US108309A - Improvement in neck-ties - Google Patents

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nnnrn P. wnrnona or-nLiZABErH, Nnw JERSEY, AND JOHN e. HrroH- oooK, or NEW YORK, N. Y.`

Leners menno. 108,300, aaa october 11, 1,870.

IMPROVEMENT IN NECK-TIES.

The Schedule referred to ,in these Letters Patent and making part of the same. t

To all 'who/mJ it may concern:

Be it known that we, Hmaiu l. WETMonE, of- Elizabeth, in the county of Union, State of New J e1"- sey, and JOHN G.H1ToHoooK, of 'the city` and county- 0f New York, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvement inNeck- Tics; and we do hereby declare the following is a full and exact description thereof'.

Our invention relates to the means of securingthe permanently-fixed end of the tie.

There is abow adapted to be presented at the front of theneck. The tie proper extends around from this bow, being fastened permanently at one end, and being connnected and disconnected readily at the other end. The free end may be, and preferably is, connected and disconnected by the means shown in my patent dated June 26, 1866.

It is important to adapt a single size, or a few graduations of sizes, to an indefinite variety of sizes of necks.

In the patent of 1866, tlm xed end was adjustable by being passed through a loop in the metallic part or socket which encased the spring snap, and being hooked in little loops. This construction is cumbrous, and involves among other' evils a doublethick.- ness of the tie for a considerable distance.

. It is obvious that this end of the tie, being once adjusted, need not afterward be lengthened or sliertcned.

Our invention provides for cutting off to the proper length, seizing it firmly and conveniently, and holding it permanently, without any necessity for doubling.

We clasp a short length of the end between aV folded piece of metal to seize the fabric; and,:we provide a socket, into which this folded-piece of metal, with its contents, is received and held.

There is a provision for removing it, by a forcible application of the thuu1b-nail to a slight projection, when desired, but this wll'fonly be necessary in securing the proper adjustment inthe first place.

We will proceed to describe what we consider the` best means of carrying out our invention".

The accompanying drawing forms a part of this specification.

Figure 1 isa view from below, and a section seen from below vthrough the novel parts; v

Figure 2 is a view from the rear or from the inside of the neck;

Figure 3 is a horizontal section, corresponding to that in tig. 1, but on a larger scale; and

Figure 4 is'an' end view of the clamp detached or separated from all the other parts.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in allthe figures.

VVecrnploy a spring snap constructed and operated in the manner full'y described in the patent, of 1866 above referred to.

The socket a, iu which the spring catch b is received vand confined, is sewn firmly upon the back face of the bow in thc` same manner as provided in the aforesaid patent.

This socket a. differs, however, from that in the patent of 1866, in being open at both sides. One side, (the right,) receives the spring catch b, the left side receives and confines the other end of the tie.

The socket a must be considerably longer than that portion of the spring catch b, which is inserted therein. We make it sutliciently long to receive another and different metallic piece indicated by n.. This is formed of spring brass, or analogous strong and thin material, folded upon itself as represented, and having teeth nl bent inward at one edge, and a thumbpiece, n2, bent slightly outward at the other edge.

The teeth nl hook inward a little, as shown.

7e make the tie T always sufficiently long for the largest sizes of necks. It will usually require shortening to a greater or lesser extent.

The purchaser, o1' usually the tailor or dealer who is retailing the goods, ascertains, by measuring with the tape or otherwise, the proper length to extend around the neck, and cuts off the end of the tie with shears.

open, and thus keeps itself always locked against the shoulders c', and when it is required in any case to shorten a little more the length of the tie T,the thumb-nail is applied to the projection u2, and, on springing the clamp n, together, by this means it can 'be liberated from the socket a and withdrawn, and

the'desired readjnstment made'of the tie T therein.

' It will be observed that it is importantto perform all the tentative trials' with the tie T a little too long,

if anything. Our invention allows for shortening the tie 'l indefinitely, but not for lengthening it.

It is customary to mark paper and other collars with the length, in inches, around the neck. Most customers know, from their previous experience with collars, what is the number of inches around their necks. 5

We propose to facilitato the tting of our ties by printing them with some colored material, which will show on the silk or other fabric, taking care, of course, to make the gradnations and figures only on thel inner face of the tie.

l If a, consumer wants a tie which is 14% y inches, the dealer has but to snip ofi' the t-e to the mark 14%, andinsert lche freshly-cnt end` into the clamp. and force it i'nto the sckeii'a, and there is the size exactly.

A neck-tie, having aJ spring clamp, n, adapted to receive end permanently hold one end of the tie T,

'in combination with the socket te, and with means lb for convenient-ly connecting :md disconnecting the parts for subsequent. use., all combined sind operating substantially :is herein set forth.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our names'in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

H.` I. WETMORE.

J. G. HITCHCOCK. Witnesses PHILIP LEVY, C. C. LIVINGS.

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