US253478A - John hinks - Google Patents

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(No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 1 v JFHIN-KS, T. HOOPER 82; E. R. BAKER.

FASTENING POR- GRAVATS, NEGKTIE S, 6w.

N0."253,478. Patented- Feb. 7,1882.

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. J. 'HINKS, T. HOOPER 8v F. R. BAKER.

FASTENING FOR GRAVATS, NEGKTIBS,, &G.

- No. 253,478. Patented Feb. 7.1882.

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JOHN HINKS, THOMAS HOOPER, AND FRANCIS R. BAKER, OF BIRMINGHAM, COUNTY OF WARWICK, ENGLAND; SAID BAKER ASSIGNOR TO SAID HINKS AND HOOPER.

FASTENING FOR CRAVATS, NECKTIES, 84C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,478, dated February 7, 1882. Application filed August 22, 1881. (No model.) Patented in England October 27, 1880, January 25, 1881, and April 7, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, J OHN HINKS, THOMAS 500mm, and FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Birmingham, in the county of Warwick,

England, have invented certain new and useful improvements in fastenings for cravats, neckties, belts, bands, braces, and other articles, and in suspenders for stockings, dresses,

1o curtains, and other articles, (for which we have received Letters Patent in England, No.- 4,387, dated 27th October, 1880; No. 337,,dated th January, 1881, and No. 1,519, dated 7th April, 1881,) of which the following isa specification.

1 Our invention consists of the construction and combinations, hereinafter described, of the parts of fastenin gs for cravats, neckties, belts, bands, braces, andotherarticles,ourimproved fastenings consistingessentially ot' a spring- 20 tongue, eitheremade from the body or frame of the fastening or of a separate piece of metal attached to the said body or frame, and'a- 1e,- ver for lifting the said spring-tongue for unfastening the band or article, or of alever only 2 for griping the article.

Our invention consists, further, of the improvements, hereinafter described, in suspend: ers for stockings, dresses, curtains, and other articles. I 0 Figure l of the accompanying drawings represents in back elevation a portion of a era vat to which a fastening constructed according to our invention is applied. Fig. 2 represents in section and plan the fastening de- 3 5 tached, drawn to alargerscale, with the springtongue and lifting-lever in their raised or nonacting positions. Fig. 3 represents the same in their depressed or acting posit-ions. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is an 40 end elevation of Fig. 3.

a a is the pointed spring-tongue of the fastening, made from the steel plate I), forming the body of the fastening. The pointed end a of the spring-tongue a is bent at right angles to 5 the plane of the other part.

cis the lifting-lever, jointed by the ears at c o to the bodyb, the said ears working in pockets at b in the body b. The said lever is engaged under the spring-tongue a, the said tongue passing through a slot, (1, made in the lever. When the lever c is raised into the position represented in Figs. 2 and 4 it lifts the pointed tongue a (t the said tongue tending to return to its normal position by its elasticity. When the lever 0 passes over the centero 0 on which it turns, it is held in that position by the pressure of the spring-tongue a a and the fastening is thus held or looked out of action. The heel 0 of the lifting-lever 0 constitutes a stop, and prevents the lever being moved beyond the position represented in Fig. 2. On shutting down the lever c the springtongue 0. a bearing upon it, forces it into the horizontal position represented in Fig. 3, and looks or holds it securely in that position. The body b of the fastening is attached by sewing to the under side of a piece of milll board, f, behind the front of the cravat, (see Fig. 1,) the edge of the piece of mill-board be I ing engaged with the trough-shaped end b? of the body I). A slot or opening is made in the mill-board at g, in which the spring-tongue a and lever 0 work. Between the mill-board f and the front of the cravat the free end 71/ ot' the neckband h is passed. By raising thele- 75 ver 0 into the position. represented in Figs. 2 and 4 the spring-tongue a a is lifted from the neckband h and the latter is released and can .be passed to the required distance behind the front of the cravat, and by depressing the lever o the parts take the positions represented in Figs. 3 and 5, the point end a of the springtongue entering the neckband h and fixing its position. 7

The fastening described maybe modified by dispensing with the separate lever c, and using in place thereof a projecting part on the spring- 1 tongue a ed, the said projecting part serving as a lifter to raise the spring-tongue to unfasten the cravat or article. The fastening described and illustratedis applicable to neckties having in front bows and ends or other shaped front parts.

Fig. 6 represents in back elevation, Fig. 7

in front elevation, and Fig.8 in section another cravat or necktie fastening made according to our invention. This fastening consists of a lever, 2' i turning in the plate It, fixed at the front of the mill-boardfofthe cravat. The long outer arm, '5, of the lever passes through an opening in the carrying-plate 7c, and the short acting arm 2' of the lever is turned at right angles to the other part, 6. At the back of the mill-board f is a trough-plate, l, with side ears for fastening it, through which plate 1 the neckband h of the cravat is passed. From the said trough-plate I a spring-tongue, Z is cut, the said tongue being attached at its base to the said plate 1. Near the free end'of the spring-tongue l, and immediately opposite the end of the short arm 21 of the lever i, is a cross-depression, l (see Fig. 8,) in which de pression the short arm of the lever enters when the lever is in its normal position. The troughplate It at the back of the mill-board f and the plate lat front, carrying the lever i 16 are conneeted together by eyelets at m m, passed through the mill-board f and eyeleted upon the said plates land It. The neckband h of the crava-t or necktie is passed between the mill-board f-and the trough-plate 1, having the spring-tongue 1 When the long arm i of the lever i i israised at rightangles to the shieldlike piecef, carrying the fastening, the end of the band [flea-n be adjusted, as it is not pressed upon by the short arm i of the lever. After the band W has been adjusted the long arm 2' of the lever is depressed upon the piece 1', when the said band k is pressed into the cross-depression Z in the spring-tongue Z of the short arm i of the lever, as seen in Fig. 8, and the said band is thereby fixed in the position to which it has been adjusted.

Fig. 9 represents in back elevation. and Figs. 10 and 11 in section a cravat-fastening in which the ordinary griping-lever,c' i is pressed into its griping position by springs #1, made from the sides of the trough-plate Z, through which the neckband 7L2 passes, the secure griping of the neckband being effected by the. short arm i of the lever pressing the said band either into a depression, Z Fig. 10, or into a slot, 1, Fig. 11, in the back of the plate I.

In applying the cravat-fastenin g represented in Figs.l,2,3,4,and 5 to the fastening of belts, bands, braces, and other articles, and to the suspending of stockings, curtains, and the like, 1

We modify the parts, as illustrated in the drawlI] gs.

Fig. 12 represents in plan the two parts of a belt or band fastening connected together; and Fig. 13 represents the same in longitudinal section disconnected, drawn to a larger scale. The partp on one end of the band is furnished with the spring-tongue a a and lifting-lever c,

as before described with respect to the cravatfastening, the said spring-tongue being made in one piece with the said part 9. The acting end a of the spring-tongue a is in this arrangement plain instead of being pointed. The part q of the fastening is furnished with a slot, q ,in which the end a of the spring-tongue snaps to fasten the two parts of the fastening together.

Fig. 1. represents in plan a purse or pocketbook fastening constructed according to our invention. The construction of this fastening is essentially the same as that of the belt or band fastening last described, and corresponding parts are marked with the same letters of reference.

Fig. 15 represents in front elevation a fastening constructed according to our invention applied to a brace. Fig. 16 represents a section of a portion of the same, and Fig. 17 represents a plan of a portion of the same. The construction of this fastening is in all essential respects the same as that of the belt-fastening already described, excepting that the springtongue at a is made of a separate piece of metal and is attached at one end to the slotted frame or plate 75 of the brace-fastening. c is the lever, working in a slot in the spring-tongue a a. The free end 01 f the spring-tongue is serrated, the serrated end being situated opposite the angular bar Z at the top of the frame 70. The web at of the brace passes between the bar Z and the serrated end a of the spring-tongue a, then through a slot in the plate or frame It, to the back thereof, and finally over the barnat the lower end of the frame. (See Fig. 16.) When the lever c is lifted, as represented in Fig. 16, the serrated edge a of the spring-tongue is also lifted from the brace-web m, and the latter is released and can slide through the frame k for adjusting it. By depressing the lever c the serrated edge a of the spring-tongue er enters the brace-web m, pressing it into the angular bar Z, and griping it firmly against the said bar.

Fig. 18 represents in front elevation and in section a stocking or curtain suspender constructed according to our invention. The said suspcnder resembles the brace-fastening represented in Figs. 15, 16, and 17. It consists of the plate a, to the upper end of which the band or tape from the waist of the person is connected. I To the plate a the spring-tongue I), having a lifting-lever, c, is connected. The bent end of the spring-tongue b is serrated, and the plate a has a slot, a near its lower end, through which the serrated end of the tongue b passes, when the said tongue is closed upon the plate a by means of the lever c. The serrated part of the tongue I) enters the edge of the stocking or article to be suspended.

Having now described the nature of our invention and the manner in which the same is to be performed, we wish it to be understood that we claim as our invention-- 1. In a fastening for a cravat or other article, the combination 'of the carrying-plate for the body of the fastening and operating or griping lever with one or more springs made in one piece with the said plate or body and frame, a spring-tongue, and an operating or adapted to operate with said lever, substangriping lever, said tongue passing through a- .tially as described.

2. The combination, with a carrying or sup- 5 porting plate and an operating or griping lever, of a spring-tongue the elasticity of which tends to draw the free end inward, all substantially as described.

3. A fastener for a cravat or other article, 10 comprising a carrying -plate or supportingslot in said lever, substantially as described.

JOHN HINKS. L. s.] THOMAS HOOPER. L. 8.] FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER. L. s.] Witnesses:

RICHARD SKERRETT, ARTHUR I. POWELL, Both of No.37 Temple Street, Birmingham.

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