Purses, Boxes, and other Articles.
Year: 1886

page_text: Purses, Boxes, and other Articles.
I CARL EMIL ARNOLD DE JONG, of 64 Upper Brook Street, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for
AN IMPROVED SPRING FASTENING FOR STUDS, NECKTIES, GLOVES, PURSES, BOXES,
AND OTHER ARTICLES, which Invention has been communicated to me from abroad
by Otto Friedrich Christoph Bannier, of Hamburg, Germany, Watchmaker, 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 an improved construction of spring fastening which
consists chiefly in an arrangement of two springs held within a suitable receptacle
or casing provided with a hole or passage in such manner that when it is desired
to fasten two separate articles or two parts of the same article together a stud or
its equivalent on the one article is pressed into the hole or passage in the casing on
the other article, the springs are displaced sufficiently to allow the head of the stud
to pass, the springs then close on the shank or stem of the stud which is firmly
held and the two articles securely fastened together. To unfasten the articles the
stud is withdrawn from the spring fastening, or vice versâ by exerting sufficient
pressure to eause the springs to again move slightly apart and thus permit the head
of the stud to pass.
And in order that the Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will describe the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, reference being had
to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figure 1 is a plan view of the back plate of the improved spring fastening.
Fig. 2 is a view of the interior of the flanged top plate showing the arrangement
of springs. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation showing the two plates united together
and connected by means of the springs to a collar or other stud or solitaire and
Fig. 4 illustrates, a slight modification or alternative construction of the spring
fastening.
Figures 1 to 3 illustrate one convenient construction of the improved spring
fastening.
a designates the back plate or disc provided with a central hole a¹ and near the
circumference with four slots a²; b is the top plate or disc provided with a central
hole to correspond with the hole a¹ and also with an annular flange b¹ and four
tongues or projections 62 which agree in size and are placed to correspond with the
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page_text: slots a²; c c are the two springs bent in a peculiar manner, as shown in Fig. 2, the
outer ends of the springs bearing against the inside of the annular flange b¹ and
the curved inner ends meeting or nearly meeting one another so as to partially
close the central hole through the plates or discs a and b; d designates a collar or
other stud with a rounded head d¹ to which the fastening is to be connected.
The springs cc are placed in the flanged plate b, as shown in Fig. 2, and the
four tongues b2 bent at right angles to the plate bare passed through the slots a²
and two of the ends bent over the plate a so as to secure the two plates a and b
firmly together; the other two ends of the tongues 62 are intended to be used to
secure the fastening to a necktie, glove, or other article to which it may be applied;
instead of the tongues 62 it is obvious that other means such as stitching or
rivetting might be employed for connecting the fastenings to articles. The article
may then by means of the fastening attached to it, be connected to the stud d or a
similar stud by simply pressing the rounded head of the stud into the central hole
in the plates a and b the pressure exerted causing the springs c c to move apart and
allow the rounded head d¹ to pass through the plates a and b and then close again
on the shank of the stud and so hold it firmly. When required to disconnect the
spring fastening, sufficient pressure is exerted to overcome the resistance of the
springs c c and again move them apart as the stud is being withdrawn.
The construction of spring fastening shown in Fig. 4 is particularly adapted for
use as a shirt stud or solitaire. In this arrangement a stud d is employed with a
small rounded head d¹ to pass readily through the stud holes in the shirt front,
collar, cuff, or other article. The spring fastening is used as a detachable plate the
central or other passage being covered on the outer side of the plate, disc, or
casing by a cap which may be of any material and may be suitably ornamented if
desired.
Although I have only described one modification in the construction of the
spring fastening it will be readily understood that various alternative arrangements
may be employed for many different applications of the Invention, for example,
instead of the two plates hereinbefore described, a suitable casing of a rectangular
or any other required shape may be employed to hold the two springs, the shape
of the casing being dependent upon the formation of the article to which it is
applied, the form of the stud also may be varied and the stud and the casing may
be attached in any convenient manner to the article to which the spring fastening
is applied.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is-
1. In a spring fastening, the combination with a stud, such as d, of the plates a
and b, or any suitable form of casing and the springs c c, substantially as and for
the purposes herein described and as shown.
2. The arrangement of two springs held between two plates or in a suitable
casing of any form in such manner that the inner ends of said springs partially
close a hole or passage into or through said plates or casing, but yield to pressure to
permit the insertion and withdrawal through said hole or passage of a round
headed or other suitably shaped stud, substantially as and for the purposes herein
described with reference to the Drawings annexed.