US778654A - Cuff-holder. - Google Patents

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PATENTED DEC. 27, y1904.

A. P. GILLEN.

GUFI' HOLDER.

APPLIGATIN FILED APR. 30, 1904.

ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES Patented December 27, 1904.

ARTHUR P. GILLEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SLPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,654, dated December 27, 1904.

Application filed April 30, 1904. Serial No. 205,662.

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Beit known that I, ARTHUR P. GILLEN, a citizen of 'the United States. and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Oud-Holder, of which the following' is a full, clear, and exact description.

rIhis invention relates to cuff-holders, and more especially to that type of cuff-holders which are secured within the coat-sleeve of the wearer' and secure the culi' independently of the shirt-sleeve.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a cuff-holder of the type specified in which the cuff may be readily adjusted without changing the position of the holder within the sleeve.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a cuff-holder of the character specified which may be operated by pressure upon the outer surface of the sleeve and which is so constructed that it may be set and held in open position ready to receive the cuff, so that the cuff may be introduced and secured with great ease and rapidity. y

lVith the objects above mentioned and others in view, as will hereinafter appear, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts of a cuff-holder, one preferred embodiment of the invention being hereinafter fully described and having the novel features thereof fully set forth in the appended claims.

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

Figure l is a perspective View of the cuffholder in operation, part of the coat-sleeve of the user and a portion of the cuff being torn away to show the position of the holder relatively to the cuff and coatsleeve. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the cuff-holder, the parts being shown in solid lines in closed position and the open position of the jaws being indicated by dotted lines representing one of the jaws. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of the cuff-holder, and Fig. 4c is a detail view in perspective of the rear extremity of one of the jaw members of a slightly-diferent form of cuff-holder and of a novel form of spring associated therewith.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 and 2 represent two clamping members which are pivotally connected by means of a pivot-pin 3, extending through lugs 4, provided upon each of the clamping members at the sides thereof by bending the sheet metal or other material of which the clamping members are formed. A spring 5, of wire, is coiled about the pivot 3 and has the ends thereof disposed between the rear portions of the two clamping members, as shown, so as to keep the rear portions of the clamping members normally separated and to hold their forward ends normall y in contact. Each of the clamping members is provided at its forward end with a strip 6, of rubber or other suitable material, having a corrugated gripping-face 7 in order to enable the clamping members to grip a cutf securely when introduced between them without marring or injuring the fabric of which the cuff is formed. At its extreme forward end the clamping member 2 is bent to form an f eye 8, extending transversely thereof, in which a safety-pin 9 is preferably secured, although some other type of fasteningl means may be employed in lieu thereof. At its rear extremity the clamping member l has riveted or otherwise secured upon the outer surface thereof a leaf-spring lO, whose free end is formed into a curl l1, upon which a safetypin l2, of special form, is secured, as best shown in Fig. 3. The curl 11 of the spring 10 is directed toward the rear extremity of the clamping member 2 and is of such proportions that when the rear ends of the two clamping members are pressed together, as indicated by the dotted-line position of the member 2 in Fig. 2, the curl ll of the spring will be sprung outward to permit the passage of the rear end of the clamping member 2 and will then engage automatically with the rear end of the said clamping member to hold it in the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, so keeping the forward or gripping ends of the two clamping members separated to permit the introduction of the cuff there- IOO scribed will be readily understood from an inspection of Fig. l. The safety-pins 9 and l2 are secured in the lining of the coat-sleeve S at a suitable distance from the lower end of the sleeve, as shown, and by pressure against the rear extremity of the clamping member 2 from the outside of the sleeve the said clamping member 2 may be thrown into the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, in which it will be held by the action of the spring l0. The cuff is then introduced between the forward ends of the two clamping members, and pressure being first applied to the forward end of the clamping member 2 the rear end will be released from engagement with the curl l1 of the spring` l0, and the spring' 5 will operate to cause the corrugated face 7 of the strips 6 of rubber to come into contact with the cuff and hold it in proper position. As the clamping members do not pass through the buttonholes of the cuif or pierce the fabric in any way, the cuff may be readily adjusted in position by simply opening the clamp, moving' the cuffl up or down. and closing the clamp again, the rubber strips facing' the forward ends of the clam ping' members permitting such adjustment without dif ficulty.

In Fig. et a slightly different form of spring is shown, which serves the double purpose of holding the two clamping members normally in operative position and of holding 'them in inoperative position when the gripping ends thereof are separated. ln said ligure the coilspring hereinbefore described, is replaced by a leaf-spring 20, which has one end bent into aloop 2l, which passes around the pivotpin 3 and has the other end carried through an openingl 22 in the rear portion of the clamping member l and then formed into a curl 23, which is substantially similar to the curl 1l of the spring 10, above described. The operation of this form of the cuff-holder is precisely similar to that already described, and detailed description thereof appears to be unnecessary.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination in a cuff-holder, of a pair of spring-actuated clamping members pivoted intermediate of their ends, aspringcurl at the rear end of the device for engaging and holding the members in inoperative position, a safety-pin secured to the forward end of the device, a second safety-pin secured to the curl at'the rear end of the device, the safety-pins being parallel with each other and with the transverse extent of the faces of the jaws.

2. The combination in a cuff-holder, of a pair of spring-actuated clamping members pivotally connected intermediate their ends, a spring secured upon the outer face of .one of said members toward its4 rear or inoperative extremity and formed into a curl adapted for engagement with the rear or inoperative end of the other clamping member to hold the clamping members in inoperative position to each other, a safety-pin carried by said curl at the rear end of one of the clamping members for engagement with the coat-sleeve, a second safety-pin at the forward end of` the other clamping member for securing the device at that end to the coat-sleeve, said safetypins extending in a direction parallel with the clamping-faces of the jaws, and rubber facingstrips disposed upon said clamping-faces of the jaws.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR P. GILLEN.

Witnesses: l

P. N. SCHMIT, ISABELLE Gr. LATHRor.

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