US1037263A - Snap-fastener cap. - Google Patents

Description

H. KERNGOOD.

SNAP FASTBNEB GAP.

\PX'LIOATIOI FILED I-AI. 12, 1 911.

1,037,263. Patented Sept 3, 1912.

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z-znmvmn- KEnN Goo n, orpan'rmon'n, m RYL nn; 13 mm zro ALMA MANUFAC- TUBING COMPANY oEjBALrIMoRncIrY, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, A CORPORA- TION or mARYLA'nn-i- .Be it known that I, HERMAN. Knnxo oonj a citizen of he [United States, residing at Baltimore, ifthe State of Marylanddhave invented acertain new a'nd useful Im1)rovfollowing is a full, clear, and exact descrip;

.tion.

.Thecaps-.oricovers ortops, as they are 'indifferently named, of the socket membersof" snap fasteners and similar but-toning de- \iccs. have-been made in a more or, less ex} pensive -manner, of metal, celluloid, horn, ivoryor pearland other: substances, and furnished with various designs, principally in thenatur of advertisements of the maker of or dealer inthe articles to which'they. are applied,- In. o ne method. of manufacturing these caps, a metal cup-like shell is. supplied -with a coyei; of paper-backed c'elluloid in a thin sheet on which cover alone the design 'is placed; The design isimpress d-in in taglio andin relief, or a combinati of-both styles, and in other'ways. In the 1d style,

substantial support for the desi tlie shell is left p1ain,' an d hence tere is no on thecover, and so the-design is soond faced in ting the .fastener. If the design were made. separately on the cover and the" shell, the cover and shell would have to be accurately. fitted in order that the lines of the-;design on the two shouldregister Such perfect registration vould be' costly in time ahd labor,- and consequently t'vouldenhance the first cost iminoderately and in tact prohib it-ively. In the solid caps, of course, the dc sign of whatever style is entirely practicable,

and it is-one object of this invention tosimulate such solid caps in a' covered cap. .'lhe-inyentioncons ists of an" ornamental' facefor snap fastener caps, .which is made" up of an inner metal shell and an outer cover of impressionable material, such as paper-. backed celluloid, suitably united, the, design being impressed .in the twoparts and registering tl'iroughout, all as I will proceed now more particularly to set forth and finally claim. .In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, in the several figures of which like parts are similarly. 'deslgnated,

Figure 1 is a cross-section of the cover; F ig. 2 is a cross-section of the shell, and Fig. 3.

' illustrated. in the drawings.

is across-section ofthe cover and shell asj Specification oqretter'sr ant'; Patented Sept.3,-1912. [Application fil d :an a m'imi. Serial noreoas s} 1 7 fse'gnbied and[impress d the desim "Figi t' ls a cross-section'of the finished cap;-

.F1g;-5 is a-top .pla-n vim-"thereof, and Fig.

. I. I (l is abottoin plan View thereo illustrat1ye,' it being understood that the most elaborate-designs may be applied in accordance ,witlrthis invention. Further, it Q is to be understood that: the invention is not limited to the use of paper-backed celluloid,

'or. indeed to any form of celluloid. but I haveobtained satisfactory results from the use of paper-backed celluloid, because of its capability of receiving and retaining the dc sign} and its'adaptability tobeing colored to match theartiole on which tlie'cap is used, 1 and its'conformabil'ity to th'elshell as a cover therefor; nor is the invention limited to the use of; any v particular substance for, the

cover; nor is-the ilni-ent-ion restricted to any kind of fastening lVith this" general statement of the objectand principle of the invention, I- will-pro ceed to a description of .the invention as Thecover 1 may be of the substan'ce de- 4 v fisired iand it is shown as composed of an use,.and indeed is liable to be defile d in setouter slft ele't'br layer of celluloid 2 and abacking paper. Thiscovefr'is cut in circuarv shown, in ,3. Simultaneously with this last describedbperation, the design 5 is impressed on the'cover andshell at one operation and thus registered accurately in the.-

two members. To form a.cap,.cover, or to'p for a snapfastenersocket, an anvil srted within. the shell and'next to 1t'.'.1s

placed the .-collet-"7, the edge 8 of the cover. .1 being tucked or crimped'in between-the the 'collet, and then the edge-flange 9 of the shellclosed in, as seen in .Fig. 4, thus firnily uniting all of the parts. 'A; space 10 is left' between the anviL'and colletto receive the attaching eyelet, not. shown, but of usual 100 form and modeof setting.

. w The application of'thecovento the shell and the simultaneous impressing of the de' sign upon the two may be effected by suit-sably engraved or-o'therwise prepared dies, mounted in a suitable press. By this oper- A very simple design is shown merelyas 60 no and bent over the metal shell 4, as 55 nside ofithe shell and .the adjacent edgeof 2 V v g 1,637,263

.eny Color and with any design, and the sign on or in the cover accuretely and adeguately supported from beneath 'and rein orced aga nst defacement by wear and tear,

its .ior'm and integrity. What I claim is:-

,or in other words, backed upso as to re ain 1. 'An ornamental feee for snap fastenercaps, having. an inner metal shell and 'an outer 'co'ver.'of impressionable material placed over the shell and fixed. to itythe two .cover and shell end reg1stering throughout, whereby the cover, design is backed up and reinforced" against wear and tear by the parts containing a desi n impressed in'the same design the shell.

2.An ornamental face for snap"festener capsghaying an outercover of paper-backed celluloid and an inner metal shell suitably united and provided with, a design impressed in the cmer and shell. and registermg throughout, whereby the design in the :cover is supported from beneath by the oor-.

responding design in the shell.

-- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh'dziy of -January,

'A.D'. 1911. g

-HERMAN KERNGOOD.

Witnesses:

A. H. GREENEBAUM, NELLI DOYLE.

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