US439996A - Shoe-fastening - Google Patents

Description

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G. F. BISSELL.

i SHOE FASTENING.

No. 439,996 Patented Nov. 4, 1890.

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SHOE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,996, dated November 4, 1890..

Application filed May 13| 1890.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F..BISSELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe and Glove Fasteners, of which the following is a description.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in shoe and glove fasteners adapted to receive the end of the lacing and retain the same without the necessity of tying.

The object of my invention is to produce a fastener which will be effective in its operation, and provided with additional facilities for adapting their use to a double lacing and at the same time be cheap and novel in its construction.

My invention consists in forming the retention-hook of the fastener in substantially inverted-U-shaped form and preferably by bending up a portion of the periphery of the plate, the left-hand portion of the U-shaped piece being pressed more closely to the plate to form but a narrow opening, while its corresponding opposite portion is open to a greater extent to form a guide for the lacing, whereby the U-shaped portion virtually forms two hooks connected at their upper ends, one of which, together with the connecting railing or arch, forms the guide and the other the reraining-hook.

The invention further consists in providing the fastener with an auxiliary hook in addition tothe combined hook and guide, which will give the fastener additional effectiveness when used for double lacings.

The invention also consists in certain novel features in the arrangement and construction of parts, all as hereinafter explained, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my fastener in a completed form and made from sheet metal. Fig. 2 is a face view of the preferable form of blank, showing the perforations for securing to the shoe and the U-shaped incisions for forming the combined hook and guide, and the auxiliary hook for the double lacings.

The fastener is preferably formed of suitable elastic sheet metal, as from such mate- Serial N0.351,69Z. (N0 model) rial'the combined hook and guide A and the auxiliary hook B may be formed of one piece, or from a suitable blank 0, as shown in Fig. 2; but other materialsuch as wire-may be used, though that shown in the drawings is by far the most desirable, as it is easily formed by stamping from the metal. The blank C from which the fastener is made in general form approaches that of the hand portion of a mitten, this being a desirable shape to give the hook portions their proper position when bent into form, and also to give the proper symmetry in appearance.

To form the combined hook and guide A a U-shaped incision a is made in the lower half of the blank, which conforms to the outline of this portion, and which leaves aperipheral U-shaped portion a nearly separated from the blank. This peripheral rim (1/ is bent over on the blank 0 to form the combined hook and guide A, and in forming this part of the device the right-hand portion, or that portion nearest the lacings of the shoe, isleft sufficiently opened to receive the lacing without theslightest difficulty, and serves merely to form a guide I) for the lacing, together with the arched portion of the U-shaped piece, while the opposite and corresponding side is compressed to form a narrow passage 0 for the lacing,'which tapers gradually from the guiding portion and which serves by its elasticity to hold the lacing from being displaced. Thus from the U-shaped incisionsI produce substantially two hooks having a connecting railing, which railing, together with one hook, forms simply a guide, while the other hook serves for retention purposes.

On turning up the peripheral rim a a oentral depending portion at is left, which is es pecially designed to be formed into a hook B, for adapting the fastener for use with double lacings, in which case two fasteners are required on each shoe; but when made for a single lacing this portion at may be provided with a perforation by which to secure the fastener to the shoe. This depending portion (1, as above stated, is more particularly de signed for the formation of the hook B, which, together with the other portion, makes the preferred form of the device, and this hook B may be made simply by bending over this central portion d,'but by preference Iform it in this portion by making an inverted-U- shaped incision e, which forms a tongue E. This tongue 6 is pressed out from the main body and doubled over to form the hook at its lowest point.

The fastener is attached to the upper portion of the flap of the shoeone on each sideby means of suitable rivets passing through the perforations f f; but, however, this feature may be varied, as any suitable manner of securing the same maybe employed. In forming the fastener I also make the inner surface of the combined hook and guide convex sufiiciently to provide against the abrasion of the cord or lacing.

The operation of the fastener, briefly described, is as follows: The shoe being provided with the fasteners-one on each side-the lacing from the last eyelet or hook on one side is passed over to the opposite side around the hook B of the fastener, and thence back again to the other fastener. The lacing readily falling into the guide is at the same time drawn down into the narrow opening 0 and held by the elasticity of the metal. The other lacing is fastened in the same manner, first connecting with the hook B of the fastener opposite and then back into the combined hook and guide.

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

1. In a lace-fastener, the inverted- U -shaped clamp connected to the main body of the fastener-plate at its lower ends, one arm of said inverted-U-shape-d clamp forming between it and the plate a contracted or wedge-shaped space and the other arm being adapted to form a guide, and the supplemental lacinghook formed below said clamp-railing, substantially as described, whereby the lacing, after engaging the supplemental hook, is drawn over into the combined guide and clamp railing on the opposite device and held.

2. A lace fastener comprising a clasp formed from a flat blank, the periphery or margin of the lower part of which is separated from the blank by a curvilinear cut and turned upwardly to form a guide and clasp for the lace, and an internal tongue out from the blank and formed into an auxiliary hook below the inverted- U shaped lace-clamp, substantially as described.

GEORGE F. BISSELL.

Witnesses:

H. M. STERLING, ALEX MOHUN.

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