Improvements in or connected with Dress Holders.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Jan., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 29th Oct., 1892-Accepted, 3rd Dec., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Dress Holders.
I, HENRY MANNING KNIGHT, of Hampton on Thames, in the County of
Middlesex, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as.
follows:-
My invention refers to improvements in or connected withi' dress holders of the
so-called "Tongs Pattern," and consists in rendering them more effective in action,
more compact, and easier to adjust than heretofore.
According to my invention I joint the tongs, and about the joint I form or
provide a box, in which box there is fitted a coiled spiral spring, arranged in such
a manner as to always have a tendency to keep the gripping jaws closed. Above
the joint the arms of the holder are lengthened, and the two arms are connected or
passed through a rigid crossbar, the latter being free to slide on the said arms. To
the central part of this rigid crossbar the dress cord is attached.
A dress holder constructed according to my invention is operated by pressing
down the rigid bar, the same being caused to travel along the rods towards the
central box, thereby compressing the spring and opening the gripping jaws. The
dress is then inserted, the rigid bar released, and the spring closes the jaws and
forces the bar to the top of the arms, where it is in a position to receive the pull
of the supporting cord.
Dated this 30th day of January 1892.
BREWER & SON,
33, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Dress Holders.
I, HENRY MANNING KNIGHT, of Hampton on Thames, in the County of
Middlesex, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :--
My invention refers to improvements in or connected with dress holders of the
so-called "Tongs Pattern," and consists in rendering them more effective in action,.
more compact and easier to adjust than heretofore.
I will now describe my invention by reference to the accompanying drawing,
Fig. 1 shewing an example of a dress holder constructed according to the said
invention in its closed position,
Fig. 2 a sectional elevation of same in an open position, and
Fig. 3 a vertical transverse section taken centrally of Fig. 1.
Similar letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.
According to my invention I joint the tongs A. A, and about the joint I form or
provide a box B in which box there is fitted a coiled spiral spring C arranged in
such a manner as to always have a tendency to keep the gripping jaws closed..
Above the joint the arms of the holder are lengthened and the two lengthened
arms A¹ A are connected or passed through a rigid crossbar D, the latter being
free to slide on the said arms A' A'. To the central part of this rigid crossbar D.
the dress cord is attached.
A dress holder constructed according to my invention is operated by pressing
down the rigid bar D, the same being caused to travel along the rods towards the
central box B, thereby compressing the spring C, and opening the gripping jaws..

page_text: The dress is then inserted, the rigid bar D released, and the spring C closes the
jaws and forces the bar D to the top of the arms A' A' where it is in a position to
receive the pull of the supporting cord.
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 :-
In dress-holders, the combination of the jointed gripping tongs A. A, the spring C
in box B for holding the jaws closed, and the crossbar D on the lengthened
parts A'A' all constructed and acting substantially as described with reference to
the accompanying drawings.
H. M. KNIGHT.
Brewer & Son,
33, Chancery Lane, London,