for other Purposes.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Aug., 1887
Complete Left, 2nd May, 1888
Complete Accepted, 8th June, 1888
for other Purposes.
I, HARRIETTE LEWES-GIBBS of Elm Hurst, Stratford-on-Avon, in the County of
Warwick, Widow, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates principally to the attachment, temporary or otherwise, of a
cuff to a sleeve and it consists in a device for operating such attachment. The said
device is however applicable generally for the attachment of articles of dress or
otherwise.
The device consists essentially of a stud or button or equivalent thereof in com-
bination with a pair of jaws adapted to be pressed together.
The hereinafter described form is one embodying the principle of this invention:
Two plates of convenient size are hinged together at or near their centre, so that their
ends are movable towards and from each other. The forward part of each plate is
preferably more or less roughened on the inside, the rearwardly extending portions
of said plates are normally held apart by a spiral or other spring inserted between
them. The plates, therefore movable upon or about their hinge, are held in contact
at their forward ends by the distending pressure of said spring on their rearward
extensions. On the side of the rearwardly extending part of one of said plates is
button or other convenient
attached, preferably upon a rigid stem, a stud or
equivalent.
In using this device for the attachment of a cuff to a sleeve, or of any article of
clothing to some other article or generally for the attachment of any two articles
capable of being attached thereby, the button or equivalent is passed through or fixed
to the cuff or other article, and the jaws are caused to embrace the edge of the sleeve
or of such other article to which the first article is to be attached.
Dated this 2nd day of August 1887.
HERBERT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.

page_text: A Device for Connecting Cuffs to Sleeves of Garments, Suitable also
for other Purposes.
I, HARRIETTE LEWES-GIBBS of Elm Hurst, Stratford on Avon in the County of
Warwick, Widow 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 :-
The object of this invention is to provide a convenient and simple device principally
for temporarily attaching a cuff to the sleeve of a garment or generally where
applicable for attaching or holding any article of apparel to another.
The device or coupler consists essentially of a stud or button or like attachment in
combination with a pair of jaws adapted to be pressed together.
Reference being made to the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a side view of one of the forms of such device suitable for the attachment
of a linen cuff to a sleeve.
Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section.
Fig. 3 is an end view, and
Fig. 4 an under plan of the same..
Fig. 5 illustrates its application to a sleeve and cuff.
The coupler shown is formed as follows The plate A of about one inch in length
and inch or thereabouts in breath carries on its upper surface at about its length
from one end, lugs b. The plate B of similar shape and size carries also lugs c corre-
sponding to the intervals between the lugs b. The lugs and c are perforated
crosswise of the plate and a pin or rivet a passed through them so that the plates A
and B are hinged together at a small distance apart. The longer arms of the
plates A and B may be roughened on their inner or opposing faces as at f Fig. 1.
The shorter arm of the plate A is perforated and to the underside thereof around
the edge of the perforation is attached a cylindrical hollow shank & so that it is open'
above through the aforesaid perforation in the plate A.
The shank dis closed below and terminates in a crescent plate e connected thereto
at the centre of the body of the crescent. In the hollow slank d is placed a spiral
spring E extending from the floor of the shank upward to the under face of the
shorter arm of the plate B where its upper end or coil lies in a recess g.
spring E is of sufficient power to press upward the shorter arm of the plate B and so
hold the longer arms of the plates A and B in contact.
The
To use this coupler the crescent is passed through the desired button holes K of
the cuff from the outside, the cuff is slipped over the hand and into the sleeve a
finger is then passed between the cuff and the wrist to bear upon the crescent and the
thumb is placed upon the shorter end of the plate B, the jaws may then be opened
by pressing the finger and thumb together ready to receive the edge of the sleeve
between them. On releasing the finger and thumb the jaws will close upon the sleeve
and hold the cuff thereto.

page_text: The coupler may be made of silver or other metal.
In place of a spiral spring E and hollow shank d I may use a solid shank d and
a leaf or other spring so arranged as to press the shorter ends of the jaws apart.
The manner of hinging at D or elsewhere may be different, for instance, the lugs b c
may be comparatively thin, bent up from the edge of the plate to overlap each other
and the rivet passed through the latter traversing also a few central coils of a wire
spring, the ends of which extend rearward the one over the plate A, the other under
the plate B to exert pressure to hold the shorter arms of said plates away from each
other. Also in a cheaper form the hinge D may be dispensed with and the jaws A
and B be made in one U shaped piece of spring steel or the like. The crescent e
may be replaced by a simple stud head or the like. The jaws as one part may also
be made detachable from the plate e as another part as usual with solitaires with
detachable heads at present in use.
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,
For the purposes described
1. The combination with a jaw coupling or clip A-B of a stud Cintegral therewith
or attachable thereto.
2. The combination with a jaw coupling or clip, comprising plates A and B of a
stud C integral with one of said plates.
3. The combination with a stud C of a jaw coupling or clip comprising two plates A
and B hinged together and a spring for holding their ends in contact.
4. The combination with a stud C having a hollow shank d and crescent plate e or
equivalent head of a plate A attached to said shank, a plate B pivoted to said plate A
and a spring E substantially as set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of May 1888