AN IMPROVED FASTENING OTHER ARTICLES, to be as FOR CORSETS, GLOVES, PURSES, HANDSTRAPS, AND follows
Year: 1885

page_text: AMEDÉE COMBAULT of 226 Regent Street in the County of Middlesex, Jeweller
do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for AN IMPROVED FASTENING
OTHER ARTICLES, to be as
FOR CORSETS, GLOVES, PURSES, HANDSTRAPS, AND
follows:-
My Invention relates to an improved fastening for corsets, gloves, gaiters,
garters, portmanteau and parcel straps, purses, parasols, Umbrellas, and other
articles, applicable also to box and other covers and to doors of rooms, and articles
of furniture.
The fastening consists essentially of two parts one being a shell or case
containing a sliding spring latch and a fixed jaw, and the other being a notched
pillar or stud adapted to enter the other part and to pass between the fixed jaw
and spring latch, and by forcing the latter backwards to engage by its notch with
the former.
The normal distance between the movable and fixed jaws being less than the
diameter of the pillar, the latter must necessarily force the sliding jaw backwards
in order to enter between them.
The arrangement of the parts is such that the strain upon the fastening when
in use comes wholly on the fixed jaw and the fastening can only be released by a
movement in the opposite direction to that of the said strain, such movement
having for effect to compress the spring of the movable jaw or latch and withdraw
the fixed jaw from the notch of the pillar.
In applying the invention to doors and the like, the sliding or spring jaw enters
the notch of the pillar or stud, which instead of being fixed as in other cases, is
fitted to slide or to turn to permit of its disengagement."

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An Improved Fastening for Corsets, Gloves, Purses, Hand-straps,
and other Articles.
I, AMEDÉE COMBAULT, of 220 Regent Street, in the County of Middlesex,
Jeweller, 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 :-
My Invention relates to an improved fastening for Corsets, Gloves, Gaiters,
Garters, Portmanteau and Parcel-Straps, Purses Parasols, Umbrellas, and such like
articles. The fastening is constituted by two main parts, male and female, the
latter being a shell or case containing a sliding spring plate and a fixed jaw; and
the former being a notched pillar or stud adapted to pass between the fixed jaw
and spring plate and, by forcing the spring plate backwards, to engage, by its notch,
with the fixed jaw. The arrangement of the parts is such that the strain upon the
fastening, when in use, comes wholly on the fixed jaw and the fastening can only
be released by a movement in the opposite direction to that of the said strain;
such movement having for effect to compress the spring of the movable jaw or
plate and withdraw the fixed jaw from the notch of the pillar.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this
Specification wherein
Figure 1. shows, in face view and natural size, examples of the improved
fastening as applied to the stay-busks.
Figure 2. is a corresponding edge-view of the fastening.
Figure 3. is a longitudinal section of the same. fastening drawn on a magnified
scale, the section being taken on line 1-1. Figure 5.
Figure 4. is an underside sectional view of the fastening; the section being taken
by removing the back plate of the shell.
Figure 5. is a face view of the fastening, the male part or pillar being in section
on line. 2-2. Figure 3.
Figures 6. and 7. show edge views and plan of the top and bottom plates
respectively.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the Figures.
a, b, are the two parts of the busk or the two busks to be united. The male
part of the fastening is a cylindrical pillar c fixed to the busk band provided with
a rounded head and with a notch d on the side farthest from the busk a. The
female portion of the fastening is constructed of top and bottom plates e f, inter-
mediate guide-plate g, a sliding plate h actuated by a spiral spring i and a shell k
uniting the several parts together. The top and bottom plates e f are rivetted
preferably to the upper and underside respectively of the busk a and the upper
plate is formed with a half-round groove or channel to afford space for the spring
which is partly recessed at one end into a notch a in the edge of the busk a and
presses at the other end against the rear edge of plate h which is provided with a
tang or stem h¹ passing through the spring in order to retain the movable parts in
proper relative position. The under plate f is cranked or bent in its thickness at

page_text: the point where it projects beyond the edge of the busk a so that the projecting
portion of such plate does not lie in the same plane with the part which is rivetted
to the busk a, in order that the busks ab may be more nearly in the same plane.
In this projecting portion of the plate f is an oblong round ended slot f¹ (see
Figure 7) of a width and length to admit the stud c and permit of the motion of
the parts hereafter described. The guide-plate g which lies next above has two
lateral arms g¹ forming guides for the spring plate h to slide between, and a half-
round recess g² corresponding to the stud c and to the outer end of the slot in
plate f. This plate g is retained in place by being held between the plates e f
above and below and endwise by a shoulder e¹ of plate e and by the enclosing
shell, but it might be soldered to or struck up solid with the plate e or f
Between the limbs g₁ slides the plate h which has a half-round notch or recess h³
in its outer edge corresponding to the circumference of the pillar c against which
it presses when the pillar is inserted. The projecting portion of the plate e has a
slot (Figure 6) in it, corresponding to the slot in plate f except that it is shorter
by its outer end being made straight, as at et, to form a fixed jaw or lip for
engagement in the notch d of the pillar c. The shell is flanged at the outer end
and sides and encloses the parts, the shell being retained in position by being
burred down over the edge of the plate f as shown in Figure 3. or by soldering.
The shell has a slot corresponding in dimensions and form to the slot e³ in the
plate e immediately beneath it and engaging by its straight outer end in the notch
in the pillar c as shown in Figure 3. The spring i is compressed between the
bottom of the notch a¹ and the rear edge of plate h, and the latter has sufficient
freedom of motion to permit of the stud c being moved back by the relative motion
of the two parts of the fastening until its notch is disengaged from the fixed jaw
and the stud is free to be entirely withdrawn. The parts are readily connected by
forcing the rounded head of the stud between the spring pressing plate and the
opposite end of the slot until the notch in the stud engages with the fixed jaw in
the manner herein-shown and described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention;
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is ;-
1. A fastening for Corsets, and other articles; consisting essentially of a slotted
or female part having a fixed jaw or lip at the outer end of the slot and containing
a spring pressed sliding plate in combination with a stud or pillar having a notch
at its rear sides adapted to engage with the fixed jaw substantially as herein
described, so that the strain comes wholly upon the stud and fixed jaw as specified.
2. The construction and combination of parts constituting the female member of
the fastening substantially as herein described and shown in the drawings; and
the combination of the part thus constructed with a stud or pillar having a notch
at its rear side for engagement in the manner specified.
Dated thin 10th dow of To 1000