Improvements in Buttons.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 7th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 9th Jan., 1897
Improvements in Buttons.
I, ENOCH DANCE of the Firm of J. Aston & Co. of Eagle Button Works,
Summer Row, Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object improvements in buttons which are of that class
which can be applied to the dress without sewing and which may be placed in
position almost instantaneously.
My new self fixing button may be made from any suitable material or metals or
any combination of the same and consists in a head or outer part forming the
button proper made with a socket having a haaded shank pivotted therein and
constituting a universal joint but to which in itself I lay no special claim. At the
outer end of the shank I form an enlargement or shoulder which is fastened into
the back part or washer which is of special construction as follows. I take a plate
or blank or disc and stamp or cut out a tongue which is pressed upwards with its
point in the direction of the centre of the blank and which forms a spring. The
plate is then encased in an outer disc which has a slotted hole pierced out the
larger portion of the hole being near the side and the narrow portion or neck at
the centre. The enlargement on the bottom of the shank is put through the hole
at the side and then slided along the spring and over the end of the spring by
pressing the spring downwards and immediately the enlargement passes the end of
the spring, the spring recoils and locks the shank at the centre so securing it in
position.
AT ARE FAL do of Mauch 1906.
GEORGE BARKER,
77 Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
Improvements in Buttons.
I, ENOCH DANCE of the Firm of J. Aston & Co., Summer Row, Birmingham
in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of my said
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 has for its object improvements in buttons which are of that class
that can be applied to the dress without sewing and which may be placed in.
position almost instantaneously.
My new self-fixing button may be made from any suitable material or metals or
any combination of the same and consits in a head or outer part forming the
button proper made with a socket having a headed shank pivotted therein and

page_text: versal joint out to which in itself I lay no special claim. At the
outer end of the shank I form an enlargment or shoulder which is fastened into
the back part or washer which is of special construction as hereinafter explained.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practical effect I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings
upon which I have illustrated the different parts which constitute my improved
button..
Figure 1 is a plan of the under side of the head or face A of my button.
Figure 2 is a cross section of the same.
Figure 3 is a plan of the back part of the head or face A which holds or connects
one end of the shank S to the head.
Figure 4 is a cross section of Figure 3.
Figure 5 is a plan of the inner side of the back part B of the button which is
connected to the other end of the shank.
Figure 6 is a cross section of the same.
Figure 7 is a plan of the internal disc D which fits into the back B.
Figure 8 is a cross section of Figure 7.
Figure 9 is a plan of the inner side of the part C which fits over the disc D.
Figure 10 is a cross section of Figure 9.
Figure 11 is a cross section of the parts B, C, and D fitted together.
Figure 12 is a view of the shank S.
Figure 13 is a cross section of the head and back of my button connected to the
shank.
In carrying my invention into practice I form the head or face A by suitable
tools with the flange a¹ on the under side. I then form the disc a' with the centre
cupped or dished and a hole a pierced therein. The shank S is then passed
through the hole as the head s fitting into the cupped portion and the disc placed
into the underside of the head A and the flange a' turned over onto the edge of
the disc by which means the shank is pivotted to the head.
In constructing the part of my stud which fits onto the other end of the shank
I form the back B with a flange &¹ and into this back B I fit the disc D which has
a tongue d' cut out of its surface and pressed outwards with its end or point in the
direction of the centre. I then form the part C with a flange c' which turns
upwards and then outwards as clearly shown in section at Figure 10. and in the
face of which I form a slot c' running from the centre to the edge which is enlarged
at the end near the flange. This part C also fits into the part B the flange c
resting against the disc D, after which I turn the flange b' over inwardly so that
it catches against the outwardly turned flange thus securely holding the
parts B, D, and C together. The end of the shank which fits into the slot chas
a groove or recess and when this end is inserted into the enlarged portion of the
slot cand pushed upwards the edges of the narrow portion of the slot fit around
the grooves and the tong d' fits underneath thus securely attaching the back of
the button to the shank as clearly shown at Figure 13. Instead of forming a
groove around this end of the shank I may form an enlargement for the same
purpose.
When attaching the button to a garment a hole is made and the shank pushed
through and the back afterward fixed thereto as hereinbefore described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
First. In a button connecting a sbank such as S to a busk consisting essentially
of the parts such as B, C and D fixed together in the manner and for the purpose
substantially as herein before described and shown on the accompanying sheet of
drawings.
Second. The improvements in buttons consisting essentially of the parts such

page_text: as B, C and D in combination with a shank such as S and a head or front formed
out of the parts such as A and a' in the manner and for the purpose substantially
as hereinbefore described and shown on the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 6th day of November 1896
GEORGE BARKER,
77 Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent.