IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR BANDS, STRAPS, AND PARTS OF WEARING APPAREL
Year: 1841

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
McEvoy, of Graham Street, in the Parish of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Hook and Eye Maker, send greeting.
'WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Fifth day of April, in the fourth year of Her reign, did, for
Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Henry
McEvoy, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that
I, the said Henry M.Evoy, my exors, adññors, and assigns, or such others as.
I, the said Henry McEvoy, my exors, admors, or assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during the
term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR BANDS, STRAPS, AND PARTS OF
WEARING APPAREL;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso,
that I, the said Henry M'Evoy, shall cause a particular description of the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said in part recited
Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will
more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Henry M.Evoy, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, are particularly described and

page_text: ascertained in and by the following description thereof, reference being had to
the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon
(that is to say) —
My Invention consists, first, in a fastening applicable to bands, straps, and
parts of wearing apparel. This fastening may be used with considerable
advantage in many instances in place of buckles, as applied to bands and straps
belonging to horse harness, carriage furniture, gentlemen's stocks, &c.; it is
likewise well adapted for clogs, but I have found it to be. particularly useful as
a means of attaching straps to trowsers, and in that application thus describe
it:-
'
Figure 1 represents a plate, which may be made of brass, steel, or any other
suitable material, but I prefer brass; the tongue A forms a spring, made
sufficiently elastic to cause it to return to its flat or central position after
having been forced either way by the. introduction, and withdrawal of the
staple B, Figure 5. This spring may be made of other metal than that of
which the plate is made and attaclied thereto by means of rivetting, or any
other suitable way; the plate and tongue may likewise be made in any other
suitable form.
J.
*Figure 2 represents what I call.a shield, as it is, intended to sustain the
pressure occasioned by forcing the staple B. Figure 5, into the position it, is
intended to occupy when, fastened, and likewise to secure free space for the
action of the spring. It further prevents the top of the staple from acting
objectionably against the boot, shoe, or any adjacent surface. The middle part
is raised or domed, and the extreme edge bent, so as to form an inlet for the
feception of the plate, Figure 1. The strap is prepared by cutting a square
part out. at the end; as at c, Figure 3, and piercing three rivet holes,, corres-
ponding with those represented in Figure 1 and Figure 2; the plate and shield
are then attached to the prepared strap by means of rivets, and the strap
ässumes the appearance represented in Figure 4.
·
Figure 5 represents the part, which. I call a top, to be attached to the
trowsers by means of sewing, or any other suitable means. Other forms than
that described may be used, and it may be made of various kinds of metal ;
I. make use of German, silver, brass; and iron. The staple may be cast with
the top, or attached thereto by means of soldering or rivetting; the staple is
made to partake slightly of a hook form, as represented in Figure 6.
.
In fastening the strap thus prepared, I bring the staple belonging to the top
into a position immediately over the end of the spring, and gently forcing the
spring giving way and after allowing the staple to pass returns to its original
position. The end of the spring. having entered the square hole of the staple

page_text: prevents the staple withdrawing, and gives security to the fastening. The
staple thus forms a hook acting against that part of the plate Figure 4 marked
D, and is capable of sustaining great force or weight.
In unfastening the strap, the top or part to which the staple belongs becomes
a lever, and pressing down the end at E, Figure 7, the strap at F acts as a
fulcrum; the staple by this motion is brought to act against the spring, and
the spring giving way in an outward direction the two parts become detached.
This fastening will be found much superior in point of dispatch and security to
any other hitherto used.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry McEvoy, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this First day of October, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and forty-one.
HENRY (L.S.) M°EVOY..
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the First day of October, in the
year of our Lord 1841, the aforesaid Henry M.Evoy came before our said
Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification afore-
said, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form above
written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the
tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and forty-one.