AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN SEWN THROUGH LINEN BUTTONS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVIDIONAL SPECIFICAT
We JOHN SHAKESPEARE MANTON of Regent Works, Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Manufacturer and WILLIAM MANISON of N° 308 Park Road,
Birmingham aforesaid Tool Maker do hereby declare the nature of the said
invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN SEWN THROUGH LINEN
BUTTONS" to be as follows:-
In sewn through linen buttons as ordinarily made the sewing on of the button
is frequently effected through one or more eyelets. When the button has one
eyelet a cross bar or two cross bars at right angles are situated at the eyelet and
the thread is passed over the said bar or bars. When two eyelets are employed
they are situated near together and the thread is passed over the bar formed by
the parts of the eyelets immediately opposite each other.
In buttons of the kind described the friction of the thread upon the metal causes
injury to the thread. The exposure of the thread subjects it to further injury in'
ironing and mangling and the loss of the button frequently results.
The object of our invention is. principally to obvinte the defects of the ordinary
sewn through buttons and consists in making sewn through linen buttons in the
following manner.
In making a sewn through linen button according to our invention we employ
à front linen covered shell having a central eyelet by which the linen is attached
but without any cross bars or bar and a back linen covered shell having a central
opening but without an eyelet. We connect these front and back linen covered
shells by the use of the ordinary closing tools but between the two shells before
they are closed upon one another we introduce a disc of strong fabric such as linen'
drill. The button thus made consists of a front and back shell both linen covered,
the front shell only having an eyelet the central opening in the back shell being
covered outside by linen and inside by linen drill. The sewing on of the button
is effected through the front eyelet the thread passing through the strong internal
fabric and the linen covering the back. The attachment of the button is very
secure there is no friction on the thread and as the thread is situated below
the level of the front of the button it is uninjured during ironing or mangling.
Sewn through linen buttons made according to our invention are more easily
sewn on than ordinary sewn through linen buttons and are less liable to be lost
or become loose in consequence of the absence of friction on the thread and
protection of the thread from injury in ironing and mangling.
Dated this 19th dev of January 1884
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicants.. -

page_text: We JOHN SHAKESPEARE MANTON of Regent Works, Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Manufacturer and WILLIAM MANISON of N° 308 Park
Road, Birmingham, aforesaid, Tool Maker do hereby declare the nature of our
invention for AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN SEWN THROUGH LINEN
BUTTONS and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly ||
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
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In sewn through linen buttons as ordinarily made the sewing on of the button
is frequently effected through one or more eyelets. When the button has one
eyelet, a cross bar or two cross bars at right angles are situated at the eyelet and
the thread is passed over the said bar or bars. When two eyelets are employed 1
they are situated near together and the thread is passed over the bar formed by the
parts of the eyelets immediately opposite each other.
In buttons of the kind described the friction of the thread upon the metal causes.
injury to the thread. The exposure of the thread subjects it to further injury in
ironing and mangling and the loss of the buttons frequently results.
The object of our Invention is principally to obviate the defects of the ordinary
sewn through buttons and consists in making sewn through linen buttons in the
following manner.
In making a sewn through linen button according to our Invention we employ
a front linen covered shell having a central eyelet by which the liven is attached
but without any cross bars or bar, and a back lineu covered shell having a central
opening but without an eyelet. We connect these front and back linen covered
shells by the use of the ordinary closing tools but between the two shells, before
they are closed upon one another, we introduce a dise of strong fabric, such as
linen-drill. The button thus-made-consists of a front and back shell, both linen
covered, the front shell only having an eyelet, tho central opening in the back.
shell being covered outside by linen and inside by linen drill. The sewing on of
the button is effected through the front eyelet, the thread passing through the
strong internal fabric and the linen covering the back. The attachment of the
button is very secure, there is no friction on the thread and as the thread is
situated below the level of the front of the button it is uninjured during ironing
or mangling.
Sown through linen buttons made according to our Invention are more easily
sewn on than ordinary sewn through linen buttons and are less liable to be lost
or become loose in consequence of the absence of friction on the thread and
protection of the thread from injury in ironing and mangling.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents in plan of upper side and side
elevation, a sewn through linen button made according to our Invention; Figure 2
represents the button in cross section and Figure 3 a plan of underside of the same.
The other Figures represent the parts of which the button is composed.
The button is drawn to a large scale for the better exhibiting of the parts.
a is the front linen covered shell of the button having a central eyelet b and c
is the back linen covered shell of the button having a central opening and neck or
flange d, the linen covering e of the back shell being unperforated; f is the disc
of strong fabric situated and held between the two linen covered shells a and c,
the middle of the said inner disc f being gripped between the edges of the neck or
flanged of the back covered shell c and the inner face of the front shell a. The
back shell c is thus covered both outside and inside by fabric at e, f, the inner disc f
being made of linen drill or other strong fabric,

page_text: In sewing on the button, the thread is passes backwards and forwards through
the front eyelet b and through the strong internal fabric fand the linen covering e
of the back shell. The fixing thread is by this means situated below the level of
the front of the button, as will be understood by an examination of the cross
section Figure 2, and it is therefore protected from injury by ironing or mangling.
As the thread by which the button is attached does not bear against any metallic
surface, there is an absence of friction on the said thread and hence great security
in the attachment of the button results.
The tools by which the two covered shells a, c are closed and connected together,
with the disc of strong, fabric f between them, are of the ordinary kind and
constitute no part of our Invention.
Figure 4 represents in plan and edge view, the perforated double linen disc g
with which the front shell a is covered; Figure 5 represents in plan and cross
section the front shell a before the covering g is attached to it, the said shell a
having a central neck b¹ from which the eyelet b is made: Figure 6 represents in
plan and cross section the front shell a after the double linen disc g has been
attached to the shell by the eyeletting or closing of the neck 6' upon the said
disc g, the eyeletted part being marked b; Figure 7 represents the perforated metal
disc from which the back shell-c is made; Figure 8 represents the back shell raised
from the disc Figure 7, the said shell having a central raised part or neck d;
Figure 9 represents the inner disc f of liuen diill or other strong fabric and
Figure 10 represents the unperforated disc of linen e with which the back shell c
is covered.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed We declare that what
wo claim is :-
The improvement or improvements in sewn through linen buttons herein before
described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing; that is to say, the
combination of a front linen covered shell, having a central eyeletted opening
without any cross bars or bar, and a back linen covered shell having a central
opening and unperforated covering, with an internal disc of strong fabric fixed
between the said front and back shells, through which inner disc of strong fabric
and the unperforated covering of the back shell, the sewing thread is passed
substantially as described and illustrated, whereby the defects of the ordinary
sewn through linen buttons are obviated.
Dated this Twenty Ninth day of February 1884.
JOHN SHAKESPEARE MANTON.
WILLIAM MANISON.