Improvements in Fastening Devices for Gloves and other Articles
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Oct., 1897-Accepted, 11th Dec.,
1897
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fastening Devices for Gloves and other Articles."
I, LUCIUS N. LITTAUER, residing at Glaversvilly, State of New York, United
States of America, 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 improvement relates to that class of fastening devices for gloves and other
articles which are composed of a resilient or spring stud member and a rigid socket
member adapted to receive and hold the stud member, the former being adapted to
be attached to one flap, and the latter to the other flap of the glove or other article,
so that when the head of the resilient stud member is made to occupy the socket
member, the two flaps become firmly fastened permitting so a ready disengage-
ment.
In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the head and
base plate of my improved stud, and Figure 2 is a top view of the same. Figures 3
and 4 are vertical sectional views of the pieces whereby the stud is attached to the
fabric. Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view of the various parts showing their
relations to each other, and Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view of the complete
stud head attached to a fabric and in engagement with a rigid socket also attached
to a fabric.
The exterior piece A, constituting the spring head is struck up from sheet metal
and is composed of the head portion which is divided by two parallel vertical slits
into the central section a, and the side sections a¹ al. a² being the base of the stud a³
a flanged portion thereof which, in a suitable press, is turned over and made to
tightly embrace the flanged base of the piece b (Figure 3). The pieces A and b
being firmly attached together as shown in Figure 5, the stud is placed upon the
fabric over a suitable hole which has been pierced therein, and a flanged tubular
eyelet c, (Figure 4) is introduced from behind, and by means of a suitable press, is
forced upward so that the top of the eyelet is turned over, clinched and held by
the turned over, portion of the piece b, all as shown in Figure 6, which figure illus-
trates the various parts composing the stud and the parts for fastening the same to
the fabric in operative relation, C being the fabric, and said figures also show the
stud in engagement with a socket B attached to the opposite flap. I have shewn
in Figure 5, the stud head arranged for attachment to a fabric by means of the
pieces b and c, but these pieces and do not constitute any part of my present
invention, as the stud head nay be attached to the fabric by other well known
devices adapted thereto which do not interfere with the necessary compression of
the stud head when it enters the socket or is withdrawn therefrom. The socket
shown at B, Figure 6, does not constitute any part of my present invention, and
the stud constituting my present improvement can be used with any suitable
rigid socket.
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Instead of the stud head being provided with only one central section as a
Figure 1, there may be several central sections made by parallel vertical slits with-
out departing from the spirit of my invention, but one central section is sufficient.
When a stud of this construction is forced into or withdrawn from the socket, the

page_text: side portions a¹ a¹ are pressed toward the central section and the central section a
is slightly elongated. In this manner the movement of the side portions a' a' is
extremely slight and less than the movement would be if the central section a
was not interposed and there is therefore considerably less force required to insert
the stud head into the socket and withdraw it. therefrom and less danger of the
metal acquiring a permanent set. The central section a also undergoes less move-
ment in the operation of engaging or disengaging with the socket than if the stud
head were composed of radial arms, and the danger of the stud being accidentally
twisted or crushed is very materially diminished and practically avoided altogether
because the central section a is supported on either side by the spherical portions a¹ a¹.
I have, in the manner described, devised a stud which besides being very simple
in construction combines all desirable resiliency with great durability and a less
degree of nicety and exactness is required in proportioning the stud to the socket
with which it is intended to engage.
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 L
claim is:
1. A spring stud intended for engagement with a socket having a central
section a and two side sections a¹ a¹, substantially as described.
2. A spring stud intended for engagement with a socket, the head of which is
divided into three or more sections by slits parallel or nearly so, substantially as
described.
3. A spring stud intended for engagement with a socket composed of three
sections of which the two exterior sections are capable of lateral compression and
the central section is capable of vertical elongation, substantially as described.
Dated this 18th day of October 1897.
CARPMAEL & Co.
Agents for the Applicant.