IMPROVEMENTS IN BUTTONS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki, Proprietor of the
Firm of J. Brandt & G. W. v. Nawrocki Patent Solicitor and Civil
Engineer of 124 Leipzigerstrasse Berlin Germany for an invention of
IMPROVEMENTS IN BUTTONS A communication from Carl Brandt of
Gössnitz in the dukedom of Saxony, German empire
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Gerard Wenzeslaus von
Nawrocki at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th April
1882.
GERARD WENZESLAUS VON NAWROCKI Proprietor of the firm of J. Brandt,
& G. W. v. Nawrocki, Patent Solicitor and Civil Engineer of 124 Leipzigerstrasse,
Berlin, Germany, "IMPROVEMENTS IN BUTTONS (a communication from Carl
Brandt of Gössnitz in the dukekom of Saxony, German Empire)
"
The objects of this Invention, which relates to improvements in buttons, are to
enable sewn-on buttons (whether made of stone, bone, horn, mother of pearl, wood,
or other usual material) to be more easily secured to the fabric than any present
construction will permit of, and to be made so that the outer or top portion will
entirely cover the thread sewing the button, and so that the cutting of the thread
will be entirely avoided.
According to one modification of attaining these objects, the underside of the
button is made with an annular tuft or raised part, diametrically across and
through the sides of which is screwed, rivetted, or otherwise fixed a metal rounded'
stay or cross-piece, around which the threads are passed when the button is being
sewn on. With this construction, a central aperture is made through the button'
just sufficiently large to allow of the threaded needle being freely passed to and fro
on opposite sides of the stay.
According to a second modification, the under raised parts are made opposite and
parallel to each other with the cross piece at right angles thereto, this construction
avoids the necessity for any hole through the button, as the threaded needle can
then be passed between the button and the cross-piece, longways between the
parallel raised parts.
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page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 2nd October 1882.
GERARD WENZESLAUS VON NAWROCKI, Proprictor of the firm of J. Brandt,
& G. W. v. Nawrocki, Patent Solicitor, and Civil Engineer, of 124 Leipziger-
strasse, Berlin, Germany. "IMPROVEMENTS IN BUTTONS (A. communication
from Carl Brandt of Gössnitz, in the dukedom of Saxony, German Empire.)
"
The objects of this Invention, which relates to improvements in buttons, are; to
enable sewn-on buttons (whether made of stone, bone, horn, mother-of-pearl, wood,
or other usual material) to be more easily secured to the fabric than any present
construction will permit of, and to be made so that the outer or top portion will
entirely cover and protect the thread securing the button, and so that the cutting
of the thread and consequent loss of the button will be entirely avoided.
According to one modification of attaining these objects, and which is illustrated
on the accompanying drawings in Figs 1. 2. and 3. which are respectively an under
plan view, a cross section, and a top plan view of the improved button; the
under-side of the button is made with an annular tuft or raised part A, diametrically
across and through the sides of which, is screwed, rivetted or otherwise fixed, a
rounded metal stay or cross-piece a, around which the threads are passed when the
button is being sewn on.
With this construction, a central aperture i is made through the button, just
sufficiently large to allow of a threaded needle being freely passed to and fro, on
opposite sides of the stay
According to another modification, which. is illustrated in Figs 4 and 5, which
are respectively an under plan view, and a cross section, of the improved button;
the under raised part A, is divided so as to leave parts opposite to or parallel with
each other, and the cross bar a, is fixed across and at right angles thereto; this
construction avoids the necessity for any hole through the button, as the threaded
needle can then be passed between the under side of the button B, and the cross
bar a, lengthways, between the opposite or parallel raised parts A.
Having now described the nature and objects of the said Invention together
with the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed, or carried into
practical effect, I would remark in conclusion, that what I claim as the Invention
communicated to me by the said Carl Brandt, and as secured by the hereinbefore
in part recited Letters Patent, is
1. The formation of buttons with an annular tuft A, or with an equivalent raised.
part on its underside, and fitted with a cross bar or piece a, and with a central,
through hole i, substantially as bereinbefore described with reference to Figs 1, 2
and 3 of the accompanying drawings.
2. The forination of buttons with such a tuft or equivalent.raised part, divided,
or made in parts opposite to or parallel with each other, and fitted with a cross bar
or piece substantially as hereinbefore described, with reference to Figs, 4 and 5 of
the accompaning drawings.
In witness whereof, the said Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki, have
hereunto set my hand and Seal this 28th day of August in the Year of
our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and eighty two.
GERARD WENZESLAUS VON NAWROCKI. (L.S.)