IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BUTTONS, STUDS, AND OTHER DRESS FASTENINGS AND ORNAMENTS
Year: 1849

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JAMES
GEORGE NEWEY and JAMES NEWMAN, of Birmingham, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her,
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Twenty-eighth day of
November, One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, in the thirteenth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
us, the said James George Newey and James Newman, our exors, admors,
and assigns, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that
we, the said James George Newey and James Newman, our exors, admiors,
and assigns, or such others as we, the said James George Newey and James
Newman, our exors, admors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and
no others, from time to time and at all times during the term of years therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, our Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BUTTONS, STUDS, AND OTHER DRESS
FASTENINGS AND ORNAMENTS;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a
proviso that we, the said James George Newey and James Newman, or one
of us, shall cause a particular description of the nature of our said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument in.
writing under our hands and seal, or under the hand and seal of one of us, to
be inrolled in Her Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar
months next and immediately, after the date of the said in part recited Letters

page_text: Patent, as in and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully
and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, we, the said
James George Newey and James Newman, do hereby declare that the nature
of our said Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed,
are fully described and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof,
reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the figures and
letters marked thereon (that is to say) :-
Our Invention consists,
First, of improvements in the means of producing ornamental surfaces in
the manufacture of buttons, studs, and other dress fastenings and ornaments.
Secondly, our improvements consist of improvements in preparing sheet
metal to be used in the manufacture of buttons.
And,
Thirdly, our Invention consists of improvements in dress fasteners for
retaining buttons on garments.
And in order that our Invention may be most fully understood and readily
carried into effect, we will proceed to describe the means pursued by us.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 shews two views of a stud, and Figure 2 shews two views of a
button constructed with ornamental surfaces according to our Invention. And
the improvements here shewn consist of employing substances with raised
projections thereon, formed either by casting, moulding, or embossing, so that
the projections passing through perforated sheet metal will appear like stones
in metal, the perforated metal being made into studs, buttons, and other dress
fastenings or ornaments. One of the best materials for making the imitations
of stones is glass, but china or other material embossed, cast, or moulded, with
projections of a like character may be used in place of or with glass.
Figure 3 shews a disc a of cast glass, with several projections at the circum-
ference; and Figure 4 shews a perforated metal shell, used in front of the stud
(Figure 1), the perforations in the shell corresponding with the projections of
the disc of glass a, so that when the shell 6 with the disc of glass is made into
a stud, or a button, or an ornament, it will appear as if several stones or sub-
stances were set in metal. And as glass may be made of different colors, very
beautiful effects may thús be produced. The button, Figure 2, is composed
of a disc a, similar to that at Figure 3, together with a separate centre c, the
shell being perforated in the centre, as well as at the circumference. And
although we generally prefer to use the glass or other material in the shape
of a disc or plate with projections thereon, this is not essential, as the
same may be made in several parts, so long as there are surfaces which

page_text: will project through from the back to the front of the perforated metal
of which the front shell is made, and thus be made to appear like a
series of projecting stones set in metal. We would remark, that although
we have only shewn circular studs and buttons, other shapes may be
made, and dress fastenings and other ornaments may be similarly manu-
factured; and other materials than glass may be similarly moulded, cast,
or embossed, and thus formed with projections to correspond with and pass
through openings in sheet metal, and similarly used in carrying out this part
of our improvements.
:
Figure 5 shews a plan and section of another improvement in producing
ornamental surfaces to be used in the manufacture of buttons, studs, and other
dress fastenings and ornaments, and consists of causing two surfaces of
different colored glasses to be pressed together in suitable moulds, so that the
one surface of glass will be raised to the level of the other surface of glass, and
so that when part of the glass is ground away, the embossed pattern will be
made to appear surrounded by the other colored surface of glass, or the
reverse side of the embossed design may be removed to produce a similar effect.
In Figure 6, the glass is shewn to have been pressed between dies or
moulds, so that the centre portion has been forced into a concave form on one
side and a convex form on the other, whereby when the convex or projecting
surface on the one side has been ground down to the level of the other part,
the whole of the glass of one color will be removed, and the other color will be
made to appear as is indicated by Figure 5, where there is a diamond of blue
surrounded by pink, the pink, which was previously there, having been ground
away. In this manner may various devices or ornaments be produced
suitable for the manufactures above mentioned.
We will now describe the second part of our Invention.-Figure 7 and
Figure 8 shew two specimens of sheet metal made according to this
part of our Invention, which consists of rolling sheet metal for button
making with greater substances at intervals, each suitable for forming the
centre of the button. For this purpose the rollers used are to be sunk at
proper intervals to produce the desired substance and form of centres for
buttons. Figure 7 is shewn to have raised projections, each suitable to
stand across an opening caused by perforating the metal, as indicated by
dotted lines in this Figure; and Figure 8 shows the centres or additional
substances in the sheet as being circular, such as may be perforated with holes,
as shewn; but these forms of centres for buttons may be varied, this part
of our Invention consisting of making sheet metal with additional substance
to come to the centres of the buttons made therefrom.

page_text: We will now describe the third part of our Invention, which consists of
means of fastening parts of garments, such as the fronts of washing waistcoats
and others, where buttons with shanks are used.
Figure 9 shews two parts of a garment fastened together according to this
part of our Invention. Figure 10 shews part of an instrument used for such
purpose. It consists of a cord or other flexible material with metal tubes or
castings at intervals, there being a bending in of the metal, so as more tightly
to embrace the cord or flexible material, and these indents form grooves to
receive the shanks of the buttons.
Having thus described the nature of our Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, we would have it understood that we do not confine
ourselves to the details herein described so long as the peculiar character of
any part of our Invention be retained; but what I claim is,-
First, the improvements herein described of producing ornamental sur-
faces in the manufacture of buttons, studs, and other dress fastenings and
ornaments.
Secondly, the improvements in preparing sheet metal used in the manufacture
of buttons.
And,
Thirdly, we claim the dress fastener herein described.
In witness whereof, we, the said James George Newey and James
Newman, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-seventh
day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
fifty.