A CLASP OR FASTENER FOR REING RANDS AD STRAK OP FOR IMPROVEMENTS CONTAINED THEREIN
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Henry Brierley, of Milton Place, Halifax, in
in the County of York, for the Invention of "A CLASP OR FASTENER FOR
REING RANDS AD STRAK OP FOR IMPROVEMENTS CONTAINED THEREIN."
Sealed the 15th August 1861, and dated the 19th February 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Henry Brierley at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
19th February 1861.
I, JOHN HENRY BRIERLEY, Small-ware Manufacturer, of Stannary Works,
Halifax, and 23 Aldermanbury, London, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "A CLASP OR FASTENER FOR BELTS, BANDS, OR STRAPS,
OR FOR IMPROVEMENTS CONTAINED THEREIN," to be as follows:-
.I attach to one end of the belt, by means of eylets or any other method, a
piece of metal containing a slot so as to fasten to the hook which is affixed
to the outer portion of the clasp, and which hook is inserted in holes punched
at the other end of the belt at various distances according to the length
required. By this means I make use of the clasp itself for adjusting the
length of the belt in the manner before described. I do not confine myself
to the use of one plate of metal only on the same belt, but make use of any
number of plates of metal, and to attach the hook or the slot to any of the
plates so employed.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Henry Brierley in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
19th August 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
HENRY BRIERLEY, of Milton Place, Halifax, in the County of York, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Nineteeth day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said John Henry Brierley, Her special licence that I, the
said John Henry Brierley, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said John Henry Brierley, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "A CLASP OR FASTENER FOR BELTS, BANDS, OR STRAPS, OR FOR
IMPROVEMENTS CONTAINED THEREIN," upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said John Henry Brierley, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Henry Brierley, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, that is to say:-
To the back of a plate of metal of any design I attach a hook of such
shape or configuration as that when the hook 'is, according to the length
required, passed through any one of the holes cut in the belt, band, or strap,
the plate of metal becomes attached to the belt, band, or strap. To the other
end of the belt, band, or strap, I affix by means of eylets a plate of metal
containing a slot for the reception of the hook before mentioned, so that
by connecting the hook with the slot at the other end of the belt, band, or
strap, the belt, band, or strap may be secured to the person, the hook thus
answering the following purposes, (amongst others) namely, the securing

page_text: the clasp to the belt, band, or strap without stitching; the means by which
the belt, band, or strap may be very readily adjusted; and by connecting the
hook with the slot in the piece of metal before described, the belt, band, or
strap is secured to the person.
In order that the nature of my Invention may be fully understood, I will
proceed to describe the Drawings annexed.
Fig. 1 and 2 shew the back portion of each end of the belt, band, or strap,
with the plates of metal attached.
A is the plate of metal with the hook attached; B is the hook; C is the
plate of metal attached to the belt, band, or strap, by means of eylets. Fig. 3
is the transverse section of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4th is the transverse section of
Fig. 2; Fig. 5 shews the parts shewn in Fig. 3 and 4 connected, and Fig. 6
shows the front of the fastener, and belt, band, or strap, as shewn when worn
on the person.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, I would have it
understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details herein shewn and
described so long as the peculiar nature of my Invention be retained, but
what I do claim is,―
Firstly, the shape and configuration of the hook as shewn on Fig. 3.
Secondly, the mode in which the hook is used, by this means securing
the clasp to the belt, band, or strap, without the aid of any sewing.
Thirdly, the means by which the belt, band, or strap is adjusted to any
required length, thus dispensing with the additional buckle generally used for
that purpose.
Fourthly, the combination of the different parts herein described for a belt,
band, or strap fastener.
Fifthly, the application of the hook as herein shewn to the securing or
adjusting of any articles of dress.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Henry Brierley, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of August, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
Witness,
THOS. A. BRIERLEY,
Halifax.
JOHN HENRY BRIERLEY. (L.S.)