Improvements in Buttons.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 5th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 7th Dec., 1995
Improvements in Buttons.
I, JOHN LILIENBERG, of Talsen, Courland, in the Empire of Russia, Merchant,"
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
The buttons hitherto employed for fastening garments and for other purposes,
including the ordinary ones secured by thread as well as those which are secured
to the cloth or other material by screws or rivets, have the great disadvantage that
they lie so closely against the material that the edges of the button-hole must be
wedged in between the button and the material to which the button is fastened.
Thus, not only does the button soon become loose, but also the edge of the button-
hole is rapidly destroyed.
These disadvantages are obviated by the button hereinafter described, in such a
manner that the space between the button and material can be adjusted as required
by means of a nut bearing against the upper side of the material. Thus the
wedging of the edges of the button-holes between the button and the material
cannot take place.
To the underside of the disc or plate of the button is secured a pointed screw-
threaded shank in any suitable manner. On this screw-threaded shank are fitted
two adjustable nuts, of which the one nearest the said plate or disc is on the upper
or outer side of the material, whilst the other nut bears against the under or inner
side of the material. The upper or outer nut is not perfectly round but is pro-
vided with two parallel surfaces or flats, in order that it may be conveniently held.
The edges of this upper or outer nut are smoothed or rounded so that the edges of
the button-hole may easily slide over them. In order that the edges of the
button-hole may not be damaged by the screw-thread of the shank, a short piece of
india-rubber tubing or other suitable material is pushed over the said screw-thread
under the disc or plate of the button to prevent the direct contact of the edges of
the button-hole with the screw.
When the said piece of tubing and the upper or outer nut are placed on the
screw-threaded shank the latter is passed through the material by the aid of an awł
or piercer in the well-known manner. After this a tin washer is first passed onto
the screw-threaded shank and the under or inner nut then tightly screwed against
the under or inner side of the material. In this nut are formed two holes in which
engage the prongs of a suitable forked driver. The tin washer above mentioned
serves as an abutment for the inner nut and prevents the material from being
turned therewith. The disc or plate of the button can then be adjusted to its
correct distance from the material by turning it either to the right or to the left,
the projecting part of the screw being afterwards cut off by a pair of cutting
plyers.
By reason of the arrangement of the two nuts, the disc or plate of the button
can not only be adjusted to the desired distance from the material, but the button
can also be used with different thicknesses of material. The disc or plate of the
button can be of any desired form and construction; and it may be made of any
suitable material or may be covered with cloth or the like.
Dated this 16th day of February 1895.
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D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Buttons.
I, JOHN LILIENBERG, of Talsen, Courland, in the Empire of Russia, Merchant,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be perforined, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
The buttons hitherto employed for fastening garments and for other purposes,
including the ordinary ones secured by thread as well as those which are secured to
the cloth or other material by screws or rivets, have the great disadvantage that
they lie so closely against the material that the edges of the button-hole must be
wedged in between the button and the material to which the button is fastened.
Thus, not only does the button soon become loose, but the edge of the button-hole
is rapidly destroyed.
These disadvantages are obviated, in the button hereinafter described, by
providing a nut bearing against the upper or outer side of the material and
whereby the space between the button and the material can be regulated as
required. Thus the wedging of the edges of the button-holes between the button
and the material cannot take place.
In the accompanying drawing:
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved button, and
Figure 2 shows the several parts thereof.
To the underside of the disc or plate A of the button is secured a pointed screw-
threaded shank B in any suitable manner. On this screw-threaded shank are
fitted two adjustable nuts C and D, of which the nut C is on the upper or outer
side of the material, whilst the other nut D bears against the under or inner side of
the material. The upper or outer nut C is not perfectly round but is provided
with two parallel surfaces or flats, in order that it may be conveniently held. The
edges of this upper or outer nut Care smoothed or rounded so that the edges of the
button-hole may easily slide over them. In order that the edges of the button-hole
may not be damaged by the screw-thread of the shank B, a short piece E of
india-rubber tubing or other suitable material is preferably pushed over the said
screw-thread under the disc or plate A of the button to prevent the direct contact
of the edges of the button-hole with the screw.
When the piece of tubing E and the upper or outer nut C are placed on the
screw-threaded shank B, the latter is passed through the material by the aid of an
awl or piercer in the well-known manner. After this a thin washer F is first passed
on to the screw-threaded shank B and the under or inner nut D is then tightly
screwed against the under or inner side of the material. In this nut D are formed
two holes in which engage the prongs of a suitable forked-driver. The disc or
plate A of the button can then be adjusted to its correct distance from the material
by turning it either to the right or to the left, the projecting part of the screw B
being afterwards cut off by a pair of cutting plyers.
The thin washer F serves as an abutment for the inner nut D and prevents the
material from being turned therewith. If desired, however, the washer F may be
omitted, the nut D then pressing directly against the under or inner side of the
material.
By reason of the arrangement of the two nuts, the disc or plate of the button
can not only be adjusted to the desired distance from the material, but the
button can also be used with different thicknesses of material. The disc or plate
of the button can be of any desired form and construction and it may be made of
any suitable material or may be covered with cloth or the like.

page_text: 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 :-
The improved button provided with a screw-threaded shank, on which turn two
nuts, one to bear against the under or inner side, and the other, which is provided
at its sides with parallel surfaces or flats, against the upper or outer side of the
material, so that the button-disc or plate can be arranged at the desired distance
from the material, a piece of india-rubber tubing or the like of suitable length
being slid over the screw between the said disc or plate and the upper or outer nut
to protect the edges of the button-hole, substantially as above described.
Dated the 5th day of November 1895.
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.