IMPROVEMENTS IN SLEEVE LINKS, SHIRT STUDS, SOLITAIRES, AND OTHER FASTENINGS FOR ARTICLES OF DRESS AND JEWELLERY.
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Bullivant Brown, of Handsworth, in
the County of Stafford, Jeweller, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN SLEEVE LINKS, SHIRT STUDS, SOLITAIRES, AND OTHER FASTENINGS FOR
ARTICLES OF DRESS AND JEWELLERY.'
"
Sealed the 19th March 1875, and dated the 3rd October 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Bullivant
Brown at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 3rd October 1874.
I, FREDERICK BULLIVANT BROWN, of Handsworth, in the County of
5 Stafford, Jeweller, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SLEEVE LINKS, SHIRT STUDS, SOLITAIRES, AND OTHER FASTEN-
INGS FOR ARTICLES OF DRESS AND JEWELLERY," to be as follows:-
My said Invention consists in constructing and arranging in the
manner herein-aſter described the parts of the said sleeve links and
other articles by which their connection with and disconnection from
the article of dress is effected.

page_text: I will describe my Invention as applied to a sleeve link:-At the
back of the body of the sleeve link I fix a central pin, the said central
pin carrying at its end an arm parallel with the back of the body and at
a short distance therefrom. The said arm is without motion on the said
central pin. Besides the fixed arm described the said central pin carries
another arm capable of turning upon the said central pin. When the
said moveable arm is turned so as to be brought directly under the fixed
arm the two arms form virtually but one arm of double thickness, and
when the moveable arm is turned through a semicircle it is in a line
with the fixed arm, and the two form an arm crossing the back of the
body as a diameter. When the moveable arm is in the first described
position the hook-like double arm can be readily passed through the
holes in the sleeve, and on then turning the moveable arm through a
semicircle it forms with the fixed arm the cross bar herein-before
described, and the sleeve link is securely fastened to the sleeve. By
bringing the moveable arm into the first described position the sleeve
link may readily be removed from the sleeve.
.
In order to effect the required motions of the moveable arm, and to
fix it with the required degree of firmness when it is brought into either
of the positions indicated, the following arrangement is adopted :—The
said moveable arm is of such a length that it extends across the back of
the body, but one half of it, which I will call the lower half, is in a
different plane from the other half, and bears against the back of the
body. A coiled spring on the central pin presses the moveable arm
against the fixed arm. There is a projection on the under side of the
lower half of the moveable arm and two corresponding depressions on
the back of the body, into which the said projection snaps when the
parts are in their fastened or unfastened positions. The motion of the
moveable arm to fasten or unfasten the sleeve link is effected by pressing
upon the part of the moveable arm which extends beyond the edge of
the body.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Frederick Bullivant Brown in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 19th March 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FREDERICK
BULLIVANT BROWN, of Handsworth, in the County of Stafford, Jeweller,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Third day of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the
thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said Frederick Bullivant
Brown, Her special license that I, the said Frederick Bullivant
Brown, my exccutors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Frederick Bullivant Brown, my executors, admini-
strators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all-times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, nsc, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for " IMPROVEMENTS IN SLEEVE
LINKS, SHIRT STUDS, SOLITAIRES, AND OTHER FASTENINGS FOR ARTICLES OF DRESS
AND JEWELLERY," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Frederick Bullivant Brown, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, 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 Frederick Bullivant Brown, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement thereof, that is to say :-
My said Invention consists in constructing and arranging in the
manner herein-after described the parts of the said sleeve links and
other articles by which their connection with and disconnection from
the article of dress is effected.

page_text: -I will describe my Invention as applied to a sleeve link:-At the back
of the body of the sleeve link I fix a central pin, the said central pin
carrying at its end an arm parallel with the back of the body and at a
short distance therefrom. The said arm is without motion on the said
central pin. Besides the fixed arm described the said central pin carries
another arm capable of turning about the said central pin. When the
said moveable arm is turned so as to be brought directly under the fixed
arm the two arms form virtually but one arm of double thickness, and
when the moveable arm is turned through a semicircle it is in a line
with the fixed arm, and the two form an arm crossing the back of the
body as a diameter. When the moveable arm is in the first described
position the hook-like double arm can be readily passed through the
holes in the sleeve, and on then turning the moveable arm through a
semicircle it forms with the fixed arm the cross bar herein-before
described, and the sleeve link is securely fastened to the sleeve. By
bringing the moveable arm into the first described position the sleeve.
link may readily be removed from the sleeve.
In order to effect the required motions of the moveable arm, and to
fix it with the required degree of firmness when it is brought into either
of the positions indicated, the following arrangement is adopted :-The
said moveable arm is of sucli a length that it extends across the back of
the body, but one half of it, which I will call the lower half, is in a
different plane from the other half, and bears against the back of the
body. A coiled spring on the central pin presses the moveable arm
against the fixed arm. There is a projection on the under side of the
lower half of the moveable arm and two corresponding depressions on
the back of the body, into which the said projection snaps when the
parts are in their fastened or unfastened positions. The motion of the
moveable arm to fasten or unfasten the sleeve link is effected by pressing
upon the part of the moveable arm which extends beyond the edge of
the body.
Having explained the nature of my Invention, I will proceed to
describe with reference to the accompanying Drawing the manner in
which the same is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in plan, Figure 2 in side elevation, and Figure 3
in section a sleeve link or solitaire, drawn to a large scale, constructed
according to my Invention, the link or solitaire being ready to be
engaged with the sleeve or article of dress.

page_text: Figures 4 and 5 represent elevations of opposite sides of the sleeve
link or solitaire taken at right angles to that in which the elevation
Figure 2 is taken.
Figure 6 represents the sleeve link or solitaire with the moveable arm
in the act of being turned into a line with the fixed arm for fastening
the said sleeve link or solitaire.
Figure 7 represents in plan, Figure 8 in side clevation, and Figure 9
in section, the sleeve link or solitaire with the parts in the respective
positions which they occupy after the said sleeve link or solitaire has
been fastened to the sleeve or article of dress.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several
Figures of the Drawing.
a is the shell or body of the sleeve link or solitaire in which the jewel,
stone, or ornamental front is fixed. At the back of the said body a a
central pin is secured, the said pin having at its end a fixed arm c.
Below the said fixed arm c is a moveable arm & capable of turning about
the central pin 6 by means of the opening e in it, the said moveable
arm & having motion in a plane parallel to that of the fixed arm c. d³
is the lower part of the moveable arm d, the said lower part consisting
of a circular disc of metal working in a depressed part of the back of
the body or shell a of the sleeve link or solitaire in the manner shown
in the sectional views. The upper or acting arm d is connected to the
lower part or disc d by the bar or connecting piece d³. Around the
tubular collar on the central pin is a coiled spring f bearing at top
against the fixed arm c and at bottom against the disc or lower part d³
of the moveable arm d. By the pressure of the said spring the disc d²
is pressed firmly against the depression in the face of the shell a for the
purpose of fixing the moveable arm & in its fastened and unfastened
positions, as herein-after explained. In the face of the said shell a are
two depressions g, g, at opposite points, and on the under side of the
disc or plate d is a projection or stud h of a similar shape. When the
moveable arm & is turned into the position represented in Figure 3 the
stud / snaps into one of the said depressions g and fixes the said arm
securely in that position; and when the said arm is turned through a
semicircle, as represented in Figure 9, the said stud / is made to snap
into the other of the said depressions g and fix the arm & in that position.
When the moveable arm & is turned so as to be brought directly under
:

page_text: The
the fixed arm c the two arms c, d, form virtually but one arm, as illus-
trated in Figures 1, 2, and 3, and when the said moveable arm dis
turned through a semicircle it is in a line with the fixed arm c, and the
fixed and moveable arms c, d, virtually form one arm crossing the back
of the body as a diameter, as represented in Figures 7, 8, and 9. When
the parts of the sleeve link or solitaire are in the positions represented
in Figures 1, 2, and 3, the hook-like double arm c, d, can be readily
passed through the holes in the sleeve or article of dress. In order to
fasten the sleeve link or solitaire after the double arm c, d, has been
passed through the holes in the sleeve or dress the end of the moveable
arm d situated beyond the edge of the body a is slightly lifted.
bottom part or disc d' of the moveable arm d is thereby disconnected
from the back of the shell a by the removal of the stud / from the
depression g, and the moveable arm & and parts connected to it may be
turned through a semicircle, the stud / on the disc d during this motion
bearing on the back of the said body, as illustrated in Figure 6. When
the moveable arm d, d², arrives at the position Figures 7; 8, and 9, it is
fixed securely in that position by the snapping of the stud into the
other depression g, over which it has been brought. By means of the
cross bar c, d, Figures 7, 8, and 9, which has thus been formed at the
back of the sleeve link or solitaire; and which arm crosses the holes in
the sleeve or article of dress, the sleeve link or solitaire is firmly secured
to or fastens the said sleeve or article of dress. By slightly lifting the
moveable arm and bringing it into the position Figures 1, 2, and 3,
the sleeve link or solitaire is unfastened and may be withdrawn from the
sleeve or dress.
Although I have only described my Invention as applied to a sleeve
link or solitaire yet it is equally applicable to shirt and other studs and
other fastenings for articles of dress and jewellery.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I
do not limit myself to the precise details herein described and illustrated,.
as the same may be varied without departing from the nature of my
Invention; but I claim as my Invention the improvements in sleeve
links, shirt studs, solitaires, and other fastenings for articles of dress
and jewellery, herein-before described and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawing, that is to say, applying to the back of the sleeve link, stud,
solitaire, or other like article, two arms, a fixed one and a moveable one,

page_text: from the article of dress, the said nxed and moveable arms and parts
thereof being constructed and combined and used substantially as de-
scribed and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Bullivant Brown, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of March,
in the year of our One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
five.
10 Witness,
FREDERICK BULLIVANT BROWN. (L.S.)
RICHARD SKERRETT,
Clerk to George Shaw,
Birmingham.