Improvements in Tools for Effecting the Attachment of Button and other Fastenings to Wearing Apparel or other articles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Jan., 1894-Accepted, 24th Feb., 1894
COMPLETE DI MUITIATION.
Improvements in Tools for Effecting the Attachment of Button and
other Fastenings to Wearing Apparel or other articles.
A communication by THE HEATON PENINSULAR BUTTON FASTENER COMPANY,
of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, one of the United States of
America.
I, ADOLPH RIEKMANN of 59 Knightrider Street, in the City of London,
Merchant 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 :-
This invention relates to instruments or tools for attaching buttons to fabrics by
means of pronged fasteners, and has for its object to provide a device whereby
the buttons are quickly and securely attached, all as will be hereinafter fully
described.
Figure 1 represents my improved instrument with button and fastener in position
for use.
Figure 2 is a front end view of the same with button and fastener removed.
Figure 3 is a like view with fastener-holding spring removed and partly in
section, taken on the line 1-1. Fig. 1.
Figure 4 is a side sectional view of the front end of the upper member of the
instrument.
Figure 5 is a bottom plan view of the same.
Figure 6 is a plan view of the front end of the lower member and Figures 7 and 8
are details.
In the present instance, a and b represent, respectively, the upper and lower
members of a plier-like instrument pivoted at c and operated by the handles d and e
as is usual.
d* represents the button, and d the fastener for attaching same.
The member a is provided at its front end with a fastener holder a', secured in
the present instance to said member by the screw a³, or the same may be formed
integral with said member. The fastener-holder a¹ is provided with a suitable
groove a³, for the reception of the crown or arch of a fastener, formed in the front
and lower end thereof at right angles to the length of the instrument, in form
approximating the contour of the crown or arch of the fastener, and is of a depth
somewhat less than the diameter of the wire of the fastener, so that the spring b
hereinafter described, will clamp the crown or arch of the fastener when placed in
said groove.
The front face of the fastener-holder a¹ is provided with a flat spring b
previously mentioned, secured at the upper part thereof by means of the screw a².
A cross slot a is formed through the fastener-holder and spring b', extending
across the groove a³ to receive the eye of the button d'.
The member bis provided on its outer end with a clinching-die c', formed in the
face thereof or may be a separate piece and secured by means of the screw c
as shewn in the drawing, for bending and clinching the legs of the fastener in
contact.
In operating, the crown or arch of the fastener d², with button d¹ loosely
suspended thereon, is inserted into the groove a³ back of the spring b', said spring
clamping said crown or arch flatwise and holding the fastener firmly in position
with its legs exposed and standing at right angles to the length of the instrument
directly over and opposite the clinching die c¹ of the member b, as fully shown

page_text: in Fig. 1. The fabric being placed on the die c¹, the two members of the
instrument are brought together, the legs of the fastener are pressed through the
fabric, and on coming in contact with the die c' are firmly clinched on the under
side thereof.
It will be observed that the side of the crown or arch of the fastener rests
against the rear wall of the groove a³ when in position for clinching, the spring b
holding it in place.
It will be observed that the fastener is held and attached independent of the
action of the button, as the said button rests loosely on the fastener in attachment.
In this respect the device is admirably adapted for inserting fasteners where
buttons are not required, in which case the cross-slot a' in the fastener-holder and
spring may be omitted.
I have shown and described my improvement as applied to a hand-plier-like
instrument. It is evident the same may be equally adapted to organized machines
to be operated by foot or other suitable power.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, declare that what I
claim is
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1. An instrument for attaching pronged fasteners to fabrics, one member of
which is provided with a die for bending and clinching the legs of the fastener,
the opposite member having a vertical and transverse groove to receive the crown
or arch of the fastener, and a spring to retain the crown or arch in said groove,
substantially as set forth.
2. An instrument for attaching pronged fasteners to fabrics, one member of
which is provided with a die, for bending and clinching the legs of the fasteners,
the opposite member being provided with a suitable groove and a transverse
groove substantially at right angles thereto and further provided with a flat spring,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3. In an instrument for attaching fasteners to fabrics, and in combination with
the clinching member thereof, the fastener-holding member having a cross slotted
groove to receive the crown or arch of the fastener, and a bifurcated spring
to clamp said crown or arch flatwise in said groove, substantially as specified.
4. An instrument for attaching fasteners to fabrics, one member of which is
provided with a groove to receive the crown or arch of the fastener, and a
flat spring to clamp said crown or arch flatwise in said groove, the opposite member
being provided with clinching dies for bending and clinching the legs of the
fastener, substantially as set forth.
Dated the 90.1 1.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.