IMPROVEMENTS IN GLOVE FASTENERS ALSO APPLICABLE FOR FASTENING. SHOES AND THE LIKE
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frank Wirth at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd January 1882. A communication
from Fritz Koch, Partner of the Firm of Carl Koch & Co. of Frankfort on the
Main in the Empire of Germany.
FRANK WIRTH of the Firm of Wirth and Company Patent Solicitors at
Frankfort on the Main in the Empire of Germany. "IMPROVEMENTS IN GLOVE
FASTENERS ALSO APPLICABLE FOR FASTENING. SHOES AND THE LIKE." [A com-
inunication from Fritz Koch, Partner of the Firm of Carl Koch & Co. of Frankfort
on the Main in the Empire of Germany.]
This Invention relates to an improved fastener for gloves shoes and other
articles.
In carrying the said Invention into practice I provide two metal rods or arms
pivoted together at one end by means of a pin. The free ends of the said rods
which are bent inwardly are terminated by round buttons or studs and the said
rods or arms form a kind of pivotted frame which is sewn in the slit or opening of
the glove in such a manner that the free ends of the rods or arms, with the buttons
or studs thereon, extend out of the glove at the wrist portion thereof. The said
rods or arms are curved in such a manner as to adapt themselves to the shape of
the hand.
When the glove is to be fastened upon the hand, one of the buttons or studs has
to be pushed slightly above, or passed behind, the other causing thereby the ends of
the two rods or arms to close one above the other. The natural elasticity of the
hand serves as a spring; by the action of putting on the glove, the hand being
somewhat drawn together has a tendency to expand to its natural form, thereby
operating the closing of the fastener by pressing firmly the lower part of the two
buttons which are placed one above the other.
To unfasten the glove the buttons must be pushed downward.
This fastener, which is of great simplicity, differs from the glove fasteners hereto-
fore in use and presents the advantage of requiring less trouble in its use; moreover
it does not require the amount of time needed by the system of buttoning by which
the leather and lining of the glove are pulled or stretched, the buttons or studs
being merely pushed one behind the other and the fastening is effected.

page_text: An important feature of my Invention consists in the preservation of the glove;
the systems of buttoning heretofore in use causing a strain on the buttoning part
of the same. The lightness of my fastening device renders it suitable for all kinds
of gloves even to those made of very light inaterial.
The peculiar construction of my fastener causes a uniform stretching of the glove
over the hand and thereby ensures a perfect fit.
The ends of the rods or arms may be provided with hooks instead of buttons, or
one rod or arm may be provided with a button and the other with a hook. The
whole frame may also be made of one piece of spring wire not needing the use of a
pin or joint; and the buttons or studs may as desired be made in one piece with tho
arms, or separately.
Although this improved fastener is chiefly designed for gloves, it may, with obvious
Blight modifications be used for boots, shoes, and other articles.