US280767A

US280767A - Button

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Publication number: US280767A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-07-03
Anticipated expiration: 1900-07-03

Description

(No Model.)

W. 8. ROGERS.

BUTTON.

No. 280,767. Patented July 3, 1883.

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\VARREN S. ROGERS, OF \VESTPORT, CONNECTICUT.

BUTTQN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,767, dated July 3, 1883.

Application filed February 20, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WARREN S. Boenns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vestport, Fairfield county, Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of buttons which are fastened to a garment by means of a rivet-shank; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, whereby a superior article is obtained at acomparatively low cost of manufacture.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a cross-section showing the button applied to a piece of cloth. Fig. 2 is a similar section taken in a different plane from Fig.- 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view. of the buttonback. Fig. 4 is a cross-section -of the buttonface. Fig. 5 is a similar section of a paper disk used as a filling to the button. Fig. 6 is a similar section of a washer combined with the shank. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of the composed of a sheet-metal back, B, a rivetshank, C, a sheet-metal face, I), a filling-disk, E, of paper-namely, paper-board or other similar materialand a sheet-metal washer, F. Said back B is dish-shap ed, and is countersunk in the center to form a stud or offset, into which is fitted the head h of the shank, the latter projecting outward through a central hole, i, in the stud, so that it rests on the inner surface of the back. The shank C is in this example made tubular, or in form of an eyelet,- and after having been passed through a suitable hole in the cloth it is clinched or riveted at the outer end in any usual or suitable man ner, the burr or washer F being interposed between the secondary head is, thus formed, and the cloth. The paper disk E fits snugly into the back B, so as to fill the latter approximately, and it is laid therein prior-to attaching the face D. This face is provided with a flange, Z, which hugs the edge of the back B,

and which is bent under it, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, so that the face is thereby firmly united to the back on the edge. Said face, moreover, is depressed or concaved in the center, as at a, a sufficient depth to compress the paper disk E upon the head h of the shank; and by this means the shank is firmly held in positionthat is to say, it is firmly connected to the back and adapted to retain its position in use. By the interposition of the paper disk E between the face D and the shankhead the least depression of the face is necessary to retain the shank in position; but, if desired, said disk may be omitted, and in that case the face is depressed sufficiently to bear directly upon the shank-head.

In the stud g of the back are a series of barbs, 0, which are struck up therein by suitable dies and project rearwardly therefrom, so that when the button is fastened these barbs penc trate thecloth, and thus materially assist in holding the article to its place. The washer F .is curved in cross-section toward the center, thus assuming a concavo-convex shape, and it is formed on the edge into a bead, r,which is on its convex side. In the center of the washer F is a hole, 3, for the passage of the shank C. In applying the washer to use, its convex side is placed inward against the back of the cloth, and as the barbs 0 pierce the cloth they, if made of the proper length, come in contact with the washer, whereby they are deflected outward, due to its convexity, so as to enter the recess it, formed under the bead-namely, at the point where the bead meets the body of the washer-and the washer thus engaging the ends of the barbs, the effect ofthe latter is materially increased. The concavity of the washer F receives in it the secondary head or rivet 7c of the shank, so that such head does not project on the button. I It may be remarked that .the stud g performs also the usual function of keeping the head portion of the button away from the cloth, as shown.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Abutton in which are combined a sheetmetal back countersunk in the center to form a stud or offset, a rivet-shank having its head fitted into the stud, and a sheet-n1eta1 face united to the back on the edge, and depressed in the center for holding the shank in position.

2. A button in which are combined a sheetmetal back countersunk in the center to form a stud or offset, a rivet-shank having its head fitted into the stud, a disk of paper or other similar material laid into the back, and a sheetnietal face united to the back on the edge, and depressed in the center for compressing the paper disk on the head of the shank, and thereby holding the latter in position.

3. A button in which are combined asheetmetal back countersunk in the center to form a stud or oitsct, and struck up with barbs in such stud, a rivet'shank 1n ving its head titted into the stud, and a sheet-metal face united to the back on the edge, and depressed in the center for holding the shank in position.

4. A button in which are combined a sheet- 20 meta]. back countersunk in the center to form a stud or offset, and struck up with barbs in such stud, a rivet-shank having its head fitted into the stud, a concavo-convex sheet-metal 'asher beaded on the edge to engage the barbs of the stud, and a sheet-metal face united to the back on the edge, and depressed in the center for holding the shank in position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing 0 witnesses.

WARREN s. Roonns.

\Vitncsses:

EDMOND 0. SMITH, \V. HAUFF.