Improvements in Buckles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Apr., 1895-Accepted, 11th May, 1895
Improvements in Buckles.
I, JOHANNA SCHNEIDER of 13 Kirchengasse, XVIII, Vienna, Austria, 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 has reference to buckles and its characteristic feature is the use of
a cross piece adapted to be slidden along the side bars of the buckle link; the belt,
band or strap being bent around the said sliding cross piece. If the buckle link be
turned down whilst the belt is pulled tight, the cross piece will slide right up
against the cross_bar of the link, and thereby press the belt tight up against the
said cross bar. Every pulling force applied to the belt, so long as such force is
exerted on that part of the belt which is not immediately bearing on the cross bar
of the link, will act to press the cross piece against the cross bar and increase the
clamping action so that it is impossible for the belt to become lengthened
unintentionally. But the belt may be shortened by exerting a pull upon the portion
of the belt which bears immediately on the cross bar.
The accompanying drawings illustrate arrangements of buckles constructed
according to this invention :-
Figure 1 is a section showing a buckle open or turned up; Figure 2 is a section
showing this buckle closed or turned down; Figure 3 is a perspective view of the
same buckle when open; Figure 4 is a section of a modified construction.
As shown, the buckle consists of a plate b which is attached to one end a of the
belt. To this plate the buckle-link c is fixed in such a manner as to be capable of
being turned up and down. On the side bars of this link there is mounted so as to
be capable of sliding along the same a cross piece d around which the part (to be
lengthened or shortened) of the belt is bent.
If now the link c be turned down, under a pulling strain on to the belt
portion a¹a, the cross piece d will slide up to the cross bar c¹ of the link c, and
will then lie up against the upper edges of the bent up side portions b' of the
plate b, between which the link c fits when it is turned down. By this means the
cross piece is prevented from slipping back whilst the slightly inwardly bent edges
serve to hold the link in its turned down position to a certain extent.
As will be understood by examining Figure 2 the clamping action of the
sliding cross piece d must be increased by a pulling force upon the belt portion a',
because such pulling force tends to press the cross piece against the cross bar c¹
of the link. Whilst on the other hand a pull on the belt portion a will shorten
the belt.
The clamping action of the sliding cross piece may be increased by imparting
to that side of the cross piece d which is turned towards the cross bar c¹ of the
link c, a concave or recessed form as shown in Figure 4 in such a manner that
when the link is turned down the cross piece together with the belt will be able
to lie close up against the cross bar of the link; as shown in Figure 4.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. A buckle comprising a cross piece d adapted to slide along the side bars of the
link cand around which the belt, strap or band is to be bent; the link being
|capable of being turned up and down and the arrangement being such that when

page_text: the link is turned down the cross piece d will be caused by the pull exerted upon
the belt, to slide forward up against the cross bar.c' of the link and to clamp the belt
against said cross bar substantially as set forth.
2. A form of construction of the buckle specified in Claim 1; in which the link c
is mounted on a plate 6 in such a manner as to be capable of being turned up and
down thereon, the plate b being provided with .bent-up side portions & the forward
edges of which act to prevent the cross piece d from slipping back out of its
forward position, into which it has slidden; when the--link is turned down,
substantially as set forth...
3. A modification of the buckle specified in Claim 1, in which the sliding cross
piece d is made with a concave or recessed surface on the side nearest to the
cross bar c¹ of the link c with the object of enabling the cross piece to lie more
closely or tightly up against the said cross bar, substantially as set forth.
C
Dated this 8th day of April 1895.
J. C. MEWBURN & ELLIS,
55 and 56, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents. ..