Improvements in Veil Holders.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Apr., 1896-Accepted, 30th May, 1896
Improvements in Veil Holders.
I, Dr. CHARLES ELMER LUCE, of No. 15 Kriegsbergstrasse, Stuttgart, Kingdom
of Wurttemberg, in the Empire of Germany, 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 :-
This invention relates to veil fasteners, and its object is to provide a new and
improved fastener which is simple and durable in construction and will allow
of securing the veil nicely and easily without any loss of time.
By the use of my improved fastener about one-third of the textile material of the
reil otherwise required for knotting the same at the back of the head, can be saved,
and the danger of tearing the veil is obviated.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a side view of my improved veil fastener showing in dotted lines the
parts of which it is formed, in their assembled state,
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the said parts dissembled, and
Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of one of the hollow plugs for
holding the ends of the veil.
A is a tube or socket of metal, hard rubber, celluloid or other suitable material,
and B B' are hollow plugs having preferably open conical ends with holes d.
Said plugs are made to fit nicely into the socket A so that, after being inserted
therein, they cannot well come out of the said socket, unless by the exertion
of manual force. I prefer to flatten one of said plugs a little, or to make it
somewhat larger than the other so as to obtain a tighter fit at one end of the
socket A, as will be readily understood. In some cases I provide the plugs with
flanges a to prevent them from being pushed too far into the socket A, and to bear
against the end of the same.
In preparing the veil for appliance, the ends at each side of the veil D are taken
together in the usual manner and preferably enwrapped with the thread and then
pushed through the hollow plugs B B' wherein they may be fastened by stitching,
the sewing thread being passed through the apertures d in a well-known manner.
In applying the veil for use, I insert one of the plugs, B or B', holding the same,
into the socket A and then arrange the latter in an approximately horizontal
position behind the head of the wearer whereupon the other, or opposite, plug will
be inserted into the socket from the other, or opposite, side so as to hold the veil in
position before the face.
I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to the particular forms of
the plugs and socket, as illustrated in the drawing, nor to the employment of a pair
of plugs, since I may, in some instances, without deviating from the nature of my
present invention, affix one end of the veil to the said socket direct and apply one
plug only for fastening the veil, as will be readily understood.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A veil fastener comprising a socket and a plug holding the veil and held by
Baid socket, substantially as shown and described.
2. In a veil fastener the combination, with a socket A, of the plugs B B',
substantially as shown and described.

page_text: 3. In a voil fastener a hollow plug for holding the end of a veil and allowing of
being held in a socket, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
4. In a veil fastener the combination, with the socket A, of the hollow plugs B B¹
fitting therein and provided with the apertures d for affixing the end of a veil,
substantially as shown and described.
5. In a veil fastener the combination, with the cylindrical socket A open at both
ends, of the hollow tapering plugs B B open at both euds and having the
apertures d, substantially as shown and described and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 22nd day of April 1896.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.