AN IMPROVED STUFF-AND-METAL BUTTON to bo as
Year: 1884

page_text: I, EMIL WEYERBUSCH trading under the name of Carl Weyerbusch & Co. of
Elberfeld, province of Rhenish Prussia, German Empire do hereby declare the
nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED STUFF-AND-METAL BUTTON to bo as
ollows:-
In order to produce a "stuff-button, or a "metal button" which can be sewn to
he dresses in similar manner as the buttons with two or four holes, of ivory nuts
such like material and in order to combine "stuff" and "ivory nut" (wood, horn
metal etc.) I have invented the button shown in the accompanying drawing and
described hereafter.
Fig 1. shows the piece of stuff which covers the button.
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2 is the box plate of sheet metal forming the face of the button.
3 is the bunch or wart with 2 or four holes, of ivory nut, horn, wood or metal.
Fig 4. is the cover plate by which the stuff and the bunch are secured.
5 is a transverse section through a button.
6 & 7 are resp. views of the button seen from top & below.
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8. shows a side view of the button.
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9. is a section through a button in which the bunch is fixed in a modified
manner.
10. shows a view of this button from below.
The piece of stuff in a round disc-form with a hole stamped out in the middle
is laid round the box plate B so that it covers the same, both at its inner and outer
edges, then the bunch D is put in B through the hole C from below that the flange E
presses the inner edge of the stuff against the plate B and now the bottom plate F
is put on to the bunch and is fixed firmly to it & the boxplate and the stuff in the
same manner as is done with ordinary stuff buttons, by being pressed down and
secured at the edge and so preventing the bunch from falling out below. (Fig. 5.)
In the modified construction of the improved button with a bunch of ivory
nut etc., shown in fig. 9 & 10 the plate B¹ is depressed in the middle and in this
depression the flange of the bunch is sunk so that the upper part of the boxplate
appears quite flat and the stem of the bunch projecting at the other side is bored
transversely. The piece of stuff is fixed over the plate & the bunch as shown and
both, stuff and bunch are secured by the bottom plate F¹. This latter is cut
radially as shown at I in order to be more easily stuck over the slightly conical
stem of the bunch and to hold it quite fast after having been pressed down.

page_text: If the box plate B is made of sheet metal with designs on it, the stuff cover may
be omitted & a metal button with a bunch of ivory nut or similar material will be
produced.
I claim as my invention
a. A stuff and a metal button fig 1-8 with a bunch or wart of ivory nut, wood, i
horn, metal or other suitable hard material, which holds the stuff at its inner edge
by being pressed with its flange against the stuff & boxplate, and which in both
sorts of buttons is secured to the box plate by a covering plate in the manner as is
the case with ordinary stuff buttons.
b. A stuff button with a bunch of ivory nut (fig 8 & 9) in which the box plate 1
is provided with a depression into which the flange of the bunch is sunk & which
bunch is secured to the button by a covering plate with radial cuts I which by
being pressed down holds the conical stem of the bunch in the middle & the stuff
at the edge.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I, EMIL WEYERBUSCH, trading under the firm of Carl Weyerbusch & Co.,
Elberfeld in the province of Rhenish Prussia, German Empire do hereby declare
the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED STUFF AND METAL BUTTON WITH
1 BUNCH OR WART OF IVORY NUT WOOD HORN OR METAL and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
In order to produce a "stuff button" which can be sewn to the dresses in a
similar manner as the buttons with two or four holes of ivory nut and such like
materials and in order to combine "stuff" and ivory nut-(wood, horn, metal etc.)—
I have invented the button shown in the accompanying Drawings and described
hereafter 1
Fig. 1, shows the piece of stuff by which the button is covered;
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2, is the box plate of sheet iron forming the face of the button;
3, bunch or wart with 2 or 4 holes of ivory nut, horn, wood or metal;
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cover plate by which the stuff and the bunch are held.
Fig. 5. is a transverse section through the button;
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6 & 7, are views of the button seen resp. from top & below.
8, is a side view of the button;
9, section through a button by which the bunch is fixed in a modified
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manner;
view of this button from below.
The piece of stuff in a round disc form with a hole stamped out in the middle
s laid round the box plate B, so that it covers the same at its inner and outer
edges, then the bunch D is put in B through the hole C from below that the flange E
presses the inner edge of the stuff against the plate B and now the bottom plate F
is put on to the bunch and is fixed firmly to it and the plate B and the stuff in the
same manner as with the ordinary buttons, by being pressed down in a press and
o securing the bunch from falling out below.
In the modified construction of button with a bunch of ivory nut etc. shown by
igs. 9 & 10 the plate B' is depressed in the middle and in this depression the flange
of the bunch is laid, so that the upper part of the plate is quite flat and the part of
the bunch projecting at the other side is bored transversely. The piece of stuff is
ixed over the plate and the bunch as shown and the stuff and the bunch are
secured by the covering plate F¹. This latter is cut radially as shown at I in order
to be more easily stuck over the slightly conical bottom part of the bunch and to
hold it quite fast after having been pressed down.
If the plate B is made of sheet metal with moulds or any figured design, the
stuff cover may be abandoned and a metal button with a bunch of ivory nut or
imilar material will be produced.
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 stuff-and-metal button, fig. 1-8 with a bunch or wart of ivory nut, wood,
horn, metal or other suitable hard material, which holds the stuff at its inner edge

page_text: by being pressed with its flange against the stuff and the box plate and which in
both sorts of buttons is secured to the box plate by 'a covering plate in the manner
as is the case with ordinary stuff buttons."
2.) "A stuff button with a bunch of ivory nut, Fig. 9 & 10 in which the box-
plate B is provided with a depression into which the flange of the bunch is sunk
and which bunch is secured to the button by a covering plate with radial cuts I
which by being pressed down holds the conical stem of the bunch in the middle
and the stuff at the edge."