Improvements in Spring Clasps or Clips for Holding together Collar and Necktie, or Shirt and Necktie, or Stocking and Suspender, and for other similar Purposes.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 14th June, 1887--
Complete Left, 12th Apr., 1888
Complete Accepted, 18th May, 1888
Improvements in Spring Clasps or Clips for Holding together Collar
and Necktie, or Shirt and Necktie, or Stocking and Suspender,
and for other similar Purposes.
I LEON NAPOLEON LOEB of Church Alley, Basinghall Street, in the City of
London, Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication
to me from abroad by Charles Locb of 540 West Sixteenth Street, New York United
States of America, Chemical Manufacturer) to be as follows:-
This invention refers to spring clasps or clips for holding together collar and
necktic or shirt and necktio or stocking and suspender and for other similar
purposes.
The said spring clasps consist mainly of a circular, oval or other shaped plate
provided with suitable bearings for the clip tongue. The clip tongue is hinged to the
said bearings in the plate and differs from those ordinarily employed in that it is bent
at about right angles at or near the middle of its length so as to allow of thicker
material being clasped than is usually the case. The end of the clip tonguo projects
through a hole in the plate and is acted upon by a powerful spring which is kept in
position at the back of the plate by means of another thin plate spun over the edge of
the first named plate or secured thereto in any other suitable manner or the spring
might be riveted to the circular plate. Cone points or other projections are formed on
the underside of the clip tongue and on the opposite upper part of the circular plato
by means of a suitable tool applied by stamping or otherwise. The clip may have an
eye or buckle for fastening suspender straps or the like thereto.
T
1000
LOEN NAPOLEON LEOB.
By Jensen & Son,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Patent Agents.

page_text: Improvements in Spring Clasps or Clips for Holding together Collar
and Necktie, or Shirt and Necktie, or Stocking and Suspender,
and for other similar Purposes.
I, LEON NAPOLEON LOEB of Church. Alley Basinghall Street; in the City of
London Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication
to me from abroad by Charles Loeb of 540 West Sixteenth Street, New York, United
States of America Chemical Manufacturer) and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and, by the following
statement:
This invention refers to spring clasps or clips for holding together collar and
necktie or shirt and necktie or stocking and suspender and for other similar
purposes.
The said spring clasps consist mainly of a circular oval or other shaped plate
provided with suitable bearings for the clip tongue. The clip tongue is hinged to the
said bearings in the plate and differs from those ordinarily employed in that it is bent
at about right angles at or near the middle of its length so as to allow of thicker
material being clasped than is usually the case. The end of the clip tongue projects
through a hole in the plate and is acted upon by a powerful spring which is kept in
position at the back of the plate by means of another thin plate spun over the edge of
the first named plate or secured thereto in any other suitable manner, or the spring
might bo riveted to the circular plate. Cone points or other projections are formed
on the underside of the clip tongue and on the opposite upper part of the circular
plate by means of a suitable tool applied by stamping or otherwise. The clip may
have an eye or buckle for fastening suspender straps or the like thereto. Figure 1 of
the accompanying drawings is a plan of underside of a clip made according to this
invention Figure 2 is a side view of same in the open condition and Figure 3 a like
iew in the closed position. Figure 4 is a vertical cross section and Figure 5 a plan.
The body of the clip consists of a plate A shown circular in this case and with a
turned up rim or flange over which is spun the thin outer plate B. The plate A is
provided with bearings for the clip tongue C which is hinged thereto and made in the
form of a double armed lever one short end entering the interior of the part A which
latter is recessed as 'shewn at A' A' Figure 1 and at Figure 4 and by preference a
little deeper at A¹ than at A' for the tongue C to fall back against when open as shown
at Figure 2. The tongue is at its outer or longer end bent at about right angles at
or near the middle of the length of this part so as to allow of thick material being
clasped by it. The clip tongue projects through a hole in the plate A and its inner
short rounded end is acted upon by a powerful spring D Figure 4, also shown in
dotted lines across Figure 5. This spring is kept in position at the back of the
plate A by the thin outer plate B. Cone points E are formed on the underside of the
clip tongue and other cone points F are formed on the opposite part of the plate A by
means of a suitable tool.

page_text: The clip may as shown in Figure 6 have an eye or buckle for fastening suspender
straps or the like thereto.
These clips may of course vary as to size and form according to requirement and as
fancy may dictate without alteration of the principle of construction.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me from
abroad I declare that what I claim is :-
First. In spring clips or clasps for holding together collar and necktie or shirt and
necktie or stocking and suspender and for other similar purpose the application of a
tongue such as C whereby thick articles are firmly held together substantially as set
forth.
Second. The improved construction of spring clip or clasp substantially as
described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 12th day of April 1888.
LEON NAPOLEON LOEB.
By Jensen & Son,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Patent Agents.