improvements in Buttoners.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Mar., 1897-Accepted, 1st May, 1897
improvements in Buttoners.
I, CHARLES ELMER ESTERLEY, residing at Lawrence, in the County of
Douglas, and State of Kansas, U.S.A. Gentleman do hereby declare the nature-
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The invention relates to a buttoner for cuffs, collars, gloves, and similar articles.
of wearing apparel.
The object of the invention is to provide a buttoner of this character made
entirely of a single piece of wire, formed into shape to produce the buttoner proper
and its handle.
With this object in view, the invention consists of certain features of construction
and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.
In the accompanying drawing, in which I have illustrated the buttoner in
perspective, A denotes a single piece of wire formed into a loop of any desired
length to suit the character or kind of button to which it is to be applied. The
turn of the loop, as at 1, is curved upward as shown, and the loop is widened at its
middle to adapt it to the width of the button to which it may be applied. The
wire strands at each end of the loop are bent upward substantially at right angles
to the plane of the loop, and when carried to the desired height, one strand is folded
or bent back upon itself, and the other strand is turned or coiled about the vertical
strands downward until the base of the strands is reached, where it is suitably
secured. The upper coil of the handle is upset or flattened, and is soldered or
brazed to the adjacent coil, thereby providing a strong handle, one in which it will
be impossible for the coils and strands to separate and pull apart.
I am aware that a buttoner formed with a loop of the general contour of that
shown and described herein has been in use. My improvements thereon consist in.
making the handle and body of a single piece of wire, and more particularly in
constructing the handle in the manner shown, whereby a strong, simple, and.
inexpensive construction is provided.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said.
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improved buttoner herein described, consisting of a wire loop widened at.
the middle and having the free end turned upward, and a handle of any suitable
material secured to the other end, and arranged substantially at right angles to the
plane of the loop.
2. The improved buttoner, constructed of a single piece of wire, formed into a
loop A, having the loop-end turned upward in a direction at an angle to the plane
of the loop, the strands at the other end of the loop turned upward parallel to each
other, one strand being bent back upon itself and the other twisted or coiled about
the vertical portions to form a roughened finger grip, with all the coils contacting,.
and secured at the base of the strands, the upper coil of the strand being upset or
flattened and soldered or brazed to the adjacent coil, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
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Dated this 23rd day of March 1897.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.