AN IMPROVEMENT IN OR RELATING TO THE ENDS OF BRACES WHICH MAY BE APPLIED TO OTHER ARTICLES "
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Walker of Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Manufacturer for an Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT IN OR
RELATING TO THE ENDS OF BRACES WHICH MAY BE APPLIED TO OTHER
ARTICLES
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Walker at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th June 1883.
GEORGE WALKER of Birmingham in the County of Warwick Manufacturer
"AN IMPROVEMENT IN OR RELATING TO THE ENDS OF BRACES WHICH MAY BE
APPLIED TO OTHER ARTICLES
"
This Invention relates to an improvement in the means of connecting cord or
other similar ends of braces or other like articles to buckles or other equivalent
fastenings.
For this purpose there is formed a clip preferably of metal though it may be
made of other suitable material, with parts which can be turned over and down so
as to securely retain the end of the cord.
The clip at one end is formed with a tongue or extension which is passed round
the bow or other convenient part of the buckle or fastening so as to be able to
slide or have a swing motion thereupon, and is passed under and secured by the
holding parts of the clip.
The shape or configuration of the clip may be varied either for ornamental or
useful purposes, for instance, it may be so formed as to allow of its being connected
with the buckle or fastening by a ring plate or book or otherwise, or by a clip
forming part of the buckle.
The advantages of the improved means described are that the connection is
effective, strong, durable, cheap, and exceedingly simple.

page_text: 15th December 1883.
GEORGE WALKER of Birmingham in the County of Warwick Manufacturer
"AN IMPROVEMENT IN OR RELATING TO THE ENDS OF BRACES WHICH MAY BE
APPLIED TO OTHER ARTICLES,”
This Invention relates to an improvement in the means of connecting cord or
-other similar ends of Braces or other like articles to Buckles or other equivalent
fastenings. For this purpose there is formed a clip preferably of metal, though it
may be made of other suitable material, with parts which can be turned over and
down so as to securely retain the end of the cord. The clip at one end is formed
with a tongue or extension which is passed round the bow or other convenient
part of the buckle or fastening so as to be able to slide or have a swing motion
therefrom and the cord or leather is passed under and secured by the holding parts
of the-clip.
The shape or configuration of the clip may be varied either for ornamental or useful.
purposes, for instance, it may be formed so as to allow of its being connected with
the buckle or fastening by a ring plate, or hook, or otherwise, or by a clip forming
part of the buckle.
The advantages of the improved means described are that the connection is
effective, strong, durable, cheap, and exceedingly simple.
Such being the nature and object of the said Invention, I will now proceed
to describe more in detail, and with reference to the accompanying explanatory
Drawings, the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried
into practical effect.
1
According to the ordinary modes of connecting the various parts of braces or
other like articles, stitching eyelets or like means have been hitherto employed;
the present improvements enable the different parts to be connected with greater
safety and durability, avoiding the liability, as in the case of leather and like
substances, to cut, or rupture the material.
When I desire to unite the metallic parts with cord, or its equivalent, I take
a blank (see Fig: 1.) serrated at 1 and having an extended part 2 and which is
subsequently pressed into the shape shown in Fig: 2 forming a. tongue and clip
combined in one piece, and which can be utilized in making a loop for cords or
other purposes, examples of which are shown in Figs: 3 and 4 at 3 A modified
form of the clip is shown in Figs: 5, 6, and 7, in which 4 represents a piece of
metal channelled and toothed at its ends and which is afterwards pressed into the
shape shown in Fig: 6, for the reception of a cord or other suitable material, the
parts being united and secured by the ferule piece shown in Fig: 7.
In another modification, illustrated in Figs 8, 9, and 10, a blank 5 is formed
with serrations 6, also shewn as part of a buckle in Fig: 10, and as forming a clip
and spring tongue combined in Fig: 11.
In Fig 9, raised toothed parts 6 longitudinally disposed are utilized for securing
the cord or leather.
Another modification of connecting the cords and leather with a buckle is
represented at 7 in Fig: 4
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature and objects of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be, or may be, performed or
carried into practical effect, I would observe in conclusion, that what I consider to
be novel and original, and therefore claim as constituting the Invention secured
to me by the herein before in part recited Letters Patent is,

page_text: The improved formation of clips or like means of connecting cords or other
similar ends of Braces or other like articles to Buckles, or equivalent fastenings,
substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
In witness whereof I the said George Walker have hereunto set my hand
and seal this third day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty three
Signed sealed & delivered by
the said George Walker, in the
presence of
WILLIAM HENRY WALKER
Victor Works
Tenby Street North
GEORGE WALKER (LS.)
Birmingham