, or a socket, as
shown in Figure 19, or any other holding device adapted to embrace or hold the ball
or equivalent member of the fastener. It also has formed in it the holes 63, which are
placed close to or upon the inner edge of the flange, reference to which will herein-
after be made. The washer or section B is so proportioned to the inner edge of the
holding ring A that it will, when the material is upon or covering it, extend through
the ring, or so as to bring the material slightly above the upper surface of the ring,
and the ring will hug the dome and flange very closely. The washer, excepting where
perforated for holding a socket or similar holding device; as represented in Figure 19,
is preferably imperforate.
To secure the parts together the ring is placed above the washer or plate as
represented in Figure 8, the prongs being in a position over the material to enter
the hole . The material is not otherwise perforated, and, as, above remarked, the
washer or plate preferably is imperforate. The parts are then brought together,
the prongs enter the holes, and their inner ends are turned upward and inward into the
cavity b, of the plate or washer. By arranging the holes 65 in the cap flange, as above
indicated, that is upon the inner corner instead of in the flat part of the flange, the
be above the lower level of
prongs may be turned upward into the cavity and
the flange, so that a smooth under surface is given to the fastening, as no portion o

page_text: the prongs will extend below the under surface of the flange. This construction is
represented in Figure 9.
Cis the ball member of the device. Any equivalent for this member of the
fastener, however, may be employed.
By the use of this edge fastening of the washer or plate to the imperforate material
by a pronged ring a very strong union of the parts to the material is obtained because
the direct strain or draught of the other member of the fastener upon them is not
brought directly upon the prongs but upon the side of the rounded portion of the
washer or plate itself; that is, the material being imperforate, covering the entire
dome or upper surface of the washer or plate and being drawn down upon the dome
by the metal binding ring, causes the strain upon the fastener to be upon the washer
or plate and to be distributed over a large area thereof and of the material rather
than upon the prongs, the prongs themselves acting in a secondary capacity in that
they serve, not to receive the strain or pull upon the material, but simply to hold the
two parts of the fastener together in such a manner that the strain may be received by
the more substantial and larger surfaced washer. Apart from this advantage, the
fastener is cheaply made, easily supplied, and produces a very desirable finish, in that
when a ring or bead only is used it exposes the material in a rounded or curved shape,
and bounded only by a narrow metal surface (see figures 10 and 11). Where a metal
cap or finish over the material enclosed by the ring or bead is desired, a separate cap
may be formed having a flange or points to extend under the edge of the ring,
as represented in figures 12, 13, 14, and 15 in which figures represents such
finished cap.
The form of the cap before it is applied is represented in figures 14 and 15.
Instead of a separate cap the blank for forming the ring and prongs may have its
central sections not removed excepting for the purpose of forming the prongs, and
this central section will then be curved, and may be stamped, impressed, or cut to
form any suitable design.
I would say that I do not confine myself to the use of prongs formed upon the
ring A, as described, as they may be formed separately and soldered or otherwise
attached thereto, or they may be formed integral with, or attached to, the flange of
the washer or plate and project upward into slots formed in the ring to receive them ;
but I prefer the construction first described in that it is cheap and provides a ring
with a continuous unjointed surface.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by my
foreign Correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
First. The improvement in fasteners for gloves and other articles, comprising the
washer or plate B supporting a ball-receiving and holding device and fastened to the
material by the flanged bead or ring A, placed upon the opposite side of the material,
the said bead or ring having prongs which extend through the material and cap, and
are turned upon its under surface, as, and for the purposes, described.
.
Second. The combination in a fastener, of the washer or plate B supporting a ball-
holding device and having the flange 63, with the ring A placed upon the upper
surface of the material to which the cap is attached, and having the prongs a¹ which
enter the material and are clinched upon the under surface of the washer or plate as,
and for the purposes, described.
Third. The washer or plate B having the rounded section b, cavity b¹, and the
slots formed in the side of the cap above the lower surface of the flange as, and for
the purposes, described.
Fourth. The combination in a fastener, of a washer or plate having a dome or
rounded section 62, with a metal ring or bead having a hole of a size to receive the
dome or rounded section of the said washer or plate and the material thereon, and
prongs for fastening the ring or bead to the washer or plate, substantially as
described.

page_text: Fifth. The ring A curved in cross-section, and having its edges upon the same
line, and provided with the pointed prongs a centrally or substantially centrally,
arranged in relation to each edge of the ring, as, and for the purposes, described.
Sixth. The combination of the washer or plate B holding or supporting a ball-
receiving device and adapted to be placed upon the under surface of the fabric or
material to which it is attached; the ring A adapted to be placed upon the upper
surface of the said material, and to receive it and the independent cap having its
flange, or sections of its edge extended under said ring; and prongs or fastenings
for securing said ring and independent cap to the edge of the under washer or plate,
as, and for the purposes, described.
Seventh. The method of fastening a member of a fastener to imperforate material,
comprising the placing of a dome shaped or rounded washer or plate upon the under
surface of the material, and a ring or open band upon the outer surface of the
material, so as to bring its hole or opening over the dome or rounded portion of the
washer or plate; forcing the dome or rounded portion of the washer or plate with
the imperforate material within the hole or opening of said ring or band to bring the
material above the outer surface of said ring or band; and fastening the said ring or
band by fastening prongs or devices passed through said material and united to the
edge of said washer or plate, substantially as, and for the purposes, specified.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.