Moveable Shank for Sleeve Links, Solitaires, Collar Studs, Shirt Studs, Purse Fasteners and Buttons of all kinds.
Year: 1885

page_text: Moveable Shank for Sleeve Links, Solitaires, Collar Studs, Shirt
Studs, Purse Fasteners, and Buttons of all kinds.
I THOMAS HART of N° 4 Heathcote Street W.C. Surgical Instrument Maker do
hereby declare the nature of any invention for SLEEVE LINKS, SOLITAIRES, COLLAR
STUDS, SHIRT STUDS, PURSE FASTENERS AND BUTTONS OF ALL KINDS to be as
follows:-
The shank, to slide along a slot sustained by a spring-or in a simple slide-
from the centre to the extreme edge of the back of the button or link.
Studs, Purse Fasteners, and Buttons of all Kinds.
I THOMAS HART of 4 Heathcote Street, W.C. do hereby declare the nature of
my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The shank, to slide along a slot sustained by a spring, or in a simple slide, from
the centre to the extreme edge of the back of the button or link.
The annexed sheet of drawings show a few examples of the application of my
invention. Figures 1 and 2 represent a pair of sleeve links, in which the back
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page_text: shell A of one stud is formed with a slot B from the centre C to the rounded
edge D as a race or passage in which shank E can be moved to and fro without
being detached, the shank having two ends a, b, at right angles, or it may be a
cross bar which is lodged in the chamber F between the back and front shell plates
as seen at Figure 3, the two ends ab or it may be the cross bar bearing against
the inner or under surface of the back plate A under the pressure of the spring G
which is shaped to permit of the shank being easily moved along the slot B and
yet be retained at any part to which it may be moved.
The mode of using this invention is as follows; supposing it to be for fastening
a sleeve or cuff, the stud H is drawn sideways until the shank E is lodged in the
edge Das at Figure 2, that stud is then pushed edgewise through the button hole
from the outside of the cuff, the link I being also drawn through until the stud J
assumes its proper position, the stud H is then pushed edgewise through the other
hole from the inside of the cuff dragging the shank I with it, the stud H is then
thrown flat on the cuff and moved along the shank E to secure it in a central and
proper position.
To remove the fastener it is only necessary to draw the stud H sideways and
then to draw the cuff over the stud.
Figure 4 shows the back of one of my improved studs H with chamber fitted or
partially fitted with an india rubber K or may be a felt or a leather washer or
strip, this being compressed by the cross bar as it is moved along, or the rubber
may be slit for a wing of the shank E to be moved in, the grip of the packing
being sufficient to hold the shank at any part of the slot.
Figure 5 represents a button with the outer end of the slot bulged out forming
a kind of pocket L in which the shauk bar a b can rest.
It is not essential that a spring or a yielding or compressible material be
employed with my invention because the nip or shank E and of the inner bar or
it may be an inner plate as a simple slide would be sufficient to hold the shank.
Figure 6 shows my invention applied to a shirt collar or neck stud or it may be
a stud for a shirt front, at Figure 7 it is shown as applied to a solitaire in either
head which the invention may be affixed, said solitaire may have different designs
on the two heads to constitute reversible solitaire and at Figures 8 and 9 it is
shown as a purse fastener both open and closed.
Figures 10 and 11 are only to show that my invention can be employed with
other than round buttons.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be porformed I declare that what
I claim is
1. The slotted back plate of a button in combination with a moveable shank
working therein as part of a sleeve link, a solitaire, a collar stud, a shirt stud, a
purse fastener, or a button of any kind, as herein described and as shown in the
annexed drawings.
2. The combination of appliances and their method of operation as and for the
purpose or purposes described.