An Improved Apparatus for Fastening Buttons to Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 30th May, 1893-Accepted, 1st July, 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Fastening Buttons to Boots and Shoes.
I, EWALD NOELLE of Lüdenscheid, in the Province of Westphalia, German
Empire, Manufacturer, 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 :-
My invention relates to an apparatus for fastening buttons to boots and shoes and
consists first in securing the position of the leather or other stuff to be connected
with the button, when being perforated by the pins, further in bending the fastening
pins to form eyes for holding the buttons.
I will now proceed to describe my improved apparatus with reference to the
accompanying drawings, in which ;
Fig. 1 is a side elevation partly in section, the upper stamper being pressed
down,
Fig. 2 is a side view showing the apparatus with the upper stamper raised,
Fig. 3 illustrates a modification.
Similar letters refer to corresponding parts throughout the different views.
The construction of the apparatus is as follows:
a is the frame of the apparatus having two arms b and c situated opposite to each
other. d is a lever provided with a handle e and pivoted at f in the frame a. The
eccentric y pivoted together with the lever d rests on the curved arm of the double
armed lever h pivoted at i in the arm c of the frame a.
The other arm of the double armed lever supports a punch k guided in a
suitable opening of the arm c and being surrounded by a spiral spring 1. The
punch bears the pin z for fastening the buttons.
Opposite to the punch k there is arranged a stamper m guided in the arm 6 and
having a knob t at its upper end. Said stamper m is likewise surrounded by a
spiral spring n and connected with a weighted lever o eccentrically pivoted at s.
The eccentric end of the lever o rests in a suitable opening of the stamper m.
The under end of the stamper m is so constructed, as to be able to bend the
pin for forming an eye in the well known manner.
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The management of the described apparatus is the following:
The leather or other stuff to be provided with a button is laid on the projection y
of the arm c.
Then the stamper m is pressed down on the stuff and secured in this
position by the weighted lever o in the manner illustrated by Fig. 1. Now the
lever e is turned, as shown in Fig. 1, thus pressing down the one arm of the curved
double armed lever by means of the eccentric 9 and raising the other arm of
lever h with the punch k. Thereby the pin z penetrates the stuff and enters the
eye of the button to be fastened. By the pressure of the punch & the pin * is bent
to form an eye so as to fasten thereby the button to the stuff.
As soon as the levers d and o are raised again, the stamper m and punch k are
brought into their first position by means of the springs n and l.
In the modification shown by Fig. 3 of the drawings the stamper m is not
arrested, when pressed down, by a weighted lever, but by a lever p pivoted at v
and being under the pressure of a spring u. The stamper m being pressed down,
the lever p is forced by the spring u to enter a groove 9 of the stamper m and to
prevent thereby the latter from raising by the spring n.
The stamper m may be easily released by pressing back the lever p and removing
its end from the groove q.
The manner of operation of this modified apparatus is the same as above described
and needs no further description.

page_text: 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 :-
1. In an apparatus for fastening buttons to boots and shoes, the combination with
the frame a, stamper m, suitable means for arresting the stamper m when pressed
down, of the lever d, eccentric g, double armed lever h and punch k, substantially
and for the purpose as described.
2. In an apparatus for fastening buttons to boots and shoes, the combination with
the frame a, stamper m, weighted lever o eccentrically pivoted at the frame a and
connected with the stamper m, of the lever d, eccentric g, double armed lever h,
and punch k, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.
3. In an apparatus for fastening buttons to boots and shoes, the combination with
the frame a, stamper m having a groove 9, lever p, spring u, of the lever d,
eccentric 9, double armed lever h and punch k, substantially as described and for
the purpose set forth.
Dated this 30th day of May 1893
EWALD NOELLE,
By Geo. Thos. Hyde,
4, Moorfields, Fore Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.