US295769A

US295769A - Button

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Publication number: US295769A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1884-03-25
Anticipated expiration: 1901-03-25

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP HALIsH, or cHIoAco, ILLINOIS.

BUTTON.

sPncIPIcAa-Ioiv forming part f Letters'ratent No. 295,769, dated March 25, 1884.

Application tiled June 8, 18H3. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILIP KALIsH, of Ghicago, 'in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art to which my invention relates to make and use the same, reference be ing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof', and in which- Figure l` represents a vertical elevation of the shank of the button. Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the fastener as it comes from the dies. I '-Fig. 3 represents a sectional elevation of the button with its Vshank inserted into the fastener at e, and the fastener bent or doubled upon itseli'readyto receive the button. Fig.

4 represents the button completed and attached to a piece of cloth.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

The object of my invention is to produce a button that can be cheaply made, and which can be attached without the use of any auxiliary mechanism, substantially as hereinafter shown.

In the drawings, a represents the shank of a button, made of a round piece of wire, and provided at its end that enters the button with barbs or a screw-thread, and, of which the outer end is conically pointed at c, and immediately above the-base of the cone are cut two parallel notches, b. The conical point is made sharp enough, so that it may force its way through the cloth by sufficient pressure. The

. fastener is stamped from sheet metal in the form of two disks, cZ cZ, connected by a neck, Z. In the center of the disk dis a hole, g, which will admit the base of the cone c, and near itscircumference is another hole, e, of like diameter, forming one end of a slot, f, which extends` beyond the center of the disk d. The fastener is next bent into the form shown in Fig. 3, and is then ready for use.

In fastening such buttons to garlnents, the point c is forced through the cloth and then through the hole e, and the shank Z so turned that the two notches b will pass into the channelror slot f, the bottoms ofthe notches moving against the sides of the slot, so that the base of the cone forms two hooks, which hold on the fastener. Then the button is moved inthe direction shown by the arrow until it has arrived at the other end' of the channel f, I

and then the cone c will be opposite the hole g. rPhe members d d are then pressed together, as shown in Fig. 4, the cone c entering the `hole g, and the button It is securely attached to the cloth Z.

The slot f might all be made in the part d; but in the manner shown it secures the button more perfectly, and is not so liable to be lost if the member d should accidentally be pulled from its place.

Vhat I claim isl. The combination, with the shank a of a button, provided with parallel notches b b, of the fastener formed of the members d d', con# nected by a neck, Z, and whereof the center of the part d is provided with a hole, g, and the part ZZl with the holes e and slot f, adapted for use as set forth.

2. In combination with the shank a, provided with parallel notches b b and cone c, the fastener formed of the parts d cZ, connected by a neck, Z, and whereof the center of the -part (Z is provided with a hole, g, and near its circumference with a hole, e, connected with a slot, f, extending to or beyond the center of the part cZ, adapted for use as set forth.

. PHILIP IALISH. dfitnesses:

WM. ZIMMEEMAN, O. M. PARsoNs.