IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENER-BUTTONS FOR ARTICLES OF CLOTHING AND THE LIKE
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I, EDWARD GARDNER COLTON, of the firm of Popplewell Colton & Co. of
Victoria Chambers Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of
the Institute of Patent Agents do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENER-BUTTONS FOR ARTICLES OF CLOTHING AND THE
LIKE" to be as follows:-
This Invention has reference to an improved button that can be attached quickly
to the fabric without needle and thread and without requiring special appliances
for connecting the head to the shank of the button; and the Invention consists of
a button the head of which is composed of a cap or face plate, an intermediate
recessed spring plate having upwardly bent inner edges and a bottom plate having
a central opening and annular rim (integral with it or separate) upon which the.
spring of the spring plate rests.
The shoe or base plate of the button has a shank that is either provided with
an enlarged head or with an annular groove or with a number of grooves that
form ribs. The diameter of the shank is slightly smaller than the diameter of the
central aperture of the bottom plate so that the head can be readily inserted
through the central opening of the bottom plate after it has been passed by a
needle or other wire through the cloth or other fabric. The button head is then
pres-ed down over the shank until the inner ends of the teeth of the intermediate
spring plate engage with the head of the shank and establish the firm connection
of the button head and shank. When the button head is once applied to the shank
of the shoe it cannot be detached therefrom except by forcibly disconnecting the
parts of the button. The head of the button is quickly attached to the shank
without requiring special mechanical appliances so that the button is adapted for
use in the wholesale manufacture of clothes as well as for domestic purposes.
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page_text: I EDWARD GARDNER COLTON of the firm of Popplewell Colton & Co. of Victoria.
Chambers Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the
Institute of Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENER BUTTONS FOR ARTICLES OF CLOTHING AND THE
LIKE, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This Invention has reference to an improved button that can be attached
quickly to the fabric without needle and thread and without requiring special
appliances for connecting the head to the shank of the button; and the Invention'
consists of a button the head of which is composed of a cap or face-plate an
intermediate recessed spring plate having upwardly bent inner edges and a bottom-
plate having a central opening and an annular rim integral with it or separate
upon which the teeth of the spring-plate rest.
In the accompanying Drawings Figs. 1 and 2 represent vertical transverse
sections of the head of my improved button, shewing two different forms of the
same.
Fig. 3, shews side-views of different forms of the shank of the shoe or base
plate of the buttons, Figs. 4 and 5 are detail top-views of the intermediate spring-
plate of the button-head and
Figs. 6 and 7 are vertical transverse sections of the button with the shank of
the shoe or base-plate inserted into the head of the button.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
In the Drawings A represents the head of my improved button, said head being
composed of three parts, a cap or face-plate a, a bottom-plate 6 having a central
opening b¹, and an intermediate spring-plate d which is provided with radial
slits or recesses d' that form spring-teeth, the inner ends d² of which are bent
upwardly, as shewn clearly in the Drawings.
The central opening b₁ of the bottom-plate 6 of the button-head A is provided
with an annular inwardly projecting rim 62 which rim serves as an abutment for
the teeth of the intermediate spring-plate d. This rim may be either made integral
with the bottom plate b or separately therefrom, in which latter case it is provided
with a tubular shank e that extends through the central opening of the bottom
plate, as shewn clearly in Figs. 2 and 7. The lower end of said tubular shank is
bent outwardly, so as to rest upon the cloth or other fabric to which the button is
attached. This form is of advantage for buttons in which a certain space between
the fabric and the button-head is required. The tubular shank e serves like the
rim of the bottom-plate 6 for supporting the teeth of the intermediate spring-
plate d.
The shoe or base-plate of the button has a shank that is either provided with an
enlarged head or with an annular groove or with a number of grooves that form
ribs.
The diameter of the shank is slightly smaller than the diameter of the central
aperture of the bottom-plate so that the head can be readily inserted through the
central opening of the bottom-plate after it has been passed by a needle or other
wire through the cloth or other fabric. The button-head is then pressed down over
the sbank until the inner ends d² of the teeth of the intermediate spring-plate
engage the head of the shank and establish the firm connection of the button-head
and shank.
When the button-head is once applied to the shank of the shoe it cannot be
detached therefrom except by forcibly disconnecting the parts of the button. The

page_text: head of the button is quickly attached to the shank without requiring special
mechanical appliances, so that the button is adapted for use in the wholesale
manufacture of clothes as well as for domestic purposes.
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Having thus described my Invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by
Letters Patent :-
A fastener-button composed of a cap or face plate, a perforated bottom plate with
an integral or separate annular rim or tubular shank and an intermediate spring
plate having teeth with upwardly bent inner ends arranged to spring over and lock
a head or projection on a shank extending through the fabric into the button
substantially as described.