IMPROVED MEANS OF ATTACHING BUTTONS TO GARMENTS AND OTHER ARTICLES, AND IMPROVED TOOLS FOR FASTENING THE SAME
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John William Scott, of the City of Worcester,
Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVED MEANS OF ATTACHING
BUTTONS TO GARMENTS AND OTHER ARTICLES, AND IMPROVED TOOLS FOR
FASTENING THE SAME."
Sealed the 19th April 1865, and dated the 24th October 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John William Scott
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 24th October 1864.
I, JOHN WILLIAM SCOTT, of the City of Worcester, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED MEANS OF
ATTACHING BUTTONS TO GARMENTS AND OTHER ARTICLES, AND IMPROVED TOOLS FOR
FASTENING THE SAME," to be as follows:-
My improved means of attaching buttons consist of a shank and of a dished
washer, into the dish or recess of which the end of the shank after being
burred or spread is received, the burr or ball and washer forming and acting
somewhat similarly to a ball-and-socket joint. The shank may be attached at
its other end directly to the button, or it may be connected to a loop or
shank on the button, it may consist of a single pin or of two or more pins, or

page_text: of a wire bent into the form of a loop or otherwise. The end of the shank
not connected to the button is passed through the article to which it is to be
attached, then through a hole in the dished washer, after which a ball, burr,
or spreading is formed thereon, which lies in the dish or concavity, and is free
to move therein; this burring, spreading, or balling of the end of the shank
may be effected by any ordinary tool, or by one of those hereafter described.
My improved tools are constructed as follows:-I connect to a frame a pair
of jaws, and fit a cranked lever to the upper part of the frame, the cranked
arm of the lever carries a roller, which acts upon the head of a plunger ter-
minating at bottom in a heading, burring, or spreading bolt; by depressing
the lever the jaws are brought together and hold the shank, and the bolt is
simultaneously brought down upon the end of the shank and forms a head,
according to the nature of the shank and the shape of the bolt. I make a
modification of this tool in the form of a pair of pliers; one of the handles
carries a fixed jaw and an upright; an aperture in the fore part or head of
this handle gives passage to a heading bolt worked by a lever, one end of
which is supported on a stud in the upright, while the other end is connected
to the movable handle of the tool which also carries the other jaw. In this
tool, on the movable jaw being approached to the fixed jaw to hold the shank,
the heading bolt is brought down to form the ball, burr, or spreading.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John William Scott in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 24th April 1865,
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
WILLIAM SCOTT, of the City of Worcester, Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said John William Scott, Her special licence that I, the said
John William Scott, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said John William Scott, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain

page_text: and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVED
MEANS OF ATTACHING BUTTONS TO GARMENTS AND OTHER ARTICLES, AND IMPROVED
TOOLS FOR FASTENING THE SAME," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said John William Scott, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John William Scott, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings
hereunto annexed, that is to say:-
My improved means of attaching buttons consist of a shank and of a dished
washer, into the dish or recess of which the end of the shank after being
burred or spread is received, the burr or ball and washer forming and acting
somewhat similarly to a ball-and-socket joint. The shank may be attached at
its other end directly to the button, or it may be connected to a loop or shank
on the button, it may consist of a single pin, or of two or more pins, or of a
wire bent into the form of a loop or otherwise. The end of the shank not
connected to the button is passed through the article to which it is to be
attached, then through a hole in the dished washer, after which a ball, burr,
or spreading is formed thereon, which lies in the dish or concavity, and is free
to move therein. This burring, spreading, or balling of the end of the shank
may be effected by any ordinary tool, or by one of those hereafter described.
My means of attaching buttons will be fully understood on reference to
Figures 1 to 6 of the accompanying Drawings.
Figure 1 shows a button with a shank formed of a single pin; Figure 2, a
button with a shank formed of two pins; and Figuro 3, a button with a sbank
formed of a wire bent into a loop; in these cases the shank is connected
directly to the button; Figure 4 shows the shank connected to a loop on the
button; Figure 5 is a view of one of the dished washers I employ, with a holo
in the centre thereof, through which the shank of the button is passed;
Figure 6 is a sectional view, showing a button attached to a fabric..
a is the button, the shank 6 of which is first passed through the fabric c,
and then through the hole in the disbed washer d; after being passed through
the washer the end of the shank has a burr, ball; or spreading formed thereon,

page_text: as before stated, which prevents it returning through the hole in the washer,
and at the same time leaves it free to turn.'
My improved tools are constructed as follows:-I connect to a frame a pair
of jaws, and fit a cranked lever to the upper part of the frame, the cranked
arm of the lever carries a roller, which acts upon the head of a plunger ter-
minating at bottom in a heading, burring, or spreading bolt. Figure 7 is a
side elevation of a tool constructed as just described. A is a frame, to which
I connect a pair of jaws B, B; C is a lever fitted to the upper part of the
frame A, and formed with a crank arm D; this arm carries a roller E, which
acts upon the head of a plunger F, terminating at bottom in a heading,
burring, or spreading bolt G. The action is as follows:-The end of the shank
to be headed, burred, or spread is placed between the jaws B, B, the lever C
is then depressed, whereby the jaws are brought together and hold the shank,
and the bolt G simultaneously comes down upon the end of the shank and
forms a head according to the nature of the shank and the shape of the bolt.
As soon as the lever C rises after the burring of the shank, springs H, ¤,
secured to the frame A, and acting against the upper part of the jaws B, B,
open the jaws and allow the shank to be removed. I make a modification of
this tool in the form of a pair of pliers, as represented in Figure 8. One of
the handles A carries a fixed jaw B and an upright C ; an aperture in the fore
part or head of this handle gives passage to a heading bolt D worked by a
lever E, one end of which is supported on a stud F in the upright C, while
the other end is connected to the moveable handle G of the tool, which also
carries the other jaw H. The apertures which receive the pins I and J,
respectively connecting the lever E to the moveable handle G and to the
bolt D are slotted. In this tool, on the moveable handle G being depressed,
the moveable jaw H is approached to the fixed jaw B to hold the shank, and
the heading bolt D is simultaneously brought down to form the ball, burr, or
spreading on the shank of the button; Figure 9 shews an upper view of the
end of one of the jaws for forming the ball, burr, or spreading.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim,-
First, attaching buttons to garments and other articles by means of a shank
and of a dished washer, the shank being passed first through the garment or
other article, and then through the washer and the end thereof, being after-
wards burred or spread so as to be retained in the dish or recess of the
washer, all substantially as herein-before described.
Second, constructing tools for producing a ball, burr, or spreading on the

page_text: ends of button shanks, substantially as herein-before described with reference
to Figure 7 of the accompanying Drawings.
Third, constructing tools for producing a ball, burr, or spreading on the
ends of button shanks, substantially as herein-before described with reference
to Figure 8 of the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said John William Scott, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of April, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-five.