A SHIRT CUFF PROTECTOR AND PRESERVER to be as follows:
Year: 1885

page_text: I FREDERICK SOUTHWELL CRIPPS of Lilleshall, near Newport, in the county of
Salop, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for
"A SHIRT CUFF PROTECTOR AND PRESERVER to be as follows:-
"
My invention relates to the construction and use of a spring clip or hook adapted
to be attached inside coat sleeves so as to allow of the shirt cuffs being held back
out of the way of the hand and wrist, so that the studs or links shall not get under
the wrist when the wearer is writing, drawing or the like; my shirt cuff protector
or preserver will be found of great service to Clerks, Draughtsmen and others
engaged in office work, where the bands are required to be as free from incumbrances
as possible. It also prevents the shirt cuffs from wearing or fraying out at the
edges so quickly as at present and from getting dirty, thereby avoiding the
necessity of wearing separate shirt cuffs, or of changing the shirt merely because
the cuffs are soiled.
When required, however, the cuffs can be let down into view and worn as usual,
the action of hooking them back or of releasing them being instantaneously
accomplished and with the greatest ease, by the fingers of the haud at liberty-
the action not being observable.
My Shirt cuff protector and preserver is made of flat steel or coiled steel wire
and tempered so as to give the requisite amount of spring.
The clips or hooks are provided with slots or otherwise, to allow of their being
sewn on the inside of each coat sleeve, about three inches up and immediately
behind the front seam of the sleeve.
The spring of the clip or hook, which has the effect of gently gripping the cuff,
prevents the cuff from becoming disengaged except when released by the wearer.
The shirt cuff protectors and preservers are made so as not to scratch the
hand when putting on and taking off the coat; for this purpose they are rounded
off and japanned or otherwise made quite smooth.
100*
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant..

page_text: I FREDERICK SOUTHWELL CRIPPS of Lilleshall, near Newport, in the county of
Salop, Mechanical Engineer 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:-
My invention relates to the construction and use of a spring clip or hook adapted
to be attached inside coat sleeves so as to allow of the shirt cuffs being held back
out of the way of the hand and wrist, so that the studs or links shall not get under
the wrist when the wearer is writing, drawing or the like; my shirt cuff protector
or preserver will be found of great service to Clerks, Draughtsmen and others
engaged in office work, where the hands are required to be as free from incumbrances
as possible. It also prevents the shirt cuffs from wearing or fraying out at the
edges so quickly as at present and from getting dirty, thereby avoiding the
necessity of wearing separate shirt cuffs, or of changing the shirt merely because
the cuffs are soiled.
When required, however, the cuffs can be let down into view and worn as usual,
the action of hooking them back or of releasing them being instantaneously
accomplished and with the greatest ease, by the fingers of the hand at liberty the
action not being observable.
My shirt cuff protector and preserver is made of flat steel or other suitable metal
which when bent into the required shape will have the requisite amount of spring
to lightly grip the cuff and thereby prevent it becoming disengaged except when
released by the wearer.
The clips or books are provided with slots or otherwise, to allow of their being
sewn on the inside of each coat sleeve at a point which should be about three
inches up and immediately behind the front seam of the sleeve.
The spring of the clip or hook, which has the effect of gently gripping the cuff,
not only prevents the cuff from becoming disengaged except when purposely
released by the wearer but also enables the cuff to be fixed in any position round
the wrist, so that the studs may be above the wrist and on top instead of under-
neath the wrist.
The shirt cuff protectors and preservers are made so as not to scratch the hand
when putting on and taking off the coat; for this purpose they are rounded off
and japanned, silver plated or otherwise made quite smooth.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in which figures 1, 2 and 3,
represent in plan and elevation three forms of shirt cuff protectors and preservers
constructed according to my invention and drawn about full size; figure 4 is a view
drawn to a smaller scale shewing the position occupied by the protector and
preserver when fastened in the sleeve of a coat; figure 5 is a view of a coat sleeve
drawn about full size and shewing a shirt cuff held therein by one of the improved
protectors and preservers. Similar letters in all the figures represent similar
parts.
A represents the shirt cuff protector and preserver made of flat steel or of other
suitable metal and consisting of a plate a, having curved sides or edges and a spring

page_text: hook or clip b, forming part of the plate a, which part is bent backwards for this
purpose as shewn; c, c, c, are the slots or holes in the plate a, whereby the
protectors and preservers can be sewn to the inside of each coat sleeve as shewn in
figures 4 and 5 about three inches up and immediately behind the front seam d, of
the coat sleeve; the end of the part b, forming the clip or hook is provided with a
knob or ball e, as shewn in figures 1 and 2 or is turned over into a scroll form as
shewn in figure 3, so as to present a smooth surface and thereby prevent the hands
from becoming scratched when putting on and taking off the coat and the protectors
or preservers can also be silver or electro-plated to further this purpose or be other-
wise made quite smooth.
In order to make use of a shirt cuff protector and preserver of this construction
it is sewn inside the sleeve of the coat through the slots or holes c, at about the
position indicated at X figure 4 and when it is required to hold the cuff back
within the coat sleeve it is only necessary to push it with the hand at liberty
inwards past the spring hook b, and then to pass it into the spring hook and it
will be gripped or held firmly in position thereby out of the way of the wrist of
the wearer as shewn in figure 4. To release the cuff it is simply passed out of
the hook b, when it can be drawn down by the fingers into view and be worn
as usual,
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
The manufacture and use of the improved shirt cuff protector and preserver
substantially as hereinbefore described and represented in the accompanying
drawing.