An Improved Method of Attaching Buttons, Hooks and Eyes, and other Fastenings to Articles of Dress and other Materials.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 2nd July, 1896-Accepted, 3rd Oct., 1896
An Improved Method of Attaching Buttons, Hooks and Eyes, and
other Fastenings to Articles of Dress and other Materials.
JAMES CLEMENT NEWEY Brearley Street Summer Lane Birmingham Hook
and Eye Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
An invention by which buttons hooks & eyes mantle clasps & other fastenings
can be attached to the materials without the aid of sewing.
The buttons, hooks & eyes or suspenders are made of sheet metal or wire and
have one or more points and are so constructed that the action of pushing them
on to the materials to which they are to be attached causes the point or points to
penetrate the fabric and the action of pulling gripes the article to which they are
attached.
Dated this 12th day of Santember 1895
An Improved Method of Attaching Buttons, Hooks and Eyes, and
other Fastenings to Articles of Dress and other Materials.
I, JAMES CLEMENT NEWEY, of Brearley Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Hook and Eye Manufacturer, 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 :—
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in the method of attaching
buttons, hooks, and eyes, and other fastenings to articles of dress and other
materials.
According to my invention the buttons, hooks and eyes, or suspenders are made
of sheet metal or wire, and have one or more point or points so arranged and
constructed that the action of pressing them on to the materials to which they are
to be attached causes their point or points to penetrate the fabric, and the action
of pulling causes the article to securely grip the fabric.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and
ascertained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which
similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is a plan view of a plate of sheet metal prepared by stamping for the
formation of a book, and Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, when bent into form
ready for use. The plate a has a tongue band four clips c. The plate a is bent
midway between the ends as shown in Fig. 2. the clips c being bent towards each
other. The tongue & may be bent so as to form a straight bill, as shown by dotted
lines in Fig. 2, or in the bent bill form shown by solid lines. On pressing the
material or fabric between the bent ends of the plate a, the hook becomes firmly
attached thereto by the penetration of the points c c into the fabric.
Fig. 3 is an elevation of a bent plate of sheet metal, forming an eye or suspender,
into which a hook is made to engage, and Fig. 4 is a transverse elevation of the

page_text: same, partly in section. a is the bent plate, which is provided with four points c,
two in front and two at the back. The front part of the plate is bellied outwards
at d, as shown, to make room for the entrance of the bill of a hook, the garment
being secured between the bent ends of the plate, in a similar manner to that
above described in respect to Fig. 1.
The two sides of a bent plate a are shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and Fig. 7 is a
section of the same. The eye e is formed by stamping the same out of the plate
at f, the points being stamped out as above described, and the garment secured
in a similar manner.
Fig. 8 illustrates the method of constructing an eye g and an indent safety
hook h, from bent and twisted wire, the points e being sharpened and bent inwards,
as shown.
Fig. 9 shows a perspective and a side view of another form of wire hook k, and
Fig. 10 shows similar views of an eye m constructed on the same principle as the
hook in Fig. 9. The points cc are sprung forward so as to ensure their entrance
into the garment when inserted between the bent ends.
Fig. 11 is a side view of a button clip, showing a method of attaching a button
without sewing. The bent ends n n may consist of a flat plate, so bent, and
formed with points, and the button o may be riveted or otherwise secured
thereto; or the clip may be formed of wire, as shown at p in Fig. 12, the button r
being threaded on the wire, before shaping or bending to form the clip. The clip
shown in Fig. 12 is similar in construction to that shown in Fig. 10, the portion S
being bent outwards to accommodate the button, as will be readily understood;
or the button may be fastened on to the clip with an eyelet, one end of the eyelet
being turned over in the clip, and the other in the button, as shown in Fig. 13.
Figs. 14 to 16 illustrate a method of attaching the ends of bands without sewing.
a a are the clips, which are attached to the two ends of the band or chain. The
meeting ends are formed to interlock, as shown.
Fig. 14 shows the clip separated. Fig. 15 is an edge view of the same, and
Figs. 16 shows the clips united by the insertion of the wire pin t.
In Fig. 17 an elevation and end view of a double skirt clip are shown.
Fig. 19 illustrates another form of hooks for attachment without sewing, and
Fig. 20 is a section showing the method of attaching the hook shown in Fig. 19
to the clip shown in Fig. 17.
Fig. 22 is an elevation and Fig. 23 a section on the line aa, illustrating another
form of clip, in which a space or opening is provided in the bellied portion d, to
enable a long pointed hook to pass upwards behind the plate d.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improved method of attaching buttons hooks and eyes and other
fastenings to articles of dress, belts, bands, chains, and other articles and materials,
substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the drawings.
2. The improved method of attaching buttons, hooks, eyes, and other fastenings
as aforesaid, by means of points estamped or punched out of sheet metal,
substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and illustrated by
Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, aud 23 of the drawings.
3. The improved method of attaching buttons, books, eyes, and other fastenings
as aforesaid, by means of points cc formed at the ends of the wires, substantially
as and for the purposes herein before described and illustrated by Figs. 8, 9, 10,
and 12, of the drawings.
Dated 20th June 1896
GEO.
DOWNING,
8 Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent.