Year: 1888

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I HENRY HARRIS LAKF of the firm of Haseltine Lake and Co Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particul irly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement
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The object of my invention is to produce a cheap, strong and neat device especially
adapted for use in suspenders, and I have consequently described the said invention
as embodied in a device for connecting parts of a suspender end
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is a plin of one form of blank from which my device is made
Figure 2 shows that form of my device which is made from the blank shown in
Figure 1, in use in a suspender end
Figures 3 and 4 show companion blanks from which another form of my device
Is made
Figure 5 shows that form of my device made from the companion blanks shown in
Figures 3 and 4, in use
Figure
6 18 section on line 6-6 of Figure 2
Figure 7 is a section on line 7-7 of Figure 5
Figures 8 and 9 show companion blanks for making my device in another
form
Figure 10 shows a device made from the blanks shown in Figures 8 and 9, in
use, and
Figure 11 is a section on line 11-11 of Figure 10
Figure 12 is an edge view of a blank and shows the holding points
Referring to the accompanying drawings which show my invention embodied in
devices of different forms, Figure 1 is a blank of sheet metal from which that form

page_text: of the device shown in Figure 2 is made and has an ear a¹ which, when the blank is
properly folded along the dotted line a³, laps over the edge a of the blank, thus
clamping the webs 6, 6, between the opposed surfaces of the blanks and causing the
holding points a Figure 12 to enter the webs to securely hold them in the device
The form of device illustrated in Figure 5 is made from the companion blanks a shown
in Figures 3 and 4 and is substantially the same as the device illustrated in Figure 2,
the only difference being that one of the blanks has two ears a' which are lapped
over edges a³ of its companion blank to hold the webs in place This form of
device likewise has the holding points a The forms of my device shown in Figures 2
and 5 each have a cavity or groove a extending from one edge of the device to
another edge and in this groove lies an elastic cord 6', which on being stretched is of
a diameter smaller than the smallest diameter of groove a and is accordingly
easily pulled through the groove, but which, when not stretched, fills the groove
and fits against the walls of the groove so that the device does not render on the
cord or the cord render through the device The walls of the cavity are depressed
to form ridges as on the inner wall of the groove in order that the cord b¹ may
be more securely retained in the cavity
In Figure 10 I show still another form of my device which is made from the
companion blanks a shown in Figures and 9, the two blanks being clamped upon
the web b by lapping the ears of one blank over the edges as of its companion blank,
thus forcing the holding points at into the web as before In this form of my
device the cavity or groove a extends from one edge only part way to another
edge and has an enlargement a' which receives an enlargement 62 in the cord (this
enlargement being preferably metal ball made fast to the end of the cord See
Figure 11) whereby the cord is more securely held in the 1ece > This construction
of the recess is another feature of my invention, and is vel, vantageous when it is
desired to clamp a non-elastic cord in the device
It is desirable to provide my device with ears aª at one end of groove a³, these
ears being bent into relation with each other to form an elongation of the groove a
as shown in the drawings
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent I declare that what I cluin is
In suspenders and the like, the herein described device a hiving holding points a*
one or more ears a¹ to be bent over one or more edges of the device to force the
holding points into webbing or the like and to clamp the device thereon, and a cord
receiving groove a provided with ridges as on its inner walls, substantially as and
for the purpose set forth
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