Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Sept., 1887
Complete Left, 14th May, 1888
Complete Accepted, 15th June, 1888
I THOMAS WALKER of Brook Street Works St. Paul's Birmingham in the County
of Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows: --
My invention has reference principally to such brace-tabs as are composed of an
elastic or inelastic cord and a leather end or button hole and consists of the improve-
ments hereinafter described in connecting together the leather end or button hole
and the elastic or inelastic tab cord and the upper end of the tab cord to the
brace web.
My invention is specially applicable to brace tabs of the kind described in which
the tab cord is elastic and I will describe it as applied to such tab cords.
To each end of the elastic cord 1 attach a metal ring piece or collar by closing the
said ring piece or collar upon the end of the cord when the said cord is in a state of
tension or elongation and its diameter is consequently reduced. The ring piece or
collar after it has been closed upon the cord has a double conical figure the middle
and smaller part of the double cone gripping and holding the cord firmly the ends
of the ring piece or collar having the diameter of the cord in its normal condition.
By this means the ring pieces or collars are very firmly secured to the cord the
said ring pieces or collars constituting stops at the ends of the cord for the purpose
hereinafter described. The lower stop end of the elastic cord and the leather end
or button hole of the tab are connected together by means of a sheet metal trough
shaped connector. One half of this connector has a semi circular bottom and
parallel sides and is of a size suitable for receiving the stop end of the elastic cord
while the other half of the connector has a flat bottom and tapering sides corro-
sponding in figure to the end of the leather button hole to be secured to the
connector. The end of the narrow half of the connector is slightly contracted or
throttled by means of a beading formed at that end and the edges of the tapering
and expanded half of the connector are made with points or teeth projecting
inwards.

page_text: The stop end of the elastic cord having been place in the narrow half of the
sheet metal connector and the end of the leather button hole having been placed
in the expanded half of the connector the said connector is closed upon the said
cord and leather button hole. By the closing operation the narrow half of the
connector has a cylindrical figure given to it and the expanded half of the connector
a flat figure given to it corresponding with the respective figures of the cord and
leather button hole. By means of the metal stop and the contracted or throttled part
of the connector the elastic cord is effectually prevented from being withdrawn from
it and by the closing of the expanded half of the connector upon the leather button
hole and the piercing of the leather by the points or prongs the said button hole is
effectually secured to the connector.
The upper stop end of the tab cord is secured to the brace web by means of a metal
connector having a loop at its upper end by which it is secured to the brace web the
lower end of the connector being formed similarly to that end of the combined cord
tab and button hole connector hereinbefore described which receives the lower stop
end of the cord and the upper stop end of the tab cord is fixed to the connector on
the brace web in a like manner. The method described of attaching the leather end
or button hole to the elastic or inelastic cord and to the brace web may be applied to
the backs or other parts of braces in which elastic or inclastic cords are or may be
employed.
Dated this Twenty-first day of September 1887.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.

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I THOMAS WALKER of Brook Street Works, St. l'auls, Birmingham in the County
of Warwick, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention and the manner
in which the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
My invention has reference principally to such brace tabs as are composed of an
elastic or inelastic cord and a leather end or button holo and consists of the
improvements hereinafter described in connecting together the leather end or button
hole and the elastic or inclastic tab cord and the upper end of the tab cord to the
brace web.
My invention is specially applicable to brace tabs of the kind described in which the
tab cord is elastic and I will describe it as applied to such tab cords.
To each end of the elastic cord I attach a metal ring piece or collar by closing the
said ring piece or collar upon the end of the cord when the said cord is in a state of
tension or elongation and its diameter is consequently reduced. The ring piece or
collar after it has been closed upon the cord has a double conical figure the middle and
smaller part of the double cone gripping and holding the cord firmly, the ends
of the ring piece or collar having the diameter of the cord in its normal condition.
By this means the ring pieces or collars are very firmly secured to the cord the said
ring pieces or collars constituting stops at the ends of the cord for the purpose herein-
after described. The lower stop end of the elastic cord and the leather end or button
hole of the tab are connected together by means of a sheet metal trough shaped
connector. One half of this connector has a semi circular bottom and nearly parallel
sides and is of a size suitable for receiving the stop end of the elastic cord while
the other half of the connector has a flat bottom and tapering sides corresponding in
figure to the end of the leather button hole to be secured to the connector. The end
of the narrow half of the connector is slightly contracted or throttled by means of a
beading formed at that end and the edges of the tapering and expanded half of the
connector are made with points or teeth projecting inwards. The stop end of the
elastic cord having been placed in the narrow half of the sheet metal connector
and the end of the leather button hole having been placed in the expanded half
of the connector the said connector is closed upon the said cord and leather button
hole.
The upper stop end of the tab cord is secured to the brace web by means of a metal
connector having a loop at its upper end by which it is secured to the brace web the
lower end of the connector being formed similarly to that end of the combined cord
tab and button hole connector herein before described which receives the lower stop end
of the cord and the upper stop end of the tab cord is fixed to the connector on the
brace web in a like manner.
The method described of attaching the leather end or button hole to the elastic or
inelastic cord or cords and to the brace web may be applied to the backs or other parts
of braces in which elastic or inelastic cords are or may be employed.

page_text: Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents side elevations, taken at right
angles to one another, and a plan of the ring piece or collar drawn to a large scale
which I use in conjunction with the trough shaped connector herein after described
for connecting the elastic (or inelastic cord) to the leather end or button bole of the
brace tab. The ring piece or collar is marked a. It has an open side at band is
contracted at its middle and carries a hook shaped strip e by which the ring piece or
collar is hooked to the leather end or button hole as hereinafter described. The ring
piece or collar a and its hook shaped strip c are made from the T shaped blank and
partly fashioned blank represented in Figure 2. The end of the elastic cord having
been stretched or elongated is placed in the open collar a which is then closed upon
it by the action of a pair of closing tools as represented in front and side elevation
in Figure 3, where the elastic cord is marked d and the leather end or button hole is
marked e. By the closing of the ring piece or collar a its middle is further contracted
so as to give it a double conical figure, the middle and smaller part gripping and
holding the cord d firmly, the said ring piece or collar constituting a stop at the end
of the cord. The open hook strip c is next passed through a hole in the feather end e
as represented in Figure 3 and the said strip closed or bent inwards as indicated in
dotted lines. The stop end a of the elastic cord and the leather end or button hole e
of the tab are now ready to receive the sheet metal connector f, g, h represented in
back elevation, side elevation and end elevations in Figure 4. The half of the
connector has a semi circular bottom and nearly parallel sides for receiving the stop
end a, c of the elastic cord and the end of the said half f is slightly contracted or
throttled by the formation of the beading at h. The other half of the connector
has a flat bottom and tapering sides for receiving the narrow end of the leather button
hole e.
The edges of the tapering part g of the connector are provided with points or
teeth i projecting inwards. The stop end a, c of the elastic cord connected to the
leather end e in the manner represented in Figure 3 having been placed in the
narrow half of the connector and the leather end e in the expanded half g of
the said connector, the latter is closed upon the stop end of the cord and the leather
end or button hole as represented in Figure 5. The last described closing operation
gives a cylindrical figure to the part and a flat figure to the other part g of the
connector corresponding to the respective figures of the cord and leather button hole.
By means of the metal stop a and the contracted or throttled part of the connector,
the elastic cord d is effectually prevented from being withdrawn from it and by the
closing of the expanded half g of the connector upon the leather button hole e and the
piercing of the leather by the points or prongs i, i the said leather button hole is
effectually secured to the connector.
I
When the tab cord works over a pulley or roller on the brace buckle both ends of
the cord have leather ends or button holes connected to them in the manner herein
before described but when the upper end of the tab cord is to be secured to the brace
web the said upper end is furnished with a ring piece or collar a (the hook strip c
being omitted) and the upper stop end of the cord is secured to a connector at the
lower part of the buckle frame, the said connector consisting of a trough shaped
piece similar to that marked fhaving a contracted or throttled part h at bottom. The
said connector on the buckle frame is closed upon the upper stop end of the tab cord
in the manner herein before described with respect to the lower stop end of the tab
cord. Or the ring piece or collar of the upper stop end of the tab cord may be
provided with a hook strip similar to that at c for closing it upon the bottom bar of
the buckle frame the closed hook strip being covered and concealed by a plate closed
around the said bottom bar, hook strip and ring piece or collar.
Figures 6 and 7 represent elevations of the front or tab part of a brace in which a
set or series of clastic (or inelastic) cords are connected to the tab loop and buckle
frame according to my invention; Figure 8 represents one of the elastic cords with
its ring pieces or collars and hook strips and Figure 9 represents one of the ring
pieces or collars and the blank and partly fashioned blank from which it is made.
k, k, k are the elastic cords upon the ends of each of which the double coned ring
pieces or collars a are closed as herein before described with respect to a brace tab

page_text: having a single cord. The hooked strips c of the rings or collars a, a serve to connect
the elastic cords k, k, k to the tab loop and to the buckle frame m of the brace.
That is to say, the upper ends of the elastic cords k, k, k are hooked by the hooked
strips c, c of the ring pieces or collars a upon the bottom bar n of the buckle frame m
and the said hooked strips are closed around the said bar nas represented in Figure 6;
and similarly the hooked strips c, c of the ring pieces or collars a at the bottoms of
the elastic cords k, k, k are hooked upon and closed around the bar p of the tab loop /
as represented in the said Figure 6. The junctions of the tops and bottoms of the
elastic cords k, k, k with the buckle frame m and tab loop are concealed by the
covering plates qq which are closed around the bars of the buckle frame and tab loop
and upon the opposite sides and edges of the cords in the manner represented in
Figure 7.
In applying my improvements to the backs of braces I construct and combine the
parts substantially in the manner herein before described and illustrated with respect
to the tabs and tab parts at the front of the brace.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention and
the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that I claim as my
invention of "Improvements in brace tabs and other parts of braces "
First The construction and combination of the parts herein before described and
illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the accompanying Drawing for connecting
together the leather ends or button holes and the elastic or inelastic tab cords of
braces; that is to say, closing a metal ring piece or collar of the kind described and
illustrated upon the end of the cord, hooking the said ring piece or collar and cord
to the leather end or. button hole of the tab and connecting together the ring end of
the cord and the leather end or button hole by a sheet metal connector of the
construction described and illustrated; also the construction and combination of parts
described and illustrated for connecting the upper ends of the tab cords to the buckles
of braces.
Secondly The construction and combination of the parts herein before described
and illustrated in Figures 67, 8 and 9 of the accompanying Drawing for attaching
the elastic or inelastic cords to the front or tab parts or to the back or other parts of
braces; that is to say, by means of ring like pieces or collars closed upon the ends of
the cords in conjunction with hooked or other like connectors carried by the said ring
like pieces for connecting them to the buckle frame and tab loop and other parts of
the brace substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this Fourteenth day of May 1888.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.