Improvements in or connected with Attachable and Detachable Buttons.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 14th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 16th Mar., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Attachable and Detachable
Buttons.
We GEORGE TAYLOR, of 23 Bartholomew Close, London E.C., Wholesale
Jeweller, and THOMAS MORTON, of Lodge Road, in the City of Birmingham,
Stamper and Piercer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in or connected with attachable and
detachable buttons and chiefly intended for buttons used for trousers in which
a lever clip is used.
It consists as follows:-Two limbs whose foremost ends form the jaws or
grippers, are either hinged together or consist of one springy piece doubled over at
From the lower of
their other ends, so as to form and give the spring action.
these limbs are formed side ears having pivot holes, which stand up above the
upper limb. In these pirot holes is carried the operating lever, which by turning
through about a quarter of a revolution presses the two limbs and jaws firmly
together, such jaws provided with or without teeth. Upon this lever or in some
cases upon the tail end of the upper jaw is secured the stud button, upon which the
brace or other article may be buttoned. In forming the aforesaid ears upon
similar limbs, it is usual to cut and form them out of the same piece of metal, and
in doing so it necessitates the grain or fibre of the metal lying transverse with the
sharp bend by which it is turned upwards at right angles. This makes them weak
at such point and causes frequent breakages. To obviate this, we take a strip of
metal of suitable width, and with it embrace the back of the said lower limb, its
two ends being turned up at right angles (one on each side of the limb) to form the
ears, thus the grain or fibre of the metal in which the ears are formed is longitudinal
with the bend required and is thus much stronger. This ear strip may be rivetted,
soldered or otherwise secured to the said lower limb.
Dated this 3rd day of January 1895.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicants' Agent.
Improvements in or connected with Attachable and Detachable
Buttons.
We GEORGE TAYLOR, of 23 Bartholomew Close, London E.C., Wholesale
Jeweller, and THOMAS MORTON, of Lodge Road, in the City of Birmingham,
Stamper-and Piercer, 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 :--
This invention relates to improvements in or connected with attachable and
detachable buttons and chiefly intended for buttons used for trousers in which
a lever clin is used.

page_text: It consists as follows:-Two limbs whose foremost ends form the jaws or grippers,
are either hinged together or consist of one springy piece doubled over at their other
ends, so as to form and give the spring action. From the lower of these limbs are
formed side ears having pivot holes, which stand up above the upper limb. In
these pivot holes is carried the operating lever, which by turning through about
a quarter of a revolution presses the two limbs and jaws firmly together, such jaws
provided with or without teeth. Upon this lever or in some cases upon the tail
end of the upper jaw is secured the stud button, upon which the brace or other
article may be buttoned. In forming the aforesaid cars upon similar limbs, it is
usual to cut and form them out of the same piece of metal, and in doing so it
necessitates the grain or fibre of the metal lying transverse with the sharp bend by
which it is turned upwards at right angles. This makes them weak at such point
and causes frequent breakages. To obviate this, we take a strip of metal of suitable
width, and with it embrace the back of the said lower limb, its two ends being
turned up at right angles (one on each side of the limb) to form the ears, thus the
grain or fibre of the metal in which the ears are formed is longitudinal with the
bend required and is thus much stronger. This ear strip may be rivetted, soldered
or otherwise secured to the said lower limb.
In order to more clearly explain this our invention we have appended hereunto an
illustrative drawing upon which are figures and numbers of reference, similar
numbers referring throughout the several views to the same thing or part.
Fig. 1, is a front view of the invention, showing the grippers closed.
Fig. 2, is a side view of the same.
Fig. 3, is a rear view of the same.
Fig. 4, is a side view of the invention as seen when the button grips are open.
Fig. 5, is a sectional view on line A-B, with the lever removed.
8 and 9, are the jaws, which are connected at their rear end by being doubled
at 10, which gives the necessary spring action (or they may be hinged). 11, is
a strip of metal which is turned up at right angles near each end so as to form the
ears 12, 12, in which are the pierced holes 13, 13, to receive the pressure lever 14.
Upon the front of this lever is fixed the stud button 15, by which the brace tab or
other strap is connected thereto.
This strip 11, is made to embrace the back plate 16, (see Fig. 5) with the
lengthwise of the grain of the metal running in the direction of the arrow shown.
It is preferably rivetted thereto as shown by the rivet 17.
By these means the frequent occurrence of breakage which occur about the
point 18, 18, in those of present make-the ears and back plate of which are formed
in one piece is obviated, while the said back plate 16, is further strengthened.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is —
In attachable and detachable buttons, the combination with the jaws 8 and 9,
lever 14, and button 15, of the embracing strip 11, having ears 12, 12ª, substantially
as set forth and described and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 13th day of February 1895.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
12, Cherry Street, Birmingham, Applicants' Agent.