US388020A

US388020A - Lowell j

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Publication number: US388020A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1888-08-21
Anticipated expiration: 1905-08-21

Description

(No Model.)

L. J. BULLARD.

CLASP.

No. 388,020'I Patnted Aug. 21, 1888.

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UNiTnio STATES LOVELL J. BULLARD,

PATENT @einen OF NEW YORK, N. Y,

CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,020, dated August 2l, 1888.

(No model.)

To @ZZ wtoit it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOWELL J. BULLARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Nippers, of which the following is a full, clear, exact, and concise description, reference bein ghad to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters refer to sxnilar parts throughout the several views.

The object ot my invention is to provide a cuff-holder which may be readily attached to a sleeve or lining and detached therefrom at will, and which shall be free from liability to accidental displacement or disengagement. This I accomplish by my device, which consists in a double clasp, one clasp of which is an ordinary outwardly-opening clasp for holding a cuff, the other clasp of such double clasp being an inwardly-opening clasp, the fixed jaw of which is provided with introverted or curved prongs, and the movable jaw of which is provided with corresponding apertures, openings, or depressions fitted to receive such prongs and conjointly adapted for attachment to the lining or sleeve by the engagement of the prongs therewith, both clasps being connected to each other by a shank common to both to .form a cuff-holder.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my double clasp, showing the mode of attachment of my terminal inwardly-opening clasp to a sleeve-lining, and of suspension of a false culi' by the other terminal outwardlyopening clasp, together with the shank common to both clasps. Fig. 2 is a like view of the same with the cuftend clasp inverted or reversed and the sleeve-end clasp as terminal at the bottom of the shank. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the double clasp shown in Fig. l.

A A are fixed jaws; A A', a movable jaw in each inwardly-opening clasp; A2 A, a movablejaw'in each outwardlyopening clasp, B B, connecting-shank; C, culi; D, cloth or sleeve; L, lining of same; a a., prongs, Z b, apertures or depressions; c c', springs to movable jaws; d d, pivots to jaws and supports to springs. e is a projecting boss or hold.

. For convenience of reference I term the inwardly-opening clasp end the sleeve end,7 as

distinguished from the outwardly opening clasp end, which I terni the cud end.H

The cuff-end clasp needs no description, as it is the well-known form in ordinary use as a clasp, and is similar to those used a substitute for clothespins.

The upper terminal portions of the double clasp shown in Fig. l and the lower terminal shown in Fig. 2, and the right-hand portions of Fig. 3, beyond the shank B, represent my inwardly-opening clasp. The clasps shown at the other extremities of the same figures are outwardly-opening clasps. In the former portions the movable jaw A', actuated by spring c, seated upon pivot d, is represented as engaged at apertures b b with prongs a a, upon the intrcverted iXed jaw, A, which is also provided with boss e.

The sleeve -end clasp differs from other known inwardly-opening clasps in being provided With one or more prongsmupon the fixed jaw A, and also in the movablejaw A', being provided with apertures or depressions b, into which such prongs loosely fit and engage with the movable jaw, as is shown inFigs. l, 2, and 3. A shank or band, B, of metal or other suitable material, connects and supports the two terminal clasps to form a double clasp, of which the cuff-end clasp holds and carries the the cuff G and the sleeve-end clasp engages with the lining L or cloth of the dresssleeve D to support the cuff in place. Itis apparent that when the lining or other fabric is caught by the prongs it will be penetrated or partially penetrated by them or doubled upon itself and held between the prongs on the fixed jaw and the edges of the apertures or depressions in the movable jaw, and thus be prevented from slipping out of the clasp until it is intentionally released. Both clasps are provided with springs acting upon their movable jaws in the ordinary manner. The clasps are made of any material suitable for other clasps of like character. The prongs may be struck up integral with the fixed jaw or subsequently rigidly aiiixed thereto, as may be most convenient. They are sufliciently prolonged and introverted beyond the edge of the fixed jaw to engage within the openings or depressions provided for that purpose in the upper face of the movable jaw, and to allow sufcient space for the introduction of a fold of the lining or sleeve between them and the surface of the opposing movable jaw when the latter is depressed to receive it.

To facilitate the manipulation and adjustment of my pronged clasp Within a sleeve or lining, I have also provided a boss or projection, e, of the fixed jaw, which is intended to furnish a more convenient hold for retaining the fixed jaw in ones grasp While the Inovable jaw is being depressed toward it in attaching it to or detaching it from the sleeve.

The operation of my device is as follows: It is inserted with the movable jaw in close proximity to or resting against the inside of the sleeve or lining to the desired distance. The movable jaw is thereupon depressed by pressure exerted through the sleeve yupon the jaw, which causes a fold ofthe fabric to slide upon the jaw and under the prongs, which thus catch and hold such fold. The pressure is then relaxed and the movable jaw actuated by its spring c securely connes the fold. When it is desired to detach the device, it is only necessary to exert a similar pressure upon the movable jaw and slightly raise the fabric and device sufficiently to disengage the prongs,

1. An inwardly-opening clasp provided with I introverted prongs upon its fixed jaw and corresponding apertures in its movable jaw adapted to engage such prongs, such movable jaw being actuated by a spring to engage the prongs and apertures, substantially as described.

2. A double clasp consisting of a cuff-end spring-clasp, a sleeve-end spring-clasp, and a connectingshank common to both clasps, the sleeve-end clasp being inwardlyopening and provided with prongs upon its fixed jaw and with corresponding apertures in its movable jaw for engagement with such prongs upon an interposed fabric, substantially as described.

,LOWELL J. BULLARD.

NVitnesses:

THos. H. SUTTON, J As. A. KEHLBECK.