IMPROVEMENTS IN SEWN-THROUGH LINEN BUTTONS
Year: 1885

page_text: I JOHN RICHARD GREEN of the firm of Plant and Green of Wharstone Button
Works Warstone Lane Birmingham in the County of Warwick Button Manu-
facturers do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN SEWN-THROUGH LINEN BUTTONS" to be as follows:-
My invention has reference to sewn through linen buttons which are completely
linen covered at front and back no metal being exposed. Linen buttons of this
kind are ordinarily made of a trough shaped ring the discs of linen constituting
the front and back coverings being gripped by the closing of the edges of the
trough shaped ring upon the edges of the linen discs. In sewing on linen buttons
of this kind the sewing thread has to be passed through the linen coverings in a
comparatively large circle in order to firmly secure the button.
My invention consists in making sewn-through linen buttons in the manner
hereinafter described whereby increased security and facility in the sewing on of
the button are obtained and as the sewing thread is confined within a short
distance of the centre of the button the sewn on button has a neater appearance
than when the sewing thread extends over a comparatively large circle.
According to my invention I make each of the sewn through buttons of a front
shell perforated near its middle with two or more holes situated near together at
the middle of the button and eyeletted by preference and a back trough shaped
ring both the front and back of the button being completely covered by linen discs
which are secured in their places by the closing of the edges of the front shell and
back ring upon the edges of the two linen discs. There is thus produced a linen
button completely covered at front and back the front linen covering being
stretched over and concealing the perforated or eyeletted front shell. In order to
indicate the positions of the perforations or eyelets of the front shell the back
and front coverings are pierced with small holes at or near the centres of the
perforations or eyelets in the front shell. This is effected by means of piercing
points carried by the tools used for finishing the buttons. The positions of the
eyelets may be indicated by printed dots instead of by piercings.
In sewing on my improved buttons the sewing thread is passed through the
indicating holes in the linen coverings of the button and around the bar or bars
between the perforations or eyelets at the middle of the front shell. The button is
in this way very securely attached to the garment and the sewing thread is
confined at or near the centre of the button instead of being distributed con-
centrically as usual.

page_text: Improvements in Sewn Through Linen Buttons.
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I JOHN RICHARD GREEN of the firm of Plant and Green of Warstone Button
Works, Warstone Lane, Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Button Manu-
facturers do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
SEWN THROUGH LINEN BUTTONS," and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
My invention has reference to sewn through linen buttons which are completely
linen covered at front and back no metal. being exposed. Linen buttons of this
kind are ordinarily made of a trough shaped ring the discs of linen constituting
the front and back coverings being gripped by the closing of the edges of the
trough shaped ring upon the edges of the linen discs. In sewing on linen buttons
of this kind the sewing thread has to be passed through the linen coverings in a
comparatively large circle in order to firmly s Recure the button.
My invention consists in making sewn-through linen buttons in the manner
hereinafter described whereby increased security and facility in the sewing on of
the button are obtained and as the sewing thread is confined within a short
distance of the centre of the button the sewn on button has a neater appearance
than when the sewing thread extends over a comparatively large circle.
According to my invention I make each of the sewn through buttons of a front
shell perforated near its middle with two or more holes situated near together at
the middle of the button and eyeletted by preference and a back trough shaped or
flanged ring, both the front and back of the button being completely covered by
linen discs which are secured in their places by the closing of the edges of the
front shell and back ring upon the edges of the two linen discs. There is thus
produced a linen button completely covered at front and back, the front linen
covering being stretched over and concealing the perforated or eyeletted front shell.
In order to indicate the positions of the perforations or eyelets of the front shell
the back and front coverings are pierced with small holes at or near the centres of
the perforations or eyelets in the front shell. This is effected by means of piercing
points carried by the tools used for finishing the buttons. The positions of the
eyelets may be indicated by printed dots instead of by piercings.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents in section a sewn through
linen button made according to my invention; Figure 2 represents in plan the
front of the button and Figure 3 represents in plan the back or underside of the
button; Figure 4 represents in side elevation, Figure 5 in section and Figure 6 in
plan of underside, the centrally perforated front shell of the button separately and
Figure 7 represents in elevation; Figure 8 in section and Figure 9 în plan, the
back ring separately; Figure 10 represents in section and Figure 11 in plan, the
combined front shell and back ring without the linen discs before the edges of
the said shell and ring have been operated upon by the closing tools.
The buttons and the parts thereof represented are drawn to a large scale, in
order that the construction of the button may be the better understood.
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The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures of
the drawing.
a is the front shell having the flanged edge a²; b are the holes near the middle
of the front shella through which holes the sewing thread passes. The holes bare
eyeletted or rounded by preference as represented in the drawing.

page_text: Instead of two holes near the middle of the front shell as represented, more than
two holes may be used; o is the back ring of the button provided with a flange c³ ;
d is the double linen disc for covering the front and edges of the button and 6 is
the double linen disc for covering the back of the button. The covering discs of
linen d, e are secured in their places by the closing of the edge a² of the front
shell a and flange c³ of the back ring c upon the edges of the said linen discs
as represented in the section Figure 1, the closing of the edge of the front shell and
flange of the back ring so as to grip the edges of the linen discs between them
being effected by the action of press tools in the same way as the edges of the
ordinary trough shaped ring are closed upon the edges of the linen discs in the
ordinary manufacture of sewn through linen buttons. f. fare piercings made in
the front and back linen covering discs d, e for indicating the positions of the
eyeletted perforations b, b, in the front shell, the said piercings f, f being situated
slightly out of the centres of the said perforations b, b, that is, near the bar
between the perforations as represented in the drawing. The piercings f, fare
made by means of piercing points carried by the tools by which the button is
finished. The button represented in Figures 1, 2 and 3 thus made is completely
linen covered both at front and back, the front linen covering being stretched
across and concealing the perforated or eyeletted front shell a. Instead of the
piercings f, f in the back and front linen coverings of the button dots printed by
preference on the front and back linen coverings may be used.
In sewing on my improved buttons the sewing thread is passed from the under
side through the indicating holes f, f in the linen coverings of the button and
around the bar (or bars) between the perforations or eyelets at the middle of the
front shell a The button is in this way very securely attached to the garment
and the sewing thread is confined at or near the centre of the button instead of
being distributed concentrically as usual.
The essence of my invention consists in covering the back as well as the front of
the button with linen coverings and indicating the position of the perforations in
the front shell of the button by piercings or dots made in or on the back and front
coverings as represented in the drawing.
Sewn through linen buttons constructed according to my invention possess the
advantages of both eyeletted and plain faced linen buttons inasmuch as there is a
metal support for the thread in addition to a support for the front linen covering.
The said buttons are also not bent in washing and mangling and as there is no
contact between the thread and metal support in consequence of the intervening
covering, the friction upon and consequent wear of the thread is reduced to a
minimum.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention I wish it to be understood that what I claim is
Making sewn through linen buttons of a front shell perforated near its middle
with two or more holes eyeletted by preference and a back ring, the front and back
of the button being covered by linen discs, the said linen discs being pierced with
two or more holes or marked with two or more dots to indicate the position of the
perforations in the front metal shell substantially as herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying Drawing.
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