US1538015A - Button - Google Patents

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Patented May 19, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN R. WHITE, OF WATERB'URY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE PATENT BUTTON COMPANY, OF WATERBURY,

N ECTICUT.

CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CON- BUTTON.

Application filed March 8, 1924. Serial No. 697,938.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN R. WHITE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have madeA and invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to buttons and particularly to that type or class of buttons which are formed of malleable metal and sized or shaped by the action of heading or swedging dies. This type of button is ordinarily made from a wire rod blank, and,

. due to the manner in which it is formed,the

top of the button canI be of any desired configuration or possess any desired ornamentation. Heretofore, however, in forming the button lwith irregularly shaped heads, it was not thought possible to provide the head of the button with'an ornamental cap. There is a large class of trade, however, which requires buttons having a top of brass or similar appearing metal, and it is accordingly the object of my invention to provide a button and a method of forming the same whereby the body of the button is swedged or formed from a suitable malleable metal, such as aluminum or zinc, and to permanently aflix and attach thereto an ornamental cap, the body of the button and the cap being subjected to the action of suitable dies -prior to the completion of the button, whereby both the head of the button and the ornamental cap will be caused to take up the irregular and ornamental shape and be suitably inscribed or ornamented and at the same time a most rigid attachment obtained between the cap and the head of the button.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists in the improved button and method of forming the same illustrated in the accompanying drawings and hereinafter described and c aimed, and' in vsuch variations and modifications thereof as will beobvious to those skilled in the art to which my invention relates, it being understood that changes may be made with- 50 in the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit thereof.

The preferred embodiment of my invention is disclosed in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 1s a View 1n elevation of a rod or wire from which my button is formed;

partially in' section illustrating the cap as mounted upon the top ofthe button and the two subjected'to the second set of operating dies whereby the rim of the cap has been turned inwardly and compressed against the side walls of the top of the button, the latter also being swedged inwardly by the pressure of the dies;

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view ofthe foregoing;

Figure 5 is a bottom plan view of the body of the button and'cap after being subjected to the action of the third or finishing set of dies;

Figure 6 is a view in section taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 5;

Figure 7 is a view in vertical section of my improved button, the hub in this instance being provided with a hard metal anchor for the fastener;

Figure 8 is a view in vertical section illustrating my improved `button as attached to garment material.

Referring specifically to the several views, wherein similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout, the rod 10 represents a conventional form of wire such as used in heading machines for the formation of rivets and in the present instance is preferably made of aluminum, zinc or other suitable material which may be readily formed into buttons without requiring undue pressure or force to be exerted by the heading machine. The wire is automatically cut to llength as illustrated by the dotted lines 11, and each length or slug after being subjected to the first heading or forming dies not shown) will be composed of an upper ange 12 and a hub 13 into which projects the opening. 14.v This firststage blank receives thereon va suitable cap 15, preferably formed of brass or some other suitable and ornamental material, and the cap and first-stage blank are then subjected to suitable dies (not shown) whereby the downwardly extending rini 16 of the cap is inwardly bent, as illustrated in Figure 3, and the pressure whereby the inward bending of the rim of the cap -is accomplished also correspondingly tapers the flange 12. of the rst operation blank.

The second operation blank, as illustrated in Figure 3, is then subjected to the action of suitable dies (not shown) and considerable pressure is exerted upon the ange 12 and the cap 15, causing the metal of the flange 12 and the metal of the cap to be forced outwardly andina sense extruded, considerably enlarging the diameter of the flan e 12 and at the same timereducing the thic ness of the same and thereby forming the head 17 of the button, as illustrated in Figure 6. As illustrated in Figure 5, the head of the button is preferably given an irregular shape, as at 18, which irregular shape may partake. of the nature of a fourleaf clover or any other desired shape. In this swedging and heading operation, the metal 12 of the ange of the rst operation blank and the metal of the cap lare compressed together underenormous pressure andin a sense amalgamated and joined together so as to practically form a rigid unit, particularly so in that the rim 16 of the cap now extends completely around the head of the buttonl as at 19. Furthermore, attention is called to the fact that the underside 2O of the vhead is smooth and that the metal of. the body of the button and the metal of the cap form a continuation one of the other, so that the button not-only presents a neat, pleasin and ornamentaly appearance, but the un er surface is smooth and the button accordingly extremely ractical and usable. The cap is preferably ormed of brass and thus makes the button ideal for use in the overall trade, wherein brass buttons are usually specified.

The button as illustrated in Figures 5 and 6 is thenl subjected to the action of one further set of dies whereby the openin 14, which extends inwardly into the hu is transformed into a 'chamber 21, as illustrated in Fig. 8,\ the extremity of the hub being contracted as at 22, thus providing a restricted opening leading into the chamber 21. 1

LThe button is ordinarily held to the garment by the use of the tack'fastene'r23 which is headed and turned within therelstricted chamber in the customary mannen In Figure 7 I have disclosed a somewhat modified form of my button wherein the hub 24 is provided with thecustomary form of anchor 25 which is formed of hard metal and is thus capable of receiving and headprovided with a rim extending around the head of the button and-forming a continuation of the under side of the head.

2. A button composed of a body portion including a head and a hub, a cap -mounted upon said head, and theV head and cap formed to present an irregularly shaped periphery of' the head and cap, the underportion of the capbeing formed so that the undersurface of the head and the said under surface of the cap form a continuing smooth, unbroken surface. t

13. A button composed of a body portion including -a head and a hub, the latter being provided with a fastening receiving chamber therein, a cap mounted upon said head, and the head and cap j being formed to presentan irregularly shaped periphery, the under portion of the cap having a rim merging with the under side of the head to form a smooth and unbroken surface.

4. A button composed of a body portion including an annular head 'and a cap fitting over said head, said cap and said head being formed to present an irre ularly vshaped periphery ofthe cap and head, vided with a rim extending around the under surface of'the head and forming a continuation and unbroken surface with the under surface of the head.

5. A button composed of a body including a head and a hub, a cap mounted upon the cap prothehead and said cap forming a non-separable unit, the periphery of the head and cap being irregular in shape, and the face of the cap provlded with an ornamental configuration thereon,

a vrim merging with the under surface of Athe head to thereby present a smooth vand vunbroken surface.

. 6. A button formed of metal having a hub and circular head, a circular c ap'mounted on said head and theY head and cap formed to present anirregularly shaped head and cap with respect to their periphery, the cap merging with ton head to form an unbroken' surface.

7. A button formed from a soft metal the head kof which is circular in outsaid cap provided with the under surface of the butj formedv to presentan irregularly shaped A periphery, symmetrical in outline, an ornahead ornamentally in configuration, thel conmentation formed on the'cap, and the cap figuration extending into the periphery of provided with arim that lies .flush with the head and cap, thus presentin an irregu- '15 I the under surface of the head to present a. ,lar and symmetrical periphery or the butv 6 substantial integral head and cap. tonhead. f

8. A 'button formed from a soit metal Signed at Waterbury, in the countyv of blank the head of the blank being circular New Haven and State of Connecticut, this in outline, a hub formedjon said head, a sixth day of March A. D. 1924.

A cap of hard metal correspondin to the FRANKLIN R. WHITE. 10 shape of .the blank and the cap an the head Witnesses:

being shaped to thus tightly secure the cap E. M. Mon'roN,

to the head and to alsoform the cap and C. G. BOBEL.

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