Improvements in Collar-studs.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Mar, 1899-Accepted, 8th Apr., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Collar-studs.
I, HERBERT EUGENE LOVELAND, of No. 26, Lincoln Street, Boston; in the County
of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, United States of America, Manager, do
hereby declare the nature of my invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the follow-
ing statement:-
This invention relates to a. collar-button having a pin or spur adapted to
penetrate a portion of a necktie and prevent the tie from slipping upwardly
when worn with a standing collar,, the button having a groove or recess in its
head to receive a portion of the tie and thus enable the pin to perform its func-
tion without projecting outside the head to an objectionable extent.
The invention has for its object to provide a simple and durable construction,
having particular reference to the attachment of the pin to the button-head, and
it consists in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.
Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,
Figure 1 represents an end view of a button embodying my invention.
Figure 2 represents a section on line 2-2, Fig. 1.
Figure
represents a section on line 3-3, Fig. 1.
Figure 4. represents a sectional view of the blank from which the grooved
button-head is formed.
Figure 5 represents a top view of said blank, after the same has been treated
to form the groove, and the shouldered pin-receiving cavity at one end thereof.
Figure 6 represents a section 'on line 6-6, Fig. 5.
Figure 7 represents a section on line 7-7, Fig. 5.
Figure 8 represents a side view of the pin, before its attachment to the
button-head.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.
In the drawings:
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a represents the foot or back of the button, and b the post or shank, said
parts being of any suitable form of construction, the post being prefer-
ably oblong in cross-section, and so arranged relatively to the pin c
as that the longer axis of its cross-section will be at right angles
with the pin, as shown by dotted lines in Figure 1, this arrangement enabling
the post to be held from turning by the edges of the button hole or holes in
which it is inserted, the pin being thus held in a vertical position when in use.
The head of the button is composed of an inner section, which is a plate or
disk formed on the outer end of the post, and an outer cup-shaped section or
cap of sheet metal, the flange of which is turned inwardly under the margin
of the inner section d, as shown in Figures 2 and 3.
The cap is struck up from a disk of sheet metal, in the form shown in
Figure 4, and is then treated by suitable dies, which force inwardly a portion
of its material, forming a groove extending from one edge of the cap partly
across its face, the inwardly-pressed portion terminating abruptly, and its inner

page_text: end being detached from the corresponding portion of the cap, thus forming an
orifice e through the cap (Figures 5, 6, and 7). It will be seen that a portion
of the cap is not depressed by the dies that form the groove and orifice e,
said portion extending across the inner end of the groove and forming a cavity f
above the inner section d of the head, for the reception of the offset shank c¹
of the pin e, and having an edge f¹ which constitutes an abutment for the
shoulder on the pin. This construction permits the pin formed as described
to be securely attached to the cap by inserting the shank in the cavity f
and soldering it to the inner surface of said cavity, the solder connection and
the abutment f firmly supporting the pin, the body of which is caused by the
offset form of the pin to stand out from the bottom of the groove sufficiently to
permit the entrance of a portion of a necktie into the groove under the point of
the pin.
The above-described attachment of the pin to the cap takes place before the
cap is attached to the inner section of the button-head.
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. A collar-button comprising a head composed of an inner and an outer
section, the latter having a groove and an orifice, and a pin having a bent shank
passing through said orifice and engaged with the inner surface of the cap, the
body portion of the pin extending over said groove and being held above the
bottom thereof by the bent shank..
2. A collar-button comprising a head composed of an inner and an outer
section, the latter having a groove extending partly across its face, a cavity at
the inner end of said groove, and an abutment above the cavity, and a pin
having an offset shank which enters said cavity and bears against said abutment.
HERBERT EUGENE LOVELAND,
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
HERBERT EUGENE LOVELAND.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.;
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.