AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR BUTTONS, STUDS, BREAST PINS, BROOCHES, AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents,
66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for the
Invention of "AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR BUTTONS, STUDS, BREAST PINS,
BROOCHES, AND OTHER ARTICLES."-A. communication from abroad by
W. Kuplenschmidt, of the City of New York.
Sealed the 30th July 1861, and dated the 5th March 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Newton:
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
5th March 1861.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane,'
in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature.
of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR BUTTONS, STUDS, BREAST
PINS, BROOCHES, AND OTHER ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
This Invention of an improved fastening for buttons, studs, breast pins,
brooches, and other articles, consists in the employment of a needle-pointed
spiral of peculiar form attached to the under side of a button, stud, breast pin,"
brooch, or other similar device, for the purpose of securing the same to the
cloth or other material at any place without the necessity of previously cutting
a hole into the material. The inner end of the spiral is bent up at right'
angles to the helical part of the spiral, and secured to the button or other
device in place of the eye or loop generally used for fastening buttons, and the

page_text: helical part of the spiral is so arranged that its inner extremity (where it joines
the vertical portion) is the lowest, while at the same time the point is bent.
down, the whole being so arranged that it can easily be attached to the cloth
or other material, but when once attached it cannot be taken off except by.
turning it backwards, while at the same time an outward strain is exerted
on it.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Newton in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 3rd September 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty. Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William Edward Newton, Her special license that I, the
said William Edward Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said William Edward Newton, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of
Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR BUTTONS, STUDS, BREAST
PINS, BROOCHES, AND OTHER ARTICLES," being a communication from abroad,
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Edward Newton,
by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Edward Newton, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say) :-

page_text: This Invention of "An Improved Fastening for Buttons, Studs, Breast Pins,
Brooches, and other Articles," consists in the employment of a needle-pointed
spiral of peculiar form attached to the under side of a button, stud, breast pin,
brooch, or other similar device, for the purpose of securing the same to the
cloth or other material at any place without the necessity of previously cutting
a hole into the material. The inner end of the spiral is bent up at right
angles to the helical part of the spiral, and secured to the button or other
device in place of the eye or loop generally used for fastening buttons, and the
helical part of the spiral is so arranged that its inner extremity (where it joins
the vertical portion) is the lowest, while at the same time the point is bent
down, the whole being so arranged that it can easily be attached to the cloth
or other material, but when once attached it cannot be taken off except by
turning it backwards, while at the same time an outward strain is exerted
on it.
In the accompanying Drawing, Fig. 1 represents a back view of a button
with the needle-pointed spiral adapted thereto; Fig. 2. is, a side elevation of
the same before it has been secured to the cloth; Fig. 3 is a similar view of the
same after it has been attached to the cloth.
The spiral A is made of brass wire or of any other suitable material of
sufficient strength to resist the strain to which it may be subjected. Its inner
end or stem a is bent up at right angles to the helical part b, and it is secured
to the button B, in place of the loop or eye generally used for fastening
buttons to a garment with a thread and needle. The helix 6 itself is bent in
such a manner that its inner end where it joins the stem a is the lowest, and
it makes a little more than one complete revolution. The outer end c of the
helix is sharp pointed, and it is slightly bent, as shewn in Figs. 2 and 3 of
the Drawing, so that the point is a little below the inner or lowest point of the
helix. If it be desired to fasten the button to any part of a garment, the point c
is passed through the cloth or other material, and the button is turned so as to
pass the spiral wire A into the material similar to a screw. One of the
improved buttons can thus be readily attached to any part of a coat or other
garment without sewing and without cutting a hole in the material.
This improved fastening opens its own hole, and when once attached to the
garment is not likely to come off accidentally, as, in order to screw it out, it is
necessary to exert sufficient strain on the button to carry the inner end of the
helix above its outer portion, in order to bring it in such a position that it can
be unscrewed by turning backwards. If no such strain is exerted on the
button it may be turned round and round without it becoming unscrewed, as
will be clearly understood by reference to Fig. 3 of the Drawing.

page_text: This fastening is, exceedingly simple in construction, and can be made
cheaply, and it can readily be adapted; not only to buttons but to breast pins,
shirt studs, brooches, or any other analogous articles.
.:.
Having now described this Invention of an improved fastening for buttons,
studs, breast pins, brooches, and other articles, and having explained the
manner of carrying the same into effect, as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent as aforesaid, I claim as the Invention secured to me by
Letters Patent as aforesaid, the adaptation to the above-mentioned or other
analogous articles of a needle-pointed spiral A, or other analogous contrivance
in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth..
.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Newton, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Third day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
W. E. NEWTON. (L.s.)