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BS 3866:1979

BS 3866:1979

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Specification for holes and shanks for buttons

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Language(s)

English

Published date

29-06-1979

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Foreword
Cooperating organizations
Specification
1 Scope
2 Reference
3 Size and spacing of holes
4 Holes in buttons with shanks
5 Preferred diameters of buttons
Appendices
A Conversion tables
B Sizes of boxes
Tables
1 Size and spacing of holes
2 Channel shanks
3 Buttons with shanks
4 Lines to millimetres
5 Millimetres to lines
Figures
1 Diameter of buttons and diameter and spacing of holes
2 Shank details

Requirements for the sizes and spacing of sewing holes in buttons, with and without shanks, and recommended dimensions of boxes for bulk supplies.

This British Standard specifies requirements for the sizes and spacing of sewing holes in buttons. It is intended to cover all shapes of buttons.

Recommendations for the sizes of boxes for the bulk supply of buttons are given in Appendix B.

Committee
TCI/66
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 77/64461 DC (07/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, November 2012. (10/2012)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
10
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current

BS 5426:1993 Specification for workwear and career wear
BS 6476:1984 Guide to garment quality and relevant British Standards

BS 4162:1983 Methods of test for buttons

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