Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Aug., 1886.
Complete Left, 12th May, 1887.
Complete Accepted. 14th June. 1887.
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I SAMUEL JOHN SCOVIL, of Jamaica, in the County of Queens, and State of New
York, United States of America, Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
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The object of my invention is to provide a buckle for use more particularly with
trouser and vest straps which can be applied without sewing, is strong and effective
and not liable to get out of order.
The buckle of my invention consists of a flat box, open at both ends through which
the straps etc. to be fastened are inserted, and of a pair of oppositely arranged levers
or clamps combined with the box in such manner that in their closed position they
firmly grip the ends of the straps against the inside of the box and when swung open
they release the straps.
The one lever consists of an open rectangular frame or jaw, one side of which is
bent up so as to form a thumb-piece, the opposite side of the frame between which
and the inside of the box the strap is clamped, being bent at right angles to the plane
of the frames. The other lever is of similar construction, but is of less width than
the first, so as to enable it to be passed through the latter. The gripping edge of each
lever passes through slots in the box and the levers are pivoted in the box so that
they may be opened and closed independently of one another.
The buckle is fastened to one of the straps without sewing, by passing the strap in
at one end of the box and doubling it around a cross bar in the box, and closing the
lever whereby the gripping edge clamps the doubled portion firmly against the inside
of the box, and the other strap passes in at the opposite end of the box and is led out
to the surface of the box through a transverse slot therein and held in a similar manner
by the other lever. In a modification in which only one lever is used there is a gap
in the top of the box and a strip from the top is bent down so as to form an inclined
wall between which and the end portion, one of the straps is passed.
One of the straps is rivetted to one end of the box and the other strap passes in at
the other end of the box and is led up to the upper surface of the box and gripped by
the lever as before.
S. J. SCOVIL.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.

page_text: I SAMUEL JOHN SOOVIL of Jamaica in the County of Queens and State of New
York United States of America, Clerk, 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 :-
The object of my Invention is to provide a buckle for use more particularly with
trouser and vest straps, which can be applied without sewing, is strong and effective
and not liable to get out of order.
The Invention consists of the construction arrangement and combination of parts,
all as hereinafter described and claimed.
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Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
Specification in which figure 1 is a plan view of my new and improved buckle, as it
appears applied to two straps. Figure 2 is a sectional elevation of the same taken
on the line of figure 1. Figure 3 shews, in perspective, the lovers or jaws of
the buckle. Figure 4 is a perspective view of the buckle deprived of the straps, and
figures 5 and 6 show a modified form of buckle. Similar letters of reference indicate
corresponding parts in all the figures.
A is the frame of the buckle and B B¹ (figures 1, 2, 3, and 4) two levers or jaws
combined with the frame for holding the straps CC to which the buckle is applied.
The jaws or levers B B' work in slots a a in the frame A and the jaws are pivoted to
act in opposite directions, so they will resist outward or opposite strain upon the
straps C. The jaw or lever B is pivoted in the frame A upon the off sets bb and
its inner gripping portion c stands at right angles to its outer lever portion c¹ and is
of sufficient length relatively to the depth of the frame A to firmly grip the strap C
between its inner edge and the back of the frame A when the lever portion c¹ is
pressed down flat upon the front outer surface of the frame A, as shewn clearly in
figure 2. The outer lever portion c¹ of the jaw B is cut away at d for the passage
through it of the outer lever portion of the jaw B¹ which is of less width for that
purpose. In all other particulars, the jaw B' resembles the jaw B-that is to say-
it is pivoted in the frame A by the off sets ee and is formed with the inner gripping
portion at right angles to the outer lever portion f¹ and of such length as to be
adapted to grip the strap.C against the back of the main frame A when the lever
portion is pressed down flat upon the outer surface of the main frame A, as will
be understood from figure 2. Across the centre of the main frame A is placed the
bar g over which, in figures 1 and 2, the strap C is folded, and in the back of the
frame A there the slot through which the end of the strap C passes, after passing
under the jaw, as shown in figure 2.
The buckle is attached to the strap C without stitching, by simply swinging jaw B
to the position shewn in dotted lines in Figure 2 and passing the end of the strap
around the bar and then pressing the outer portion of the jaw B to the position
shewn in full lines in figure 2, which will swing jaw c outward in the arc of a circle

page_text: and cause it to grip the strap and hold it in the frame of the buckle. By
swinging the outer portion of the jaw B' to the position shewn in dotted lines in
figure 2, the strap C may be inserted in the buckle and held by pressing the said outer
portion flat upon the frame A to the position shewn in full lines in figure 2 which will
cause the jaw portion to swing outward in the arc of a circle and grip the strap.
In the form of buckle shewn in figures 5 and 6, a portion of the top of the frame A
is severed from the sides thereof and bent inward to form the inclined wall D. One
end of the frame is secured to the strap C³ by rivets passed through suitable orifices d
made in the frame A, as shewn in figure 5. The slot a in this form of buckle is made
in the bridge piece E, and the bent lever B₁ is placed in said slot the same as in
figures 1, 2, and 4. Between the inclined wall D and the bridge E is a space through
which the end of the strap C may pass, as shewn in figure 6, and for the purpose of
strengthening the buckle and confining the strap 0, I secure in the side walls of the
frame A the rod which occupies a position about mid-way between the inclined
wall D and the edge of the bridge E, but in small buckles this rod g may be omitted.
The inclined wall D facilitates the insertion of the strap C to the buckle.
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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. As a new article of manufacture, a buckle composed of a hollow frame to be
attached to one end of the strap and provided with a bent lever working in a slot for
holding the end of a strap inserted in the buckle, substantially as herein set forth.
2. As an improved article of manufacture, a buckle composed of a hollow frame and
two right angled jaws or levers oppositely pivoted in the frame, the inner portions of
the jaws being adapted to grip the straps entered one at each end of the frame, all
arranged, substantially as set forth.
3. The frame A, slotted at a a, in combination with the right angled jaws BB'
pivoted in the slots, the jaw B being cut away at d for the passage of the outer
portion of the jaw B', so that both jaws may be pressed flat upon the frame A,
substantially as described.
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4. The frame A formed with the slots a a and h and provided with the bar
combination with the right angled jaws B B¹ pivoted in the slots a a to grip the straps,
substantially as described.
5. The frame A, figures 5 and 6, open at both ends and adapted to be rivetted to
the strap C and formed with the inclined wall D and slotted bridge E, in combination
with the bent lever B¹, substantially as described.
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S. J. SCOVIL.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.