Improvements in Pins for Fastening Buttons of Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 26th. Aug., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 25th May, 1893-Accepted, 1st July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pins for Fastening Buttons of Boots and Shoes.
1, EWALD NOELLE, of Lüdenscheid, in the Province of Westphalia, German
Empire, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention refers to pins for fastening the buttons of boots and shoes and has
for its object to provide a pin, the foot or foot-plate of which is firmly connected
with it only in the moment of fastening a button to a boot or shoe. Thus, the foot
plate, which has a central hole for the pin, is put on the latter only shortly before
use, the pin having a head, by means of which the foot-plate is pressed against the
inner side of the leather after the pin has been bent to an eye.
An essential part of my invention consists in the shape of the foot-plate, which
is provided with a cavity in its central part for receiving the head of the pin, the
hole for the pin being in the centre of the cavity. The rim of the plate is bent_so
that the edge is in or nearly in the same plane with the bottom of the cavity, for
the purpose of ensuring contact between leather and foot-plate at all points of the
rim. The plate may be of round, quadrangular or any other shape and may consist
of iron, brass or any other fitting metal or material of sufficient strength.
Dated this 26th day of August 1892.
By Geo. H. Rayner,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pins for Fastening Buttons of Boots and Shoes.
I, EWALD NOELLE, of Lüdenscheid, in the Province of Westphalia, German
Empire, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to pins for fastening the buttons of boots and shoes and
has for its object to provide a pin, the foot or foot-plate of which is firmly
connected with it only in the moment of fastening a button to a boot or shoe.
In order to make my meaning more clear, refer to the accompanying sheet
of drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 shows the pin,
Fig. 2 the separate foot plate,
Fig. 3 the pin and foot plate put together, and
Fig. 4 the pin connected with a button.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the different views.
The foot plate A which has a central hole A' for the pin B is put on the
latter only shortly before use, the pin having a head B' by means of which the
foot plate is pressed against the inner side of the leather C after the pin has been
bent to an eye B².
An essential part of my invention consists in the shape of the foot-plate A which
is provided with a cavity A2 in its central part for receiving the head B¹ of the
pin B, the hole A¹ for the pin being in the centre of the cavity A². The rim A³
of the plate A is bent so that the edge is in or nearly in the same plane with the
outer bottom of the cavity A' for the purpose of ensuring contact between leather
and foot plate at all points of the rim.

page_text: The plate A may be of round, rectangular or any other shape and may consist
of iron, brass or any other fitting material of sufficient strength.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is:
.
In combination with a button for boots and shoes, a pin passing through the eye
of the button and bent to a circular shape, and a loose head-plate having a central
hole for the passage of the pin, the parts being only interlocked, and not rigidly
connected to each other, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 25th day of May 1893.
KARTY T
BALD
By Geo. H. Rayner,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.