Improvements in Solitaire and other similar Fastenings.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 24th June, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 10th Nov., 1890-Accepted, 27th Dec., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Solitaire and other similar Fastenings.
We WILLIAM PEARCE, of Hylton Street, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Jeweller, and SAMUEL CLEMENT SCOTT of 4 Maiden Lane, New York, United States,
Jeweller do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the construction and arrangement of parts constituting a
device for securing solitaires or other similar articles, and consists of a duple or
divided spring pillar, formed upon or attached to the back of the solitaire or
button &c., having attached thereto hingewise, upon each part of such pillar, right
angled webs or wings, and so arranged, that, one or the other of each of such wings
upon each such part, shall always assume a horizontal position, while the other part of
such wings, assumes the vertical.
When arranged for entering the cuff &c. holes, that part of each of the wings,
nearest the end of the fastening, are both vertical, and thus ready to easily enter the
said hole in the cuff &c., the two other parts as before mentioned, being at right
angles thereto.
Upon pushing the fastening forward into the said cuff however, when the said fore
parts have passed therethrough, the rear (horizontal) parts are pressed upon the sides
of the holes, which, by continued pressing, are turned upon their hinges, until they
assume the vertical, and lie side by side with the aforesaid spring divided pillar, which
operation at the same time, brings the front part of the wings, into an outward
horizontal position upon the inside of the cuff hole, thus securing the fastening in
position. The hinge part of the wings are so made as that when being moved from
the vertical to the horizontal position, or rice versa, the pillar spring is brought into
play, that is, it is forced open somewhat, but upon nearing either of these normal
positions, they close with a click, by reason of the pressure from the said spring.
The hinge joint upon the spring pillars, may be readily formed by cutting a
horizontal slot near their upper part, that is, leaving a narrow bar of metal upon its
outer side. The wings are stamped from sheet metal, having one narrower side of a
width to enter such slot.
The blank is then bent into the required shape at its middle, at or about right
angles, and further, with a step back portion, which latter, when the now formed wing
is in position, encircles the aforesaid bar or hinge, and which forms the necessary
eccentricity in shape, to produce the forcing open of the springs, when passing from
the vertical to the horizontal position, or vice versa.
Datad this 11th dor of Lune 1890
CHARLES T. POWELL,
12, Cherry Street, Birmingham, Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Solitaire and other similar Fastenings.
We WILLIAM PEARCE, of Hylton Street Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Jeweller and SAMUEL CLEMENT SCOTT, of 4 Maiden Lane, New York, United States,
Jeweller 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 :-
This invention relates to the construction and arrangement of parts constituting a
device for securing solitaires or other similar articles such as huttons, studs &c., and
more essentially to the locking contrivance thereof, as hereinafter fully described.

page_text: Our object is to construct a cuff-button solitaire or stud &c. that shall facilitate easy
adjustment and furnish a better bearing for the hinged locking shoe.
The accompanying drawings illustrate our improvement, wherein
Figure 1 is a side view, partly in section, of the improved enff-button, the shoes
being folded together, the line cc, Figure 3, indicating the plane of section.
Figure 2 is a central sectional view of the button and locking device on the line c¹ c',
Figure 3.
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Figure 3 is a bottom view of the said button.
Figure 4 is a bottom view of the button showing the shoes spread apart.
Figure 5 is a central section on the line kk, Figure 4.
Figure 6 illustrates a portion of the spring-post and one of the shoes in
perspective.
a is the head of the button. B is the two part spring-post formed of two pieces a
and b, which are attached at one end to the head of the button. The other end of this
two part spring-post has the continuous slots i (see Figure 6) for receiving the
shoes D D. Each shoe is formed of an L-shape, one wing d being the shoe proper,
the other wing e the " ear." The ears e e are slightly concaved so as to present to the
cuff a rounding or convex surface which thereby offers to the cuff less resistance than
would a flat surface. At the angle formed by the wings d and e is the hinge-bend,
Figure 6, which bend in the finished button rests in the slot i. The slots / in the
lower end of the spring-post are of the configuration shown in Figure 6 of the drawing
and are continuous and long enough to receive the bent part of the shoe and have
the recesses g, Figure 6, cut in the upper side, so as to allow the insertion of the
concaved ear e of the shoe D. The two portions of the post are spread apart and the
two ears e are inserted in the slots so that the shoes proper d d will be together and
the cars e e extend outwardly from the spring-post, as shown in Figure 2. When the
ears ee are in this position, in order that the button may be applied, the shoes
proper d d are forced through the button-holes until the ears e e come in contact with
the article to which the button is applied. The ears will then turn into a position
parallel with and against the spring-post B, as in Figure 5, and the shoes proper d d
will at same time swing outwards into a plane and retain the article contained between
them and the head of the button: The ears e e forming now the outer surface of the
spring-post B will offer a rounding and non-frictional surface to the button-hole
because of their convexity.
The slot i, having the recesses gg, forms a treble bearing for the hinge, namely,
one bearing between the recesses and one on the outer side of each recess. It will be
seen that each slot i is a continuous slot in one single piece of metal.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this, our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
1. The combination of the button body A and its two part spring-post, B, the said
two part spring-post having the continuous slots i i formed therein, with the L-shaped
shoes D 1 whose ears e e are convex on their outer surfaces as specified.
2. The two part spring-post B having continuous slots ii, each slot having
recesses gy combined with the L-shaped shoes D D which have convex ears e e and
with the button head A, as specified.
3. In a button, having two part spring-post, the continuous slot in each of said
parts, combined with the L-shaped shoes, each of said continuous slots forming a
hinge-joint, for one of the said shoes, as described.
Dated this 8th day of November 1890.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicants' Agent.