IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COVERED BUTTONS
Year: 1851

page_text: ELLIOTT, of Birmingham, Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Nineteenth day of
December, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, in the fifteenth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said William Elliott, my exors, adñiors, and assigns, Her
especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said
William Elliott, my exors, adiñors, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said William Elliott, my exors, adñiors, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during the
term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COVERED
BUTTONS;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the
said William Elliott, shall cause a particular description of the nature of
my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an
instrument in writing under my hand and seal, to be enrolled in Her Majesty's
High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same,
reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
William Elliott, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and

page_text: Figure 1 shows a disc of metal suitable for the making of the back shell
or ring of a die and pressure-made button with flexible shank; and it will
be seen that the opening through which the flexible shank passes is made or
cut jagged or serrated.
Figure 2 shows a back shell or ring made from a disc such as is shown
by Figure 1, the teeth or serrated edge being turned inwards, as is shown;
bence, when a button is made up with such a back or ring, the tuft of cloth
protudes through the hole, and the interior portion of the cloth constituting
the shank will be pressed between the serrations and the interior filling of
paper or button board, by which the fabric or shank will be more securely
held than when a back shell with a plain or unserrated opening for the
passage of the flexible shanks is employed.
The second part of my Invention consists of employing a serrated dise of
metal on the interior of that class of buttons where the backs are covered
with strong silk or other suitable material.
Figure 3 shows a serrated disc suitable for this purpose, there being teeth
around its circumference. The back covering fabric is placed over the die,
then the collar is placed thereon, and the paper filling, which should be soft
and spongy, is placed in the collar, then the serrated disc is introduced; the
parts are then forced into the die or mould, as heretofore in making like
buttons when plain or unserrated discs of metal are used, and the button is
to be completed in the ordinary manner, as is well understood, when it will

page_text: be found that the back covering fabric will be more securely held than when
a plain disc is used. This mode of making buttons with covered backs
employing serrated discs will be found particularly applicable for making
linen buttons, in which case the paper filling will be omitted, and the buttons
will be attached by means of the back covering in place of sewing through
and through.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that I do not confine
myself to the exact form of teeth, as the same may be varied. But what I
claim is,
First, the application of back shells or rings with serrated openings in the
manufacture of die and pressure made covered buttons with flexible shanks.
And,
Secondly, I claim the application of metal dises with serrated edges in
the manufacture of die and pressure made covered buttons having covered
backs.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Elliott, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two.
AND
REMEMBERED, that on the Seventeenth day of June, in the
year of our Lord 1852, the aforesaid William Elliott came before our said
Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification afore-
said, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form above
written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the
tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Enrolled the Nineteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand night hundred and fifty two