IMPROVEMENTS IN, BUTTONS, AND STUDS FOR CUFFS AND COLLARS AND FOR OTHER USES
Year: 1883

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LETTERS PATENT to Henry Edward Newton of the Office for Patents
66 Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer for an
Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN, BUTTONS, AND STUDS FOR CUFFS AND
COLLARS AND FOR OTHER USES communicated to him from abroad by
Thomas Workman Forsyth Smitten of Brooklyn in the State of New York,
United States of America
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Edward Newton at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th September 1883.
HENRY EDWARD NEWTON of the Office for Patents 66 Chancery Lane in the
County of Middlesex Civil Engineer "IMPROVEMENTS IN BUTTONS AND STUDS
FOR CUFFS AND COLLARS AND FOR OTHER USES." [Communicated to him from
abroad by Thomas Workman Forsyth Smitten of Brooklyn in the State of New
York, United States of America]
The invention relates to buttons and studs in which the shank which rigidly
unites the head or front plate and the shoe or back plate is flattened or in other
words is of such transverse section that its width in one direction greatly exceeds
its thickness in the other direction.
The object of the invention is to provide a button or stud of very simple and
strong construction which may be very easily inserted into and removed from a
button hole when desired without being liable to become accidentally detached
and lost.
The invention consists in a button or stud having a back plate or shoe of
elliptic or elongated form and a flattened shank the narrow edges of which are
perpendicular to the head or front plate the shank being attached to the back
plate or shoe transversely to the length thereof and one edge of the shank being
coincident or nearly coincident with one edge of the back plate while the other
edge of the sbank is coincident or nearly coincident with the centre of the back
plate.
The invention also consists in a button or stud having a flattened shank which
is contracted between the head and back plate, the back plate being eccentric to

page_text: or off set from one side of the shank so that its portion of greatest projection can
be inserted into a button hole while the contraction of the shank enables the
button or stud to be more readily turned in the button hole to complete the
insertion of the back plate or shoe thereinto.
The invention also consists in a button or stud having a back plate of elliptic
or elongated form and a flattened shank the greater width of the shank in its
transverse section being oblique to the width of the back plate.
The invention also includes a method of producing a back plate or shoe and a
shank integral there with which consists in producing the blank for the back-plate
or shoe with a projecting portion for the shank in folding or doubling the said
projecting portion on a line transverse to the length of the back plate or shoe in
bending the said doubled or folded portion at its junction with the back plate or
shoe so that its edges will be adjacent to the face of the latter and finally in
soldering or otherwise securing said edges to the back plate or shoe.
The invention also includes a method of producing a back plate or shoe and the
shank or a part of the shank integral therewith consisting in forming a blank
larger in size than the back plate or shoe and gathering crimping or doubling a
triangular portion of said blank so as to form a projection on the face of the
back plate. In this method it might be difficult or undesirable to form a projection
of sufficient height from the plate to form the shank and if this is the case a
folded piece of metal of sufficient length to form the shank is slipped over the
double edge of the aforesaid projection at the margin of the back plate and soldered
thereto
The head or front plate may be attached in any convenient manner.
In applying the button or stud to a cuff the back plate or shoe being narrow
or elongated may be readily inserted into the button hole and after it is passed
through one button hole and its point or portion of greatest projection entered
into the other button hole the insertion may be completed by slightly turning the
button or the ply of the cuff containing the last said button hole. The contraction
of the shank greatly facilitates the turning of the button or the said ply and one
or the other is turned according to whether the contraction is nearer the head or
the back plate of the stud.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Henry Edward Newton in the Patent Office on the 18th March
1884.
"
HENRY EDWARD NEWTON of the Office for Patents 66 Chancery Lane in the
County of Middlesex Civil Engineer "IMPROVEMENTS IN BUTTONS AND STUDS
FOR CUFFS AND COLLARS AND FOR OTHER USES a Communication to me from
Abroad by Thomas Workman Forsyth Smitten of Brooklyn in the State of New
York United States of America
The Invention relates to buttons and studs in which the shank which rigidly
unites the head or front plate and the shoe or back plate is flattened or in other
words is of such transverse section that its width in one direction greatly exceeds
its thickness in the other direction.
The object of the Invention is to provide a button or stud of very simple and
strong construction which may be very easily inserted into and removed from
a button hole when desired without being liable to become accidentally detached
and lost.
The Invention consists in a button or stud having a back plate or shoe of
elliptic or elongated form and a flattened shank the narrow edges of which are
perpendicular to the head or front plate, the shank being attached to the back
plate or shoe transversely to the length thereof and one edge of the shank being
coincident or nearly coincident with one edge of the back plate while the other
edge of the shank is coincident or nearly coincident with the centre of the back
plate.
The Invention also consists in a button or stud having a flattened shank which
is contracted between the head and back plate the back plate being excentric to
or offset from one side of the shank so that its portion of greatest projection can
be inserted into a button hole while the contraction of the shank enables the
button or stud to be more readily turned in the button hole to complete the
insertion of the back plate or shoe thereinto
The Invention also consists in a button or stud having a back plate of elliptic
or elongated form and a flattened shank the greater width of the shank in its
transverse section being oblique to the width of the back plate.
The Invention also includes a method of producing a back plate or shoe and a
shank integral therewith which consists in producing the blank for the back plate
or shoe with a projecting portion for the shank in folding or doubling the said
projecting portion on a line transverse to the length of the back plate or shoe in
bending the said doubled or folded portion at its junction with the back plate or
shoe so that its edges will be adjacent to the face of the latter and finally in
soldering or otherwise securing said edges to the back plate or shoe.
The Invention also includes a method of producing a back plate or shoe and the
shank or a part of the shank integral therewith consisting in forming a blank larger
in size than the back plate or shoe and gathering crimping or doubling a
triangular portion of said blank so as to form a projection on the face of the back
plate. In this method it might be difficult or undesirable to form a projection of
sufficient height from the plate to form the shank and if this is the case a folded
piece of metal of sufficient length to form the shank is slipped over the double
edge of the aforesaid projection at the margin of the back plate and soldered
thereto.
In the accompanying Drawing Fig: 1 is a back view of a button or stud
embodying the Invention and Figures 2 and 3 are edge views corresponding

page_text: thereto Fig: 4 is a back view of a button or stud embodying the Invention,
Figures 5 6, 7, and 8 are edge views corresponding thereto, Fig: 9 is a back view
of another button or stud also embodying the Invention, Figures 10 and 11 are
plan and perspective views illustrating one method of forming a back plate or shoe
and a shank integral therewith and Figures 12. 13. 14 and 15 are plan and 5
perspective views illustrating another method of forming a back plate or shoe and
a post a portion of which is integral with the back plate or shoe.
Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.
In all the figures A is the head or front plate B the shank and C the back
plate of the button or stud and all said parts are rigidly connected together by 1
Bollering or otherwise.-The head or front, plate A may have a stone set in it or
be ornamented or embellished in any suitable way.-The shank B is flattened that
is to say in its transverse section the width or dimension in one direction is much
greater than its thickness or dimension in the other direction
In all the examples of the Invention here shown the back plate C is excentric to 1
or is offset 'to one side of the sbank B and in all cases the back plate is shown ag
of elliptic or elongated form its length being considerably greater than its width.
Referring now to Figures 1, 2 and 3 it will be observed that the narrow edges a
of the shank B are perpendicular to the head or. front piece A and that the shank
has its width i.e. from a to a about equal to half the width of the back plate Cand 2
is attached to the back plate transversely to the length thereof or so that the
width of the shank from a to a stands in the direction of the width of the back
plate
The shank B being about half the width of the back plate C one edge a will be
coincident or nearly coincident with the edge of the back plate while the other 2
edge a will be coincident or nearly coincident with the centre of the back plate or
in other words will be at the point of intersection of lines bisecting the said plate
transversely and longitudinally
The shank B may consist of a solid piece as shewn in Fig: 2 or of tubular form
or of parallel straight wires as shewn in Fig: 3 or constructed as hereinafter 3
described with reference to Figures 10 to 15.
Referring now to Figures 4 to 8 inclusive it will be observed that here also the
width of the shank from a to a extends in the direction of the width of or across
the back plate C and one edge a is coincident or nearly coincident with one edge
of the back plate.
3
In one edge a of the shank is formed a contraction a¹ the purpose of which will
be hereinafter explained.-This contraction may be adjacent to the back plate C as
shewn in Fig: 5 at about the middle of the length of the shank as shewn in Fig: 6
or adjacent to the head or front plate A as shewn in Figures 7 and 8.-The
shank B may consist of a solid piece as shown in Figures 5, 6 and 7 or of two 4
wires as shewn in Fig: 8.
Fig 9 represents a button or stud in which the shank B has its width from a to a
oblique to the width of the back plate C.
This shank may be made with a contraction like the contraction a¹ in the
preceding figures and it may consist of a solid piece or of wires as before described 4
Referring now to Figures 10 and 11, C is a blank for the back plate integral
with which is formed a projection or projecting portion 8 intended to form the
shank B. This projection is connected with the back plate or shoe by means of
a narrow neck b. The projecting portion s is first folded on the lines c which
extend transversely to the plate and the neck b is then bent so that the edges d 5
of the folded portions will lie on the plate C as shewn in Fig: 11
These edges
are then soldered or otherwise secured to the plate to form the shank B.
Referring now to Figures 12 to 15 inclusive C Fig: 12 is a blank which is longer
than the back plate to be formed therefrom.-In forming the shank the triangular
portion of metal between the dotted lines e e is crimped gathered in or folded on 5
the line e¹ so as to form on the plate a projection p shown in Fig: 13.-If the
height of this projection is not sufficient for the shank.a. folded. piece of metal q
:

page_text: shown in Fig: 14 is placed upon the said projection as shewn in Fig: 15 and
soldered or otherwise secured thereto to form the shank B.
The shank when formed as shewn by either of the methods above described will
have the contraction a¹ in its edge.
In all the examples of the Invention herein described the back plate C being
narrow or elongated may be readily inserted into the button bole of a cuff and
after it is passed through one button hole and its point or portion of greatest
projection entered into the other button hole the insertion may be completed by
slightly turning the button or the ply of the cuff containing the last said button
hole. The contraction of the shank greatly facilitates the turning of the button or
the said ply and one or the other is turned according to whether the contraction is
nearer the head or the back plate of the stud.
Having now described this Invention of "Improvements in buttons and studs
for cuffs and collars and for other uses " as communicated to me from abroad and
explained the manner of carrying the same into effect what I claim and desire to
be secured by Letters Patent is:
First, A button or stud having a back plate or shoe of elliptic or elongated
form and a flattened shank the narrow edges of which are perpendicular to the
head or front plate the shank being attached to the back plate transversely to the
length thereof and one edge of the shank being coincident or nearly coincident
with one edge of the back plate while the other edge of the shank is coincident or
nearly coincident with the centre of the back plate substantially as shewn and
described.
Second: A button or stud having a flattened shank provided with a contraction
between the head and back plate the back plate being excentric to or offset to one
side of the shank substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.
Third, A button or stud having a back plate of elliptic or elongated form and a
flattened shank the width or greatest dimension of the shank in its transverse
section being oblique to the width of the back plate substantially as shewn and
described.
Fourth, The method of producing the back plate with an integral shank
consisting in forming a blank with a projecting portion in folding the projecting
portion and then bending it over upon the face of the back plate and securing it
thereon substantially as shewn and described with reference to Figures 10 and 11
of the accompanying Drawing.
Fifth, The method of producing the back plate and the shank or a part of the
shank integral therewith consisting in forming a blank and crimping or gathering
the same to form a projection on the face thereof substantially as shewn and
described with reference to Figures 12 and 13 of the accompanying Drawing.
Sixth, The method of producing the back plate and the shank consisting in
forming a blank and crimping or gathering the same to form a projection on the
face thereof in folding a piece of metal to form a shank of proper length and in
attaching the so formed shank to said projection substantially as shewn and
described with reference to Figures 12, 13, 14, and 15 of the accompanying
Drawing.
In witness whereof I the said Henry Edward Newton have hereunto set my
hand and seal the eighteenth day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty four.
HE NEWTON (L.S.)