Improvements in Button-pincers.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Apr., 1891-Accepted, 23rd May, 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Button-pincers.
I, CARL HALVERSCHEID, of Hagen, in the Province of Westphalia, German
Empire, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to pincers which will fasten buttons unto cloth by means of
a wire and in only one grasp. These pincers forming the object of my invention
are illustrated on the accompanying drawing, in which similar letters denote similar
parts throughout the different views and in which:
Fig. 1 is a view of the complete implement,
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Fig. 2 is a view of the same in which a device for holding and disengaging the
eye-forming wire has been modified,
Fig. 3 is a detail of this modification hereinafter more fully explained,
Fig. 4 shows the tongs while starting their operation,
Fig. 5 is a sectional view drawn on the line - of Fig. 6,
Fig. 6 shows the tongs having completed their operation, and before the button
is released, and
Fig. 7 is a detail also hereinafter more fully described.
a is the upper-jaw of the pincers, having a shaping-bit attached to it, which
either may be in one piece with the jaw a or fastened unto it with a screw and
nut. The face of this shaping-bit has a nozzler and is provided with a circular
notch n for the purpose of shaping the wire. The under-jaw a³ is provided with
a blade-spring k having on its front a slit l'. The wire is inserted into this
slit in such a manner that the plate m attached to the wire e is allowed to slip
in between the spring-blade k and the jaw a¹. The button is stuck on to nozzle ŕ
by its eye and when the tongs are shut by pressing the handle a³ ³ together,
the wire enters the eye of the button and then will be bent round in the circular
notch n as will be best understood from the Fig. 6. Thus the button being
fastened the pressure no longer is applied and the pincers open out by aid of the
spiral i, which is set in between the handles a' a. The button is removed by means
of a double lever fg having about the same shape as the pincers and being
attached to the same by their pivot. The arm y carries on its end an angle-piece h,
the front-part of the spring f being broader, than the jaw a', projects out on the
sides and can thus he caught by the arm f. When it is therefore required to
remove the button out of the pincers after the same is fastened to the wire, one
only need to put the thumb on the angle h, and press it down. The double-lever
will raise the spring k a bit and the button can drop out.
A modification is shown in Fig. 2, wherein the spring k is replaced by a spiral-
spring t, which is arranged between the angle h and the handle a. The front-end
of the arm f is provided with a double-angle p being bent to the shape of the
jaw a¹ and is provided with a similar slit l' as formerly was applied to the spring k.
The manipulation being the same as before, need no more be detailed. Fig. 3 is a
front-view of this modified double lever ƒ g.
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:-
In button-pincers:
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page_text: by a spring attached to the inner face of the lower jaw, which spring is provided
with a slit, for the purpose set forth.
3. A double-lever arranged on either side of the pincers carrying on its front a
slitted plate which is kept pressed against the inner face of the lower jaw by a
spring, set in between the other rear end of the said double-lever and the upper
handle, as for the purpose set forth.
Date: 11
11001
CARL HALVERSCHEID.
By S. Santa,
85, Gresham Street, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.