Improvements in and connected with Buttons and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 27th July, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 4th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 10th Nov., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Buttons and the like.
I, THOMAS ROBERT WING of 8 Lower Clapton Road in the County of
Middlesex Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
.
My invention consists of improvements in and connected with buttons and the
like, and is for minimising the danger of buttons tearing away from the article with
which they are being worn or used, and to permit their being taken off one article
and transferred to another intact, and for other purposes. I carry this into effect
by making a back shank, or such as would serve the purpose, with a description of
split stud or pin of two or more vertical sections, the end of such stud or pin being
preferably made conical shape.
To complete the whole I take a description of button with a hole of sufficient size
made in it and force it over the split pin or stud and falling into a groove in the
split pin or stud, releases the vertical sections, (which return to their proper
position) and at once becomes secured. To release the button the vertical sectional
pin is pressed inwards by any suitable means, the springy properties of the pin or
stud making this an easy operation.
Dated this 27th don of I.1 100
T. R. WING,
8, Lower Clapton Road, London, N.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Buttons and the like.
I, THOMAS ROBERT WING of 8 Lower Clapton Road in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer, 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 :-
My invention consists of improvements in and connected with buttons and the
like and is for minimising the danger of such buttons tearing away from the article
with which they are being worn or used, and to permit their being taken off one
article and transferred to another, and for other purposes.
I carry this into effect by making a back shank or such as would serve the
purpose with a description of split stud or pin of two or more vertical sections,
the end of such stud or pin being preferably made conical shape. To complete
the whole I take a description of button with a hole of sufficient size made in its
centre and force it over the split pin or stud and falling into a groove in and around
the split pin or stud releases the vertical sections which spring back to their proper
position and at once becomes secured.
To release the button the vertical sectional pin is pressed inwards or together by
any suitable means, such as a small pair of pliers, the springy properties of the pin
or stud making this an easy operation.
When the pins or prongs are so pressed together the ferruled button, or button
with a hole in its centre, comes out of the grooves and away from the aforesaid
pins or prongs. I may make the pinned or pronged part of my button by cutting
out a piece of copper, brass or other metal or material down its vertical centre,
completely from side to side, (so that, the said pins or prongs would in cross

page_text: section represent almost a half round), to a point near the shank or base or where
it would be secured to the shank or base, where I prefer to leave it in its complete
circle or other shape in which I may make it, having found that by so doing the
springy properties before refer to and desired are greater assured.
The pins or prongs and shank may be stamped out or made in one piece, or I
may make the pins or prongs in a separate piece or two or more sections, and
afterwards rivet or otherwise attach and join them to the shank or base. I may
further obtain my shank and pins or prongs by bending a piece of steel or other
wire, or other like or suitable material into a shape to serve for a shank with the
pins or prongs projecting therefrom, with the necessary grooves in and around them
to receive the ferruled button or button with a hole in its centre.
I can to serve the purpose of my ferruled button, convert existing buttons, by
cutting or stamping a hole in their centre, but I would prefer to have them
originally made with only the one hole in them for my purpose.
When the pins or prongs are forced through the cloth or other material with
which they are being worn or used, they only make a hole of sufficient size to permit
them to pass through, the cloth between them remaining uninjured and affording
greater security for the button, and prevent the moving about experienced with
other forms of buttons or button fasteners, and injuring a less amount of the article
with which they are being worn or used than has hitherto been the case.
For service buttons or the like I prefer to carry my pins or prongs from the
back of the button proper or its shank, and fix them with the ferruled button, or
button with a hole in its centre at the inside of the garment. The holes usually
punched in the garment 1 would prefer to bisect by stitching or otherwise, so that
my prongs would pass through the hole on either side of the stitching and effectually
prevent the button from moving about.
In the accompanying enlarged drawings:
Fig. 1 is a side view of the shank and pins or prongs shaped from a steel or other
wire or other suitable material.
Fig. 2 is a side view of the shank and pins or prongs.
Fig. 3. is a plan of same.
Fig. 4. is a section of the ferruled button, or button, with a hole in its centre.
A in Figs. 1. 2 and 3 is the shank or base, B¹ and B Figs. 1. 2 and 3 the vertical
pins or prongs made with the said shank A, or riveted or otherwise attached
thereto, & Fig. 2 being the solid or uncut part above the same.
D' and D Figs. 1 and 2 are the grooves in and around the prongs or pins B¹
and B into which the ferruled button Fig. 4 fixes, at and around the circumference
of the hole in the centre of the same as at E Fig. 4.
F. Fig. 3 will represent the cloth uninjured between the aforesaid pins or
prongs B1 and B2, G the holes made by same in passing through the cloth H or
other material with which they are being worn or used.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
1. A button or the like constructed of a shank or base with pins or prongs
projecting centrally from the surface of the same and having a groove in and
around their outer circumference, into which fixes when forced over and down the
pins or prongs aforesaid, a button or disc or the like at and around the circumference
of a hole in the centre of the same, substantially as described and set forth in the
foregoing Specification and accompanying drawings.
2. A detachable button as set forth in the foregoing Specification and
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 4th day of October 190A
THOMAS R. WING.