IMPROVE- MENTS IN GLOVES AND IN FASTENERS FOR GLOVES, BELTS, NECKTIES, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES
Year: 1877

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Louis Stean and George Slater at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th April 1877.
LOUIS STEAN, of East Road, Furrier and Glove Manufacturer, and GEORGE SLATER,
of City Road, Engineer and Machinist, both in the County of Middlesex. "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN GLOVES AND IN FASTENERS FOR GLOVES, BELTS, NECKTIES, AND OTHER
LIKE ARTICLES."
Our Invention is chiefly designed to provide convenient, elegant, and durable
fastenings for gloves, but the devices herein described, or some of them, are advan-
tageously applicable as fasteners for ladies' and children's belts, neckties, garters,
and other like articles.
The said Invention consists in the peculiar construction and combination of sinall
plates or pieces of metal or other suitable material, which are attached to the two
parts of the glove or other article, and which are so formed that they may be easily,
quickly, and conveniently caused to interlock, and thereby unite the said two parts
of the glove or other articles, and hold the saine with perfect security against
accidental unfastening, while at the same time they may be unfastened or unclasped
when desired with a very slight pressure or effort.
According to one form of our said Invention we construct our fastener in the
form of small hooked plates, of such a width as to permit the formation therein of
a series of corrugations or indentations.
In fastening or locking these two plates together, a spring or spring plate at the
back of one of them yields to permit them to interlock or hook into each other,
and then rises and acts as a snap or stop, which keeps the said two plates or pieces
interlocked, that is to say, it prevents their accidental unfastening by the disengage-
ment of their hooked portions. And the corrugations or indentations prevent the
disengagement of the two parts of the fastener by sliding laterally from each other;
or we may combine with the said corrugated plates or pieces a top piece made in
the shape of a band or other object, and fit the same to turn upon a pin or pivot
over the said corrugated plates when the same are locked or clasped together, and
thereby secure the same against accidental unfastening.
This band-shaped piece may be corrugated, and may be formed of elastic metal,
so that it will act as a spring; or one of the said pieces may be a double spring

page_text: plate with a corrugated hook-shaped end, the other piece or part of the clasp or
fastener being a rigid corrugated hook shaped piece formed to enter between the
two parts of the said double spring plate or piece and engage therewith, its dis-
engagement or unfastening being effected by sliding it laterally away from the said
hook-shaped piece.
According to another modification of this Invention one of the parts or pieces of
the fastener is a doubled or bent spring or spring plate with a central alot or
aperture; the other part of the fastener is a small hook, which in fastening the
glove or other article is pushed between the two parts or leaves of the said spring
plate and into the said slot, the two parts of the fastener being thereby interlocked,
the unfastening being effected by disengaging the said hook from the slot.
For some purposes the said fastener is formed of two thin metal hooks, which
when interlocked or hooked together are secured by a small sliding clip.
In the above modifications of our Invention, the two parts or plates of the
fastener are attached to the gloves or other articles by small rivets or by other
convenient means.
Another part of our said Invention consists in peculiar devices for closing a glove
upon the hand, and preventing the discomfort and unsightly appearance occasioned
by the opening or separation of the part of the glove over the palm of the hand.
For this purpose we employ small spring wires bent into the required form to be
secured around the opening or divided part of the glove, and which when the glove
is worn will bring the two edges closely together, but will not cause any perceptible
resistance or obstruction to the putting on or removal of the glove; or the said
closing device may consist of two thin metal plates or strips hinged together at
one end, so that they will open or close one over the other, and provided at their
joint or hinge with a small spring fitted in a socket formed in the said plates or
strips or one of them, this spring being so connected with the said plates or strips
as to tend always to keep thein closed, but permitting them to be opened without
any perceptible resistance; or we may use in place of the above a small spiral
spring compressed or flattened, and secured at its ends to the two sides or edges of
the glove.