A Tie Clip, or a Combined Tie and Collar Clip.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 15th May, 1894-Accepted, 16th June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Tie Clip, or a Combined Tie and Collar Clip.
I, GEORGE TAYLOR, of 23 Bartholomew Close, in the City of London,
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a clip, or a means for securing in position, a tie, band or
cravat to a collar, shirt or other garment, and consists essentially in the employment
of a two part spring clip, composed or made up primarily of two members, one
cranked at its joint end, and the other carrying a self closing means in the form of.
a flat spring which bears upon the faceted heel rear of the joint of the said member
having a cranked part.
In carrying out one form of my invention, I make the clip up of a back and a
front part, the one jointed to the lower end of the other, and with the said last
named part cranked or turned at right angles at its joint end, and with the said
joint end fitted with pivots in advance of a square or faceted heel, and which pivots,
which are made from out of the same metal as the member, lie within recesses
suitably formed to receive them in the other member.
The free end of the flat or other spring is enclosed or takes within or at the back
of the member having the sunken bearings for the pivots of the other part.
By cranking the lower and jointed part of the one member to that of the other,
a space is left between the inner side of the one member and the inuer side of the
other member, to embrace collectively the lower edge of the collar or article of
dress and the tie or band of the tie to be fixedly secured in its adjusted position to
the other article.
Now assuming that the band of the tie is required to be secured to a collar in
order that the same shall not work round or ride up, a clip of the construction
described is then passed over the lower edges of both collar and tie band. Then
the spring member is pressed towards the other and coupling member, when the
force of the spring causes the said members to nip the said tie and collar between
them.
To ensure a positive hold or grip, the opposed and acting faces of the clip may be
serrated or roughened, or they may be provided with needle points, which latter
pass through the material of one of the articles being gripped and then take into
the other.
Where points or serrations only are employed. I propose that the same on the
respective presented faces, should be non-coincident.
As a further form of my invention, both members may be cranked at their joint
or connection ends, so that when jointed up, with the spring in position, the sides or
menibers make a figure alike unto the letter U, with the joint coming at an inter-
mediate position between them.
The sides or flaps, instead of being brought together by a flat spring, may
be brought together by any other suitable spring, and if necessary, by a spring
made out of one of the members.
Two or three of these said clips may be employed at a time, and it is understood
that the jointed connection embraces the under edges of the articles gripped.
Dated this 25th day of August 1893.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Tie Clip, or a Combined Tie and Collar Clip.
I, GEORGE TAYLOR, of 23 Bartholomew Close, in the City of London,
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 clip or a means for securing in position, a tie, band or
cravat to a collar, shirt or other garment, and consists essentially in the employment
of a two part spring clip, composed or made up primarily of two members,. one
cranked at its joint end, and the other carrying a self-closing means in the form of
a flat spring, which bears upon the faceted heel, rear of the joint of the said
member having a cranked part.
In carrying out one form of my invention, I make the clip up of a back and a
front part, the one jointed to the lower end of the other, and with the former part
cranked or turned at right angles at its joint end, and with the said joint end fitted
with pivots in advance of a square or faceted heel, and which pivots, which are
made from out of the same metal as the member, lie within recesses suitably
formed to receive them in the other member.
The free end of the flat or other spring is enclosed or takes within or at the back
of the member having the sunken bearings for the pivots of the other part.
By cranking the lower and jointed part of the one member to that of the
other, a space is left between the inner side of the one member and the inner side of
the other member to embrace collectively the lower edge of the collar or article of
dress and the tie or band of the tie to be fixedly secured in its adjusted position to
the other article.
Now assuming that the band of the tie is required to be secured to a collar in
order that the same shall not work round or ride up, a clip of the construction
described is then passed over the lower edges of both collar and tie band. Then
the spring member is pressed towards the other and coupling member, when the
force of the spring causes the said members to nip the said tie and collar between
them.
To ensure a positive hold or grip, the opposed and acting faces of the clip may
be serrated or roughened, or they may be provided with needle points, which latter
pass through the material of one of the articles being gripped and then take into
the other.
Where points or serrations only are employed, I propose that the same, on the
respective presented faces, should be non-coincident.
As a further form of my invention, both members may be cranked at their joint
or connection ends, so that when jointed up, with the spring in position, the sides
or members make a figure alike unto the letter U, with the joint coming at an
intermediate position between them.
The sides or flaps, instead of being brought together by a flat spring, may be
brought together by any other suitable spring, and if necessary, by a spring made
out of one of the members.
Two or three of these said clips may be employed at a time, and it is understood
that the jointed connection embraces the under edges of the articles gripped.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents a collar and tie with the one
connected to the other by a clip constructed and arranged according to one form of
my invention.
Figure 2 represents a transverse vertical section of the said clip upon an enlarged
scale, showing its construction more clearly.
Figure 3 represents a rear side view of Figure 2.

page_text: Figure 4 represents a back elevation of the jointed clipping member.
Figure 5 represents a transverse section of the clip, collar and tie as in Figure 1,
but upon a slightly enlarged scale, whilst Figure 6 is a back elevation of Figure 5.
Figure 7 represents a modified form of my said improved clip, whilst Figure 8 is
a back elevation of Figure 7.
In Figures 1 to 6, the clip is composed of two primary parts, viz., a front and
body part a, and a back tongue or arm member b, which are jointed at their lower
ends to each other by the trunnion or pivot ends 6', of the said part b, which is
cranked at 62, and is adapted to give a clearance space between the opposed faces
of the members for the materials of collar and tie to come between. The trunnion
or pivot ends 6, which are made out of the metal of the tongue piece b, take
within opposite pocket bearings c², sunken or formed from out of the metal of an
outside plate c, secured to the front shell a, by the turning of the edges a¹, of the
said shell over the edges of the back c, which has spikes c', directed outwardly and
formed from the metal of it.
The tongue piece b, has directed from the inner and opposed face 6³, of it, a. spike
(or spikes) 6, which, with the other spikes of the part a, keeps the tie and collar
from shifting.
Located within the space or cavity a², formed partly by the cambering of the
middle of the shell a, and partly by the space left between the inner and opposed
faces of the parts a and c, is a flat spring d, affixed at the upper part d¹, by the
closing of the metal of the surrounding parts upon it, whilst the free end d³,
(which has a clearance in the cavity a², to work within) presses itself upon the
faceted, angled or V-shaped end 6, of the heel 66, of the tongue piece 6, which
heel part is an extension of the cranked part 6³, beyond the joints b', and
takes through a piercing e³, formed through the middle of the lower part of the
plate c.
Instead of the spikes b, c, being made out of the metal of the parts, needle
points may be substituted for them.
In the modification represented in Figures 7 and 8, the clip consists of two
parts a aud b. The part a has at the front of it, a spring limb d, with the upper
end d', united by a rivet d², to the upper end of the member a, whose lower part a³,
is formed into a knuckle joint c³, and with bracket ears 63, carried by the lower and
cranked end 63, of the part 5, coming upon the two opposite ends of it, and with
the said parts united together or pinned up by a joint pin . The free end d³, of
the spring d, bears upon the extreme end of the crank part 63, and retains the
limbs in their open or closed positions.
is a spike, carried by the combined parts a, and d, and with the point end
adapted to take through the hole 6, in the part b, after passing through the
material of both the collar and tie to be connected together.
Instead of a spike, a needle point may be employed, or the spike may be
fashioned from the metal of the part a, alike unto the spikes formed from the
parts and c, in the preceding figures. Figure 9 represents a like clip as
Figures 7 and 8 but having needle points upon the meeting faces of both limb
members.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
First. A tie clip, or a combined tie and collar clip, consisting of two jointed-
together members, with the one cranked, and the other straight, and the latter
fitted with, or carrying a retaining spring, substantially as described and set forth
in the several figures of the drawing.
Secondly. A tie clip, or a combined tie and collar clip, consisting of two jointed-
together members the one cranked and the other straight and having a retaining
spring, and with one or both members carrying spikes, substantially as and for the
purpose as described and set forth.

page_text: Thirdly. In tie clips, or combined tie and collar clips, the general construction,
arrangement and combination of the parts substantially as and for the purpose as
described and set forth in Figures 1 to 6.
Fourthly. In tie clips, or combined tie and collar clips, the general construction,
arrangement and combination of the parts, substantially as and for the purpose as
described and set forth in Figures 7 and 8.
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* May or may LOST.
GEORGE TAYLOR,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.