Year: 1888

page_text: I, TAKVOR SACCAENTZ, of George Street, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Merchant, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to provide a button that can be readily attached
and firmly secured to cloth or other textile material without sewing or the use of
thread and which can also be detached when required without dainage to the
material.
Buttons have already been made which are attached to the cloth by means of one
or more projecting pieces bent over or rivetted, but these are objectionable as they
are difficult to remove without injury to the material; while buttons with an ordinary
projecting shank-eye have been secured by passing the eye through the material and
inserting a catch at the other side to prevent it pulling through, this plan is
objectionable as it necessitates the cutting of the material to allow the shank to pass
through.
This invention consists essentially in forming the button with a shank having
expanding spring ends with catches thereon which engage with the base of the
buiton internally and which can be detached therefrom and inserted in or passed
through the material and then secured to the button with the material in position and
in apparatus resembling pliers for use in detaching the shank-eye from the button and
for inserting it in the material prior to securing the button in place.
Referring to the accompanying drawings which are drawn to an enlarged scale.
Fig. 1, is a side elevation of button made in accordance with the invention.
Fig. 2, plan looking from below.
Fig 3 plan with

page_text: Fig. 5, elevation of shank eye removed from the button.
Fig. 6. front elevation of apparatus for detaching the button from its shank-eye.
Fig. 7. side elevation of apparatus shown in Fig. 6.
Fig. 8, sectional elevation of button same as in Fig. 4, showing position of the points
of the apparatus in the button when inserted to release the slank eye.
The button A is formed in two parts a metallic base and an ornamental top. The
top may be mule of any suitable material such as is now employed in the making of
buttons and covered with cloth, or other ornamental material forming the top itself
may be employed. The bottom or base part of the button is former with a hollow
shank 1 (or its equivalent) through the interior of which, the ends of the shank-
eye ( JALS. The base of the hollow slank is preferably made concave as shown to
allow free play for the movement of the shank-eye C, when in position therein, the
looped or bottom part of which projects beyond the hollow shank B. The shank-
eye is formed of any suitable shape such as shown preferably of metallic wire
circular în cross section. The two ends project up into the hollow shank B of the
button base the looped end projecting below the shank. The shank-eye is made so
that the ends spring outwards and the ends are formed with barbs, catches, or
shoulders which when in position expand out over the top of the hollow shank B
and secure the shank-eye to the button.
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By pressing together the points of the shank-eye (it will be released and may be
drawn or detached from the button. This may easily be done by an implement
resembling a pair of pliers, E such as shown in Fig. 7 and 8 with projecting points e
which will pass up through holes a in the base of the button and engage with the
points e as shown in Fig. 8. The end of the implement or pliers E may be formed
as shown so that it may be also used for taking a grip of the lank-eye Ċ to insert it
in the cloth or material before being attached to the button.
It is obvions that the button may be made of any desired shape or size or of any
suitable material the particular slupe shown in the drawings being only selected for
illustration, the essential feature of the invention being in the formation of the button
with a shank which can be inserted in the material and readily attached to the button
without the use of thread. Instead of the looped shank-ye a movable shank with a
broad so and springs connected to the sides thereof may be used but I prefer the
shank-eye shown.
In practice the invention will be found exceedingly simple. One end of the shank-
eye C may he passed twice through the material and turned up at right angles thereto
so as to obtain a fold of the texture in its eye, or both ends may be passed through
the material from the back. The hollow slank B of the button is then passed over
the ends of the shank-eye the shoulders or catches e of which spring out and engage
with the top of the hollow shank B.
To detach or rolease the button A from the cloth when desired to do so the
implement E is used. The projecting points are passed through the holes a in the
base of the button and press together the points of tho slunk oyo until it can bo
withdrawn from the shank B.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I wish it to bo under-
stood that I am well aware that several methods liavo heretofore been adopted for
fastening buttons to garments without sewing or the use of thread and I do not
therefore make a broad claim therefor but 1 declare that what I claim is :-
1. A button having a removable shank-eye the ends of which expand or spring
outwards and are formed with bars or shoulders, which can ho passed through or
inserted in the material embracing a full of it and then secured to the base of the
button by the barbed ends engaging with the top of a hollow slank substantially us
described.
2. A button having a base formed with a hollow shank or oponing to receive a
loose or removable shank, and a loose or removable shank with expanding bark

page_text: shaped ends or catches which when passed through the hollow shank engage with the
top of the opening in the interior of the button substantially as and for the purposes
described.
3. A button having an ornamental top of suitable material, a base with hollow
shank or opening and holes a, and a removable shank to pass through the material
with expanding ends to engage with the interior of the button substantially as
described and shown.
4. An apparatus or implement for attaching and detaching the removable shanks of
buttons such as hereinbefore described, having points projecting from the side
or end to enter the interior of the button substantially as described and shown in
Figs. 6 and 7.