IMPROVE- MENTS IN BUCKLES POR ARTICLES OF DRESS
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Newbold Eyland, of Walsall, in the
County of Stafford, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN BUCKLES POR ARTICLES OF DRESS."
Sealed the 25th January 1870, and dated the 31st July 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Newbold Eyland
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 31st July 1869.
I, CHARLES NEWBOLD EYLAND, of Walsall, in the County of Stafford,.
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BUCKLES FOR ARTICLES OF DRESS," to be as follows, that'
is to say :-
My Invention refers to improvements upon that class of buckle
known as the lever buckle, and it consists in combining the parts of
the buckle in such manner as to ensure more complete security in
the brace, belt, or other article to which it may be attached, and also.
perfect smoothness and freedom from rubbing whilst in wear.

page_text: Figure 1 illustrates a back view of a buckle in which the two parts
are combined or attached together by stamping or cutting out the
top part (a) with two projecting nibs or lugs (b, b,) which are turned
inwards and secured into corresponding holes to receive them in the
lower part or lever of the buckle. It will be seen in Figure 1 that
the ears or ends of the top and lower part being turned inwards the
surface exposed will be quite smooth and free from any projecting parts
or rough edges whilst in wear.
My Invention also relates to a method of securing the parts of
a buckle as shewn in Figure 2. In this case I form the lever or lower
part (c) with two projecting pieces (d, d,) which are clipped round
the centre bar of the top part to secure or combine the parts and form
a hinge. The lever part is also peculiarly formed and bent upon its edge
as at (e) so as to give a tighter pinch and to hold the webbing or other
material securely in position when passed through the buckle.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Charles Newbold Eyland in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 31st January 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
NEWBOLD EYLAND, of Walsall, in the County of Stafford, Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent bearing date the Thirty-first day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-third
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Charles Newbold Eyland, Her special license
that I, the said Charles Newbold Eyland, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Charles Newbold Eyland, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS
IN BUCKLES FOR ARTICLES OF DRESS," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Charles Newbold Eyland, by an instrument in writing

page_text: under my hand and seal, 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 Charles Newbold Eyland, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the Drawings here-
unto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to
say:
My Invention refers to improvements upon that class of buckle
known as the lever buckle, and it consists in combining the parts of
the buckle in such manner as to ensure more complete security in the
brace, belt, or other article to which it may be attached, and also perfect
smoothness and freedom from rubbing whilst in wear.
Figures 1, 2, and 3 illustrate in back, front, and side elevations
respectively a buckle in which the two parts are combined or attached
together by stamping or cutting out the top part (a) with two projecting
nibs or lugs (b, b,) which are turned inwards and secured into corre-
sponding piercings or recesses (c) formed to receive them in the bar (c¹)
of the lower part or lever of the buckle. It will be seen that the ears
or ends (b, b,) of the top part being turned inwards to fit into the bar
(c) of the lower part the surface of the side edges of the buckle will
be smooth and free from any projecting parts or rough edges whilst
in wear.
My Invention also relates to a method of securing the parts of a
buckle as shewn in front and side elevations Figures 4 and 5. In
this case I form the lever or lower part (d) with hinge pieces (e, e,)
which are clipped round the centre bar (f) of the top part of the buckle
so as to secure or combine the parts and form a hinge. The lever.or
lower part (d) is also peculiarly formed and bent upon its edge as at
(g), so as to give a tighter pinch and to hold the webbing or other
material of the brace or other article securely in position when passed
through the buckle.
Having thus described the object and nature of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be carried into effect, I claim,
without limiting myself to these precise details, the improvements in

page_text: combining the parts of buckles for articles of dress, as herein more
fully set forth and specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Newbold Eyland, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of January,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
seventy.
CHARLES NEWBOLD EYLAND. (L.8.)