Stud Fastening to be used in connection with Lacing for Securing Gloves, Boots and Shoes, Gaiters, Corsets, and other Wearing Apparel.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 1st Jan., 1894-Accepted, 3rd Feb., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A. Stud Fastening to be used in connection with Lacing for Securing
Gloves, Boots and Shoes, Gaiters, Corsets, and other Wearing
Apparel.
I, PIERRE ALBERT RAYMOND of No. 18 Rue Chenoise, Grenoble, Isère, France,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a construction of stud fastenings for gloves, boots and
shoes, gaiters, corsets, and other wearing apparel, secured by means of laces as a
substitution for the books or eyelet holes heretofore employed. The stud is for
this purpose constructed of a tubular stem, which is secured at the one end to the
glove or other object and at the other end to a head, which projects just sufficiently
from the surface of the glove to pass the lace round between the two. The mode
of fixing the stem to the fabric and to the head may be greatly varied; thus
according to one arrangement I first fix an ordinary metal eyelet in the fabric,
and the closed or open lower end of the tubular stem, after being passed through
the eyelet, is upset or rivetted over the inner side thereof. The head is in this case
previously fixed to the upper end of the stem, by forming a circular flange on the
latter and then riveting over the edge of this, the edge of a disc forming
the head.
According to another arrangement the stem is made with the flange at the
lower end, so that when the stem is passed through the eyelet, the flange will
bear against the underside of the latter. The head is then fixed upon the open
upper end of the stem by forming the head hollow with a circular hole for
receiving the stem on the underside. Within the head, opposite this hole is a
bulged plate which, when the head is driven forcibly on to the end of the stem,
causes the circular edge of the latter to be turned over so as to be rivetted to the
bottom plate of the head, round the edge of the hole.
In this construction the upper end of the stem may be closed, and the end surface
be bulged inwards, the inner bulged plate of the head being dispensed with, so that
when the head is forcibly driven on to the stem, the end of the latter will be spread
out and thus rivetted to the bottom plate of the head.
According to another construction, the head is fixed on the stem in the first
instance, as first described, and a second head constructed according to either of
the two last described arrangements, is driven on to the lower end of the stem, after
this has been passed through the eyelet of the fabric, so as to become rivetted
thereto in the manner described.
Although I prefer to employ an eyelet on the fabric for fixing the stem to, as
described, yet the stem may also be rivetted to the fabric without such eyelet, by
means of simple washers and a shoulder on the stem or in any other known
manner.
The above described construction of stud fastening has the following advantages
over hook fastenings such as have heretofore been employed with lacing. Firstly,
the fastening is not liable to catch in portions of the wearing apparel; secondly, as
it presents only smooth rounded surfaces to the lacing this does not become worn;
thirdly, as the head only projects sufficiently from the fabric to allow of the lace
being passed round the stem; the end of the lace can be securely fixed by passing
it twice round the last stud and drawing it tight upon the same, so as to be jammed
under the head.
Dated this 4th day of Anril 1893.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Stud Fastening to be used in connection with Lacing for Securing
Gloves, Boots and Shoes, Gaiters, Corsets, and other Wearing
Apparel.
I, PIERRE ALBERT RAYMOND of No. 18 Rue Chenoise, Grenoble, Isère,
France Manufacturer, 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 a construction of stud fastenings for gloves, boots and
shoes, gaiters, corsets, and other wearing apparel secured by means of laces as a
substitution for the hooks or eyelet holes heretofore employed. The stud-is for
this purpose constructed of a tubular stem which is secured at the one end to the
glove or other object and at the other end to a head, which projects just sufficiently
from the surface of the glove to pass the lace round between the two. The mode
of fixing the stem to the fabric and to the head may be greatly varied as is shewn
by the several figures of the accompanying drawings.
Figures 1 to 5 shew various modes of constructing and fixing the studs, and
Figs. 1 to 5 shew the separate parts which when united form the stud.
At Figs. 2 and 5 the rivetting is effected in the head of the stud, while at
Fige. 1, 3 and 4 the rivetting is effected below, either by means of a sort of cap, or
by an eyelet rivet.
The rivetted stem B is closed at the lower end at Fig. 1 and open at Figs. 3
and 4; in the last named figure the open end of the stem B is rivetted-within' a
special cap below. The stem can also be closed at the upper end and be rivetted
in the head, as shewn at Fig. 5.
Fig. 6 shews a glove with the above described stud fastening fixed thereon and
secured by a lace.
In these various constructions I employ ordinary eyelets A fixed in the hole in
the fabric F (Fig. 1) at the required distances apart in order to ensure a strong
fastening for the base of the stud; this eyelet can vary in size according to
requirements.
The stem B can also be secured directly to the leather or fabric, without the use
of an eyelet, by rivetting it upon a washer or otherwise.
The rivetting of the stud can also be effected either above or below, that is to
Bay either at the base, or in an invisible manner within the head.
:
The head of the stud may be of different materials; of metal, woven fabric, horn,
mother of pearl &c.
These stud fastenings can be employed advantageously in place of the various
forms of hooks or eyelets now used for facing gloves or boots.
When used with a glove, boot, or corset, the fastening is not liable to hook into
parts of the dress or its accessories, linings, lace &c., on account of the rounded
form thereof and its slight projection beyond the fabric; furthermore, it does not
appreciably wear the lace, as this comes in frictional contact-only with the surface
of the fabric and with the round surface of the stem of the stud.
For gloves in particular, this construction is greatly superior to the old fastenings
on account of the very small projection of the head of the stud beyond the surface
of the glove. Also the last stud serves for fixing the lace, by simply coiling
it twice round the stem, which is a great advantage with this kind of glove
fastening.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The herein described improved fastening for laces consisting of a rivetted

page_text: stud with central or eccentric stem with the head fixed at such a height above the
fabric that the flexible lace has to be squeezed in between the two so as to be
sufficiently nipped to prevent it from becoming disengaged.
2. The use, in combination with the lacing studs referred to in the preceding
5 claim, of metal eyelets previously rivetted to the fabric for securing and
strengthening the base of the stud, substantially as described.
Dated this 1st day of January 1894.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.