An Improved Tie and Collar Fastener.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 8th July, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 24th Aug., 1891-Accepted, 26th Sept., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Tie and Collar Fastener.
WILLIAM MARTIN KIRBY, The Creamery, Market Square, Bromley, Kent,
Dairyman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
My invention is an improved tie and collar fastener, whereby a person can attach
the tie to the collar, by a little pressure.
One part of this fastener is let in at the back of the tie, and the other part of the
fastener which acts as a stud passes through the shirt & collar, & fastens itself into
the part that is let in at the back of the tie.
The tie & collar fastener is made of a springy and pliable motal, and is egg
shaped.
With T..1.. 1001
WILLIAM MARTIN KIRBY,
The Creamery, Market Square, Bromley, Kent.
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Tie and Collar Fastener.
I WILLIAM MARTIN KIRBY, The Creamery, Market Square, Bromley, Kent,
Dairyman, 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 :-
My invention is an improved tie and collar fastener, whereby a person can attach
the tie to the collar by a little pressure.
The fastener is formed in two parts one of which is let in at the back of the tie
and the other part of the fastener which acts as a stud passes through the shirt and
collar & fastens itself into the part that is let in at the back of the tie.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 represents an elevation greatly enlarged of
the complete fastener and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.
As before stated the fastener is formed in two parts, 1 of which consists of a
shank a provided with a flattened end a and terminating in an oval or elongated
cup a³ in which slots a³ are cut parallel with the axis so as to permit the sides of
the cup to expand or contract as required.
The other part of the fastener bis of somewhat similar construction (the slots
being marked a³) the cup 6 is however made slightly larger in order to receive
the cup a on the application of sufficient pressure. The cup 6 also contains a
stud which ensures the expansion of the cup a² and thereby adds to the security
of the fastening.
When in use one of the parts, say the part a is passed through the buttonholes
of the shirt and collar and the other part is let into the necktie or cravat thus dis-
pensing with a separate spring or pin fastener for the latter. It is obvious however
that the fastener may be used independently of the tie or cravat in the same manner
as an ordinary collar stud.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and the manner in which the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1st. A stud or fastener consisting of two parts a and b each of which terminates
in an elastic cup one of which cups can be inserted into the other substantially as
described and illustrated in the accompanving drawings.

page_text: 2nd: In a fastener such as described, the employment in the larger cup b' of the
expanding stud substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated' in
the accompanying drawings..
3rd. The complete fastener constructed substantially as shown and described!
Dated this 8th day of July 1891.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents.