Improvements in Collar Buttons.
Year: 1894

page_text: PROVISIONAL DI MUIFICATION.
Improvements in Collar Buttons.
A communication to me from JENS TRENDEL, of Kulmbach, Bavaria, in the
Empire of Germany, Merchant and Manufacturer.
I, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the Firm of Edwards and Co., Patent Agents and
Engineers, of 65 and 66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
It is often the case that starched collars become useless by getting shorter, which
may occur partly by the shrinking in being washed, partly by the enlargement of
the neck. Furthermore, a collar fitting well in the cooler season will be too short
during the hot season, as the temperature of the human body increases. In some
cases also it will be convenient to effect instantaneously an enlargement of the
starched collar as well as of the shirt collar, so as to avoid that incorrect fitting
which depends on the oblique arrangement of the upper part of the shirt. To
avoid all these inconveniences, as well as to render possible the increased ease
described, is the object of the present invention, the essential feature of which
consists in the shaft of the collar button being bent or cranked out laterally. It
will be understood that this cranking out may be effected in different ways. For
instance, the shaft may be bent both to the right hand and to the left hand,
symmetrically so as to form a double crank passing through both button holes of
the shirt collar, whilst those of the starched collar are held in position by the
outer central part of the shank. Or, one bow or crank only may be made in
the shaft, intended to take up both ends of the shirt collar while the ends of
the starched collar are taken up by the outer central part of the shaft. In this
manner the point of the shirt collar which is held is situated eccentrically with
reference to that of the starched collar. In a third modification both ends of the
shirt collar are held by the central inner part of the shaft. One end of the
starched collar is also held in position by the central part of the shaft which is
situated outwardly while the other end is taken up by the bow or crank. This case
supposes that the starched collar is too short. At the same time the fault in the
fitting which is caused by the oblique arrangement of the upper part of the shirt
is obviated. In a fourth case, there are three bows or cranks in the shaft, the two
outer ones being directed to one side, and the inner one to the other side. As the
shirt collar as well as the starched collar are supposed to be too short, each end of
them is held in position by an eccentrically situated part of the shaft, that is to
say, one end of the shirt collar and one end of the starched collar are taken up by
the intermediate bow or crank, and each of the two outer ones by one of the outer
bows or cranks.

page_text: A communication to me from JENS TRENDEL, of Kulmbach, Bavaria, in the
Empire of Germany, Merchant and Manufacturer.
I, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the Firm of Edwards and Co., Patent Agents and
Engineers, of 65 and 66, Chancery Lane in the County of Middlesex, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement and accompanying drawing, that is to say :-
It is often the case that starched collars become useless by getting shorter, which
may occur partly by the shrinking in being washed, partly by the enlargement of
the neck. Furthermore, a collar fitting well in the cooler season will be too short
during the hot season, as the temperature of the buman body increases.
In some
cases also it will be convenient to effect instantaneously an enlargement of the
starched collar as well as of the shirt collar, so as to avoid the incorrect fitting
which depends upon the oblique arrangement of the upper part of the shirt. To
avoid all these inconveniences, as well as to render possible the increased ease
described, is the object of the present invention, the essential feature of which
consists of the shaft of the collar button being bent or cranked out laterally. It
will be understood that this cranking out may be effected in different ways. For
instance, the shaft may be bent both to the right hand and to the left hand
symmetrically so as to form a double crank passing through both button holes of
the shirt collar, while those of the starched collar are held in position by the outer
central part of the shank. Or, one bow or crank only may be made in the shaft,
intended to take up both ends of the shirt collar while the ends of the starched
collar are taken up by the outer central part of the shaft. In this manner the
point of the shirt collar which is held is situated eccentrically with reference to
that of the starched collar. In a third modification both ends of the shirt collar
are held by the central inner part of the shaft. One end of the starched collar is
also held in position by the central part of the shaft which is situated outwardly
while the other end is taken up by the bow or crank. This case supposes that the
starched collar is too short. At the same time the fault in the fitting which is
caused by the oblique arrangement of the upper part of the shirt is obviated. I a
'a fourth case, there are three bows or cranks in the shaft, the two outer ones being
directed to one side, and the inner one to the other side. As the shirt collar as
well as the starched collar is supposed to be too short, each end of them is held in
position by an eccentrically situated part of the shaft, that is to say, one end of the
shirt collar and one end of the starched collar are taken up by the intermediate
bow or crank, and each of the two outer ones by one of the outer bows or cranks.
It is evident that my invention may be carried out in various ways, and the
accompanying drawing illustrates some of the modifications, as described above,
which may be used.
Figures 1, 2 and 3 are front views. The collar button or stud a to a¹ comprises
a shaft b, the part c of which is extended laterally to form loops d and e.
Figures 4 to 6 are side views.
In the case of a shirtband of a shirt made to be opened in front one part is
buttoned in the loop d, and the other in the loop e, so that such shirtband has a
greater length allowed than the collar, both ends of which are attached to the
shaft b, so that its length is reduced.
In any other position, with the button reversed, the shirtband is fastened at both
ends to the shalt b, and is kept narrower, whilst the collar attached to the loops d
and e is kept longer. As shirtbands and collars.may often need a change of length

page_text: to larger or smaller dimensions, it will be necessary to have these loops of greater
or less depth.
By making the shaft 6 central, only those parts buttoned in the loops d and e will
have their length changed by turning the button.
By employing a flat shaft c cut away at d as shewn in Figure 3, only the part
fitted upon c will have its length altered by turning the button.
Or, as shewn in Figure 2, by omitting the part shewn in dotted lines at
loop is formed.
g & third
In this case, one part of the shirtband is attached to the loop e, and the other
part to the loop d, whilst the first end of the collar is attached to this same loop at
the same side of the neck as the shirtband, partly filling that space, and the other
end of the collar to the loop g, so that both parts can be loosened or tightened by
turning the button.
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
A collar button or stud, the shaft of which is beut or cut so as to form loops
extending in the same direction as the length of the button-holes, substantially as
and for the purposes described, and illustrated.
D
ثيم
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EDWARDS & Co.,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London; Agents for the Applicant.