Improvements in Buckles or Clasps for Braces, Belts, and similar Articles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 25th July, 1894-Accepted, 1st Sept., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Buckles or Clasps for Braces, Belts, and similar
Articles.
I, ALEXANDER WHEELER PATCHING, of Angelina Street, Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturer, 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 buckles or clasps the frames of which are made from a
single length of wire bent to the desired shape and is designed to provide a frame
the sides of which will not expand or spring asunder without uniting the terminal
ends together, by a branch of one taking into a gap or recess in the other, or other
similar means.
It consists essentially in constructing the frame from a single length of wire with
one or both of the terminal ends provided with a projection which passes through a
slot in the supporting roller or tube and one end preferably turned back therein
over the "
army or loop so that both terminal ends are supported and prevented
spreading or expanding by the roller or tube enclosing them without one end being
united to or taking into a gap or recess in the other.
It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
as examples several forms of buckle are shown.
Fig. 1. Back view of army buckle with the roller or tube in section.
Fig. 2. Transverse section of same.
Fig. 3. Expanded blank of the roller or tube B of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4. Back view of buckle with hook, the tube or roller B in section.
Fig. 5. Transverse section of same.
Fig. 6. Expanded blank of roller or tube for same.
Fig. 7. Expanded blank of tongue or spring for hook.
Fig. 8. Back view of buckle showing modified form of hook, tube or roller B in
section.
Fig. 9. Transverse section of same.
Fig. 10. Expanded blank of roller or tube B for same with tongue or spring of
hook in one piece.
Fig. 11. Front view of buckle showing modified form of hook carrying a roller
or pulley.
Fig. 12. Transverse section of same.
Fig. 13. Front view of saddlers' buckle roller or tube B in section.
Fig. 14. Expanded blank of roller or tube for same.
Fig. 15. Front view of saddlers' buckle arranged to carry a pulley.
Fig. 16. Transverse section of same.
Fig. 17. Expanded blank forming tube B and pulley carrier.
Fig. 18. Front view of saddlers' buckle arranged with a hook to carry a pulley.
Fig. 19. Transverse section of same.
Fig. 20. Expanded blank forming tube B and hook for carrying the pulley.
In carrying out the invention in each case the frame A of the buckle is made of
a single length of wire stamped and bent to the desired shape and the terminal
ends a a¹ are enclosed and supported by a tube, barrel or roller B which is in the
form of a clip compressed around them. The terminal end a is slightly turned up
or flattened to form a projection as shown at the extremity. This projection fits
into a slot b formed or cut in the roller B which when the roller is clamped in
position prevents any lateral movement or spreading of the sides of the frame A,
and so maintains the pivoted prong bar C in position. The prong bar C is

page_text: supported by the ends taking into holes punched in the sides of the frame. The
top bar a" of the frame A is preferably flattened as shown by the pressure of
a stamp.
an "
Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, an army buckle is shown or one constructed with
army or loop D and the terminal end a¹ out of which the loop D is formed is
bent back to rest upon the roller B and away from the terminal a. The terminal
end a is slightly bent or flattened to form a projection. The roller B is formed
with a slot 6 through which the projection on a extends and it is also provided with
other slots b¹ through which pass the wires forming the army or loop D. When
the wire frame A is bent into the shape shown the roller B is compressed around
the ends a a¹ and the wire of the loop D projecting through the slots b' and the
projection ou a through the slot 6 prevent any spreading or lateral movement of
the frame.
Referring to Figs. 4 to 7 the buckle is shown constructed with a hook D' instead
of the army or loop D of Fig. 1. The frame A and the terminal ends a a¹ are
constructed in precisely the same way as described with reference to Fig. 1, but,
the hook D is substituted for the loop D. The hook D' is narrower at the top
and longer than the loop and at the bottom end is flattened and turned up. The
blank B is cut with slots 6 to receive the projection on a and slots 6¹ to receive the
wire of the hook D¹. It is also provided with a slot e for the tongue or spring E
of the hook to pass through. The tongue or spring E is formed of a strip of sheet
metal of the shape shown in Fig. projecting through the slot or slit e in the
roller B and held in position by being compressed against the wire.
Instead of this arrangement the tongue or spring may be stamped out of one
piece with the roller B as in Fig. 10 or it may be rivetted or otherwise attached
thereto.
Referring to Figs. 8, 9, and 10 a modified construction of the hook D' is shown.
The terminal end a' is turned out in the direction of the terminal end a and in this
case I prefer to stamp the tongue or spring E in one piece with the roller B. The
blank roller B has slots b 6¹ with which the projection on a and the wire of the
hook D' engage and prevent lateral movement or spreading of the frame A.
Referring to Figs. 11 and 12 a further modification of the hook D' is shown in
this case the terminals are shown placed as in Fig. 8, but they may equally well be
placed as in Fig. 4. In the hook D¹ is supported a pulley F on a pin f to receive
a cord instead of a loop attached to a leather end.
That part of my invention which consists of the wire hook D' and the tongue or
spring E supported and held in position by the roller B may be applied to other
forms of wire buckles in which the terminal ends are united or otherwise supported
than herein described.
Referring to Figs. 13 and 14 a saddlers' buckle is shown in which the loop D and
the hook D are dispensed with. Both terminal ends a and a¹ are provided with
projections and in the roller B a slot 6 for each is formed. When the roller is
compressed in position these projections prevent spreading or lateral movement of
the sides of the frame A. If desired a loop or hook formed of a separate piece may
be inserted between the terminal ends a and a¹.
Referring to Figs. 15-17, a saddlers' buckle similar to that shown in the previous
figs. is illustrated with the projections on the terminal ends projecting downwards
and the roller B enlarged to form a bracket to carry the pulley F.
Referring to Figs. 18-20 a similar buckle is shown with the roller B enlarged
and forming a hook b to receive and carry the pulley F. The spring or tongue e
of the hook is stamped in one piece with roller B and hook b.
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 buckle constructed from a single length of wire with a projection on one or
both of the terminal ends which engages with a slot cut to receive it in the

page_text: supporting tube or roller which encloses the ends to prevent spreading or lateral
movement of the sides of the frame substantially as described.
2. A buckle constructed from a single length of wire with a loop D or hook D' one
terminal end being formed with a projection thereon to fit into a slot and the other
being turned away therefrom into the supporting roller or tube which encases them
substantially as described.
3. A wire buckle constructed with a tongue or spring E of sheet metal secured
in position by the roller or tube B by being either passed through a slot therein or
formed in one piece therewith substantially as described.
4. In a wire buckle the combination with a wire hook such as D' of a tongue or
spring E of sheet metal secured in position by passing through a slot or slit cut in
the roller or tube B and being compressed against the wire or rivetted to the roller
substantially as described.
5. In a wire buckle formed with a hook the combination with the roller or
tube B of a spring or tongue E formed in one piece therewith substantially as
described with reference to Fig. 10.
6. A wire buckle constructed substantially as described and shown with reference
either to Figs. 1 to 3, Figs. 4 to 7, Figs. 8 to 10, Figs. 11 and 12, Figs. 13 and 14,
Figs. 15 to 17, or Figs. 18 to 20 of the drawings.
Dated this 18th day of July 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.