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W. H. WOOD. {MEANS FOR ATTAGHINGIBUTTONSL No. 291,562. W Patented Jan. 8, 18'84= Imve nia 7- Nrrn Srarns XFFECE.

ATENT WILLIAM H. woon, or ROCHESTER, nnw YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,562, dated January 8, 1884.

Application filed March 5, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. Woon, of Rochester, Monroe county, New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementinllieansfor AttachingButtonstoLeather and Fabrics; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front elevation of a machine showing my invention. Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation. Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the jaws in line 00 a; of Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale. Fig. 5 is a plan of a portion of the lower jaw. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of a portion of the two jaws, showing the notches therein. Fig. 7 is a modification showing the head of a pair of pinchers with iny improvement. Fig. 8 is a crosssection of the jaws of the pinohers in line 1 y ofFig. 7, enlarged. Fig. 9 is a view of the fastening.

My improvement relates to means for securing buttons to leather and fabrics, and is designed to be used in connection with the button-fastening for which I applied for patent November 11, 1882.

The invention consists of jaws of peculiar construction, as hereinafter described, and also of a presser acting in combination therewith, as will be morefully set forth.

In the drawings, A shows a frame bolted to a table, B, and having vertical ways 0 O, in which slides a gate, D. The bottom of the gate is pivoted at a to a lever, E, having its fulcrum at b, and provided at its long end with a connecting-rod, c, which connects with atreadle on the floor. (Not shown in the drawings.) A spring, D, may connect the base A and the lever E, orothe r equivalent arrangement employed to keep the gate always elevated, except when drawn down by the lever.

G G are two jaws attached, respectively, to the main frame and the gate." The outer faces of the jaws consist of thin edges cl d, which rest in the same plane, and in these edges are made coincident notches f f, Fig. 6, of sufficient depth to receive the two sides of the button-fastening shown in Fig. 9. In the jaws, back of the notches, are made half-circular cavities Z Z, of sufficient size to receive the button and to hold it in a straight position while the jaws are closing upon the sides of the fastening.

The button-fastening, as shown in Fig. 9, consists of a base, h, and an open hook, z, having a projecting outturned extremity, k. The hook is first inserted through a puncture made in the leather; the button is then placed thereon; and the object of my present invention is to close the two sides of the hook together into the form shown in Fig. 4, at the same time setting the projecting end of the hook down flatwise upon the leather, and clamping the latter firmly between the projecting end on one side and the base of the fastening 011 the other side. A series of the fastenings having been attached to the leather, they are passed one after another to the jaws. Each hook is placed in the notch of the lower jaw, the hook standing upright and the leather resting against the face of the jaw. The button, which projects beyond, rests in the cavity Z, and is thereby retained ina straight position. The upper jaw is then brought down, its notch striking the upper half of the hook, and as the two jaws come together the two sides of the hook are compressed, bringing them near together and forming an eye to hold the button, at the same time setting the proj ecting end 76 down flatwise upon the leather, and firmly clamping it against the base of the fastening on the opposite side. The thin edges of the jaws clamp the sides of the hook and force them near together, the notches receive the sides, and the cavity in the back of the jaws holds the button. The notches form a gage to prevent/the sides of the hook from being closed so closely as to be cut off by the jaws or injured by the contact, which would be the case if the jaws closed directly on them when heavy pressure was applied.

The apparatus above described is intended for use in shops and stores Where constant work is done. The invention is equally adapted to hand instruments, of which one form is shown in Fig. 7, the same being a pair of ordinary nippers, except that the jaws are provided with the notches f and cavity Z. The jaws are placed around thehook and closed. together of instruments may be used in a similar man- 10c in the manner before described. Other forms ner. I do not wish to confine myself to any peculiar form of the machine or instrument, but to embody any form which has the jaws constructed as before described.

Where large machines are used, such as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, I employ a gage or presser for holding up against the base of the fastening while the jaws close, constructed and arranged as follows: H is a bow or arch, pivoted at m m to the sides of the frame, and extending up over the frame. In the sides are made inclined slots n n, Fig. 2, throughwhich pass screws or pins 19 10, attached to the reciprocating gate D. It will be seen that when the gate moves down the screws sliding in the slots will move the arch back, and when the gate rises they will move it forward.

I is an arm of the arch, which curves downward in the rear of the machine. r is a screw, which screws horizontally through the lower end of the arm, and has on its inner end a flat head, 3, which forms the presser, the same coming opposite the notch in the lower jaw.

a i I tion. Where hand instruments are used, the presser is not required, as the finger of the operator holds the leather up to the work.

This invention is intended more particularly for fastening buttons on shoes, but is also adapted to other uses where buttons are to be applied to leather or fabrics.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, substantially as shown and described, of the jaws GG, movable with relation one to another, and provided with the thin edges d d, notched at ff, to properly clamp the button-fastening, and also provided with the cavities Z Z, adjacent to said edges, and at the front of said jaws to receive the button, as set forth.

2. In an apparatus for attaching buttons, the combination, with jaws which close together to compress the sides of the fastening, of a presser or gage, substantially as described, and mechanism to move the same automatically forward to press against the base of the fastening while the jaws are closing, as herein shown and set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

W. H. W'OOD.

WVitnesses:

R. F. Oscoon, WV. MARTIN J ONES.

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