AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACE BUCKLES OR BRACE FASTENINGS
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Walker, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, and Joseph Morton, of No. 164, Noble Street, in the
City of London, Brace Manufacturer, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT
OR IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACE BUCKLES OR BRACE FASTENINGS."
Sealed the 11th July 1876, and dated the 20th January 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Walker and Joseph
Morton at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th January
1876.
THOMAS WALKER, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer,
and JOSEPH MORTON, of No. 16^, Noble Street, in the City of London, Brace
Manufacturer. "AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACE BUCKLES OR
BRACE FASTENINGS."
Our Invention relates to that part of brace buckles or brace fastenings on which
the narrow webs commonly called "Cantab" ends ride, that is, those parts of the
brace which are directly buttoned to the trouser or article of dress, and which are
supported by the buckle or fastening, and play through the lower part of the frame
of the buckle or fastening. The edges of the narrow webs or "Cantab" ends are
rapidly worn or frayed by the parts as ordinarily constructed, through which they
work.
"
The object of our Invention is to remedy this defect. This we effect by
constructing the loop or part through which the narrow webs or "Cantab" ends
work, and upon which they ride in the following manner-We make the said
loop or part of a bow shape and form it from cylindrical wire. There is thus
presented to the narrow webs or "Cantab ends a rounded surface, and the chafing
or wearing of the said ends which occurs when the ordinary loop is used is
avoided. The bow-shaped loop or part is secured in the case of a pronged buckle
to the jointed bar carrying the prongs, and in the case of lever buckles or other
fastenings to the bottom bar of the buckle frame. We make the said rounded
loops or parts, and attach them to the buckle frames in the following manner :-
We cut the cylindrical wire into pieces of the proper length. These pieces or
lengths are bent into a bow figure and their ends flattened or compressed. The
flattened or reduced ends are next bent into hooks, and the said hooks closed upon
the prong bar or bottom bar of the buckle frame; or the bar of the buckle and
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page_text: the bow-shaped loop may be made in one piece, in which case we cover the loop
with a casing of thin sheet metal to give the required smooth or rounded surface
to the loop.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by the
said Thomas Walker and Joseph Morton in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 13th July 1876.
THOMAS WALKER, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer,
and JOSEPH MORTON, of No. 164, Noble Street, in the City of London, Brace
Manufacturer. "AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACE BUCKLES OR
BRACE FASTENINGS."
Our Invention relates to that part of brace buckles or brace fastenings on which
the narrow webs commonly called "Cantab" ends ride, that is, those parts of the
brace which are directly buttoned to the trouser or article of dress, and which are
supported by the buckle or fastening, and play through the lower part of the
frame of the buckle or fastening. The edges of the narrow webs or
"Cantab"
ends are rapidly worn or frayed by the parts as ordinarily constructed, through
which they work.
"
The object of our Invention is to remedy this defect. This we effect by
constructing the loop or part through which the narrow webs or "Cantab" ends
work, and upon which they ride in the following manner-We make the said
loop or part of a bow shape, and form it froin cylindrical wire. There is thus
presented to the narrow webs or "Cantab ends a rounded surface, and the chafing
or wearing of the said ends which occurs when the ordinary loop is used is
avoided. The bow-shaped loop or part is secured in the case of a pronged buckle
to the jointed bar carrying the prongs, and in case of lever buckles or other
fastenings to the bottom bar of the buckle frame. We make the said rounded
loops or parts, and attach them to the buckle frames in the following manner:
We cut the cylindrical wire into pieces of the proper length. These pieces or
lengths are bent into a bow figure and their ends flattened or compressed. The
flattened or reduced ends are next bent into hooks, and the said hooks closed upon
the prong bar or bottom bar of the buckle frame; or the bar of the buckle and
bow-shaped loop may be made in one piece, in which case we cover the loop with
a casing of thin sheet metal to give the required smooth or rounded surface to
the loop.
We will now describe with reference to the accompanying Drawing the manner
in which our Invention may be performed.
Figure 1 represents a pronged buckle provided with a loop for the Cantab ends
of the brace, the said loop being constructed according to our Invention. Figure 2
represents the pronged buckle frame before the loop is connected to it; Figure 3
represents the piece of cylindrical wire from which the loop is made; and Figures
4 and 5 represent the partly made loop before it is fixed to the bar of the buckle
frame. The bar of the pronged buckle is marked a, and the rounded and smooth
loop of the buckle frame is marked b. In making the rounded and smooth loop b
the piece of cylindrical wire b¹, Figure 3, is bent into the bow form represented in
Figure 4, and its ends flattened or reduced in thickness. The flattened or
reduced ends bare next bent into hooks b", as represented in Figure 5, and the
said hooked ends are hooked upon the bottom bar a of the separate buckle frame,
Figure 2, and closed upon the said bar, as illustrated in Figure 1.
Figures 6 and 7 represent our Invention applied to a lever buckle; c being the
buckle frame; d, the lever; and e the rounded and smooth loop for the Cantab ends
of the brace, the said loop being connected to the bottom bar of the lever d in the
manner described with respect to a pronged buckle.

page_text: Figure 8 represents a pronged buckle in which the bar and the bow-shaped loop
are made in one piece, the said bow-shaped loop being covered with a casing of
thin sheet metal according to our Invention; Figure 9 represents the buckle frame
before the loop is covered, and Figure 10 represents the thin sheet metal covering.
The said covering is marked f, and is made from a flat strip of sheet metal raised
by dies and pressure into a bow form, the said raised strip having a trough form in
cross section. The trough formed covering piece f being placed upon the loop h,
Figure 9, it is closed upon the loop so as to give to it a smooth or rounded
surface.
"
Having now described the nature of our Invention, and the manner in which
the same is to be performed, we wish it to be understood that we claim as our
Invention,-
The improvement or improvements in brace buckles or brace fastenings herein-
before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, that is to say,
constructing the loop or that part of the brace buckle or fastening through
which the narrow webs or Cantab ends of the brace work and upon which they
ride separately from the buckle frame, the, said separate loop being made from a
piece of cylindrical wire bent into a bow figure, and its hooked ends closed upon
the bottom bar of the buckle frame or the lever of the buckle or fastening,
substantially as described and illustrated.
Also covering the bow-shaped loop when made in one piece with the buckle
frame, with a casing of thin sheet metal to give the required smooth or rounded
surface to the said loop, as described and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Walker, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Eleventh day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-six
Witness,
RICHARD SKERRETT,
Clerk to George Shaw,
Birmingham.
THOMAS WALKER. (L.S.)