IMPROVEMENTS IN BROOCHES AND OTHER DRESS FASTENINGS AND ORNAMENTS
Year: 1884

page_text: I WALTER HENRY COLLINS of 241, G. King Street Hockley, Birmingham in
the County of Warwick, Jeweller do hereby declare the nature of said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BROOCHES AND OTHER DRESS FASTENINGS AND ORNAMENTS
to be as follows;-
Brooches and other dress fastenings of the ordinary construction are fastened by
means of a jointed pin or tongue, the pointed end of which, after it has been
inserted through an article of dress, is fastened by being engaged with an open
catch at its side, the pointed end of the pin being exposed.
.
Brooches and other dress ornaments so fastened are readily released from the
catch by lateral pressure, and the brooch is in consequence frequently detached
and lost, while the exposed pointed end of the pin or tongue is liable to scratch or
injure the person.
The object of my Invention is to remedy these defects referred to, and my said
Invention consists in constructing and arranging the fastening of brooches and
dress ornaments so that the pin or tongue cannot injure the person or be
accidentally released from the catch.
I will describe my Invention as applied to a brooch.
I use an ordinary jointed pin or tongue and open catch, and on the side of the
Faid catch I apply a safety apparatus consisting of a sliding cap or box end,
constituting a guard or shield, which encloses the exposed end of the pin, and the
escape of, the said pin from the catch is prevented.
capable of sliding
The sliding guard or shield consists of a cap or box end and
away from the end of the catch by a slide moving in and out of the brooch case,
and at the outward end of this slide the cap or box end is situated.
In order to fasten the pin of the brooch the guard or shield is drawn by the
thumb and finger from the end of the catch by a sliding motion.
The pin of the brooch after passing through the article of dress, is passed
laterally through the eye of the catch, when by a sliding inward movement, the
ap or box end is passed over the exposed end of the pin, and thereby shielding
and effectually securing the point of the said pin within the box or cap.

page_text: The slide of the shield and holder works tightly between guides arranged within
the body of the brooch.
In order to unfasten the brooch it is only necessary to again withdraw the slide
as before described, when the pin can be removed from the catch as usual.
Dated the Nineteenth day of February One thousand eight hundred and
eighty four.

page_text: I WALTER HENRY COLLINS of Hockley Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Jeweller do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
BROOCHES AND OTHER DRESS FASTENINGS AND ORNAMENTS and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
Brooches and other dress fastenings of the ordinary construction are fastened by
means of a jointed pin or tongue, the pointed end of which, after it has been
inserted through an article of dress, is fastened by being engaged with an open
catch at its side, the pointed end of the pin being exposed. Brooches and other
dress ornaments so fastened, are readily released from the catch, by lateral
pressure, and the brooch is in consequence frequently detached and lost, while
the exposed pointed end of the pin or tongue is liable to scratch or injure the
person.
The object of my Invention is to remedy these defects referred to, and my said
Invention consists in constructing and arranging the fastening of brooches and
dress ornaments, so that the pin or tongue cannot injure the person or be
accidentally released from the catch.
I will describe my Invention as applied to a brooch.
I use an ordinary jointed pin or tongue and open catch and' on the side of the
said catch, I apply a safety apparatus, consisting of a sliding cap or box end,
constituting a guard or shield which encloses the exposed end of the pin, and the
escape of the said pin from the catch is prevented.
The sliding guard or shield consists of a cap or box end and is capable of sliding
away from the end of the catch by a slide moving in and out of the brooch case,
and at the outward end of this slide, the cap or box end is situated.
In order to fasten the pin of the brooch, the guard or shield is drawn by the
thumb and finger from the end of the catch by a sliding motion.
The pin of the brooch after passing through the article of dress, is passed
laterally through the eye of the catch, when by a sliding inward movement the
cap or box end is passed over the exposed end of the pin, and thereby shielding
and effectually securing the point of the said pin within the box or cap.
The slide of the shield and holder works tightly between guides, arranged
within the body of the brooch.
In order to unfasten the brooch, it is only necessary to again withdraw the slide
as before described, when the pin can be removed from the catch as usual.
Having described the nature of my Invention I will now proceed to describe
with reference to the accompanying Drawing, the manner in which my Invention
is to be performed.
For the purpose of illustrating my Invention I have represented it in the
accompanying Drawing as applied to a fastening of a brooch to which it is
particularly applicable, but I wish it to be understood that my improved fastening
may also be used with other dress fastenings and ornaments.
Figure 1 represents a plan of the underside of a brooch constructed according to
my Invention with the guard or shield out of action and the pin removed from the
catch-Figure 2 represents the same view with the pin of the brooch inserted by
lateral movement into the said catch-Figure 3 shows the sliding cap or box which
constitutes the guard or shield for protecting the point of the pin. Figure 4, is an
edge view of Figure 1-Figure 5 is an edge view of Figure 2 and Figure 6 is an
edge view of Figure 3 while Figure 7 is a plan of the brooch with back covering
plate removed exposing the slide arrangement-Figure 8 shows an end view of

page_text: the brooch and Figure 9 represents the slide and cap or shield in elevation and
section.
The same letters indicate the same parts in the several Figures of the Drawing.
a is the brooch and b is the safety apparatus consisting of a sliding cap or box
end constituting a guard or shield when covering the exposed end of the pin c and
also prevents the escape of the said pin c from the catch d the guard b is mounted
upon the slide b' which is capable of being drawn from the inside of the body of
the brooch as represented in Figures 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7 that is, the box end bis
capable of sliding away from the catch d by the slide d' being drawn out from the
body of the brooch case as represented.
In order to fasten the pin of the brooch the slide 62 with its cap or guard b is
drawn by the thumb and finger away from the end of the catch d as represented
in the said Figures 1, 2, 4 and 15.
The pine of the brooch after having been passed through the article of dress to
which it is to be attached, is then inserted laterally through the eye of the catch.d,
as represented at Figures 2 and 5 when by a sliding inward movement of the
slide the cap or box and b is passed over the exposed end of the pin cas
represented at Figures 3 and 6 thereby shielding and effectually securing the point
of the said pin within the hollow box or cap pib.
In order to again unfasten the brooch it is only necessary to again withdraw the
alide with the ibox or cap ib attached thereto, as represented as before described
in Figures 1, 2, 4 and 5 when the pin c, can be removed from the catch das is
practised with an ordinary.brooch-In Figure 7 the cover of the back of the brooch
is removed in order to exhibit the slide carrying the cap or guard protector the said
slide has a longitudinal slot 63, in which a clip or guide il, presses, for giving a steady
movement to the said slide and also for limiting its motion. The clip.or guide il is
attached to a fixed understrip f.crossing the body of the brooch.
Having mow described the nature of iny Invention and the manner in which
the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I claim ns my
Invention of improvements in brooches and other dress fastenings and ornaments
as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, that is to
sav, constructing and arranging a safety apparatus consisting of a guard or shield
which covers.or.cncloses the exposed end of the pen when in use, which said guard
or shield is mounted upon the end of a slide which moves in and out.of the brooch
or other case, so that the guard or shield is capable of sliding from and approaching
the catch for the purpose and operating in the way substantially as described.and
illustrated.