Improvements in Buttons, Studs, Solitaires, and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Mar., 1892-Accepted, 23rd Apr., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Buttons, Studs, Solitaires, and the like.
I, HENRY OWEN, of 28, Augusta Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturing Jeweller, 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 :—
This invention relates to that class of buttons, studs, solitaires, and the like, in
which the fastening and unfastening through a button hole or other narrow slit or
opening is facilitated by turning the button sideways on the shank, so that the
said button no longer stands at right angles to the shank, but lies in the same or
nearly the same, plane as the shank.
The object of my present improvements is to lock the button in position on the
shank when turned sideways on the same, such locking greatly facilitating the
passing of the button through the button hole or other narrow slit or opening.
A description of the accompanying drawings will fully explain the nature of
my invention.
Figs. I and II shew a stud constructed according to this invention. Figs. III
and IV shew the application of this invention to a well known type of sleeve link,
and the remaining figs. illustrate parts in detail.
In Figs. I and II A is the shank upon which the button B can be turned
sideways and locked in that position. Across the back of the button B is
a bar C of a section as shewn in detail in Fig. V. The web of this bar passes
through a slot in the back plate D of the button B and the flanges project below
the said back plate of the button. In the upper end of the shank A is cut an
opening formed like the opening shewn in the piece E, Fig. V. This opening is
formed so that its upper portion e' fits the web of the 1 shaped crossbar C, the
next part of the opening fits the flanges of the bar, and the lower portion
admits of the locking motion spoken of. The part cl of the bar C prevents the
shank A or piece E from being slid off the bar C and so obviates the detachment
of the button. At the same time the part c¹ of the bar C is narrow enough to
allow the said part c¹ to be pushed down into the opening when the button is
turned sideways as in Figs. II, III and IV. When this is done the shank A or
piece E lies between the backplate and the flanges of the bar C and the button is
held firmly in a plane parallel to the shank A or piece E.
The action is as follows:
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The button B, Fig. I, is slid sideways on the shank to the full extent of the
traverse and then turned into the position shewn in Fig. II and pushed downwards
on the shank. This causes the bar C to lock securely on the shank A. and the
button is held firmly in the position shewn. The button B can now be passed
through a button hole or other slit and then be restored to the position shewn
in Fig. I.
In Figs. III and IV the shank A is replaced by the short piece E to which a
crosslink F is attached.
The backplate D is provided with a cross indentation d' into which the shank A
or piece E engages. The crossbar C is held in position by a spring staple G, the
action of which holds the shank A or piece E into the cross-indentation d'.
In Fig. VI is shewn another form of backplate H in which, by cutting the
plate and bending the cut portions, a spring action is obtained without the use of
the spring staple G.

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 :-
1. Buttons, studs, solitaires and the like having the crossbar C and shank A, or
piece E as described for obtaining a combined sideway motion and locking
motion.
2. The form of crossbar C as described for the purposes set forth.
3. The form of opening shewn in the shank A or piece E for the purposes set
forth.
4. The spring backplate H used in combination with the crossbar C for the
purposes set forth.
HENRY OWEN.