Certain Improvements in Ornamental Waist Belts for Ladies.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Certain Improvements in Ornamental Waist Belts for Ladies.
I, CHARLES FREDERICK GAUNT, of 9, Warstone Parade, in the City of Birming-
ham, Military Ornament and Buckle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
or
This invention has reference to those ornamental waist belts for
ladies which are
links
made of ornamental stamped sheet metal
ornaments connected together by chains or by other suitable parts
the ends being connected together by a central buckle or fastening
and the whole mounted upon a leather or other waist band the ends
of which are also connected by the said central buckle or fastening. Heretofore
in ladies' waist belts of this kind no efficient means have been provided for
adjusting the length of the metallic part of the waist belt to suit larger or
smaller waists and at the same time to keep the buckle or fastening central.
One part of my invention consists of the herein-described improved means
for securing the metal parts of the waist belt on to the leather or other waist
band so as to enable a waist band of any width to be used with the metallic parts
of the waist belt, and the second part of my invention consists of the herein
described improvements in the connection of the metallic part of the waist belt
to the end fastenings so as to enable the length of the waist belt to be readily
altered when required and at the same time to maintain the buckle or fastening
central.
In order to secure the said ornamental metal parts onto the leather or other waist
band I make each of the said stamped ornaments or some of them with one or more
screwed studs at the back which pass through corresponding holes in the leather
or other band and are secured by nuts screwed on the ends cf the studs thus
effectually securing the ornamental metallic parts on to the leather or other
waist band and enabling the metal parts to be fixed to waist bands of any
width.
The second part of my invention is carried out as follows:-The two end
portions of the metal part of the waist belt each consists of one two or more
short chains which by means of a split ring or a jump ring or a spring or other
hook or the like is connected to loops eyes or hooks formed on the end fastening
which connects on to the central buckle or the like. By disconnecting the split
rings jump rings or hooks or the like from the links of the said chains and
connecting them on to other links of the said chains the length of the metallic
part of the waist belt can be shortened or lengthened as desired and by leaving
the same number of links between the jump ring or split ring or hooks at both
ends of the metal part of the waist belt the buckle or fastening will be in the
centre of the same when the waist belt is being worn.
Instead of the jump rings or split rings or spring or other hooks being used
to connect the chains on to the loops or eyes on the end fastenings as above
described the said chains may be threaded through these loops of the end fasten-
ings and folded over upon themselves and the ends of the chains connected to
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page_text: any particular links of the chains by the jump rings or split rings or spring
or other hooks so as to give the proper length to the metallic part of the waist
belt.
The length of the leather part is readily adjusted in the usual way by its ends
being passed round the cross bar of the buckle or fastening and folded upon
themselves and sewn to suit the length of the belt required.
What I have described as the end chain portions of the metal waist belt may
instead of being chains be an ornamental metal bar or plate or tongue or two
or more of the same made with a series of holes in it to engage with hooks or
pegs formed on the buckle or fastening and thus enable the length of the metal
part of the waist belt to be readily increased or diminished as required.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
Certain Improvements in Ornamental Waist Belts for Ladies.
I, CHARLES FREDERICK GAUNT, of 9, Warstone Parade, in the City of Birming-
ham, Military Ornament and Buckle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention has reference to those ornamental waist belts for ladies which
belts are made of ornamental stamped sheet metal links or ornaments connected
together by chains or by other suitable parts the ends being connected together
by a central buckle or fastening the whole being sometimes mounted upon a
leather or other waist band the ends of which are also connected by the said
central buckle or fastening. Heretofore in ladies' waist belts of this kind no
efficient means have been provided for adjusting the length of the metallic
part of the waist belt to suit larger or smaller waists and at the same time to
keep the buckle or fastening central.
My invention consists of the herein described improvements in the connection
of the metallic part of the waist belt to the end fastenings so as to enable the
length of the waist belt to be readily altered when required and at the same
time to maintain the buckle or fastening central.
My invention is carried out as I will describe by referring to the accompany-
ing drawings on which Fig. 1 shews the front part of a lady's waist belt con-
structed according to this invention; Fig. 2 shews one end of the said waist
belt illustrating a modification of this invention and Fig. 3 shews an end portion
of the said waist belt illustrating a further modification of this invention.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all
the figures.
In one form of lady's waist belt constructed according to this invention, the
two end portions of the metallic part of the waist belt each consists of one two
or more short chains which by means of a split ring or a jump ring or a spring or other
hook or the like is or are connected to loops eves or hooks formed on the end
part of the central buckle or clasp of the belt. By disconnecting the split rings
jump rings or hooks or the like from the links of the said chains and connecting
them to other links the length of the metallic part of the waist belt can be
shortened or lengthened as desired and by leaving the same number of links
between the jump ring or split ring or hooks at both ends of the waist belt the
buckle or clasp will be in the centre of the same when the belt is being worn,

page_text: An example of this form of my invention is illustrated by Fig. 1 where it
will be seen that one end portion of the metal part of the waist belt consists of
the two short chains A1 A2 and the other end portion of the said metal part of
the waist belt consists of the two short chains B1 B2. The chains A¹ A² are
arranged to connect on to corresponding hooks C¹ C on the half D₁ of the central
clasp of the belt, and the other two end chains B1 B are arranged to similarly
connect on to hooks E¹ E provided on the other half D2 of the clasp. Thus
the length of the metallic part of the belt can readily be shortened or lengthened
as desired according to which particular links of the chains A¹ A² 131 B² the
hooks C¹ CE¹ E are respectively connected to.
It will be evident that instead of the clasp D1 D2 or central fastening being
provided with the hooks C¹ CE¹ E³ to connect to the links of the chains A¹ A²
B1 B2 split rings or jump rings or spring hooks or other suitable fastenings may
be substituted for the said hooks C CE to connect on to the links of the
chains A¹ A2 B1 B2 as stated above.
The ends of the chains A¹ A² may hang down with tassels at the ends as shewn
in Fig. 1 or be turned up and hidden behind the buckle or behind the leather
part of the belt according to taste as will readily be understood.
The leather part of the belt is not shewn upon my drawing but it will be
understood that when the leather part is used the ends of the same are connected
in the usual way to the cross bars of the clasp and folded upon themselves
and sewn to suit the length of the belt required.
Instead of the jump rings or split rings or spring or other hooks or fastening
being used to connect the chains B1 B2 A¹ A° on to the end fastenings or half
clasps D D as above described with reference to Fig. 1 the said chains B1 B2
may as shewn for instance by Fig. 2 be threaded through loops or eyes f¹² of the
end fastenings or clasp and folded over upon themselves and connected as by the
hooks g¹g to any particular links of the chains so as to give the proper length
to the metallic part of the waist belt.
It will be evident that instead of the ends of the chains B31 132 being provided
with the hooks gl g² to hook into the links of the chains B1 B2 as above described,
the ends of the chains B1 B2 may be similarly connected on to the portions of
the chain between the ornaments H and the half clasp D2 by jump rings or by
split rings or spring hooks or by any other suitable fastenings, such for instance
as the cross bar G made with two screw ends 2 (Fig. 3) which can be passed
through the links of the chains B1 B2 and secured by nuts on the screws.
ordinary screws J (see Fig. 4) and nuts, or ordinary paper fasteners such as
shewn by Fig. 5, may be used to pass through the folded over ends of the
chains B1 B2 to secure the same to the main portions of the chain.
Or
Fig. 5 illustrates a slightly modified arrangement of my invention where
instead of the two hooks g¹ g2 one hook g³ is used and made with a cross bar
and eyes at each end connected to the ends of the chains B1 B2 which are made
with straight bar links b¹¹ bat intervals for the hook g³ to engage with.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
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1. A lady's ornamental metallic waist belt of the kind herein referred to having
each of the two end portions of the metal part formed of one two or more short
chains in combination with the central buckle or clasp provided with hooks rings
screws or other suitable fastenings adapted to engage with the links of said
chains and enable the length of the belt to be adjusted substantially as herein-
before described with reference to Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings.
2. A lady's ornamental metallic waist belt of the kind herein referred to having
each of the two end portions of the metallic part formed of one two or more
short chains which pass through loops or rings on the central buckle or clasp
and are folded back upon thèmselves in combination with hooks rings or other

page_text: suitable fastenings which secure said folded over ends and the chains together
so as to enable the length of the belt to be adjusted substantially as herein-
before described with reference to Figs. 2, 3 4 and 5 of the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of Inly 1898