Year: 1889

page_text: 1, FRANOIS HENRY RICHARDS, a citizen of the United States of America, and
resident of the City of Hartford, (with Office at 253 Main Street) in the County of
Hartford, and State of Connecticut, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of my invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification, Fig. 1 is
a side elevation of a button setting Instrument embodying my present improve-
ments, and showing the jaws (or members) open, with a button in place ready for
setting. Fig. 2 is a similar and corresponding view partially in section, showing
the jaws closed, as at the close of the setting operation. Fig. 3 is a view from
below of the upper jaw showing, also, some other details of construction. Fig. 4
is a horizontal section through the front end of the lower jaw and contained parts.
Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the instrument. Fig. 6 shows the presser slide in
three views. Fig. 7 similarly shows the front plate in three views. Fig. 8 shows,
in two views, a modified arrangement and construction of the spring for operating
the presser slide.
The two handles A B of my improved instrument are or may be of the usual
description, and pivoted together at X in any usual manner. The upper jaw D,
which is the button-holding member, has formed therein the usual setting-die E;
it is also provided with a button-holding spring S, constructed substantially as
shown in the drawing. The button 30 is held by its shank between the beveled
end, 31, of said spring, and oppositely-lisposed lip 32 of said jaw. (See
Figs. 1, 3 and 5.)
The lower jaw, which is the fastener-driving member, is perforated to form a passage,
Fig. 8, for the presser slide F. The wall N, in front of said perforation forms the
driver, on the upper edge of which driver the fastener head rests, as shown in

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As a means of connection with its acinating spring 10, said slide F has a suitable
notch or notches formed therein. The lateral notch 11 receives the projecting end 12,
of said spring, while the side note 13 gives room for the movement of the arm 14
of said spring. The spring 10 is itself contained within a pocket or recess, 15, formed
within the jaw (', immediately back of the slide F, and opening to said slide 1,
within the member . This recess is closed by the head 19, of a screw 18, which
forms a guide for the spring 10 when this is made spiral, as shown. The opposite
end, 20, (Fig. 4,) of said spring 10 is suitably fixed to or in the jaw C, in a well-known
manner.
The front plate H is pivotally attached to the slido F, and is spring netuated to hold
the fastener (Fig. 8,) in place against said slide above the driver. For this purpose
the slide has a hole or chamber, 21, (Fig. 6,) for containing the spring 22, (Fig. 2.)
and a slot 23, (Fig. 6,) in which is pivoted at 24, the rib or arm 25 of said plate H.
The rib 25 enters slot 62, and serves as a stop to limit the upward movement of slide F,
the said slot thus serving to reduce the otherwise necessary length of said slide.
Spring 22 acts on the projecting end 26 of said arm 25, to press the upper end, 28, of
said plate II toward the slide 1. By this means the fastener 5, whose prong fits in
the guiding slot or groove 29, formed in the slide of said part 28, is held against
slide F, above the driver N, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. The large opening 27 through
the plate Il permits the fastener to be readily pushed into place.
Instead of the spring 10 for throwing up the slide, I sometimes employ a push-
spring, 40, which rests in the socket 41, (see Fig. 8,) and nets against the proje ting
pin or arm 42, which is fixed in said slide F. By this mode of con-truction, there is
no need of the slot 11, nor for the notch 13, which are omitted. In practice, the
strength of the spring 40 is made to suit the convenience of the operator, care being
had to have the same of a good quality and degree of elasticity.
The mode of operating my improved instrument, which is as follows, will be obvious,
to those skilled in this art, from the drawing and precoding description. The
jaws CD being open, n fastener is pushed through the opening 27 into po-ition
ready for setting, as in Fig. 5. In passing upward, the fastener wedges or pushes
off the plate 28, and when the fastener passes up and off from the driver, this plate,
being spring-actunted, presses the fastener itself firmly up against slide F. The
button 30 being now put in place, and the fabric or shoe-upper, M, being properly
placed over the slide F, the two jaws are now forcibly brought together. This
pushes down slide, and drives the fastener prong up through the fabric and
button shank against the setting die, thereby clinching the prong and completing
the setting operation.
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 1
claim is:
1. In a button-setting instrument, the combination with the jaw (formed to
receive the presser-slide and the slide-actuating spring, of the slide F, and the
coiled spring 10, the slide having a notch for receiving the projecting end of said
spring, all substantially as described.
2. In a button-setting instrument the combination with the fastener-driving
member thereof. of the slide passing through said momber, and the spring-plate
pivoted in suid slide, and actuated (to press upon the fastener) by a spring carried
by said slide, substantially as described.
3. In autton-selting instrument, the combination with the driver, having
slot C2, of the slide 1, having slot 23, and the plate II having a rib or arm, 25,
pivoted to said slide in said slot 25, and adapted to enter said slot 62, substan-
tially as described.
4. In a button-s tting instrument, the combination with the fastoner-driving

page_text: member thereof, of the slide F having slot 23 and the chamber 21, the plate H
pivoted to said slide and having arm 26, and the push-spring 22 contained in said
chamber and acting on said arin, as set forth.
5. The combination of the member C carrying the slide F, and having the
5 chamber or recess 15 opening to said slide within said member, of the spring 10
connecting with and actuating said slide, and the guide screw 18 having the
head 19 forming a cover for said recess, as set forth.
Dated this Seventh day of January. A.D. 1889.