Stuas, Buttons and other Dress Fastenings, and Articles of Jewellery.
Year: 1885

page_text: Stuas, Buttons and other Dress Fastenings, and Articles of
Jewellery.
I WILLIAM LORD BALLIN HINDE of N° 15 and 16 Oxford Street Birmingham
in the County of Warwick Brush Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN SOLITAIRES SHIRT
AND OTHER STUDS BUTTONS AND OTHER DRESS FASTENINGS AND ARTICLES OF
JEWELLERY" to be as follows:-
My invention has reference to the part of the solitaire stud button or other
article by which it is attached to or effects the fastening of the article of dress.
I will describe my invention as applied to a solitaire.
To the back of the ornamental disc constituting the front of the solitaire I affix
a flat coil of elastic wire or sheet metal the said coil having the figure of an
involute curve or the figure produced by pressing the convolutions of a spiral coil
into the same or nearly the same plane.
This coil is affixed by its marginal part or part of largest diameter to the back
of the disc of the solitaire either by turning the edge of the disc over the said
marginal part of the coil or by soldering or otherwise.
The central part of the coil preferably terminates in a small knob or button.
When
In using the solitaire the central end of the coil or the button attached to the
central end is passed through the hole or holes in the dress and the solitaire is
turned or rotated in the direction proper to cause the portions of the coil of
progressively increasing diameter to pass through the said hole or holes.
the whole of the coil excepting the part attached to the disc of the solitaire has
passed through the hole or holes the fastening of the solitaire to the article of dress
and fastening of the parts of the article of dress together is complete.
The unfastening of the solitaire is effected by rotating it in a direction contrary
to that by which it is fastened.
As the convolutions of the coil in their normal positions are in the same or
nearly the same plane the passing of the coil through the hole or holes in the
article of dress deflects the parts which have passed through the hole or holes the
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page_text: plane in which those parts are situated being separated from the plane in which
the parts of the coil which have not passed through by a distance equal to the
thickness of the dress. As the coil is elastic the dress is gripped between the part
of the coil which has passed through it and the part which has not and the
solitaire has a firm grip on the dress which prevents its accidental rotation and
detachment.
The application of my invention to studs buttons and other dress fastenings
such for example as the eyes of hooks and eyes and to articles of jewellery such for
example as brooches differs in no essential respect from its application to a solitaire
as hereinbefore described.
In some cases such for example as in the case of brooches and the eyes of hooks
and eyes the central termination of the coil is pointed.

page_text: An Improvement or Improvements in Solitaires, Shirt and other
Studs, Buttons and other Dress Fastenings, and Articles of
Jewellery.
I WILLIAM LORD BALLIN HINDE of N° 15 and 16 Oxford Street Birmingham
in the County of Warwick Brush Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of
my 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 reference to the part of the solitaire, stud, button or other
article by which it is attached to or effects the fastening of the article of dress.
I will describe my invention as applied to a solitaire. To the back of the
ornamental disc constituting the front of the solitaire I affix a flat coil of elastic
wire or sheet metal the said coil having the figure of an involute curve or the
figure produced by pressing the convolutions of a spiral coil into the same or nearly
the same plane.
This coil is affixed by its marginal part or part of largest diameter to the back
of the disc of the solitaire either by turning the edge of the disc over the said
marginal part of the coil or by soldering or otherwise. The central part of the
coil preferably terminates in a small knob or button.
In using the solitaire the central end of the coil or the button attached to the
central end is passed through the hole or holes in the dress and the solitaire is
turned or rotated in the direction proper to cause the portions of the coil of
progressively increasing diameter to pass through the said hole or holes. When
the whole of the coil excepting the part attached to the disc of the solitaire has
passed through the hole or holes the fastening of the solitaire to the article of
dress and fastening of the parts of the article of dress together is complete.
The unfastening of the solitaire is effected by rotating it in a direction contrary
to that by which it is fastened.
As the convolutions of the coil in their normal positions are in the same or
nearly the same plane, the passing of the coil through the hole or holes in the
article of dress deflects the parts which have passed through the hole or holes,
the plane in which those parts are situated being separated from the plane in
which the parts of the coil which have not passed through by a distance equal to
the thickness of the dress. As the coil is elastic the dress is gripped between the
part of the coil which has passed through it and the part which has not and
the solitaire has a firm grip on the dress which prevents its accidental rotation
and detachment.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents in front elevation of outer
face and edge view and Figure 2 in front elevation of inner face and edge view a
solitaire provided with a nearly flat spiral or involute coil of wire for fastening
the solitaire to the article of dress; Figure 3 represents in front elevation;
Figure 4 in back elevation and edge view and Figure in back elevation, the
solitaire applied to part of a dress. In Figures 4 and 5 the coil is represented in
the act of being fastened to the dress.

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a is the front of the solitaire consisting of a disc of metal or other material
ornamented in any desired manner or the said disc may carry a stone or jewel.
To the back face of the disc or front a the nearly flat coil of elastic wire b is
secured the said coil being affixed to the disc by the end of the marginal part 6³ or
part of largest diameter being soldered or otherwise fastened to the disc a.
wire at the central part of the nearly flat coil b is formed into a circular head or
button c raised from the plane of the principal part of the coil, the part of the
wire connecting the head or button c with the coil being marked d as seen in the
edge views of Figures 1 and 2.
In attaching the solitaire to the dress e the circular head or button c of the coil
is passed through the hole f and the solitaire is turned by its disca in the direction
proper to cause the portions of the coil of progressively increasing diameter to pass
through the hole fas illustrated in Figure 5, where part only of the coil is repre-
sented on the innerside of the dress e When the whole of the coil b, excepting
the connecting part at 6, has been passed through the hole the fastening of the
solitaire to the article of dress is complete, or the two edges of the dress fastened
together. It will be understood that as the coil b is elastic the dress is gripped
between the part of the coil which has passed through it and the part which has
not and the solitaire has a firm grip on the dress which prevents its accidental
rotation and detachment.
Nearly the whole of the coil 6 may be passed through the hole in the dress or
When the whole of
only a portion of the coil may he passed through the hole.
the coil has been passed through the hole the material of the dress is gripped
between the disc a and the last part of the coil and when a part only of the coil
has been passed through the hole the material is gripped between two convolutions
of the coil.
By turning the disc a of the solitaire in a direction contrary to that by which
the solitaire is fastened, the coil passes out of the hole f in the dress e and the
solitaire is unfastened.
The wire coil may be attached to the disc a at its middle as well as at its
In this case the
marginal part as represented in plan and edge view in Figure 6.
central part of the wire of the coil is turned inwards and forms a central stem g
which is attached to the disc a The part which is raised out of the plane of the
coil forms a central nose which is passed through the hole or holes in the dress
The central stem g gives steadiness to the coil but the action of the said coil is
exactly the same as that first described. Or a separate central stem may be
affixed to the disc a and the central part of the wire coil be secured to the central
stem as represented in plan and edge view in Figure 7, the part h of the coil
which joins the stem i being bent into a nose for passing into the hole in the
dress. Or the head of the coil may be fashioned in the manner represented in
plan and edge view in Figure 8. In this modification a cross bar k is formed at
the centre of the coil and affixed to the central stem i. The said cross bar / is
passed through the hole in the dress in the same manner as the central head or
button c of the coil, or the nose h.
The coil instead of being circular may be angular and consist of two angular
branches b, b as represented in plan and side elevation in Figure 9. This form of
coil is provided with a cross bar and central stem as described with respect to the
circular coil Figure 8. The ends 63, 62 of the angular coil are affixed to the
disc a of the solitaire: Figure 10 represents a modification of Figure 7 in which
modification the number of convolutions of the coil is diminished The parts of
Figure 10 are marked with the same letters of reference as corresponding parts
in Figure 7.
A small knob or button or flat head may be affixed to the end of the central
stem as represented at 22 Figure 7, or to the protruding nose h as represented at h²
Figure 10, the said knob button or head having a circular or other figure. By the
use of the said knob or button or head the stem or nose can be readily forced'
through the button hole or holes before the solitaire is rotated for fastening it.

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Instead of fastening the solitaire to the dress by first engaging the smallest or
central part of the coil with the hole in the dress as before described, the outer
or marginal part of the coil may be first engaged with the hole in the dress.
modification is represented in Figure 11 the coil being attached to the disc a
only at its middle, the end of the marginal part or part of largest diameter being
slightly raised out of the plane of the coil and bent into a nose h, the wire of the
nose h passing radially to the middle of the said disc a to which it is fastened
near the opposite end of the coil. In fastening this solitaire to the dress the nose h
is passed through the hole in the dress and the disc a is turned. The outer or
largest part of the coil first enters the hole and afterwards the parts of less diameter
as will be understood by an examination of the Drawing.
Instead of making the coil of elastic wire the coil may be made of elastic sheet
metal but I prefer to employ wire.
The application of my invention to studs buttons and other dress fastenings,
such for example as the eyes of hooks and eyes and to articles of jewellery, such for
example, as brooches differs in no essential respect from its application to a solitaire
as herein before described and illustrated.
In some cases such for example as in the case of brooches and the eyes of hooks
and eyes, the central termination of the coil is pointed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that
I claim as my invention of "An improvement or improvements in solitaires shirt
and other studs buttons and other dress fastenings and articles of jewellery"
Constructing that part of the solitaire, stud, button or other article by which it
is attached to or effects the fastening of the article of dress, of a flat or nearly flat
coil of elastic wire or sheet metal substantially of the kinds herein before described
and illustrated, the said coil entering the hole or holes in the dress either by its
central part or marginal part and gripping the material either between two
convolutions or portions of the coil or between a convolution or portion of the
coil and the disc or body of the solitaire stud or other article substantially as
hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing.
Dated this Twentieth day of April 1886.