AN APPARATUS FOR FASTENING OR SECURING BUTTONS, WHICH MAY ITSELF BE USED AS A STUD OR BUTTON
Year: 1856

page_text: Sealed the 26th August 1856, and dated the 6th March 1856.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John William Scott at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th March 1856.
I, JOHN WILLIAM SCOTT, of the City of Worcester, Manufacturer of
Finch's Patent Solid Leather Button, de hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "AN APPARATUS FOR FASTENING OR SECURING BUTTONS, WHICH MAY
ITSELF BE USED AS A STUD OR BUTTON," to be as follows:-
My apparatus consists of a metal loop or staple, formed with a head at each
end, and made flat under the heads, and of a disc or plate formed with two
slots at the sides leading into sunk parts or recesses for receiving the heads of
the staple, which when forced into the recesses, as afterwards explained, lie
flush, or nearly so, with the upper surface of the dise or plate. Or, an aperture
may be made in the disc, and both ends of the staple may be forced into it,
and there to hold by springing out from each other, or by the heads hooking
on to the disc.

page_text: I will briefly describe the method of ising this apparatus to secure a button
with a shank, say, for instance, one of Finch's patent leather buttons to a boot.
The metal staple is passed through the shank of the button, then through
two holes pierced in the side of the boot to the reverse side of the leather;
the slot at one side of the disc is pushed over the flat part of one end of the
staple, until the head lies in the recess into which that slot leads; the disc
is placed flat in the leather, and the remaining end of the staple is forced
into the slot opposite to that already mentioned, until the head of the last-
named end of the staple is engaged in its seat or recess in the disc, when the
attachment will be complete.
By employing two plates or discs with slots and recesses as above described,
both or one of which are or is connected to a metal cloth or other face, and by
employing two separate metal pins formed flat near each end and with two
heads, a button can be secured on two sides of a fabric or substance; or a
button on one side and a stud on the other, by passing the pins through the
fabric or material, and engaging or forcing the heads on both ends of both
pins into the recesses formed for their reception in both plates. Or, the plates
themselves may be used as studs or buttons; as in connecting the ends of flat
leather straps and belts.
A modification of my fastening may be made by making an aperture in
the plate, forcing two ends of a loop or staple through it, and causing them to
spring out into the recess or recesses formed for their reception; or, one staple
and one plate may alone be used.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John William Scott in the Great Seal Patent Office on 2
the 6th September 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
WILLIAM SCOTT, of the City of Worcester, Manufacturer, of Finch's Patent
Solid Leather Button, send greeting.
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WHEREAS 'Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria;, by Her Letters 3
Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of March, in the year of our. Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the nineteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said John William Scott, Her special licence that I, the said John

page_text: William Scott, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said John William Scott, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and.
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and. Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN APPA-
BATUB FOR FASTENING OR SECURING BUTTONS, WHICH MAY ITSELF BE USED AS
A STUD OR BUTTON," upon the condition (amongst others), that 1, the said John
William Scott, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under, my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain, the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John William Scott, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto
annexed (that is to say):-
My apparatus;consists of a metal loop or staple, formed with a head at each
end, and made flat under the heads, and of a disc or plate formed with two
slots at the sides leading into sunken parts or recesses for receiving the heads
of the staple, which when forced into the recesses as afterwards explained, lie
flush, or nearly so, with the upper surface of the disc or plate; or, an aperture
may be made in the disc, and both ends of the staple may be forced into it,
and there be held by springing out from each other, or by the heads hooking
on to the disc.
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I will briefly describe.the method of using this apparatus to secure a button
with a shank, say, for instance, one of Finch's patent leather buttons to a boot.
The metal staple is passed through the shank of the button, then through two
holes pierced in the side of the boot to the reverse side of the leather; the slot
at one side of the disc is pushed over the flat part of one end of the staple
until the head lies in the recess into which that slot leads; the disc is placed flat
on the leather, and the remaining end of the staple is forced into the slot
opposite to that already mentioned, until the head of the last-named end of
the staple is engaged in its seat or recess in the disc, when the attachment will
be complete.
By employing two plates or discs with slots and recesses as above described,

page_text: both or one of which are or is connected to a metal cloth or other face, and
by employing two separate metal pins formed flat near each end and with
two heads a button can be secured on two side of a fabric or substance; or, a
button on one side, and a stud on the other, by passing the pins through the
fabric or material, and engaging or forcing the heads on both ends of both
pins into the recesses formed for their reception in both plates; or, the plates
themselves may be used as studs or buttons, as in connecting the ends of flat
leather straps and belts. A modification of my fastening may be made by
making an aperture in the plate, forcing two ends of a loop or staple through
it, and causing them to spring out into the recess or recesses formed for their
reception; or, one staple and one plate may alone be used.
The Drawings hereunto annexed represent the apparatus constructed
according to my Invention. Figure 1 is a side view of the loop or staple;
Figure 2, a plan of the disc or plate detached; Figure 3 shews the attach-
ment complete; and Figure 4, the same, with one of Finch's patent leather
buttons secured thereto. a, a, is the metal loop or staple, baving heads b, b,
formed at each end; d is a metal disc or plate, with two slots c, c, formed in it,
the one opposite the other. The staples b, b, are placed in the slots c, c, and
there secured by the heads b, b, pressing against the under side of the metal
disc d. Figure 5 shews a modification of the above arrangement; Figure 6, a plan
of the disc of metal; and Figure 7, the attachment complete. Here the staple
is applied to the plate in the form of a closed shank; this shank has a head
or neck, as before described. To secure the shank to the plate, I first pass
the head through a single hole in the leather or material, then put the closed
necks b, c, through a slot f, of the exact size and shape of the heads, in the
plate d. Turn this plate d half round, and the heads will rest in the inden-
tations e, e, made to receive them on the plate d; the attachment is then com-
pleted. The staple can be made either as a spring or wire, which having no
elasticity in it will remain in any position it may be pressed into. It is obvious
that the purposes to which the apparatus can be applied are very numerous; it
will be found exceedingly useful for glove fasteners, securing buttons to boots
and garments, sleave links, studs, &c.
Although I have described and represented what I consider the best way of
applying this fastener, yet I do not limit myself to the precise arrangements
here shewn, as it is evident it is susceptible of many modifications without
departing from the features of the Invention.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim, the improved fastener,

page_text: (or any mere modification thereof,) herein-before described, and represented in
the Drawings annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said John William Scott, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Second day of September, One thousand eight
1 and and fifty civ
J. W. SCOTT. (L.8.)
Drawings referred to in the Specification of Mr. J. W. Scott, No. 568,