EP2524612A1 - Element zum befestigen eines knopfes und knopf - Google Patents

Element zum befestigen eines knopfes und knopf Download PDF

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EP2524612A1
EP2524612A1 EP10843033A EP10843033A EP2524612A1 EP 2524612 A1 EP2524612 A1 EP 2524612A1 EP 10843033 A EP10843033 A EP 10843033A EP 10843033 A EP10843033 A EP 10843033A EP 2524612 A1 EP2524612 A1 EP 2524612A1
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Kenji Hasegawa
Hiroki Sugimoto
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B17/00—Press-button or snap fasteners
    • A44B17/0005—Fastening of press-button fasteners
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B17/00—Press-button or snap fasteners
    • A44B17/0041—Press-button fasteners consisting of two parts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B17/00—Press-button or snap fasteners
    • A44B17/0064—Details
    • A44B17/007—Stud-member
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B17/00—Press-button or snap fasteners
    • A44B17/0064—Details
    • A44B17/0076—Socket member

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  • the present invention relates to a button fastener and a button, and more specifically, to a button fastener which is a type of fastening a button to a cloth by plastically deforming a cylindrical post of the button fastener, and a button such as a male snap button, a decorative button which is fastened to a cloth with the button fastener.
  • a male snap button of snap buttons which is widely used for parts to be put together of clothing, includes a projection to engage and disengage with a projection-receiving space of a female snap.
  • a male snap button one has been known which is formed by drawing a metal plate and includes a projection with a closed top and an open bottom.
  • the post which has just passed through the cloth, is inserted into an inner space of a projection of the male snap button and then is deformed and fixed within the space.
  • a combination of the male snap button and the button fastener is disclosed in e.g. US Patent No. 3,351,987 .
  • a decorative button having a dome-like projection which is fastened to e.g. a corner of a pocket of jeans, also receives the post, after it has passed through the cloth, in an inner space of the projection and then deform the post to be fixed in the space, fastening the button to the cloth.
  • the post as trying to pierce the cloth receives a piercing force (or a resistant load to piercing) from the cloth. Then, depending on a sort or a thickness of the cloth, there would arise a failure in fastening the button because, for instance, the post is deformed while piercing the cloth due to an excessive piercing force. Therefore, there is a limitation in choosing a sort or a thickness of the cloth to which a button fastener is applicable. To deal with this problem, the thickness of a post of a button fastener is maintained more than a certain thickness, which increases in costs.
  • An object of the invention as made in view of such problems as mentioned above is to provide a button fastener and a button, which can reduce failures in fastening the button to a cloth, expand a range of sorts and thicknesses of cloths applicable, and reduce costs by thinning a post of a button fastener.
  • a button fastener for fastening a button to a cloth, comprising a plate-like base, and a cylindrical post which protrudes from the base, wherein, at a distal portion of the post, a plurality of hollows and a plurality of bulges are formed alternately in the circumferential direction.
  • a cloth covers fabric, textile, felt, nonwoven fabric, leather, resin sheet, etc.
  • the base generally has a disk-like shape, but not limited thereto, so it may be a triangular shape, a rectangular shape, or other polygonal shape, etc.
  • each of the bulges bites into the cloth so as to press the cloth in a concentrated manner while the cloth penetrates into the hollows so as to relieve the press.
  • parts of the cloth corresponding to between the bulges and the hollows are made tense.
  • metal such as copper alloy, aluminum alloy can be preferably cited.
  • the button fastener can be formed such as by drawing a metal plate.
  • the distal portion of the post includes an inclined inner periphery surface, the diameter of which gradually expands toward the top of the post, and said hollows and said bulges are formed on the inclined inner periphery surface.
  • the button includes an projection having a closed distal end and an open proximal end as a post-receiving opening, and the projection defines interiorly a post-fixing space for receiving the post, which has just pierced the cloth, through the post-receiving opening and deforming it to be fixed in the space.
  • a button having such a projection a male snap button, a decorative button, etc. can be specifically cited.
  • a button which is fastened to a cloth using a button fastener including a cylindrical post, comprising an projection having a closed distal end and an open proximal end as a post-receiving opening, and a flange extending radially outward from the projection, wherein the projection defines interiorly a post-fixing space for receiving the post, which has just pierced the cloth, through the post-receiving opening and deforming it to be fixed in the space, wherein, on an inner periphery surface of a proximal portion of the projection, a plurality of hollows and a plurality of bulges are formed alternately in the circumferential direction.
  • each of the bulges bites into the cloth so as to press the cloth in a concentrated manner while the cloth penetrates into the hollows so as to relieve the press.
  • parts of the cloth corresponding to between the bulges and the hollows are made tense.
  • metal such as copper alloy, aluminum alloy can be preferably cited.
  • the button can be formed such as by drawing a metal plate.
  • the inner periphery surface of the proximal portion of the projection is an inclined inner periphery surface, the diameter of which gradually reduces toward the distal end side of the projection, and said hollows and said bulges are formed on the inclined inner periphery surface.
  • the button is a male snap button or a decorative button.
  • the button fastener in accordance with the invention a plurality of the hollows and a plurality of the bulges as formed at the distal portion of the post alternately in the circumferential direction will be contacting the cloth at the time of piercing the cloth, exerting circumferentially alternate strong and weak presses or presses and tensions on the cloth.
  • a piercing force or load which the post would receive from the cloth at the time of piercing the cloth will be reduced, making it easier to pierce the cloth.
  • the button fastener can reduce failures in fastening the button to the cloth, expand a range of sorts and thicknesses of cloths applicable, and reduce costs by thinning the post of the button fastener.
  • a plurality of the hollows and a plurality of the bulges as formed on the inner periphery surface of the proximal portion of the projection alternately in the circumferential direction will be contacting the cloth at the time of piercing the cloth, exerting circumferentially alternate strong and weak presses or presses and tensions on the cloth.
  • a piercing force or load which the post of the button fastener would receive from the cloth at the time of piercing the cloth will be reduced, making it easier to pierce the cloth.
  • the button can reduce failures in fastening the button to the cloth, expand a range of sorts and thicknesses of cloths applicable, and reduce costs by thinning the post of the button fastener.
  • Figs. 1 to 3 show a perspective view, a top view and an illustrative longitudinal sectional view, respectively, of a button fastener 10 in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 4 shows an illustrative sectional view taken along line A-A in Fig. 3 .
  • the button fastener 10 which is formed by drawing a plate of copper alloy, comprises a disk-like base 11 and a cylindrical post 12 which protrudes upward (up-and-down directions are based on Fig. 3 etc.) from the base 11 concentrically therewith, the top of the post 12 being open as a top opening 12'.
  • the post 12 includes a post body 12a which is gradually rising from the base 11 and then extends upward with almost constant inner and outer diameters, and a post distal portion 12b which extends from the upper end of the post body 12a to the top 13 of the post 12 while gradually expanding its inner and outer diameters radially outward.
  • the thickness of the post distal portion 12b becomes thinner gradually from downward to upward, and the top 13 is made sharp.
  • the inner periphery surface (inclined inner periphery surface) 12b' of the post distal portion 12b inclines to the top 13 while expanding its diameter.
  • each hollow 14 has rectangular horizontal section (see Fig. 4 ), and reaches the top 13 of the post 12 while gradually expanding its width slightly upward, making the parts of the top 13 corresponding to the hollows 14 even sharper.
  • the width of each bulge 15 is wider than that of each hollow 14 in this embodiment, but not limited thereto, so both of the widths may be almost the same, for instance.
  • Fig. 5 shows an arrangement of a male snap button (hereinafter referred to simply as "button") 20 as an example of a button, a cloth 1 and a button fastener 10 in the up-and-down direction when the button 20 is to be fastened to the cloth 1 using the button fastener 10.
  • the male snap button 20 which is formed by drawing a plate of copper alloy, comprises a projection 21 which engages and disengages with a projection-receiving space of a female snap as not shown in the drawings, and a disk-like flange 22 which extends radially outward from the proximal (lower) end of the projection 21.
  • a top (upper) side of the projection 21 is closed and a bottom side is open as a post-receiving opening 24.
  • the projection 21 includes a projection body 21a, the inner and outer diameters of which gradually expand and then reduce from the top side toward the bottom side, and a projection proximal portion 21b, the inner and outer diameters of which gradually expand downward from the lower end of the projection body 21a.
  • the boundary of the projection body 21a and the projection proximal portion 21b forms a narrow part 21c with the diameters reduced.
  • the projection body 21a defines interiorly a post-fixing space 23 for receiving the post 12 of the button fastener 10 through the post-receiving opening 24 and deforming it to be fixed in the space.
  • An inner periphery surface (inclined inner periphery surface) 21b' of the projection proximal portion 21b inclines while reducing its diameter upward.
  • a process to fasten the button 20 to the cloth 1 using the button fastener 10 will be described.
  • the button 20 is held onto a button holder, which can move up and down, of a button-fastening machine, and the button fastener 10 is placed on a base body.
  • Fig. 6 shows a state immediately before the post 12 of the button fastener 10 pierces the cloth 1 when the cloth 1 is being held between the button 20 being lowered and the post 12.
  • the cloth 1 is being lifted up relatively by the post 12 of the button fastener 10 with the top 13 of the post 12 compressing the cloth 1 against the inclined inner periphery surface 21b' of the projection proximal portion 21b of the button 20. Further, the part of the cloth 1 corresponding to the post 21 is swelling upward into the post-receiving space 23 in the projection body 21a through the post-receiving opening 24. At this moment, upper side portions of the hollows 14 and the bulges 15 formed on the inclined inner periphery surface 12b' of the post distal portion 12b are contacting the cloth 1 while pressing it, and therefore, the cloth 1 partially penetrates into the hollows 14 while the bulges 15 bite into the cloth 1.
  • Fig. 7 shows a state immediately after the post 12 of the button fastener 10 has just cut the cloth 1.
  • the top 13 of the post 12 which has just passed through the cloth 1
  • the inclined inner periphery surface 21b' at its upper side, of the projection proximal portion 21b of the button 20.
  • a circular portion of the cloth 1 corresponding to the post 12 has been separated from the cloth 1 as a cloth piece 1', which has come into the post-fixing space 23 in the projection body 21a.
  • Figs. 9 and 10 show a bottom view and an illustrative longitudinal sectional view of a male snap button (hereinafter referred to simply as "button") 30 in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
  • the button 30 is the same as the male snap button 20 as shown in Figs. 5 to 8 except for hollows 35 and bulges 36 as described later.
  • the button 30 comprises a projection 31 which engages and disengages with a projection-receiving space of a female snap as not shown in the drawings, and a disk-like flange 32 which extends radially outward from the proximal end of the projection 31.
  • a top side of the projection 31 is closed and a bottom side is open as a post-receiving opening 34.
  • the projection 31 includes a projection body 31a, the inner and outer diameters of which gradually expand and then reduce from the top side toward the bottom side, and a projection proximal portion 31b, the inner and outer diameters of which gradually expand downward from the lower end of the projection body 31a.
  • the boundary of the projection body 31a and the projection proximal portion 31b forms a narrow part 31c with the diameters reduced.
  • the projection body 31a defines interiorly a post-fixing space 33 for receiving a post 42 of a button fastener 40 (see Fig. 11 ) through the post-receiving opening 34 and deforming it to be fixed in the space.
  • the button fastener 40 is the same as the button fastener 20 as described above except for lacking the hollows 14 and bulges 15, and comprises a disk-like base 41 and a cylindrical post 42 which protrudes upward from the base 41.
  • the inner periphery surface (inclined inner periphery surface) 31b' of the projection proximal portion 31b inclines while reducing its diameter toward the top side.
  • On the inclined inner periphery surface 31 b' there are formed a plurality of hollows 35 as axially elongated grooves with a predetermined interval between two adjacent hollows 35 in the circumferential direction.
  • the hollows 35 parts between two circumferentially adjacent hollows 35 on the inclined inner periphery surface 31 b' relatively bulge out radially inward (as bulges 36). Therefore, on the inclined inner periphery surface 31 b', the hollows 35 and the bulges 36 are arranged alternately in the circumferential direction.
  • the width of each bulge 36 is wider than that of each hollow 35 in this embodiment, but not limited thereto, and both of the widths may be almost the same, for instance.
  • Fig. 11 shows an arrangement of the button 30, the cloth 1 (this is the same as the cloth in Fig. 5 etc., so the same numeral is used) and the button fastener 40 in the up-and-down direction when the button 30 is to be fastened to the cloth 1 using the button fastener 40.
  • Fig. 12 shows a state where the cloth 1 is being held between the button 30 being lowered and the post 42 of the button fastener 40. At this time, the cloth 1 is being lifted up relatively by the post 42 of the button fastener 40 and pressed against the lower surface of the flange 32 and a bottom side portion of the inclined inner periphery surface 31b' of the projection proximal portion 31b.
  • the cloth 1 is contacting the hollows 35 and the bulges 36 formed on the inclined inner periphery surface 31b' while pressing them, and therefore, the cloth 1 partially penetrates into the hollows 35 while the bulges 36 bite into the cloth 1. Therefore, the cloth 1 receives, in addition to a press by a sharp top 43 of the post 42 of the button fastener 40 from below, presses and tensions or strong and weak presses alternate continuously in the circumferential direction because of the engagement with the hollows 35 and bulges 36 on the upper side of the cloth.
  • Fig. 13 shows an illustrative longitudinal sectional view of a decorative button (hereinafter referred to simply as "button") 50 in accordance with another embodiment of the invention.
  • the button 50 comprises a dome-like projection 51, and a flange 32 which rises upward from the proximal end of the projection 51 beyond the top of the projection 51 and then extends radially outward.
  • the flange 52 includes a circularly annular flange body 52a and a connecting portion 52b which connects the flange body 52a to the proximal end of the projection 51 so as to surround the projection 51.
  • Top side of the projection 51 is closed and button side is open as a post-receiving opening 54.
  • the projection 53 defines interiorly a post-fixing space 53 for receiving the post 42 of the button fastener 40 (see Fig. 11 ) through the post-receiving opening 54 and deforming it to be fixed in the space.
  • the projection 51 includes a projection proximal portion 51b which doubles as a proximal end of the connecting portion 52b.
  • the inner periphery surface (inclined inner periphery surface) 51b' of the projection proximal portion 51b inclines while reducing its diameter toward the top side.
  • Fig. 14 shows a cutaway perspective view of a post 62 of a button fastener 60 in accordance with another embodiment of the invention.
  • the post 62 includes a distal portion (post distal portion) 62b, the diameter of which expands upward.
  • On the inclined inner periphery surface 62b' of the post distal portion 62b there are formed hollows 64 and bulges 65 alternately in the circumferential direction, both of which have triangular horizontal section.
  • the top 63 of the post 62 is corrugated with triangular troughs 64' and peaks 65' continuous in the circumferential direction, which correspond to the hollows 64 and bulges 65, respectively. Therefore, when the button 20 is to be fastened to the cloth 1 using the button fastener 60, it will be easier to cut the cloth 1 by the post 62.
  • Fig. 15 shows a perspective view from below of a button (male snap button) 70 in accordance with another embodiment of the invention.
  • the button 70 includes a projection 71 having a proximal portion (projection proximal portion) 71b.
  • a proximal portion projection proximal portion
  • a post-receiving opening 74 appearing on the lower surface of a flange 72 of the button is corrugated with triangular troughs 74' and peaks 75' continuous in the circumferential direction, which correspond to the hollows 75 and bulges 76, respectively. Therefore, when the button 70 is to be fastened to the cloth 1 using the button fastener 40, it will be easier to cut the cloth 1 by the post 42.

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