USRE14459E - Button fob - Google Patents

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W. E. ELLIOTL BUTTON FOR SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-1.19M.

Reisued Apr.23,1918. 14,459.

' joined WILLIAM E. ELLIOTT, 0F

GRAND RAYIDS, IIXICHIGAN ASSIGNQB TO THE AMERICAN BUTTON 8r FASTENER COMPANY,

A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

BUTTON FOB SHOES.

Original 110. 1,209,418, dated December To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E.

a citizen of the United Sta es, r siding at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented newand useful Improvement in Buttons for Shoes, of which the following is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicatin like parts in the several figures.

his invention relates to a button construction of especial adaptation in the manufacture of shoe buttons in which an attaching loop or shank is secured to and depends from the head of the button.

An object and purpose of my invention consists in the provision of a button having an attaching loop permanently secure thereto in such manner that the separation of the loop from the head is impossible without the destruction of the button.

I have discovered that one efficient and de-' sirable way of efiecting this permanent retention of the attaching member is to weld the same to a metallic plug disposed upon the opposite side of the button and arranged so that it cannot pass through the transverse opening in said head.

It will be evident that the conditions of use of shoe buttons, as well as many other kinds of buttons, render it very desirable that they shall be so constructed that there shall be no pro'ection or rough edgesto catch on or wear away the arment of the user or the article to which t e button is attached. Important features of the invention consist in the provision of two parts, such as a plu and an attaching member, which are applied to opposite sides of the head and together wholly within the head. In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, those portions of these parts, which are exthe finished button,

posed in formed prior to the r application to said button.

Further objects of the invention together with novel features of construction wi apparent as understanding is had of the embodiment disclosed in the accompanying drawing, in which;

Figure 1 is a, side elevation of a shoe button made in accordance with my invention;

2 is'atransverse section taken through loop are completely nected to the end oftlle loop Specification of Reissued Letters Patent. Keisgugfl Apr 23, 1913 19, 1916, Serial No. 72,648, filed January 17, reissue filed October 1, 1917. Serial No. 194.293.

1.916. Application for the head of the button illustrating the attachment of the loop thereto; I

Fig. 3 1s a view similar to slight modification in tion;

Fig. is a view from beneath the button head shown in Fig. 3, previous to the attach ment of the loop; and

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 of the head of the button shown in Fig. 2.

Like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

The head 1 of the button is formed of any uitable material and on its underside is provided with a downwardly projecting portion 2 which is adapted to be received within the buttonhole when the button is in use. From the lower end of projection 2 its surface curves outwardly and upwardly as in dicated at 3 joining smoothly the outer surface, of the head 1, in this manner making a button head which s of especial value in the matter of protecting the stitching which faces a huttonhole. A hole l bored centrally through the head 1 and the loop is formed from a piece of. wire bent into a at 6, the ends of the wire being; brought together and inserted from". underneath into the opening.- In the modification shown in Figs. 2 and 5 a slot is cut in the underside of the, projection 2 to receive the upper parts of the loop this slot being of sue. depth that when t ie loop is properly seated therein, the upper ends of the part 7 terminate short of the upper of the button head 1. It will be noted that the outer surfaces of the wires of the loop continue smoothly from the surface of the part A plug consisting of: n, lower o lindrical porti on 8 integral with an upper conical portion 9 is inserted into the openmg 4., the upper end thereof havin r been bored to receive the conical head 9, 11s plug it its lower end contacting at 10 with. the. upper end of the part 7. \Vheu so positioned the plug an 2 of a detail oi construe the ends of wires 7 are welded together in any'suitable manner. electric welding being preferably used. Vt hen. the plug is thus conan exceptionconnecticn of the loop to of the loop ally firm and sure the head is provided. The ends ,into the opening at serted into th loop being par and the plug necessarily must be pressed toether and each will firmly engage against t e material of the head and after the welding ha been completed the shrinkage due to the cooling at the joint 10 draws the parts more firmly against the head and insures an especial} tight and effective connection.

A slight modification is illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 in which the projection 2 is coun terbored to form a conical openin outer edges of the rojection 2, leaving an annular shoulder 12 which wi insure against any breaking or chipping oil of the head which might occur if the bore 11 was carried to the extreme outer edge of the plug 2.

to make a smooth passa e from the surface of the projection 2' to t 1e outer surface of the wire of the loops. 'The securing of the loop in place is efi'ected the same as previously described with reference tothe construction shown in Fig. '2.

Having fully described my invention, what claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A button comprised of a head havin an opening therethrough, a loop formed 0 he ends thereof brought together and inserted into said connected with substantially-as described.

2. A button comprised of a head havin an opening therethrough, a loop f and inserted into oneend of said opening, said circular loop being partially received within the button head, and a plug inserted the opposite end connected with the ends of said wire, substantially as described.

3. A button comprised of a head having an opening their ethrough with an enlargeeach end, a p1ece =of Wire loop with the ends brought together and inplug provided with an enlarged head inserted into the opening at the other end, said lug and ends of the wire engaging and being welded together, substantially as described.

4. A button comprised of a head having a projecting portion located centrally and on the underside of the head, the outer surface of d portions curving upwardly and outwardly and forming a continuous curved surface with the remainder of the head, said substantially circular head also being bored centrally from the upper to the lower side and the opening thus formed having a conical enlargement at largement of the opening, a piece of Wire formed centrally into a curved loop, with oppositely located shoulders adapted to plpsitign under the said annular shoulders,

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ism and inserted in the opening from one end thereof and a plug having a conically formed head inserted in the o posite end of the opening and seating in E t ereto,

openin at one end and extending partially through the head, a plug inserted into the opening at the ogposlte end, and a permanent' connection etween the plu and the said wires of theloop, substantia ly as descri ed. 7. A button comprising a head having an opening therethrough, an attachih'g loop havinga portion which extends into one end of sai opening, and a previously formed plug in the opening at the other end, said plu and loop being joined together Wholly within the head. i 8. A button comprising a head havin an opening therethrou an attachin foop formed with an enlarged duced portion, the latter into said opening, and a larged portion portion an a reportion extending p ug having an eninto said openin reduced portion 0 the loop within the head, and the exposed surface of the enlarged portion having a sectional configuration which conforms the sectional configuration of the outline of the button head whereby said plug prevented from projecting above the surface of the button.

A button comprising a head having a transverse opening, a metallic'plug disposed at one side of that it cannot pass completely through the opening, and a metallic loop similarly disposed at the other side of the button, ar-

, said plug and.

and a reduced portion, the

said button and arranged so ranged in contacting relation with and welddisposed on the other side of the head, one ed to said plug. of said metallic members projecting into the 10 10. A-button comprisin a head having a. openin to contact with the other member, transverse opening, a meta lic plu arranged 4 and being welded thereto. 5 so that it cannot pass complete through In testimony whereof I have signed my said opening dis osed on one slde of t e. name to this specification.

head, and a meta lie-loop. arranged so that it cannot pass through said opening and WILLIAM E. ELLIOTT.

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