Improvements in Strap or Belt Fasteners.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Strap or Belt Fasteners.
GEORGE Alfred AUSTIN Iron Turner 248 Hornby St Bury, Lancs
JAMES CARTER Iron Turner 464 Bury Road, Rochdale, Lanc do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A method whereby the ends of Straps or Belts, may be joined together, other-
wise then by the Fastener's; now in use, and at the same time, doing away with
the danger of "Jump or Butt Joints, so common with some Fasteners; being
simple in construction and lying between the ends of the strap or belt, therefore
being almost entirely out of sight and having no projections on either side,
(which is a great prevention against accident), therefore not impeding the said
strap's or belt's in their passage through any given space such as strap guides
&c, also allowing the strap or belts to work smoothly on accommodating or
deviation pulleys, which often cause the back side of the belt or strap to be
used as well as the front side, Our method, is a plate of metal having small
spikes or points, pressed from it so as to stand up at each side of said plate, so
that when placed between the ends of the strap or belt, and pressure brought to
bear upon the ends, the points of the Fastener having penetrated through the
strap or belt, they are then clinched, and the strap or belt is ready for use.
Dated the 19th. day of January 1897.
GEORGE ALFRED AUSTIN.
JAMES CARTER.
Improvements in Strap or Belt Fasteners.
GEORGE ALFRED AUSTIN. 248 Hornby St Bury Turner & JAMES CARTER
Turner, 464 Bury Road, Rochdale, do hereby declare the nature of this in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
A method whereby the ends of strap's or belts may be Joined together, other-
wise then by Fasteners heretofore used, being simple in construction and lying
between the faces of the strap or belt to be Joined, the Fastener leaving no pro-
jection's on either side of the strap or belt, (which is a great prevention against
accident), therefore not impeding the said strap or belt in its passage through
any given space, such as strap guides, also allowing the strap or belt to work
smoothly on accommodating or deviation pulley's, which often cause the back
side of the strap or belt to be used as well as the front side. (Our method is a
plate of metal, having spikes or prongs pressed from it so as to stand up at each
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page_text: side of said plate, so that when placed between the faces of the strap or belt to be
joined, and pressure brought to bear upon the outer faces, the points of the
Fasteners having penetrated through the strap or belt, the spikes or prongs are
then clinched.
"
Fastener."
Figure 1. view of "Fastener" constructed according to our Invention.
Figure 2. view showing spikes or prongs of
Figure 3. Cross section of "l'astener."
(a) is a plate of metal from which the spikes or prongs (b) are formed on each
side of it.
"Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed We declare that what
we claim is."
In joining the ends of straps or belts, a plate of metal with one or more spikes
or prongs or projections formed on each side of said plate, the said plates being
made in widths suitable for the strap's or belt's to be joined.
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GEORGE. ALFRED. AUSTIN
and
JAMES CARTER
Applicants.
GEORGE. ALFRED. AUSTIN
and
JAMES CARTER
Applicants.