US431330A

US431330A - Charles e

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Publication number: US431330A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-07-01
Anticipated expiration: 1907-07-01

Description

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G. E. G-ANDEE.

GUFF FASTBNER.

No. 43 1,33 0. Patented July 1, 1890.

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A TTOHNE YS NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. CANDEE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

cUFF-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 431,330, vdated July 1, 1890.

Application iiled April l5, 1890. Serial N0. 347,979. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom itv may concern:

'Be it known that I, CHARLES E. CANDEE, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Cuff-Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. Y

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and economical device for fastening back the cuifs of garments on the sleeves thereof.

The invention consists in the novel combination of the fastening-bars and slide, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

ln the drawings, Figure lis an enlarged perspective View of my invention; and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, showing its application to a cuff and sleeve of a garment.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

A is a spring-clip of the ordinary construction, to which is pivotally attached, by the head of its central pivot a., the U-shaped bar composed of two members B B', preferably made in one piece of thin metal. Near the extremity of the lower member B of the U- shaped bar the metal is partly cut out, as shown at and bent up to form a fasteningpost b', the upper end of which is cut away on one side or shouldered,thereby forming a rounded extremity c of less width than the body of the post h. Said rounded extremity c passes up through a corresponding aperture in the upper member B, upon the surface of which there is a fastening-slide C, which moves longitudinally upon the member B. Said slide C is provided at its outer end with a point cl, which enters a corresponding aperture in the upper end of the rounded extremity c of the post b. The said slide O is made of thin metal, cut out in the form shown, so as to leave narrow tongues e, which are loosely bent over upon the under surface of the member B, so as to hold the slide upon the member B, and yet allow the slide O to move freely thereon. The edges of the member B at the point where the slide C moves are slightly notched out, as shown at f, and the notches serve as stops to limit the movement of the slide C.

The operation is as follows: The spring-clip ,A is applied to the sleeve D of the garment, as shown in Fig. 2, the folds of the cuff E being passed between the two members B B. The post o', rising from the lower member B', is inserted through the two button-holes of the cuff, so that the rounded extremity c of the post projects above the upper surface of the cuif. The slide C is then moved so as to carry its point d through the aperture in the extremity c of the post b', and the cuff and sleeve are thereby securely held together, as shown in Fig. l.

To remove the fastener it is only necessary to move back the slide O, so as to withdraw its point from the aperture in the extremity c of the post. l

This invention forms asimple, economical, and effective cuff-fastener, applicable to all descriptions of garments where such an appliance is required. By its use the cuffs of garments may be quickly adjusted and held in the desired position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, a cuff-fastener made substantially as herein shown and described, the same consisting of a U-shaped bar forming two members, carrying at its inner end a spring-clip, and having at the outer end of one of the members an apertured post, the opposite member carrying a pointed slide adapted to move laterally and engage the aperture of the post, as set forth.

CHARLES E. CANDEE.

NVitnesses:

EDGAR TATE, E. M. CLARK.