IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING BUTTONS, CLASPS, HOOKS AND EYES, OR OTHER SIMILAR FASTENINGS TO LEATHER OR OTHER PARTIALLY ELASTIC OR YIELDING MATERIALS
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Field, of Chandos Chambers, Adelphi, in
the City of Westminster, Consulting Engineer, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING BUTTONS, CLASPS, HOOKS AND EYES, OR OTHER
SIMILAR FASTENINGS TO LEATHER OR OTHER PARTIALLY ELASTIC OR YIELDING
MATERIALS"
Sealed the 30th October 1866, and dated the 4th May 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Field at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 4th
May 1866.
I, EDWARD FIELD, of Chandos Chambers, Adelphi, in the City of West-
minster, Consulting Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING BUTTONS, CLASPS, HOOKS AND EYES,
OR OTHER SIMILAR FASTENINGS TO LEATHER OR OTHER PARTIALLY ELASTIC OR
YIELDING MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in attaching buttons, clasps,
hooks and eyes, or other similar fastenings to leather or other partially
elastic or yielding materials, for which purpose I form with or attach to the
button, clasp, or other fastening (required to be attached to such a partially
elastic or yielding material) a hollow or recess, the edges of the metal
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page_text: surrounding which are bent over or turned inwards, so that the entrance to
such hollow or recess is less in size than the hollow or recess itself, and place
the same at one side of the material, at the opposite side of which I place a
washer, curved disc, or piece of metal formed so that it may be pressed, forced,
or passed into the hollow or recess, pressing the material before it and causing
it to assume the form of an indentation or depression covering one side of the
washer or piece of metal and surrounding or partially surrounding its edges in
such manner as that the washer or piece of metal on being pressed still
farther into the hollow or recess becomes straightened out or expanded and
presses or tucks the material surrounding or partially surrounding its edges
into the space formed by the turned-in edges surrounding or partially surround-
ing the entrance to the hollow or recess, and securely jamming the material
between the washer or other piece of metal and the inner surface of the
Otherwise I make use at one side of the leather or other material of
a recessed, hollowed, or indented piece (attached to or formed with the
button, clasp, or other fastening) similar to that already described, but not as
in that case having its edges turned inward, and I employ in connection there-
with a second recessed, hollowed, or indented piece of somewhat smaller size,
so that it may be passed from the contrary side of the leather or other
material freely into the larger recess in such manner as that when so passed
in it may press in with it and be surrounded or partially surrounded by and
contained in a bag or recess of the material surrounding or partially surround-
ing the inner recessed piece and contained between its outer surface and the
inner surfaces of the outer recessed piece, and that when in this position the
two recessed pieces may be pressed or otherwise flattened, pressing and
holding the leather or other material between them.
It will be observed that according to my Invention it is unnecessary to
puncture or destroy the continuity of the material, thus greatly lessening the
chances of tearing or injury commonly resulting from the ordinary modes of
attaching fastenings to materials of the character described.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Edward Field in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
3rd November 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWARD
FIELD,of Chandos Chambers, Adelphi, in the City of Westminster, Consulting
Engineer, send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the twenty-ninth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Edward Field, Her special licence that I, the said Edward Field, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Edward
Field, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING
BUTTONS, CLASPS, HOOKS AND EYES, OR OTHER SIMILAR FASTENINGS TO LEATHER OR
OTHER PARTIALLY ELASTIC OR YIELDING MATERIALS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Edward Field, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to
be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Edward Field, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in attaching buttons, clasps,
hooks and eyes, or other similar fastenings, to leather or other partially
elastic or yielding materials for which purpose I form with or attach to the
button, clasp, or other fastening (required to be attached to such a partially
elastic or yielding material) a hollow or recess, the edges of the metal
surrounding which are bent over or turned inwards, so that the entrance to
such hollow or recess is less in size than the hollow or recess itself, and place
the same at one side of the material, at the opposite side of which I place a
washer, curved disc, or piece of metal formed so that it may be pressed, forced,
or passed into the hollow or recess, pressing the material before it, and causing
it to assume the form of an indentation or depression covering one side of the
washer or piece of metal, and surrounding or partially surrounding its edges in
such manner us that the washer or piece of metal on being pressed still farther
into the hollow or recess becomes straightened out or expanded, and presscs
or tucks the material surrounding or partially surrounding its edges into the
space. formed by the turned in edges surrounding or partially surrounding

page_text: the entrance to the hollow or recess, and securely jamming the material
between the washer or other piece of metal and the inner surface of the
recess; otherwise I make use at one side of the leather or other material of a
recessed, hollowed, or indented piece (attached to or formed with the button,
clasp, or other fastening), similar to that already described, but not as in that
case having its edges turned inward, and I employ in connection therewith a
second recessed, hollowed, or indented piece of somewhat smaller size so
that it may be passed from the contrary side of the leather or other material
freely into the larger recess in such manner as that when so passed in it may
press in with it and be surrounded or partially surrounded by and contained in
a bag or recess of the material surrounding or partially surrounding the inner
recessed piece and contained between its outer surface and the inner surfaces of
the outer recessed piece, and that when in this position the two recessed pieces
may be pressed or otherwise flattened, pressing and holding the leather or other
material between them. It will be observed that according to my Invention
it is unnecessary to puncture or destroy the continuity of the material, thus
greatly lessening the chances of tearing or injury commonly resulting from
the ordinary modes of attaching fastenings to materials of the character
described.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
The fastenings represented and described are such as might be conveniently
attached according to my Invention to gloves and other articles of similar
nature, but for the sake of clearness they are drawn to a scale considerably
larger than fastenings employed for such purposes are made.
Fig. 1 is a section shewing the hollowed or recessed piece and the
curved disc or piece with the material between them previously to their being
secured to the material.
a, is the hollowed or recessed piece placed at one side of the material b;
at the contrary side of which and opposite to the hollowed or recessed piece a
is the curved disc or piece c, a detached plan of which, as also of the hollowed
or recessed piece a is shewn at Fig. 2.
Fig. 3 is a section of the same parts after the curved disc or piece c has
been pressed, covered at one side by the material into the recess, and there
flattened or straightened out, tucking the material surrounding its edges into
the space formed by the turned in edges of the hollowed or recessed piece
and thus securing the parts a and c to the material and to each other. The
hooks and eyes, buttons, or other fastenings required to be attached to the
material may either be formed with or attached to the hollowed or recessed

page_text: piece, or otherwise may be formed with or attached to the curved disc or
piece, and the forms of the respective pieces in plan may be greatly varied,
as will be well understood when the method of attachment is considered.
Several different forms of fastening attached to material in the manner
described are represented in the accompanying Figures, whereof Figs. 4
and 5 are respectively a section and an underneath view of such a fastening,
consisting of a hook d-formed with a piece or disc c, and suitable for being
hooked into a corresponding eye, notch, or opening formed in or attached to
the part to which the hook is required to be caught.
Figs. 6, 7, and 8, 9, are like views also of arrangements in which a
hook d is formed with or (as in the latter Figures) attached to the disc c.
In Figs. 10, 11, a stud or button e attached to the disc is employed instead
of the hook d to catch or take into the corresponding part.
In Figures 12, 13, the hook is formed with the recessed piece a, aud passes
through the material to the contrary side.
In Figs. 14, 15, the hook again forms a part of the piece a, and after
passing through the material is bent back, as shewn.
Figs. 16, 17, also show the hook formed with the piece a, but not in this
case passing through the material.
Figs. 18, 19, represent an arrangement in which (as in Figs. 10, 11) a
stud or button e is employed, which in this case is attached to the recessed
piece a instead of the disc c.
Figs. 20, 21, shew an inverted arrangement, in which the hook & forms a
part of the recessed piece a, the same method of attachment to the leather or
other material being maintained in this, as in all the modifications proviously
described. The same principle of attachment to the leather or other material
may conveniently be made use of for securing to it those parts to which the
hooks or other fastenings are required to be caught, as will be readily
understood by reference to the examples given in Figs. 22 to 26 of the
Drawings.
In Figs. 22, 23, openings or slits are made in the recessed piece a, which
is raised, as shown, at the back of each such opening or slit so as to form
projections f, against and beneath which the hooks formed and attached as
described may be caught.
Fig. 24 is similar to the foregoing, excepting in having the recessed piece a
and piece c made oblong or oval instead of circular in form.
In Fig. 25 the piece a is cut away at each corner, and the edges are then
turned in as far as the dotted lines in order to form the recess, holes g being

page_text: cut in the piece, as shown, in order to receive a stud or button, such as is
shown at Figs. 10, 11.
Fig. 26 is a similarly formed oblong piece a, having its edges turned in, as
last described, and formed with openings or slits and raised parts for receiving
a hook, as described with reference to previous Figures. The attachment to
the material is effected in this, as in other cases, by means of a piece c,
which tucks a portion of the material beneath the overhanging edges of the
recessed piece a, as represented and described with reference to previous
Figures; otherwise the hooks and eyes or other fastenings required to be
attached are secured to the material by means of two recessed pieces h and i,
as represented in section at Fig. 27. One of these recessed pieces (i) is
somewhat smaller than the other (h), and is placed at the opposite side of the
leather or other material 6, as shown. The piece i is then pressed (with a
portion of the material covering its outer surface) into the recess of the
piece h, and the two pieces h and i, with the material between them, are
then pressed, and more or less flattened into the form shown in section at
Fig. 28 and in plan at Fig. 29, thus securing them together and to the
material. The hook d or other fastening may be formed with the smaller
recessed piece, as shown, or otherwise, as most convenient.
Figure 30 represents (in section) an application of the same arrangement of
two recessed pieces attached to the material, as described, the piece being
formed with slits or openings and projections for receiving the hook d, as
described with reference to previous Figures. In some cases the two
recessed pieces may be formed of such depth as that when partially
compressed they may constitute a button, upon which the required material
may be caught.
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same may be conveniently carried
into effect, I would have it understood that I do not confine or limit myself
to the precise forms or details represented, so long as the distinguishing
features of my Invention are maintained, but that I claim,-
Firstly, the mode of attaching fastenings to leather and other partially
clastic or yielding materials by means of a bent or curved piece, plate, or
disc of metal pressed or passed with a portion of such material into a recess,
the edges of which are turned inward, and beneath which edges by
straightening or partially straightening the bent or curved piece, plate, or
disc of metal a portion of the material is tucked, substantially as described.
Secondly, the mode of attaching fastenings to leather and other partially

page_text: elastic or yielding material by means of two hollowed or recessed pieces
passing one into the other with the material between them, and subsequently
flattened or compressed, substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Field, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Third day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
Witness,
W. LLOYD WISE,
Office for Patents,
Chandos Chambers,
W.C.
EDWARD FIELD. (L.S.)