An Improved Fastener for Fastening together Fabrics of Woollen, Cotton, Silk, and all Textile Materials, also Papers, Sample Bags, and the like, to be used with or without a Cardboard Ticket Attached thereto.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 14th May, 1890
Complete Soecification Left, 5th Mar., 1891-Accepted, 9th May. 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fastener for Fastening together Fabrics of Woollen,
Cotton, Silk, and all Textile Materials, also Papers, Sample
Bags, and the like, to be used with or without a Cardboard
Ticket Attached thereto.
WILLIAM SMITH ELLIOT, 13 St. James Square, Edinburgh, in the County
of Mid Lothian, Stationer & Printer GEORGE TUCKER 88 Coventry Road
Birmingham in the County of Warwick Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
We stamp or cut a piece of metal or wire, either of iron, brass, copper, or other
suitable material and form in the centre a head either round or oblong, or any
suitable shape, at right angles two legs are formed the one longer than the other,
these are the means of attachment to the fabrics, or materials, we also claim four,
or if required a greater or lesser number of metal clips, cut from the head or
attached thereto, by means, of which a ticket, made of paper, cardboard, metal,
or other suitable material, is secured to the fastener, and this in its turn is
fastened or attached to the articles by bending inwards or outwards the legs of
unequal lengths before described.
Dated this 13th day of May 1890.
WILLIAM SMITH ELLIOT.
GEORGE TUCKER.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fastener for Fastening together Fabrics of Woollen,
Cotton, Silk, and all Textile Materials, also Papers, Sample
Bags, and the like, to be used with or without a Cardboard
Ticket Attached thereto.
We, WILLIAM SMITH ELLIOT of 13 St. James Square, Edinburgh in the
County of Midlothian, Stationer and Printer, and GEORGE TUCKER of
88 Coventry Road, Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, 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 improvements in fasteners for attachments for securing
together fabrics, papers, sample bags, and other like materials and articles, of a
soft character, and consists in making the securing stems, branches, or legs, of
unequal lengths, whereby the material through which the said stems pass, is more
easily pierced or penetrated, while the ends of the said stems, branches, or legs,
admit of being turned back, without the necessity of the same being previously
opened out, as is common with those of the ordinary construction, where the
stems or legs are of the same length.
Thus, in the stems or legs of fastener attachments of the ordinary construction,
the points or ends, which come together, present a double thickness of metal,
which it is difficult to pierce with; and further, in consequence of the said stems
or legs being uniform in length, the same have to be previously opened out,
before turning back, which is a considerable disadvantage, as the opening out of
sentimes lacerates the fingers, and takes time by the person making the attach-
ment or securing the articles together.

page_text: Our invention is applicable to all forms of ticket and other attachments, and
fasteners, or clip-like securing means.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing, represents an underside view of a
combined fastener and ticket carrier, of which the branches or stems of the
fastening part, are made according to our invention.
Figure 2 is a top side plan of Figure 1, while Figure 3 is a front elevation also
of the said Figure 1, showing the branches or stems, which constitute the fastening
means; and which said stems or branches are of unequal lengths, whereby the ends
of the same admit of being turned back, when in use, without the necessity of them
being subsequently opened out, as aforesaid.
Figure 4 represents an edge view of Figure 3, showing the positions of the
stems, or branches with respect to each other, so that after the same have been
passed through a material or articles, it is only necessary to press the longer
stem or leg outwardly from the other one, when the same are separated, and the
ends of both can be forced back clipwise upon the articles to be secured.
a is a paper ticket, secured by a carrier b, whose outer turned up ends 62, are
turned over the front end of the ticket, and thereby secured as shown in Figure 2.
c, d, are the stems or branches, cut from the middle part of the metal of the carrier,
and are of unequal lengths, for the purpose as aforesaid. c is the shorter stem or
branch, and d the longer.
Figure 5 represents an edge view, Figure 6 a side view, and Figure -7 an
underside plan of a headed paper fastener, with the securing stems or branches of
the same, of unequal lengths. b is the head, c is the short stem or branch, and d is
the longer one.
Figure 8 represents an edge view, Figure 9 a front view, and Figure 10 an
underside plan of a T, or T shaped paper fastener, constructed according to our
invention. b is the cross head, c the short stem or leg, and d the longer one; and
which said stems or legs, run parallel, or side by side.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
:-
First A ticket or other fastening attachment, combining with the carrier or
holder, stems, branches or legs of unequal lengths, whereby the material to which
the attachment is made, is more readily pierced, and the arms turned or pressed
back, without being subsequently opened out, as set forth.
Secondly-In a fabric, paper, or like fastener, or attachment, making or
arranging one leg longer than the other; or in other words, making the said
stems, branches, or legs, of unequal lengths, as and for the purpose as described
and set forth in Figures 5 to 10.
Dated this 2nd day of March 1891.
WILLIAM SMITH ELLIOT.
GEORGE TUCKER.
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicants.