An Appliance for Placing Dress Studs in Linen.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance for Placing Dress Studs in Linen.
BENJAMIN HISCOCKS, 43, The Avenue, Pontypridd, Commission Agent, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A metal bow or spring having the two ends close to each other, one end is
notched to fit the shank of a stud the other end has at its extremity a small
metal boss. To use the notch is placed against the shank of the stud and the
boss on the other arm on the head of the stud, then by moving the bow slightly
in the hand the stud head is worked through the linen.
Dated this 10th day of June 1899.
1, BENJAMIN HISCOCKS, 43, The Avenue, Pontypridd, Commission Agent, 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 follow-
ing statement :-
This invention consists in an appliance having for its object to facilitate the
insertion of dress studs into stud-holes in shirt-fronts and other linen. By its
aid studs can be inserted with less liability to soiling with the fingers and
creasing that part of the linen which is presented uppermost when the parts for
connection by the studs are so connected. The appliance consists of a pair of
resilient spring tongs so made that the limbs, in addition to being adapted to
open and close in the same manner as sugar and like tongs, can be sprung back-
wards and forwards in the direction of the length of the instrument, on each limb
of which is a ridge for applying pressure in working the instrument. The under
limb of the appliance is recessed or notched at its end. The other limb is fur-
nished at its end with a boss or snug.
In practically using the appliance, the notched end of the lower limb is applied
to the shank of the stud which has previously been placed by hand in the stud-
hole of that part of the linen which is undermost when the connection is made.
The boss or snug of the upper limb of the appliance is then pressed forward
sufficiently over the stud head to engage with the edge of the stud-hole of the
upper part of the linen. The upper limb of the appliance is then drawn back
and so draws the linen over the stud. A spring tongue fixed to the underside of
the upper limb assists the operation by pressing on the linen at or near the edge
of the stud-hole drawn over by the snug of the said limb.

page_text: Referring to the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 represents a side view of
the appliance in which this invention consists. Fig. 2 is a plan. Fig. 3 is a
section on the line e, x, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan illustrating the practical appli-
cation of the instrument. Fig. 5is a sectional view.
The appliance consists of a pair of spring tongs. The limb a carries at its
end a boss or snug a', the underface of which may be concave. The lower
limb b has a notch or recess formed in its end. A spring tongue c is fixed
at c¹ to the limb a. This tongue c, though preferably employed, may be dis-
pensed with. On each limb is provided a ridge r as places of purchase for
application of pressure in springing the limbs in the direction of their length.
As aforesaid, the practical application of the instrument is illustrated at
Figs. 4 and 5. It is shown as applied for fastening the two parts of a shirt-front
together by means of the stud d. The operation is the same with linen similarly
divided and similarly arranged for stud connection, and capable of being dealt
with by the appliance. The stud d having been previously inserted by hand
in the stud-hole of the part e of the shirt-front, is pushed by hand partly through
the stud-hole in the upper part f of the shirt-front. The instrument is then
applied. The shank of the stud is received in the recess of the limb b, and
the limb a is sprung forward and pressed down on the stud so that the boss or
snug a¹ engages with the edge of the stud-hole in the upper part f of the linen.
The limba is then drawn back and the snug a pulls the edge of the stud-hole
over and clear of the stud-head. The linen edge so pulled over rebounds under
the stud head against the shank of the stud. The spring tongue e assists in this
latter.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
An appliance for use in inserting dress studs in linen, consisting of a pair of
spring tongs, one limb of which has a notch or jaw for engaging with the shanks
or studs, and the other limb carries a boss or snug for engaging with the edges
of stud-holes, the appliance being so constructed and shaped that, in addition
to being adapted to open and close after the manner of spring tongs, the limbs
can be sprung to move in the direction of their length, substantially as herein-
above described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of May 1900.