US811901A - Hinged-leaf button. - Google Patents

Description

No. 811,901. PATENTED FEB. 6, 1906. H, CASE. HINGBD LEAF BUTTON. APPLICATION FILED MAE.9,1905,

m 7 N m WITNESSES:

Alfamey of theUnited States, in the county of Fulton and State of New of some sort way that said head may be turned TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HlNGED-LEZAF Burrow.

are. 811,901.

Specification of Lettersllatent.

latented Feb. 6, 1906.

Application filed March 9,1905. seen no. 249,191.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, HENRY Cass, a citizen residing at Gloversyille,

York, have invented'a certain new and useful Improvement in Hill ed-Leaf Buttons, ofwhich the following is a description. This invention relates to that class of buttons, commonly known as collar-buttons, which have a head hinged to the post in such arallel with the post to pass it through the uttonhole and then turned back at right angles to the post, so as to stand crosswise of the buttonhole. This hinged head is also known as a hinged lea and this last-named term is herein used to designatethe part.

has been used to act upon the leaf and its post to holdthe leafin its two positions, and in several instancesthe post itself is both post and spring.

The invention consists of a hinged-leaf button having a leaf hinged to a spring and the spring and a casing therefor 'xed to a shoe against relative longitudinal movement, all as I will now proceed to-more particularly set. 'forth and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, in the several fi ures of which like parts are similarl designated, Figure 1 isan elevation with t e hinged leaf turned up parallel with the post. Fig. 2 is a Fig. 4 is aview similar Fig. 6 is a l n plate. of the liinged leaf. The shoe 1 may I tion, and upon it is erected a tubular casing 2 longitudinal section taken at right angles to the view shown in Fig. 1, but with the hinged leaf at right angles to the post. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section taken in the lane of line A B, Fig. 2, and looking towar the hinged leaf. to Fig. 1, but with the hinged leaf about midway between its hori zontal and its vertical positions. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the springdetached. view of thetwo-part pivotbe of any usual construe of any suitable shape in cross-section. Withspring has two arms connects 7. The spring is placed lar casing so that its base ring 3. This by an integral base 4, and the opposite ends of these arms in this casing is placed the s are providedwith the projecting ears 5, which are erforated transversely at 6 and have the aterally-projecting straight-ed ed cams within t e tubu- 4 is in the bottom of the casing next to the shoe, and than the 'ull, clear, and exact.

ceive the ears 5 of A spring metal of the casing is set in or indented over this base, as at 8, so as to hold the spring in place within the tubular casing without inipairing its spring action. Obviously the spring is made to act by a movement of the spring-arms toward and from one another.

The head or hinged leaf iscomposed, preferably, ofa cap-piece 9 and a pivot-plate 10, which latter is made in halves, as shown more particularly in Figs. 3 and 6, and these halves are cut away, as at 11 and 12, to rethe spring, and they are also made with the pintles 13, which enter the holes 6 in the ears of the s ring, .and thereby serve as ivots for the leaf.

The parts of t e plate 1.0 having their pin tles inserted in the holes 6 are brought together and secured within the capiece 9, and thus the head or leaf is hinge to the spring. The outward or diverging pressure of the spring-arms, which is the normal set v of the spring,

is sufficient to hold the hinged leaf in position; but to insure such position the straight edges 14 of the cams 7 when the hinged leaf is in the horizontal position, as shown in Fig. .2, engage the inner edges of the pivot-plate next to the openings 11, and thus lock the leaf in that position. larly, when the hinged leaf is turned up into the position shown in Fig. 1 the straight edges 15 of the cams engage the outer edges of the pivot-plate 10 next to the openings and lock the said hinged leaf in that position To put the hinged leaf in either position, some little force is. required to overcome the spring, and it will be observed upon comparing Figs. 1 and 4 that in going the vertical position or reversely the arms of the sprin are caused to approach, the cams meanwhi e riding upon the vertical edges of the opening. I

y are allowed perfectfreedom of movement m the operation of the hinged leaf, and at the from the horizontal to the use of the casing2 the spring-arms same time the spring-post is entirely protected from wear and entanglement or disarrangemen't.

In this-construction the spring is made anlar or of angular stock and at considerably ess cost than if round and may be secured in place by means of its angular base very much more readily than if stock of circularcross sectionwerau I have thus described the principle of my invention and the best mode 111 which I have contemplated applying that principle; but it is obvious that there are numerous equivalents of this principle.

VVh'at I claim i's- 1. A button, having a hinged leaf, a spring upon which the hinged leaf is pivoted, a casingfor the said spring and a shoe upon which the spring and easing are fixed against relative lon itudinal movement.

2. A hutton, having a spring, a leaf pro vided with a two-part plate containin pivots engaging the spring, a casing for t e said spring and a shoe upon which the spring and:

casing are fixed against relativelongitudinal movement.

3. A button, having a spring provided 1 [pivot-ears and locking-cams on said ears, a

eaf having a pivot-plate pivoted to said ears and adapted to engage with the earns, a cas .ing for said spring and a shoe upon which the spring and easing are fixed against relative" longitudinal movement. p 4'. A button, having a, hinged leaf, a spring upon which the hinged leaf is pivoted, a casing for the said spring and Within which the spring is, fixed against longitudinal movement and a shoe upon which the spring and easing are fixed against relative longitudinal movement.

5. A button, having a shoe, a casing free ends of said arms having ears and cams and'a leaf pivotally connected to said ears and adapted to cooperate With said cams so as to be capable of-being held. thereby in a-position at right angles to the casing and in a position substantially parallel to the casing.

In'testimonywhereof I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of March, A. D. 1905.

HENRY CASE.

Witnesses E CHAS. LEsoNsKE, HANNAH E. CASE.

fixed on said shoe, a two-armed spring fixed in said casing aga nst long1tudinal movement, the

Images