Improvements in Buttons, Solitaires, Shirt Studs, and the like, applicable also to certain other kinds of Fastenings
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 25th June, 1898
Complate Connifination I oft 27th Mar 1899 Accented. 6th May, 1899
Date of Application, 20
Complete Specification Loft,
27th Mar
June, 1000
1899
Accepted. 6th May. 1899
Improvements in Buttons, Solitaires, Shirt Studs, and the like,
applicable also to certain other kinds of Fastenings,
I, JOSEPH WELLS, of 23, Birmingham Road, Alvechurch, Worcestershire,
Warehouseman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to buttons to fix on to garments without sewing
and to solitaires shirt studs and the like and my invention can also be applied
as a fastening for bags portmanteaux and the like.
I will first describe how my invention is constructed as a button to fix on to
garments without sewing. The button front is made with a shank or stem on
which is threaded a coiled wire or other spring in compression and enclosed by
a tubular metal or other casing which is also threaded on to the shank or stem
and is made with an external flange at one end to fit into a recess in the back of
the button front and has an internal flange at the other end to bear against the
spring. The end of the button shank projects beyond the end of the casting
and this projecting part is provided with a projecting cross peg or is made with
a T shaped or other head projecting at one or more sides of the shank. I provide
a washer made of metal bone or other suitable substance and having a central
hole made with cross slots of the proper size for the end of the shank and its
cross pin or head to pass through. The outer face of this washer has recesses
at right angles to the cross slot these recesses being of the proper shape and
size to receive the cross pin or T-head of the shank.
In using the button above described the button shank with the tubular metal
casing and spring upon it is inserted through the hole in the garment from
the front to the back of the same so that the end of the shank projects beyond
the garment. The said washer is then placed or the back end of the shank and
forced on to the same against the end of the casing thereby compressing the said
spring until the cross pin or T-head of the shank projects through the hole
in the washer.
The washer is then turned round through one fourth of a revolution or until
the cross pin or T-head of the shank is opposite the recess in the face of the
washer, then when the washer is released the spring forces the washer outwardly
along the shank for a little distance so that the cross pin or T-head will engage
in the recess in the washer and thus the washer is secured on the button shank
and effectually secures the button to the garment.
The said casing may if desired be formed as a tubular boss of the button or
of the washer or of both of them. In the latter case when both the button front
and the washer are made with a tubular boss to enclose the spring the boss of
the washer is made to slide telescopically within or without the tubular hoss
of the button front.
To remove the button from the garment or other article the washer has to
be first pressed towards the button so as to compress the spring sufficiently that
the cross peg or T-head of the shank is out of the recess in the washer so as to

page_text: allow of the latter being turned round one fourth of a revolution or far enough
to allow of the cross peg or T-head passing out through the slot in the washer
which can then be removed and the button removed from the garment.
My invention is constructed as a solitaire or as a shirt stud similarly as above
described with reference to a button and is also similarly constructed for use
as fastening for the flaps or straps or other parts of portmanteaux bags and the
like.
In applying my invention as a fastening for some kinds of portmanteaux bags
and the like I substitute a flat bar for the front of the button to which the
shank with its coiled spring in the casing are fixed this bar being fixed to one
part of the portmanteau or bag whilst the shank with the casing up on it passes
through a hole in the flap or other part of the portmanteau or bag and is secured
by the washer constructed and applied as above described.
Dated this 23rd day of June 1898.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Buttons, Solitaires, Shirt Studs, and the like,
applicable also to certain other kinds of Fastenings.
I, JOSEPH WELLS, of 23, Birmingham Road, Alvechurch, Worcestershire,
Warehouseman, 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:--
This invention has reference to buttons to fix on to garments without sewing
and to solitaires shirt studs and the like and my invention can also be applied
as a fastening for bags portmanteaux and the like.
My invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings on which Fig. 1 is
a sectional elevation and Fig. 2 is a plan of a button constructed in accordance
with this invention to fix to a garment without sewing; Fig. 3 shews the same
parts as Fig. 1 but separated ready to fix to a garment and Fig. 4 shews the
separate parts of which the button is formed; Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation and
plan of a slightly modified form of the said button; Fig. 6 shews separately the
parts of which the button represented by Fig. 5 is formed: Fig. 7 is a plan and
Tig. 8 is a sectional elevation of a portion of a portmanteau with my invention
applied for fixing the flap of the same and Fig. 9 shews the same parts as Figs. 7
and 8 with the strap unfastened.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all
the figures.
I will first describe the arrangement of my invention shown by Figs. 1, 2, 3
and 4.
In carrying out this invention the button front A is made with a shank or
strm on which is threaded a coiled wire or other spring B in compression and
enclosed by a tubular metal or other casing (which is also threaded on to the
shank or stem a¹ and is made with an external flange eat one end to fit into a
recess in the back of the button front and has an internal flange at the
other end to bear against the spring B. The end of the button shank a¹ projects
beyond the end of the casing C and this projecting part is provided with a pro-
jesting cross peg a¹. I provide a washer 1 made of metal bone or other suitable
substane having a central hole end a cross slot connecting therewith of
the proper size for the pin a³ of the shank to pass through. The outer face

page_text: of this washer has a recess ³ about at right angles to the cross bolt d and of
the proper shape and size to receive the cross pin a² of the shank. The said outer
face has also a recess d formed in it concentric with the central hole d' and ex-
tending from the slot to the recess d so as to allow of the pin a³ to turn from
the slot to the recess or rice versa when attaching or detaching the button as
hereinafter described.
In using the button above described the button shank a with the tubular
metal casing C and spring B on it (as shewn in Fig. 3) is inserted in the hole in
the garment from the front to the back of the same so that the end of the
shank a projects beyond the surface of the garment. The washer 1) is then
placed on the back end of the shank a' and forced on to the same against the
end of the casing C thereby compressing the spring B until the cross pin a³ of
the shank projects through the hole in the washer which is then turned round
three-fourths of a revolution until the pin a' is opposite the recess in the face
of the washer D. Then when the washer D is released the spring B forces the
washer D outwardly along the shank for a little distance so that the pin a³
engages in the recess in the washer D and thus the latter is secured on the
button shank and effectually secures the button to the garment. To remove the
button A from the garment or other article the washer ) has first to be pressed
towards the button head A so as to compress the spring B sufficiently that the
cross pin a³ of the shank a¹ is within the recess in the washer so as to allow of
the latter being turned round about three-fourths of a revolution until the cross
pin comes to the slot and then the washer can be removed the peg passing
out of the slot and the button can be removed from the garment.
Instead of the stem a forming a part of or being rigidly fixed to the button
front A as in the arrangement above described and illustrated in Figs. 1, 3 and 4,
the said stem a¹ may if desired be made separate from the head A and loosely
connected thereto as in the arrangement shewn by Figs. 5 and 6 where the
stem a is made with a square taper head which fits in the square taper hole as
in the button front A. By making the button front A somewhat loose from
the shank a the act of buttoning is facilitated The head at of the shank is
made square or is otherwise shaped so that it will not turn in the button front A.
My invention is constructed as a solitaire or as a shirt stud similarly as above
described with reference to a button and is also similarly constructed for use
for the flaps or straps or other parts of portmanteaux bags and the like.
In applying my invention as a fastening for some kinds of portmanteaux bags
and the like I substitute a flat bar E (see Figs. 7, 8 and 9) for the button front A
to which the shank with its coiled spring B in the casing Care fixed this
bar E being fixed say to the flap part of the portmanteau or bag F as by the
rivets whilst the shank a¹ with the casing (upon it passes through a hole g¹
in the strap G and the strap G is secured by the washer D as shewn in Figs. 7
and 8 constructed and applied to the shank a as above described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is
1. In a button, solitaire, shirt stud, bag fastening or the like, the combina-
tion of a front part provided with a stem made with a side peg near its end, a
tubular casing threaded on said stem, a coiled spring enclosed by said casing
and adapted to move the same along the stem, and a washer adapted to pass on
to said stem and made with a slot for the pin on the stem to pass through and
also a recess to receive the said pin, the parts being so arranged that when the
washer is pressed on the button shank the pin of the same passes through the
slot in the washer and then when the washer is turned through a certain angle
the pin of the shank seats itself in the recess of the washer and is there retained
by the action of the spring in the casing, substantially as described.
2. In a button, solitaire, shirt stud, bag fastening or the like, the combina-

page_text: tion of the front part A provided with the stem a¹ made with side peg ³, the
tubular casing (threaded on said stem, the coiled spring B enclosed by said
casing and adapted to move the same along the stem, and the washer D adapted
to pass on to said stem and made with the slot for the pin on the stem to pass
through and with the recess to receive the pin, the parts being arranged and
operating substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs. 1 to 6
of the accompanying drawings.
3. In a fastening for the straps of portmanteaux, bags and the like, the com-
bination of a base part. E adapted to be fixed to the bag portmanteau or the
like said base part having a stem a¹ made with a side nega. the tubular casing ('
threaded on said stem, the coiled spring Benclosed by said casing and adapted
to move the same along the stem. and the washer D adapted to pass on to the
said stem and made with a slot for the pin on the stem to pass through and
the recess to receive the pin, the arts being arranged and onerating substan-
tially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs. 7, 8 and 9 of the accom-
panying drawings.
Dated this 25th day of March 1899
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.