Improvements in Fasteners for Gloves and other Articles of Attire.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 17th Apr., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fasteners for Gloves and other Articles of
Attire.
I CARL AUGUST PFENNING, of Barmen-Rittershausen, Rhenish Prussia, in
the Empire of Germany, 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 and accompanying
drawings:-
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My said invention relates to improvements in fasteners especially suited for
application to gloves but capable also of being used for other articles of attire.
According to my invention the halves of the fastener are so applied that the
meeting faces of the fastener halves are on a level with the meeting faces of the
overlapping portions of the glove to which the fastener halves are attached.
Therefore when the fastener halves are snapped together the overlapping portions
of the glove lie closely together which greatly adds to the appearance of the glove
when being worn. Owing also to the manner of securing the fasteners, the
purchase of the fasteners is brought more in line with the work and dragging of
the material of the glove and bending and loosening of the fasteners is avoided.
Further I avoid cutting any hole in the glove material to receive the fasteners,
and the upper fastener half is susceptible of decoration by means of inserted
precious stones or imitations thereof, or of pictures or the like, or the material
of the glove might appear.
In carrying my invention into effect, I make
each fastener half of two rings with male and female, inclined projections and
recesses. The upper ring has teeth or other parts which pierce the material
and entering the inclined recess in the under ring, become bent or doubled up in
the said recess and so hold the two rings and the interposed glove material firmly
together. The inclined form of the meeting ring surfaces causes the material to
lie about level with the meeting face of the fastener half.
The invention will be more plainly understood from a consideration of the
annexed sheet of drawings to an enlarged scale which 1 will now proceed to
describe.
Fig. 1 is a section of the upper or male half of my improved fastener secured to
the stuff or material of a glove for example.
Fig. 2 is a similar section of the under or female half of the fastener similarly
secured.
Fig. 3 is a section of the upper clenching ring of the male half of the
fastener showing the clenching teeth as they appear before being applied to the
under ring.
Fig. 4 is a section of the under ring with inwardly rolled rim to receive the
clenching teeth.
Fig. 5 is an outside edge view of the upper clenching ring of the female half
of the fastener.
Fig. 6 is a plan of Fig. 5 showing the snap springs.
Fig. 7 is a section of the under ring of the female half with recessed rim to
receive the clenching teeth of the upper ring.
Fig. 8 is a sectional view of the male and female halves of the fastener snapped
together, the male half being decorated with a setting of precious stone or other
decorative adjunct.

page_text: Figs. 9 and 10 are sectional views of the halves of my improved fastener the upper
half having a metal dome top and the positions of the snap head and recess being
reversed as compared with the foregoing examples.
Fig. 11 is a separate sectional view of the clenching ring of the fastener shown
in Figs. 9 and 10.
Figs. 12 and 13 are sectional views in which the clenching teeth are clenched
inwards instead of outwards as in the foregoing examples.
Fig. 14.shows the improved fasteners attached to a glove.
Referring in the first place to Figs. 1 to 7, I will describe the parts of the
fasteners and the improved method of putting them together. The upper or male
half of the fastener consists of a ring m the curled in edge of which clenches and
holds another ring furnished with teeth s (see Fig. 3). The toothed rings is
clenched between the ring m and a slightly domed disc p of celluloid or metal or
other suitable substance which may carry a painting or be engraved or otherwise
decorated. This combination of parts as shown at Fig. 3 is laid upon the outer
side of the material of the glove, and on the inner side I apply the disc a shown in
Fig. 4 and in which is formed the knob k which snaps into the female half of the
fastener. The outer edge of the disc a is formed with an inwardly turned over
gutter intended to receive and clench the teeth s as hereinbefore set forth.
Before clenching the two halves together, the material f of the glove is placed
between the halves and packing c of pasteboard or other suitable material is
placed between the material f and the disc a. I then force the teeth s through the
material and into the gutter where the teeth are spread and folded over in
the gutter in such a manner as to clench the two halves firmly together. The
curve given to the material by the shape of the fastener brings down the
inner side of the material f into line with the lower edge of the disc a, and as will
be hereinafter shown, the outer side of the material ft to which the female half b
of the fastener is attached is similarly brought level with the upper face of the
fastener half, the result being that when the two halves are snapped together,
the overlapping portions of the glove lie perfectly closely together whereby the
appearance of the glove is greatly improved.
The under or female half of the fastener consists of a disc b with a flange r
turned down at an angle as shown at Figs. 2 and 5. This inclined turned down
flange is formed with teeth s¹ (best seen in Fig. 5).
The lower portion of this fastener half consists of a ring m¹ (shown separately
in Fig. 7) with a gutter formed rim m². In the under dished side of the disc b
place the snap springs d the free members of which cut across the hollow
pocket w into which the knob k is snapped in the usual manner. In securing
this female fastener half to the material f¹, the material is nipped between
the disc b and the ring m³. The teeth s¹ of the disc b are forced through
the material and into the gutter m² of the ring m'. The teeth are thereby
spread outward and folded over in the gutter m³ so as to clench the whole firmly
together.
As the male half of my improved fastener presents plenty of available room
within its circumference, I may utilise this space as shown in Fig. 8 to receive
precious stones or diamonds either real or imitation. The space just over the
hollow snap knob. k allows plenty of room for the downwardly projecting angular
cut faces of the stone t which are necessary to give the reflections which cause
brilliancy.. The stone is fixed in place by the clips i before the application
of the fastener to the glove but as so little force is necessary to secure the
fastener, the stone will receive no injury by the operation. As already said
however, the place occupied by the stone t might be covered with a plate or
surface such as the celluloid plate p in Fig. 1, which could be painted or otherwise
decorated.
Although I have in the foregoing figs. shown the pocket w in the lower half of
the fastener and the knob k in the upper half, the positions of these might however
be reversed and the pocket located in the upper half while the knob might project

page_text: from the under half. This modification is shown in Figs. 9, 10 and 11 of the
drawings. The under portion a of the upper half of the fastener carries the
teeth s which interlock with the gutter in the upper ring m. To give the upper
half the appearance of a button I close the top with a cover u which boxes the
whole neatly in.
The under fastener half 6 carrying the knob k (shown separately in Fig. 11)
carries teeth s¹ which interlock with the bottom ring m¹. In all of the foregoing
cases the teeth s spread outwards and turn over so as to clench in a gutter
shaped rim. In Fig. 13 the teeth s are clenched in an inward direction in
a recess formed by mounting a second dished plate a¹ on the plate a. In
Fig. 12 which shows the lower half of the fastener, the clenching teeth s from
the plate are also turned inwards and clenched in a gutter in the bottom
ring m¹.
Fig. 14 shows the fasteners applied to a glove or other article of attire.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
1. The improved fasteners for application to gloves and other articles of attire
substantially as set forth.
2. The improved glove or other fasteners of the indicated type in which the
separate portions comprising each fastener half are clenched or secured to each
other and to the interposed material of the glove or other article, by means
of teeth projecting from the upper or under part, disc or ring and which pass
through the material and into a recess or gutter in the opposing part wherein
they become clenched so as to bind the whole together, the material being brought
to a level with the respective meeting faces of the fastener halves so as to make a
close joint of the overlapping portions of material substantially as described and
shown.
3. As means for securing the component parts of fastener halves to each other
and to the material, the teeth s on one part in combination with the gutter or recess
to receive and clench the same in the other part, substantially as described and as
illustrated.