MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BUTTONS AND IN APPARATUS THEREFOR
Year: 1884

page_text: I. PHILIPPE COURCEL, Button Manufacturer of the City of Paris in the
Republic of France do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BUTTONS AND IN APPARATUS THEREFOR, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement that is to say:-
The improvements in buttons referred to relate to the shanks or necks of such
articles. Hitherto they have been inade of some flexible or soft material, or by a
metal stem soldered or rivetted to the button; the drawback to most of this class
of buttons is the difficulty of connecting them solidly to the wearing apparel, as
they invariably become loose and eventually separate from the stem or neck as the
case may be, especially if such portion is of soft material which becoming stretched,
or from constant wear and repeated sewing has little left with which to connect the
button to the article of clothing.
The present Invention is intended to obviate these drawbacks.
The following description of the improved shank together with the apparatus
employed in its manufacture illustrated by the accompanying Drawings will clearly
demonstrate its nature and advantages.
That part of the button known as the shank or neck is made from a metal disk
shown by Fig. 1, this is stamped or pressed with a die and matrice by means of a
lever or swing press as shown by Figs. 2 and 3, after this operation the plate will
receive the form shown in side view and elevation Fig. 5; it will be observed that
a convex form given to the plate, on the surface of which are raised symmetrically
protruding portions in form of a cross, whilst the sunken parts are pierced with
holes for the reception of the thread, with which they are to be connected to the
garment; the shank so far completed is then trimmed with the apparatus shown
by Fig. 4, after this it is mounted on a table turning horizontally by means of four
handles as shown by Fig. 6. regulated by a spring click.
Thus mounted the button shank is pierced by a punch of conical form worked
by a screw and crank Fig. 7 which here shows it in section and plan.
The table on which the button shank is mounted successively presents the four
sunken parts on the surface to the punch' which pierces each as presented to it,
making an aperture where it pierces the metal in such a manner that what is
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page_text: displaced is bent inwards forming a sort of bevil round the opening which protects
the thread from fraying or cutting.
The shank thus finished will present the appearance shown by Fig. 8, which is a
side view and elevation thereof.
When first placed in the press the shank has been provided with a rim intended
to connect it to the other portion of the button, which is finally effected in the
usual manner.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said
Invention, and in-what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is,
The method of manufacturing button shanks, for all classes of buttons from a
metal disk to which a convex, or conical form is given by a die and press on the
surface of which plate are four raised portions, the hollow spaces being pierced with
four conical holes, the metal round the edges forming a bevil for preventing the
thread connecting the button to the garment from fraying or cutting, in the manner
by the means and for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned.