A NEW OR IMPROVED CLIP OR FASTENING FOR UNITING THE ENDS OR OTHER PARTS OF DRIVING BELTS OR BANDS, APPLICABLE ALSO TO BRACES AND OTHER USEFUL PURPOSES
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Furness, of New Street, Borough Road,
in the County of Surrey, for the Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED
CLIP OR FASTENING FOR UNITING THE ENDS OR OTHER PARTS OF DRIVING
BELTS OR BANDS, APPLICABLE ALSO TO BRACES AND OTHER USEFUL PURPOSES."
Sealed the 23rd November 1869, and dated the 24th May 1869.
...
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Furnoss at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
24th May 1869.
I, WILLIAM FURNESS, of New Street, Borough Road, in the County
of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
A NEW OR IMPROVED CLIP OR FASTENING FOR UNITING THE ENDS OR OTHER
PARTS OF DRIVING BELTS OR FANDS, APPLICABLE ALSO TO BRACES AND OTHER USEFUL
PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the construction of a new or improved clip
or fastening for the purpose of uniting or joining the ends of driving
straps or bands, or for clipping other portions thereof, with the view of
shortening the same in order that they shall exercise due friction or
bearing on pulley wheels or other portions of machinery or apparatus,
[Price 8d.]

page_text: and thereby dispense with the ordinary modos of attaching or joining
the ends of such bands or other portions thereof by rivots, laces,
buckles, or other fastenings, consequently this fastening or clip is of a
temporary or adjustable character. It will onable tho ends of a band
or strap to be united or joined with the exact degree of tension required
for working the machinery, suc degree of tension being capable of
regulation to the greatest nicety without the necessity of undoing
any portion of the work, and merely by the adjustment of the fastening or
clip.
The Invention is also applicable to braces, belts, and other articles of
wearing apparel, it being only necessary to make the article smaller and
slighter to suit the various requirements to which it is to be applied. The
clip or fastening consists of two metal jaws hinged together in any suitablo
manner, each jaw being provided on its internal or biting edge with a
serios of serrated teeth or other gripping edges. The opposite side of
each jaw is curved or otherwise bevelled off to suit the curvilinear line of
the belt or strap on which it is intended to bear.
Now the method of applying the fastening to the belt or strap is ns
follows: Supposing two ends of a belt are required to be fastened, they
are passed below the under edges of the united jaws, and carried upwards
through the teeth, the jaws being oponed freely to admit their passago;
the strap being then drawn tightly in oppositic directions, the ends como
in contact with the serrated teeth (or if no teeth are formed in the jaws
with the sharp edge formed thereon), and the stronger the effort to draw
away the bands from the jaws the greater is the power exercised to resist
such tendency, by reason of the coming together of the teeth or other grip.
In straps or bands of considerable width the jaws may be provided with
intermediate hinges, and the straps or bands may be slit to pass tho said
hinges or joints.
I am aware that a fixed frame has been used through which the straps
have been passed, and that a separate wedge has been applied to act between
the two divisions or ends of the strap, but my Invention consists in
one hinged or pivoted compound jaw or grip, dispensing altogether with
a separato or independent wedge, in which method it was impossible
to tako up any intermediate portion of a driving belt or band, because
the wedge could not be inserted in the loop so protruding; but according
to my Invention, where no wedge is used I can not only grip or faston
the ends of belts or bands, but I can tighten up a slack band, and grip

page_text: or fasten it just in the same manner as though the ends of the strap
were passed through the hinged frame, in which alone a great advantage
results.
Independently of the more important use of the Invention as regards
straps or bands for machinery, by making the fastening on a small
scale (and of more important metals or alloys, if preferred) I am enabled
to produce fastenings or clips for domestic use, such as for braces, belts,
bands, shoes, or boots, or other articles of use or wear, the Invention
being applicable to all varieties of purpose to which similar fastenings
or buckles have been applied.
For round bands or gut cords, chains, or other forms of fabrics the
principle of the Invention is the same, the shape of the fastening being
modified accordingly.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patcut,
filed by the said William Furness in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 24th November 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
FURNESS, of New Street, Borough Road, in the County of Surrey, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Furness, Her special licence,
that I, the said William Furness, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said William Furness, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "A NEW OR
IMPROVED CLIP OR FASTENING FOR UNITING THE ENDS OR OTHER PARTS OF DRIVING
BELTS OR BANDS, APPLICABLE ALSO TO BRACES AND OTHER USEFUL PURPOSES,"
upon the condition (amongs others) that I, the said William Furness,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my,

page_text: or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the
Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that 1, the said William Furness, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
My Invention relates to the construction of a new or improved clip
or fastening for the purpose of uniting or joining the ends of driving
straps or bands, or for clipping other portions thereof, with the view of
shortening the same in order that they shall exercise due friction or
bearing on pulley wheels or other portions of machinery or apparatus,
and thereby dispense with the ordinary modes of attaching or joining
the ends of such bands or other portions thereof by rivets, laces, buckles,
or other fastenings, consequently this fastening or clip is of a tempo-
rary or adjustable character. It will enable the ends of a band or
strap to be united or joined with the exact degree of tension required for
working the machinery, such degree of tension being capable of regulation
to the greatest nicety without the necessity of undoing any portion of the
work and merely by the adjustment of the fastening or clip.
The Invention is also applicable to harness, braces, belts, and other
articles of wearing apparel, it being only necessary to make the fastening
smaller and slighter to suit the various requirements to which it is to be
applied: The clip or fastening consists of two metal jaws hinged together
in any suitable manner, each jaw being provided on its internal or biting
edge with a series of serrated teeth, or other gripping edges. Tho
opposite side of each jaw is curved or otherwise bevelled off to suit the
curvilinear line of the belt or strap on which it is intended to bear.
Now the method of applying the fastening to the belt or strup is as
follows-Supposing two ends of a belt are required to be fastened they
are passed below the under edges of the united jaws and carried upwards
through the teeth, the jaws being opened freely to admit their passage.
The strip being thon drawn tightly in opposite directions the ends come
in contact with the serrated teeth (or, if no teeth are formed in the jaws, with
the sharp edges formed thereon), and the stronger the effort to draw away
the bands from the jaws the greator is the power exercised to resist such

page_text: tendency by reason of the coming together or towards each other of the
teeth or other grip in contact with the edges of the bands or straps. In
straps or bands of considerable width the jaws may be provided with two
or more intermediate hinges or link joints, and the straps or bands may be
slit or cut with suitable apertures or spaces not only to enable the inter-
mediate hinges or joints to be applied to the band, but if necessary to
receive the edges or hinged flanges so that they may only equal the truc
breadth of the band or strap.
I am aware that a fixed or rigid frame has been used through which the
ends of straps have been passed, and that a separate wedge has been applied
to act be tween the two divisions or ends of the strap, but my Invention
consists in one riveted, hinged,or pivoted compound jaw or grip, dispensing
altogether with a separate or independent wedge, by which latter method it
is impossible to take up any intermediate portion of a driving belt or band,
because the wedge could not be inserted in the loop or tab protruded
through the fixed frame; but according to my Invention, where no
wedge is used I can not only grip or fasten the ends of belts or bands
but I can tighten up a slack band, and grip or fasten it just in the same
manner as though the ends of the strap were passed through the hinged
frame, in which instance alone a great advantage results.
Independently of the more important use of the Invention as regards
straps or bands for machinery, by making the fastening on a small scale
(and of more expensive metals or alloys, if preferred) I am enabled to
produce fastenings or clips for domestic use, such as for harness, braces,
belts, bands, shoes or boots, or other articles of use or wear, the Invention
being applicable to all varieties of purpose to which similar fastenings or
buckles have been applied.
For round bands or gut cords, chains, or other forms of fabric the
principle of the Invention is equally applicable, the shape of the fastening
being modified accordingly.
In order that my said Invention may be completely understood I.
refer to the annexed Drawings, in which Fig. 1 represents a hinged
compound jaw according to my Invention, Fig. 2 being a similar jaw
with two ends of a strap or band placed between the teeth, Fig. 3
being a compound hinged jaw for ropes, cords, round bands, chains, or
other fabrics; Fig. 4 shews a jaw with pivoted joints connected by
links with sockets at each end, the pivots being then burred or riveted so
as to secure the socketed links; Fig. 5 shews a similar jaw for wide bands;

page_text: this jaw is strengthened in the centre by a C link, the centres of the jaw
being cut out to leave intermediate bearing shafts corresponding with the
shafts or pivots at the ends. The hinged jaws, Figs. 1 and 2, may also
have intermediate hinged joints. and one, two, three, or more such inter-
mediate joints may be applied for the sake of strength according to the
dimensions of the fastening. Fig. 6. shews an under plan view of a clip
or fastening suitable for harness.
a is a fixed cross bar for the attachment of a leather loop of a strap, the
other end of which is to be passed under the pivoted jaw b, and upwards
between the pivoted jaws c and b, and along the top of the clip, finally
passing under the fixed bar d. The play of the jaw c is limited by the lugs
or projections e set in the frame f.
1 claim the manufacture or construction of a compound hinged or pivoted
jaw provided with teeth or other biting edges, such jaws being joined
together by any suitable moving joint, by links, or any other equivalent
means, such construction constituting a new or improved clip or fastening
for uniting the ends or other parts of driving belts, bands, and other fabrics,
substantially in the manuer herein specified and shewn by the Drawings
annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Furness, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of November, in the
year of our Lord Oue thousand eight hundred and sixty-
nine.
W. FURNESS. (L.S.)