Scarf and Tie Adjusters.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 24th June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 24th Mar., 1890-Accepted; 3rd May, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Scarf and Tie Adjusters.
WILLIAM RADCLIFF BIRT Junior 5 Kingswood Villa Kingswood Road Moseley,
Birmingham Manager of India Rubber Warehouse do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
The Scarf and Tie Adjuster is to be used for preventing scarves ties &c. from
rucking up behind over the top of collar & getting out of place.
The Scarf and Tie Adjuster is made of round, square or flat wire in any kind
of metal either in steel, iron, brass &c. & it can be silvered or nickelled over if
necessary.
The thickness of the wire is about th inch diameter more or less
according to what strength is required, and it is bent into the required shape and form
of which I have enclosed drawings of different shapes namely fig. A. B. and C. or
any other shapes. Fig. D. shews the Scarf and Tie Adjuster placed in the back button
hole of collar and ready for use. The ditted lines shew where the ends of the
wire of the adjuster is placed in the inside of back button hole of collar. K shews
a piece of the back of collar. J is the back button hole of collar.
The band of the scarf or tie is placed outside round the collar in the usual way and
the band is slipped underneath the adjuster.
The adjuster can be stitched to the collar if necessary.
The adjuster can be made any size either small or large & also any thickness of
wire. To fix the adjuster in the collar, the ends of the wire of the adjuster are
slipped through the back button hole of collar which fixes it in its place.
Dated this 22nd day of June 1889.
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WITTIAM DADCLIFF RIRT JUNIOR
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WILLIAM RADCLIFF RIRT JUNIOR
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Scarf and Tie Adjusters.
I, WILLIAM RADCLIFF BIRT Junr. of 5 Kingswood Villa, Kingswood Road
Moseley Birmingham, in the County of Warwick Manager of India Rubber Ware-
house, 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, and illustrated by the accompanying drawings:-
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The object of this invention is to prevent scarves, ties &c. from getting out of
place behind and rucking up over the top of the collar.
It may be made of round square or other shaped wire in any kind of metal or
other material of a suitable strength and may be finished by silvering or by any other
suitable process.
Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 represent the invention carried out in a variety of ways but
do not exhaust the number of shapes in which it may be formed.
It will be observed from the accompanying drawings that the invention consists of
a piece of wire, bent in such a manner that the two extremities form the hook for
passing through the button hole of the collar, and the central part is so formed as to
form the hook or holdfast to secure the scarf or tie in position as shewn at Fig. 6;
the dotted lines shew the hook which is on the inside of the collar. The adjuster
has preferably a sharp bend or indent at the angle as shewn at B Fig. 1 to make
it fit better.
The method of adjusting or fastening is, first to place the two extremities lengthwise
parallel with the button hole as shown at Fig. 5, then to get one extremity through
the hole and then move it down until the other extremity will pass in, after which

page_text: the adjuster is turned quarter round when it is in the correct position; after which the
collar is placed round the neck as indicated at Fig. 6 and the band of the tie is slipped
beneath the adjuster as shewn at A Fig. 6. The ends may be widened or flattened
as shewn at Fig. 3 or connected as shewn at Fig. 2 or soldered as shewn at Fig. 4.
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. A scarf or tie adjuster made in such a manner that it can be placed in the button
hole with the ends lengthwise and then turnel quarter round for securing it as herein-
before described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
2. A scarf or tie adjuster made substantially as hereinbefore described and illus-
trated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of March 1890.
WILLIAM RADCLIFF BIRT, JUNR.