Improved mETHODS OF AND APPARATIIS FOR ATTACHING
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Franklin Atwood, of Boston, in the County of
Suffolk and State of Massachusetts one of the United States of America,
for an Invention of "Improved mETHODS OF AND APPARATIIS FOR ATTACHING
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said James Franklin Atwood at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd October 1883.
JAMES FRANKLIN ATWOOD, of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, and State of
Massachusetts, one of the United States of America, "IMPROVED METHODS OF
AND APPARATUS FOR ATTACHING BUTTONS ΤΟ TEXTILE FABRICS AND OTHER
MATERIALS
"
My invention relates particularly to the attachment of buttons to garments or
goods having more than one thickness of material, and especially, but not
necessarily, to securing them to goods made of textile fabric, and to a device
therefor
In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate
like parts, Figure one is a view of a wire staple forming a fastening device;
Figures two, three, and four are sectional views showing different steps or stages in
the method of attaching the button; Figure five is a plan of the under side of the
upper or outer thickness with the button in position, the under or inner thickness
having been torn away.
The fastening device consists of a piece of wire bent into the form of a staple, as
shown, having a longer arm A terminating in a hook or loop a, and a shorter
arm A' terminating in a hook or loop a¹. The hooks are, preferably, bent back so
as to be substantially parallel with their respective arms.
The method of attaching
the button to the goods is as follows. The two arms A A¹ are first dropped
through the two button-holes, and then, by means of an instrument constructed for
the purpose, the long arm A is grasped by means of its hook a and drawn through
the outer thickness C and slightly through a portion of the inner thickness C', and
thence out through the outer thickness C, assuming the position represented in
figure two. The short arm A¹ is then seized by means of its hook al and drawn

page_text: down through the outer thickness C and back to the surface through the same
opening as the long arm A. The two arms A A' being then side by side and both
projecting as in figure three, are rapidly twisted by said instrument, or another
suitable one, cut off near the goods, and, by straightening out the bunched portion
(shown in figure three) of the goods allowed to slip in between the thicknesses as
shown in figure four. In many cases it is advisable in addition to bend the
twisted portion of the wire back upon itself substantially as shown in figure five.
If preferred the arm A need not enter the second thickness C. By passing the
arm A only partially through the thickness C¹ it is prevented from showing on the
inner side of the garment.
I claim as my invention,
First. The herein described method of attaching buttons, by means of a fastening
device especially constructed for the purpose, to fabrics or other materials,
consisting in passing the said fastening device only partially through said material
or materials, for the purpose set forth.
Second. The herein described method of attaching buttons, by means of a
metallic fastening, to fabrics or other materials composed of two or more
thicknesses, consisting in first passing the said fastening device through one or
more of said thicknesses and a portion of the next thickness, and then leaving
the united ends of said device between two of said thicknesses, for the purpose
described.
Third. The herein described method of attaching buttons, by means of a metallic
'fastening, to fabrics or other materials composed of two or more thicknesses,
consisting in first passing the wire through one or more of said thicknesses, then
twisting the two ends of the wire together and leaving them between two of said
thicknesses, for the purpose set forth.
Fourth. The herein described method of attaching buttons, by means of a wire
fastening, to fabrics or other materials composed of two or more thicknesses,
consisting in first passing the wire through one or more of said thicknesses, then
twisting the two ends of the wire together, and doubling back the twisted portion
substantially as shown, for the purpose specified.
Fifth. As an improved article of manufacture, the herein described device for
applying buttons to fabrics or other materials, consisting in a wire bent into the
form of a staple with arms of unequal length said arms terminating in hooks or
loops, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
In witness whereof I the said James Franklin Atwood have hereunto set my
hand and seal this Twentyninth day of August in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty three.
JAMES FRANKLIN ATWOOD (1.9)