AN IMPROVED BUCKLE
Year: 1841

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FRANCOIS
MARIE AGATHE DEZ MAUREL, of No. 3, Newington Terrace, in the County of
Surrey, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Twentieth day of September, in the fifth year of Her reign,
did give and grant unto me, the said François Marie Agathe dez Maurel,.
my exors, admors, and assigns, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege
and authority, that I, the said François Maric Agathe dez Maurel, my exors,
admors, and assigns, and every of them, by myself or themselves, or by my or
their deputy or deputies, servants or agents, or such others as I, the said
François Marie Agathe dez Maurel, my exors, admors, and assigns, should at
any time agree with and no others, from time to time and at all times hereafter.
during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within England and Wales and the Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, and also in all Her Majesty's Colonies and Plantations abroad,
the Invention communicated to me by a certain Foreigner residing abroad,
of "AN IMPROVED BUCKLE;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a

page_text: proviso obliging me, the said François Marie Agathe dez Maurel, by an
instrument in writing under my hand and seal, particularly to describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, and cause the same to be inrolled in Her Majesty's High
Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately after
the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same (relation being had
thereto) may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
François Marie Agathe dez Maurel, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, is fully
ascertained and' described in and by the Drawings hereunto annexed, having
figures and letters of reference marked thereon, and drawn of a size conve-
nient for ordinary use, that is to say:-
The said improvements relate to a novel and peculiar construction of buckle
adapted to various purposes, whereby the disadvantages attending buckles
generally are obviated, the buckles rendered more effective, more simple, and
capable of being manufactured at a very low price..
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 represents a front view, and Figure 1' a section of the first form
of the improved buckle. a, a, is a piece of metal or other convenient material,
having slots or openings made therein. It will be seen by referring to the
Drawings that one end of the' strap or band denoted by the red lines in Fig. 11
is passed through the slot or opening 1, over the bar 2, and through the slot
or-opening 3, and under the bar 4; the other end of the strap is secured in
any convenient manner to the slot) or opening 5: By making the buckle
slightly curved, as shewn in Figure 1', the tension on the band presses; it hard
against the bar 4, which to increase the effect should be made with rather
sharp angles on its under edges, or may even be formed with an indented
edge 4, as shown in Figure 1. The buckles, as shewn in Figures 4, 5, 7, 8, 9,
some single and some double, are only modifications of this form, the same
letters and figures denoting their corresponding parts.,
Figure 2 represents, the second form of the said improved buckle. a, a, is
an oblong piece or frame of metal; the top and bottom of which a', a', have V
edges formed on the inside, or; have grooves cut in them, upon or in which the
bar c, c, traverses. This bar is shown detached from the frame in Figure, 21111,
and 'when the tension is applied presses the strap or band against. an edge
fornied on the inner side of b; b. Figure 2 is a section through the-buckle
in the line (s,s; Figure 2), shewing the position of the sliding bar, and the

page_text: strap.or band before the tension is applied, and Figure 2" is a similar section
shewing the position thereof after the tension is applied, and the manner in
which the strapsorband, is: pinched between the sliding bar and the edge
formed on the inside of bbwhereby the grip or hold is effected: Figures 2111
are sections through Figure 2 in direction (3'; s¹).
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Figure 3 is another form of the improved buckle with a sliding bar, in
which the sliding bar is formed with a V edge at.c, c, and the back.thereof d, d,
may be rounded. This bar traverses as before on the V edges of the frame a, a,
or in grooves formed therein, and when the tension is applied presses the strip
into a groove or opening-in the side of the frame b; b. Figure 3 is a section
through the buckle in the line (ss, Figure 3), shewing the position of the
sliding bar and the strap or band before the tension is applied and Figure 311
is a similar section, showing the position thereof after the tension is applied,
and the manner in which the strap or band is forced into the opening in the
frame and the grip or hold effected. This grip is extremely strong and firm,
and to release it it suffices to pull the loose end of the strap, when the sliding
bar at once resumes the position of Figure 3'. In Figure 4', at a¹ is repre-
sented a convenient method of fastening the end of the strap to the buckle.
The strap is doubled and passes through the slot c; a piece of string or wire
or slip of wood is passed through the loop and the strap drawn tight. The
necessity of sewing is thus dispensed with, and a much stronger fastening
obtained, but I do not claim this method as part of this Invention..
And such improvements in the construction of buckles being, to the best of
my knowledge and belief, entirely new, and never before used in that part of Her
Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called England, Her
Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and all Her Majesty's
Colonies and Plantations abroad, I do hereby declare this to be my Specifi-
cation of the said Invention, and that I do verily believe this my Specification
doth comply in all respects, fully and without disguise, with the proviso in the
said herein-before in part recited Letters Patent contained, whereof I do
hereby claim, with such immaterial variations of form and construction as
experience may suggest, the Invention of such a buckle as the above, and to
maintain exclusive fight and privilege to the said Invention.
In witness whereof, I, the said François Marie Agathe dez Maurel, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of March, One
thousand eight hundred and forty-two.
F. M. A. (L.s.) DEZ MAUREL.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Nineteenth day of March,
in the year of our Lord 1842, the aforesaid François Marie Agathe dez
Maurel came before our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknow-
ledged the Specification aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained
and specified, in form above written. And also the Specification aforesaid
was stamped according to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Nineteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and forty-two.