Year: 1887

page_text: 1, JOSEPH WELCH of the firm of Welch Margetson and Company of 16 and 17
Cheapside in the City of London, Warehousemen do hereby declare the nature of this
invention (a communication to me from abroad by William Henry McLeod of 5 East
19th Street, New York, Agent) to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a simple and cheap construction of buckle or fastener for
the bands of neckties or cravats. The buckle or fastener instead of being made in
two separate parts, namely, a cross bar or frame and a tongue or tongues pivoted
therein like an ordinary buckle, consists of a single piece, the tongues being integral
with the frame. The fastener is made of wire bent to a ☐ shape, the extremity of
the two limbs being also bent towards each other and recurved backwards a short
distance towards the cross piece. The ends are pointed and project towards the cross
piece by which the buckle or fastening is permanently attached to the end of one of
the parts of the band to be united, so that when the other part of the band is passed
through the fastener and pressed against the points of the tongues the latter will pierce
the band which will slide along the tongues until arrested by the recurved portions of
the limbs. To facilitate unfastening the buckle a tab would be attached to the
recurved portions of the limbs whereby the tongues may be drawn out of the band.
Dated this 23rd day of November 1887.
J. WELCH.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.

page_text: I, JOSEPH WELCH, of the firm of Welch Margetson and Company, of 16 and 17,
Cheapside, in the City of London, Warehousemen, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention (a communication to me from abroad by William Henry McLeod, of
.5, East 19th Street, New York, Agent) and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This Invention relates to a simple and cheap construction of buckle or fastener for
the bands of "made up "neckties or cravats.
It is designed to be applied to the band made in two parts to be fastened together at
the back of the neck; and it is so illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming
part of this specification wherein figure 1 shews the buckle or fastener separately and
figure 2 shews it as applied to a necktie.
The buckle or fastener consists of a single piece of wire, the tongue being integral
with the frame. A piece of wire of suitable length, having first had its ends pointed,
is bent to a shape and the two side limbs of the are bent inwards towards each
other and then backwards, their pointed extremities pointing directly towards the
cross-piece. The direction of the tongues is therefore the reverse of that of an
ordinary buckle.
In figure 1 of the drawing, a is what I tern the cross bar portion. It is of a
length corresponding to the width of the neck band to which it is to be applied. 2
bb are the two parallel side members or limbs at right angles to the cross bar
of about the same length as the said cross bar.
a, and
cc are the inwardly bent portions of
the limbs and d d are the backwardly bent pointed ends or tongues. They are parallel
to one another and at a distance apart corresponding to about one-third the width of
the buckle or fastener, the whole of the parts of which lie in the same plane. The
buckle or fastener is permanently attached by sewing to the end of the one part A of
the band, so that when the other part B of the band is passed through the buckle (in
the ordinary way of passing a strap through a buckle) and pressed or drawn against
the points of the tongues d, the latter will pierce the part B of the band which will slide
along the tongues d until it is arrested by the introverted positions c, as shewn in
figure 2. The band is then securely fastened and the free end of the part B
be concealed by being thrust back through the open part of the buckle, so that the end
may
will be under the part A of the neck band.
then
To facilitate fastening and unfastening the buckle, a tab C would be attached to the
introverted portions c, in order that by pulling the tab C and the end of the part Ba
the band may be drawn sufficiently tight to enable the tongues to pierce the band at
the proper place or to be withdrawn therefrom, as the case may be.

page_text: This mode of fastening is especially advantageous for made up white neckties or
bows which are liable to be soiled in fastening them if secured at front in the ordinary
manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The herein described construction of buckle fastening formed of a single piece of
wire bent to the form described for the purpose specified.