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Description

C. F. V'EIT.

(N0 ModeL) BUTTON.

No. 327,907. Patented Oct. 6, 1885.

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CHARLES F. VEIT, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,907, dated October G, 1885.

Application led February 28, 1885. Serial No. 157,361.

T0 a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. VEIT, a citizen of the United States, residing at London, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention `relates to improvements in buttons; and it consists in the combination, with a button-head and yielding stops formed in the button-head, of a rod secured to the button-head, an independent shank surrounding the rod and adapted to be retained by the yielding stops in the button-head, a shoe or shoes hinged to said shank, and means for extending or folding the shoe or shoes; also in the combination, with a button-head which is capable of a rotary motion and yielding stops formed in the button-head, of a rod secured to the buttonhead,an independent shank surrounding the rod and adapted to be retained by the yielding stops in the button-head, a shoe or shoes hinged to said shank, and a cam secured to the rod and adapted to act upon the shoe or shoes.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1` represents a vertical section in the plane 'y y, Fig. 2, of my improved button, showing the leaves extended. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is an end elevation, part in section,showing the leaves folded. Fig. 4 is an inverted plan View with the leaves removed. Fig. 5is a side elevation showing the leaves folded. Fig. 6 is a detached view of the button-head and the rod and cam connected thereto. Fig. 7 is a detached top view of the button-shank; and Fig. 8,a View similar to Fig. l, showing a single shoe pivoted to the shank.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. In the drawings the letter A designates the button-head, which, in the example shown, is made hollow, for the reception of stone a,and has secured therein a disk, B, which serves as a rest for the stone and closes the bottom ofthe button. However, the button-head may be made solid and of any desired shape. To the The shank F is not (No model.)

secured to the button-head as in ordinary buttons, but is independent of the same, and to its lower end are hinged, at d d and e e', the button shoes G G', the hinges being arranged alternately-that is to say, so arranged that one hinge d and one e will face each other and be equally distant from the center, and on these two hinges, d e, are formed projections f f, which are adapted to be engaged by the projections or teeth b b', on the cam D, -before described. Instead of having the projections ff on their respective hinges,they may be formed directly on lugs on the shoes G G; but the method first described is adopted as being the most expedient. On the disk B, or on the bottom of the button-head when 1t 1s made solid, are projections g, which may be formed by soldering suitable pieces on the disk or bottom B or by forming depressions 1n a suitably-raised annular portion of the disk or bottom. The projections g form yielding stops h hj j', which are engaged by the shank F, Fig. 4, when the button-head is rotated to certain positions. The upper end, i, of the rod C is turned off somewhat conically, and the surrounding portion of the shank F is bent 1nward to nearly close upon the conical part, whereby it is held in place and also capable of a slight longitudinal motion.

In Figs. 3, 4, and 5 the button is shown in its normal position, in which case the shank is engaged by the yielding stop j j', as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 4, and the shoes are folded. If the button is designed to be used as a cuff-button it is inserted'through the button-holes of the cuff, and it is now evident that if the button-head is rotated the shank f will be prevented from rotating, and consequently also the shoes hinged thereto by the button-holes through which it extends, and the cam D will be turned until the shoes are extended. Vhen the shoes are in that position, the shank will be retained by the yielding stops h it', as is best shown in Fig. 4. The shoes, as will be seen, are prevented from returning to their folded position by the cam D, which projects over part of the lower surface of the same. The head is prevented from being accidentally rotated by the elastic nature of the shank, which offers resistance to being forced out from the yielding stops h h and jj', which are also to a certain extent elastic.

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In order to prevent injuryto the person Wearing the cuff-button,the cam is in practice placed so that its lower surface Will fall within or above the upper plane of theleaves. Instead of using two shoes, G G', one shoe may be used, as in Fig. 8, which is hinged to the shank and operated as before.

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

l. The combination, With the button-head which is capable of rotary motion and the yielding stops h h and jj', formed in the button-head, of the rod C, secured to the buttonhead, the independent shank F, surrounding the rod and adapted to be retained by the yielding stops in the button-head, the shoe or shoes hinged to said shank, and means for extending or folding the shoe or shoes, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, With the button-head 2o the rod and adapted to be retained by the 25 yielding stops in the button-head, the shoe or shoes hinged to said shank, and the cam D,

secured to the rod and adapted to act upon the shoe or shoes, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 3o my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES F. VEIT. [L. s]

Vitnesses: Y

W. HAUFF, A. FABER DU FAUR, Jr.

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