IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR ARTICLES OF DRESS, JEWELLERY, BOOTS AND SHOES, CORSETS, DRAPERIES, BAGS, BOXES AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES PROAL SPATION
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Philippe Lemprière of Balsall Heath in the
county of Worcester Gas Engineer for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FASTENINGS FOR ARTICLES OF DRESS, JEWELLERY, BOOTS AND SHOES, CORSETS,
DRAPERIES, BAGS, BOXES AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Philippe Lemprière
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th June 1883.
DRESS,
GEORGE PHILIPPE LEMPRIÈRE of Balsall Heath in the County of Worcester.
Gas Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR ARTICLES OF
JEWELLERY, BOOTS AND SHOES, CORSETS, DRAPERIES, BAOS
SIMILAR ARTICLES.
BOXES AND OTHER
My improvements consist in constructing and arranging the parts of the said
fastenings in the manner hereinafter described.
I will describe my invention principally as a fastening for a glove.
My invention consists first of the following arrangements, for fastening or
connecting together the parts of a glove. The fastening consists essentially of
two parts, viz. a necked stud or button, and a spring or yielding eye or loop,
the spring eye or loop is so formed, that on connecting the two parts of the
fastening together, the eye or loop on passing over the head of the stud or button,
opens or expands outwards by virtue of its elasticity, and after opening and
passing over the said head or bulbus part of the said stud or button contracts
or gathers itself around the stem or neck thereof, thereby securely and effectually
connecting the two parts of the fastening together; and also securely fastening
the glove.
.
On disconnecting the two parts of the said fastening for liberating the
attachment parts of the glove, a pendent button or ornament is attached by
a shank to a prolonged or contracted shank or neck situated in front of the spring
loop, so that on taking hold of the said button or other pendent object, a simple
and ready moans are attained, whereby the spring loop is readily removed from
Price 6d1

page_text: the neck of the stud or button described, by forcibly opening or expanding
the spring loop by its inner edges, coming in contact with the curved under
part of the head of the stud or button. The terminal ends of the spring eye
or loop are turned up into cars or lobes, for attaching the fastening to the glove.
I prefer to make the stud described by raising from the centre of a sheot motal 5
disc, a neck or short tube, and upon the summit of which I affix a head by
soldering or otherwise.
Or the stud may be made in two parts by upsetting a head upon the end
of a solid stem, while the other end of the stem is provided with a shank and
shoulder; the shank is passed through a hole in the middle of the disc, and rivetted
thereto.
My invention consists further in a modification of the fastening herein-before
described. The part constituting the stud is made by bending wire into a loop,
this loop forms a head with fat sides, and standing out vertically or at right
angles to attachment ears or smaller loops, made from the terminal ends of the
wire, so that, that part of the fastening or primary loop next to the attachment
cars or lobes, is contracted into a neck.
The secondary or eye part is formed essentially as described in the first part of
my invention, with this exception, that the terminal ends of tho wire are formed
into axes, or pivots, which hinge and turn in knuckles of an attachment plate or
otherwise. By this mode of connection the eye part of the fastening can turn on
its pivots in making its connection with the other part of the fastening, without
raising or disturbing the edges of the glove, as heretofore. The mode of connecting
and disconnecting the same as before described.
•
When the head part of the fastening is to be attached to boxes and the like,
screws, pins or rivets are passed through the eyes of the smaller loops or ears
referred to.
My improvements in glove fastenings consists further, in bending a length of
wire into a pear shaped loop (to form a part of the fastening hereinafter described)
with a bow or concave turned up end, the terminal wires are twisted into smaller
loops to form joint centres, lying side by side and opposite to each other, and are
disposed at right angles to the plane of the former, or principal loop. I then take
a suitable strip of metal (which forms the lever of the fastening) with projecting
cars or trunnions, to take into the holes or joint centres. The curvature of the
lever follows the conformation of the other or first described part, so that when
together they are capable of turning freely on their joints or centres; this fastening
is attached to one side of the glove. On fastening the glove the long end of the
lever is passed through an eyelet or button hole on the opposite side of the glove,
when by turning back the lever the eyelet or button hole is threaded along the
lever, until it engages with the hooked or bent terminal ends, both of the loop, and
of the short arm of the lever. When in this position the glove is securely held in
its fastened position, in consequence of the tension of the glove, pulling the long
arm of the lever below its centre of motion.
My invention consists further in constructing, arranging and combining the
parts of the glove fastening as heroinaftor described.
The fastening consists of a rectangular box or case, with attachment ears formed
out of the metal of the case.
A sunken trough or depression is formed along the middle of the base or bottom
plate, in the direction of its length and terminating within a short distance of its
ends. A flat draw plate or bolt slides within the rectangular box or case of the
fustening described. A coiled spring works within the trough of the base plato
and within a longitudinal opening cut from the middle of the draw plate or bar.
The fastening is attached to one side of the glove, so that in fastening the glove,
an eyelet or loop on the other part of the glove is passed over the end of the book
or stud on the end of the draw bar or plate described. The outward movement of
the draw bar compresses the spring between the back edge of the opening in the

page_text: draw bar or plate, and the front abutment or shoulder of the trough or depression.
The draw bar or plate slot has points or projections at opposite ends of the opening,
which take into the ends of the spring for keeping it in its place. The glove
being now fastened the tension of the wrist part of the glove, acting entirely
through the draw bar or plate, gives great elasticity ease and comfort on wearing
the glove. The spring and with it the draw bar or plate, accommodates itself,
to the varying conditions to which the glove is or may be susceptible.
Or I use a sliding bolt fitted with a ball or hook, on the rear or back part of the
spring, which moves in a slot in the aforesaid case, thus acting on the spring
confined therein. The hook or ball may be at one end or at both ends of the
sliding bar.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by tho said George Philippe Lemprière in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 29th December 1883.
DRESS,
GEORGE PHILIPPE LEMPRIERE of Balsall Heath in the County of Worcester
Gas Engineer "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR ARTICLES OF
JEWELLERY, BOOTS AND SHOES CORSETS, DRAPERIES BAGS BOXES AND OTHER
SIMILAR ARTICLES
"
My improvements consist in constructing and arranging the parts of the said
fastenings in the manner heroinafter described.
I will describe my invention principally as a fastening for a glove.
My Invention consists first of the following arrangements for fastening or
connecting together the parts of a glove. The fastening consists essentially of
two parts, vis; a necked stud or button, and a spring or yielding eye or loop, the
spring eye or loop is so formed, that on connecting the two parts of the fastening
together, the eye or loop on passing over the head of the stud or button, opens
or expands outwards by virtue of its elasticity, and after opening and passing
over the said head or bulbus part of the said stud or button, gathers in or
contracts itself around the stem or nock thereof, thereby securely and effectually
connecting the two parts of the fastening together and also securely fastoning
the glove.
On disconnecting the two parts of the said fastening for liberating the
attachment parts of the glove, a pendant button or ornament is attached by a
shank to a prolonged or contracted shank situated in front of the spring loop, so
that on taking hold of the said button or other pendant object a simple and ready
means are attained whereby the spring loop is readily removed from the neck of
the stud or button described, by forcibly opening or expanding the spring loop
by it's innor edges coming in contact with the curved under part of the head as
described.
The terminal onds of the spring eye or loop are turned up into cars or lobes
for attaching the fastening to the glove.
I prefer to make the stud described by raising from the centre of a disc of sheet
metal a hollow stom with a bulbus head upon it's summit; Or the said stud may
bo made in two parts by upsetting a head upon the end of a solid stem, while
the other end of the stem is provided with a shank and shoulder, the shank is
passed through a hole in the middle of a disc and rivetted thereto.
My Invention consists further in a modification of the fastening hereinbeforo
described. The part constituting the stud is made by bending wire into a loop,
this loop forms a head with flat sides and standing out vertically or at right
angles to attachment cars or smaller loops made from the terminal ends of tho
wire, so that that part of the fastening or primary loop next to the attachment
cars or lobes is contracted into a neck. The secondary or eye part is formed
essentially as described in the first part of my invention with this exception, that
the terminal ends of the wire are formed into axes or pivots which hinge and turn
in knuckles of an attachment plate or otherwise. By this mode of connection the
eye part of the fastening can turn on its pivots in making its connection with the
other part of tho fastening without raising or disturbing the edges of the glove
as heretofore. The mode of connecting and disconnecting is the same as before
described.

page_text: When the head part of the fastening is to be attached to boxes and the like,
scrows pins or rivets are passed through the cyes of the smaller loops or ears
referred to.
My invention consists further in constructing, arranging and combining the
parts of the glovo fastening as hereinafter described.
The fastening consists of a rectangular box or case with attachment ears
formed out of the metal of the case-A sunken trough or depression is formed
along the middle of the base or bottom plate in the direction of it's length and
terminating within a short distance of its ends.-A flat draw plate or bolt slides
within the rectangular box or case of the fastening described. A coiled spring
works within the trough of the base plate and within a longitudinal opening cut
from the middle of the draw plate or bar-The fastening attached, is attached to
one side of the glove; so that in fastening the glove an eyelet or loop on the
one part of the glove is passed over the hook or stud on the end of the
draw plate described. The outward movement of the draw bar compresses the
spring.
The glove being now fastened, the tension of the wrist part of the glove acting
entirely through the draw bar or plate, gives great elasticity, ease and comfort on
wearing tho glove. The spring and with it the draw bar or plate accommodates
itself to the varying conditions to which the glove is or may be susceptible.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawing, the
manner in which my Invention may be performed.
Figure 1. represents a glove fastening made according to my Invention applied
to a glove, tho parts of the fastening being disconnected from one another
and the glove open; and Figure 2. shows the same on a larger scale fastened.
Figure 3. represents the parts in the act of being connected together, figure 4.
is a cross section of the eye part of the fastening, Figure 5. is a side elevation,
and 6. is a vertical section of the parts detached
Figure 7. shows the eye or loop part of the fastening made from wire, and
figure 8 the same jointed or hinged.
Figure 9. is a modification of figure 1., the piercing for passing over the head
of the stud being made rectangular; figure 10 shows the parts separately in plan
and in elevation
Figure 11. shows a shoe fastening made according to my invention, and figure 12.
its stem formed hollow, and raised from sheet metal
Figures 13. and 14. represent sections of further improvements in glove
fastenings, in which a coiled spring within a case, equalises the varying tension of
the wrist part of the glove.
a. is the eye or loop part split or divided at a². a³, for the purpose of allowing
the opening a to expand or open out, for the purpose hereinafter described.
The terminal end a³. is for the purpose of raising the eye or loop a in detaching
it from the other or stem part of the fastening.
a a are pierced loops for the attachment of the fastening to the glove. b. is a
necked stud, which forms the other part of the fastening; and b is the bulbus
head of the same and b³ is it's neck or stem.
The two parts are respectively attached by the parts of the wrist of a glove as
represented at figure 1. the glove being unfastened.
In fastening the two parts a. and b. together, and at the same time connecting
or fastening the two parts of the glove, the opening a* of the eye or loop on
passing over the head bs of the necked stud b, opens or expands to the width of
the head over which it is,passing, by the inner edges of the eye or loop being
forced asunder in the process of connecting the two parts together, as represented
at figure 3, which shows the sides of the eye fully expanded before passing to the
neck, and after opening on passing over the head or bulbus part, gathers or contracts
itself around the stem or neck of the stud in virtue of it's elasticity as shown at

page_text: figures 1. and 5, and thereby securely and effectually connecting the parts a. and b.
together; and also securely fastening the glove.
On disconnecting the two parts as before described for liberating the attachment
parts of the glove; that is to say, the sides or rather the eye is removed from
around the neck of the stud by raising the end a³, and thereby forcibly opening
or expanding the spring like sides a. a. of the oye, by the inner edges coming in
contact with the curved under part of the bulbus head described.-The two
parts a. and b. are thereby separated.
In figure 7. the eye part a. is made from wire instead of from sheet metal.
The fastening figure 8. is capable of moving from off the part b. by a jointed
hinge c. the loop or eye has its terminal ends turned at right angles at a³ which
engage and turn in loops c c in the attachment part c.
Figure 9. shows a modification of figure 1. the opening a*. is made long and
rectangular instead of elliptical; this form of fastening admits of being used on
gloves worn by persons having varying thicknesses of wrists.
Figure 11. shows the principle as figure 1. applied to a boot or shoe fastening;
the yielding loop or eye is attached to one part of the boot or shoe by the axial
or trunnion pieces d. d. so that, that part of the fastening is attached by and
capable of turning upon the parts marked d. d. as centres in fastening or unfastening
the boot or shoe to which it is or may be attached.
My Invention consists further in constructing and arranging glove and such
like fastenings in the following manner-c. is a hollow case attached to one part of
a glove by its attachment cars c³, and e³ is a sunken trough or channel in which a
coiled spring f. works a flat draw plate g. with a hooked end g' slides within the
case e. described, the coiled spring also works within a slot formed in the middle
of the bar g.
The action of the fastening is as follows-
On fastening the glove an eyelet or loop h. on the one part is passed over the
.hook g the outward movement of the draw bar g. compresses the spring f.
between the end of the said draw bar and the front of the trough formed from the
case The glove being now fastened, the tension of the wrist of the glove acting
entirely through the draw bar g. give great clasticity and comfort on wearing the
glove, by the spring f. accommodating itself to the varying conditions to which
the glove is or may be susceptible
The application of my improvements to dress and other fastenings other than 3
gloves boots and shoes, differs in no essential respects from their application to a
glove or boot and shoc fastening. as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawing
Having now described the nature of my Invention and the manner in which
the same is to be performed I wish it to be understood that I do not limit
myself to the precise details herein before described and illustrated but I claim as
my Invention
First. Improvements in fastenings for articles of dress, jewellery, boots and
shoes corsets and other similar articles hercinbefore described and illustrated in
the accompanying drawing; that is to say;-An eye or loop a baving yielding or 4
elastic sides constituting spring like arms, which are capable of expanding or
passing over the head of a necked stud b. and again contracting or gathering itself
around the neck thereof, on connecting the two parts of the fastening together-
The parts being detached by again opening out of the yielding sides, on upward
pressure being applied to the part a. the parts of the fastening being constructed
arranged and operating in the ways and for the purposes as described and
illustrated in figures 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. and 12. of the accompanying
drawing
Secondly. The general arrangement or combination of the parts of dress and
such like fastenings as described and set forth in figures 1. to 12. both 5
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page_text: Thirdly The general arrangement or combination of the parts of a glove
fastening as described and set forth in figures 13. and 14. of the
drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Philippe Lempriére have hereunto set
my hand and seal the eleventh day of December. in the year of our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty three.
Witness
GEORGE PHILIPPE LEMPRIERE (L.S.)
HENRY SKERRETT
Patent Agent
G Livery Street
Birmingham