IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE UT COVERED BUTTON
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Jeremiah Iliffe and James Newman, both
of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE UT
COVERED BUTTON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Henry Jeremiah Iliffe and
James Newman at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition and Declaration, on the 23rd April 1855, pursuant to the
9th Section of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
We, HENRY JEREMIAH ILIFFE and JAMES NEWMAN, both of Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COVERED BUTTONS,"
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, to be as follows,
reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the letters and
figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
Our Invention consists of improvements in the manufacture of that description
of covered button known as the linen covered button, having also a linen
covered back, either with or without a metallic eyelet or collet and a metal bar
at the back or front of the button; which button may also, if desired, be covered
with silk, satin, or other suitable fabric instead of linen.

page_text: Figure 1 is a plan or a front
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button, made according to our Invention; Figure 2, a section of
same.
3, a plan of the back or under shell with the covering attached to it.
4, a section of same.
5, plan of the front of the button, covered.
6, plan of the back, also covered.
7, section of the button complete.
We now proceed to describe the manufacture of this button. Figure 1
shews the upper metal shell, the centre being struck up and the parts turned
over in manner shewn, to form a round bar; the edge is also turned up, as
seen in section (Figure 2); Figure 3) shews the back shell or blank with the
centre perforated and turned up to form a collet or eyelet, which clips the
covering fabric previously cut out to the size of the shell, as seen in (Figure 4);
a linen or other covering is also laid over the face of the upper or front blank
(Figure 1), and brought over the edges, when the back shell with its covering
is placed in the front shell, and the whole secured firmly together by pressing
down the edges of the front blank on to the back or under shell, as shewn in
(Figures 5, 6, and 7).
A modification of this button is also made by dispensing with the metal
bar in the centre, and using instead of it a piece of linen or canvas between
two covered shells, both having the metal collet or eyelet in the centre, and
secured in manner already described by turning over the edge of one of the
shells upon the other; or a metal bar or centre may be placed between two
similar shells, in either of which cases both sides of the button would have
eyelets. For some purposes we also employ perforated shells or blauks without
eyelets, and cover both back and front with linen or other suitable fabric,

page_text: constituting a covered double-shell button, no metal being visible on either
side; and a single shell linen covered button may be made by using the blank
shewn in (Figure 1), and placing in the back of it a piece of linen with a thin
ring over it to keep it down, and afterwards pressing down the edges of the
blank tightly on the ring. A commoner description of button may be made by
omitting the linen at the back.
Having thus described the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, we wish it to be clearly understood that
we do not confine ourselves to these precise details, nor do we claim the
exclusive use of the linen covering without a back shell for the back of the
button lastly herein described, except in combination with the metal bar in
the centre; but that which we do claim is, the "improvements in the manu-
facture of buttons covered with linen, silk, or other suitable fabric, described
and shewn in Drawings, together with the several modifications thereof (with
the exception aforesaid), as herein more fully set forth and specified.
In witness whereof, we, the said Henry Jeremiah Iliffe and James
Newman, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Nineteenth day
of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
fifter finn
HENRY JEREMIAH (L.S.) ILIFFE.
JAMES (L.S.) NEWMAN.
HENRY JEREMIAH (L.S.) ILIFFE.
JAMES (L.S.) NEWMAN.