US337747A

US337747A - Eobeet s

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Publication number: US337747A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1886-03-09
Anticipated expiration: 1903-03-09

Description

(No Model.)

B. S. CUTTING.

LEVER BUTTON.

No. 337,747. Patented Mar. 9, 1886.

INVZNTUE."

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT S. CUTTING, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

LEVER-BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,747, dated March 9, 1886.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT S. CUTTING, of the city and county of Providence, State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lever-Buttons; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forniing part of this specification.

This invention has reference to an improvement in the construction of the button; and it consists in utilizing the ordinary rivet for the button head and shank, and by swaging in proper dies forming the shank to receive the shoe, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

Figure l is a side view of the lever-button, the shoe being shown in the position when the button is secured. Fig. 2 is a side view showing the shoe in the position for entering the cuff. Fig. 3 is an end view showing the flattened shank. Fig. 4 is a side view and section of a rivet. Fig. 5 is a front view and section of the shank after the same has been formed by swaging in dies. Fig. 6 is an end view of the same. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of the button, the rivet being shown in view.

In the manufacture of cuff-buttons by far the larger quantity are made of inferior metal plated or otherwise covered with more precious metal. The posts of such buttons have heretofore been secured in a plate which formed partof the button, and were liable to become loose, thus destroying the button. Copper and brass rivets are an ordinary article of sale, and can be secured at a small ad vance over the cost of the material. To utilize them for the manufacture of cuff-buttons is one of the objects of this invention.

In the drawings, a is the head, and b the shank, of an ordinary rivet. The head is of the proper form and size for the usual cuffbutton; but the shank,being a conical cylinder, is not adapted in that form for a cuff button. I therefore subject the same to swaging in proper dies, so as to produce the flattened shank 0, provided with the hinge-post d at its upper end, to which the shoe 6 is hinged, so that the end of the post (I bears against the springfin the shoe 6.

If desired, the head of the rivet a may be covered by a thin sheet of stock plate or precious metal, 9, by forming a dished disk and bending the edges over the edge of the rivethead, as is'clearly shown in Fig. 7.

The shoe in these structures is shown in Fig. 7 as formed separately from, but which may be provided on its under side with, a downwardly-extending portion, 6, which is formed integrally with the shoe by stamping, and the lower end of which embraces the upper end of the post 0, the said ends being joined by a pivot, so as to permit the shoe to tilt upon the post, and such movement of the shoe being controlled by a spring, f, placed in the shoe and bearing upon the post. By this construction the head and shank are formed in one piece of metal, which is more durable and cheaper in construction than such buttons as heretofore made.

I am aware of the use of a rivet in clinching a button to fabrics, and therefore disclaim any similar use of a rivet.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaiin asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The integral rivet whose disk forms the head of the button and whose post is flattened on two opposite sides and rounded on the other two opposite sides to form the shank of said button, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In the lever-button, the integral rivet which forms the disked head a,bearing the flat shank c, which is flattened on two sides and rounded on the other two opposite sides, and which is provided at its free end with the hingepost d, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In combination, the integral rivet which forms the disked head a, the flat shank c, which is flattened on two sides and rounded on the other two opposite sides, and having the hingingpost d of the covering 9 sprung over the head a, for the purpose described.

4. The combination with the hinged shoe, substantially as set forth, of the integral rivet which forms the head a, shank c, which is flattened on two sides and rounded on the other two opposite sides and provided with the hinging-post d, substantially as described.

5. The integral rivet whose disk forms the dished head a of the button and whose post is flattened on two opposites sides and rounded on the other two opposite sides to form the shank a of said button, substantially as set forth.

ROBERT S. CUTTING.

\Vitnesses:

J. A. MILLER, Jr. M. F. BLIGH.