US1821615A - Fanciful button and method of making the same - Google Patents

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Sept. 1; 1931. 1.. R. CARLEY ET AL 1,821,615

FANCIFUL BUTTON AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed Feb. 24, 1951 15 Inueni'orau' LeonarydR. Carlqy, Z V\, a Zi'er 7T Patented Sept. 1, g 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LEONARD R. OAKLEY, or warmvrown, Am WALTER T. ABEL, or ATERVILLE, CON- NEcrIcU'r, ASSIGNOR-S TO THE PATENT BUTTON COMPANY, or WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION or CONNECTICUT FANOIFUL BUTTON AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Application filed February 24, 1931. Serial No. 518,010.

Our invention relates to new and useful improvements in buttons and the method of making the same, and has for an object to produce a button having an ornamented cap and an irregular and fanciful outer peripheral edge.

Heretofore, it has been found necessary, in making buttons with an irregular edge or outline, to have a cut and drawn shell stamped.

go with an irregular punch and dies, and as these dies are relatively expensive they add a considerable amountto the cost of the buttons.

The present invention contemplatesa button having an irregular or fanciful peripheral edge and also the method of making the same, and wherein, by the novel formation of the cap and the use of an especially designed body, the parts may beassembled and attached with an ordinary round closing punch to thus producea button having the appearance of the more expensive. buttons that are I formed with the irregular cut and drawn shell and stamped with an irregularly-shaped punch .and die. Still another object of the invention is to produce a button wherein the outer peripheral edge of the cap or head may be irregular in shape and outline and of fanciful appearance, which cap is crimped upon a body of so certain formation to thus produce, for instance, a scalloped edge .around the button. This crimping action of the cap on thebody is done with a regular round punch or closing tool.

Still another objectof the invention is to. produce a button of novel appearance and design that will simulate the appearance of buttons made with irregular cut dies and, at the same time, may be manufactured in so quantities much more cheaply than where the button is made in the ordinary way.

vVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain new and novel arrangements and combination of parts, as

will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

Referring now to the drawings, showing a preferred embodiment and several modified forms of the invention,

Fig. 1 is a top planview of the cap member enlarged to-emphasize the configuration thereof; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a cross section of the above; Fig. 4 is a top plan view of one form of back used;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation thereof; I Fig. 6 is a plan view of the assembly before being crimped down;

Fig. 7 is a similar plan after the crimping operation to finish the button;

Fig. 8 is a cross section therethrough;

Fig. 9 is a top plan of a modified form of back showing a serrated or scalloped edge to lit'into or cooperate more closely with the irregular formation of the cap edge;

-Fig. 10 is a plan View of this assembly be fore being crimped down; Fig. 11 is a similar-plan after the crimping operation Fig. 12 is a top plan of still another form of back having a slightly flattened edge to the flange thereof;

Fig. 13 is a side elevation of the form shown in Fig. 12;

Fig. 14 is a plan view of this form assembled with a cap common to the first two forms.

Taking up the construction of the cap 1, which is common to all forms of the button shown, it may be of steel, brass, or other relatively thin material and is shell-like in formation, that is, consisting of the top or' surface 2 and the downwardly extending peripheral rim 3.

This cap may have any desirable configuration and, in the present instance, is shown with a fanciful four-leaf flower 4. These leaves are also shown as indented or rounded, as at 5, to thus produce a scalloped eflect about the peripheral edge of the button after the cap is crimped'in place, as will shortly peripheral edge 7 of the rim 0 of the cap 1 is substantially a circle. In other words, the fanciful design extends not only to the outer peripheral edge of the top surface of the cap to thus produce a scalloped outer peripheral edge but also extends to certain points over and down into" the depending rim 3 of the cap 1.

As will be shown by stamping the cap in this manner, that is, having depressed portions extending even into the downwardly extending rim, it is possible to crimp the cap with the ordinary rounding tool over certain forms of backs to thus form a button head of'irregular peripheral design without the use of special forms of punches and dies and closing tools, which practice heretofore was common to the manufacture of buttons having an irregularlyshaped periphery.

Referring to Figs. i and 5, there is shown a conventional form of body or back 8, though slightly less in diameter, which is provided with the integral hub, as at 9, which 'hub may or ma not be nnoerforate. l

It is to be understood that the hub or bacl; might be formed for use with a tack or staple, and it will also be understood that the back might be of the flexible type, althi'iugh this is not shown in the drawings, so that the button head may move or swing with relation to the hub of the back or body of the button.

Referring now to Fig. 6, it will be seen that the diameter of the button back is less than the diameter ofthe rim 3 of the cap 1, so that when the body or back is dropped within the inverted cap, as seen in Fig. 6, there is some little peripheral space 10 between the peripheral edge of the back and the peripheral rim 3 of the button cap 1.

Thus, the little indentations 5 that merge with the indentations 6 (which are really formed with the one stamping) extend be yond the peripheral edge ofthe back and occupy part of the peripheral space 10 before the cap is crimped in place.

To fasten the button cap 1 to the body or back 8, the rim 3 is simply crimped down on the back with the ordinary round punch (not shown, and the button will now appear as shown in Fig. 7, that is, the peripheral edge will be irregular or uneven in outline. Thus, it will be seen that it is not necessary to have a specially-shaped punchor die to form the crimping or closing of the cap on the body, even though the button is irregular in its peripheral outline.

As shown. in Fig. 8, the hub of the button back or shell might have the little anvil or setting die 11 therein to turn the prong of a, tack (not shown), and it may have a further little anvil 12 therein, which is Very common to the art.

So far, it will be seen that by using stamped cap with any approved design, wherein part of the stamped design runs down into the rim, that is, below the center line of closing of the cap, and also by using any form of back wherein the diameter is substantially less than the cap, it is possible to crimp the cap into place with an ordinary round closing tool and still produce a brokenly or irregularly or peripherally shaped button head, i f

Referring to a slightly modified form of back, as shown in Fig. 9, it will be seen that we utilize a back or body that somewhat similar to that shown in Fig. 5, but in this instance the upper circumferential. edge of the back is cut out, as at 18. In other words, it is slightly scalloped, as may be seen in Figs. 9 and 10. v

The assembly of this button similar to that just described, that is, the body or back 8 dropped within the cap 14:, which is identical in all respects with the cap 1, the scalloped portions 13 overlying the high spots of the depressed insignia 15, while the'resultant points 16 between the scallops 13 extend nearly to the inner peripheral wall 17 of the cap 14:. l

r The button, as now assembled, is then subjected to a round closing" tool and the rim of the cap crimp-ed down, as at 18, on the surfaceof the body or back S,.which will be readily understood.

I Still a third way of forming this button is to provide a form of back 20 which is similar to the back or body 8, but the upstanding flange 2i around the peripheral edge is flattened out slightly, as at 22, and relatively thin. This back is then dropped into a cap 23 similar in all respects to the cap 1, and the button now subjected to the ordinary roundclosing tool, as the diameter of the button be h is also slightly less than the diameter of the button cap and of relatively thin material. The-cap may be criinped into place in the same manner with the conventional round closing tool.

From the foregoing, it wil be seen that by forming the cap as heretofore described, that is, with the indentations or depressions extending down into the rim of the cap and by using a tack with a smaller diameter, or by using a back with a scalloped edge or a back of less diameter and a slightly protruding thin peripheral edge, an irregularly-outlined button may be formed without the use of special and expensive dies and tools and still simulate the appearance of buttons of a similar type but which are much more costly.

It will be understood that buttons with caps of other irregular designs or shapes may be made in the same manner, while the hubs of the backs may be of any rigid type do sired, that is, to be used with a staple or tack and perforate or inuierforate. or the flexible type hub may equally well be used.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Let- .ters Patent is:

-. stamped therein and said indentations extending down into the rim of the cap and substantially to the lower edge thereof, a button back of less diameter than the diameter of the cap to provide a marginal recess between the "-uttcn back and circular rim of the button cap, and the rim of the cap closed on the button back and forming a button of irregular outline around its upper peripheral edge.

3. A button comprising a cap in the form of a shell, said shell having stamped'andentations formed on its upper surface and extending down into the rim thereof, a button back having its peripheral edge scalloped to overlie the indentations about the peripheral :dge of the cap, and the rim of the cap shell crimped over the button back to thus form a button head the periphery of which is irregular in outline.

4. A button cap in the form of a shell, the top surface thereof having stamped indentations, and the stamped indentations extending down into the rim of the shell.

5. A button cap comprising a top and a downwardly extending peripheral rim, indentations formed in the top surface and extending down into the rim, and the peripheral edge of the rim being substantially circular in outline.

6. A button cap in the form of a shell, the top of said cap and the rimthereof having indentations merging with each other whereby when the rim is pressed down towards the top it will provide a cap of irregular peripheral outline.

7. A button including a shell back having an integral hub and an upstanding outward peripheral flange, and the peripheral flange being scalloped and the indentations of the scallops extending downwardly towards the hub.

8. A button including a shell back having an integral hub and an upwardly flared rim, and said rim being cut out about its periphery and the cut-out portions extending downwardly into the flared rim towards the hub.

9. A button comprising a cap in the form of a shell, the cap having indentations in its top surface which extenddown into the rim of the cap, a button back having a marginal relatively thin rim, and the back being of less diameter than the cap and fitting within the'cap, and the rim of the cap secured over the said marginal rim.

10. The method of forming a button having an irregular outer peripheral top edge which consists in providing a cap in the form of a shell, stamping indentations in the cap, which indentations extend into the rim thereof. placing a button back of substantially less diameter than the cap in the cap,

and closing the rim of the cap about the back with a round closing tool.

11. The method of forming a button having an irregular outer peripheral edge which consists in stamping out a circular cap in the form of a shell, stamping indentations within the cap, some ofwhich indentations eX- tend down into the rim of the cap, placing a button back of substantially less diameter than the cap within said cap, and crimping the rim of the cap about said back.

12. The method of forming a fanciful button which consists of stamping out a cap substantially circular in outline which is provided with a rim extending at right angles thereto, pressing indentations into the cap which extend down into the rim thereof, placing a button back within the cap whose peripheral outline is also irregular, and crimping the rim of the cap on the irregular outlined button back. 7

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

' LEONARD R. CARLEY.

WALTER T. ABEL.

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