IMPROVEMENTS IN SECURING BUTTONS, HOOKS AND SUCH LIKE FASTENINGS TO BOOTS AND OTHER ARTICLES "
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edmund Charles Barron of Whitecross Street in the
City of London, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SECURING BUTTONS,
HOOKS AND SUCH LIKE FASTENINGS TO BOOTS AND OTHER ARTICLES
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edmund Charles Barron at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th June 1882.
EDMUND CHARLES BARRON, of Whitecross Street in the City of London.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SECURING BUTTONS, HOOKS AND SUCH LIKE FASTENINGS TO
BOOTS AND OTHER ARTICLES
"
This invention relates to improvements in securing hooks buttons and such like
fastenings to boots and other articles.
To secure a shank button to a boot or other article I employ a metallic fastening
composed of a disc of thin sheet metal with a long narrow strip or tongue
projecting radially from one point of its circumference, two cuts are made to
extend into the disc in a line with the two sides of the tongue so that the tongue
extends to and beyond the centre of the disc. The base of the tongue is bent so
as to make the tongue stand up at or beyond a right angle to the disc and the
tongue is passed through the loop which forms the shank of the button the
tongue is then bent over backwards in the opposite direction so as to form it into
a loop and to allow of its outer end being carried down through the radial slot
formed in the disc by the cutting out of the base of the tongue from it.
The tip
or outer end of the tongue is then bent over at right angles so as to make it lie
flat against the back of the disc that is against that side of the disc which is away
from the button. A groove might be made in the back of the disc for the end of
the tongue to lie in.
The point of the tongue may also be again bent upwards and turned over the
edge of the disc to securely hold it at the end. A notch may be formed in the edge
of the disc for the end of the tongue to lie in.
Where the radial slit is made in the disc as above described the part of the disc
on one side of the slit may be bent slightly downwards and the other part on the
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page_text: other side of the slit bent upwards so as to form the disc into as it were part of
a screw thread.
To affix the button and fastener to the leather of a boot or other
article a short slit or hole is made into the leather or fabric where the button is to
be attached to it, the point of the part of the disc which is bent downwards is
inserted into the slit or hole and by turning the disc it is caused to screw itself
through the slit or hole the disc can then be flattened so that it shall not be
able to screw itself back in the reverse direction and so get detached from the
leather or fabric.
In place of the disc being formed as above described with a long tongue
extending from it to be formed into a loop to pass through the loop forming the
shank of a button the disc may be formed with a short tongue only cut out from
it as above described and bent upwards at right angles to it, a hole may be
formed through the extremity of this tongue through which the wire loop which
is to form the shank of a button may be passed and the extremities of the wire
loop may then be secured to the head of a button in any ordinary way that the
shanks and heads of buttons are ordinarily secured to one another.
For a hook the tongue extending from the disc might be cut out with a head or
enlargement at its end to form the head of the hook and the tongue might be
bent so as to form it into the curved stem of a hook and to bring the head of the
hook parallel with the disc.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Edmund Charles Barron in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
28th December 1882.
EDMUND CHARLES BARRON of Whitecross Street in the City of London
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SECURING BUTTONS HOOKS AND SUCH LIKE FASTENINGS TO
BOOTS AND OTHER ARTICLES
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This Invention relates to improvements in securing hooks buttons and such
like fastenings to boots and other articles.
To secure a shank button to a boot or other article I employ a metallic fastening
composed of a disc of thin sheet metal with a long narrow strip or tongue projecting
radially from one point of its circumference two cuts are made to extend into the
disc in a line with the two sides of the tongue so that the tongue extends to and
beyond the centre of the disc. The base of the tongue is bent so as to make the
tongue stand up at or beyond a right angle to the disc and the tongue is passed
through the loop which forms the shank of the button, the tongue is then bent
over backwards in the opposite direction so as to form it into a loop and to allow
of its outer end being carried down through the radial slot formed in the disc by
the cutting out of the base of the tongue from it-The tip or outer end of the
tongue is then bent over at right angles so as to make it lie flat against the back
of the disc that is against that side of the disc which is away from the button,
a groove might be made in the back of the disc for the end of the tongue to lie in.
The point of the tongue may also be again bent upwards and turned over the edge
of the disc to securely hold it at the end. A notch may be formed in the edge of
the disc for the end of the tongue to lie in. Where the radial slit is made in the
disc as above described the part of the disc on one side of the slit may be bent
slightly downwards and the other part on the other side of the slit bent upwards
so as to form the disc into as it were part of a screw thread. To affix the button
and fastener to the leather of a boot or other article a short slit or hole is made
into the leather or fabric where the button is to be attached to it, the point of the
part of the disc which is bent downwards is inserted into the slit or hole and by
turning the disc it is caused to screw itself through the slit or hole the disc can
then be flattened so that it shall not be able to screw itself back in the reverse
direction and so get detached from the leather or fabric.
Figure 1 of the Drawings hereunto annexed shews a metal blank suitable for
forming a metallic fastener for a button in the manner above described. This
blank is cut out from a thin metal sheet-afterwards the tongue a is bent into the
form shewn at Figure 2 and the part of the disc on one side of the slit is bent
somewhat downwards and the part of the disc on the other side of the slit bent
somewhat upwards in the manner shewn at Figure 3. The tongue a, of the
fastener so formed is to be passed through the ordinary wire loop forming the
shank of a button as shewn at Figure 4 and the tip end of the tongue is bent
downwards and carried through the radial slit in the disc and is then again bent
over at right angles to make it lie flat against the back of the disc as shewn at
Figure 5-the extreme point of the tongue may also be again bent upwards and
turned over the edge of the disc as shewn in this figure-a small notch b
being formed in the edge of the disc for the end of the tongue to lie in-In
place of the disc of the fastener being bent to form it into a screw so that it
may be screwed through a slit or hole formed in the leather or fabric to which the
button is to be attached; the tongue a of the fastener before being connected to the
button might be passed through a slit or hole in the leather or fabric then be

page_text: passed through the eye of a button-then be bent by a pair of pliers and its point
be again passed back through the slit or hole and turned over and made to lie at
the back of the disc as shewn at Figure 6.
In place of the disc being formed as above described with a long tongue
extending from it to be formed into a loop to pass through the loop forming the
shank of a button the disc may be formed with a short tongue only cut out from it
as above described and bent upwards at right angles to it, a hole may be formed
through the extremity of this tongue through which the wire loop which is to form
the shank of a button may be passed and the extremities of the wire loop may
then be secured to the head of a button in any ordinary way that the shanks and
heads of buttons are ordinarily secured to one another.
Figure 8 shews a perspective view of a fastener formed in this way and
Figure 9 a similar perspective view with a button attached to it.
For a hook the tongue extending from the disc might be cut out with a head or
enlargement at its end to form the head of the hook and the tongue might be bent
so as to form it into the curved stem of a hook and to bring the head of the hook
parallel with the disc.
Figure 10 shews a metallic blank suitable for forming a hook fastener in the
manner above described.
Figure 11 shows a perspective view of the completed hook, one part of the disc on
one side of the slit which is formed in it is bent somewhat upwards and the part
on the other side of the slit somewhat downwards so that it may be screwed
through a slit or hole in the leather or fabric to which the hook is to be secured as
previously described.
Having thus described the nature of my invention and the manner of performing
the same I would have it understood that I claim.
"
First. The construction of fasteners for securing buttons to leather and other
fabrics substantially as herein before described with reference to Figures 1, 2, 3, 4,
5 and 6.
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Second. The construction of a combined metallic fastener and button substantially |
as herein before described with reference to Figures 7, 8 and 9.
Third. The construction of a combined metallic fastener and hook substantially
as herein before described with reference to Figures 10 and 11.
In witness whereof I the said Edmund Charles Barron have hereunto set
my hand and seal this twenty eighth day of December in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
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