Improvements in Fasteners for Wearing Apparel, such as Buttons, Solitaires, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Romaleo
Date of Application, 17th Mar., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fasteners for Wearing Apparel, such as Buttons,
Solitaires, and the like.
We, RICHARD POORE, 33, Chaucer Road, Herne Hill, London, S.E., Manufacturer,
and WILLIAM WEST, 111, Carpenters Road, Aston, Birmingham, Tool Maker, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
As applied to a solitare or cuff button.
What we call the back part we make a flat disc of metal & fix on that an upright
stem fixed across the disc about 3ths of an inch high with a flanged edge on the
top of the stem.
On the flanged edged top we cut a gap in the middle about one third the length
of the top the gap being about two lines deep. What we call part of front piece
we make in metal in the shape of a letter T we insert the leg part into an opening
made down the centre of upright stem through the gaped part down the stem &
through the disc when it forms a cross like the letter ✗. When looking at the top
or what we call the front part the metal part like the letter T is moveable & has a
spiral spring attached to the leg part which holds it down in the gap of the upright
stem & keeps it fixed like the letter X. When raising the metal letter T & turning
half way round it rests lengthways on the top of the upright stem looking on the
top like the letter |. When in this position push it through the button holes of
cuffs or other wearing apparel turn the metal part like the letter T half way round
when it snaps into the gaped part of upright stem forming again on the front like
the letter X & prevents the button hole coming undone.
When applied to gaiters, shoes, gloves, & the like. The metal disc or back part
is fastened between the leather on one side & the gaiter, shoe, glove, or the like
and the button hole on the other side.
Dated the 16th day of March 1897.
RICHARD POORE.
WILLIAM WEST.
Improvements in Fasteners for Wearing Apparel, such as Buttons,
Solitaires, and the like.
We, RICHARD POORE, of 33, Chaucer Road, Herne Hill, S.E., Manufacturer, and
WILLIAM WEST, of 11, Carpenters Road, Aston, Birmingham, Tool Maker, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
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page_text: performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
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This invention relates to buttons, solitaires and analogous fastening appliances
and the said invention consists in the improvements in such appliances hereinafter
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing the object of the said
improvements being to provide a secure fastening capable of easy manipulation.
The said improvements consist essentially in constructing appliances of the
said kind of two main parts (herein respectively termed the "back part" and the
front piece") which are formed and connected together and capable of interlock-
ing one with the other and of engagement with the article to be secured by the said
appliance as hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawing.
Figures 1 and 2 of the said drawing are side views taken at right angles to each
other showing a solitaire or cuff button constructed according to this invention.
Figure 3 is a face view of the same and Figures 4 and 5 are sections taken respec-
tively on the lines A and B Figure 3 the parts of the solitaire being represented in
all the said figures in such relative positions as to admit of ready engagement
thereof with a button hole. Figures 6, 7 and 8 are views of the solitaire corre-
sponding to those shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 but with the parts in the relative
positions necessary for preventing disengagement of the solitaire from a button
hole and for fastening an article having the solitaire applied thereto.
Figures 9 and 10 represent portions of gloves having a fastening appliance
constructed according to this invention applied thereto.
Figures 11, 12 and 13 represent an alternative means for securing the fastening
appliance to articles such as gloves and boots to which the said appliance is required
to be connected permanently or otherwise than by engaging it in a button hole or
slot.
In the following description the parts of the drawing are referred to by the
letters marked thereon. The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in
all the several figures of the drawing.
The back part of the solitaire represented in Figures 1 to 8 consists of a disc or
. button shaped shell a formed of two cupped circular pieces of metal connected
together at their edges across one of which is secured an upright stem consisting of
two standards bb connected by a cross bar and having flanges cc at the edges of its
head and a gap c* at its middle. The front piece which is T shaped consists of a
head & furnished with a leg part e which leg part is inserted into a hole in the
middle of the cross bar of the upright stem at the part where the gap c* is formed
and passes into the opening in the centre of the said upright stem between the two
standards bb and through a hole in the side of the disc shaped shell a to which the
aforesaid stem is secured. The said front piece which is thus capable of turning in
the back part is retained in engagement therewith as described by means of a spiral
spring surrounding the leg part e and bearing at one end against the upright
stem and at its other end against a washer g placed around the leg part e to which
the said spring is attached or on which it is kept in place by rivetting or enlarging
the end of the said leg part which projects beyond the said washer. The said front
piece consisting of the head d and leg part e is thus capable of being turned without
turning the back part of the solitaire and the head d of the said front piece is by
the action of the spring f held down on the flanged head of the upright stem when
the said front piece is turned so that its head rests lengthwise on or in a position
coincident with that of the head of the said stem as illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4
and 5 and is held down and kept fixed in the gap c* when turned so as to be at right
angles to or to form a cross with the head of the said stem as illustrated in
Figures 6, 7 and 8. The under part of the head d of the front piece is by prefer-
ence hollowed as shown in Figures 4 and 5 to cause it to engage or become slightly
interlocked with the flanged head c of the upright stem when resting lengthwise
thereon. Accidental turning of the front piece of the solitaire independently of
the back part when the front piece is in either of these two positions is thus pre-

page_text: vented the application of a slight amount of force being required to produce
compression of the spring f without which compression the front piece cannot rise
sufficiently to admit of it turning independently of the back part.
The manner of using the solitaire is as follows:-Before inserting the solitaire
in the button holes of parts of a garment to be connected thereby the head d of the
front piece is turned so as to cause it to engage lengthwise on the flanged head c of
the upright stem on the back part as illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. When
the said head d of the front piece is in this position the solitaire can be readily
inserted in the button holes with the head d foremost and on being so inserted the
upright stem be becomes engaged with the button holes in such a manner that it
and the back part to which it is affixed are incapable of turning. The solitaire
may then be secured in the button holes by turning the head d of the front piece
half way round when the spring f causes it to snap into and retains it in the gap c*,
thus locking the parts and preventing possibility of accidental disengagement of
the solitaire from the garment.
Although the disc shaped shell a is hereinbefore referred to as the back part and
the T shaped part consisting of the head d and leg part e is herein before referred
to as the front piece the said shell a may be the part which is exposed to view when
the fastening appliance is in use. Thus in the case of buttons such as military
and livery buttons the upright stem bc is affixed to the back of the button proper
which is substituted for the said shell a and the front piece de and its spring f
are secured in the said stem as in the case of solitaires. To provide for connection
to garments of buttons furnished with this means for securing them button holes
are formed in the garments at the parts where the buttons are required and they
are engaged with the said button holes as already described with reference to
solitaires.
Where permanent attachment of the fastening appliance to the article to be
fastened is necessary or unobjectionable as in the case of boots gloves and gaiters
the stem bc may be secured to a base consisting of a cupped disc formed similarly
to the inner face of the shell a and perforated to admit of the appliance being
secured to the article to be fastened thereby by sewing. In such cases the head d
of the front piece constitutes the part which is exposed to view when the article to
which it is applied is fastened.
This mode of securing and using the fastening appliance is illustrated in
Figures 9 and 10 of the accompanying drawing Figure 9 representing a portion
of a glove having the said appliance secured thereto and unfastened and Figure 10
representing the same fastened by means of the said appliance. The perforations
in the base of the appliance which admit of the same being secured to the glove
by sewing are illustrated at h h in the said Figure 9.
Or the fastening appliance may be secured to gloves and other articles to which -
it is to be permanently connected by means of a cupped and tongued disc the
tongues of which are passed through perforations in the article and in the base
of the fastening appliance and clinched thereon. This means of securing the said
appliance is illustrated in Figures 11, 12, and 13 of the accompanying drawing
Figure 11 representing a view of the inner face of the cupped and tongued disc
referred to Figure 12 a side view thereof and Figure 13 a section of a fastening
appliance constructed according to this invention secured to a portion of an article
by means of the said cupped and tongued disc. Referring to the said Figures i is
the portion of the article to which the fastening appliance is secured j is the
securing disc and kk are the clinching tongues which are formed on a piece of
metal soldered or otherwise affixed to the innerface of the said disc j.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim as the said invention of "Improvements in fasteners for wearing apparel
such as buttons solitaires and the like" is:-
The combination with a button shaped shell or disc to which is affixed a stem

page_text: having a gap in its head of a T shaped piece the leg of which is engaged with the
said stem and shell or disc so as to be capable of turning therein and the head of
which is pressed against the head of the said stem or depressed into and caused to
engage in the gap therein according to the position of the head of the said T piece
relatively to the head of the said stem by means of a coiled spring surrounding the
leg of the said T piece and compressed between a washer secured thereto and a
part of the said stem as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawing and for the purpose described.
Dated this Seventeenth day of December 1897.