Improvements in Fastenings for Connecting Brace Ends to Braces.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Oct., 1890
Complete Specification Left. 27th July, 1891-Accepted, 5th Sept., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fastenings for Connecting Brace Ends to Braces.
I, FREDERICK TEW, of 7 Edmund Place, Aldersgate Street in the City of
London, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
According to this invention the brace end of leather or other material is con-
nected to a bar upon the buckle or other part of the brace by means of a strip of
metal the middle of which forms a loop encircling the bar whilst its two ends go
one on each side of the leather and are secured by eyelets passing through the
leather. These eyelets are fixed to one end of the metal strip being preferably
formed in one piece with it whilst the other end of the strip is provided with
corresponding holes to receive the eyelets which are secured by rivetting in the
usual manner. The eyelet may be either a cylinder open at both ends or open
only at the end where it is fixed to the strip.
Dated this 30th day of October 1890.
FREDERICK TEW.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fastenings for Connecting Brace Ends to Braces.
I, FREDERICK TEW, of 74 Edmund Place, Aldersgate Street in the City of
London, Manufacturer, 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 :-
According to this invention the brace end of leather or other material is con-
nected to a bar upon the buckle or other part of the brace by means of a strip of
metal the middle of which forms a loop encircling the bar whilst its two ends go
one on each side of the leather and are secured by eyelets passing through the
leather. These eyelets are fixed to one end of the metal strip being preferably
formed in one piece with it whilst the other end of the strip is provided with
corresponding holes to receive the eyelets which are secured by rivetting in the
usual manner. The eyelet may be either a cylinder open at both ends or open only
at the end where it is fixed to the strip.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a plan of part of a brace end and bar connected together according
to my invention.
Figure 2 is a section of the same and
Figures 3 and 4 are a plan and edge view respectively of the fastening before
being bent.
a is the brace end and is the bar upon the buckle or other part. c is a strip of
metal which has eyelets d d¹ formed out of it by punching or pressing. When the
strip c is bent as shown in Figures 1 and 2 the eyelets dd pass through holes in
the brace end and the holes ee in the other half of the strip and are rivetted.
Figures 5 to 8 are similar views of a modification in which the brace end as well
as the metal strip c passes round the bar b. In this case the eyelet d does not form
part of the strip and the eyelet only passes through or is embedded in one
thickness of the brace end.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
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1. Fastenings for connecting brace ends to braces consisting of strips of metal
doubled upon themselves to form loops the two ends of which lie one on each side
of the brace end or other part and are secured by an eyelet or eyelets substantially
as described.
2. Fastenings for connecting brace ends to braces consisting of strips of metal
having eyelets formed out of their substance substantially as described.
3. Fastenings for connecting brace ends to braces substantially as described and
shown at Figures 1 to 4 of the drawings.
4. Fastenings for connecting brace ends to braces substantially as described and
shown at Figures 5 to 8 of the drawings.
Dated this 15th day of July 1891
FREDERICK TEW.