IMPROVE- MENTS IN BUCKLES OR CLASPS FOR BRACES, BELTS, AND BANDS
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Newbold Eyland, of Walsall, in the
County of Stafford, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN BUCKLES OR CLASPS FOR BRACES, BELTS, AND BANDS."
Sealed the 3rd March 1874, and dated the 19th September 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Newbold
Eyland at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 19th September 1873.
I, CHARLES NEWBOLD, EYLAND, of Walsall, in the County of Stafford,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BUCKLES OR CLASPS FOR BRACES, BELTS, AND BANDS," to be as
follows, that is to say:-
The buckle or clasp is formed of one plate of metal pierced with the
requisite slots to receive the webbing and shaped to any desired outline.
The two ends of the plate are formed into two elongated tongues, one or
both of which can be turned over to form the hook, the plate is then
doubled up at or near the centre of its length, at which point is situated

page_text: one of the slots through which the webbing is to pass in between the
sides of the plate, the other slot through which it is to pass back again
being situated at some little distance below the former one.
A third slot upon the face of the buckle is furnished with the usual
teeth or clip for holding the webbing against the back of the buckle,
the tongue on the back of the buckle, which is longer than that upon
the face, is then turned over this latter part in the form of a hook for
the reception of the ring, to which are attached the tabs or ends, and
this ring being placed in the hook presses on the tongue of the face of
the buckle, and thus holds the buckle and the webbing firmly together.
The mode of forming the hook may be varied by turning up the
tongues, one to the back the other to the front, so that the ends of the
plate meet when folded upon two distinct planes, and thus form a split
hook, having no projection beyond the thickness of the buckle, and
between the parts of which the ring can be inserted or released; or the
tongues may be turned up both towards the front of the buckle, and
arranging themselves side by side upon the same plane form one split
hook, over the parts of which the ring will pass and press the front and
back of the buckle together with the webbing between.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Charles Newbold Eyland in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 19th March 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
NEWBOLD EYLAND, of Walsall, in the County of Stafford, Manu-
facturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of September, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the
thirty-seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Charles Newbold Eyland, a
Her special licence that I, the said Charles Newbold Eyland, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Charles Newbold Eyland, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any timė agree with, and no others, from time to time and

page_text: at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle
of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BUCKLES OR CLASPS FOR BRACES,
BELTS, AND BANDS," upon the condition (amongst others), that I, the said
Charles Newbold Eyland, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said In-
vention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause
the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles Newbold Eyland, do
hereby declare the nature of my said 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 Drawings
hereunto annexed and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is
to say:
The buckle or clasp is formed of one plate of metal Fig. 1, which is
stamped and pierced with the requisite slots to receive the webbing, and
shaped to any desired outline. The two ends or halves of the plate (a)
and (6) are formed into two tongues (c) and (d), the plate Fig. 1 is
then doubled up, as shewn in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, at or near the centre of
its length, at which point is situated one of the slots (e) through which
the webbing is to pass in between the sides of the plate, the other
slot (ƒ) through which it is to pass back again being situated at some
little distance below the top one (e).
A third slot (g) upon the face of the buckle is furnished with the
usual teeth or clip (h) for holding the webbing against the back of the
buckle, the tongue (d) on the back of the buckle, which is longer than
the tongue (c) upon the face, is then turned over the bent part and
tongue (c) in the form of a hook (i), shewn in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, for the
reception of the ring (k), to which are attached the tabs or ends, and
this ring (k) being placed in the hook presses on the tongue (c) of the
face of the buckle, as seen in Fig. 3, and thus holds the buckle and the
webbing firmly together.
The mode of forming the hook may be varied, as illustrated in Figs. 5,

page_text: to the back, the other to the front, as in the open view Fig. 6, so that
the ends of the plate meet when folded upon two distinct planes, as seen
in Fig 7, and thus form a split hook, having no projection beyond the
thickness of the buckle, and between the parts of which the ring (n)
can be inserted or released, or as shewn in Figs. 8, 9, and 10, the
tongues (o) and (p) may be turned up both towards the front of the
buckle and arranging themselves side by side upon the same plane form
one split hook, over the parts of which the ring (") will pass and press
front and back of the buckle together with the webbing between.
Having thus described the object and nature of my said Invention and
the manner in which the same is to be carried into effect, I claim, with-
out limiting myself to these precise details, the several improvements in
buckles or clasps for braces, belts, and bands, substantially in manner as
herein more fully set forth and specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Newbold Eyland, have:
hereunto set my hand and seal, this 18th Eighteenth day of
March, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and seventy-four.