US355029A

US355029A - Button

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Publication number: US355029A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1886-12-28
Anticipated expiration: 1903-12-28

Description

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'Patented Dec. 28, 1886.

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NITED STATES BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,029, dated December 28, 1886.

(No model.)

To all whom it 1v1/ay concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE B. ROBINSON;

a citizen of the United-States of America, re-

siding at Vaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates ,to improvements in buttons; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the parts, whereby the manufacture is simplified and the construction strengthened.

In the drawings, Figure lis a sectional view.

of my improved button. Fig. 2 is a section of the shell of the button. Figs. I3, 4, and 5 are detail views o'f the center of the button. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the button. Fig. 7 is a section of an alternative form of the button.

The letter A designates theshell of the button,which is ribbed at A and the edge rolled to form A2. rThe center is perforated at C, and countersunk so as to form the well B. The perforation C is then turned into the well B, forming around the center the rib A3.

Into thewell B is set the eyelet D, the flange of which is made to it the said well, and the shank D the perforation C. The shank Dl is provided with slots cut in sides opposite. Into these slots is set a small pin, E, which protrudes through the slots and rests on the edge of the perforation C, reaching nearly to the wall of the well B to prevent displacement. When the parts/are in this position, the ends of the shank D protrude through the perforation C. These are turned back on the edge A3, substantially as shown in Fig. l of drawings.

When the formshown in Fig. lis made, the

eyelet D7 carrying thepin E, is set in place, and

the ends of theishank D' are turned over the edge A3. The back F is then placed upon the shell, with the part F corresponding to the Well B and the edge covering the edge A3 and turned ends of the shank D', and the edge of the shell is rolled vupon it, substantially as shown.

Ink constructing the button the shell is rolled and ribbed, substantially as shown. The pin E is placed in the slots provided in the shank D of the eyelet. The eyelet bearing the pin is placed in the well B of the shelhwithjhe ends of the shank protruding through the perforal tion C, and the ends of the shank D are turned back upon the edge A3 of the shell, .thus forming a button at on'oc simple of manufacture and strong of construction.

It is obvious that I do not confine myself to the exact construction herein shown, as an eyelet might be used that is perforated, and the pin passed through such perforations before placing the eyelet iu the well.

As a new article of l'nanufactu re, a button consisting of a shell the center of which is depressed to form a well, said well having an inwardly-extending flange around its lower edge, au eyelet provided with a slotted shank,

the ends of which protrude beyond theiiange of said well and are turned back on the same, and a bar adapted to tit the slots of the said shank and to lie across said well and rest against the opposite walls thereof, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HORACE B. ROBINSON.

Vitnesses:

WM. W.' BoNNF/rr, FRANKLIN L. VELTON.