Improvements in Buttons.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Aug., 1890-Accepted, 11th Oct., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Buttons.
1, JOHN OWEN GILES of 3 Spear Street Manchester in the County of Lancaster,
Agent, 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 :-
This invention relates to shanked buttons and it has for its object to effect a more
perfect attachment between the shank and the body of the button when the body is
made of a different material such as natural or artificial jet, ivory, or other
substances.
According to these improvements I form the shank of the button of suitable metallic
wire which is bent to form the loop or eye, the remaining part of the shank at this
stage of its manufacture consisting of the two parallel ends of wire. These two ends
are inserted through a hole in a shank plate and are then opened out or separated.
The shank plate is dished or cupped and is provided at its periphery with prongs
which enter a groove or opening in the body of the button and are closed
therein.
I will more particularly describe my said invention with reference to the accom-
panying drawings in which
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the inner surface of the shank plate with the
shank therein;
Figure 2 is a similar view of the outside of the shank plate and shank ;
Figure 3 an elevation of the same; and
Figure 4 a perspective view of the completed button.
In each of the figures A is the shank plate; B the shank; C points or projections
on the periphery of the shank plate; and D the body of the button.
In each of the figures the shank B is represented as having already been inserted
within the shank plate and the two previously parallel parts of the shank as having
been opened out to the form shewn at B'. The shank is thus firmly secured within
the shank plate without brazing soldering or riveting.
The points C upon the edge
of the shank plate are preferably formed as indicated in
the figures, and the body of the button is constructed with a groove or with perfora-
tions to receive the points. The said groove or perforations are formed at an angle to
the axis of the button inclining towards the axis and to the face of the button. By
this arrangement, when the points C are entered into the groove or perforations, they
are bent inwards and thus secure a firm grip upon the body of the button, so that the
shank can be separated therefrom only with the greatest difficulty.
In order that the details of the figures may not be confused, I have drawn them to
an enlarged scale on the accompanying drawings.
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) A shank and shank plate for a button, constructed substantially as and for the
purpose hereinbefore described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
(2) A button having a shank secured thereon by means of points on a shank plate
entering inclined openings in the body of the button, substantially as hereinbefore
described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 27th day of August A.D. 1890.
WILLIAM E. HEID,
Agent for the Applicant.