US410750A

US410750A - Cuff-holder

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Publication number: US410750A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1889-09-10
Anticipated expiration: 1906-09-10

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(No Model.)

H. J. DALE.

, GUPP HOLDER. No. 410,750. Patented Sept. 10, 1889.

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UNITED STATES HENRY J. DALE, OF

PATENT OFFICE.

LAKE VIEW, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES J. DALE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,750, dated September 10, 1889.

Application filed April 12, 1839- Serial No. 306,967. (No model.)

To a, whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY J. DALE, a oitizen of the United States, residing at Lake View, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Omit-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in cuif-holding devices of the class which are secured to the sleeves of garments, and afford a convenient attachment whereby to secure the cuffs in position; and my object is to provide such a device of simple and improved construction which shall enable the cuff to be readily inserted and as readily withdrawn, and maintain it, when inserted, secure in its adjusted position.

To this endmy invention consists in the construction hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a view in front elevation of my improved cuff-holder with a part broken away; Fig. 2, a view in rear elevation of the same; Fig. 3,a longitudinal section of the device, taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2 and viewed in the direction of the arrows, showing the device secured to the sleeve of a garment with a cuff inserted ready to be clamped; Fig. 4, a view similar to Fig 3, showing the cuff clamped in the holder.

A is the body portion of the device, comprising a flat strip of stiff springy metal bent over, as shown, to produce a long arm A and a short arm A and afford a springy connection between them. The long arm is provided on its rear side with a double spring pin 13, firmly secured in place, the catches for the points of which are aiforded by flanged projections 75 on the arm A.

O is a clamp comprising the jaw s and thumb-piece s, and pivotally supported on the end of the arm A When the clamp is closed, the free end of the jaw s is normally in contact with the adjacent side of the arm A.

In operation the cuff-holder maybe secured by the spring-pin to either the outer side of a shirt-sleeve or the inner side of a coatsleeve Y, as shown. When the holder is fastened upon the latter, the cuff may be put on and removed with the coat, and during wear be always caused by proper adjustment of the holder to project the desired distance beyond the coat-sleeve.

To use my improved holder, the cuff X is pressed inward against the jaw s of the clamp, being guided by the surface of the arm A, causing the clamp to open and thecuff to extend to the base 19 of the body portion, as shown in Fig. 3. The lever s is then pressed down to cause the jaw s to bear against the cuff, and in its engagement therewith move the cuff from the base 19 and bind it against the arm A, as shown in Fig. 4E. The relative springy quality of the arms A A permits the clamp to be readily closed upon the cuff, while it serves to hold the latter in adjusted position with the required firmness.

The cuff may be readily removed from the holder by pressing it inward toward the base 19, (to the position shown in Fig. 3,) which opens the clamp and permits the cufi to be withdrawn.

One advantage of myimproved holder with its pivotal clamp over those wherein the clamping is produced by the spring arms alone, which normally touch, is that in the latter the cuff has to be inserted and removed against the resistance of the spring, and each such insertion and withdrawal of the cuff tends to produce wear upon the latter and injury to it, while in the use of my device there is no material friction upon thecuif, and the force with which it is held when adjusted is much greater than would be practicable in the other device above mentioned.

Although I prefer to employ the double spring-pin B, a single pin or analogous securing mechanism could be employed to fasten the holder in operative position upon asleeve.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a cuff-holder, the combination of the spring body portion A, comprising a long arm A and a short arm A pivotal clamp 0 upon the end of the arm A having a thumb portion 8 and a jaw 8, closing normally against the face of the arm A, and a securing-pin B on the back of the arm A, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

HENRY J. DALE.

In presence of- J. W. DRYENFORTH, M. J. BowERs.