IMPROVEMENTS IN BUTTONS
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Emil Neupert, Manufacturer, of 21, Graskeller, in the City
of Hamburg, Germany, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN BUTTONS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Emil Neupert at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th January 1876.
EMIL NEUPERT, Manufacturer, of 21, Graskeller, in the City of Hamburg,
Germany. "IMPROVEMENTS IN BUTTONS."
This Invention relates to an improved method of fastening buttons, and is
clearly represented in the accompanying Drawings, of which Figures 1 and 2 are
front views; and Figures 3 and 4 sections of a wristband (handcuff') button which
is provided with my mechanism. In the button plate A the small inetal disc c is
fastened. In this dise the pin e, which is square in section, is rivetted, and to the
opposite end of this pin the small oval plate i is fastened. Between the button
plate A and the plate i the oval tube is placed, which is furnished with a bottom
plate on one end, through which the pin e passes and is guided in it. The two
metal spring plates 7, 8, placed inside the tube work against opposite sides of the
pin, and endeavour to keep the same in position. The button is used by putting
the oval end through the button hole or holes, and by turning the plate A by 90
degrees. The tube finds sufficient resistance in the button holes to overcome the
The button is now
pressure of the spring plates 7, 8, while the plate A is turned.
fastened, the position of the different parts being as shown in Figure 2. The
spring plates now work against the other two sides of the pin e, and hold the
button in the attained position.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Emil Neupert in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 22nd July
1876.
EMIL NEUPERT, Manufacturer, of 21, Graskeller, in the City of Hamburg,
Germany. "IMPROVEMENTS IN BUTTONS."
This Invention relates to improvements in buttons, and mainly to a method of
fastening buttons or studs upon or to garments, as clearly represented in the
[Price 4.]

page_text: accompanying Drawings, of which Figures 1 and 2 show front views; and Figures
3 and 4 sections thereof. To the button plate A. I fasten a small metal disc c from
which a pine projects from one face; this pin is square in cross section and carries
at its opposite end a small oval plate i. Between the button plate A and the
plate an oval tube is placed, which is furnished with a bottom plate on one end
or on both ends through which the pin e passes and is guided therein. The two
metal spring plates 7, 8, placed inside the tube & work against opposite sides of the
pin, and endeavour to keep the latter in position.
Instead of two separate spring plates I sometimes use one plate bent in horse-
shoe form to work as a spring against the square pin e. The button or stud is
fastened by putting the oval end through the button hole or holes, and by turning
the plate A a quarter round. The tube then finds sufficient resistance in the
button holes to overcome the pressure of the spring plates 7, 8, while the plate A is
turned. The button is now fastened, the position of the different parts being as
shown in Figure 2. The spring plates now work against the other two sides of the
pin e, and hold the button in the attained position.
What I claim as my Invention is, the employment of the oval tube / closed at
one or both ends by a metal plate turning round a pin, partly square in section,
fastend to the stud plate A, and kept in the intended position by means of springs
for the purpose and in the manner fully described and shown in the accompanying
Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Emil Neupert, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Fifteenth day of July One thousand eight hundred and seventy-