IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF EYELET BUTTONS, HOOKS, SNAPS, AND OTHER CON- NECTING AGENTS, MORE ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE TO BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1878

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LETTERS PATENT to William Morgan-Brown, of the Firm of Brandon and
Morgan-Brown, Engineers and Patent Agents, of 38, Southampton Buildings,
London, and 1, Rue Laffitte, Paris, for the Invention of IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF EYELET BUTTONS, HOOKS, SNAPS, AND OTHER CON-
NECTING AGENTS, MORE ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE TO BOOTS AND SHOES." A
communication from abroad by Leon Maguiez, of 1, Rue Laffitte, Paris.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Morgan-Brown at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th June 1878.
WILLIAM MORGAN-BROWN, of the Firm of Brandon and Morgan-Brown, Engineers
and Patent Agents, of 38, Southampton Buildings, London, and 1, Rue Laffitte,
Paris. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF EYELET BUTTONS, HOOKS,
SNAPS, AND OTHER CONNECTING AGENTS, MORE ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE TO BOOTS
AND SHOES." [A communication from abroad by Leon Magniez, of 1, Rue Laffitte,
Paris.]
This Invention consists,-
Firstly. In the forms and arrangements of eyelet buttons or hooks made with
rivets, eyelets, or tongues, with or without washers, manufactured in all kinds of
metal or alloys, and serving for boots and shoes, as well as other purposes.
Secondly. In the arrangement of snaps, either simple or double, and with or
without a ring.
My system of buttons and eyelets combined may be composed of two eyelets,
forming together one single piece. One of these eyelets, which may be replaced
by a rivet, serves for fixing the button to the boot or shoe, and I call it "fixing
eyelet;" its purpose is to prevent water penetrating the boot or shoe. The other
eyelet serves for lacing the boot or shoe.
Figure 1 of the annexed Drawing is a strip of metal, at one end of which is
bored a hole a; Figure 2 shows this strip of metal in section after its having been
bent, so that its end 6 covers entirely the hole a.

page_text: Figure 3 is an ordinary eyelet c in section before it is inserted into the hole a;
this eyelet I call the "fixing eyelet ; Figure 4 is an end view of the same.
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Figure 5 is a front view of a ring to be fixed against the leather by the "fixing
eyelet."
Figure 6 shows the whole arrangement of a specimen of my system of button 5
and eyelet combined, fastened to a piece of leather.
This arrangement may be applied in the following manner:-After closing or
soldering the fixing eyelet o into its hole a the strip of metal (see Figure 1) for
forming the eyelet or lacing ring d is bent, as shown in Figure 2. The end b
covers the hole a, and is fixed by soldering or otherwise, and the arrangement is 1
ready to be applied. For this purpose the fixing eyelet c passes through the piece
of leather f. The ring g is slipped over the lower end of the eyelet and fastened
after the eyelet has been set or punched.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Morgan-Brown in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 6th
December 1878.
WILLIAM MORGAN-BROWN, of the Firm of Brandon and Morgan-Brown, Engineers
and Patent Agents, of 38, Southampton Buildings, London, and 1, Rue Laffitte,
Paris. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF EYELET BUTTONS, HOOKS,
SNAPS, AND OTHER CONNECTING AGENTS, MORE ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE TO BOOTS
AND SHOES." A communication from abroad by Leon Magniez, of 1, Rue Laffitte,
Paris.
This system of eyelet buttons may be composed of two eyelets, forming only one
single piece. One of these eyelets, for which may be substituted a rivet, serves to
fix the eyelet button to the shoe or boot, and I call it therefore the fixing or
fastening eyelet; it is arranged so as not to allow the water to penetrate into the
interior of the shoe. The other eyelet serves for lacing the shoe, and I will term
it the lacing eyelet.
The accompanying Drawings are made on an enlarged scale to make the details
more easily understood.
Figures 1 to 6 represent one specimen of the system of eyelets.
· Figures 7 to 10 represent a second specimen thereof.
Figures 11 to 12 show a third specimen.
Figures 13 to 18, a fourth specimen.
And Figures 19 to 22 show a fifth specimen.
Figure 1 shows a band or strip of metal having at one of its ends a hole a.
Figure 2 shows this strip after it is bent, care being taken in binding it that the
hole a is entirely covered by the end 6 of the strip.
Figure 3 shows an ordinary eyelet in section before it is put in place; this is the
fixing eyelet. Figure 4 is a plan of the same.
Figure 5 is a face view of a washer, which must be pressed upon the leather by
the bevelling over of the fixing eyelet.
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page_text: Figure 6 represents the first specimen of the system of eyelet button complete,
secured in place.
After the fixing eyelet c is firmly bevelled over or soldered in its hole a the metal
strip, shown straight in Figure 1, is bent to form the lacing eyelet or lacing ring d,
as shown in Figure 2. The end 6 covers the hole a, and fixed in this position
by soldering or other suitable means, and the eyelet button is now ready to be put
in place. To effect this the fixing eyelet is passed through the leather f, on the
under face of which is applied the ring g. This latter is locked in its position by
the rim or flange, which is formed around the end of the fixing eyelet c by com-
pressing the latter.
Figure 7 represents a strip of metal punched out in convenient shape to form
the eyelet button; Figure 8 is a longitudinal central section through the middle of
the same.
One end of this metal strip is formed with a hole a, and in the other
end I produce a depression b, which is to form the fixing eyelet.
Figure 9 is a similar section of the strip after it is bent, so that the depression b
extends through the hole a, and that the main body of the band forms the ring d,
which serves as lacing eyelet. The part b which forms the fixing eyelet is closed
by the bottom g, by which the water is prevented from passing through. Thus
arranged the eyelet button is ready to be put in place.
Figure 10 represents a section of the second specimen of eyelet button complete,
mounted on a piece of leather f.
To fix the eyelet button in its place it suffices to introduce the fixing eyelet b in
the leather f to attach the washer gl, similar to that shown in Figure 5, and finally
to bevel over this ring the edge of the bottom g in order to produce a rim or flange,
which firmly retains the whole united with the leather f, which is firmly com-
pressed so as to entirely preclude the passage of water.
In Figures 11 and 12 a band is used similarly punched out and formed with a
similar depression as that shown in Figures 7 and 8, but this band is bent in the
opposite direction to that shown in Figures 2 and 9; it forms a simple ring, from
which the depression b extends outward, Figure 11, and which is mounted in the
leather in the same manner as above described with reference to Figure 10, as will
appear from Figure 12. This is the third specimen of the system of eyelet
buttons.
Figures 13 and 14 represent respectively a plan and an edge view of a piece of
metal which is bent, as shown in Figures 15 and 16, so that the two arms b are
engaged in the notches e.
Figure 17 shows a plate having two holes, in which are introduced the two arms
or branches 6; and Figure 18 shows a section of this fourth specimen complete,
mounted on a piece of leather, with the two branches 6 bent down and clinched on
the plate g, shown in Figure 17.
The fifth specimen differs little from the foregoing. The metal piece or band
shown in Figure 19 is bent, as represented in Figures 20 and 21, so that its two
arms i abut against each other, and the mounting (Figure 22) is effected in the
same manner as that of the fourth specimen by means of a plate g.
The system may be carried out in many different ways, but what I claim is, the
system of eyelet buttons composed of two eyelets, one of which serves for lacing
the boot or shoe, and the other for fixing the device firmly to leather or other
material without presenting any opening for the passage of the water.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Morgan-Brown, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourth day of December, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.