An Improvement in Buttons Made in Two Parts.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 24th June, 1896--Accepted, 1st Aug., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Buttons Made in Two Parts.
CLAUDIUS BORDES 7, Portland Street, Soho, London Engraver, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:---
My invention consists in a button made in two parts, one part is made of metal,
the other part is made of metal, ivory, vulcanite, horn, or any hard material, one
part of the button is composed on one side of a piece of metal cut in a circular
shape with bevelled edges, the other side is flat with sharp points or diamond cuts,
in the centre of it there is a metal stand tapped as a metal screw, the other part
of the button is composed on one side of a circular piece with any design required
for a button, the other side of it is flat in the middle part with bevelled edges, in
the centre of it there is a tapped hole to receive the screw of the other part.
Round head button is composed of one part flat on one side with a narrow collar
stand to support the round head of the button, in the centre of it there is a tapped
hole to receive the screw of the other part which is made as above.
Dated this 4th day of February 1896.
CLAUDIUS BORDES.
CLAUDIUS BORDES Engraver, 7, Portland Street, Solo, W.C. London. I 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 consists in a button made in two parts, Fig. 1, one part is made
of metal, the other part is made of either metal, ivory, vulcanite, horn or any hard
material, one part of the button is composed on one side of a piece of metal cut in
a circular shape bevelled to the edge, the other side is flat with sharp points or
diamond cuts, Fig. 2, in the centre of it there is a metal stand tapped as a metal
screw, the other part of the button is composed on one side of a circular piece
with any design required for a button, the other side of it is raised in the middle
part, flat and ridged, the ground is Hat or half round bevelled to the edge, the
ridges are sharp edged on the right side, from the top of one edge to the bottom
of the next edge it goes down to the incline and so on all round Fig. 3, in the
centre of it there is a tapped hole to receive the screw of the other part, round
head button is composed of one part flat and ridged as above with a narrow collar
stand to support the round head of the button, in the centre of it there is a tapped
hole to receive the screw of the other part which is inade as above, the button
is constructed so that it can be screwed on the right, and cannot be unscrewed on
the left without tearing the cloth or leather, as the cloth or leather are kept
between the bottom part of the button with sharp points or diamond cuts and the
top part with the sharp edged ridges.

page_text: 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
A button made in two parts with metal screw stand and sharp points or diamond
cuts on one part and the sharp edged ridges on the other part.
Dated this 24th day of June 1896.
CLAUDIUS BORDES.