AN IMPROVED BUTTON
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexandre Théodore Nicolas Goll, of 57, Rue de
Brétagne, Paris, in the Empire of France, and of 4, South Street,
Finsbury, London, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED BUTTON."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alexandre Théodore
Nicolas Goll, at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 7th August 1856.
I, ALEXANDRE THEODORE NICOLAS GOLL, of 57, Rue de Brétagne, Paris, in
the Empire of France, and of 4, South Street, Finsbury, London, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention of "AN IMPROVED BUTTON," to be as
follows, that is to say:-
My Invention consists in the construction of an improved button for shirts,
cuffs, coats, and other wearing apparel.
The improved button has on the under side two small arms, one being fixed
and the other moveable, which serves to hold it fast. The fixed arm is
soldered to the shank of the button, and is perpendicular to it, and thus
forms a hook with the said shank. The moveable arm clasps the shank of the
button by means of a small spring nipper, which turns round the said shank
and moves under the fixed arm opposite to it.
If the button is to be attached to a garment, the moveable arm is placed
under the fixed arm, then the arms are passed through the button hole, after-
wards the moveable arm is moved back by turning it half a circle.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Alexandre Théodore Nicolas Goll in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 7th February 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALEXANDRE
THEODORE NICOLAS GOLL, of 57, Rue de Bretagne, Paris, in the Empire of
France, and of 4, South Street, Finsbury, London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the twentieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Alexandre Théodore Nicolas Goll, Her especial license that I, the said
Alexandre Théodore Nicolas Goll, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Alexandre Théodore Nicholas Goll, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man,
an Invention for "AN IMPROVED BUTTON," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Alexandre Thédore Nicolas Goll, by an instrument in
writing under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within.
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alexandre Théodore Nicolas Goll,
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 thereof, that is to say :-
My Invention consists in the construction of an improved button for shirts,
cuffs, coats, and other wearing apparel.
The improved button, which may be of bone, metal, stone, or glass, has on
its under side a straight stem, the length of which may vary according to the
intended application; to this stem two metallic arms or hands of equal or
unequal length are adapted, one being fixed and the other moveable, which
arms serve to retain the button in its place. The fixed arm or hand is soldered
or otherwise fixed to the stem of the button, and is perpendicular to it, thus
forming a book with the said stem. The moveable arm or hand clasps the
shank of the button by means of a small spring nipper, which turns round the

page_text: said stem and moves above the fixed arm and opposite to it; the moveable arm
may at option be placed under the fixed arm. The above arrangement of
arms and stem may be employed for studs and buttons of any kind and form.
To fix the button, a suitable hole must be made in the garment to allow the
passage of the two arms; the moveable arm should be placed under the fixed
arm, and the two arms are passed through the said hole; the moveable arm or
hand is then moved back by turning it half round, by which the button
becomes fixed. It is evident that the fixed arm may be soldered to the stem
of the button in any desired direction, and that the moveable arm may clasp
the stem of the button by means of a spring nipper, or any other suitable
contrivance.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner of
carrying the same into effect, I wish it to be understood that I do not restrict
myself to the precise details of construction herein laid down, as they may be
varied according to circumstances; but what I claim is, the construction of an
improved button for shirts, coats, and other wearing apparel, by the employ-
ment of two arms or hands, the one fixed to the stem of the button in any
desirable direction, and the other moveable, clasping the stem of the button'
by means of a spring nipper, or any other suitable contrivance to move under
or above the fixed arm in an opposite direction, as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alexandro Théodore Nicolas Goll, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Seventh day of February, One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.