Improvements in and relating to Studs and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 29th June, 1894-Accepted, 4th Aug., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Studs and the like.
I, AUGUST FRIEDRICH RICHTER, of 13 Bachstrasse, Hamburg, in the Empire
of Germany, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention relates to studs and the like and comprises an improved device
whereby they are enabled to securely fasten fabrics together. This device consists
of a hook in combination with a spring. The hook is made of unelastic material
and bent in a peculiar manner so as to obtain a short shank and a long shank. The
short shank is fixed to the head of the stud or the like while the long free shank is
designed to be passed through the stud or other holes of the fabrics to be attached
to each other. A spring is fastened to the said head or to one or the other shank
of the hook in such a manner that it obstructs the passage to the cavity formed by
the bend of the hook and offers a certain resistance to the fabric when inserting
the long shank into the stud or other hole. The short shank of the hook may be
provided with an aperture into which the aforesaid spring is inserted, which spring,
being fixed with one end to the head of the stud or the like, extends with its other
end into an aperture in the long shank.
On inserting the long shank into the stud or other hole the spring is pushed back
by the fabric until the latter reaches the bend of the hook. At the moment when
the fabric has passed this bend the spring which is now compressed begins to push
back the fabric, thus causing it to slide upon the short shank of the hook.
When the stud is to be removed from the fabric the spring is first pushed back
again until the fabric reaches the bend of the hook, whereupon the spring in its
forward movement aids the fabric in sliding from the long shank of the hook in the
same manner as it previously caused the fabric to be slid upon the short shank.
Dated this 10th day of October 1893.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Studs and the like.
I, AUGUST FRIEDRICH RICHTER, of 13 Bachstrasse, Hamburg, in the Empire
of Germany, Manufacturer, 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 studs and the like and comprises an improved device
whereby fabrics may be securely fastened together, and the object of this invention
is to reduce the number of parts of which the said device is composed without
impairing its reliable attachment to, and its easy and convenient removal from the
fabric.
In the accompanying drawing I have illustrated an example of the method of
carrying my invention into effect, it being understood that I do not limit myself to
precise arrangements and details therein represented but reserve to myself the right
of making such modifications of arrangement and construction as may be requisite,
according to the particular circumstances of the case.

page_text: Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the improved fastening device applie
to a button.
Figure 2 an underside plan view of the former, and
Figures 3 and 4 are sectional side elevations of the device showing the relative
positions occupied by the parts on inserting the same into a button hole of the fabric
and after being completely attached thereto.
The fastening device consists of a hook in combination with a spring designed to
obstruct the passage into the hook and to prevent one of the edges of the button
hole from slipping along into the curved part or bight of the hook. The hook a
is preferably of non-elastic material and is bent so as to obtain a short and a long
leg or shank. The short leg or shank is fixed to the bottom-plate K of the stud,
solitaire or the like while the long leg or shank is designed to be passed through
the button-hole or other holes of the fabric and the like to be attached to each other,
or to which the button, stud or the like is to be attached. A spring b is fastened
to the button or to one of the shanks of the hook a in such a manner that it
-obstructs or blocks the passage to the curved part of the hook and offers a certain
resistance of the fabric S (Figure 3) when inserting or pushing the long free shank
into the hole of the said fabric. The short shank of the hock may be provided
with a slot a' for the reception of the spring b which being in front of the bight or
bend of the book extends with its free end into a slet or aperture a' in the long
shank of the said hook.
It will readily be seen that when the long shank is passed into a button hole of
the fabric S the spring b is pressed back towards the bight of the hook by the edge
of the hole in the fabric until the opposite edge of the said hole reaches the outer
vertex of the bight or curved part of the hook (Figure 3). At the moment the
opposite edge of the hole in the fabric, has passed over this outer vertex of the
hook, the spring being now compressed begins to push back the fabric, thus causing
it to slide along and upwards on the short shank of the hook (Figure 4). The
button or stud is held against displacement in one or the other direction by the
opposite edges of the button-hole hearing against the short vertical shank of
the hook and the said hook is prevented from moving out of the button hole by
the bight therein and the free end of the spring in front of the said bight.
When the stud, button, solitaire or the like provided with my improved fastening
device is to be detached from the fabric or the like the spring b is first pushed back
again (from the position Figure 4 to the position Figure 3), until the fabric sliding
down the short shank reaches the outer vertex or bend of the hook (Figure 3),
whereupon the spring in its forward movement aids the fabric in sliding from the
long shank of the hook in the same manner as it previously caused the fabric to be
slid upon the short shank.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
In combination with a stud, button, solitaire or the like a hook to be inserted
into the button-hole or other hole of a fabric and provided with a spring in front
of the bight or bend of the hook and designed to obstruct the passage to the space
formed by the bend of the hook, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 29th day of June 1894.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.