IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR GLOVES, BOOTS, AND SHOES."
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Francis Robert Baker, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS
FOR GLOVES, BOOTS, AND SHOES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Francis Robert Baker at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st March 1879.
FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manu-
facturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR GLOVES, BOOTS, AND SHOES."
This Invention consists of a fastening formed by the action of a slide runner
working upon two blades or bars, and it is represented in front and edge views by
the annexed Drawings. A & B are two thin blades of steel or other suitable
material rivetted at E & F to a thin head piece C of the same material; this head
piece C is sewn to the bottom of the opening in the glove, boot, or shoe; the
blades A, B, are stitched through the holes to the sides of the opening, the outside
edges of A & B being free for the slide runner F to work upon. This slide-runner
travels up and down the outside edges of the blades A & B, and has its ends turned
round upon those edges, and the runner is furnished with a stud G and neck which
passes through the opening in the glove or other article and appears on the front.
The Drawing shews the fastening closed; to open it the slide must be removed to
the position shewn at H, where it is off its bearings on the blades A & B. These
blades A & B may, if necessary, be made taper so as to cause the runner F to bind
more tightly; this may also be notched on the outer edges, as at (j, i) to enable
the runner to hold at any desired point. The bent form of the arms A & B shewn
in side view afford a certain amount of spring.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Francis Robert Baker in the Great Seal Patent Offico on the 30th
August 1879.
FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manu-
facturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR GLOVES, BOOTS, AND SHOES."
This Invention consists of a fastening formed by the action of a slide runner
working upon two blades or bars, and it is represented closed in front and edge
views, Figures 1 and 2, and open at Figure 3 of the annexed Drawings. (A) and
(B) are two thin blades of steel or other suitable material rivetted at (E) and (k) to
a thin head piece (c) of the same material; this head piece (c) is sown to the
bottom of the opening in the glove, boot, or shoe; the blades (A) (B) are stitched
through the holes to the sides of the opening, the outside edges of (A) and (B)
being free for the slide runner (F) to work upon. This slide runner travels up and
down the outside edges of the blades (A) and (B), and has ends turned round upon
those edges, and the runner is furnished with a stud (G) and neck which passes
through the opening in the glove or other article and appears on the front. The
Drawing shews the fastening closed at (Figure 1) and open at (Figure 3). To open
it the slide must be removed to the position shewn at (H), where it is off its
bearings on the blades (A) and (B). These blades (A) and (B) may, if necessary,
be made taper so as to cause the runner (F) to bind more tightly; they may also
bo notched on the outer edges, as at (j), to enable the runner to hold at any desired
point. The bent form of the arms (A) and (B), shewn in side view, afford a certain
amount of spring.
(Figures 4 to 9) inclusive show Drawings of a form of slide, a modification of
that previously described; (Figures 6 and 7) are two blanks of metal cut through,
as at (a, a, b, b¹), the slots (a', 6',) are for the purpose of stitching the parts to the
glove, and those at (a, b,) for the stud (c), shewn detached at (Figure 8), to work
in, as seen in (Figures 4 and 5); (Figure 4) shews the parts combined by a rivet (d)
at the head and closed; and (Figure 5) shews the slide opened; (Figure 9) is an
edge view.
The slide is sewn to the meeting edges of the material in the palm of the glove
by stitching the material over the bars (a, b) and also through the holes at the
lower ends of each arm; and when the parts are closed, as seen in (Figure 4), by
running the stud (c) down the bars upon which it travels and to the bottom of the
slide, the parts are secured together. To release them the stud (c) is moved up
the bars to the top of the slide, where it is received in the circular part of the
slot (a), (Figure 6), in the position seen in (Figure 5).
I have so far described this second form of fastening in its application to gloves;
the same arrangement of parts is suitable for a fastening for shoes or sido fastened
boots.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed,
I claim, without limiting myself to these precise details, the improvements in
fastenings for gloves, boots, and shoes, substantially as heroin more fully set forth
and specified.
In witness whereof, J, the said Francis Robert Baker, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty ninth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventynine.