US543751A

US543751A - Charles c

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Publication number: US543751A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1895-07-30
Anticipated expiration: 1912-07-30

Description

(No Model.)

0. O. PINE. STRING PASTENER.

Patented July 30 INVENTOH v Mimi/0% WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS.

UN TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES C. PINE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

STRlNG-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Iietters Patent No. 543,751, dated July 30, 1895.

E To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. PINE, of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved String-Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to fasteners for shoes, corsets, and other articles to be laced and its object is to provide a new and improved fas-.

tener which is simple and durable in construction and arranged to securely hold the string end in position without tying the string or using springs, jaws, &c., the fastener being more especially designed for use with flat strings.

' The invention consists of a body-piece adapted to be fastened to the shoe, corset, or other article, and formed with a narrow slot for the passage of a flat string, the slot being arranged in alignment with the back-pull exerted by the string, which latter passes flat over the body-piece and twists upon entering the slot.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe provided with the improvement. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the improvement, and Figs. 3 and at are like views of modified forms of the improvement.

The improved string-fastener is preferabl made of a single piece of sheet metal, and is provided with a back plate A adapted to be secured by prongs or other means to the article on which the fastener is to be applied. Thus, as shown in Fig. 1, for instance, the article is represented by a shoe, and the plate A is attached to the shoe near the upper end thereof and at one side of the buttons, as is plainly indicated in the said figure.

From the plate A extends an overhanging portion A, forming with the back plate A a' slot A extending longitudinally with the open end from the direction inv which the string is passed to the fastener, it being un- Application filed March 20, 1895.

Serial No. 542,497. (No model.)

derstood that when the flat string is stretched from the uppermost button on the shoe over the solid portion A of the part A and is then passed, flat, through the narrow slot A, then the string twists, as at O, atits entrance to the slot A Now it will be seen that when a back-pull is exerted on the string 0 from the uppermost button on the shoe B the string is not pulled out of the slot A owing to the twist in the string end at the entrance to the slot A Thus it will be seen that the flat string lies flat over the portion A and is then twisted and extends vertically downward in the slot, as is plainly indicated in Fig. 2. As the back-pull is in alignment with the slot A the string end will be securely held in the slot.

As illustrated in Fig. 3 the back plate B is provided with an overhanging part B, made circular in shape and forming with the back plate a slot B for the passage of the string C the latter resting with its fiat portion on the top B of the overhanging part B previous to entering the slot B A- second segmental slot B is formed in the part B, so that the string, after having passed through the slot B can be also passed through the segmental slot B so as to very firmly and securely hold the string in place.

As illustrated in Fig. 4, the back plate D is provided at its upper end with a horizontallyextending plate D, formed with a slot D for the passage of the string 0 and a second plate D extends from the lower end of the back plate D and is likewise provided with a narrow slot D extending, however, in an op posite direction to the slot D The string 0 is passed through both slots, as indicated, so as to securely hold the'string end in place.

It will be seen that by the arrangement described a very simple fastener is provided, which, however, is adapted to securely hold the string end in position, it being understood that no tying of the stringsis necessary, as only the string-end has to be passed through the slot to fasten the string in place.

Having thus fully described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A fastener for shoe and other laces, consisting of a plate provided with means whereby too with which it is used and having projected outwardly therefrom two auxiliary plates in each of which is formed a slot; of an approximate width equal to the thickness of the lace 5 in connection with which it is used, the said slots being oppositely disposed in their respective auxiliary plates and being of uniform width throughout their length, suhstam tially as described.

CHARLES C. PINE.

Witnesses:

THEO. G. HOSTER, G. SEDGWICK.