IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR STAY-BUSKS. LEGGINGS. GAITERS. AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Twigg, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FASTENINGS FOR STAY-BUSKS. LEGGINGS. GAITERS. AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES."
Sealed the 4th August 1865, and dated the 7th February 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Twigg at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th
February 1865.
I, GEORGE TWIGG, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufac-
turer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN FASTENINGS FOR STAY-BUSKS, LEGGINGS, GAITERS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES,"
to be as follows, that is to say :-
Referring to the annexed Drawings, Figure 1 represents a front view of
a stay busk fitted with my improved fastenings; Figure 2, a back view;
and Figure 3 a detail of the clips or catches. (a, a') are two slips of steel
forming the busk (B), a slip of brass or other metal upon which are rivetted
studs (c and d), (c) being the pivot or pin upon which the catch (e) works,
and (d) a stud working through a slot in the slip (a); (f) is a spring
governing the catch (e); upon the slip (a¹) is rivetted the counterpart (g) of
the catch (e); these parts are formed to engage in each other when secured,
so that by bringing into contact the slips (a, a') the catch (e) and counterpart
(9) snap together; the parts are released by pulling the tape or ribbon (h)
attached to the slip (B), which operation has the effect of pulling back the

page_text: catch (e) and thus releasing the counterpart (9) and admitting of the separa-
tion of the two slips (a, a'). The same parts or appliances may be used for
legging and gaiter fastenings, and other similar purposes.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters' Patent, filed
by the said George Twigg in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
5th August 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
TwIGG, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-eighth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said George Twigg, Her special licence that I, the said George
Twigg, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said George Twigg, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no-others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FASTENINGS POR STAY-BUSKS, LEGGINGS, GAITERS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES,"
-upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said George Twigg, by an
instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
"
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Twigg, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
perfor.ned, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
staterzent, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the
letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:-
Referring to the annexed Drawings, Figure 1 represents a front view of a
stay busk fitted with my improved fastenings; Figure 2, a back view, and
Figure 3, a detail of the clips or catches.
(a, a) are two slips of steel forming the busk; (B), a slip of brass or other

page_text: metal upon which are rivetted studs (c and d), (c) being the pivot or pin
upon which the catch (e) works, and (d) a stud working through a slot in
the slip (a); (f) is a spring governing the catch (e); upon the slip (a¹) is
rivetted the counterpart (9) of the catch (e); these parts are formed to
engage in each other when secured, so that by bringing into contact the slips
(a, a'), the catch (e) and counterpart (9) snap together; the parts are
released by pulling the tape or ribbon (h) attached to the slip (B), which
operation has the effect of pulling back the catch (e), and thus releasing the
counterpart (9), and admitting of the separation of the two slips (a, a¹).
Figures 4, 5, 6, shew a fastening of similar description to that already
specified, but with a slight modification in the arrangement of the parts,
Figure 4 being a front view, Figure 5 a back view, and Figure 6 a detail of
the clips or catches. The modification consists in forming the studs (h) upon
the catches (e) and slots (i) in the metal slip (k), a fixed stud (1) being
attached to one part of the back at the bottom; by drawing down the slip (k)
the clip (e) is released from its corresponding catch (9), and the two parts of
the busk may be separated. The same parts or appliances may be used for
legging and gaiter fastenings and other similar purposes.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I claim, the improvements in fastenings for stay
busks, leggings, gaiters, and other similar articles as herein more fully set
forth and specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Twigg, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
GEORGE (L.S.) TWIGG.