IMPROVE- MENTS IN HANDLES FOR RUG STRAPS
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Stephen Spooner, of No. 23, Annis Road, South Hackney,
in the County of Middlesex, Warehouseman, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN HANDLES FOR RUG STRAPS."
Sealed the 17th June 1879, and dated the 12th March 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Stephen Spooner at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th March 1879.
STEPHEN SPOONER, of No. 23, Annis Road, South Hackney, in the County of
Middlesex, Warehouseman. "IMPROVEMENTS IN HANDLES FOR RUG STRAPS."
My Invention relates partly to those rug strap handles which are furnished with
buckles at their ends, to which buckles the straps are attached, and by which they
are secured around the rug or other article to which they may be applied.
According to this part of my Invention I form the buckles separate from the
handle instead of in one piece therewith as heretofore, and I secure them to the
handle (which I prefer to make of solid metal) by screws, the shanks of which pass
freely through holes in the sides of the said buckles, the tapped ends of the said
screws being screwed into tapped holes fornièd in the ends of the handle in the
direction of its length. The tongues of the buckles are mounted and work freely
on the shanks of the said screws, or in recesses or grooves formed around the said
shanks, and the buckles which are free to turn thereon as on an axis are prevented
from becoming detached from the bandle by the projecting heads of the said
screws.
Or instead of securing the buckles to the handles by screws as hereinbefore described,
pins may be formed at the ends of the said handles, on which pins the buckles may
be mounted as hereinbefore described with reference to the screws, the said buckles
being prevented from becoming detached from the said pins by rivetting their
heads.
Or instead of mounting the buckles on pins as hereinbefore described, the said
buckles may be formed on or in one piece with the said pins, their projecting ends
being passed into holes in the handles and rivetted to them so that the said buckles
and pins, although secured to the said handles, may be capable of turning
independently thereof.

page_text: By the arrangements hereinbefore described the straps may be much more
readily secured than with buckle handles of the ordinary description, and owing to
the handles being capable of being turned independently of the buckles the said
handles may be laid down flat on the rug or other article to which the straps are
attached when the said article is released from the hand.
My Invention relates further to metal strap handles with which straps having
buckles attached to their ends are used. According to this part of my Invention,
instead of forming (as hereinbefore described) buckles on the pins working in the
handles I form slots in the said pins, through which slots the straps are passed
until the buckes, or the doubled portions of the straps near the buckles, bear against
the said pins. Or instead of forming slots in the said pins, their projecting ends
may be flattened and have holes formed in them, the straps being secured to the
flattened parts by sewing or rivetting.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Stephen Spooner in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 11th
September 1879.
STEPHEN SPOONER, of No. 23, Annis Road, South Hackney, in the County of
Middlesex, Warehouseman. "IMPROVEMENTS IN HANDLES FOR RUG STRAPS."
My Invention relates partly to those rug strap handles which are furnished with
buckles at their ends, to which buckles the straps are attached, and by which they
are secured around the rug or other article to which they may be applied.
According to this part of my Invention I form the buckles separate from the
handle, instead of in one piece therewith as heretofore, and I secure them to the
handle (which I prefer to make of solid metal) by screws, the shanks of which
pass freely through holes in the sides of the said buckles, the tapped ends of the
said screws being screwed into tapped holes formed in the ends of the handle in the
direction of its length. The tongues of the buckles are mounted and work freely
on the shanks of the said screws, or in recesses or grooves formed around the said
shanks, and the said buckles which are free to turn thereon as on an axis are
prevented from becoming detached from the handle by the projecting heads of the
said screws.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing is a plan; Figure 2 is an end elevation of
a strap handle having buckles thus arranged; and Figure 3 is a plan of the said
handle and buckles with the straps thereof attached to the said buckles. The same
letters and figures of reference indicate the same parts in each of the Figures of
the Drawing. A is the handle which is formed of metal or other suitable material;
B, B, are the frames of the buckles which are secured to the handle A by means of
screws C, C, passing freely through holes in the frames B, B, the tapped ends of
which screws are screwed into tapped holes formed in the ends a, a, of the
handle A. D, D, are the tongues of the buckles which work freely on the shanks
of the screws C, C, or in recesses or grooves formed round the said shanks. The
straps (portions of which are shown at E, E, Figure 3) are secured around the shanks
of the screws C, C, by sewing in the ordinary manner, or by rivetting. In using
the said buckle handles the straps are passed around the rug or other article to
which they are to be applied, and when secured by the tongues of the buckles in
the ordinary manner the free ends are pushed under the ends 61, 6', of the buckle
frames, as illustrated in Figure 3a, which is a section of one of the buckles showing
the strap secured thereto. Or instead of securing the straps to the buckles by
sewing or rivetting, they may be secured as illustrated in Figure 3b of the,
accompanying Drawings, which is a section of one of the buckles to which the.
strap is secured by passing the tongue D through a hole near the end of the strap,
to which end a loop e' is secured, the other end e² of the strap being passed through
the said loop and secured by passing it over the tongue of the buckle and under
the side b! of the frame.
Instead of securing the buckles to the handles by screws as hereinbefore described,
pins may be formed at the ends of the said handles, on which pins the buckles may
be mounted as hereinbefore described with reference to the screws, the said buckles
being prevented from becoming detached from the said pins by rivetting their heads.
This arrangement is illustrated in plan in Figure 4. of the accompanying Drawing,
in which Figure F, F, are the pins on which the buckle frames B, B, and their
tongues D, D, are mounted, the projecting ends of the said pins being rivetted
at ff, to keep the buckles in their places. Or instead of mounting the buckles on
pins as herein before described, the said buckles may be formed on or in one piece
with the said pins, their projecting ends being passed into holes in the handles and
rivetted to them, so that the said buckles and pins although secured to the said
handles may be capable of turning independently thereof. This arrangement is
illustrated in Figure 5 of the accompanying Drawing; G, G, being the pins formed

page_text: on the bnckle frames and passing through holes formed in the ends a', a¹, of the
handle A;
and g¹, g', being the rivetted ends of the said pins.
Instead of buckles in the form hereinbefore described and illustrated, buckles of
the form represented in Figure 6 may be used. In this case the straps attached to
the said buckles are provided with the usual loops for securing the free ends of the
straps.
By the arrangements hereinbefore described the straps may be much more
readily secured than with buckle handles of the ordinary description, and owing to
the handles being capable of being turned independently of the buckles the said
handles (when the rug or article to which the straps are secured is set down) fall
into the position shown in Figure 2 instead of standing in the position represented
in Figure 2ª, as do ordinary buckle handles.
My Invention relates further to metal strap handles with which straps having
buckles attached to their ends are used. According to this part of my Invention,
instead of forming (as hereinbefore described) buckles on the pins working in the
handles I form slots in the said pins, through which slots ordinary straps having
buckles secured to their ends may be passed. This arrangement is illustrated in
plan in Figure 7, and in end elevation in Figure 8 of the accompanying Drawing,
H, H, being the pins working in holes in the ends of the handle A, and h, h, the
slots in the said pins through which the straps may be passed as illustrated at I,
Figure 8.
Or instead of forming slots in the said pins, their projecting ends may be flattened
and have holes formed in them so that the straps may be secured to the flattened
parts by sewing or rivetting. This arrangement is illustrated in Figures 9 and 10
of the accompanying Drawing, Figure 9 being a plan, and Figure 10 an end elevation
of a handle thus formed, and with straps secured thereto. J, J, are the pins, and
¹¹, are the flattened parts of the said pins in which holes are formed to admit of
the straps being secured to them either by rivets as shown at 2 or otherwise.
Having thus described my Invention, I wish it to be understood that I do not
limit myself to the precise details hereinbefore described, as they may be varied
without departing from the nature of my said Invention, but I claim as my said
Invention of "Improvements in Handles for Rug Straps,"
Firstly. Securing buckles to the ends of the said handles so that the said buckles
shall be capable of turning independently of the handles, essentially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the accompanying
Drawing.
Secondly. Securing in the ends of the said handles pins having flattened ends
with holes formed therein so as to admit of the straps being secured thereto,
essentially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 9 and 10 of the
accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Stephen Spooner, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Tenth day of September, in the year of our Lord One
thaisand night bundand a
:
:
Witness,
W. T. WHITEMAN,
7, Staple Inn.
S. SPOONER. (LS.)