Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 28th May, 1886.
Complete Left, 28th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 29th Mar., 1887.
RESERVE
I, HENRY MANNING KNIGHT of 3 Fell Street, Wood Street, in the City of London,
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Many attempts have heretofore been made to make fastenings for stays, corsets and
other articles, which are secure when fastened, and are easily fastened and unfastened,
but although many secure fastenings have been made and used for this purpose for
many years there has almost invariably been experienced a difficulty in unfastening
them; now by my invention I believe this difficulty is entirely overcome and at the
same time I produce a fastening which is most easy to fasten, very secure when
fastened, and can be unfastened with the greatest facility.
According to my invention I insert a bolt with spring in the hook plate the said
bolt in its normal position being shot and then comes against the underside of the
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stud over which the hook is passed and so prevents the hook coming off its stud.
moving the busk to which the hook is connected the stud on the other busk acts
against the bolt, the spring yields, and the bolt is thrown back and the stud released.
The two sides of the busk will then come apart. The bolt is rounded or so shaped
that the stud acts with the greatest facility thereon as soon as the busk is moved and a
similar action, although in the contrary direction, takes place during the fastening
operation.
There may be only one of such fastenings applied to the ordinary hooks, or several
as found desirable. These fastenings when applied to busks may be attached on either
side of the busks. Suitably modified the fastening is equally applicable to gloves and
other articles.

page_text: Improvements in Fastenings for Stays, Corsets, and other Articles..
I, HENRY MANNING KNIGHT of 3 Fell Street, Wood Street, 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:-
Many attempts have heretofore been made to make fastenings for stays, corsets and
other articles which are secure, and are easily fastened and unfastened; but although
many secure fastenings have been made and used for this purpose for many years,
there has almost invariably been experienced a difficulty in either fastening or
unfastening them; now by my invention I believe this difficulty is entirely overcome,
and at the same time I produce a fastening which is most easy to fasten, very secure
when fastened and can be unfastened with the greatest facility.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 ia front elevation of a pair of busks, having a fastening constructed
according to my invention, applied thereto; Figure 2 shews the fastening detached,
drawn to a larger scale than the previous figure; and Figure 3 is a horizontal section
on line XY of Figure 2. Figures 4 and 5 are elevations of two pairs of busks fitted
with fastenings, the plates of which are modified in shape.
:
According to my invention I fit a bolt A in, or on, the hook plate C of one of the
busks E, such bolt being by a spring B maintained normally, in its outer or
፡፡ shot"
position that is nearly across the hook or passage way C¹ of the shank of the stud D
which stud is fitted on to the opposite busk E. As will be seen with reference to
Figures 1, 2, and 3, by moving the busk E to which the plate C (with its hook C¹) is
connected the stud D on the other busk E' acts against the somewhat rounded end of
the bolt A, which is thus pressed backwards, this causes the spring B to yield whereby
the stud D is released and the two busks E E¹ will come apart. The bolt A is, as
before mentioned, rounded at its end, or so shaped, that the shank of the stud D will
act with the greatest facility thereon, as soon as the busk E is moved with the object
of so forcing back the bolt, and a similar action, although the stud acts in the contrary
direction, takes place during the fastening operation. A' is a stop to prevent the bolt
passing too far across the loop or hook fitting.
Figure 4 shews the application of a loop fitting in conjunction with the loop
fastening. The construction and action of the bolt in this latter figure is exactly
similar to the one previously described. C, C, C, C, are loop plates, each being slotted
vertically and the lower one provided with the bolt A, so that when, during the
fastening operation, the studs Dare inserted at the enlarged end of the slots, and the
busks moved in a parallel direction with one another, the shanks of the studs D pass
into the narrow part of the slots, while at the same time the lower stud forces back
and passes the bolt A, which immediately springs back, across the passage of the shank
of such stud. In Figures 1, 4 and 5, the covering of one of the steel busks is shown

page_text: as being partially removed; in one case (Figure 1) the fastening bolt plate is fixed on
the outer side of the busk, and in the other case (Figure 4) on the inner side.
Figure 5 shews a pair of busks provided with loop plates C slotted both horizontally
and vertically so that the studs D would be first passed through the enlarged parts of
the slots and the busks separated and then moved parallel with each other, and the
lower loop being provided with the bolt the action would be similar to those previously
described.
There may be, as shewn, only one of such bolt fastenings applied to each pair of
busks, or several as found desirable. These fastenings when applied to busks may be
attached on either side of the busks.
Suitably modified the fastening is equally applicable to gloves, and other articles.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
:-
In fastenings for stays, corsets, and other articles, the combination with the hook or
top plate CC, of the bolt A rounded or shaped at end, with spring B so that the said
bolt A, being acted on by shank of stud D releases the fastening simultaneously and
by one movement; all constructed and acting substantially as hereinbefore described
with reference to the accompanying drawings together with any mere modification
or modifications thereof.