IMPROVEMENTS IN BUTTONS AND FASTENERS FOR THE SAME
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Christopher Daggett, of Queen Victoria Street, in the
city of London for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN BUTTONS AND
FASTENERS FOR THE SAME
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Christopher Daggett at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th July 1882.
CHRISTOPHER DAGGETT of Queen Victoria Street, in the city of London
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BUTTONS AND FASTENERS FOR THE SAME
"
This invention relates to improvements in buttons and fasteners for the same
whereby the buttons can be affixed to or removed from a garment or other article
in a simple and expeditious manner and without necessitating the use of any tool
or appliance.
In carrying out my invention I employ a cylindrical shank headed at the top
so as to allow the button to rotate and oscillate on the shank; the lower end of the
shank is formed with a hole passing through it horizontally. The fastener
consists of a plate or disc of metal, having a central hole and stamped or formed
with a horizontal cylindrical channel adapted to receive a pin as hereinafter
described.
To fix a button of this description on any article the perforated end of the
cylindrical shank is passed through the material and the hereinbefore described
channelled disc or plate is passed over the end of the shank; a pin is then inserted
through the channel in the plate and the hole in the end of the shank and the
button will be securely fixed. To remove the button it is simply necessary to
withdraw the said pin.
In a modification of the arrangement I dispense with the herein before described
pin and the channel in the plate; and I then cut the end of the shank with a
screw thread the central hole in the plate having a corresponding screw thread so
that when the shank has been passed through the material, the plate is screwed on
and the button is secured. In this arrangement the hole in the shank is placed
nearer the back of the button, and has for object to allow of inserting a pin to
hold the shank while the plate is being screwed on or off.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Christopher Daggett in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
27th January 1883.
CHRISTOPHER DAGGETT, of Queen Victoria Street, in the city of London
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BUTTONS AND FASTENERS FOR THE SAME
"
This invention relates to improvements in buttons and fasteners for the same
whereby the buttons can be affixed to or removed from a garment or other article
in a simple and expeditious manner and without necessitating the use of any tool
or appliance other than a simple key.
In carrying out my invention I employ a cylindrical shank headed at the top so
as to allow the button to rotate and oscillate on the shank; the lower end of the
The fastener
shank is formed with a hole passing through it horizontally.
consists of a plate or disc of metal, having a central hole and stamped or formed
with a horizontal cylindrical channel adapted to receive a pin as hereinafter
described.
In a modification of the arrangement I dispense with the hereinbefore described
pin and the channel in the plate or fastener and I then cut the end of the shauk
with a screw thread the central hole in the plate or fastener having a corresponding
screw thread so that when the shank has been passed through the material the
plate or fastener is screwed on and the button is secured. In this arrangement the
hole in the shank is placed nearer the back of the button and has for object to
allow of inserting a pin to hold the shank while the plate or fastener is being
screwed on or off.
In order to enable my invention to be better understood I will proceed to
describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in which figure 1,
represents an elevation, figure 2, a section and figure 3, a plan of the underside
of one form of my improved button and fastener; figures 4, 5 and 6, elevation,
section and plan of the underside of the button without the shank and fastener;
figure 7, elevation of the shank; figures 8, and 9, elevations and figure 10, section
of the fastener; figures 11, and 12, plans of the top and underside respectively of
the same; figure 13, is a section shewing the improved button applied to a piece
of cloth or other fabric; figures 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 are similar views to
figures 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 10 and 11, and shew the modification of the improvements.
Similar letters in all the figures represent similar parts.
I will first describe the arrangement shewn in figures 1 to 13; a, is the button;
b, is the cylindrical shank and c, the head at the top of the same; d, is the hole in
the lower end of the shank b; e, is the fastener and f, the central hole in the
same; g, is the channel formed on the fastener and serving to receive the pin h;
i, hole in the bottom of the button a, to receive the head c, of the shank b.
By this construction of button it will be understood that, the cylindrical shank b
having been inserted in the button a, in the process of manufacture, in order to
fix the button on any article the perforated end of the shank b, is passed through
the material (figure 13), and the fastener is passed over the end of the shank
the pink, is then inserted through the channel g, in the fastener and through the
hole d, in the shank and the button will be securely fixed, at the same time tha
it can rotate or oscillate on its shank b. In order to remove the button it is
simply necessary to withdraw the said pin h.
In the modification of the arrangement shewn in figures 14 to 20 I dispense
with the hereinbefore described pin h, and the channel g, in the fastener e, and
then cut the end of the shank with a screw thread j, the central hole f, in the
fastener having a corresponding screw thread. In this arrangement the hole d, i

page_text: the shank b, is placed nearer the back of the button a, and has for object to allow
of temporarily inserting a pin to hold the shank b, while the fastener is being
screwed on or off..
To fix the button the screw shank b, is passed through the material; a pin is
inserted through the hole d, by which the shank can be kept from turning; the
fastener e, is then screwed on the screw threaded end of the shank and the pin is
removed. The fastener is preferably formed with a notch I, at each side to allow
of it being screwed on and off the shank by means of a suitable key.
I have described my improvements as applied to trousers buttons but it will be
evident that the improvements are also applicable to other descriptions of
buttons.
Having thus described my said invention and the best means I am acquainted
with for carrying the same into effect I would have it understood that I do not
claim broadly buttons having rotating shanks as such have been before used but
what I do claim is :-
Firstly. The improved button and fastener for the same constructed and operating
as herein before described and represented in figures 1, to 13, of the accompanying
drawing.
Secondly. The modification of the improvements as hereinbefore described and
shewn in figures 14 to 20 of the accompanying drawing.
In Witness whereof I the said Christopher Daggett have hereto set my hand
and seal this fifteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty three