IMPROVE- MENTS IN AND RELATING TO GLOVE-FASTENERS
Year: 1885

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I, EDWIN JENNISON KRAETZER, of Boston, Massachusetts, United States of
America, Merchant do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN AND RELATING TO GLOVE-FASTENERS " and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
This invention relates to that class of glove-fasteners which are provided with
spring catches or locks, and consists in a novel construction and arrangement of
the parts as hereinafter more fully set forth by which a more desirable and effective
device of this character is produced than is now in ordinary use.
The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all
conversant with such matters from the following explanation, its extreme simplicity
rendering an elaborate description unnecessary.
In the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the stud of a fastener constructed according to this
invention.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the body.
Figure 3 is a vertical transverse section of the same.
Figure 4 is a horizontal section on the line x x Figure 3; and
Figure 5 is a vertical transverse section representing the improved fastener
in use.
Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of
the drawings.
A represents the body of the fastener, B the shank and C the stud.
The body is preferably composed of sheet metal struck up or formed as best seen
n Figures 2, 3 and 5, and is provided with a base D, also composed of sheet metal
and having an upwardly projecting annular flange m at its periphery adapted to
pass over and receive the lower edge of the body A, to which it may be attached
by soldering, milling, or in any other suitable manner.
The shank consists of a vertically arranged elongated tube B, open at its lower
nd and provided with a cap f having the annular flange z adapted to rest on the
ody A, said body, and its base D, being respectively provided at their centres
with corresponding vertical holes for receiving said shank, which is retained in
osition by the friction of the parts, or may be secured by solder or by any other
uitable means.
Projecting through a hole i in the side of the body A is a horizontally arranged
ush-pin E, provided at its inner end with the locking plate H having the elongated
ot d, through which the shank B is passed within the body A.
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page_text: A transverse horizontal slot a is cut in the side of the shank B at a point
opposite the push-pin E, said slot being adapted to receive the end portion or bar l
of the plate H.
Disposed horizontally within the body A is a circular spring J, permanently
secured at its centre to the under side of the pin E within the body of the fastener,
as shown at v, said spring acting expansively to force the pin E outwardly through
the hole i, and draw the bar into the slot a of the shank B.
The stud C is provided with a head or annular 'flange h, and has its lower end b
reduced in size to form the shoulder g.
In Figure 5, K, L respectively represent the overlapping edges of the flaps of 1
the glove at the wrist, and, in attaching the stud C to the lower flaps L, two
washers or metallic dises M, N are employed.
These discs are respectively provided with holes at their centres for receiving the
reduced portion b of the stud, the disc M being first passed over said reduced
portion and resting against the shoulder g, after which the lower end of the stud
is passed through a corresponding hole in the flap L, and also through the hole in
the disc or washer N, and rivetted down or headed, as shown at r in Figure 5,
thereby securely clamping the flap between the discs and attaching the stud
thereto.
In securing the body of the fastener to the flap K, a suitable hole is made
through said flap to receive the shank B which is passed through said hole, after
which a disc or washer Q, having a corresponding hole at its centre, is passed on
over the protruding shank B, the latter being afterwards turned or milled down,
as shown at t, thereby securing the washer Q and securely clamping the flap K
between said washer and the base D of the body A.
In the use of my improvement, the body A being detached from the stud C and
the flaps K, L separated, to button or fasten the glove, the shank B is passed on or
down over the stud C until the head h of said stud rises through the slot d of the
plate H, the pin E being pushed inwardly to force the bar out of the path of the
stúd, if necessary, after which said pin is released and forced outwardly by the
expansive action of the spring J, and the bar drawn into the slot a beneath the
head of the stud, thereby locking the parts together in a manner which will be
readily obvious without a more explicit description.
The head his oval or inclined, and in buttoning or fastening the glove the
shank B may be pushed downwardly over the stud and the stud caused to engage
the bar 1, thereby locking the two members of the fastener together without the
necessity of pushing in the pin E.
To unbutton or unfasten the glove it will be obvious that it is only required to
push in the pin E sufficiently to disengage the bar 7 from the stud C, after which
the body may be removed from the stud and the flaps K, L separated.
I do not confine myself to making the body of the fastener round and with an
oval or inclined top and vertical sides, as shown in cross section Figures 3 and 5,
as it may be made in any other suitable form desired. The cap f, may also be
omitted and the shank B left open at the top if desired; and instead of the spring J
any other suitable spring may be employed.
It will be understood that the spring J is unattached to any portion of the
fastener except the pin E or plate H, and that as said pin is pushed inwardly the
spring slides within the body A, its ends y approaching each other and its tension
being increased; also that when the pin is released, the expansive action of the
spring will force the pin outwardly, its ends separating and its force decreasing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
First In a glove-fastener, the combination of a hollow body, a locking bar
disposed within said body, a push-pin connected with said bar and extending
outwardly through said body, a spring disposed within said body and connected

page_text: with said push-pin, a hollow shank adapted to secure the body to a flap of the
glove and extending centrally through said body; and a stud adapted to enter said
shank and engage said locking bar and also to be attached to a flap of the glove,
substantially as set forth.
Second In a glove-fastener, the body A, push-pin E, spring J, plate H, bar l,
shank B, and stud C, constructed, combined and arranged to operate substantially
as specified.
Third In a glove-fastener, the push-pin E provided with the curved spring J,
centrally attached thereto within the body A and adapted to slide within said
body, substantially as set forth.
Fourth The body A, shank B, base D, and disc Q, in combination with the
flap K, substantially as described.
Fifth The stud Ċ and discs or washers M, N, in combination with the flap L,
substantially as, and for the purpose, set forth.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
For the Applicant.