AN IMPROVED BUTTON;
Year: 1833

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE-PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, GEORGE
RODGERS, of Sheffield, in the County of York, Merchant, and JOHN TATAIN,
of Hilton, in the County of Derby, Gardener, send greeting.
WHEREAS His present Majesty King William the Fourth, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Fourth day of April, 'in the third year of His reign, did,
for Himself, His heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the said
George Rogers and John Tatain, His especial licence that I, the said George
Rodgers and John Tatain, our exors, admors, and assigns, or uch others
as we, the" said George Rodgers and John Tatáin, our exors, admors, or
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times during the term of years therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and
the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, our Invention of "AN IMPROVED BUTTON;"
in. which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso obliging us, the said
George Rodgers and John Tatain, or one of us, by an instrument in writing
under our or one of our 'hands and seals, particularly to describe and ascer-
tain the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, and to cause the same to be enrolled in His said Majesty's High
Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said' recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference
being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, we, the said
George Rodgers and John Tatain, do hereby describe the nature of our said
Invention and improvements to consist in making the shank of the button a
bar or tube with a screw cut on one end or both ends of it, and attaching a
disc to each end, one disc to be fixed immoveably on the shank and the other
to be screwed on, or both to be screwed on, but in no case are both discs to be
fixed immoveably on one shank; and, in further compliance with the said
proviso, we, the said George Rodgers and John Tatain, do hereby describe
the manner in which our said Invention is to be performed by the following
statement thereof, reference being had to the figures in the margin of these
Presents, and the letters of reference marked thereon (that is to say).:—
DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES.
Figure 1 is a side view of one of our improved buttons. A is a disc forming
the face of the button, which may be gilt, embossed, or covered with silk,
cloth, or other fabric, as it may suit the manufacturer. B is the shank; and
as this Figure is supposed to represent a metal button, one end is soldered to
the disc A, while the other end has a screw cut on it to receive the other
disc C, which screws on to it; and which in large buttons may be made con-
siderably smaller than the disc A, the small disc C should have holes pierced
in it, as shewn in plan at Figure 2, in order to attach the button to the
garment, as will be hereafter explained.
Figure 3 is a side view of one of our improved buttons, in which the disc A
is secured on to the shank B, and the disc C is soldered on to the opposite
end of the shank; and Figure 4 is a side view of one of our improved buttons,
having a shank soldered on to each disc, screwing together in the middle.
Figure 5 is a plan of the disc A, and it is evident the screw may be made
to pass completely through the discs or otherwise, according to the thickness
of the discs or the pleasure of the manufacturer.
In order to attach these buttons to any garment, it is only necessary to
pierce a small hole, or work an eyelet hole in the fabric of which the garment
is made, and putting a disc at each side, screw them together by means of the
shank or shanks; or, if it be required to conceal the back disc, then it
may be
introduced between two thicknesses of the fabric, and sewed fast to the back
one by means of the small needle holes shewn in Figure 2.
Now, whereas we claim as our Invention the improvement herein-before
described, and such our Invention being, to the best of our knowledge and
belief, entirely new, and never before used within that part of His said Majesty's
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called England,. His said

page_text: Dominion of Wales, or Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, we do hereby declare
this to be our Specification of the same, and that we do verily believe this our
said Specification doth comply in all respects, fully and without reserve or
disguise, with the proviso in the said herein-before in part recited Letters
Patent contained, wherefore we do hereby claim to maintain exclusive right
and privilege to our said Invention.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Rodgers, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of September, in the year of
Load One thousand sight hundred and thirty-throo
Inrolled the Fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and thirty-three.