IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR CRAVATS NECK TIES AND SCARFS to be as follows:
Year: 1884

page_text: I THOMAS KOSSUTH SCRUTON of Nos 64 and 65 New Street Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Outfitter, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR CRAVATS NECK TIES AND SCARFS to be
as follows:-
"
My invention consists of improvements on an invention made by me for which
provisional protection has been granted bearing date the twenty fourth day of
September 1884 N° 12760.
The said provisionally protected invention which I will hereinafter call my prior
invention consists of a fastening for cravats neckties and scarfs to be used with
stand up and other collars for the purpose of fastening the cravat neck tie or scarf
and preventing the cravat neck tie or scarf from rising up the collar.
My prior invention required a hole to be made in the collar for part of the
fastening to pass through in order to attach the fastening to the collar. Although
the method of attachment by passing part of the fastening through a hole in the
collar as described in the provisional specification of my prior invention is probably
the most effective method of attaching the fastening to the collar yet the attaching
of the fastening to the collar may be effected without making holes in the collar
and my present invention consists of the modifications hereinafter described of my
former invention whereby the said fastening can be attached to stand up or other
collars without the holes referred to in the provisional specification of my prior
invention.
The acting part of the fastening that is the part by which the cravat necktie or
scarf is held I make in the manner described in the provisional specification of my
prior invention but in place of the body or base which when the fastening is in use
is situated on the inside of the collar I employ a part formed of a strip of sheet
metal jointed to the grip part and about three times as long as the grip part. This
strip of sheet metal is twice folded upon itself at points about one third of its
length. There is thus formed a clip having between its branches a spring tongue
or branch. The fastening is attached to the collar by inserting the lower edge of
the collar into the open top of the clip and pressing the clip upwards. The lower
edge of the collar seats itself on the bend of the clip and the spring tongue holds it
in that position.
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page_text: Instead of making the spring tongue by folding part of the métal strip inside the
clip it may be made by incisions in the inner branch of the clip the said incisions
forming a spring tongue cut from the inner branch of the clip. Or the inner
branch of the clip may have a spring tongue made at opposite points on its edges
the said spring tongues being formed from ears left on or jointed to each side of the
strip of metal. When the said ears are in one piece with the strip of metal
forming the inner branch of the clip they are bent slightly inwards and the
elasticity of the metal gives the required springing action to them. When the said
ears are jointed to the clip light springs must be made at the joints to give them
the required springing action.
A short pin may be fixed on the inside of the outer branch of the clip which pin
entering the collar prevents the motion of the fastening on the collar.

page_text: "
I, THOMAS KOSSUTH SCRUTON, of Nos 64 and 65 New Street, Birmingham in
the County of Warwick, Outfitter do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR CRAVATS, NECK TIES AND SCARFS and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in, and by the following statement:—
My invention consists of improvements on an invention made by me for which
provisional protection has been granted bearing date the 24th day of September 1884,
N° 12760.
The said provisionally protected invention, which I will hereinafter call my prior
invention, consists of a fastening for cravats, neck ties and scarfs to be used with .
stand up and other collars for the purpose of fastening the cravat, neck tie or scarf
and preventing the cravat, neck tie or scarf from rising up the collar.
My prior invention required a hole to be made in the collar for part of the
fastening to pass through in order to attach the fastening to the collar. Although
the method of attachment by passing part of the fastening through a hole in the
collar, as described in the Provisional Specification of my prior invention, is
probably the most effective method of attaching the fastening to the collar, yet the
attaching of the fastening to the collar may be effected without making holes in
the collar and my present invention consists of the modifications hereinafter
described of my former invention whereby the said fastening can be attached to
stand up or other collars without the holes referred to in the provisional specification
of my prior invention.
The acting part of the fastening, that is, the part by which the cravat, neck tie
or scarf is held, I make in the manner described in the provisional specification of
my prior invention but in place of the body or base, which when the fastening is
in use is situated on the inside of the collar, I employ a part formed of a strip of
sheet metal jointed to the grip part and about three times as long as the grip part.
This strip of sheet metal is twice folded upon itself at points about one third of its
length. There is thus formed a clip having between its branches a spring tongue
or branch.
The fastening is attached to the collar by inserting the lower edge of the collar
into the open top of the clip and pressing the clip upwards. The lower edge of
the collar seats itself on the bend of the clip and the spring tongue holds it in that
position. Instead of making the spring tongue by folding part of the metal strip
inside the clip it may be made by incisions in the inner branch of the clip, the said
incisions forming a spring tongue cut from the inner branch of the clip. Or the
inner branch of the clip may have a spring tongue made at opposite points on its
edges the said spring tongues being formed from ears, left on or jointed to each side
of the strip of inetal. When the said ears are in one piece with the strip of metal
forming the inner branch of the clip, they are bent slightly inwards and the
elasticity of the metal gives the required springing action to them. When the said
ears are jointed to the clip, light springs must be made at the joints to give them
the required springing action.

page_text: A short pin may be fixed on the inside of the outer branch of the clip, which pin
entering the collar prevents the motion of the fastening on the collar.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents in elevation an opened out
stand up collar to which my improved fastenings are applied for the purpose of
preventing the band of the necktie, cravat or scarf from rising up the said collar;
Figure 2 represents a cross section of one of the fastenings and the collar and band
and Figure 3 represents the same view as Figure 2 with the lever grip raised from
the band for unfastening the same; Figure 4 represents in front elevation and
Figure 5 in side elevation, one of the fastenings represented in Figures 1, 2 and 3,
drawn to a larger scale.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
a is the stand up collar and b the neck band of the necktie or cravat; c is the
lever grip of the fastening by which the band b is fastened down and d is the clip
by which the fastening is attached to the lower edge of the collar a.
The lever grip c is jointed to the top of the outer branch of the clip d, the joint
being formed by studs on the sides of the said lever grip working in cars or
knuckles e, e made from the top of the outer branch of the clip. The said lever
grip c can either be turned down parallel with the clip (see Figures 1 and 2) or
raised into the same line as the clip (see Figures 3 and 4).
By means of a heel fon the lever grip e bearing against a spring tongue g made
from the clip d, the said lever grip is maintained firmly in its open and closed
positions respectively. Teeth or points h, h projecting from the inner bearing face
of the lever grip center or pierce the neck band when the said lever grip is shut
down.
The clip part of the fastening consists of a strip of metal twice folded upon itself
at points about one third of its length. There is thus formed a clip d having
between its parallel branches a spring tongue or middle branch d³ as best seen in
Figure 5.
In using the fastening it is attached to the collar a by inserting the lower edge
of the collar into the open top of the clip d and pressing the clip upwards. The
lower edge of the collar is thereby made to seat itself in the lower bend d³ of the.
clip and the spring tongue d' holds it in that position. The collar with the
attached fastenings is now ready to be worn. After the collar has been fastened to
the shirt, the lever grip c is raised into the position represented in Figures 3 and 4
and indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1, and the neck band b is passed round the
collar in the usual way, the said neck band crossing. and covering the outer branches
of the clips d, d of the fastenings. The neck tie or cravat having been adjusted,
the lever grips c, c are shut down upon the neck band bas represented in Figures 1
and 2, which band is thereby prevented from rising up the collar.
Instead of using my improved fastenings for preventing the neck band from
rising up the collar as described and represented, they may be used for fastening
the cravat, neck tie or scarf in its place. In this case, the cravat, necktie or scarf
is made with a divided neck band, that is, a band made of two pieces, one piece
being attached to each side of the body of the cravat or necktie. The collar a
having been buttoned to the shirt and the cravat or necktie put in its place, the
lever grips c, c are shut down upon the two parts of the neck band instead of upon
a continuous neck band as represented in the drawing. The cravat, necktie or
scarf is thus fastened in its place without the use of the fastening ordinarily placed
at the front of the body of the cravat or necktie.
Figures 6, 7, 8 and 9 represent modifications of the clip part of the fastening
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
In, Figure 6, the spring tongue of the clip is made by cutting an incision in the
inner branch of the clip d and bending the pierced metal inwards so as to form the
spring tongue d'
In Figure 7 a spring tongue is dispensed with between the parallel branches of
the clip, and the inner branch of the clip is made elastic, between which elastic
branch and the outer branch of the clip, the collar is gripped.

page_text: In Figure 8 a spring tongue de is made at opposite points on the edges of the
inner branch of the clip, the said spring tongues de, de being made in one piece
with the clip.
In Figure 9, separate ears d³, are jointed to the edges of the outer part of the
clip d, the said ears being pressed into their open or gripping position by light
springs at their joints, or by the use of other kinds of springs. In this modification,
the spring ears d', d bear upon one side of the collar a and press the said collar
against the inner branch of the clip d as seen in the horizontal section of Figure 9.
Instead of jointing the lever grip c to the open top of the clip d, constructed in
the several ways herein before described and illustrated, the said grip may be jointed
near the base or bottom bend of the clip as illustrated in Figure 10. In this case,
the lever grip has a rising motion from the bottom of the fastening to grip the neck
band or neck part instead of a descending motion as when jointed to the top of
the clip.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said.
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The improvements in fastenings to be applied to stand up and other collars for
securing the cravats neckties and scarfs in their places and for preventing the neck
bands or neck parts of cravats, neckties and scarfs from rising up the collars herein
before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing; that is to say, the
combination of a clip d constructed substantially in the several ways described and
illustrated, for attaching the fastening to the lower edge of the collar, with a lever
grip c, jointed to the top or base of the said clip, for closing upon the two parts of
the divided neck band or upon the continuous neck band or neck part of the cravat,
neck tie or scarf for the purpose and substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this second day of February 1885