Improvements in String Fasteners.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Aug., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 7th May, 1896-Accepted, 13th June, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in String Fasteners.
I, CHARLES CADE PINE, Accountant, of 37, West 16th Street, New York,
United States of America, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in string fasteners, the object of the
invention being to provide a new and improved arti cle of this character which
will be especially designed for use on shoes, corsets, gloves and other articles
to be laced, and arranged to permit a wearer to securely fasten the end of the
string in a very simple manner without the necessity of tying a bow or other
knot.
The invention consists essentially of a fastener adapted to be quickly secured to
an article, and it is formed with two plates connected with each other by a
cross-bar slotted in one or both ends, around.which a string is carried through the
slot or slots and a tongue also slotted which extends over one of the plates to
engage the end of the string.
In the practice of my invention, the improved string fastener is preferably made
of sheet metal and is provided with a back plate having prongs for securing the
fastener to the article on which it is to be applied, for instance, it may be
applied to a shoe and should be attached thereto near the upper end, slightly
above the top eyelet or hook commonly used in laced shoes; or it can be
used in place of the upper hook, the string then passing from the next lower
hook to the fastener.
The plate is preferably made in the form of a disc and is connected at its
upper end by a cross-bar with a second plate extending in front of the back
plate and likewise made in the form of a disc. The cross-bar is made in the
form of a grooved rim and around this bar the string to be fastened is wrapped
once.
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On the front plate near the lower end thereof, is arranged a tongue extending
over part of the inner surface of the said plate to receive the end of the string
after it has been once wrapped around the cross-bar. The cross-bar is continued
on the inner or opposite faces of the plates by segmental flanges for binding
the string, which flanges also form slotted entrances to the groove of the
cross-bar, so as to readily permit the passing and wrapping the string around
the same, before passing it around the inner face of the plate for a final holding.
It will be seen that by this arrangement, that the strain from the upper hook
and eye draws the string very tight on the cross-bar and there is no danger of the
string becoming disconnected or unwrapped from the fastener.
Dated this 7th day of August 1895.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38. Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents...

page_text: Improvements in String Fasteners.
I, CHARLES CADE PINE, of 37, West 16th Street, New York, U.S. America,
Accountant, 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 string fasteners, the object of the
invention being to provide a new and improved articles of this character which
will be especially designed for use on shoes, corsets, gloves and other articles
to be laced, and arranged to permit a wearer to securely fasten the end of the
string in a very simple manner without the necessity of tying a bow or other
knot.
The invention consists essentially of a fastener adapted to be quickly secured to
an article, and it is formed with two plates connected with each other by a
cross-bar slotted in one or both ends, around which a string is carried through
the slot or slots and a tongue also slotted which extends over one of the plates to
engage the end of the string.
The invention will be hereinafter fully described and specifically set forth in the
annexed claims.
In the accompanying drawings forming part of this application:
Fig. 1 is a reduced perspective view of the improvement as applied on a boot;
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the improvement from one side;
Fig. 3 is a similar view of the same from the other side;
Fig. 4 is a plan view of the improvement;
Fig. 5 is an inverted plan view of the same;
Fig. 6 is an inner face view of the blank for forming the fastener;
Fig. 7 is a like view of the same, with the tongue bent over its plates;
Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a modified form of the improvement;
Fig. 9 is a sectional face view of the same;
Fig. 10 is an edge view of the same;
Fig. 11 is a cross section of the same;
Fig. 12 is an inverted plan view of the same.
The improved string fastener is preferably made of a single piece of sheet
metal and is provided with a back plate A having prongs A₁ for securing the
fastener to the article on which it is to be applied. Thus, as shown in Fig. 1
for instance, the article is represented on a shoe and the plate A is attached to
the shoe near the upper end thereof, and at one side of the buttons as plainly
indicated in the said figure, or can be used in place of the upper buttons, the string
then passing from the last button on the other side to the fastener.
The plate A is preferably made in the form of a disc and is connected at its
upper end by a cross-bar A2 with a second plate A³ extending in front of the back
plate A and likewise made in the form of a disc. The cross-bar A2 is made in the
form of a grooved rim as will be readily understood by reference to Figure 4
and around this bar the string to be fastened is wrapped once, and the clamping
action of its slotted portion will securely hold said string in place.
On the front plate A³ and near the lower end thereof, is arranged a tongue A
extending over part of the inner surface of the said plate to receive the end of the
string after it has been once wrapped around the cross-bar as plainly indicated in
dotted lines in Figure 3. The cross-bar A is continued on the inner or opposite
faces of the plates A and A' by segmental flanges A' for binding the string, which
flanges also form slotted entrances to the groove of the cross-bar, so as to permi
of readily passing the string to the cross-bar, and wrapping the string around the
same, before passing it between the tongue A' and the inner face of the plate A

page_text: for a final holding. It will be seen that by this arrangement, the strain from the
upper button on the shoe draws the string very tight on the cross-bar A³, and
there is no danger of the string becoming disconnected or unwrapped from the
fastener.
In the modified form shown in Figures 8 to 12, the back plate B having
the prongs B', is connected by a cross-bar B' with a front plate B³ in the same
manuer as in the fastener shown in Figures 1 to 7 and as above described.
Instead of the integral tongue A' however, the front plate. B is provided with a
separate spring tongue C, fastened at one end to the front plate B³, and extending
along a peripheral flange B on the inner face of the front plate B³ and at the
bottom thereof. The Hange B' is cut out at its lower part to form an opening B'
for the passage of the string passed between the tongue C and the said flange.
Otherwise the fastener is used in the same manner as described above in reference
to Figures 2 and 3; that is, the string is wrapped once or twice around the cross-
bar and the end of the string is passed under the tongue to securely hold it in
position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is:
1. A string fastener, comprising two oppositely arranged plates connected by a
cross bar provided on its outer side between said plates with a groove extending
transversely of the cross bar to the edge thereof and adapted to receive the string,
said cross bar being continued on the inner faces of the plates by spaced segmental
flanges enclosing between them a slot forming an entrance to the groove of the
cross bar, substantially as described.
2. A string fastener, comprising two opposing plates connected by a cross bar,
and a tongue arranged between the said plates and extending along the circum--
ference of one of the said plates from a point opposite the cross bar toward the
same, the free end of the tongue being nearest to the cross bar, substantially as
described.
3. A string fastener, comprising two oppositely arranged plates connected by
a cross bar provided on its outer side between said plates with a groove extending
transversely of the cross bar to the edges thereof, and adapted to receive the
string, and a tongue secured to one of the plates and extending between them.
along their circumference to engage the end of the string, substantially as
described.
4. A string fastener, comprising two opposing plates of approximately circular
shape, a cross bar connecting the same, at their marginal or peripheral portions:
and a tongue attached to one of the plates at a point opposite to the cross bar, and
extending between the plates along the circumference thereof, said tongue having
its free end curved toward the cross bar, substantially as described.
Dated this 7th day of May 1896.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38 Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.