IMPROVEMENTS IN GLOVE FASTENERS
Year: 1885

page_text: I WILLARD MESSER WILLIAMS of the City of Boston, State of Massachusetts,
United States of America, Salesman, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN GLOVE FASTENERS and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
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My invention relates' to that class of glove fasteners known as separable" or
detachable" buttons, in which one section or part of the button is composed of a
base and stud which operates in conjunction with another section composed of·
a button-head and stud-receiving device held together by catching device; and it
consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts of
the device, in which the stud of the base section is provided with an annular groove
which operates in conjunction with a shell button-head provided with two tubular
eyelets, one having a side opening and a spring catch, which operates through the
said side opening and into said annular groove made in the stud of the base section
as hereinafter more particularly described.
The object of my invention is to provide means by which the detachable sections
of the button may be readily united or detached from each other by simply pushing
the parts toward each other or drawing them from each other without exerting any
pressure on any part or adjunct of the button. I attain this object by means of
the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which
Figure 1 represents a vertical sectional elevation of the coacting parts of. my
improved glove fastener secured in position for use, on an enlarged scale.
Figure 2 represents a horizontal sectional plan showing the interior of the button
and spring.
Figure 3 represents a sectional elevation of the base and stud portion of the
button, secured in position.
Figure 4 represents a vertical section of the two eyelets detached from the shell
of the button. A and B represent the two pieces of fabric to be united together
by means of my improved fastener, and C and D represent the separable parts of
the button or fastener. The part C (shown in Figs. 1 and 3) is composed of the
cylindrical stud a and base b, may be made solid with each other; the upper and
terminating end d of said stud is made convex, or with a semi-spherical form, and
is provided with an annular concave groove c.

page_text: To secure the base portion or section C of the button to the fabric, there
is provided on the body of the stud a, from the upper side of the base, an annular
shoulder, e, which extends to a short distance above the upper side of the said base,
and a thin washer, m, having a central hole which nicely fits the said shoulder, e,
is also provided. When the stud, a is passed through the fabric A at a point at
which it is to remain secured to the same, the washer m is slipped on said stud and
pressed down past the shoulder e on the upper surface of the fabric, when with a
suitable instrument or tool the shoulder is upset and clinched down on the said
washer, thereby securely attaching the base section of the button fastener to the
fabric as shown.
The coacting section or portion D of the button or fastener is composed of
a chambered shell-head, g, having an annular shoulder h, upon which the flange i
of the enclosed eyelet E rests, and is held in connection with said shell, and its
tubular portion projecting upward within the chamber of the said shell, and
having a horizontal slot, k, sufficiently large to receive the catching limb n of the
spring, p, its opposite limb, o, bearing on the outer opposite side of said tube, while
its curved portions occupy the chamber of the shell surrounding. said eyelet, E, as
shown in Fig. 2. The flange, 7, of the reversed eyelet F, rests upon the flange i of
the said eyelet E, and its tubular portion projects outward and the edge of the said
shell, g, is turned inwardly and pressed down upon the flange 7 of the eyelet F, thus
securing both eyelets firmly in position, as shown in Fig. 1.
Now the projecting tubular end of the said eyelet F, is inserted through the
fabric, and a washer, r, placed thereon and the end of the eyelet tube is turned
outward and clinched down upon the said washer, so as to permanently secure this
portion of the button fastener to the fabric.
When it is desired to connect the portions or sections C and D of the button
fastener, place the latter over the former and cause the stud, a, of the; former to
enter the eyelet tube F until the convex end d of the said stud has passed the
catching limb, n, of the spring, p, in the slot of the eyelet E, when said catching
limb will spring into the concave annular groove c of the stud and catch within
the same and thereby hold section D with section C of the button fastener.
It will be observed that by reason of the slope of the sides of the groove c and
the convexity of the catching limb n of the spring they will act with each other so
as to throw the latter out from the former when the two sections C and D of the
fastener are drawn apart in opposite directions, they are easily disconnected.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
A glove fastener consisting of the shell-head D, having an annular shoulder h
and the enclosed eyelet E, provided with a flange i resting upon said shoulder and
provided with a slot, k, and the bent spring, p, having its catching limb, n, resting
in said slot, and the eyelet F provided with a flange bearing upon the said
flange and secured to the said shell D, as shown, and arranged for operation with
the stud C, as described.