Improvements in Brace Buckles and Attaching Brace Ends thereto..
Year: 1894

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Brace Buckles and Attaching Brace Ends thereto..
We, FRED TAYLOR and SMITH TAYLOR, trading as Abraham S. Taylor & Sons,
of Spear Street, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Brace. and Belt Manu--
facturers, 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:-
This invention is designed to provide an improved construction of buckle for the
front and buckle or "dee" for the back of braces and means for attaching thereto
the brace ends of leather or other flexible material which will make a durable
article.
It consists essentially in constructing the lower part of the buckle or "dee" to
which the ends are connected with two concentric bars or rails with a slot between
them, and connecting the brace end thereto by passing the end over the bars and
inserting an eyelet or rivet through the end and between the bars so that the metal
of the eyelet or rivet rests upon the lower bar and the leather rests upon the
top bar.
The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Fig. 1. Elevation of front buckle and brace end.
Fig. 2. Section of same.
Fig. 3. Elevation of buckle or "dee" for back of brace.
Fig. 4. Elevation of buckle or "dee" of modified construction.
Fig. 5. Section of same.
The lower part of the buckle or "dee" to which the brace ends are attached is
formed with two concentric bars, a top one A and a bottom one B with a circular
or curved slot a with parallel or concentric sides between the two bars.
or
The buckle
The brace end C is made of leather textile or other flexible material in the usual
way. To attach it to the buckle or "dee" the upper end of it is bent over the top
bar A so as to extend down and embrace both bars. An eyelet or rivet D is passed
through holes punched in the two ply and euters the slot a between the two bars A
and B so as to rest against the bottom bar B thus the leather (or other material)
rests upon the top bar A and the eyelet or rivet D has a bearing surface upon the
bottom bar B.
"dee" may be cast, stamped or otherwise formed.
The back buckle or "dee" and the front buckles are constructed and attached
to the brace ends C in the same way similar letters of reference apply to both.
If desired a metal clip or thin layer of metal may be bent over the top bar A
with the brace end and inserted between the two to prevent undue wear of the
leather.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that we
claim is :-
1. A brace buckle or "dee" constructed with two concentric bars A and B
forming a slot a with parallel or concentric sides in combination with a brace end
the end of which is doubled over the bars with an eyelet or rivet inserted in holes
pierced in the double ply thereof and through the slot between the bars the leather
resting on the top bar and the eyelet or rivet bearing on the bottom bar substantially
as described.

page_text: 2. The method of attaching brace ends to buckles substantially as described and
shown.
Dated this 15th day of October 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.