US91112A - Improvement in corset-fastenings - Google Patents

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l:'n-lirll giedre @sind @Mira Letters Patent No. 91,112, dated .Tune 8, 1869.

lIIIIlIII'."IRO'VIElMSBNT IN CORSET-FASTENINGS.

HOVO- The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it lmtl/y concern Be it known that I, MAGGIE E. Fnnn'rz, of New Albany, in the county of Floyd, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new Improvements in the Conf struction of Corset-Steels; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of corset-steels, with convenient and eiiicient fastcnings, and in such a manner that the steels, or buslcs may be easily removed and replaced whenever' desired, in order that the corset. may be washed.

To enable others skilled in the art 'to make and use myinvention, I will proceed to describe the same.

V1n the accompanying drawings- Figure l represents -a front View of a corset with steels, or busks, and fastenings made accordingto my invention. l

Figure 2 shows a like view of a section of a steel with one of my clips in position.

Figure 3 shows a rear view of the same, with part of another' clip-tongue and open ring.

Figures 4 5, 6, and 7, show my clips in several stages in the construction of them.

The steels, or busks,'without the fastenings, are made in the usual form', except that they are made with a series of vertical slots in them, the slots in each` corresponding in position to those in the other, these slots being for the insertion of the tongues ol the clips, hereinafter described.

The clips are of two kinds; one having the hook, h, iig. 7, the other having the eye, s, fig. 4.

In the manufacture of them, I prepare sheets of suitable metal and thickness, and then with a punch, or otherwise, cut out a piece fora clip of suitable dimensions and form. v v

Fig. 6 shows the outline of a piece so cut for a clip, with the hook. With a punch, a circular piece is cut out, so as to leave a hole, It, for the insertion of an open ring, and then with another punch a circular incision is made through the. plate, about two-thirds around the hole thus made, the metal being' left uncut in the rear of the hole; and the piece of metal so perforated and cutis bent down so as to stand perpendicular to the body of ,the clip, and is to be passed througlithe slot in the steel, as shown at la, in lig. 2.

In iig. 7, this clip is shownA as completelyformed by the bending down of thetongue i, theinsertion of the open ring p', and the bending of the end h upwards, and the end 7l downwards; but it must be remembered that is a rear or underside View of iti; the front side of it is shown. in fig. 2. (lne end of the plate is there represented as bent outwardly into the form of a hook for the eye in the corresponding clip on the opposite steel, and the other end is bent downwardly into the form of a hook, to clasp and hold the outer edge of the steel, so as to keep the clip steady in its position.

The open ring, in its proper position on the underside of the steel, is represented by the circular dotted lines in fig. 2.

The clip having the eye is constructed in a similar manner, except that the eye s is a 'square hole, cut out with a suitable punch, and that end of the clip is not bent at all.

Fig. 4 shows a rear-side view of this clip when complete.

Fig. 3 shows a rear View of a section of a steel, with this clip in position, with open ri'ng inserted.

When the clips and steels are ready for use, the tongues are inserted in their slots, with the rear hooks of the clips around the rear edges of the steel; the steels are then inserted in the pockets provided for them in the corset, and when there, the tongues will prject through eyelet-holes inthe inner lining of the corset, and then the open rings will be inserted in the holes in them, in position, andvhold them there.

And whenever it may be desirable to wash the corset, the steels can be removed easily,by merely'removing the/open rings, when they canbe taken out almost as easily as the whalebones, and as easily replaced when the washing shall have been done.

When the steels are in the pockets, they are concealed from view on both sides of the corset, the eye s and hook It only being seen in i'ront and rear, and the open ring, made of thin Wire, not being materially in the way of the wearer.

It is needless to remark upon the convenience and comfort of having these removable fastenings, or upon the simplicity of the manufacture of these clips, or upon their cheapness and utility.

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

rIhe device for fastening corsets, consisting ofthe male and female clips a. b, provided with lips to clasp the husk over its outer edge, and with perforated tongues to pass through slots in the husk, being secured in po itiou by means of a key-pin or split ring, substant ally as described, and for the purpose set forth.

` MAGGIE E. FRENTZ.

Witnesses: I

J. F. LARWILL, ALF. Horrnnn.

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