AN IMPROVED SLEEVE. BUTTON OR STUD
Year: 1885

page_text: I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the firm of A. M. and Wm. Clark; of
53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
SLEEVE. BUTTON OR STUD," (a communication to me from abroad by Read Benedict
of New Brighton in the County of Richmond (Manufacturer) and Harry M. Scott
of Brooklyn in the County of Kings (Manufacturer) both in the State of New
York, United States of America) and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This Invention consists principally of a sleeve button or stud having a twisted
shank with attached plate whereby the plate or bottom may be easily inserted
into a button hole in a garment.
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The invention also consists in forming the button shank and plate together of
a single piece of sheet metal bent into form to be soldered or otherwise secured to
the bottom or underside of the button proper.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts parts
in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a bottom view of the button or stud. Figures 2 and 3 are side
views of the same. Figure 4 shows the blank for forming the shank and plate in
one piece, and Figure 5 shows a modified form of shank and plate.
The shank a secured to the top portion' b of the button is formed with a twist c
that facilitates the passage of the bottom part or plate d through a button hole.
Above the twist c the shank is by preference made flat as shown at c¹ to not
materially spread the button hole and to prevent the button from turning in the
button hole and the plate d is set off the centre or stands to one side of the shank
below the twist c so that the shank will not interfere with the passage of the
greater portion of the plate & through the button hole before any portion of the
shank reaches or enters the button hole,

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The shank a and plate & may be made of separate parts soldered together if
desired, but it is preferred to make them together of a blank or single piece of
sheet metal D figure 4 cut with a circular portion m, narrow portion n and wider
portion o which is slotted to form the side pieces o¹, o¹. The blank D thus cut or
stamped out is simply to be bent into form ready to be secured to the button
proper b, that is, the narrow portion n is first given a one quarter turn or twist,
then the circular portion m is bent at right angles to the narrow portion n, then
the parts o¹ o¹, are bent in opposite directions to stand at right angles to the
narrow portion n. The parts o¹, o' are to be soldered or otherwise secured to the
under surface of the top portion 6 of the button as shown in the drawings but if
desired as where the blanks are made of heavy plates of metal and need no bracing,
the side pieces o', o¹ may be omitted as shown in Figure 5, the upper edge of the
shank being soldered directly to the bottom of the button.
To attach the button to a garment, the plate d is simply to be slipped through
the button hole and the button turned one quarter around and the twist c worked
through, which can be quickly and easily done without materially spreading or
opening the button hole either with the shank of the button or with the fingers.
The spiral or twist having been passed through the button hole the flat portion cl
will enter it also without materially spreading the button hole, and the side of the
button hole will come against the sides of the part c¹ and provent the button from
turning which causes plate d to hold the button securely in place in the button
hole.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. A button or stud having a twisted or spiral shank with attached bottom
plate substantially as described.
2. The shank a made flat and twisted at c in combination with the top portion b
and bottom plate d off set from the shank substantially as described.
3. The shank a and plate d made of a single piece of sheet metal with twist c
substantially as described.
4. The shank a and plate d made of a single piece of sheet metal with twist c
above the plate d and with the plates o¹ o¹ at the top of the shank substantially as
described,
Dated this 14th day of July 1885