Improvements in Solitaire Cuff Adjusters.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left. 15th May. 1894-Accepted. 16th June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Solitaire Cuff Adjusters.
I, OLIVER EASTWOOD of 22 James Street, Elland in the County of York, Mill
Operative, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to secure and adjust the position of the wrist cuff,
by means of a clip or attachment on the ordinary solitaire or cuff stud.
I employ preferably a suitable bracket to fit on or clip the solitaire, sprung or
fixed within which are two small wings with pivots out of the centre, so as to
impinge upon the bottom of bracket, or against each other when in position, so as
to clip or engage with the lining of the coat sleeve, or I may employ spring or
other clips upon the solitaire so as to engage with the lining of the coat sleeve, and
easily fixed and adjusted.
Dated this Fourteenth day of August 1893.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax, Patent Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Solitaire Cuff Adjusters.
I, OLIVER EASTWOOD of 22 James Street, Elland in the County of York, Mill
Operative, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to secure and adjust the position of the wrist cuff
by means of a clip or attachment on the ordinary solitaire or cuff stud.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Solitaire Cuff Adjusters.
I, OLIVER EASTWOOD of 22 James Street, Elland in the County of York, Mill
Operative, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to secure and adjust the position of the wrist cuff
by means of a clip or attachment on the ordinary solitaire or cuff stud.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. shows sectional side elevation of my improved solitaire cuff adjuster
applied to a sleeve link.
Fig. 2. is a sectional end elevation of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3. is a plan of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4. shows a plan and end view of the top plate of my improved cuff adjuster.
Fig. 5. shows plan and sectional elevation of the support plate.
Fig. 6. shows end, front and plan views of clip.
Fig. 7. shows elevation and plan of modified form of clip.
Fig. 8. shows elevation and plan of frame.
Fig. 9 shows elevation and plan of spring.
Fig. 10. shows sectional elevation of another form of cuff adjuster applied to a
solitaire.
Fig. 11. is a plan of Fig. 10. with top plate or cover removed.
Fig. 12. shows plan and side elevation of top plate through which the clips
pass.
Fig. 13. shows elevation and plan of plate P.
Fig. 14. shows plan and end elevation of the support plate.
Fig. 15 shows side, front, and plan views of clip.
Fig. 16. shows elevation of guide bar.
Fig. 17. shows view of spring.
Fig. 18. shows another form of cuff adjuster applied to a solitaire.
Fig. 19 shows a plan of Fice 18 with ton plate removed

page_text: Fig. 20 shows clevation and plan of plate P.
Fig. 21. shows elevation and plan of spring.
Fig. 22. shows elevation of clips.
Fig. 23. shows elevation of guide bar.
When applying my invention to a sleeve link, I employ preferably two clips C, C,
which work upon pivots P¹, within the frame F, such frame being fixed within the
casing or cover F of the sleeve link or solitaire, see Figs. 1. 2 and 3. H. H. are
boles in the top plate or cover F¹, for the clips to work in. S is a spring employed
for pressing against the lower end of each clip, and held firmly in position by means
of a wire W.
A plate L' is placed underneath the clips having holes or recesses L'in which
work the ends of the clips when the same is opened, this frame supports the clips
which rest within the recess L when closed and prevents them from getting out of
position.
In order to adjust the cuff, the links have first to be attached to the cuff in the
ordinary manner and the clips C. C. opened or turned back, by hand the cuff is
then placed in the desired position within the coat sleeve, the inside of the coat
sleeve is then placed between the clips, and the clips allowed to close, the spring S
bearing against the lower end of the said clips, causes the same to. clasp the coat
sleeve so securing the cuff in the desired position.
I also preferably construct these clips with their ends rounded at R, see Figs. 6
and 7, so that when the clips are opened to the full extent, they will ren in
open.
When applied to a solitaire see Figs. 10 and 11, the clips C. C. are pivotted
upon a guide bar B, the ends of the said bar being secured to a plate P fixed
within the case of the solitaire, the springs S bearing against the clips are held in
position by strips K of the plate P being turned over as shown at Fig. 13.
To open the clips for the purpose of adjusting the cuffs to the coat sleeve, the
ends of the said clips are pressed, and upon removing the pressure they are
closed by the springs S, clasping the coat sleeve in the manner before described:
Or as shown at Figs. 18 and 19 I may employ clips-C. C. with their faces
slightly hollow at the centre, and the guide bar B which is secured as before
described, has two notches N on its underside, so that when the clips are opened
out, the lower parts are pressed into the said notches by a slender spring S, and
held there until ready for adjusting to the coat sleeve, such adjustment being
accomplished by pressing the clips out of the notches, such clips owing to the
pressure of the springs immediately closing on the coat sleeve.
The springs are held in position within the case by means of projections or
lugs K upon the plate P.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. For adj ting cuffs to coat sleeves, the combination with a sleeve link,
solitaire or the like of spring clips C. C., operated in the manner, substantially as
shown and described.
2. The use and employment of clips C. C, frame F, springs S, in combination with a
solitaire, sleeve link or the like, as and for the purposes, substantially as shown. and
described.
3. The use and employment of clips C. C, plate P, bar B, and spring S, in
combination with sleeve links, solitaires and the like, as and for the purposes,
substantially as shown and described.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax, Patent Agent for the Applicant.