Improvements in Braces.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 28th Aug., 1891-Accepted, 3rd Oct., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Braces.
I, THOMAS BAXENDEN of 53 Jewin Street in the City of London, Brace
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In the Specification of a former Patent granted to me dated the 26th day of May
1886 No. 7064 I described braces having at the ends of the parts passing over the
shoulders metal buckles or loops carrying pulleys or rollers each of which had
passing over it a single elastic cord with loops or tabs at its ends.
According to this invention I employ a double instead of a single cord.
Preferably I form this double cord of a continuous piece bent back upon itself
with its ends fastened together.
Loops are formed at the ends of the doubled cord by metal clips which secure
the two branches of the cord together to engage with the buttons on the trousers.
The two branches of the double cord pass side by side over the pulley in
opposite directions so that each end loop is at the apex of a triangle of which
the cords form the sides and the pulley the base.
In this construction however in place of having pulleys or rollers which are free
to rotate I prefer to employ fixed cylinders or blocks as otherwise the double
cords in their movement would tend to cause the pulleys to rotate in opposite
directions.
Dated this 1st day of December 1890.
THOS. BAXENDEN.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Braces.
I, THOMAS BAXENDEN, of 53 Jewin Street, in the City of London, Brace
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
In the Specification of a former Patent granted to me dated the 26th day of May
1886 No. 7064 I described braces having at the ends of the parts passing over the
shoulders metal buckles or loops carrying pulleys or rollers each of which had
passing over it a single elastic cord with loops or tabs at its ends.
According to this invention I employ a double instead of a single cord.
Preferably I form this double cord of a continuous piece bent back upon itself
with its ends fastened together.
Loops are formed at the ends of the doubled cord by metal clips which secure
the two branches of the cord together to engage with the buttons on the trousers.
The two branches of the double cord pass side by side over the pulley in opposite
directions so that each end loop is at the apex of a triangle of which the cords
form the sides and the pulley the base.
In this construction however in place of having pulleys or rollers which are
free to rotate, I prefer to employ fixed cylinders or blocks as otherwise the
double cords in their movement would tend to cause the pulleys to rotate in
opposite directions.

page_text: A A' are the two branches of a double cord preferably made in a single piece
joined at B. CC are metal clips which connect the two branches of the cord
together at the ends so as, to form button-loops. D is a pulley or preferably a
fixed cylinder over which the two branches of the cord pass in opposite directions
as shown.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I wish it to be understood
that I do not claim braces in which two pulleys on independent axes are employed
or in which the two branches of the cord are passed in the same direction over a
single pulley but what I claim is :-
1. Braces in which the two branches of a double cord pass side by side over a
cylinder or pulley or over two pulleys on a common axis in opposite directions
substantially as described.
2. Braces substantially as described and shown in the drawings.
THOMAS BAXENDEN: