Improvements in and relating to the Fastening of Corset Busks, Gloves, Boots, and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Aug., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 27th May, 1895-Accepted, 29th June. 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to the Fastening of Corset Busks,
Gloves, Boots, and the like.
We, JOHN STIRLING, of Mossgiel, Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Accountant, and
ALFRED DAGNALL, of 217 Hope Street, in the City and County of Glasgow,
Manufacturer's Agent, do hereby declare the nature of our invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has reference to an improved method of tightening up and fastening
ladies corset busks, and applicable also for fastening gloves, boots, and generally
suitable where hooks or studs and eyes have heretofore been used.
As applied to corset busks, these would be tightened up and fastened together
under one arrangement by rivetting or securing a series of short projecting out
plates or lugs to the one spring or busk of the corset at short distances apart. These
plates would under our improvements be formed with vertical or angled slots of
graduated lengths, the smallest. being say inch long on the upper projecting plate
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and the others increasing say tinch in length as they descend or vice versa.
lower ends of these slots would be formed with an increased opening to receive
projecting studs fitted on the other spring steel or busk of the corset opposite the
projecting plates. As the slots are buttoned on to the studs the latter would
gradually slide up the narrow part of the vertical slots until when the top stud was
inserted they would all be at the top of the slots, and the busk in this tightened up
position would be secured by a spring or other clip catch at its top end to prevent
the studs from moving. Instead of forming the vertical slots in separate plates,
they may be all formed at proper spaced distances apart in a single vertical plate
rivetted or secured to the spring steel or busk, or the slots may be formed directly
in busk and hook studs be used.
Instead of forming the busks with vertical or angled slots of graduated lengths,
these slots may be made all of one length, but in such case they would by a
further improvement be formed with a short radial slot or opening projecting
out at right or other angles from the top or end of the vertical slot so as to form a
locking, recess for the stud in its tightened up position; and these radial locking
parts may also be used with the graduated method of fastening.
This method of tightening up and fastening may be applied in an analogous
manner to gloves, boots, and the like, celluloid or other flexible material being
preferably substituted for the metal in which the vertical locking slots are
formed.
Dated the 24th A noust 1894.
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page_text: Improvements in and relating to the Fastening of Corset Busks,
Gloves, Boots, and the like.
We, JOHN STIRLING of Mossgiel, Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Accountant, and
ALFRED DAGNALL, of 217 Hope Street in the City and County of Glasgow,
Manufacturer's Agent, do hereby declare the nature of our invention, to be, as
follows:-
This invention has reference to an improved method of tightening up and fastening
ladies corset busks and applicable also for fastening gloves, boots and generally
suitable where hooks or studs and eyes have heretofore been. used..
And in order that our said invention and the manner of performing.or carrying
the same into practice may be properly understood, we have hereunto appended, an
explanatory sheet of drawings, in which. Figure 1. represents a view of the fastening.
devices of a corset busk, as.arranged in accordance with our improvements. While
Figure 2 is a corresponding view showing a modified, construction, of our fastening
devices.
Referring to these drawings:-As applied to corset busks, these would be.
tightened up and fastened. together by rivetting or securing a series of short
projecting out plates or lugs a to the one spring or busk A of the corset at short
distances apart.
These plates a would, under our improvements be, formed with
vertical or angled slots a' of graduated lengths, the smallest being say tinch long
on the upper projecting plate. and the others increasing say inch in length as they
descend, or vice versa. The. lower ends of these, slots, a would be formed with an
increased opening a² to receive projecting studs b.fitted on the other spring steel or
busk A¹ of the corset opposite the projecting plates a. As the slots a are buttoned
on to the studs & the latter would gradually slide, up the narrow part of the vertical
slots a¹ until when the top stud was. inserted they, would all be at the top of the
slots a' and the busk in this tightened up position may be secured by a spring or other
clip catch at its top end to prevent the studs, from, moving. Instead of forming the
vertical slots a in separate. plates, they may be all formed at proper spaced
distances apart in a single vertical plate rivetted or secured, to the spring steel or
busk, or the slots may be formed directly in busk and hook studs be used. In the
arrangement shown in Figure 1 the second highest slot a¹ is shown as placed at au
angle for better security in locking..
Instead of forming the busks with vertical or apgled slots. a of graduated
lengths. these slots may be made, all of one, length, but in, such, case they would
by a further improvement be formed, with a short, radial slot, or opening a
projecting out at right or other angles from the top or end of the vertical slot, so
as to form a locking recess for the stud in its tightened up position; and these
radial locking parts may also be used with the graduated method of fastening as
shown in Figure 2 and this arrangement is used for locking as shown in the top.
slot a' in Figure 1.
This method of tightening up and fastening may be applied in an analogous
manner to gloves, boots, and the like, celluloid or other flexible material being
preferably substituted for the metal in which the vertical locking slots are
formed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
First. The improved devices for fastening corset busks, gloves, boots and the

page_text: end of each for buttoning on to studs substantially as herein described in reference
to and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Second. The improved devices for fastening corset busks, gloves, boots and
the like consisting in having slots with increased openings at the same end of
each, and having radial slots projecting from the opposite ends of these to form
locking recesses for the studs, substantially as herein described in reference to
and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated the 24th day of May 1895.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.