AN IMPROVED FLEXIBLE COMBINATION BUTTON AND FASTENER
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas William. Taylor of No 240 Great King Street
Birmingham in the County of Warwick Designer Die Sinker Stamper Tool
Maker and Piercer for an Invention of "AN IMPROVED FLEXIBLE COMBINATION
BUTTON AND FASTENER
"
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas; William Taylor at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, on the 30th May 1883.
THOMAS WILLIAM TAYLOR of N° 240. Great King Street Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Designer, Die Sinker, Stamper, Tool Maker, and Piercer,
AN IMPROVED FLEXIBLE COMBINATION BUTTON AND FASTENER
The Button and Fastener are combined in one piece, and can be adapted for
Boots, Shoes, Gloves, Wearing Apparel and for various other purposes. The
Button and Fastener can be easily applied and, require no Stitching on, being.
fastened by the metal Tube being turned back as, and forming an Eyelet. This
Eyelet being flat and smooth will not hurt the Instep when the Invention is
applied to Boots or Shoes as in other Fasteners which have Washers behind. The
Eyelet also gives more security and has a neater appearance.
The Button is made with a plain Shank in place of the ordinary loop. The
Shank passes through a convex half ball, terminating in a head which prevents it
being drawn through. The Shank allows the Button to revolve in any direction,
thus preventing the possibility of the Button being twisted or broken off. This
revolving movement is a great improvement and advantage over Stitched or fixed
Buttons which are easily twisted or broken off Boots or Shoes or any other Articles
to which they may be attached especially when a Hook is used (as is usually done,)
for buttoning. The Flexible Combination Button and Fastener when fixed on to
Boots or Shoes or other Articles cannot possibly come off
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page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Thomas William Taylor in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
30th November 1883.
THOMAS WILLIAM TAYLOR of 240; Great King Street Birmingham in the
County of Warwick, Designer, Die Sinker, Stamper, Tool Maker and Piercer,
AN IMPROVED FLEXIBLE COMBINATION BUTTON AND FASTENER
"
The Button and Fastener are combined in one piece and can be adapted for
Boots, shoes, gloves, wearing apparel, and for various other purposes. The Button
and Fastener can be easily applied and requires no stitching, being fastened by the
metal tube being turned back as and forming an eyelet. This eyelet being flat
and smooth will not hurt the instep when the invention is applied to boots or
shoes, or in other fasteners which have washers behind the eylet also gives more
security and has a neater appearance.
The Button is made with a plain shank in place of the ordinary loop-the shank
passes through a convex plate terminating in a head which prevents it from being
drawn through. The shank allows the button to revolve in any direction, thus
preventing the possibility of the button being twisted or broken off. This revolving
movement is a great improvement and advantage over stitched or fixed Buttons
which are easily twisted or broken off boots or shoes or any other articles to which
they may be attached especially when a button hook is used (as is usually done)
for buttoning. The flexible combination button and fastener when fixed on to
boots or shoes or other articles cannot possibly become detached.
And in order that my said invention may be clearly understood reference is
hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference
indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation (on an enlarged scale) of one method of carrying
out my invention -a is the button, 6 the shank, and c is the tube by which the
button is secured to the leather or other material, d. The shank b has two heads
or beads, 6 6 which secure the attachment of the button to the shank and the.
Bhank to the tube. The bole in the button being larger than the shank allows
considerable play and flexibility to exist in the attachment, and the same arrange-
ment is adopted where 6º. is secured to the simicircular end of the tube e.
upper end of the tube has a flange e¹ which rests upon the outside of the material d
and the lower end of the tube is spread out and forms a flange e* whereby the tube
is firmly secured to the material d.
The
Previously to the insertion of the tube c into the material d the tube has the
form shewn in figure 2, in which figure another form of my invention is shewn.
The shank b is fixed to the button a firmly and without flexibility by the head b¹.
But flexibility and rotation are provided for by the end 6ª being secured in a
similar manner to that shewn in Figure 1.
In Figure 3 the attachment of the button is effected in a similar manner to that
of Fig: 2, with the exception that a flange is added (marked f) over which the end
of the tube c is secured as shewn.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I claim
.
1 The method means and arrangement for fastening buttons to boots and other
articles substantially as herein before described and shewn on the drawings
2 The use and manufacture of buttons with shanks and tubes to form eyelets as
herein before described and shewn on the drawings Figures 1. 2 and 3. or any mere
modification thereof

page_text: 3. The use and manufacture of the shanks and tubes severally as attachments
to buttons and together forming my improved flexible combination button and
fastener substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn on the drawings
In witness whereof I the said Thomas William Taylor have bereunto set my
hand and seal this twenty ninth day of November in the year of our Lord 1883.
T. W. TAYLOR. (L.S.)