US2170092A - Tack button - Google Patents

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" Allg- 22, 1939. F; H. PETERSON ET Al. 2f709092 TACK BUTTON Filed May 4, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Aug, 22, 1939. F. H. PETRsoN Er AL l V 2,170,092

TACK BUTTON Filed May 4, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 gin/UWA;

Patented Aug. 22, 1939 T'ACK BUTTON Frederick H. Peterson and Rollin R. Clarke, Wa-

tertown, Conn., assignors to The Patent Button Company, Waterbury, Conn., a. corporation of Connecticut Application Mayfi, 1939, serial No. 271,766

8 Claims.

Our invention relates to new and useful improvements in tack buttons capable of being oriented, and the present application is a continuation in part of an application led byV us on January 3, 1939, bearing Serial Number 249,135,

for Tack button.

The .aforementioned invention relates more especially to a solid button head having ats formed on the opposite sides of the hub as well as a step or aligning Wall on the bottom edge of the hub, which ats and step are pressed or formed at the same time that the insignia is formed on the upper surface of the button head. The insignia bears a certain definite relation to the flats and aligning step on the hub, so that the button inpassing to the attaching station of a button-attaching machine is in a properly oriented position. The hub is also shown as provided with a bore into which the prong of a tack is to be driven but not to be deformed.

The present invention has. to do with the same type of button which,V however, is made up of a hollow shell, into which is fitted a vise or die and above which vise or die is placed an anvil,

.i so that when the fastener is driven into the button head, it will be guided through the die,

Where it will be deformed against the anvil toA thus tightly hold the button head to its cloth.

The present application also contemplates a button having flats on the sides of the hub together with an aligning Wall or step on the end of the hub, While over the shell is placed a cap, which is to be oriented with respect to said flats and aligning step when the cap is being secured about the rim of said shell of the button head.

Of course, after the button head is once assembled, it may be placed in an orienting buttonattaching machine, and as the insignia bears a definite relation to the flats and aligning wall, which latter determines the position (rotated position) of the button on the attaching station in the button-attaching machine, the button with its insignia will be inA its proper, readable position when attached to its garment. f

Another object of the invention, therefore, is to produce a relatively inexpensive tack button comprising a. button shell or back, the hub of which is provided with means for orienting the button, and in which shell there is a die to receive the conventional form of tack fastener and an anvil to defo-rm the same. To the shell is fastened the cap With the desired insignia thereon, the cap being oriented in a predetermined position when secured to said shell.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a button which may be of relatively light metal, the cap of which will have the desired insignia thereon. Also, the button is capable of beautomatically oriented when passing from its hopper in the attaching machine to the attaching station. Y

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain new andnovel features and combination of parts, as will Vbe hereinafter more fully explained and pointed out in the claims.

Referring now to the drawings showing a preferred embodiment and a modied form of die or vise, which may equally as Well be used in the button- Fig. 1 is a top plan View of the button shell;

. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof;

- Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof at right angles to Fig. 2;

Fig. fi is a sectional view of theassembled but ton;

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

Fig. 6 is a top plan 4view of the cap;

Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view of a complete button with a slightly modified form of vise or die therein;

Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the vise;

Fig. 9 is a transverse sectional view thereof;

Fig. 10 is a side elevation thereof;

Fig. 11 is a view of the button attached to the strap of a garment; and v Fig. 12 is a transverse sectional view on the line |2-I2 of Fig. 11.

Referring now more particularly to the several views, there is shown in Fig. 1 a button shell consisting of the hub l the back 2, and the outwardly flaring rim 3. The hub is provided on its* opposite sides with the flats 4' and 5, While the bottom surface of the hub has the ridge or step 6 to form an aligning wall l, as may be seen` in the several views. It will be noticed that this step 6 and aligning wall l extend parallel with the flat 5 and are also parallel with the ilat 4 on the opposite side of the hub. These flats and step 6 and aligning wall 'l' make it possible for the button to pass out of a hopper (not shown.) of a button-attaching machine in only one oriented position, while the flats on the opposite side of the hub prevent the button from turning asv it passes down a chute (not shown) of a button-attaching machine to the attaching station.

The machine for attaching and orienting the button is shown in an application filed by Frederick H. Peterson on December l2, 1938, bearing Serial Number 245,278, for Orienting button-attaching machine.

These shells are made from sheet metal and stamped to the shape and contour shown in a rapid manner, thereby making them relatively inexpensive to manufacture.

The bottom of the shell is pierced or perforated, as at 8, for the recep-tion of the prong of a tack fastener, as will be shortly mentioned.

In Fig. 4, there is shown what is known in the trade as a vise or die 9 to guide and receive the prong of a fastener, after which the prong will be deformed in the attaching operation, as shown in Fig. l2.

This vise or die also forms the subject-matter of a separate application filed by Frederick H. Peterson on August 11, 1938, bearing Serial Number 224,387, for Metal vise for tack buttons.

After the vise isv placed in the shell, as sho-wn in Fig. 4, the hub is dented preferably on the flats l and 5 to force the metal inwardly, as at I9, and into a receptive groove II circumferentially of the die 9.

After the vise has been fitted in the hub, an anvil I2 is placed in the shell over the die and rests on the bottom 2 thereof, while over the button shell is then rimmed a cap I3, which may have any desired insignia, such as I4, formed therein. Generally, the insignia denotes a brand or trade-mark, or the insignia may be a fanciful design. as is well understood.

Now inasmuch as the button head may pass down a chute in only a certain predetermined oriented position, it is necessary to orient the cap before securing it to the shell. One me-thod is to notch out the shell, as at I5 (Fig. 5), to form a registering means and see that' the cap with its insignia and this notch bear a definite relation to the flats and aligning wall i as the cap is rimmed about the shell.

The machine for o-rienting the cap with respect to its shell forms no part of the present invention.

in Figs. 7 to l2, there is shown an identical fori of buttcn shell but with a different form of die, which may be used equally as well as the one shown in Fig. 4. In this instance, the button shell 2l is formed in the same manner as the previous shell. Likewise, the anvil 22 and the cap 23 are identical in structure, as illustrated in the preferred form. Furthermore, the flats 26 on the hub as well as the aligning wall 25 are also the same, but the die 2S isof solid metal and slightly rectangular in shape to more closely fit within the hub 2'! of the shell.

The die is also provided with a bore 28, while the upper and under surfaces of the die are flared, as at 29 and 39, about the bore to provide a seat for the deformed end 20 of the prong of the tack fastener after it impinges against the anvil during the attaching operation. Also, o-n the opposite outer flat walls of the die are the longitudinal grooves 3|, so that after the die is fitted Within the shell, the metal may be prickpunched or dented, as at 32, to hold the die in its position, as shown in Fig. '7.

By constructing the die as above-outlined, it will be seen that it can be fed to the button shells in end-for-end positions while either face constitutes the upper or bottom surface, depending on which way it happens to be dropped in the shell. In other words, the die lends itself readily to being fed in a machine to the shell, as it may be in an upright or inverted position or in an end-to-end position without in any way affecting its assembly in the shell.

When this form of die is used, the prong of the fastener will be driven up through the die, deiiected, deformed, and bear on the die in the same manner that it does in the preferred form.

Of course, the cap 23 is provided on its under surface with a notch 33 or other orienting means, so that the cap with its insignia 34 may be oriented with respect to the flats and the aligning wall of the button shell, as in the previously mentioned form of button.

In both instances, the button is attached to its garment I6 by the use of a tack fastener l1, which is provided with a head I8 and a prong I9. As is well known, the attaching operation is done in a button-attaching machine, the button head Vbeing Vpositioned on an attaching station and driven down onto the registering fastener II, so that the prong I9 will pierce the garment I6, pass through the opening 8 in the bottom of the shell, pass through the die 9 or the die 26, and impinge against the anvil to thus deform the prong, as at 29, to tightly hold the button head to its garment.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that we have designed a hollow shell metal button that is relatively inexpensive to manufacture and that may be oriented in a special orienting and attaching machine. The cap, however, has to be first oriented with respect to its back or shell, which was not necessary in the application led by us on January 3, 1939, bearing Serial Number 249,- 135, for Tack button, heretofore mentioned.

Many slight changes might be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A button head consisting of a shell, the said shell having an integral hollow hub, flats formed in the hub and the end of the hub having an aligning wall parallel with the flats, means within the shell for deforming the prong of a tack fastener, a cap on said shell having insignia thereon, and the insignia bearing a definite relation to the ats and aligning wall on the hub.

2. A shell tack button capable of being oriented in a button-attaching machine, the said button consisting of a hollow shell, said shell having an integral hollow hub, flats formed in the sides of the hub and a step in the end of the hub and eX- tending parallel `with the said flats, a die locked within the shell adapted to'receive and hold the prong of a tack fastener, a cap on said shell having insignia thereon, and the insignia bearing a definite relation to the ats and step on the hub` of the shell.

3. A b-utton head capable of being oriented comprising a hollow shell, the said shell having a depending integral hub, flats formed in the hub, the end of the hub having an aligning wall eX- tending in a definite relation to the flats, a die within the shell, metal in the flats dented inwardly to Contact with said die and hold the same within the shell, a cap on said shell having insignia thereon, and the insignia bearing a definite relation to the flats and the aligning wall formed in the hub of the shell.

4.. A hollow shell tack button capable of being oriented in a button-attaching machine including a shell having a hollow depending perforate hub, a die'for receiving the prong of a tack fas- 75 tener in said shell. flats formed on the opposite sides of the hub and a step formed in the bottom edge of the hub and bearing a denite relation to the flats, means extending from the flats contacting with the die for locking the die within the hub of the shell, an anvil Within the shell for deforming the prong of a tack fastener, a cap having insignia on its face and a notched rim, and the cap being oriented with relation to the flats and step on the hub,

5. A hollow shell tack button capable of being oriented in a button-attaching machine including a shell having a hub, means in the shell adapted to receive and deform the prong of a tack fastener, a cap rimmed about the shell having insignia on its face, and means on the side of the hub and the end of the hub for orienting purposes bearing a deinite relation to the insignia on said cap.

6. A button head consisting of a thin metal shell, the said shell having an integral hollow hub, ats formed in the hub, the end of the hub provided with an integral step parallel with the iiats for aligning purposes, means within the shell for receiving and deforming the prong of a tack fastener and the said step forming a seat for said receiving means, a cap on said shell having insignia thereon, and the insignia bearing a denite relation to the iiats and the step on the hub.

7. A button head consisting of a hollow shell, the said shell having an integral hollow hub, a iiat formed in the hub, the end of the hub having a step formed therein parallel with the at for aligning purposes, receiving and deforming means for a fastener within the shell, the said step also forming a seat for the said receiving means, a cap on said shell having insignia thereon, and the insignia bearing a denite relation to the at and the step on the hub. y

8. A button head capable of being oriented con.- sisting of a hollow shell,v the said shell having an integral hollow hub, the lower end of the hub having an integral step formed therein, means within the shell and resting on the step for receiving the prong of a tack, a cap on said shell having insignia thereon, and the insignia bearing a definite relation to the step on the end of the hub.

FREDERICK H. PETERSON. ROLLIN R. CLARKE.

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