Improvements in Attaching Buttons to Garments, Bags, and other Artioles, and in Tools and Presses used for that Purpose.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Anplication, 7th Mar., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Dec.. 1895-Accepted, 4th Jan., 1896
PROVISIONAL
SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Attaching Buttons to Garments, Bags, and other
Artioles, and in Tools and Presses used for that Purpose.
I HENRY DOWLER, of the Firm of Frederick Dowler and Sons, of Wainwright
Street Works, Aston near Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:—
My invention consists in part of improvements on inventions for attaching
buttons to garments, bags and other articles for which Letters Patent were
granted to me dated and numbered respectively 12th of March 1890 No. 3897
and 3rd of November 1892 No. 19,800; and further, in tools and presses used
for attaching buttons.
I will first describe my improvements in the fastenera and afterwards the tools
and presses used for fixing buttons by means of the fasteners to garments, bags
and other articles which for the sake of brevity I will hereinafter call the fabric.
In forming the eyelet fastener for attaching buttons according to my present
invention I raise from a thin sheet metallic blank a short tube flanged at bottom
aud closed at top the upper half of the said tube having a diameter somewhat less
than the lower half the smaller upper half passing into the larger lower half by a
taper or conical shoulder. In order to form the hole or eye in the top or closed end
of the raised tube so as to convert it into an eyelet I force a pointed. tool axially
through the said closed top and thereby press the displaced metal of the said top
juwards and form a short inwardly projecting tube concentric with the axis of the
eyelet. Or the eyelet may be formed by piercing the closed end of the tube
with a hole of about one half the diameter of the upper or narrow half of the
eselet.
When I employ a cap for covering the flanged end of the eyele, I prefer to
make the hole in the bottom of the cap in the way first described with respect Lo
the hole or eye in the eyelet fastener and thereby form a short inwardly projecting
tube in the said cap. The edge of the said inwardly projecting tube in the cap
may be expanded outwards so as to leave an annular recess within the cap.
My invention consists further in the use with the eyelet fasteners of the kind
bereinbefore described or with fasteners of a like kind, of a ring of thin sheet
metal the said ring having a figure in cross section somewhat resembling an inverted
letter the outer edge being slightly upturned and the inner edge being serrated
or toothed. The internal diameter of the said ring is such that it fits the upper
marrow part of the eyelet fastener herein before described. The outer edge of
the ring instead of the inner edge may be serrated or toothed.
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The button which I employ with the improved eyelet fasteners hereinbefore
described has a central hole through which the narrow end of the fastener is
introduced, after having been passed through the fabric, the end of the fastener
being expanded over the edges of the hole in the button by pressure. When the
serrated ring is employed in combination with the eyelet fastener it is passed onto
the smaller end of the stem of the eyelet with its serrated edge presented to the
fabric. The button is then put in position and the pressure for fixing is applied,
the serrated part of the ring being forced down the conical or taper shoulder.nt
the middle of the eyelet stein the serrations or teeth are thereby turned outwards
and made to engage in the fabric. The said ring also serves to separate the fabric
from the back of the button.

page_text: Greater freedom of movement may be provided for the button, when attached,
as well as increased space between the back of the button and the fabric in the
following manner.
I attach to the button a neck consisting of a short flanged tube closed at one
end its closed end being introdnced into the central hole in the button from the
back. By the action of a tool, an axial hole is made in the closed end of the
short tube the part of tho said tube protruding through the hole in the button
being at the same time expanded and thereby riveted to the said button. The
part of the closed end of the short tube forced inwards by the piercing punch
forms an indentation or internal tube between which and the part of the short
tube rivetted over the edge of the button the expanded part of the narrow end of
the eyelet fastener is forced when the said eyelet is fixed to the button in the
attaching operation. Or I increase the size of the internal tube until it fills
the expanded protruding portion of the neck which is thus doubled or lined.
Through the enlarged inner tube the uuflanged perforated end of the fastener is
passed and expanded in the attaching operation. The lower flange on the neck
serves to soparate the fabric from the back of the button. This flange may be
covered with a perforated cap in same manner as the flauge of the eyelet fastener.
To provent the edges of the flange on the neck and the flange on the bottom of
the eyelet fastener when used uncapped from cutting the fabric the said edges
be folded over or doubled.
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will now describe my improvements in the tools and presses which I prefer
to use in attaching the said buttons to fabrics and in order to facilitate descrip-
tion I will refor only to a hand worked lever press it being understood that
my improvements are equally applicable, with "but slight modification, to other
lever and plunger presses.
I fix in the hollow base or foot of the press a strong plate spring and I make the
stop post of the press hollow and arrange in the said stop post a cylindrical rod
the top of which, in the normal position of the parts, stands above the top of
the stop post. A hole or depression is made in the underside of the lever for
passing over the stop post which hole acts as a guide for the said lever. The
die or tool on which the oyelet fastener is supported is screwed into the base
of the press the said die having an axial bole through which a vertical pin resting
on the free end of the plate spring hereinbefore referred to works freely, the bottom
of the said vertical pin having an enlargement or foot for proventing its withdrawal.
The vertical pin projects when in its normal position a considerable distance
through the hole in the eyelet fastener supported on the die. The hole in the die
in which the vertical pin works is preferably for about three fourths of its length of
a much greater diameter than the said vertical pin, the pin fitting a small hole in
the top of the die and a small hole in a plug screwed into the bottom of the die.
By this means friction on the vertical pin is reduced and the clogging of the hole
in the die with fluff is wholly or in great part prevented.
The clinching or riveting punch is fixed in the head of the lever in such a position
that when the said lever is brought down the axis of the said punch is coincident or
in line with the axis of the die.
In order to press the button close upon the fabric during the riveting operation
I make the acting end of the punch hollow for a short distance so that the annular
portion presses on the face of the button aud ensures its close bearing on the fabric
before the sunken riveting part strikes the protruding end of the eyelet fastener.
Or 1 effect the same object by fitting upon the riveting part of the punch a socket
the outer face of which is pressed in advance of the punch by a spring; or I fix
upon the underside of the lever a flat plate spring the free end of which projects
beyond the punch and has a hole concentrio with the axis of the punch so that when
the lever is brought down and the plate spring has pressed the button down the
further motion of the lever forces the puuch through the hole in the spring and
effects the riveting of the eyelet fastener. Or the unfixed button can be held in a
contral position against the punch by a spring clip fastened to the lever which

page_text: carries the punch. The button is inserted between the face of the punch and the
surface of the clip a slot in the latter permits the button neck to pass under the
centre of the punch.
From the description hereinbefore given it will be understood that on the working
of the press the hand lever first comes in contact with the rod in the stop post by
which means the plate spring in the base of the press is depressed. The vertical
pin in the die resting on the said plate spring consequently descends before the
descending punch and the said punch and pin do not come into actual contact.
When the punch is fixed in a vertical plunger the end of the pin enters a small
hole in the centre of the panch. The use of a rod to depress spring is then
unnecessary.
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Or the rod in the stop post may be dispensed with the punch striking the pin and
forcing it downwards; but I prefer the arrangement first described.
I will now describe the operation of attaching a button. The lever being in
its raised position an eyelet fastener is placed flange downwards upon the die.
A stiletto the base of which is hollow is passed onto the part of the vertical pin
protruding through the hole in the upper part of the eyelet fastener the base of the
stiletto boing of about the same diameter as tho stem of the eyelet fastener and
resting upon the end of the said cyclet fastener. The part of the fabric to which
the button is to be attached being pressed upon the stiletto a hole is pierced in the
fabric and the said fabric passes over stiletto onto the stem or body of the eyelet.
The stiletto being now renioved a serrated ring and button or a button having a
neck is passed onto the narrow end of the stem of the eyelet fastener, and the pubch
being brought down by the lever of the press the parts are secured together, and
the button attached to the fabric as will be understood from the description herein-
before given.
Instead of a hollow stiletto fitting upon the vertical pin in the die of the press a
stiletto having a peg at bottom for taking into a tubular vertical pin in the die may
be employed. In this case the vertical pin in the die need not protrude through
the hole in the eyelet fastener nor descend to avoid contact with the punch on the
operation of the lever.
For fixing the necked button I sometimes raise in the centre of the clinching
punch a peg the end of which fits the interior of tho small inner tube in the
unflanged end of the neck so that when a button is presented face foremost to the
punch the peg enters the tube and the neck and button are retained thereon by
friction. On the descent of the punch the peg carries the button neck exactly in
line with the end of the eyelet fastener which is expanded by that part of the punch
around the base of the peg. The peg can be lengthened and pointed so as to pierce
the fabric in its descent in which case the use of a stiletto is dispensed with..
Although I have described the fixing of a button having a detached eyelet
fastener, the tools with slight modifications are applicable to the fixing of buttons
having other kinds tubular fasteners whether the said fasteners are separate from
or attached to the buttons with which they are to be used.
Dated this Seventh day of March 1895.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Attaching Buttons to Garments, Bags, and other
Artioles, and in Tools and Presses used for that Purpose.
L:
1, HENRY DOWLER, of the Firm of Frederick Dowler and Sons, of Wainwright
Street Works, Aston near Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers,
do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in what manner the same is to

page_text: be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
My invention consists in part of improvements on inventions for attaching buttons
to garments, bags and other articles for which Letters Patent were granted to me
dated and numbered respectively 12th March 1890 No. 3897 and 3rd November
1892 No. 19,800; and further in tools and presses used for attaching buttons.
I will first describe my improvements in the fasteners and afterwards the tools
and presses used for fixing buttons by means of the fasteuers to garments, bags and
other articles which for the sake of brevity I will hereinafter call the fabric.
In forming the eyelet fastener for attaching buttons according to my present
invention I raise from a thin sheet metallic blank a short tube flanged at bottom
and closed at top the upper half of the said tube having a diametor somewhat less
than the lower half, the smaller upper balf passing into the larger lower half by a
taper or conical shoulder. In order to form the hole or eye in the top or closed
end of the raised tube so as to convert it into an eyelet, I force a pointed tool
axially through the said closed top and thereby press the displaced metal of the
said top inwards and form a short inwardly projecting tube concentric with the axis
of the eyelet.
Figure
of the accompanying drawings represents in elevation, Figure 2 in
vertical section and Figure 3 in plan an eyelet fastener made according to my
invention.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of the
drawings.
a is the larger lower part of the eyelet fastener and a is the smaller upper part
of the same, the two parts a, a passing the one into the other by means of the
tapering or conical shoulder a': a' is the flanged end at the bottom of the eyelet
and a the inwardly projecting tube in the top of the same.
The buttons which I employ with my improved eyelet fasteners have a central
bole through which the smaller end a' of the fastener is introduced after having
been passed through the fabric, the smaller end of the fastener being spread out or
expanded over the marginal edge of the hole in the button by pressure. Covering
caps may be used in connection with the flanged ends of eyelet fasteners made
according to my invention. I prefer to make the central hole in the cap in the
way described with respect to the hole or eye in the eyelet fastener and thereby
form a short inwardly projecting tube in the cap.
Figure 4 represents in vertical section one of my improved eyelet fasteners
attached to a button the flanged end of the said eyelet fastener being provided with
a covering cap. In the said Figure 4, o is the cap on the Hanged end a³ of the
eyelet fastener and is the button attached to the eyelet fastener.
According to my invention I form the hole in the cape Figure 4 in the mannor
described with respect to the inwardly projecting tube at Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 an
inwardly projecting tube being thereby produced. The end of the tube a' is
afterwards expanded within the cap e as represented so as to leave an annular recess
within the cap.
In Figure 5 I have represented an cyclet fastener without an inwardly
projecting tube in the top of the said eyelet fastener and with an ordinary
cap on its flanged end. I wish it to be understood that I may use the eyelet
fasteners without caps on their flanged ends, further the eyelet fasteners Figures 1, 2
and 3 may be used in combination with caps having plain holes as represented in
the eyelet Figura 5.
Aly invention consists further in the use with eyelet fasteners of the kinds
herein before described and illustrated, or with fasteners of a like kind, of a ring of
thin sheet metal the said ring having for its principal object to separate the back
of the button from the fabric to which it is attached. The separating thin sheet
metallic ring has a figuro in cross section somewhat resembling an inverted letter U
the outer edge being slightly upturned and the inner edge being serrated or toothed.
The internal diameter of the said rings is such that they fit the upper or narrow

page_text: parts of the eyelet fasteners herein before described with which fasteners they are-
preferably used though by slightly enlarging the holes in the rings they may be
used with ordinary hollow or tubular button fasteners.
Figure 6 represents in side elevation, vertical section and plan the serrated ring
described, the serrated edge of the said ring being marked and the outer plain
edge d.
Figure 7 represents the said ring applied to one of my improvedi
eyelet fasteners und Figure 8 represents the position of the ring after the attachment.
of a button.
The serrated ring d, d is used as follows. The fabrice having been pressed on
to the stem of the eyelet fastener the serrated ring is passed on to the smaller-
end a of the fastener with its serrations d presented to the fabric as represented
in Figure 7. The button b Figure 8, is then put in position and pressure for fixing
being applied the serrated edge of the ring d, d' is forced down the taper or
conical shoulder a¹ at tho middle of the fastener the serrations or teeth being.
thereby turned outwards and made to engage in the fabric as will be seen by
reference to the attached button Figure 8. It will be seen that the ring d, serves
to separato the fabric e from the back of the button b.
Instead of serrating the inner edge of the ring the outer edge may be serrated
with the same or nearly the same effect and where for greater security it is thought
necessary or desirable both edges of the ring may be serrated.
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Greater freedom of movement may be provided for buttons attached to fabrics.
by hollow fasteners as well as increased space between the back of the button and
the fabric in the following manner. I attach to the button a neck consisting of a.
short flanged tube closed at one end, its closed end being introduced into the central
hole in the button from the back. By the action of a tool an axial holo is made in
the closed end of the short tube the part of the said tube protruding through the
hole in the button being at the same time expanded and thereby loosely riveted to
the said button, the hole in which is slightly larger than the barrel of the neck to
allow movement of the button on the said neck when attached to a fabric. The
part of the closed end of the short tube forced inwards by the piercing tool forms-
an internal tube between which and the part of the short tubo or neck riveted over
the edge of the button the expanded part of the narrow and of the fastener is forced.
when the said fastener is fixed to the button in the attaching operation.
Figure 9 represents in section a button provided with the last described neck
which is preferably loosoly riveted to the button and Figure 10 represents the same-
in position on an ordinary capped eyelet fastener ready for attachment to the fabric
by pressure.
Figure 11 represents in vertical section and Figure 12 in plan the said necked
button attached to the fabric.
Figures 13 to 16 both inclusive represent similar attached buttons with slightly
modified necks as hereinafter particularly described.
It will be seen by an examination of Figure 11 that the upper edge of the
eyelet when pressure is applied is expanded and made to engage in the annular
recess formed between the inwardly projecting tube g' of the neck g and the
riveted over portion of the same on the connecting of the said neck to the button.
Instead of attaching the neck to the button by piercing the same as represented
in Figure 9 the said neck may be attached by indenting the top of the closed tube-
constituting the neck the said indenting of the neck causing the necessary expansion
of the top of the neck for riveting it to the button. A button provided with an
indented nork is represented attached to a piece of fabric in vertical section in
Figure 13 and plan in Figure 14 the indent in the neck being marked g². The
eyelet fastener in Figure 13 is without a cap and is of the kind known as a flat.
flanged eyelet.
1 sometimes dispense altogether with an internal tube or indentation in the
expanded end of the button neck as the recess within the expanded unperforated
end even when flat or convex is sufficient to retain the end of the fastener when,
pressed therein Figures 15 and 16 represent respectively in vertical section and
:

page_text: plan a button attached to a piece of fabric the said button being provided with
neck attached to the button by forming a convex head thereon.
Or I increase the size of the internal tube in the neck Figure 9 until it nearly
fills the expanded protruding portion of the neck which is thus doubled or lined.
Through the enlarged inner tube or liner thus formed the unflanged perforated end
of the eyelet fastener is passed and expanded in the attaching operation.
The lower flauge on the nerk of the button serves to separate the fabric from
the back of the button as will be seen by reference to Figures 11, 13 and 15.
The lower flange of the neck may be covered with a perforated cap in the same
manner as the flange of the eyelet fastonor.
To prevent the edges of the flange on the neck and the flange on the bottom of
the eyelet faster er when used uncapped from cutting the fabric the said edges may
be folded over or doubled.
I will now describe my improvements in the tools and presses which I prefer to
use in attaching buttons to fabrics according to my invention.
I will first describe my improvements as applied to a hand worked. lever press
especially adapted for attaching buttons by means of the eyelet fasteners represented
in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13 and 15 but the said improvements are
applicable with but slight modification to other lover and plunger presses and for
attaching buttons by fasteners other than those described herein.
Figure 17 represents partly in side elevation and partly in section, a hand
worked lever press containing my improvements; Figure 18 represcots in plan of
underside a portion of the lever of the said press; Figures 19 and 20 represent in
vertical section the die part of the press detached and Figures 21 and 22 represent
respectively in elevation, partly in section, and in plan of underside a portion of the
press with a modified punch as hereinafter described.
1 fix in the hollow base or foot of the press a strong plate spring and I make
the stop post hollow and arrange in the said stop post a cylindrical rod the top
of which in the normal position of the parts stands above the top of the stop post
as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 17. The foot of the rod rests ou the
spring h. A hole or depression in the underside of the lever passes over
the stop post, when the lever is brought down, the said hole acting as a
guido for the lover. The die or tool on which tho eyelet fastener a is supported
is screwed into the base of the press the said die having an axial hole through
which a vertical pin m resting on the free ond of the plate spring works freely,
the bottom of the said vertical pin m having au enlargement or foot for preventing
its upward withdrawal. The vertical pin m projects when in its normal position a
considerable distance through the hole in the eyelet fastener a supported on the die
as will be seen by an examination of Figure 19. The hole in the die in which
the vertical pin m works is preferably for about three quarters of its length of a
much greater diameter than the said vertical pin m, the pin fitting a small hole in
the top of the die and a small hole in a plug screwed into the bottom of the die 1.
By this menus friction on the vertical pin m ie reduced and clogging of the hole
in the die with fluff, which accumulates in the said hole, is wholly or in great
part prevented. The clinching or riveting punch n is fixed in the head of the
lever in such a position that when the said lever is brought down the axis of the
said punch n is coincident or in line with the axis of the die 1. In order to press
the button b close upon the fabric during the riveting operation I fix upon the
underside of the lever & a flat plate spring the free end of which projects beyond
the punch and has a hole p' concentric with the axis of the punch so that when the
lever is brought down and the plate spring p has pressed the button b down upon
the fabric the further motion of the lever causes the spring p to yield and the
punch passing through the hole p' in the said spring effects the riveting of
the eyelet fastener.
P
In place of the plate spring presser I may use a punch having a tubular spring
pressed socket thereon the edge of the tubular socket pressing the button and
ensuring its close bearing on the fabric before the punch strikes the protruding

page_text: end of the eyelet fastener. This modification is represented in Figures 21 and 22,
where the punch is marked n and the tubular socket n'; is the coiled spring
acting on the upper edge of the tubular socket.
Or I may effect the same object by making the face of the punch hollow the
marginal part acting in advance of the sunken part of the punch an l pressing tho
button in close contact with the fabric but I prefer the arrangement first
described.
in
From the description hereinbefore given it will be understood that ou the
working of the press the hand, lever. first comes in contact with the rol
the stop posti aud forcing the said rod within the said stop post dopresses the
spring in the base of the press. The vertical pin m in the die / resting on
the said plate spring consequently descends before the descending punch n and
the said punch n and pin m are thereby prevented from coming into actual
contact.
In order to facilitate the passing of the fabric on to the stem of the eyelet
fastener a hollow stiletto g (see Figure 19) is placed on the protruding end of tho
pin m the base of the said stiletto being equal to or slightly greater than the upper
part of the stem of the cyclet fustener. The fabrio being pressed on the pointed
end of the stiletto as indicated in dotted lines in the said Figure 19 a hole is
pierced in the fabric which passing down the stiletto readily passes over its base
onto the stem of the eyelet when the stiletto may be removed.
When the punch is fixed in a vertical plunger the end of the pin m enters a
Emall hole in the centre of the punch. The use of a rod in the stop post is then
unnecessary.
Or the rod in the stop post may be dispensed with in which case the punch n
strikes the pin m aud forces it down; but I prefer the arrangement represented in
the drawings.
I will now describe the operation of attaching a button by the use of the hand
lever press Figure 17. The lever & being in the raised position indicated in dotted
lines the eyelet fastener a is placed flange downwards upon the die . The stilett g
being fixed on the protruding end of the pin m the fabric is pressed on and pierced
by the said stiletto and passing down the saine engages with the eyelet fastener a
on the die . The stiletto ? is removed and a button b, or a serrated ring d, d'
(Figure 6), and button b, are placed on the stem of the eyelet fastener.
lever of the press being brought down the button is first pressed on to the fabric
and the punch n striking the top of the eyelet fastener rivets the said fastener by
which the button is securely attached to the fabric as will be understood by the
description hereinbefore given.
The
Instead of a hollow stiletto fitting upon the vertical pin in the die of the press
a stiletto having a peg at bottom for taking into a tubular vertical pin in the die
may be employed. In this case the vertical pin in the die need not protrude
through the hole in the eyelet fastener nor descend to avoid contact with the punch.
on the operation of the lever.
This modification is represented in the vertical section of the die Figure 20,
being the peg of the stiletto 7 engaging in the hole m³ in the pin m.
For attaching necked buttons of the kinds represented in Figures 9 to 16 both
inclusive, the spring presser p is dispoused with. The flanged end of the buttou
neck is placed upon the protruding portion of the pin m after the stiletto is removed
as is represented in Figure 23. On the descent of the lever & the punch presses
upon the end of the neck and rivets or expands the end of the fastener in the
annular recess within the neck as will be seen by reference to the sections
Figures 11, 13 and 15.
Or I modify the tools to be used in the press as follows;-The spring button
presser carried by the lover of the press is replaced by a forked button clip or
holder. The neck of the button is ongaged in the arms of the forked clip and the
button occupies the space between the face of the punch and the upper side of the
forked clip so that when the lever is brought down the button and its neck are

page_text: forced onto the eyelet fastener by which action the eyelet fastener is engaged with
the said neck in the manner herein before described.
The modified tools last described are shown in connection with a treadle worked
press in side elevation in Figure 24. section in Figure 25 and plan in Figure 26.
In the said Figures 24, 25 and 26, r is the rod connected at one end to the tont
plate or lover (not shown in the drawings) of the press and at its other end to the
long arms of the lever, which lever operates the punch carrying lover & through
the link u.
On removal of the pressure of the fout from the treadle of the machine
the long plate spring acting under the pin s ou the long arms of the levers,
raises the said lever and brings the parts of the press into their raised or non-acting
position.
The base or table of the press is provided with a plate spring for supporting
the pin m in the die and the said spring is depressed so as to prevent contact of the
pin m with the punch n by the long arms of the lever a, a pressing down the rod
situated in the stop post and bearing on the spring h, p is tho forked clip attached
to the acting levert of the press and the manner in which the said clip bolds the
necked button will be readily understood by reference to the Figures 24 and 25.
Instead of the arrangement last described for fixing the necked buttons I some-
times make in the axis of the clinching punch, a peg the end of which fits the
interior tube in the unflanged end of the neck of a button so that when the button
is presented face foremost to the punch the peg enters the tube and the neck and
button is retained thereon by friction. On the descent of the punch the peg
carries the button neck exactly in line with the end of the eyelet fastener which
is expanded by that part of the punch around the base of the peg. The peg is
preferably of a sufficient length to pierce the fabric and the use of a stiletto is
dispensed with.
The modified punch last described is represented in connection with a vertical
plunger press in side elevation in Figure 27 and in front elevation (partly in
section) in Figure 28.
In the said Figures 27 and 28, n is the peg of the punch n on which the neck
of the button is pressed and held by friction as will be understood by reference to
Figure 28.
In order to facilitate the removal of the button after attachment from the peg n'
on which it is tightly pressed in the riveting operation I provide the punch with a
sliding sleeve which on the rising motion of the plunger comes in contact with
the part w of the frame of the press and pushes the button off the peg.
0
To fix a button by the vertical plunger press last described an eyelet fastener is
placed upon the spring pin m, the fabric is put over the said eyelet fastener and a
button is pressed on the peg n of the punch n. On the descent of the plunger of
the press the peg n pierces the fabric and enters the fastener the end of which is
riveted or clinched within the buttou by the part of the punch n around the
pointed peg n³.
I have described the attaching of buttons by means of such fasteners as are
described herein, but the tools with slight modification are applicable to the fixing
of buttons having other kinds of tubular fasteners whether the said fasteners aro
separate from or form an integral part of the buttons with which they are to be
used.
1 wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the use of a spring button
presser or a spring button clip in connection with the punches of the presses
bereinbefore described as the eyelet fasteners may be riveted and the buttons
attached by the said punches alone.
Though I have described and represented and prefer to employ presses as the
speediest and most eflective means of attaching buttons with eyelet fasteners made
according to my invention, yet I wish it to be understood that the necked buttons
hereinbalore described can be attached by merely pressing the smaller end of the
jastener within the neck with moderate force, which is conveniently applied
either by pliers or by a slight blow of a hammer upon the expanded part of the

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neck after the fastener is inserted. When intended to be affixel by means of the
blow of a hammer or the like the fastener may be closed at either or both oals as
represented in Figure 29. .
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that I claim
as my invention of:-"Improvements in attaching buttons to garments bags and
other articles and in tools and presses used for that purpose,”.
First. The improved button fastener hereinbefore described and illustrated in
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8 of the accompanying drawings, the said fastener
consisting essentially of a short tube flanged at bottom the upper part or half of
the said tube having a diameter somewhat less than the lower part or half, the two
parts passing into one another by a taper or conical shoulder the unflanged end
having a short inwardly projecting tube substantially as hereinbefore described ant
illustrated.
Secondly. Forming in the caps for the flanged or bottom ends of oyelet
fasteners for attaching buttons to fabrics inwardly projecting tubes the ends of
which tubes are afterwards expanded for the purpose of providing an annular
recess within the cap substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in
Figures 4 and 8 of the accompanying drawings.
Thirdly. The use in combination with a fastener for attaching buttons to fabrics
of a thin sheet metallic ring the edge of which has a figure in cross section
somewhat resembling an inverted letter U, the said ring having an internal
diameter suitable to fit the fastener, one or other or both edges of the U shaped
ring being toothed or serrated substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described and illustrated in Figures 6, 7 and 8 of the accompanying drawings.
Fourthly. The combination with buttons to be attached to fabrics by hollow or
eyelet fasteuers, of a tubular neck closed or partly closed at top and flanged at
bottom the said neck being connected to the button by spreading out or enlarging
its upper or unflanged end so as to make it engage with the marginal edge of the
hole in the button, the inner part of the enlarged portion forming an annular
recess within the neck substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in
Figures 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of the accompanying drawings.
Fifthly. In a button attaching press or machine, the combination with a vertical
pin working in the die of the press or machine of a stiletto the base of which is
hollow for fitting upon the part of the vortical pin protruding through the hollow
fastener substantially as and for the purpose herein before described and illustrated
in Figure 19 of the accompanying drawings; also the modification illustrated in
Figure 20 in which the stiletto is furnished with a peg for engaging in a hole made
in the pin of the die substantially as described.
Sixthly. In a button attaching press or machine in which is employed a pin
supported upon a plate spring in the base of the press so as to be capable of a
rising and falling motion in au axial hole in the die, the use of a rod situated in a
hole in the stop post or frame of the press the lower end of which rod rests upon
the plate spring referred to and the upper end projects above the stop post or frame
so as to be within the range of motion of the lover of the press by which it is
forced down on the operation of the lever and made to depress the plate spring
which thereby permits the pin in the die to descend before the descending riveting
punch substantially as herein before described and illustrated in Figures 17, 19, 20,
24, 25, 27 and 28 of the accompanying drawings.
Seventhly. In a button attaching press or machine the use in combination with
the punch, of a button pressing spring for pressing the button on to the fabric
before the riveting puuch comes into action substantially as herein before described
and illustrated in Figures 17 and 18 of the accompanying drawings; also the
modification hereinbefore described with respect to Figures 21 and 22 in which
5 the punch is provided with a spring pressed socket or tube for pressing the button
on to the fabric substantially as described and illustrated.

page_text: Lastly. In a button attaching press or machine the uso of a punch having an
axial peg or piercer for holding and carrying a necked button and for piercing the
fabric prior to the riveting operation together with the sliding sleeve for releasing
the button from the peg on the upward motion of the punch substantially as
herein before described and illustrated in Figures 27 and 28 of the accompanying 6
drawings.
Dated the Twenty-seventh day of November 1895.