Improvements in Means for Strengthening Button Holes and other Parts of Boots and other Articles of Wearing Apparel, and in Apparatus for Affixing the same.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 3rd Nov., 1897
CUMPLEIE TUITION
Improvements in Means for Strengthening Button Holes and other
Parts of Boots and other Articles of Wearing Apparel, and in
Apparatus for Affixing the same.
A communication from abroad by THE HEATON PENINSULAR BUTTON FASTENER
COMPANY, of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, one of the United
States of America.
I ADOLPH RIEKMANN of 59 Knightrider Street, in the City of London,
Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what inanuer the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:―
In articles of wearing apparel which are secured by means of buttons and button
holes it is found that the inaterial where the strain of the button most wears or the
tearing strain in use comes is apt to give way or tear and to prevent this I apply a
strengthening wire staple of peculiar form illustrated hereinafter.
To apply this peculiarly formed staple I employ an appropriately designed and
constructed tool into the holder portion of which the limbs of the staple are slidden
and for fixing, the nipping jaws, one of which embodies the sliding holder, are
placed together with the inaterial to which the staple is to be applied located
between them.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figs. 1, 2 and 3 shew by front view, plan view, and side view respectively my
improved staple or fastening.
Fig. 4 shews by a perspective side view a hand tool for affixing the same.
Fig. 5 is front view, partly in section, of the holder portion of the tool.
Fig. 6 shews by a side view, a portion of the upper jaw of the instrument with
the holder portion removed.
Fig. 7 shews a plan view of the clinching die or anvil carried by the lower jaw.
Figs. 8, 9 and 10 shew by back view, underside view, and plan view respectively
the slotted holding piece for receiving the staple.
Figs. 11 and 12 shew by face view and plan view respectively the guide in which
the slotted holding piece slides.
Fig. 13 shows a portion of the "upper" of a boot having my improved staples
applied to places which have a tearing strain put upon them a piece of the material
being turned back so as to shew the underside of the staple after having been
clinched in order to grasp a part of the fabric.
The wire staple a is formed with two prongs a¹ and the top or shoulder a² formed
with a horizontally disposed curve (as shewn best in Fig. 2) and with feet or
entering ends splayed or widened out.
The staples are applied to the material by means of a tool & shewn in Fig. 4, the
upper jaw of which carries a holder c having its prongs e¹ e' slotted at c²² so as
to receive the limbs of the staple.
This slotted holding piece slides in a suitably perforated guide d when the
staple is being clinched into its place, and is formed with a shoulder c which abutts
against a corresponding shoulder 6 on the upper jaw b' thereby preventing the
holder being slidden too far.
The guide d is held against the face of the upper jaw by means of the
stud d¹.

page_text: The recesses in the die or anvil e form hollow seats for the points of the staple
when the latter is being clinched-thus pressing the points inwards and enabling
the limbs to be pressed flat on the fabric.
The holder e holds the limbs of the staple and allows the points to project so as
to be easily seen when putting them through the material, then when the jaws of
the instrument are pressed together, the top of the staple abutts against the guide
plate d and as the limbs a¹ are being folded or bent over the material the pressure
of the lower jaw on the ends of the holder e causes the said holder to slide up.into
its dotted position thereby leaving the staple free of the holder.
By these means a strengthening wire staple may be applied to such places in
wearing apparel as are likely to give way by being subjected to a tearing strain,
as, for instance the "tying over "of boots and shoes.
In using the staple for this purpose considerable labour is saved and solidity is
given to the tongue of the boot and no uneven surface is made on the inside.
" which
Great advantage is thus gained over the usual method of "tying over
has hitherto been done by using an awl and needle and thread which thread leaves
a knot on the inside of the t ngue of the upper and chafes the instep of the foot.
In Fig. 13 I have shewn the staple applied to be used in strengthening the
button holes so as to prevent them tearing out and to preserve the appearance of
the shoe.
In the same fig. a staple is also shewn applied as a "tie over," which is to
prevent the two legs or quarters tearing away from the vamp as considerable strain
takes place there when the upper is being pulled on or taken off the last, or by the
wearers when pulling the boot or shoe on or off their feet.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The method of and means for protecting button holes and other joints of boots
by a pronged wire fastening having a curved bar and wedge shaped ends to the
prongs substantially as described and shewn by the drawings.
2. The manufacture of a pronged wire fastening, having a curved bar and wedge
shaped or splayed entering ends as and for the purpose set forth.
3. The hereinbefore described means for strengthening the button holes or other
joints of boots or other articles of wearing apparel and apparatus for fixing the same
embodying a slotted plate, a pronged sliding holder for the fastening, a grooved
anvil and crossed arms united by the central axis forming a pivottal bearing for
the same, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated the 14th day of September 1894.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.