An Improved Fastener Particularly Suitable for Wearing Apparel.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Jan., 1887
Complete Left, 31st Oct., 1887
Complete Accepted, 30th Dec., 1887
An Improved Fastener Particularly Suitable for Wearing Apparel.
I EDWIN JOHN JAMES of 7 Argyll Place London W. Silkman, do hereby declare
the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
A flat piece of sheet metal is suitably attached, such as by rivets or turned over
tongues, to each edge of the opening part of a glove or other garment; the unattached
end of each piece of metal is turned round to enable the two pieces to hook together
which constitutes buttoning retention being effected by the tension exorted to the
article when worn. To prevent the two hooks sliding away from each other as they
would do on some article and so cause them to become unfastened, check studs are made
upon top or bottom or both of one of the turned parts preferably the bottom one, and
the piece having these may be made rather broader than the other one; These checks
may be formed of projections pressed out from the metal; or the hook may be pressed
close at one end. Or one of the hooks may be made broader than the other and
formed with a recess for the other to drop into. For some articles the hooks may be
held in by a spring which may be formed on one of the metal pieces by being pressed
out of it or the end of the hooks may be turned round to hook back."
1907
FREDERIC PRINCE,
1, Quality Court, Chancery Lane,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: I EDWIN JOHN JAMES of 7 Argyll Place, London, W., Silkman, 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 an improved arrangement of clasp fastener suitable for
wearing apparel and will be best understood by reference to the accompanying 5
drawings which show the invention applied to a glove.
Figure 1 detached perspective view of part of my fastener drawn to a large scale.
Figure 2, detached perspective view of other part.
Figure 3, mock button with tongues to assist in fastening one part of fastener.
Figure 4, gauntlet part of glove showing my fastener used with gloves.
Figures 5 and 6 sectional horizontal views.
Figures 7, 8, and 9, detail views hereafter referred to.
A, gauntlet part of glove, B, part of fastener coming outside of glove; C, part of
fastener coming inside glove; these parts are sewn in or otherwise attached to
gloves and fastened by simply hooking together. A mock button D, of any ornamental
pattern may be used and have tongues D₁, to attach it to glove and assist in fastening
the part C, by passing through holes D2 and turned round. The hook part E has the
free ends turned round to form a second hook F, to hook back and so secure hooks E.
The unfastening is effected by simply sliding the hooks apart longitudinally. To
prevent the hooks slipping longitudinally apart a check tongue spring G, may be used
to the B, part, near one end of hook part E, which depresses on drawing hooks apart,
and the other end have a turned up or other stop or in place of the turned up part
of spring G, an embossed projection on the tongue could be used. In place of the
check spring G, or in addition to it, the part C may have an embossed recess H,
pressed out in the bend of the hook, and the front of the hook of B part, made
narrower sufficient to enter recess H; see figures 7, 8, and 9.
When applying the fastener to corsets or gaiters, in place of the spring G, or
recess H, the straight or other shaped springs upon which the fastener would be
attached, could have a projecting stud fixed to the under spring to come through a
hole in the outside spring, and so form a positive check to the longitudinal moving of
the hooks. The spring tongue G, is further useful to prevent injury to the glove
when drawing hooks apart.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this Invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A fastener consisting of two hooks which when hooked together can be unfastened
by sliding the hook parts apart, by pulling or otherwise, combined with a means for
preventing the too free sliding apart of the hook parts, substantially as hereinbefore
described and represented in the accompanying drawings.
2. In a fastener constructed substantially as hereinbefore described, the use of the
spring tongue piece G for the purposes described.
Dated this 21nd
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