Improvements in Machines for Attaching Buttons to Garments or the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 24th July, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 8th Jan., 1892-Accepted, 13th Feb., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Attaching Buttons to Garments or
the like.
I, ROBERT AUGUSTUS PANCHAUD of 43 Great Tower Street in the City of
London, Secretary do hereby declare the nature of this invention which has been
communicated to me from abroad by Ewald Noelle of 47 Kölnerstrasse, Lüden-
scheid, Westphalia in the German Empire, Manufacturer, to be as follows :―
This invention relates to machines for attaching buttons to articles of clothing
and the like wherein a button is held in a holder so that its shank projects into a
curved recess in the said holder and the material to which the button is to be
attached is placed between this holder and another part which supports a wire staple
passed through a disc so that when the holder and the other part are pressed
together the said curved recess in the holder forces the ends of the wire staple
round through the shank of the button so as to attach the button to the material.
If the ends of the wire staple be turned over so as only to be parallel with the
opposite sides thereof the button is liable to be detached by pulling by reason of
the ends of the staple straightening out. To prevent this there is provided a recess
or recesses in the button holder to receive and bend over each end of the staple and
the recess or recesses is or are directed inwards at the parts with which the
respective staple ends last come into contact so that the staple ends are directed or
curved inwards towards the opposite sides of the staple after the said ends have
passed the shank of the button. The button holder may be made with arms or
levers centered to the holder and having jaws at one end which jaws grip the button
and the other ends of the said arms or levers are pressed upon by a spring between
them to hold the button, the last named ends when pressed together opening the
jaws to allow the button to be inserted or released.
The buttons may be made of a ring form with a shank crossing from side to side
of the ring the end of the holder engaging in the opening in the ring and having
recesses in its sides to receive the sides of the shank and steady the button and also
having therein the curved recesses to turn over and inwards the ends of the wire
staple as aforesaid. If the holder is to receive ordinary solid topped buttons the
holder may be provided with a divided plate for receiving the button the parts of
the plate sliding in a slot in the holder and opening out when protruded from the
holder so that the button can be placed with its shank between the plates and its
underside resting on the plates. The plates have in their meeting edges the
recesses to receive the shank and on their underside the recesses to direct and turn
over and inwards the ends of the wire staple as aforesaid. When the button is put
in place on the parts of the plate and it and the button are moved back into the
slot in the holder the said parts close together and hold the button firmly in position
whilst the staple is passed through the shank.
The holder and support which holds the disc and staple may be pressed together
by any suitable means such for instance as a lever or screw press and the holder
and support may be made removeable so that holders and supports to suit various
kinds of buttons can be inserted as required.
Dated this 24th day of July 1891.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Attaching Buttons to Garments or
the like.
I ROBERT AUGUSTUS PANCHAUD of 43 Great Tower Street in the City of
London Secretary do hereby declare the nature of this invention which has been
communicated to me from abroad by Ewald Noelle of 47 Kölnerstrasse Lüden-
scheid, Westphalia in the German Empire Manufacturer and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
This invention relates to machines mainly intended for attaching buttons to
articles of clothing and the like wherein a button is held in a holder so that its
shank projects into a curved recess in the said holder and the material to which the
button is to be attached is placed between this holder and another part which
supports a wire staple passed through a disc so that when the holder and the other
part are pressed together the said curved recess in the holder forces the ends of the
wire staple round through the shank of the button so as to attach the button to the
material.
I will describe the invention with reference to the accompanying drawing.
Figure 1 represents in side elevation partly in section a machine constructed
according to this invention.
Figure 2 represents in plan the support for the disc and shank.
Figure 3 represents in half section and half elevation a form of holder (without
the button) for a button of a ring form and
Figure 4 is a plan of underside of the lower end thereof drawn to a larger scale.
Figures 5 and 6 are elevations (Figure 5 partly in section) and
Figures 7 and 8 are plans of underside of a holder suited for a button with a
solid top Figure 7 shewing the holder closed in the position in which it holds the
button and Figure 8 shewing it opened out for receiving the button.
Figure 9 shews a button secured to a garment or other article.
Figures 10 and 11 shew the disc and staple and the ring form of button
respectively.
Figure 12 shews the way in which the ends of the staple are bent inwards as
hereinafter described.
I have illustrated a lever press as the means for bringing the parts together for
affixing the button but any other suitable device may be used.
A, is the body part of the press in which slides the plunger B to the lower end
of which the button holder is secured by the screw b. The said plunger can be
moved down by the lever C connected to the top of the plunger by the pin c and
centered by the pin d to one end of a link D the other end of which is centered by
the pin d to the body part A. and the said plunger is returned to its raised position
by the spring b².
E is the holder for the button carrying parts which grip the button between
them so that the shank is situated in a curved recess or curved recesses e whose
sides when the press is operated cause the ends of the staple to be bent through the
shank and to be then turned down after they have passed through the shank. Fis
the holder or support for the disc and staple which support F preferably consists
of the part projected upwards in the case f" by a spring f³. f is a cup for the
disc with a slot f in it for the passage of the staple which rests at its bent part on
the anvil the ends passing through holes in the disc as indicated by Figure 10.
f' is a screw passing through the case and taking into a slot in the moveable part
so that the said screw acts as a stop.
If the ends of the wire staple be turned over so as only to be parallel with the
opposite sides thereof the button is liable to be detached by pulling by reason of
the ends of the staple straightening out. To prevent this the recess or recesses e is

page_text: or are directed inwards at the parts e³ (see Figure 4) with which the respective
staple ends last come into contact so that the staple ends are directed or curved
inwards (as shewn in Figure 12) towards the opposite sides of the staple after the
said ends have passed the shank of the button. This causes the staple to be held
very firmly in the cloth or material. The button holder especially when intended for
ring shaped buttons, is provided (in the arrangement Figures 1 and 3) with arms
or lovers G centered to the holder at g and having jaws g³ at one end which jaws
grip the button and the other ends of the said arms or levers are pressed upon by a
spring between them to hold the button, the last named ends when pressed
together opening the jaws g² to allow the button to be inserted or released. When
the buttons are made of a ring form with a shank crossing from side to side of the
ring as shewn in Figure 11 the end of the holder engages in the opening in the
ring and the said end has recesses e³ in its sides to receive the sides of the shank
and steady the button and also having therein the curved recess or recesses e to
turn over and inwards the ends of the wire staple as aforesaid. If the holder is to
receive solid topped buttons it may be made as shewn in Figures 5 to 8. It is
provided with a divided plate H for receiving the button the parts / h³ of the
plate sliding in slots i in the holder the part ³ opening out from the part / (by the
spring acting on it) when the plate is protruded from the holder so that the button
can be placed with its shank between the plates and its underside resting on the
said plates. The plates have in their meeting edges the recesses h³ to receive the
shank and on their underside the recesses e to direct and turn over and inwards
the ends of the wire staple as aforesaid. When the button is put in place on the
parts of the plate H and it and the button are moved back into the slot ; in the
holder the said parts close together and hold the button firmly in position whilst
the staple is passed through the shank. h are stops for limiting the motion of the
plate H in either direction. The holders may be made removeable from the plunger
of the press so that holders to suit various kinds of buttons can be inserted as
required. The apparatus may of course be used to attach any articles together to
which it may be applicable such as for instance to attach papers or fabrics together
in which case no button need be used the articles to be joined being introduced
together between the parts E and F.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.-
1. In machines of the kind described for attaching buttons to garments or the
like a recess or recesses formed as described so that the ends of the staple are
turned inwards after they have been turned over or passed through the loop or
shank of the button substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. In or for machines of the kind and for the purpose described a holder for the
buttons the said holder being constructed substantially as hereinbefore described
with reference to Figures 1 and 3 of the accompanying drawings.
3. In or for machines of the kind and for the purpose described a holder for the
buttons the said holder being constructed substantially as hereinbefore described
with reference to Figures 5 to 8 of the accompanying drawings.
4. For the purpose described the arrangement and combination of parts con-
stituting a machine substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings.
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J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
Agents.