An Appliance for Fastening and Unfastening Buttons.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Apr., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 30th Aug., 1890-Accepted, 11th Oct., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance for Fastening and Unfastening Buttons.
I, ALEXANDER DONALD, of 17 Wellington Street, Dundee, in the County of
Forfar, North Britain, Photographer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to unfasten buttons in an easy and expeditious
manner, without soiling or hurting the fingers. My apparatus may be employed to
unfasten the buttons of boots, gloves and the like.
In carrying out my invention, according to one modification, I make the button
unfastener of round steel its extremity being bent at an angle so as to form a spur or
hook. At a short distance from the said extremity is another spur or hook shaped
somewhat similarly and situated opposite the first mentioned hook. Instead of
making the second spur or hook of the shape as described in the aforesaid, I may
make it in the shape of a ball or ring. The other extremity of the steel may be in
the form of a hook in the usual manner as is used to fasten buttons.
According to a second modification the button fastener and unfastener may be
hinged or pivoted at any part of the handle, and with or without springs so that it
may be folded or turned end on end as may be desired:
According to a third modification the button fastener and the button unfastener
may be pivoted or hinged at their extremities furthest away from the spurs or hooks,
so that they may fold together.
According to a fourth modification the button fastener and the button unfastener
may be pivoted or hinged at their extremities furthest away from the spurs or hooks,
and the hook of the button fastener made to pass through an eye in the body of the
material and thus be used for one of the spurs when the article is used as a button
unfastener.
According to a fifth modification the button unfastener may be secured to a handle
by a thumb screw and nut or its equivalent the button unfastener preferably being at
right angles to the handle. By unscrewing the thumb screw the button unfastener
may be turned to any suitable position in its socket.
Although I have described various modifications I do not confine myself to these
but may achieve the same end in a variety of ways.
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GEO. C. DOUGLAS & Co.,
Applicant's Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance for Fastening and Unfastening Buttons.
1, ALEXANDER DONALD, of 17 Wellington Street, Dundee, in the County of
Forfar, North Britain, Photographer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of my invention is to unfasten buttons in an easy and expeditious
manner, without soiling or hurting the fingers. My apparatus may be employed to
unfasten the buttons of boots, gloves and the like.
In carrying out my invention, according to one modification, I make the button
unfastener of round steel its extremity being bent at an angle so as to form a spur or
hook. At a short distance from the said extremity is another spur or hook shaped
somewhat similarly and situated opposite the first mentioned hook. Instead of
making the second. spur or hook. of the shape as described in the aforesaid, I may

page_text: make it in the shape of a ball or ring. The other extremity of the steel may be in
the form of a hook in the usual manner as is used to fasten buttons.
According to a second modification the button fastener and unfastener may be
hinged or pivoted at any part of the handle, and with or without springs so that it
may be folded or turned end on end as may be desired.
According to a third modification the button fastener and the button unfastener
may be pivoted or hinged at their extremities furthest away from the spurs or hooks,
so that they may fold together.
According to a fourth modification the button fastener and the button unfastener
may be pivoted or hinged at their extremities furthest away from the spurs or books,
and the hook of the button fastener made to pass through an eye in the body of the
material and thus be used for one of the spurs when the article is used as a button
unfastener.
According to a fifth modification the button unfastener may be secured to a handle
by a thumb screw and nut or its equivalent the button unfastener preferably being at
right angles to the handle. By unscrewing the thumb screw the button unfastener
may be turned to any suitable position in its socket.
Although I have described various modifications I do not confine myself to them
but may achieve the same end in a variety of ways.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
In these drawings the same reference numerals are used to mark the same or like
parts, wherever they are repeated.
Figures 1. and 2. represent a side view and a section at A. A. respectively of one
modification of my button unfastener.
Figures 3. and 4. represent side views of other modifications of my button fastener
and unfastener,
Figure 5. a view looking on B. B., and
Figure 6. represents a view showing how my unfastener may be applied when it is
desired to unbutton a shoe or any other such like article.
7. is the spur which is intended to be inserted into the button hole, and S. the
portion of the hook which catches the button. 9. is the ordinary button hook or
fastener. In Figure 3. the button fastener and unfastener is pivoted at 10. into the
spring handle 11. in such a fashion as to allow the fastener or unfastener to be used
as required.
When it is required to unfasten a button the spur 7. is inserted into the button
hole as shown in Figure 6. and the portion 8. of the hook is made to catch the button
and by turning the unfastener round from left to right in the direction of the arrow,
using the spur 7. as a pivot; the button is withdrawn from its hole. The button
fastener being of the ordinary type and almost universally used, it will not be
necessary for me to describe how it may be used.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is
(1) In an appliance for unfastening buttons, the general construction of the hook
substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth, together with any mere
modification or modifications thereof.
(2) The combination of the button unfastener as described, with the button
fastener.
(3) The use of the hollow or cavity at 8. for the purpose of catching hold of the
button, as hereinbefore described.
GEO. C. DOUGLAS & Co.,
Applicant's Agents.