IMPROVE- MENTS IN METALLIC FASTENERS FOR ATTACHING BUTTONS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Andrews of 154 Wheeler Street Birmingham in
the County of Warwick, Press Tool Maker for an invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN METALLIC FASTENERS FOR ATTACHING BUTTONS
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Andrews at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th March 1882.
HENRY ANDREWS of 154 Wheeler Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Press Tool Maker. "IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC FASTENERS FOR
ATTACHING BUTTONS."
The object of my said invention is to provide a cheap, neat, and effective means
of attaching and detaching buttons, without the necessity of sewing the same, and
is applicable to buttons which are made with shanks.
Wherever a button is required to be fixed to any article of dress, or other article
requiring the same, a small hole is made in the article by means of a suitable
punch or other tool. The shank of the button is passed through this hole, and a
metallic hook (with a flat plate attached thereto) is passed through the shank of
the button. The shank of the button is then drawn out of the hole, followed by
the metallic hook, the bend only of which hook projects through the material, and
the flat plate keeps the hook in its place. The button is then suitably attached
to the article, and the outer side of the plate of the hook being flat, or but slightly
rounded, causes no inconvenience to the wearer.
Each hook is formed from a single piece of metal (by preference) being stamped
or cut out by suitable dies or tools. It consists of a central portion, which may be
square, oval, elliptical, circular, or of any other convenient shape. The two
opposite sides of such central portion, and forming one piece therewith, are two
small arms, terminating in hooks. These arms are afterwards brought towards
each other and laid upon the plate, the two hooks or arms being so bent and
raised as then to form one hook, at right angles to the plate. The hook, although
formed blank with two arms, becomes and acts as a single hook.
The button may be removed by simply pressing its shank through the hole, when
the fastener can be unhooked from the shank.
I do not confine myself to the aforesaid mode of constructing the fasteners, as
the same form of book may be obtained by other means.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Henry Andrews in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
13th September 1882.
HENRY ANDREWS, of 154 Wheeler Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Press Tool Maker, "IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC FASTENERS FOR
ATTACHING BUTTONS,"
The object of my said invention is to provide a cheap, neat, and effective means
of attaching and detaching buttons, without the necessity of sewing the same, and
is applicable to buttons which are made with shanks.
Wherever a button is required to be fixed to any article of dress, or other article
requiring the same, a small hole is made in the article by means of a suitable punch
or other tool. The shank of the button is passed through this hole, and a metallic
hook (with a flat plate attached thereto) is passed through the shank of the
button. The shank of the button is then drawn out of the hole, followed by the
metallic hook, the bend only of which hook projects through the material, and the
flat plate keeps the hook in its place. The button is then suitably attached to
the article, and the outer side of the plate of the hook being flat, or but slightly
rounded, causes no inconvenience to the wearer.
Each hook is formed from a single piece of metal (by preference) being stamped
or cut out by suitable dies or tools. It consists of a central portion, which may
be square, oval, elliptical, circular, or of any other convenient shape. The two
opposite sides of such central portion, and forming one piece therewith, are
provided with two small arms, terminating in hooks. These arms are afterwards
brought towards each other and laid upon the plate, the two hooks or arms being
so bent and raised as then to form one hook, at right angles to the plate. The
hook although formed in blank with two arms, becomes and acts as a
The button may be removed by simply pressing its shank through the hole,
when the fastener can be unhooked from the shank.
single hook.
I do not confine myself to the aforesaid mode of constructing the fasteners, as
the same form of hook may be obtained by other means.
And in order that my said invention may be clearly understood reference is
hereby made to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures thereon,
similar letters indicating corresponding parts in the several figures, such figures
being drawn to a greatly enlarged scale.
Fig 1 represents a blank, as cut from a sheet of brass or other suitable metal:
a is the central portion upon which the two arms bb are bent and folded by
suitable tools.
Fig. 2 is a side view of the hook as it appears when finished.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same, finished.
Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the hook in position, fixed to a button d is the
button, c is one half of the shank. e is the material to which the button is attached.
The space is the hole, previously made, through which the shank c is passed for
the purpose of attaching the hook thereto. The button can be removed when
desired. The thickness of the material e being about equal to the distance from
the plate a to the tip or point of the hook b, the button cannot become detached
in ordinary use and wear.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I claim :-
The formation and manufacture of metallic fasteners such as herein before

page_text: described and shewn for attaching buttons and the use of the same in the manner
substantially as hereinbefore described and shown on the drawings, or any mere
modification thereof.
In witness whereof I the said Henry Andrews have hereunto set my hand
and seal this twelfth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty two.
HENRY ANDREWS. (L.S.)