Improvements in Furniture or Buckles for Belts and other Articles.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Furniture or Buckles for Belts and other Articles.
I, WILLIAM MICHAEL PERRY, of Victor Works, Angelina Street, Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The invention relates primarily to belt slides though it may be applied also to
the buckles when made with a centre bar or stay.
It is designed to improve the strength and appearance of the article when made
from wire.
In carrying out the invention the wire is bent to the desired shape with the
two ends of the wire meeting together at or near the centre of one end of the slide.
On the inner surface of one end is formed a notch of any suitable shape to receive
one end of the cross bar, and at or near each end of the wire, which ends are
brought together to form the other end of the slide, is formed a notch or hole.
One end of the bar forming the cross bar is shaped with a chisel or other point,
and the other is shaped with two points or prongs. The single pointed end fits into
notch in one end of the slide, and the points at the other end fit into the notches
or holes in the ends of the wire, thereby preventing the opening or spreading of
the joint, when the ends of the wire are closed together over the point of the cross
bar. The cross bar may be made of sheet or cast metal or wire.
In an alternative arrangement the ends of the wire forming the slide, may be
made with projecting points, and the end of the cross bar bored and turned for
sufficient distance to receive such points and hold the ends of the wire in position,
but at present I prefer the first arrangement described.
D 10th Jane of Aus 18907
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
.COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Furniture or Buckles for Belts and other Articles.
I, WILLIAM MICHAEL PERRY, of Victor Works, Angelina Street, Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick, Manager, 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 primarily to belt slides but may also be applied to brace
or other buckles in which a centre bar or stay is inserted.

page_text: It is designed to improve the strength and appearance of slides and buckles made
from wire.
It consists essentially of a slide or buckle constructed from wire shaped to form
the outer contour or frame, the two ends of which are brought together and secured
by a cross bar or stay with spikes or prongs at one end fitting into holes at or near
the ends of the wire frame.
It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
as examples several forms of slides and buckles are illustrated.
Fig. 1. Side view of belt slide.
Fig. 2. Section of same.
Fig. 3. Transverse section of same.
Fig. 4. Section showing a modified construction.
Fig. 5. Section of another form of slide.
Fig. 6. Side view of brace buckle.
Fig. 7. Enlarged section of joint shown in Figs. 2, 3, 5 and 6.
Fig. 8. Enlarged section of joint shown in Fig. 4.
Fig. 8. Enlarged section of another modification.
The wire A is bent to the desired shape to form the slide or buckle with the two
ends a thereof meeting at or near the centre of one end or in any other position
convenient to place a cross bar or stay B.
On the inner surface of the wire A at the solid end C of the slide or buckle
is formed a notch c of any suitable shape to receive one end of the cross bar B
shaped to a point or chisel edge to engage therewith. And on the inner surface
of the wire A at or near each of the two ends a-which form the other end of the
slide or buckle-is formed a notch or hole a'. There are thus two notches or holes a¹
placed close together when the ends a abut.
One end 6 of the cross bar B is shaped with a chisel or other point, and the other
is shaped with two points or prongs b. The single pointed end 61 fits into the
notch c in one end of the slide, and the points b at the other end fit into the notches
or holes a¹ in the ends of the wire, thereby preventing the opening or spreading
of the joint, when the ends of the wire are closed together over the points b of the
cross bar. The cross bar may be made of sheet or cast metal or wire.
In an alternative arrangement (see Figs. 4 and 7) the ends of the wire forming
the slide may be made with projecting points d and the end of the cross bar bored
for a sufficient distance or a roller may be made out of flat metal, instead of thin
wire bars as in Fig. 8, to receive such points and hold the ends of the wire in
position, but at present I prefer the first arrangement described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:―
1. A slide buckle or the like for belts or other articles. constructed with the
frame of a single piece of wire with abutting ends each of which ends is formed
with a notch or hole in combination with a cross bar formed with points or prongs
to engage in these holes substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. A slide buckle or the like constructed substantially as described and shown
with reference to the drawings.
Doted this 15th day of Tune 19008
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool & London, Patent Agents