IMPROVEMENTS ON BUTTONS AND CLASPS FOR LINEN AND OTHER GARMENTS, LIKEWISE APPLICABLE FOR THE FIXTURE OF ANY ARTICLE OF TOILETTE TO HUMAN APPAREL
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jules Reichel, of Berlin, in the Kingdom of
Prussia, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS ON
BUTTONS AND CLASPS FOR LINEN AND OTHER GARMENTS, LIKEWISE APPLICABLE
FOR THE FIXTURE OF ANY ARTICLE OF TOILETTE TO HUMAN APPAREL."
Sealed the 19th July, 1870, and dated the 21st January 1870..
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jules Reichel at the
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Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on-the
21st January 1870.
I; JULES REICHEL, of Berlin, in the Kingdom of Prussia, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
ON; BUTTONS; AND; CLASPS, FOR LINEN AND, OTHER: GARMENTS, LIKEWISE APPLICABLE
FOR THE FIXTURE OF, ANY ARTICLE OF TOILETTE TO HUMAN-APPAREL," to be; as
follows:-
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My Invention consists in improved buttons, studs, and other fastenings
for wearing apparel to prevent the linen or other material from tearing
or giving way when subjected to strain or from constant friction or other
causes.

page_text: According to one form of my Invention I fasten in the linen or other
material in lieu of the ordinary sewed button holes oval or other shaped
rings of metal or other suitable material, and I form the button that
takes into these said rings of a circular spring bent inwards at the ends
towards the centre, the said ends being continued upwards to pass
through the hole and having shanks or projections at their upper or outer
ends to prevent them from coming undone. The spring also tends
to secure the button in the hole, the two ends being simply pressed
inwards when it is required to undo the fastening. The button or stud
can be taken out of the garment before it is washed, thus preventing
many inconveniences that at present exist from that cause.
According to another form of my Invention the button or stud
consists of a head having an incision therein with an enlargement at
each end. From the under part of the head a shank projects downwards
the lower end of which is bent outwards, and to this shank is hinged
another similar shank projecting both above and below the head, and
passing through the incision in the said head. The upper part of this
shank is divided so that it forms a spring which opens when the shank is
in position to be secured; thus forming a fastening' of the most safe
description.
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The form of my Invention most suitable for. brooches, neckties, and
other similar articles consists of a plate of metal having holes therein to
which is sewed the, material, and the said plate has a spring attached
thereto, and two projections at either side thereof, to which is hinged an
oval or other shaped piece of metal having a button hole therein, through
which the collar stud passes. This oval piece has a projection therein
that presses against the spring in such manner that when fastened or
unfastened it remains in its proper position. When it is required to put on
the cravat or other article the oval plate is opened, the stud or button of
the shirt passed through, the hole, the two ends of the collar, placed over
it, the oval closed, and the cravat is in position.
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Those parts of these improved studs or fastenings that are visible
may be made of precious stones or metals, and the other parts of inferior
metals or other materials.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the. conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Jules Reichel in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 21st July 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JULES
REICHEL, of Berlin, in the Kingdom of Prussia, Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-first day of January, in the year
of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, in thirty-third
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Jules Reichel, Her special licence that
I, the said Jules Reichel, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Jules Reichel, my executors, adminis
trators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS ON BUTTONS
AND CLASPS FOR LINEN AND OTHER GARMENTS, LIKEWISE APPLICABLE: FOR 'THE
FIXTURE OF ANY ARTICLE OF TOILETTE TO HUMAN APPAREL," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Jules Reichel, my executors or adminis-
trators, by an instrument in writing under.my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of
the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Jules Reichel, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement, that is to say :—
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My Invention consists in improved buttons, studs, and other fastenings
for wearing apparel to prevent linen or other material from tearing or
giving way when subjected to strain or from constant friction or other.
causes.
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In one arrangement of my Invention I form improved button holes
by fastening oval eyes of metal in the linen or other material by the

page_text: action of a fly press or other means, and for these holes I make one form
of button or stud of a circular spring bent inwards at its ends to the
centre, the said ends being continued upwards like shanks or necks,
having at their ends heads or projections.
On the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, Figs. 1 & 2 are two views
of oval holes of metal; Figs 3 & 4, vertical sections at right angles, to
each other of one of the buttons or studs; and Fig. 5 a horizontal section
of the lower part of the same. The button holes may be longitudinal
and vertical, as shewn according to the various requirements, and made
of any required size and strength. By the peculiar form of the bent
spring shewn in Fig. 5 the erect necks and heads can have elastic
movement, so that the said heads & necks when pressed together can
be passed through the oval hole, but when let free move apart from each
other and be securely held in the hole by the elasticity of the spring and
when the other button hole is passed over the necks & heads the fixture
is complete.
These improved buttons need not be waslied with the linen, as they
can so readily be removed and again put on, but the button holes are
fixtures and are not injured by washing. The two necks of the button
may be of various lengths to pass through several layers of linen or other
material, and the spring at the bottom can be in a flat case of metal,
ivory, bone, or other substance and thus be rendered invisible.
Another of my improved buttons or studs consists of a mushroom
shaped head having an incision therein, with an enlargement at each end
and on the under side of the head there is a projecting stationary leg
having its lower end bent outwards as a hook. To this leg is jointed or
hinged a shank passing through the incision and projecting above and
below the head, the upper part or neck being split and rounded at the
top, and the bottom end or leg formed with a hook in a contrary direction
to that on the stationary leg.
Various views of this improved button are shewn in Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, & 11; Fig. 6 being a vertical section at the line a, b, of the top
view, Fig. 9, both Figures representing the button when closed; Fig. 7
an elevation; & Fig. 10 a top view of the 'button' when open, & Fig. 8,
a vertical section at the line c, d, of the top view, Fig. 11, the two last
Figures being views of the button at right angles to the views, Figs. 6
and 9. The mushroom shaped head is marked e, the stationary legf,
the neck g, and the moveable leg h. The split_seen at the upper part of

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the neck g, Fig. 9, forms a spring which prevents the neck from
returning of itself when once it is passed through one of the enlarge-
ments at the ends of the incision, and therefore the neck will remain
firmly held in either of the enlargements in which it is placed, and the
leg h firmly held at the same time, and when the neck is in onc
enlargement the hooks are apart from each other, as in Figs. 6 & 9, and
the button closed, and when in the other enlargement the hooks are
near each other, as in Figs: 7 and 10, and the button opened or
unbuttoned. This button has also the advantage that in one position
it will hold tight, and in another position be capable of being removed
from the linen so as not to be injured by washing, and the head of this
button is adapted for being ornamented with precious stones, or by
engraving, enamelling, or otherwise.
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The next part of my Invention consists of an improved snap or clasp
for neckties, brooches, and other similar articles, and is represented in
Figs. 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16. I employ a metal plate having in it
several holes by means of which the plate is stitched or fastened to the
necktie or other article. The plate is made originally of such size that it.
can be bent or turned over, as at 1, Figs. 13 and 14, and formed as a
smaller plate m which runs parallel with the plate k and acts as a spring.
At each side of the plate / there is a bent up piece n, Figs. 13, 14, & 15,
forming a flap or bracket through holes in both of which are passed
pivots formed at the sides of a lower bent part o of the metal piece p,
which at the front is of an oval or other desired shape and has an oval
button hole q, Fig. 16. The bent part is a continuation of the oval
piece p and presses the spring or snap m, and is so formed as to keep the
oval piece either open as shewn in Fig. 13, or closed as in Figs. 14 and 15.
When this clasp is applied to a necktie or cravat it is attached to one of
my improved buttons by which the collar of the shirt is fastened when
the clasp is open as in Fig. 13 by passing the oval pole q, Fig. 16, in the
plate p over the heads of the button, and when the
clasp is closed as in
Instead of the oval
Figs. 14 & 15, the necktie or cravat is adjusted.
hole q, Fig. 16, the one marked r, Fig. 12, suited to the ivory buttons
now in use may be employed, and it is evident that the improved modes
of fastening can be applied to various articles besides wearing apparel.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, I claim the
various improved. forms or arrangements of buttons, studs, or other
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page_text: fastenings in connection with the metallic holes as all such improvements
are herein described & illustrated in the accompanying Sheet of
Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jules Reichel, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this First day of July One thousand eight hundred
and seventy.