IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENING OR SECURING THE JOINTS OF BELTS, AND IN THE MEANS EMPLOYED THEREFOR
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Lincolne, of Glasgow, in the County
of Lanark, North Britain, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FASTENING OR SECURING THE JOINTS OF BELTS, AND IN THE MEANS EMPLOYED
THEREFOR."-A communication from abroad by Peter Murray, of
Quebec, in the State of Ontario.
Scaled the 5th April 1870, and dated the 12th October 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Lincolne at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 12th October 1869.
I, WILLIAM LINCOLNE, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of "IMPROVE-
KENTS IN FASTENING OR SECURING THE JOINTS OF BELTS, AND IN THE MEANS
EMPLOYED THEREFOB," to be as follows, that is to say :-
This Invention, which relates to an improved mode of fastening or
securing the joints of belts, such as are used for driving machinery,
and by which mode the necessity of sowing such joints as at present
practised is avoided, whilst an equally strong joint is obtained, consists

page_text: in using a plate of metal formed with long teeth or projecting points on
two opposite edges. The plate is of the same or of nearly the same
width as the belt to the joint of which it is applied. In joining two
pieces of a belt together the points or teeth on the plate are passed
through holes made to receive them in the pieces of leather or other
material of which the belt is composed, and the teeth are long enough to
project through to the opposite side, and over the points of the teeth so
projecting a curved cover or clasp of metal is placed, which prevents the
parts from separating.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Lincolne in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 9th April 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
LINCOLNE, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand cight hundred and sixty-nine, in the 33rd
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said William Lincolne, Her special license that
I, the said William Lincolne, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said William Lincolne, my executors, adminis-
trators, or 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, excrcise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FASTENING OR SECURING THE JOINTS OF BELTS, AND IN THE MEANS EMPLOYED
THEREFOR," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William
Lincolne, by an instrument in writing under my hand and scal,
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 Patcut.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Lincolne, 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 accompanying Drawings,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
My said Invention, which relates to an improved mode of fastening or
securing the the joints of belts, such as are used for driving machinery,
and by which mode the necessity of sewing such joints as at present
practised is avoided, whilst an equally strong joint is obtained, consists
in using a plate of metal formed with curved teeth or projecting points
on two opposite edges. The plate is rather less in width than the belt to
the joint of which it is applied. In joining two pieces of a belt together
the points or teeth on the plate are passed from the inner to the outer
side of the belt, or vice versa, through holes made to receive them in the
leather or other material of which the belt is composed, and over the
points of the teeth so projecting a cover or clasp of metal with curved
edges is passed, which being slipped over the teeth on the outside of the
belt prevents the parts from separating.
And in order that my said Invention may be properly understood, I
now procced more particularly to set forth the system, mode, or manner
in or under which the same is or may be used or practically carried into
effect, that is to say :-
On the appended Sheet of Drawings Figure 1 is a plan of the upper
side of my improved clasp, buckle, or fastener to be used in securing
the joints of belts for driving machinery; Figure 2 is a plan of the same
looking from the under side, while Figure 3 is a transverse section. On
the different Figures corresponding parts are indicated by the same
letters of reference.
The clasp, buckle, or fastener consists of a plate of metal A formed
with a series of teeth or projections z on its opposite sides or edges, and
which plate is rather less in length than the width of the belt the two
ends of which it is required to join. In joining the two ends of
a belt together the points of the teeth or projections are passed
through holes formed to receive them in the leather or other material
of which the belt is composed, and caused to project on the other side of
the belt, as shown particularly in transverse section at Figure 3. When
this has been accomplished a metal cover B, the edges of which aro
curved, as shown at 6 on the accompanying Drawings, is slipped over

page_text: those parts of the teeth x which project above the belt, thereby making
the joint secure. In cases where the belts are very wide several clasps
or fasteners may be employed to secure the joint, or one clasp or
fastener the length of which is equal or approximately so to the width
of the belt may be used.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the
system, mode, or manner in or under which the same is or may be
used, I would observe in conclusion that what I consider novel and
original, and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the
herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the form of clasp, buckle,
or fastener shown on the appended Drawings, constructed as and for
the purposes herein-before described, or any merc modification thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Lincolne, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Eighth day of April One thousand cight
hundred and seventy.