US678762A - Collar-button. - Google Patents

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Patented July l6. I901.

J. E. POTTER.

COLLAR BUTTUW.

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JAMES E. POTTER, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO BARTON A. BALLOU AND FREDERICK A. BALLOU, OF SAME PLACE.

COLLAR-BUTTON.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 678,762, dated July 16, 1901.

A lication fil d, April 8, 1901. Serial No. 54,962. (No model.)

To all? whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES E.- POTTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar-Buttons, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanyin g drawings.

Like letters indicate like parts.

Figure 1 is a top plan of a pointer collarbutton. Fig. 2 is a section of my invention as seen on line mm of Fig. 1, the end of shank of the rivetbeing shown before the same has been spread. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the inner plate or disk of the button-head. Fig. 5 is an end edge view of the same. Fig. 6 is a topplan of the rivet. Fig. '7 is a front elevation of said rivet. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of said pointer-button. Fig. 10 is a central longitudinal section of said button, the end of the rivet-shank being shown after the same has been swaged into contact with the inner surfaces of the hollow shank of the collar-button. Fig. 11 is a sectional View as seen on line 1 y of Fig 10. Fig. 12 is a plan view of a modified form of the lining-plate of the button-head. Fig. 13 is a sectional view of the same as seen on line a z of Fig. 12. Fig. 14 is a sectional view as seen on line to w of Fig. 12. Fig. 15 is a view of my improved device as applied to a lever pointer-button, said view being partly in central longitudinal section and partly in elevation. Fig. 16 is a central longitudinal section of the same as seen on liner: 1; of Fig. 15. Fig. 17 is a perspective view of the rivet modified to adapt it for use in lever-buttons. Fig. 18 is a central longitudinal section of the button shank and shoe with the rivet in position therein shown in elevation. Fig. 19 is a central longitudinal section as seen on line to u of Fig. 18, the rivet being, however, shown in 45 side elevation. Fig. 20 is a detail view showing the modified form of the lining-plate, which is separately illustrated in Figs. 12, 13, and 14., in position and relation to the contiguous portions of the collar-button.

My invention relates to collar-buttons, and

more especially to the means of securing the heads thereof to the shanks; and it consists of the novel construction and combination of a the several parts, as hereinafter particularly described and as specifically set forth in the claims.

The principal novelty in this invention is the use of an inclosed concealed rivet which unites the head and shank of the button and so dispenses with the use of solder for that purpose.

In the drawings, A represents the outer shell or rolled covering-plate of the head of a pointer collar-button,'l3 the shank, and (J the shoe. The parts B and O are integral, as shown. The shank B, as appears in Fig. 9, is rectangular in cross-section and Wider from side to side than from front to rear.

D is an inner plate or disk within the head of the button.

E is the circular head, and F the shank, of a rivet, preferably made of copper or cornparatively soft metal. The end of the shank F of the rivet is centrally notched, as indicated at a.

Gis the lining-plate of the button-head, and the outer shell or plate A is turned over on the lining-plate G, as illustrated in Figs. 2, 10, and 11. The plate G has a central rectangular opening Z7, as shown in Fig.12, of a size just sufficient to allow the shank F of the rivet to pass through it.

The rivet-shank F is passed through the aperture b of the lining-plate G and inserted in the small open end of the hollow shank B of the button. As seen in Fig. 2, the shank B is flaring and has a large opening 0 where it spreads out to form the shoe 0. The sides of the rivet-shank F are straight and parallel, so that when the rivet-shank F is in position 0 in the button-shank B there is a space between the edges of the rivet-shank and the inner surfaces of the hollow button-shank, as fully illustrated in Fig. 2. While the liningplate G and the button-shank B are held together by suitable means a proper swagingtool is inserted through the opening 0 of the shoe 0 and fits the notched end of the rivetshank F. A blow of the swagingtool so placed spreads the end of the rivet-shank F into contact with the inner surfaces of the button-shank B, as shown in Fig. 10. The result is that the lining-plate G and buttonshank B are thus riveted together without the use of solder. Upon the head E of the rivet so fastened in position the inner plate or disk D is placed, and the outer shell or covering-plate A is rolled over the edges of the lining-plate G, as shown in Fig. 2, thus covering the disk D and constituting the head of the button.

The usual shell or covering-plate H is rolled over the edge of the shoe (3, as shown in the several figures.

It is better that the end of the rivet-shank F should be notched, as shown at a; but it may, however, be straight and yet be spread by a suitable tool for the purpose specified.

If desired, the lining-plate G may be formed with the bent lips d at opposite sides of the aperture 12 therein. Such lips, when the parts are assembled, will have their edges abut the outer surfaces of the shank B and will therefore serve to brace or reinforce the connection of the lining-plate Gr with the but ton-shank B. (See Figs. 12, 13, 14, and 20.)

In Figs. 15 to 19, inclusive, I show these improved locking means as adapted to a leverbutton. Here the head of the rivet is made oblong in shape, with two opposite edges thereof parallel with each other, and the head is bent to lie at a right angle with the shank F, and the shank F is made with a curve 6 and a lip or shoulderf. Thelipfshuts over the upper edge of the shank B, as shown in Figs. 16 and 19. In Figs. 15, 16, and 19 the tilting heads are designated as A and the lining-plates as G, and the plate which rests on the head E of the rivet is a spring-plate and is marked D.

It is a peculiarity of the construction shown that the post or shank B is rectangular in cross-section, which is a useful novelty, because when, as usual, the collar-button is made of gold-plated stock the buttonis held in the buttonhole from any rotary or other transverse movement therein, and in consequence the gold is not as soon worn off or through as it is when the post or shank is round or oval in cross-section, as commonly made.

It is obvious that instead of making the tilting head of the button oval in shape it may as well be circular.

I claim as a novel and useful invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The improved collar-button herein described, consisting of the combination ofa shoe having a flaring hollow shank rectangular in cross-section, a disk, a lining-plate havinga rectangular aperture, a rivet having a head between said disk and lining-plate and also having a shank rectangular in crosssection and made with parallel sides and passing through said aperture into the hollow button-shank and spread into contact with the inner flaring surfaces of said hollow shank, and a shellinclosing said disk, rivethead, and lining-plate and rolled over the edges of the latter, substantially as set forth.

2. The improved collar-button herein described, consisting of the combination of a shoe having a flaring hollow shank rectangular in cross-section, a disk, a lining-plate having a rectangular aperture, a rivet having a head between said disk and lining-plate and also havinga shank rectangular in crosssection made with a notched end and parallel sides and passing through said aperture into the hollow button-shank and spread into contact with the inner surfaces of said hollow shank, and a shell inclosing said disk, rivethead and lining-plate and rolled over the edges of said lining-plate, substantially as specified.

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

JAMES E. POTTER.

Witnesses:

JosEPH R. BULLOCK, J12, WARREN R. PERCE.

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