IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS APPLICABLE TO PURSES AND SUCH LIKE ARTICLES.
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Schloss, of No. 46, Cannon Street, in the
City of London, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS
APPLICABLE TO PURSES AND
SUCH LIKE ARTICLES.". -A communication
from abroad by Paul Sormany, residing at 10, Rue Charlott, Paris,
in the Empire of France.
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Sealed the 26th July 1870, and dated the 19th May 1870.

page_text: applied, and the other a plate with a hole in it fixed to the other flap or
part thereof. The head of the button or stud is somewhat larger than
its stem, and has slits or saw cuts made in it in such manner that when
it is forced through the hole in the plate the parts of the head may
yield slightly and afterwards again separate. The hole in the plate is
made taper to allow the free entry of the head of the button or stud,
and around its margin radial slits are formed dividing the metal
around the hole into a number of teeth which yield or spring to allow
the head of the button or stud to enter between them as it is pressed
through the hole in the plate, and then return and hold around the
stem of the button or stud sufficiently firmly to keep the purse or other
article securely closed. The parts of the fastening can be separated to
open the purse or other article by the application of a moderate force.
The button or stud and the plate may be fixed to the parts to be held
together by rivets or screws, or in other convenient way.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Joseph Schloss in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 18th November 1870.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
SCHLOSS, of No. 46, Cannon Street, in the City of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of May, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-
third year of Her reign, did, för Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Joseph Schloss, Her special licence that
I, the said Joseph Schloss, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Joseph Schloss, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and
Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS APPLICABLE TO
PURSES AND SUCH LIKE ARTICLES," a communication from Paul Sormany,
a person resident at 10, Rue Charlott, Paris, in the Empire of France,

page_text: upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Joseph Schloss,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my,
or their, or one of their hands and scals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Scal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Joseph Schloss, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement thereof, that is to say:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in fastenings applicable.
to purses and such like articles.
The improved fastening consists of two parts, a button or stud fixed to
one flap or part of the purse or other article to which the fastening is.
applied, and the other a plate with a hole in it fixed to the other flap or
part thercof. The head of the button or stud is somewhat larger than
its stem, and has slits or saw cuts made in it in such manner that when.
it is forced through the hole in the plate the parts of the head may yield
slightly and afterwards again separate. The hole in the plate is made
taper to allow the free entry of the head of the button or stud, and
around its margin radial slits are formed dividing the metal around the
hole into a number of teeth which yield or spring slightly to allow the.
head of the button or stud to enter between them as it is pressed through
the hole in the plate, and then return and hold around the stem of the
button or stud sufficiently firmly to keep the purse or other article
securely closed. The parts of the fastening can be separated to open the
purse or other article by the application of a moderate. force. The
button or stud and the plate may be fixed to the parts to be held.
together by rivets or screws, or in other convenient way.
In order that the said Invention may be most fully understood and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the Drawings

page_text: consists of a disc or base plate a with the projection b rising from it.
The head of the projection is somewhat larger than the neck, and both
are divided by cross saw cuts dividing them into parts, having a certain
amount of clasticity and capable of yielding inwards one towards the
other on the application of a sufficient pressure. The plate a is fixed to
the purse or other article by small rivets c, c, passing through it and
through a plate or disc on the other side of the fabric, or it may be fixed,
consists of a disc or base plate a with the projection b rising from it.
The head of the projection is somewhat larger than the neck, and both
are divided by cross saw cuts dividing them into parts, having a certain
amount of clasticity and capable of yielding inwards one towards the
other on the application of a sufficient pressure. The plate a is fixed to
the purse or other article by small rivets c, c, passing through it and
through a plate or disc on the other side of the fabric, or it may be fixed,
in other convenient manner..
Figure 4 is a plan, Figure 5 a side view, Figure 6 a section, and
Figure 7 an under side view of the plate to receive the button or stud, and
which is affixed to the other side or flap of the purse or article. It has a
hole d in the centre, the edges of which are serrated, the metal not being
moved to form the hole but being displaced so as to produce a number of
inclined teeth round.its edge, as the Drawing shews. These teeth are
more or less elastic, and yield to some extent to admit of the passage of
the head of the button or stud between them. This plate may be secured
to the flap or part of the purse or other article by rivets in the manner
described in respect to the plate a, except that the plate or disc on the
other side will in this case have a hole through it corresponding with the
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hole d; this plate may however be fixed in any convenient manner.
prefer usually to form upon it a cylindrical projection e, having a fine
screw thread cut within it. This is inserted into a hole formed in the
flap or part of the purse or article, and on the other side a cap or cover.
piece is screwed into it. The plan of this piece is shewn at Figure 8, a
side view at Figure 9, a section at Figure 10, and an under side view at
Figure 11; the projection ƒ in this part has a thread cut upon it
externally corresponding to that within the projection e. The hole d is
adapted as the Drawing shows to receive a turnscrew to be used in
screwing the parts together.
Figure 12 is a section of the several parts of the fastening combined
the one with the other. This fastening is applicable to a great variety of
articles, for example, to gloves, gaiters, leggings and stays. In most
cases it will be made to a scale smaller than that of the Drawings, and
adapted to the article to which it is to be applied. The parts are

page_text: Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner of performing the same, I would have it understood that what I
claim is the construction of fastenings substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Schloss, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of November, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.