Improvements in Trace-buckles.
Year: 1890

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Trace-buckles.
I, ALFRED TANQUARY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at
Belmont, in the County of Wabash and State of Illinois, one of the United States of
America, Gentleman, 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 relates to certain new and useful improvements in trace-buckles.
The object of the invention is to provide a buckle to which the hame tug is
attached, said buckle also having upper and lower loops for the attachment of the
back and belly bands thereto, as well as the rear loop with which the bold back-strap
engages, the front portion of the buckle having a forwardly-projecting portion from
which extends a pin or tongue adapted to engage the openings in the trace, so that
the trace can be readily detached by simply raising the buckle, which will locate the
pin within the opening formed in the hame-tug, so that the trace can be readily
removed; and my invention consists in the construction and combination of the parts
as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claim.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1, is a perspective view of the buckle detached.
Figure 2, is a longitudinal section showing the trace and hame-tug arranged
therein, and
Figure 3, is a plan view of the same.
A, refers to the buckle, which is made up of a single piece of casting, and, is
provided with a rounded portion, a, adapted to be encircled by the hame-tug. The
rounded portion or cross-bar, a, has formed integral therewith a rearward projec
tion, a¹, which is bent at substantially right angles to provide a pin, a³, with which
the openings or slots in the trace will engage. The buckle is also provided with
forwardly-extending portions, 6 b, which curve slightly upwardly, and these portions, b,
are connected to each other by a cross-bar, c, which, with the rear end of the
buckle, d, form an opening, e, through which the holdback-strap may be passed or
looped, while the trace passes under the bar, c.
The upper and lower edges of the
buckle have bars, f, and f', which provide spaces, 9, and g', in which the back-
band, G, and the belly-band, G', can be secured.
The hame-tug, B, is looped around the bar, a, and is provided rear of said bar with
a slot, h, within which the tongue, a², will lie when the rear end of the buckle, A, is
raised or drawn outwardly. This hame-tug is also provided with a keeper, B',
which the trace passes.
under
The trace, C, is of ordinary construction, with the exception that instead of being
provided with ordinary round openings it has in lieu thereof slots, i, and to insert and
secure the trace it is only necessary to raise the buckle to an inclined position, as
shown in Figure 2, and pass the end of the trace through the central opening in the
buckle and beneath the keeper, B', on the trace-tug. Now, when pressure comes
upou the tongue, a³, the said tongue will engage with the forward end of the slot, i,
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page_text: in the trace, and the cross-bar, c, will be forced against the outer face, thus making a
secure connection between the parts and one which can be readily manipulated when
it is desired to move or adjust the trace. Though the connecting-bars, b b, and
outward bars, f, and f¹, are curved slightly, so that the front and rear end of the
buckle will be on different planes and thereby lie flat upon the trace, I do not limit
myself to this construction, as the bars may be straight without departing from the
spirit of my invention. It will also be observed that it is not necessary to remove
the free end of the trace from the keeper in order to make an adjustment of
the trace.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :
1. As an improved article of manufacture, a trace-buckle made up of a single piece
having a forward cross-bar provided with a rigid projection bent at a right angle to
present an out turned tongue, the frame of said buckle comprising, in addition to the
cross-bar a, bars, 6 b, bar, c, and circumferential bars, d, f, and f³, substantially as
fet forth.
EL ROTCH.
Dated this 4th day of July 1890.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.