US866943A

US866943A - Necktie-fastener.

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Publication number: US866943A
Application number: US34796606A
Authority: US
Inventors: Philip H Long
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1906-12-15
Filing date: 1906-12-15
Publication date: 1907-09-24
Anticipated expiration: 1924-09-24

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No; 866,943.' r PATBNTEUSBPT. 24,1907.

P., H. LONG.

NECKTIE FASTENER.V I Arruomlon rum 1:20.15. 190e.

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A TTOHNE Y PHILIP H. LONG, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

NE CKTIE-FASTENER.

No. 866,943.V

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1907.

Appleman filedv December 15,1906. serial No. 347,966.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP H. LONG, a subject of His Majesty the King of Great Britain, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New J ersey, have made and invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My inventionl relates to an improvement in necktie fasteners. It has heretofore been necessary in articles of this kind, to make them of comparatively heavy metal, in order that they may withstand the pressure exerted thereon when overcoming the tension of the 'spring in `separating or opening the jaws. If the tension of the spring be made too light, the fastener is incapable of performing its proper functions for which it is I designed, and if the spring be made stiff, the plates out the necessity of increasing the thickness of the plates,

and with this and other ends in' view, consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims..

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view of a fastener constructed in accordance witlimy invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the fastener in its open adjustment. Fig. 4 is a detached perspective view of the spring.

Referring to the drawings, A, B, represent the two plates of the fasteneiyeach provided with the teeth C, and with a lug or projection D on each side thereof through which passes the pin E, in order to pivot or hinge the plates together. Around the pin E is coiled a spring F, one end of which is bent into the form of a loop G, the extreme end H thereof lying yagainst the opposite end of the coil. The other end of the wire is bent around to form a loopI, the extreme end K lying at the opposite end of the coil F from that of the end H.

When the parts are assembled, as illustrated in Figs. l, 2 and '3, the loop G extends around the outer periphery of the plate A, and the loop I around the periphery of the plate B, thereby strengthening and reinforcing the same, in that when pressure is applied to the rear ends of the plates A, B, in order `to separate the teeth O formed on the forward ends, the strain, instead of falling upon the plates, as heretofore, will be imposed upon the loops, overcoming all danger of bending theplates, or the indenting ordisfigurement thereof by the ends of the spring. This being so, it will be evident that the springmay be made of any desired tension, that is, a tension sufficiently great to keep the forward ends of the jaws in a closed adjustment, and this without the necessity of increasing the thickness of the plates A, B. i

As it is natural to apply the pressure to the extreme rear ends of the jaws for the purpose of separating the teeth O, it will be understood that there is but little orno strain on the plates themselves, pressure being applied over andupon the loops G and I, and hence it is possible when the fastener is made of gold or other precious metal, to decrease the cost thereof by decreasing the thickness of the plates.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim `as new and desire to secure by Letters'latent, is:-

1. A fastener' comprising two plates, a pin upon which said plates are pivotally supported, a spring for closing .said fastener, and loops lying at one side only` of said spring and impinging against the rear portions of said plates andre-inforcng the same, substantially as de scribed. i

2. A fastener comprising two plates, -a pin upon which said plates' are pivotally supported, and a spring coiled around said pin, the ends of said spring being bent to form upper and lower loops, said loops lying at one side only'of said` spring and impinging against the periphery of the rear portions of the two said plates, substantially as described.-

3. A fastener comprising two plates, a pin upon which said plates are pivotally supported, and a spring coiled around said pin, the ends of said spring being bent to form rearwardly extendingl loops, the free ends of which lie against opposite ends of the coiled portion of the spring, whereby said loops will be at one side only of said coiled portion, said loops impinging against the periphery of the rear portions of the two said plates, substantially as described.

Signed at Newark, in the county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, this 7th day of Dec. A. D. 1906.

PHILIP H. LONG.

Witnesses FRED W. TAYLOR, JULrUs KOCH.