US356768A - Button - Google Patents

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@m Mdel.) y HQSSER BUTTQE. No. 856,768. f Patented Feb. l, N87.

,FREDEBlCK HOSSEE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISS'UBI.

BUTTON.

SPECEFICATIOH forming Application filed June 1, 1886. Serial No.

para of Leiters Patent No. 355,768, eared February l, 1887.

203,344. (No model.)

.To @JZ whom Il muy concern.'

Be it known that l, FREDERICK Hessen, e citizen oi" the United States, residing et St.

Louis, in the Siete of iliissonrhhave invented known manner so ns Certain new and useful Improvements in Coller end Sleeve Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of collar or sleeve buttons wherein the head or button is hinged to the post, so that it may be turned down parallel therewith, to facilitate the insertion and remorerlof thelontton into and out of the button-hole, and to hold it in place when turned up.

The object ol my invention is to ineke n nent, cheap, and durable collar and sleeve huir ton for cheep class of jewelry mede hy hand or machinery, :is well ns 'for finer lnd more expensive buttons, and to lessen the number of parts, all or either of which is readily re pinned or substituted.

To this end my inveniion consists in eertein nenr and noi-*el features in the eonstruetion of the post, spring, :rnd hinged part; also, in the manner of securing the hinged pari; to the post, so :is to hold the spring in place, whereby the button is greatly simplified in its oonstrnetien when compared with other buttons of the saine class. n

Of the drawings, Figure 'l is e side View of in y improved button, showing thehiuged'pert, plete, or shoe in position erosswise to the pose ond closed. Fig. 2 is e. side View and part section of the sinne, showing the hinged part turned in position parallel with the post nud open. liigs. 3, Li,- 5, und G ere perspective views of the hinged een er shoe, the spring, the stationery oep or plete and its post, and the rivet, respectively, forming the several parte ol' my improved button. Fig. T is e perspeetive View of the button complete.

Similar lettere indicate similar pin-ts throughout the several views.

A designates the stationary plete or esp, B the post, C the spring, and D the hinged plate or een, oi' the butt-on embodying inyiniprove inents.

The stationery plate square, or any other shape desir i muy he round, oval, ad, and may he used as the top or bottoni of the button, end when used es e sleeve or cuff button it yneeessry stretehi ng may he engraved or provided with e setor other fanciful ornamentation, as usual. To this plaefltlie post B is attached in any Wellto he rigid und firm. This post is split, es shown in Fig. 5, thus forming nl double post, with e slit, b, in its center, for the reception of the sp ring C. (See Figs. 5 and 7 .j

a. is elng, i'oruied ner on the oep A, behind the double post B, and iu direct line with the slit if.

The spring C is of the L. shape shown in Figs. 4 and 7, the horizontal or teil portion, c, of which enters the lug o while inserting the spring between the post from side opposite the lng o with the tail iirst.

The hinged esp or plete D has in its center e square lug, d, through which the eye d is drilled or otherwise formed. This plate D is hinged to the post by placing its lng in the slit i and its eye in line with the eyes b of the double post and passing a rivet, bg, through. (See Fig. 2.) The end of the vert-ioni portion of the spring is provided with zi noteh, o', in which the lug d of the hinged esi-p engages, and is held in either oi' the twopositionsshown in Figs. l and 2, and prevented more or less from turning beek into the other position, eoeording to the tension of the spring.

When the oep is turned asshonn in Fig. l, it is positively prevented from turning too fer by abutting against the extreme end or shoulder o2 of the spring. The lug n, and the end c of the spring entering it may he inede in elined, es shown in doit-ed lines, Figs. 2 and 4, so es to facilitate its insertion and @euse e close lit, The spring inny he made curved at e, (its angle) es shown, in order to edd toits elasticity, as well as to forni e notch to keep the several parts or ends of the collar or end and shirt close together and to prevent unoi' the huttonhole after the button is inserted. The hinged plete is held inplece bythe rivet. Thespring, by aetiug sidewise egainstthelug of thehingedplate in direction opposite 'to its insertion into the lug and between the donhle post, is thus kept firmly in its place on all sides, and cannot be removed without removing the rivet and the hinged oep. All the parts nre thus adapted to each other, and nre readily removed, re-

in any Well-known inanf IOS) lons Without requiring much skill, a saving of time, labor, and expense in the manufacture thus being achieved. 5 What I claim is- As an improved article of manufacture, a collar or sleeve button or stud consisting of placed, and adjusted in their respective posinotchl c3, formed at its angle, for holding the button in place when inserted into the buttonhole, the hinged cap D, provided with a 111g,

d, for the engagement of the spring, and the 15,'` rivet b2, `for holding the parts together, substantially as set forth.

the stationary cap A, provided with a double FREDERICK HOSSER' Witnesses:

GHAS. F. MEISNER, Jes. W. ALLEN.

post, B, anda lng, a, the L-sliaped spring C, 1o inserted between the double post andinto the lug a, as herein shown and described, the

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