An Improved Stud or Clip for Fastening Collars, Ties, Shirt Fronts, Cuffs, and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 30th Jan., 1900-Accepted. 2nd June. 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Stud or Clip for Fastening Collars, Ties, Shirt Fronts,
Cuffs, and the like.
I, GERALD WILSON, of 69, Cowper Street, Leeds, in the County of York, Com-
mercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
My invention relates to a collar stud or clip, which is applicable also as a
tie-clip, sleeve-link, and for like purposes.
In constructing my improved stud or clip I employ a front plate or disc, to
which is hinged or pivotted (preferably towards the top of the plate or disc) a
metal tongue bent to any suitable shape. The upper end of the said tongue
passes through a suitable hole in the front plate just above the pivot, so as to
bear against the free end of a fine blade spring fixed to the back of the plate.
The said spring thus tends to hold the tongue in contact with the front of
the plate, so retaining in position the collar, or other article through which the
tongue is passed.
A suitable back plate or disc, hollowed or recessed to allow for the free
working of the spring, is fixed to the front plate in any suitable manner so as
to enclose and protect the spring.
The stud or clip may be made in any suitable metal or material.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent for the Applicant.
An Improved Stud or Clip for Fastening Collars, Ties, Shirt Fronts,
Cuffs, and the like.
I, GERALD WILSON, of 69, Cowper Street, Leeds, in the County of York, Com-
mercial Traveller, 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 an improved collar stud or clip, which is applicable
also as a tie-clip, sleeve and cuff link or solitaire, and for like purposes.

page_text: Fig. 3 is a front elevation of same when closed.
Fig. 4 is a front elevation of same with pivotted tongue removed.
In constructing my improved stud or clip I employ a front plate or disc A,
in front of which is hinged or pivotted (preferably towards the top of the plate
or disc) a metal tongue B bent to any suitable shape to facilitate its insertion
in the button-hole of the collar, sleeve, or cuff, or in the loop of a tie. The
said tongue B is preferably pivotted to a small bracket C attached to the front
plate A, its upper end or heel 1) bearing against the free end of a fine blade
spring E fixed to the back of, or forming part of, the said plate A. The said
said spring E thus tends to hold the tongue B in contact with the lower front
edge of the plate A, so retaining in position the collar or other article through
which the tongue is passed. The collar or other article is also further secured
in position by the button-hole bearing against the slight shoulders near the
heel end of the tongue B.
A back plate or dise F, suitably hollowed or recessed, is fixed to the front
plate A in any suitable manner so as to enclose and protect the spring E. When
used as a cuff link or solitaire the tongue B is inserted from the outside, and the
plate F may be embossed or ornamented in any desired manner.
The stud, clip, or solitaire may be made in any suitable metal or material.
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:
1. In a collar or like dress stud or clip, the employment of a suitably curved
spring tongue pivotted to a suitable circular plate or disc, such as shown and
described.
2. The improved collar or dress stud or clip, consisting of front plate or
disc A, curved pivotted tongue B, bracket C, spring E, and back plate or disc F,
substantially as shown and described.
1000
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent for the Applicant.