Improvements in Fastenings for Ladies' Veils.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Aug., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 18th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 19th Dec., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fastenings for Ladies' Veils.
I, WILLIAM BENJAMIN ROBATHAN, of 5 Martineau Street, Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
my said invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in fastenings whereby ladies' veils may be
readily fastened or unfastened at the back of the head, and consists primarily of a
one piece contrivance in which the one end of the veil may be first secured, and
then the other end readily secured while at the back of the head; such ends being
further covered by a turning down ornamental figure or plate or plates which
shall further secure the fastening device.
My invention admits of various shapes as for instance, I may make a frame of
wire or of metal baving a large central opening, and further having at each end of
such opening a taper shape slot so that the one end of the veil may be inserted through
the said opening and then drawn tightly into the slot by which it will be there
held firmly, while the other end of the veil may be similarly held in the opposite
slot after being passed around the head. To the side or other suitable part of the
frame I now attach by means of a hinge joint, an ornamental cover or covers which
may be turned down so as to lie thereon, and preferably to snap thereon so as to
further secure the fastening.
In some cases I may attach two of such covers upon the frame opposite to or
side by side to each other so that instead of first passing the end of the veil into-
the grip slots, such first end may be laid upon the frame, then one of the plates
turned down, then the second end similarly placed thereon, and the remaining cover
or plate turned also down upon it, thus securing the whole. Such frame or plates
or covers being corrugated or otherwise shaped if desired. Or if desired instead of
the hinged plates or covers such covers or plates may be made to slide.
Dated this 7th day of August 1896.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicant's Agent.
I, WILLIAM BENJAMIN ROBATHAN, of 5 Martineau Street, Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in fastenings whereby ladies' veils may be
readily fastened or unfastened at the back of the head, and consists primarily of a
one piece contrivance in which the one end of the veil may be first secured, and
then the other end readily secured while at the back of the head; such ends being

page_text: further covered by a turning down ornamental figure or plate or plates, which
shall further secure the fastening device.
In the accompanying drawing :-
Fig. 1, is a rear view of this my invention showing the contrivance open for
the admission of the ends of the veil.
Fig. 2, is a side view of the contrivance as seen when open.
Fig. 3, is a front view and Fig. 4 a side view of the invention as seen when
closed.
Fig. 5, is an open, and Fig. 6, a closed view of a modified form of this my
invention.
Fig. 7, is a partly opened view of a modified form of ornamental covering
for the fastening, showing double wing-like covers, hinged at the centre of the
frame.
Fig. 8, is a front view (of Fig. 7) showing these covers in their closed down
position.
My invention admits of various shapes, but that shown in Figs. 1 to 4 seems
preferable. I may make a frame 9 of wire or of metal having a large central
opening 10, and further having at each end of such opening a taper shaped slot 11,
so that one end of the veil 12, may be inserted through the said opening 10, and
then drawn tightly into the one slot by which it will be there held firmly, while
the other end of the veil may be similarly held in the opposite slot after being
passed around the head, hat, bonnet or other head gear. To the side or other
suitable part of the frame I now attach by means of a hinge joint 13, an ornamental
cover 14, or covers, which may be turned down so as to lie thereon, as
seen in Figs. 3 and 4, and preferably to snap thereon so
as to further
secure the fastening. Referring to Figs. 5 and 6, in some cases I may attach two
of such covers 14 and 14 upon the frame 9 opposite to or side by side to each
other so that instead of first passing the end of the veil into the grip slots 11, as
before described, such first end 15 may be laid upon the frame 9 then the plate 14"
turned down, and then the second end 16 similarly placed thereon, and the remaining
cover or plate 14" turned also down upon it, thus securing the whole as seen in
Fig. 6. Such frame or plates or covers may be corrugated or otherwise shaped if
desired.
Further referring to Figs. 7 and 8, I have shown how I may if desired use
two cover plates or wings 14° and 14" by hinging them at 13 to the frame 9b.
Fig. 7, shows these wings opened so that the ends of the veil may be inserted
as shown in Figs. 1 and 2; whilst Fig. 8 shows the wing plates closed down
thereon. A suitable spring or other device may be used to hold these wings in
their closed position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is:
1. A veil fastener comprising a frame having taper slots substantially as shown
and described and for the purposes specified.
2. Iu a veil fastener the combination with a frame 9 and inseparable therefrom
of the hinged cover 14 substantially as set forth and shown.
3. In a veil fåstener the modified combination with a frame 9 of the double
covers 14 and 14 substantially as set forth and shown.
4. In a veil fastener the modified combination with a frame 9b of the double
wings or covers 14° and 14ª substantially as set forth and shown.
Dated this 17th day of November 1896.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
12 Cherry Street, Birmingham, Applicant's Agent.