An Improved Belt for Securing Aprons in Position on the Wearer.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 26th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 25th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 17th June, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by ALPHONSE D'AVOUT, of Anieres (Seine), France,
Manufacturer.]
An Improved Belt for Securing Aprons in Position on the Wearer.
I, ERNEST DE PASS, of 78, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Fellow of the
Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an apron-belt whereby the use of apron strings is
dispensed with. At present great inconvenience results from the use of such
strings when they are too much, or not sufficiently, tightened, and the time occupied
in the untying of knots, should the strings become knotted (which often occurs),
renders washing and ironing difficult.
According to this invention the belt consists of a metallic blade or waist band,
which may be somewhat curved in cross section, and so formed as to be elastic or
capable of variation in its diameter, and thus permit of its adapting itself to waists
of different sizes. By taking the belt by its two ends, its elasticity enables it to be
readily opened so as to be passed around the waist. It may be furnished with
studs or buttons which may enter corresponding button-holes formed in the apron
for enabling the apron to be quickly and easily attached. Or if preferred the
studs or buttons may be dispensed with, and other suitable means be employed
for attaching the apron to the belt, such as loops or a hem on the apron through
which the belt can be passed. The belt may also be furnished with means for
suspending a pair of scissors, bunch of keys, or other similar articles.
Furthermore, the belt may also be embellished or ornamented in any suitable
manner so that it can be made an object of beauty as well as of utility.
Dated this 26th day of Jule 180
ERNEST DE PASS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Belt for Securing Aprons in Position on the Wearer.
I, ERNEST DE PASS, of 78, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Fellow of the
Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, 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, reference being had
to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that
is to say:
This invention relates more especially to an improved belt suitable for retaining
aprons in position upon the wearer, although it may be used for other analogous
purposes.
At the present time much inconvenience is often experienced with aprons having
strings when these latter are too much or not sufficiently tightened, considerable
time is occupied in untying them, should they become knotted (which often occurs),
and washing and ironing is rendered difficult.
According to this invention the belt consists of a metallic blade or band, which
may be somewhat curved in cross section, and so formed as to be elastic or capable
of variation in its diameter and thus permit of its adapting itself to waists of
different sizes.
In order that this invention may be readily understood and carried into effect, I
will proceed to describe the same fully with reference to the accompanying

page_text: drawings which show the invention as applied, by way of example, to a belt for
retaining aprons in position; Fig. 1 being a section on the line A. A', of Fig. 2,
and Fig. 2 a plan thereof.
The band or belt consists of a metallic blade, advantageously of steel, to which
is given, by cold drawing or rolling, the shape shown in cross section at Fig. 1.
This blade is then bent or curved, in a suitable bending machine, to a diameter d
capable of varying within certain limits, so as 10 constitute a belt that will readily
adapt itself to waists of different sizes, and enable apron strings to be dispensed
with.
The belt having the form shown in plan at Fig. 2, possesses sufficient clasticity
to permit of its being taken by the two ends E, E, and opened out wide enough to
be passed readily around the waist of the wearer.
As shown in the drawings, the belt may be furnished with studs or buttons b,
rivetted at a point about or of the width or depth of the blade, and, in which
case, the apron is provided with corresponding button holes to enable it to be
simply and quickly fixed to the belt.
On the right hand side of the belt there may be rivetted an eye c from which a
swivel-hook m can be suspended by a chain having two or three links, the said
swivel-hook enabling a pair of scissors, a bunch of keys, or the like, to be attached
to the belt.
While still retaining its useful purpose the belt may be crnamented in any
desired manner, as, for instance, by bronzing, nickeling, gilding, covering with
morocco, or costly fabrics or it may be ornamented by stamping, and the buttons
or hooks may be of any form and may be arranged either externally or internally.
In fact, the belt may be so embellished as to become an object of beauty as well as
of utility.
In some cases the buttons which are rivetted to the belt, may be dispensed
with, and the apron be then retained in position by passing the belt into loops,
tucks, or hems, with which the apron would be provided.
Although I have described the improved belt as being more especially applicable
for retaining aprons on the wearer, yet it is obvious that these belts can be used
for a variety of other analogous purposes, for instance, as garters, as armlets for
retaining in position the linen sleeves worn by servants, or work-people, or the muslin
sleeves used by some writers, the shirt sleeves of waiters or hair dressers, as rings
or bands for retaining the bottoms of cyclists trousers when folded over; also as
rings or bands for retaining the leather or flannel stockings used to prevent horses
injuring themselves, or from being injured; as armlets or waistbands for the use
of children when playing at horses, the reins or guides being attached to the
armlets, or to the waist-band, in any suitable manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner it is to be performed, I claim:
The improved belt or band, consisting of a strip of steel or other suitable metal
bent into circular shape so as to constitute a flexible band adapted to fit upon and
to conform to the waist or other parts of the wearer, the said belt or band being,
when desired, provided with studs or other suitable attachments, substantially as
described and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 25th dor of Anril 1802