US1876853A - Shell button - Google Patents

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Sept. 13, 1932- v l.. R. ARLEY E1- AL 1,876,853

SHELL BUTTON Filed June 18, 1951 fo/mm2 f?. CA RLEY WALTER ma@ Patented Sept. 13, 1.932-

PATENT "ricfafrA LEONARD R. CABLES?, OFW;AT`ERTOWN, AND WALTER T.

ABEL, or wATnRvTLLE, CON- NEcTrcUT, Ass/IGNoRs-,TOYTHE :PATENT BUTTON COMTANY, or wATERBUR-Y, CyoN- fi NE'CTICUT, A2 coRPoRATToN orooNfNEoTIcUT n .SHELL BUTTON Appnqation inea June 1s,

4 Our invention relatesto new and; useful improvements in buttons, and morepartiew larly to a button of the shell type in which there is securelyfastened a viceor, die' into 5 which the fastener is to beV driven tothereby hold: theV button' tightly in place. 4

' "Gne ofthe principal objects Vof the invention is to produce a button of the shell type whichwill be extremely light in weight, in

that itis notv necessary toprovide an eXtra anvil to fill up the space between the rim of the button and its top or cap.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a button of the shell type in which there is fastened a small die and which die, in turn, is tightly secured in place, so that when the button shell and die are being tuinbled around in the hopper of an assembling machine there is no possibility of the die 20 dropping out of its shell.

Still another object of the invention is to produce a button wherein the` die can be forced into the hub of the shell of the button up to its shoulder and will tightly remain in position a ter being placed in the hub and the top of the die will act as a reinforcement for the top or cap of the button.

Still another object of the linvention is to produce a button consisting of a shell, a small V die with the shoulder and a cap, and the button hub and die so indented that the die, after once being so acted on, will always remain properly and rigidly fixed within the hub of the shell. y With these and other objects in view, theV invention consists in certain new and novel arrangements and combination of parts, asv

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

Referring now to the drawings showing a preferred embodiment,

Fig. l is an enlarged side elevation, bottom plan, and cross section of the little die; Fig. 2 is an enlarged top plan view of the button shell;

Fig. 3 is a sectional View thereof taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the button shell with the die in place and diagrammati- 50 cally showing the parts of the tool for indent- 1931. seriai No. 545,322. l

ing the hub of the button head and the die to rigidly hold the die in place g- Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the assembled button' and showing the taclrto rigidly hold I the button to the cloth. Y

Referring now more particularly tofthe several views, there is shown in Figs 2 and 3a button' shell l comprisingthe hollow inte'gral hub'pQ', the outwardly'extending body portion: 3' and' the upwardly and outwardly rim il. This' shell is of?v the perfora-t'e type, that is,the bottorn'is'pi'erced, 'as at, this` openingl assisting inr guiding the prong Grofa taci; fastener 7: into itsfinalzposition, as will be shortly explained.` Y

Referringnow more particu'larly'to Figi, there i'snshown the smallvice or'die 8 which has a' substantially vertical outer/peripheral wall. 9,' a shoulder' lO,and the' integral top'l'l. The bottom surface` l2 of the die is split radially,.as-at' 13, and is indented or perforated, yas at 14, the little jagged ends of metal`A l5 being; clearly Seen'A in the "sectionall view lof Fig. l1.Y This little circular 'die' yis thendriven 'within theV hollow hubV 2 of the' shell, and it will-be' lnoticed that the height of the vdie from theshculder l0 to andincluding the top `surface of.' itsY cover-ll is 'now'flush with the upper peripheral edge of the rim/4 ofthe button'. f

When the `die is jammed within the hub', as before mentioned, thev twoperforatedbottomportions 5 and 14C are now in alignment and wi'llraprpearV as shown in Fig; 4;'.

f To* rigidly hold this diein place, so'that there is no possibility of its dropping. out when tumbled around in thehopperof an .asseinbling machine, the partly assembled .button is-placed'in a vice l(not shown), while oppositely, extending. punches 16' with the little' points-17 thereon will be driven inwardly towards each other to'indent the hub,

We have not shown the mechanism for forcing these little punches 16 inwardly, but it will be understood that the buttons will be automatically fed into a machine and these buttons and hubs indented in a very rapid manner.

After the die has thus been rigidly fastened within the hub of the button shell, a cap 2O of usual form may be tightly crimped, as at 21, over the outwardly flared rim l of the button. Of course, this button cap may have any desired insignia thereon or any fanciful design. Y

It will also be noticed that when the cap 20 is placed in position, the upper surface l1 of the die will act as a backing for the cap during its crimping operation and will also rigidly hold the cap in place during the life of the button and prevent the cap from being forced or sagging inwardly.

When the buttons are attached, the button heads l will be placed in the ordinary button fastening machine and the button heads fed from one hopper and the tacks from another hopper (not shown) and the prong 6 will be driven into the hub of the button shell and die and will be mutilated, as shown in Fig. 5, the upper surface 1l of the die turning the prong of the tack or fastener and the button will thus be rigidly secured to the cloth 22, as shown in Fig. 5.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that we have produced a shell button which is extremely simple in construction and exceedingly light in weight. Finally, the little die will remain in its proper set position and will deflect the prong of the fastener when being attached to the cloth and rigidly support the cap, thus saving the expense of an anvil and holding the button down to a minimum weight.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A button comprising a hollow shell, an integral hub, a die fitting within said hub, a cap over said shell and die, the metal of the hub of the button shell having small dents formed therein, and the metal displaced by said dents itting within resultant dents in the die to thus rigidly hold the die within the hub.

2. A button comprising a hollow shell and an integral hollow hub, a die fitting within the hub, a shoulder on said die and overlying the peripheral upper edge of the hub,

metal tightly fitting within the hub, a shoulder on said die overlying the peripheral edge of the hub, a cap on the button shell, the metal of the hub deformed at a plurality of' points about the hub just below where the hub merges with the shell, complementary indentations in the die receiving the displaced metal of the hub to thus rigidly hold the die within the button shell.

4. Arbutton comprising a hollow shell and an integra-l hub, a die fitting within said hub, the bottom of the die being radially split and perforate, the bottom of the hub of the button shell also being perforate, a shoulder von said die and overhanging the peripheral edge of Vthe hub of the button shell, a cap on said shell and contacting with the upper surface of the die, and pointed indentations formed inthe hub of the button shell and extending into the walls of the die to rigidly secure the die in the button shell.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

LEONARD R. CARLEY. WALTER T. ABEL.

a cap on said button shell and resting on the upper surface of the die, the hub of the button shell being deformed at points and litting within complementary deformations in the die to thus rigidly hold the die within the shell.

3. A button comprising a hollow shell and an integral hollow hub formed of relatively soft metal, a hollow die of relatively yhard

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