provements in Button
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Aug., 1886.
Complete Left, 5th May, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 7th June, 1887.
I THOMAS WILLIAM TAYLOR of 240 Great King Street, Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Patentee, Designer, Die-Sinker etc. and JOSEPH SHELDON WHITTEN, of
21, Spencer Street Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturing Jeweller
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
Our Invention relates to and consists of Improvements in dress & other Buttons,
having shanks most shank Buttons are made by having the shank, riveted to a metal
back, made of Iron, Tin, or other suitable metal, this back or outer shell is then covered
with a plain or an ornamental top, the inside usually being filled with a wad of Papiér
Mâche; or thick Card board for strength. Our Improvement consists of dispensing
with the outer metal back, or shell, attaching the shank to the Papiér Mache wad (cut
according to the shape of the Button desired) This wad is cut out of Papiér Mâche
board, pierced in its centre for the shank to pass through, & is then pressed with Tools
to harden & bring it into the desired shape for the Button back, it is then Japanned
any desired Color, & is ready to receive the top or covering.
The top is made by the ordinary method of stamping any suitable metal or other
material into a Die, the desired shape & Design, this metal shell is placed over the
Papier Mache back, & its outer edge closed by Tools over it, thus uniting the two,
& completing the Button.
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By our method the Button is produced at a greatly reduced price, the processes
of manufacture being curtailed, the Buttons are much lighter, without losing their
strength, & their backs being of Papiér Mâche are non-corrosive, a great advantage in
a Button to be used on a delicate material.
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page_text: I THOMAS WILLIAM TAYLOR of 240 Great King Street Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick Patentee, Designer, Die-sinker etc. and JOSEPH SHELDON WHITTEN of
21 Spencer Street Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturing Jeweller
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:-
Our Invention relates to and consists of an improvement in the manufacture of
dress and other fancy Buttons, having shanks-the old method of manufacturing
shanked Buttons is by riveting the shank to the back-of the Button (the Button being
in two halves) the back being made of brass, iron, tin or other suitablo material, this
back is hollow, and is usually filled with a wad of Papiér Mache or card board, to give
strength, and provent the Button being indented, a fancy or ornamental top or front
is then closed over this back by means of Press Tools-such ornamental front being
produced by stamping any desired metal into a die bearing the Design suitable for the
Class of Button required. By our improvement the filling or packing of the Button is
dispensed with. A wad is cut from a Papiér Mâche board the size of the Button to be.
made, it is then pierced in its centre to receive the shank, and is then pressed, by Press
Tools to harden it, and form it into the required shape for the back of the Button, and
is then Japanned, when it is ready to receive the ornamental top or front of the Button,
which is made as hereinbefore described by stamping any desired metal into a die,
bearing the ornamentation required. This ornamental top or front is closed by Press Tools
over the Papier Mache back, thus completing the Button. By this method the filling
is dispensed with, the Button being solid, it is much cheaper, the processes of manu-
facture being curtailed and the cost of material less, the Button is much lighter
without losing its strength and being Papier Mache at the back is non-corrosive, an
advantage when used on a delicate material and is applicable to any shape of Button,
and to better illustrate our improvement we herewith append an explanatory sectional
Drawing showing one shape of Button which we will now proceed to describe.
A is a Papiér Mache wad cut and pressed to the shape of Button desired.
B is the shank, and C is the ornamental front or top which is covered over the
Papier Mache wad or back of Button.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is―
The use and manufacture of fancy dress and other Buttons having their backs
formed as hereinbefore described of Papiér Mâche in combination with metal fronts.
Dated this 4th day of May 1887.
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THOMAS WILLIAM TAYLOR.
JOSEPH SHELDON WHITTEN.