OR IMPROVED BUTTONS, STUDS OR FASTENERS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN RELATION TO ATTACHING OR FASTENING THE SAME
Year: 1885

page_text: ments in relation to Attaching or Fastening the same.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON Fel. Inst. P.A. of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors 6 Lord Street Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, and
323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of the said invention for NEW OR IMPROVED BUTTONS, STUDS OR
FASTENERS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN RELATION TO ATTACHING OR FASTENING THE
SAME (a communication from abroad by Joseph Caudwell of Boulogne-sur-Mer,
in the Republic of France, Gentleman) to be as follows:-
This invention has for its principal object a button or stud that can be fastened
to clotb, leather or other fabric without sewing and that once fixed is permanent.
The button consists 1st. in the button head or disc this is made bell mouthed or
preferably a flat annulus with a central bell having a perforation in centre, the
central bell is to fit into the suspender or other button hole and give room for the
same between the head and cloth. 2nd. in a washer preferably placed below
the bell to prevent the cloth encroaching on it and to give greater area of holding.
3rd. a washer on the other side of the cloth, also to give greater area of holding.
4th. a rivet rivetting the lot together. The best form for this rivet that my
correspondent has been able yet to devise, is one stamped out of a sheet of metal
into a simple tube closed at one end, and having a flat annular flange at the other,
any other arrangement of rivet in which a soft metal shank projects from a disc
or annular flange would do but experiment tends to prove that the hollow pin
flattens out best into the bell and can be made as cheaply as a solid pin.
The tools for applying this button are a long hollow needle like an extinguisher
with the hollow capable of just fitting over the rivet shank end, and a punch
fitting into the bell.
The mode of application is as follows:
The rivet with washer (if used) threaded on, is placed with its shank end in the
hollow end of the needle, the needle is then pressed through the fabric and with-
drawn leaving the shank end projecting through the cloth, The washer is now

page_text: placed in position and if it have been formed by punching, the rounded side is
placed outward. The bell or head is now added. The shank which should
accurately fit the hole in the bell now projects into the bell. The whole is placed
on a block button head uppermost the punch applied, the bell pressed down hard
and at the same time the punch hammered. The shank end spreads out over the
bottom of the bell holding all firm. It will be obvious that a saucer shaped head
could be substituted for the annulus and bell, but I prefer the latter. The shank
can if desired be part of the head or bell and be rivitted over the back plate instead
of the reverse plan hereinbefore described;

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ments in relation to Attaching or Fastening the same.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, Fel. Inst. P.A. of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 6 Lord Street, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, and
323 High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer do hereby declare
the nature of this invention (a communication from abroad by Joseph Caudwell of
Boulogne-sur-Mer, in the Republic of France, Gentleman) 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 for its principal object a button or stud that can be fastened
to cloth, leather, or other fabric without sewing and that once fixed is permanent.
It is best described by drawings of the original button and tools sent to me
early. in May 1885 for my opinion as to its patentability etcetera by Mr Caudwell.
The drawings accompanying the specification are drawn to a scale double the
size of an ordinary trousers button.
Figures 1, 2, and 3 show the separate pieces of which the button is composed.
Figure 4 sectional elevation of button in position on fabric.
Figure 5 elevation, partly in section, of awl or needle with button shank
attached.
Figures 6 and 7 elevation and plan of punch for riveting up shank.
A is the button head or disc, this is made with a bell mouth B, or preferably a
flat annulus C with a central bell B having a perforation D in centre, the central
bell B is to fit into the suspender or other button hole and give room for the same
between the head and cloth; E is a washer preferably placed below the bell B to
prevent the cloth encroaching on it, and to give greater area of holding and space
for the suspenders or other thing to be buttoned. F is a washer on the other side
of the cloth G, also to give greater area of holding. H is a hollow rivet attached
to F, riveting the lot together. The best form for this rivet that my correspondent
has been able yet to devise is the one shown. It is stamped out of a sheet of
metal into a simple tube closed at one end, and having a flat annular flange at the
other, any other arrangement of rivet in which a soft metal shank projects from a
disc or annular flange would do, but experiment tends to prove that the hollow
pin flattens out best into the bell, and can be made as cheaply as a solid pin.
The tools for applying this button are a long hollow needle I Figure 5
resembling an extinguisher but narrower with the hollow capable of just fitting
over the rivet shank end, and a punch fitting into the bel!.
The mode of application is as follows:-
The rivet H with washer F threaded on if used separately is placed with its
shank end in the hollow end of the needle, as set forth in Figure 5, the needle is
then pressed through the fabric and withdrawn leaving the shank end projecting
through the cloth. The washer is now placed in position, and if it have been
formed by punching, the rounded side is placed outward. The bell or head is now
added. The shank which should accurately fit the hole in the bell now projects
into the bell. The whole is placed on a block button, head uppermost, the punch

page_text: applied, the bell pressed down hard and at the same time the punch hammered.
The shank end spreads out, over the bottom of the bell holding all firm. It will
be obvious that a saucer shaped head could be substituted for the annulus and
bell, but I prefer the latter. The shank can if desired be part of the head or bell,
and be riveted over the back plate instead of the reverse plan herein before described,
but it is more difficult to form on this plan as the metal has been already drawn
out to make the bell.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated
to me by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
1st. The new or improved button consisting of a pair of discs (F E) or their
equivalents lying against the cloth on each side, the button disc (A) with body (B)
and the rivet (H) uniting all together, so as to press the cloth, firmly between the
discs or their equivalents.
2nd. The combination of the hollow rivet and button disc with bell, B, sub-
stantially as described.
3rd. The process of attaching or fastening trouser or other clothing buttons,
which consists in riveting the button to two discs, one on each side the cloth,
the rivet holding all tight
4th. The hollow needle, fitting the rivet end, substantially as and for the
purposes described.