Cloth or any similar Material without the Aid of Sewing.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 15th June, 1886.
Complete Left, 14th Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 17th May, 1887.
Cloth or any similar Material without the Aid of Sewing.
I, THOMAS HAINES of 40 Evesham Street, Redditch in the County of Worcester,
Outfitter do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE
MANNER OF FIXING BUTTONS UPON CLOTH OR ANY SIMILAR MATERIAL WITHOUT THE
AID OF SEWING to be as follows :—
In place of the metal shank usually affixed to buttons I take a piece of gimp or
any smooth cord of such length as will allow of a knot a figure 1 being tied in one
end of it, leaving the rest of the gimp or cord of about the length of three-quarters of
an inch. This piece of gimp or cord I fix as a shank in any hollow-made button by
passing the end marked b in the same figure, through the hole ordinarily made for a
metal shank in the lower part of the button, as far as the knot a will allow the
manufacture of the button being afterwards completed in the ordinary way. Figure 2
is a section, enlarged, of such a button c c with the flexible shank of gimp or cord a. b.
fixed within it and all succeeding illustrative figures referred to herein will be on
the same enlarged scale.
Also I can affix this gimp or cord shank to any solid-made button, or to any button
whatever which has a hole in the middle through which to pass the gimp or cord, and
also a hollow or countersinking around this hole to receive the knot.
I next make the fastener which will hereinafter be called the "needle," and to do
this I take a piece of thin sheet metal and stamp it out into the triplex form d. e.,
f. g, h. i, figure 3, making at the same time the eye k and the three short hollows or
grooves marked in the lower part of the same figure immediately above e. g. i.
I then take the button with the flexible shank of gimp or cord fixed within it, as
shown in figure 2, and pass the loose end of this through the eye pierced in the
triplex-formed piece of sheet metal, above described, about as far as indicated by l. 1.
I next fold down successively the two outer parts d. e. and h. i. of the triplex-formed
piece of sheet metal (figure 3) upon the middle part f. g., with which the outer parts
coincide in shape, and thus enclose the end of the gimp or cord in the body of the
needle (thus formed by the folding operation) in which it is further secured by a blow
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page_text: from a punch upon that part of the needle under which the end lies. Figure 4 is an
illustration showing the needle f. q. attached in this manner to the flexible shank.
Or instead of using a triplex-shaped piece of sheet metal and forming the needle
by the folding operation above described, I may make it of a single piece of metal
wire, or of bone, horn, or other solid material in which case I pass the end of the
gimp or cord through an eye in the needle and secure it from repassing by means of
a knot, which lies in a hollow or countersinking around the eye.
The needle being made and attached to the flexible shank, I next make a disc m. m.
of sheet metal (see figure 5) having a narrow rim turned inwards as indicated by the
inner circle in the same figure: and the interior diameter of this disc below the rim
is equal to the length of the needle before-mentioned. This disc I make either saucer-
shaped as shown in section figure 6, flat as in section figure 7, or convex in the bottom
as in section figure 8, in which latter case I make a corresponding curve in the needle:
but in all cases the disc is pierced with a hole n in the centre (see figure 5) of sufficient
diameter to allow of the needle passing completely through it.
And the manner of affixing a button to cloth or similar material by means
Invention is this :-
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of my
Using the button as a thimble, I with it first push the needle through the cloth or
other fabric upon which the button has to be fixed, until it has carried the flexible
shank through the material o, as seen in figure 9. I then take one of the metal discs,
and by means of the hole in the centre of this, I pass the disc over the needle and
flexible shank until it lies upon the cloth or similar material, as will be seen by
referring to figure 10, wherein m m represents the disc lying upon the material o.
I then turn the needle into a horizontal position, and inserting the broader end of it
under the rim of the disc, with the thumb press down the point of the needle also
underneath the rim into the position shown in figure 11. The needle then acts also
as a fastener, and fixes the button so that it can never come off.
Having now described the nature of my Invention and the mode in which I use it,
I claim as my Invention this method of affixing buttons to cloth, or other such fabric,
by means of providing the button with a flexible shank of gimp or cord to which a
needle of the kinds above described is attached for the purpose of drawing it through
the fabric, and to serve as a fastener by the insertion of its opposite ends under the
rim of a metal disc.
Dated this 14th day of June 1986

page_text: An Improvement in the Manner of Fixing Certain Buttons upon
Cloth or any similar Material without the Aid of Sewing.
I, THOMAS HAINES of 40 Evesham Street, Redditch, in the County of Worcester,.
Tailor and General Outfitter do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN
IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANNER OF FIXING CERTAIN BUTTONS UPON CLOTH OR ANY
SIMILAR MATERIAL WITHOUT THE AID OF SEWING and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
In place of the metal shank usually affixed to buttons I take a piece of gimp or any
smooth and strong cord of such length as will allow of a knot-gur-being
tied in one end of it, leaving the rest of the gimp or cord of al
three-quarters of an inch.
nirth of
This piece of gimp or cord I fix as a shank in any hollow made button by passing
the end, marked in the same figure, through the hole ordinarily made for a metal
shank, in the lower part of the button, as far as the knot a will allow, the manufacture
of the button being afterwards completed in the ordinary way.
Figure 2 is a section, enlarged, of such a button c c with the flexible shank of gimp
or cord ab fixed within it.
(All succeeding illustrative figures referred to herein will be on the same enlarged
scale.)
Or, I can affix this gimp or cord shank to any solid made button or any button
whatever having a hole in the middle through which to pass the gimp or cord, and
also a hollow or countersinking around this hole to receive the knot.
I next make the fastener which will hereinafter be called the "Needle" and to do
this I take a piece of thin sheet metal and stamp it out into the triplex form de, ƒ I,
hi, figure 3, making at the same time the eye k and the three short hollows or grooves.
marked in the lower part of the same figure immediately above the letters e, g, i,
I then take the button with the flexible shank of gimp or cord attached within it as
shewn in figure 2, and pass the loose end 6 of this through the eye pierced in the
triplex-formed piece of sheet metal 'above described, about as far as indicated by 11,
I next fold down successively the outer parts de and hi of the triplex-formed piece
of sheet metal upon the middle part fg, with which the outer parts coincide in shape,
and thus enclose the end of the gimp or cord in the body of the needle (thus formed
by the folding operation) in which it is further secured by a blow from a hammer or
punch or both, upon that part of the needle under which the end lies.
Fig. 4 is an illustration showing the needle f y attached in this manner to the
flexible shank of gimp or cord, the actual length of which between the button and
the needle is about or inch.
Or, instead of using a triplex formed piece of sheet metal and forming the needle
by the folding operation above described, I may make it of a single piece of metal
wire, flat or round, or of bone, horn, or other solid material, and by any other method

page_text: so as to produce a needle of the shape f. g fig. 4, i.e. quite sharp at one end,―in which
case the cord or gimp may be passed through the eye of the needle and secured from
repassing by a knot being tied in it and lying in a countersinking or hollow around
the eye, or by any other means most easy of accomplishment by the manufacturer.
The needle being made and attached to the flexible shank I next make a disc m m
see fig. 5, of sheet metal having a narrow rim turned inwards as indicated by the
inner circle in the figure and the interior diameter of this disc below the rim is a
very little more than equal to the length of the needle before mentioned. This dise
I make either saucer shaped. as shewn in section fig. 6, flat as in section fig. 7, or
convex at the bottom as in section fig. 8 in which latter case I make a corresponding
curve in the needle, but in all cases the disc is provided with a holo n see fig. 5 in
the centre, of sufficient diameter to allow of the needle passing completely through it.
And the manner of fixing a button by means of my invention is as follows. Using
the button as a thimble (the button being grooved or indented in its under part for
that purpose) I with it first push the needle through the cloth or other fabric upon
which the button is to be fixed, until it has carried the flexible shank through the
cloth or other fabric as seen in o fig. 9.
I then take one of the metal dises and by means of the hole in the centre of this
pass the disc over the needle and flexible shank until it lies upon the cloth or similar
material as will be seen by referring to fig. 10 wherein m m represents the disc lying
upon the material o,
I then turn the needle into a horizontal postion and inserting the
broader end of the needle under the rim of the disc, with the thumb press down the
point of the needle also underneath the rim into the position shewn in fig. 11, this
fast operation fixes the button so that it can never come off.
The drawings herein referred to are those filed with my provisional specification.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
That I am the originator and inventor of this mode of affixing buttons having a
flexible shank as described, to cloth or any other fabric by means of a needle of
either of the kinds above described attached to the end of the flexible shank, for the
purpose of drawing it through the fabric and also to serve as a fastener in combination
with the metal disc hereinbefore described.
It will be seen therefore that the features of novelty of which I claim to be the
originator in this my invention are―
1stly. The Needle, which must necessarily be attached to a flexible shank.
2ndly. The disc as seen in Fig. 5.
3rdly. The use, in combination of the Needle, flexible shank and disc.