IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF ATTACHING BUTTONS TO LEATHER OR OTHER MATERIAL
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I, WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, of N° 46, Lincolns Inn Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature
of Faid invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF ATTACHING BUTTONS TO
LEATHER OR OTHER MATERIAL" a communication to me from abroad by Gottfried
Klotz of Dresden in the Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide means for attaching or fastening
buttons to leather or other material in such a manner that the size of the hole,
pierced through the material, to which the button is to be secured, shall be reduced
to a minimum so that it will (after the removal of the button) be caused, by the
elasticity of the material, to close up or becomo practically imperceptible.
The button is attached by means of a fine wire, in the form of a fine pin. This
pin is passed through a small disc at the inner or under side of the material and
through the material itself; then a hollow button, with a, fine hole in its base is
placed over the protruding portion of the pin and is secured in position by altering
the form of the portion of the pin within the stem by flattening or bending. For
this purpose, any suitable instrument may be employed, there being slots or holes
formed in opposite sides of the neck or stem of the button to allow of the insertion
of such an instrument.
In lieu of using a hollow button, the arrangement may be modified by making
the button solid and fixing the pin within it. In this case, it is desirable to bend
the top part of the pin into the form of a hook. The point of the pin projecting
from the base of the button is passed through the leather or other material to
which the button is to be attached, then one portion of a double disc is passed over
the pin, after which the end of the pin is bent over and the second portion of the
disc is turned over the bent end of the pin.
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It will be noted that in each case the hole that has to be formed through the
leather or other material for the attachment of the button, will need only be just
sufficient for the passage of a fine pin.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I, WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, of N° 46, Lincolns Inn Fields in the County of
Middlesex, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature
of said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF ATTACHING BUTTONS TO
LEATHER OR OTHER MATERIAL" (a communication to me from abroad by Gottfried
Klotz of Dresden in the Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire) and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:—
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The object of this invention is to provide means for attaching or fastening
buttons to leather or other material in such a manner that the size of the hole
pierced through the material to which the button is to be secured shall be reduced 1
to a minimum so that it will (after the removal of the button) be caused by the
elasticity of the material to close up or become practically imperceptible. The
button is attached by means of a fine wire in the form of a fine pin. This pin is
passed through a small disc at the inner or under side of the material and through
the material itself, then a hollow button, with a fine hole in its base is placed over 1
the protruding portion of the pin and is secured in position by altering the form
of the portion of the pin within the stem by flattening or bending. For this
purpose any suitable instrument may be employed there being slots or holes formed
in opposite sides of the neck or stem of the button to allow of the insertion of such
an instrument.
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In lieu of using a hollow button, the arrangement may be modified by making
the button solid and fixing the pin within it. In this case it is desirable to bend
the top part of the pin into the form of a hook. The point of the pin projecting
from the base of the button is passed through the leather or other material to
which the button is to be attached then one portion of a double disc is passed over 2
the pin, after which the end of the pin is bent over and the second portion of the
disc is turned over the bent end of the pin.
It will be noted that in each case the hole that has to be formed through the
leather or other material for the attachment of the button, will need only be just
sufficient for the passage of a fine pin.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings Figs 1 2 and 3 are sectional
views showing three ways of fastening buttons to leather or other material
according to this invention.
Referring to Figs 1 and 2, which are sectional views at right angles to one
another, a is a hollow button provided with a neck or stem portion b, which has a
slots or openings on opposite sides for the purpose herein before mentioned and,
with a base c having a small perforation there through. d is the fine wire in the
form of a fine pin for attaching the button a to the material a' and e is the small
disc or washer at the inner or under side of the material through which the pin
passes and which receives and holds the head or enlarged portion thereof. When
attaching the button to the material the pin d may be passed partially through the
disc e one of its ends being retained thereby, then through the material a¹ and the

page_text: hole in the base c of the button a and into the hollow neck or stem of the button
where it is secured either by flattening a portion d' thereof as shown in Fig 1, or
by bending over the said end as shewn in Fig 2.
Fig 3 illustrates the modified arrangement wherein one end or portion of the pin d
is hooked as shown at d" and fixed within a solid button a leaving the other end
or point of the pin projecting from the base ready to be inserted through the
material a o is the double disc piece shown also detached in Fig 3 one diso
portion of which is provided with a perforation so that it may be placed over the
end of the pin when the latter projects through the material a¹, after which the
said pin end is bent over and the second portion of the double disc piece is turned
or bent over as shown in Fig 3 thus securely attaching the button to the material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
1. Attaching a button to leather or other material by means of a wire or fine pin
passed through the said leather or other material into the hollow neck stem or part
of the button, and therein either flattened or bent substantially, as and for the
purposes hereinabove described with reference respectively to Fig 1 and to Fig 2
of the drawings.
2. Attaching a button to leather or other material by means of a wire or fine pin
solidly secured within the button, and passed through the said leather or other
material, and through a device such as o, and then bent and secured substantially
in the manner and for the purpose described with reference to Fig 3 of the
drawings.