US1635774A - Button - Google Patents

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July 12,1927. 1,635,714

W. T. ABEL BUTTON Filed Jan. 5, 192,7

.In uen'or.'

- WlerTAbeZ,

Patented July 12, 1927.

UNITED STATES (BUTTON. y

lkAillEl'l OFFICE. WALTER T. ABEL, OE` wATERRURY,` CONNECTICUT, i

COMPANY, OP'WATERBURP; CONNECTICUT, A

AssIGNOR To THE PATENT BUTTON CORPORATION OP CONNECTICUT Application ined January' 5, 1927. serial No. 159,108.

MyV invention relates ,tov new and useful improvements in tack buttons and has Afor an objecttoprovide aI button that `is extremely efficient in service, comprising but few parts andrelatively cheap to assemble and manu- ,K

facture.' i

One of the principal objects ofthe .inven- -tion is to provide, a button comprisingk but three parts and ay tack to holdthe button securely to the cloth or other material to which it is to be fastened.l i

In buttons of a similarvtype as a rule the n. bodyfof the button is provided with an anchor and an anvil plate, over which plate is placed the cap or head of the button, as in' the` patent to F. R; lhite, number 1,417,646 of 1922. f' f o In the present instance, Lemploya body portion, van anchor and a4 Vcap,'the anchor holding the tack in its deformed and locked position, and the anchor yalso .actingj as av central support for the cap or topvplate... i

Still another object of the inventionisto provide a metal buttoninj whichthere is forced a small hollow. anchor orvise having tapered sides, the walls of the anchorA beingv formed of a relatively 'hardmetal The'bot-v -v tom wall ofthe anchor is perforatethatis, it is provided or so formed that it has a small opening therein, While the top 2 wallv hasr a depression therein, so that the resultant pro# jection on the inner side of the chamber will deflect. the tack when :forced into the anchor.y b

With these and other objects in View, the invention conslsts lncertamnew and novel arrangements and comblnatlon. of parts y which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim.

Referring now to the drawings showing a preferred embodiment of my invention.

Fig. l is a sectional view showing the button, a portion of a garment anda tack, be-

fore the tack has been forced into the button.-

yFig. 2 shows a plan view ofl a button and tack, a button and the anchor being then shown in elevation and then a section through the button and tack.

Fig. l3 isa top plan view of the button with the cap removed, and the anchor in place. e o

Fig. 3a `is a sectional view showing the same parts as Fig. 3.

Fig. 3b is a bottom plan view of the same.

, overwhich 'will be Y will have Aits Figs. 4 and 4a are viewsv of the cap me1n-V ber in plan and section respectively and be- 155y fore being -swedged Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the anchor. Y

.'F.ig. V5f* is a bottom plan view of the same, y

' and j-Fig.'r Gis a plan view of the tack. 60 .,.Referringnow more particularlygto the lsevera-l views,'there is shown one form of improved button, comprisingV a body portion 1,.which is formed of relatively cheap, thin and lsoft metaL'such as brass, aluminum or 65 in fact any similar relatively soft metal. This' body portionis provided with a hub 2, theneflares outwardly at8j and slightly upwardly and outwardly asat 4, to form a rim flange 6 pressed inwardly over the rim 4 when the button is in its final shape.V p Y VThe funder surface ofthe hub is forced or pressed upwardly as at 7 and centrally of the 75' depression it Vis pierced as at 8.

Before the lcap -5 is placed over the rim of the bod yof the button, there is tightly forced into this' hub a hollow anchor 9, the walls of which arefof va relative hard metal, such as 59 a iron, so thatthe prong 10 of a tack v11 will not. pierce athefsame as will be shortly described. Y LThe sidewalls of the vise'or anchorl are preferably tapered, s0, thatvthe anchor may bll egtightly pressed or forced within Vthe hub 2 of the body of the button 1, as may be clearly seen in the several views.

Thevanchor or vise is preferably formed from a square blank and the four corners of the square blank are turned in on a pin, the diameter of the pin determining the size of the hole or opening in the bottom. The edges or corners extend upwardly as at 13 within the anchor as may be seen in the several views. It might be possible to form the die from a round blank rather than a square one, but in actual practice the die is made from a square blank. v

On the top surface of this small anchor and centrally thereof, there is formed a small depression -14C, so that the metal displaced will project into the chamber of the anchor, `this projection being in vertical alignment with the aforementioned opening 12 in the bottom of the said anchor.

placed a cap 5, which cap YU AS muy he Clem-l)7 seen '1n Fig. 3, the opening; ln the hottorn o'l' the hub of the button, the opening in the lower s1r1'fi1`eo`ojt the nnehor :lnfl the Small projectionwithinthe anchor :1re` all n vertical alignment.

AS hejlore mentioned the. small anchor lsplnrecl wlhn Jrhrhuh-of tho hoely of the lmtton lle-tore the emp in forced into place :nul the nnehor is ol such n height that not. only (loon it net ns :in anchor, as will be. shortly mentioned, het it .lllcso fornrsn sup-- port Alor the een of the button, when the hnlon in in itxA l'lnnl 'Fornr Tho nnehrn's :nur he properly" placed within lhe hnlm ol the hnilolrn by :r Snmll :urto-- nnzzle hnrnrner or riveting' mnehlne und `the mode olf' ntnehl'nglj the lnlllions lo the` cloth Wonlrl he no ilollowsu" y Ilf'he lnrtlono will he nlneerlln one hopper ojlfnn allan-hing lnzrehne whle thetnekswllV be plneel in rher respectivo hopper. The nnongl ol' lle lvl-ele will he loreenlthrorrgh the' nrnlerlnl (-l-r1 to n'hleh the hnlons nre to he nllneherl r. l n'lll then he toreert through llo open' l o r in the hol'jonx of the h'nh of (he button to then project through the 'open-Y lngr lil in the nnehor nnll will slrlle lhesnmll nroleeton ll lo he flelleelerl thereby. Ilmonnreh on lhe :rnehor in nnnleol relntively hnrrl `n'lelnl, it will rezully 'deflect the prong :mil online lt to henrl nnrl eXtenCl (loxrnwnl'fh ly nn neen ln the rlgrht hond lmll'on Fig. 2. 'lhe hoclr o-llhe tnel will then enrl zrnrlhncl herween the :dirle woll ofthe nnehor nnrlthw little projeetionfs l?, o''der'orxne'rl metal;

'lhe rliznneler ol lheprong ol the tzrek will he gr-enter rlnm the kflnrnelers of the openrno in the hub :unil the :rnehorr bhtl these porto lrelngf intnlly perlorute perlntl the lne-lr lo lorre its: "my into the 'lnotnllanrl then rlelforln unrl rlelleelwtlrln the elnunher of" the` hznxl lnetnl nnehor.

lt will he understood tlnrtftherseveral tlgnres: ot the (Ironing nro enlnrged with' re- Speet to the oelnnl Size ofthe button, bntthis is clone for the sake of olezu'ness ol illustration.

After-fthe taelrhas heen `forced within the hodyof therbntto'n and the anchor, il wll lso not only hohl the, button lo the n1z1terial, bntwill 'tightly hold the nnehorr wltlrn the `huh of the: bodyg` or` rhevlmiilon;

From the nforegolng, it will he Seen that I halve devised n button comprising but three ports and wherein the anchor muy he qnellyforeeflwithinelle llnh of the hotly ol the button, which anchor forms n locking- ,means wltlrwv tn'ek :rnd also nets ns n support 'fory the ezrp ofthe button:

Furthermoref,` hy thiS manner7 relnl'lvell5`T Cheap lnrttonsnmy hemznrnhzelnrerl, which b'nttong may then be plneorl iin fhnllton :histoning' machines und quickly Seenrerl to the gurnlentor garments.

Many slight changes muy lle lnzule wl'lloutdepnrlng from the spirit :mel noone of the' invention.

A'hntton eomprhingn lohell lnrring n hnlj`` und n peripheral rim above, Suhl lnlh. n lirnslo-eonenl Sepnrnte, ehznnlwr weklgrerl llownwnrdly within the hohl, the llotl'onl wnll oil" the chamber having; nn "openlngmrcl the por! tion about the o pening;r extenrflng nrnr'nrdly into tliey chamber, tho bottom lnlh being piereecl" :mel th'eJ snlrl oyernln@rl n alignment" with the; opening of* the," ehznnher, :r l'nelr aclnljitedtobefforeed throng-h snlrl olmlrlngs,` integral 111ez1ns-ln the ohnlnher nnrl lnfnllwb lnent-` with sold openings 'for rlolleelngg thc-prong of the tnoklo conne the f snnro toolrrlhetween the side; woll o'lE the ollnrnher and the frnotnrerl metal portions nllout the opening in the` bottom ot the elnnnher.

` WALTLRYT; ABEL.

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