A NEW OR IMPROVED FASTENING FOR CRAVATS AND NECK TIES, AND FOR BANDS FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES
Year: 1881

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LETTERS PATENT to John Hinks and Thomas Hooper, both of Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, and Francis Robert Baker,' of
Birmingham aforesaid, Mechanical Engineer. for an Invention of "A NEW.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Hinks, Thomas Hooper,
and Francis Robert Baker at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on
the 28th April 1881.
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JOHN HINKS and THOMAS HOOPER, both of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturers, and FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER, of Birmingham aforesaid,
Mechanical Engineer. "A NEW OR IMPROVED FASTENING FOR CRAVATS AND
NECK TIES, AND FOR BANDS FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES."
Our Invention consists of a. fastening constructed as hereinafter described,' the
said fastening being especially applicable to the fastening of the bands of cravats,
but being also applicable to the fastening of neck ties, and bands for various
purposes.
We will describe our Invention as applied to a cravat.
In an oblong plate of thin sheet steel or other elastic metal or alloy we cut a
pointed tongue,, the said tongue being attached to the plate at its base, its pointed
end being raised out of the plane of the plate so as to make a small angle therewith.
Upon this the principal plate we place a sliding plate, the said sliding plate having
in it a hole in the line of the spring tooth on the first described or principal plate.
Two of the opposite edges of the sliding plate are turned around the corresponding
edges of the principal plate, and the two plates are thus connected together, the
sliding plate being free to slide upon the other.
When the sliding plate is drawn over the spring tongue in a direction from its
base to its point, the said tongue is depressed; but when the sliding plate is moved
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page_text: in the opposite direction, as soon as the hole in it arrives at the point of the
tongue, the said point rises in the said hole, and the further motion of the said
sliding plate causes the spring tongue to protrude through the said hole.
The fastening is attached to the cravat by sewing the principal plate to the
back of the pendant part of the cravat, and between it and the shield like piece of
millboard under which the band of the cravat passes. By pulling the sliding plate
outwards the spring tongue is depressed and the band of the cravat can be moved
in either direction without obstruction. When the band has been adjusted the
sliding plate is pushed inwards, when the spring tongue passing through the hole
in it is made to enter the band and fix it in the position to which it had been
adjusted.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Hinks, Thomas Hooper, and Francis Robert Baker in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 21st October 1881.
JOHN HINKS and THOMAS HOOPER, both of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturers, and FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER, of Birmingham aforesaid,
Mechanical Engineer. "A NEW OR IMPROVED FASTENING FOR CRAVATS AND
NECK TIES, AND FOR BANDS FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES."
Our Invention consists of a fastening constructed as hereinafter described, the
said fastening being especially applicable to the fastening of the bands of cravats,
but being also applicable to the fastening of neck ties and bands for various
purposes.
We will describe our Invention as applied to a cravat..
In an oblong plate of thin sheet steel or other elastic metal or alloy we cut a
pointed tongue, the said tongue being attached to the plate at its base, its pointed
end being raised out of the plane of the plate so as to make a small angle therewith.
Upon this the principal plate we place a sliding plate, the said sliding plate having
in it a hole in the line of the spring tongue on the first described or principal plate.
Two of the opposite edges of the sliding plate are turned around the corresponding
edges of the principal plate, and the two plates are thus connected together, the
sliding plate being free to slide upon the other.
When the sliding plate is drawn over the spring tongue in a direction from its
base to its point, the said tongue is depressed; but when the sliding plate is moved
in the opposite direction, as soon as the hole in it arrives at the point of the
tongue the said point rises in the said hole, and the further motion of the said
sliding plate causes the spring tongue to protrude through the said hole.
The fastening is attached to the cravat by sewing the principal plate to the
back of the pendant part of the cravat, and between it and the shield like piece of
millboard under which the band of the cravat passes. By pulling the sliding plate
-outwards the spring tongue is depressed and the band of the cravat can be moved
in either direction without obstruction. When the band has been adjusted the
sliding plate is pushed inwards, when the spring tongue passing through the hole
in it is made to enter the band and fix it in the position to which it had been
adjusted.
Having explained the nature of our Invention we will proceed to describe with
reference to the accompanying Drawing the manner in which the same is to be
performed.
Figures 1 and 2 represent back elevations of a cravat to which our improved
fastening is applied. In Figure 1 the neck band of the cravat is represented
fastened, and in Figure 2 unfastened; Figures 3 and 4 represent front elevations
of the fastening detached, the sliding plate being shown pushed inwards in
Figure 3, and withdrawn in Figure 4; Figure 5 represents a cross section, and
Figures 6 and 7 longitudinal sections of the fastening drawn to a larger scale;
Figures 8 and 9 represent the two parts of the fastening disconnected, drawn to
the same scale as Figures 3 and 4.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures of
the Drawing.
a is the principal part of the fastening, consisting of a rectangular plate of steel
or other elastic metal from which a pointed spring tongue b is made. The said
spring tongue 6 is attached at its base to the plate a, and the pointed end of the
said tongue is raised out of the plane of the plate, the said tongue when at liberty
to move taking the said raised position by its elasticity. The steel plate a carrying
the spring tongue b is attached by sewing to the cravat, in the manner represented

page_text: in Figures 1 and 2, the spring tongue b in its normal position, that is, when the
slide is pushed home, projecting into the space between the cravat and the piece
of millboard c, through which space the free end d of the neck band is passed;
e is the slide or sliding plate working upon the principal plate a, the said
sliding plate e being furnished with a finger piece e² for moving it. The
two opposite edges ff, of the sliding plate e are bent around the corresponding
edges of the principal plate a (see Figure 5) so as to connect the two plates a, e,
together while permitting the plate e to slide upon the other plate a. In the
sliding plate e is a hole or cut away part h. When the sliding plate e is drawn
over the spring tongue b from its base to its point, as illustrated in Figures 2, 4,
and 7, the said tongue is depressed into the plane of the plate a, carrying it, but
when the said sliding plate is moved in the opposite direction so as to bring the
hole h in it opposite the spring tongue b, the latter rises by its elasticity and
protrudes through the said hole h, as illustrated in Figures 1, 3, and 6, that is to
say, by the pulling outwards of the sliding plate e the spring tongue b is depressed
out of action, and by the pushing inwards of the said sliding plate e the spring
tongue is permitted to rise and protrude itself into the space in the cravat through
which the end 2 of the neck band passes.
b
In Figure 1 the sliding plate e is represented psuhed inwards after the end i² of
the neck band has been adjusted in the cravat, the spring tongue 6 passing through
the hole in the sliding plate e and entering the neck band 2 and fixing its
position. To release the neck band 2 the sliding plate e is pulled outwards, as
represented in Figure 2. The spring tongue b is thereby depressed and its point
withdrawn from the neck band, which is thus released and may be moved in either
direction without obstruction.
The inward motion of the sliding plate e to permit the spring tongue to take its
fastening position is limited by the stops i, i, raised out of the plate a, and the
outward motion of the sliding plate e to withdraw the spring tongue out of
action is limited by the projecting parts k, k, of the plate a.
Although we have only represented our Invention as applied to the fastening of
a cravat, yet our said Invention is also applicable to the fastening of neck ties and
bands generally.
Having now described the nature of our Invention, and the manner in which
the same is to be performed, we wish it to be understood that we claim as our
Invention,-
The new or improved fastening for cravats and neck ties, and for bands for various
purposes, herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing,
that is to say, a fastening composed of a steel or clastic plate a having a spring
tongue braised out of the plane of the plate, and of a slide or sliding plate e
slotted, as represented, working upon it, the said sliding plate when drawn over
the spring tongue depressing it and taking it out of action, and when pushed off it
permitting it to enter and fasten the neck or other band, the parts being constructed
and operating substantially as described and illustrated.
In witness whereof, we, the said John Hinks and Thomas Hooper, have
hereunto set our hands and seals, this Seventeenth day of October, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.
Witness,
SAMUEL GEORGE MOORE,
Buckingham Street Works,
Birmingham. . 1
JOHN HINKS.
(L.S.)
THOMAS HOOPER. (L.S.)