Improvements in Fasteners for the Ends of Braces (or Suspenders), the Handles of Satchels or the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Aug., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 16th May, 1891-Accepted, 20th June, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fasteners for the Ends of Braces (or Suspenders),
the Handles of Satchels or the like.
I, ALBERT ROSLINGTON BUCKTON of Church Street, Keighley in the County
of York, Woollen Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows, that is to say :-
It relates to improvements in the formation of fasteners for the ends of braces
(or suspenders), the handles of satchels or the like by the employment of which
said parts are securely fastened together or attached to each other or to their well
known parts and that without in any way weakening or diminishing the strength of
the parts so attached by necessitating a considerable portion thereof being cut away
to allow such attachment, while the outer surfaces of said fasteners by being made
not to present any sharp corners or ends when applied do not interfere with their
utility as is the case with certain other fasteners heretofore employed.
I attain the object of my invention by making the fastener which is of metal, to
fold over the bar of the brace's buckle or the ring on the frame of the satchel and
span or clasp the outer end of the brace's end or the handle for the satchel in the
same manner as do several kinds of those fasteners at present in use and well
known. However instead of following any of the methods heretofore employed for
coupling or attaching the loose ends of these fasteners together I form one of the
outer ends to terminate in a kind of bifurcation form, these bifurcations being made
to extend at about right angles to the folding part of the fastener and present
themselves edgewise to any force that may be exerted through them or which they
may have to withstand when in use.
In the other end of the fasteners two slots are made to correspond with or suit,
so as to allow the insertion of, the above described bifurcations when that part of
this outer end in which they are formed is folded or bent within the other folded
part of the fastener the said part acting or serving as a cover for the slots.
The bifurcations are made to pass through slits made in the ends of the braces or
the like articles that they are to fasten (said slits being made lengthwise in the
material, no portion of which is cut away, the strength thereof is not in any way
diminished) and enter the slots above described, and by coming in contact with aud
being moved to press against the part covering these slots they are bent laterally
and are so made to securely hold the parts and to be held themselves together.
Dated this 15th day of August 1890.
ALBERT R. BUCKTON.
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fasteners for the Ends of Braces (or Suspenders),
the Handles of Satchels or the like.
I ALBERT ROSLINGTON BUCKTON of Church Street, Keighley in the County
of York, Woollen Merchant, 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, that is to say:—
It relates to improvements in the formation of fasteners for the ends of braces
(or suspenders) the handles of satchels or the like by the employment of which
said parts are securely fastened together or attached to each other or to their
well known parts and that without in any way weakening or diminishing the
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page_text: strength of the parts so attached by necessitating a considerable portion thereof
being cut away to allow such attachment, while the outer surfaces of said fasteners
by being made so that they do not present any sharp corners or ends that might
interfere with their utility when in use or applied as is the case with certain other
fasteners heretofore employed.
The accompanying drawings are illustrative of my invention and
Fig. 1 shews the fastener as cut from the sheet metal and in its unbent or
unfolded form while
Figs. 2 and 3 are edge and front views, respectively, shewing how said fastener
is bent or folded prior to its application.
Figs. 4 and 5 are front and edge views shewing the application of the fastener
in attaching the leather end of a brace to its buckle.
Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are similar views to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 respectively but shew a
stronger form of fastener such as might advantageously be employed for attaching
the handle to a satchel as is shown by Fig. 9.
Fig. 10. is a sectional end view enlarged scale shewing how the fastener is made
to lay hold of the parts that it has to attach together.
The object of this invention is attained by making the metal fastener a to fold
over the bar of the brace's buckle, or the ring c ou the frame of the satchel, and
span or clasp the outer end of the brace's end d (which is also made to fold over
the bar as shewn by Fig. 5), or the handle e of the satchel in the same manner
as do several kinds of fasteners at present in use. However instead of following
any of the methods heretofore employed for coupling as by laying hold of the
loose ends of these parts, I form one of the outer ends of the part a to terminate in
a kind of bifurcation a¹ a², these prongs or bifurcations a' a I make to extend at
about right angles to the body part a (see Fig. 1) so that when bent as shewn
by Fig. 2 they will present themselves edgewise to any force that may be exerted
through them or which they may have to withstand when in usc
by Fig. 5.
as shewn
In the other end of the part a I make two slots f f¹ to correspond with or suit,
so as to allow the insertion of the prongs a¹ a² when the part a and that part 2 of
this outer end in which they are formed are folded or bent as shewn by Figs. 2, 3
and 5, the indented part as of the part a allowing this insertion of the prongs a¹
and a into the openings ff while it covers and causes the folding of these
prongs ff when they are driven home somewhat as is shewn by Fig. 10.
The prongs a' a² are made to pass through slits made in the leather parts d or e
(said slits being made lengthwise in said material, no portion of which is cut away,
the strength thereof is not in any way diminished) and enter the slots above
described so that by being clenched as shewn by Fig. 10 one part is securely
attached to another.
In order that this fastener may be made to more firmly hold the parts that it
has to attach, together, I form more than two of these prongs as shewn at a¹, a², a³,
a', as and a by Figs. 6, 7, and 8, as also the necessary slots fffff and f³ to
correspond therewith, and instead of folding the parts through which these slots are
made lengthwise over the part a I fold them laterally.
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. metal fastener formed and constructed as herein specified in order that it
might be applied substantially as set forth for the purposes described.
Dated this 15th day of May 1891.
ALBERT R. BUCKTON.
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.