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- P. H. SWEET, Jr.

BUTTON FASTENER. No. 269,738. Patented Dec. 26, 1882 (a. Z L a a $1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFicE'.

PARKER H. SWEET, JR., OF WASHINGTON, D. 0., ASS IGNOR TO THE HEATON BUTTON FASTENER COMPANY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BUTTON-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,738, dated December 26, 1882;

Application filed October 30, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PARKER H. SWEET, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District ofUolumbia, have in vented certain new and usel'ulImprovements in Button-Fasteners and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. My invention has for its object to provid a novel and simplified construction of buttonfasteners for attaching buttons to shoes or other articles of wearing-apparel; and it consists essentially of a double-pointed or split prong provided with a loop or neck to receive the shank of a button, the lower penetrating ends of said prong being arranged side by side and beveled in opposite directions for engagement with a die of novel construction, so as to curve or deflect the split prong back 2 again into the material to which the device is to be attached, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 0 represents a side elevation of my complete device as attached to the shank of a button. Fig. 2 represents a similar view as attached to the shank of a button and fabric. Fig. 3 represents a continuous blank or wire from which the complete device is formed. Fig. 4

represents a detail view of the jaws of a setting-instrument, with the button and fastener in place, ready for attachment to a fabric; and Fig. 5 represents a modification of my im- 0 proved device.

Similarletters of reference iudicatelike parts in the sevenl figures.

In carrying out my invention, the fastening device is preferably formed of half round wire, bent so as to form a loop or neck, B,

and two sharp-pointed and beveled ends lying flatwise against each other, so as to form a single rounded and split prong, C, as shown.

In constructing the complete fastener, ahalfrounded wire is run through a suitable ma- 5o chine, which forms the loops or necks B at regular and even distances apart, as shown in Fig. 3, while a suitable cutting-tool divides the wire at equal distances between each loop or neck to form the single rounded and split prong 0, when the two parts are bent down flat against each other, as fully shown in Figs. 1 and 4. In the process of cutting each fastener from the wire, the ends forming the single split prong are beveled in reverse direc- 6o tions to each other-to facilitate their being curved or deflected back into the material to secure the button thereto.

The shanks of the buttons A may be connected to the loops or necks of the fasteners 6 during the" process of manufacture, so that the buttons and fasteners may be sold together, thereby obviating the time and tronble in attaching the fastener to the shank of the button prepaiatory to their being attached 7) to fabrics.

In the operation of attaching the button to any desired material by means of my im proved fastener, the button A is adjusted in the upper jaw of a setting-instrument, the loop or neck B of the fastener'fitting snugly within a rounded recess in the'lower face of said jaw, and the material or fabric adjusted in place between the two jaws, which are then closed together, iorcing the prong B through the material, and which, coming in contact with the die in the lower jaw, causes the split portions of said prong to be curved or deflected back again into the material in opposite direction, thereby securely attaching the button thereto.

By means of my improved device the shank of the button is held within the loop in such a manner as to prevent its sinking down into the fabric when in use, yet at the same time 0 allowing it to play freely in any direction. The split prong also makes but one hole or opening in the fabric through which itpasses.

A modification of my invention is shown in Fig. 5, in which one end of a strip of metal is 5 bentaround so as to form a loop, B, while the prong, C, substantially as and for the purpose :0 specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PARKER H. SYVEET, JR.

other end of the strip is out so as to form a 1 split prong. C, as shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is- As an improved article of manufacture, the herein-described button-fastener,-composed of the loop or neck portion B and the beveled and sharp ends arranged flatwise, side by side,

m such a manner as to form a single split Witnesses:

EDWIN J. MCLAIN, U, FRED KELLER.

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