Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 27th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 18th Dec., 1897
I, WILLIAM BURT, of 68, Higher Hillgate, Stockport, in the County of Chester,
Shoe-maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in button fasteners the object being to
dispense with the back plate formerly used and thus simplify the fastener so as to
be produced cheaper.
My improved button fastener I stamp out of sheet metal in one piece so as to have
a head and two pointed fangs opposite to each other and projecting at right angles or
thereabouts. This fastener I use in connection with buttons having a cross bar, loop
or eye as shank, the said fangs being passed through the material to which the button
is to be fastened and then over the said bar or through the said loop or eye or shank
of the button, as the case may be, and finally bent over in opposite directions.
1000
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.
Agents to Applicant.
I, WILLIAM BURT, of 68, Higher Hillgate, Stockport, in the County of Chester,
Shoe-maker, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in button fasteners, the object being to
dispense with the loose back plate and thus simplify the fastener so as to be produced
cheaper and to allow the button to freely move on the fastener and thus button much
easier.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to be
appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference indicating
like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 is a plan of the fastener as stamped out in the blank. Fig. 2 is an end
view and Fig. 3 a plan thereof as ready for use. Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation
of a button in the act of being secured by means of the fastener. Fig. 5 is a sectional
side elevation of a button secured and Fig. 6 a plan thereof. Figs. 7, 8 & 9 are
sectional side elevations of button and fastener and Fig. 10 a plan of Fig. 9 of some
modifications of my invention.
In carrying out my invention I stamp my improved button fastener out of sheet
metal in one piece so as to have a head a and two pointed fangs a¹, a¹ opposite each

page_text: other, as shown in Fig. 1. The said fangs are afterwards bent so as to project from
the head a upwards at right angles or thereabouts with their points slightly displaced,
as shown in Figs. 2 & 3, so that the 'fangs when bent inwards as hereinafter
described, easily pass each other. The fastener I use for buttons b having a loose or
fixed cross bar, loop or eye as shank, such as b¹. When fastening the button by
means of a hand tool the material c is pressed on the fangs a, a¹ and then the button
and hand tool d'are placed over the same, as shown in Fig. 4. The said hand tool is
in the form of a punch having a cup shaped lower end d' adapted to receive and bend
the said fangs inward side by side over the said bar or through the said loop or eye
or shank, as the case may be, and finally downwards and into the material cif
desired, as shown in Figs. 5 & 6.
When fastening the button by means of a machine the punch d described serves
as a die upon which the button is placed in an inverted position with the material
over it, whilst the fastener is brought down upon it by a plunger which forces the
fangs through the material and button into the cup shaped die adapted to bend the
fangs over in the same manner as previously described in respect of Figs. 4, 5 & 6.
When using my improved fastener for buttons with covered tops, see Figs. 7 & 8,
I form the centre of the top e with a cup el adapted to receive and bend the fang ends
over when the punch d is applied thereto or the button is placed into the aforesaid
die.
In some cases I may cover the back a of the fastener with a round plate f,.as shown
in Figs. 9 & 10, which gives the fastener a more finished appearance and better
hold.
It will be readily seen from the foregoing, that my improved fastener gives the
button perfect freedom, such as if stitched on and thus renders it easy to button,
besides being much more securely and quickly fastened than hitherto.
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-
A button fastener stamped ont of sheet metal having two opposing fangs a¹, a¹,
projecting upwarda, adapted to be bent inwards over the shank or bar or through the
loop bl of the button and downwards, the points of the said fangs being displaced to
facilitate the passing of each other in being bent inwards, all substantially as and for
the purpose set forth.