NEW OR IMPROVED CUFF RETAINERS OR FASTENERS to be as follows
Year: 1885

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We JOHN RICHARD GREEN of Warstone Button Works Warstone Lane
Birmingham in the County of Warwick Button Mauufacturer and FREDERICK
WILLIAM PLANT of Carlyle Road Birmingham aforesaid Commercial Clerk do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "NEW OR IMPROVED CUFF
RETAINERS OR FASTENERS to be as follows:-
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Our invention consists of cuff retainers or fasteners constructed as hereinafter
described to be used in combination with the solitaires or fastenings by which the
edges of the cuffs are secured together.
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By the use of our invention the loose or separable cuff is prevented from rising
up the arm or having a movement about the wrist of the wearer excepting such as
are produced by the motions of the coat or dress sleeve itself. :
Each of our new or improved cuff retainers or fasteners consists of an oblong
tapering plate having at its narrow end a hole of a size proper to take upon the,
peg or tube on the back part of the solataire by which the edges of the cuff are,
secured together and at its wide end a series of small holes or perforations by
which the retainer can be sewn to the inside of the coat or dress sleeve. The cuff
retainer is by these means fastened at one end to the coat or dress sleeve and at
its other end to the solitaire at the junction of the two edges of the cuff and by
the use of the said retainer the cuff is prevented from sliding or rising up the arm.
of the wearer or having a movement upon the wrist of the wearer.
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The cuff retainer is used in the following manner. After the back part of the
solitaire has been engaged with one edge of the cuff the hole in the narrow end of
the retainer secured at the opposite end to the sleeve is passed onto the peg or tube
on the back part of the solitaire. The front part of the solitaire is next passed
through the other edge of the cuff and the two parts of the solitaire are secured,
together in the ordinary way... The free or unconnected end of the cuff retainer is
thereby secured to the solitaire and the motions of the cuff berein before pointed
out are prevented.

page_text: Our improved cuff retainers may be used with all kinds of cuff fastenings or
solitaires which consist of two separable parts between which the free or unconnected
ends of the retainers can be secured as before described or by modifying the shape
of the retainers they may be used in combination with solitaires made in one
piece.
Our improved cuff retainers may have any desired ornamental shape given to
them and although we prefer to make them from sheet metal yet they may be made
from wire.
NOW OF COU
We JOHN RICHARD GREEN of Warstone Button Works Warstone Lane
Birmingham in the County of Warwick Button Manufacturer and FREDERICK
WILLIAM PLANT of Carlyle Road Birmingham aforesaid Commercial Clerk do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention and in what manner the same is
to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
Our invention consists of cuff retainers or fasteners constructed as herein after
described to be used in combination with the solitaires or fastenings by which the
edges of the cuffs are secured together.
By the use of our invention the loose or separable cuff is prevented from rising
up the arm or having a movement about the wrist of the wearer excepting such
as are produced by the motions of the coat or dress sleeve itself.
.
Each of our new or improved cuff retainers or fasteners consists of an oblong
tapering plate having at its narrow end a hole of a size proper to take upon the
peg or tube on the back part of the solitaire by which the edges of the cuff are
secured together and at its wide end a series of small holes or perforations by
which the retainer can be sewn to the inside or outside of the coat or dress
sleeve. The cuff retainer is by these means fastened at one end to the coat or
dress sleeve and at its other end to the solitaire at the junction of the two edges
of the cuff and by the use of the said retainer the cuff is prevented from sliding
or rising up the arm of the wearer or having a movement upon the wrist of the
wearer.
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page_text: The cuff retainer is used in the following manner, After the back part of the
solitaire has been engaged with the edges of the cuff the hole in the narrow end of;
the retainer, secured at the opposite end to the sleeve, is passed onto the peg or,
tube on the back part of the solitaire. The front part of the solitaire is next
passed onto the back part and the two parts of the solitaire are secured together
in the ordinary way The free or unconnected end of the cuff retainer is thereby
secured to the solitaire and the motions of the cuff herein before pointed out are
prevented.
Our improved cuff retainers may be used with all kinds of cuff fastenings or
solitaires which consist of two separable parts between which the free or un-
connected ends of the retainers can be secured as before described; or by modifying
the shape of the retainers they may be used in combination with solitaires made
in one piece.
Figure 1 represents in plan and Figure 2 in edge view, a cuff retainer, drawn to
a large scale, constructed according to our invention to be used in combination
with a cuff fastening or solitaire made of two separable parts; Figures 3 and 4
represent the cuff retainer applied to the cuff and sleeve, one half of the solitaire
in Figure 3 being removed.
The cuff retainer is cut from sheet metal and consists of a tapering plate having
at its narrow end the hole or ring a of a size proper to take upon the peg or tube
on the back part of the solitaire. In the wide end b of the cuff retainer, small
holes or piercings are made for sewing the retainer to the coat or dress sleeve.
When the cuff retainer is fastened to the inside or outside of the sleeve, the hole or
ring a at the unconnected end projects beyond the edge of the sleeve but the
position of the said hole or ring a of the retainer with respect to the edge of the
sleeve may be varied; for example, the eye part a may be situated within the
sleeve instead of external to it as represented.
In order to fasten the cuff d to the retainer a, b, the back part e of the solitaire
is engaged with the holes in the cuff d in the ordinary way and the hole or ring a
of the retainer is passed onto the peg on the back part e of the solitaire. The
front part of the solitaire is next passed onto the peg of the back part e and
secured thereto in the usual way.
The free or unconnected end a of the cuff retainer is thereby secured between
the two parts of the solitaire and the cuff d is prevented from sliding or rising up
the arm of the wearer or having a movement upon the wrist of the wearer as
before described.
Various kinds of solitaires made in two parts may be used with the cuff retainer
Figures 1 and 2.
Figure 5 represents in plan of underside Figure 6 in plan of upper side and
Figure 7 in side elevation, another cuff retainer, drawn to a large scale, constructed
according to our invention This cuff retainer is combined with a solitaire made in
one piece. The cuff retainer is made in the manner hereinbefore described with
respect to Figures 1 and 2, but the ring end a of the cuff retainer is connected to
the solitaire g, g², h by passing the stem g through the hole in the said ring end a
and riveting it to the said ring end and closing the outer or large head h of the
solitaire upon the underside of the said ring end in the manner illustrated
⚫in Figure 5.
The retainer Figures 5, 6 and 7 is sewn by the end 6 to the sleeve and the
head g of the shank g of the solitaire is passed through the holes in the cuff' in the
same manner as the back head of an ordinary solid solitaire is passed through
the holes in the cuff as illustrated in Figures 8 and 9. The edges of the cuff d are
thus fastened together and the cuff d prevented from rising up the arm or having
a movement about the wrist of the wearer.
Our improved cuff retainers may have any desired ornamental shape given to
them and although we prefer to make them from sheet metal yet they may be
made from wire.

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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our inven-
tion and the manner in which the same is to be performed we declare that we
claim as our invention;
First Making cuff retainers or fasteners' substantially as herein before described
and illustrated in Figures 1. 2. 3. and 4 of the accompanying Drawing, one end
of the cuff retainer being secured to the sleeve of the coat or dress and the other
end fastened between the two parts of a cuff fastening or solitaire as before
described.
Secondly Combining the cuff retainer or fastener with a solitaire made in one
piece substantially as herein before described and illustrated in Figures 5. 6. 7. 8
and 9 of the accompanying Drawing.