IMPROVE- MENTS IN BUCKLES FOR BRACES, BELTS, OR BANDS
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Newbold Eyland, of Walsall, in the
County of Stafford, Manufacturer, for the Invention of “IMPROVE-
MENTS IN BUCKLES FOR BRACES, BELTS, OR BANDS.”
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Newbold
Eyland at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 1st October 1875.
I, CHARLES NEWBOLD EYLAND, of Walsall, in the County of
5 Stafford, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said In-
vention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BUCKLES FOR BRACES, BELTS, Ox BANDS,"
to be as follows, that is to say :—
My Invention refers more particularly to improvements in what is
known as the lever buckle.
To form the front plate and holder I take a metal blank having a
centre plate or shield of any desired form, and two extending arms,
the extremities of these arms having two ends of suitable length, and

page_text: the extending arms are then folded back so that the bar ends meet end
to end, sufficient space being left for the passage of the brace, belt, or
band;
the lever part of any convenient shape is then secured to the
meeting bars by curling around them a portion of the top part of the
lever to form a hinge, of which the meeting bars constitute the pin
or axis.
I also form a buckle with the brace, belt, or band holder made from
one blank with similar side arms having bar extremities, as before
described, turned over to form the pin or axis for the lever, which in
this case is a plate or thumbpiece having a portion of its top end curled
around the bar ends, the remainder of the top part of the plate on each
side having the ordinary serrates or flange for impingement.
Buckles made according to my Invention will be of stronger con-
struction and have a smooth surface around them, thus preventing
the usual wearing out or fraying out of the parts of garments worn
with them, and resulting from rough ends and edges.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Charles Newbold Eyland in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 31st March 1876.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
NEWBOLD EYLAND, of Walsall, in the County of Stafford, Manu-
facturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the First day of October, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Charles Newbold Eyland, Her special
license, that I, the said Charles Newbold Eyland, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Charles
Newbold Eyland, 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

page_text: of Man, an invention for “ IMPROVEMENTS IN BUCKLES FOR BRACES, BELTS,
OB BANDS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Charles Newbold Eyland, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, 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 immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles Newbold Eyland, 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, that is to say :—
.
My Invention refers more particularly to improvements in what is
known as the lever buckle; I will describe the Invention by aid of tho
accompanying Drawings.
To form the front plate (a), Figure 1, I take a metal blank having.a
centre plate or shield (b) of any suitable outline, as shewn in Figure 1,
the front plate (a), Figure 1, having two extending arms (c), the
extremities of these arms having bar ends (d), Figure 2, of any required
length. The extending arms (c) are then folded back, as seen in a back
view of the front plate (a), Figure 1, so that the bar ends meet end to
end, sufficient space being left for the passage of the brace, belt, or
band; the lever part (e) may be of any convenient shape, and is secured
to the meeting bars (d) by curling around them a portion of the top
part (f) of the lever, Figure 3, to form a hinge, of which the meeting
bars (d) constitute the pin or axis; Figure 4 is an end view of the
parts fitted together.
By another arrangement, Figure 5, I also form a buckle with the
brace, belt, or band holder made from one blank with similar side
arms (9), Figure 6, having bar extremities (h), as before described,
turned over to form the pin or axis for the lever, which in this case is a
plate or thumbpiece (5), shewn detached, Figure 7, having a portion of
its top end curled around the bar ends (/), the remainder of the top part
of the plate () on each side having the ordinary serrates (4), Figure 8,
or flange for impingement; Figure 9 is a side view of the parts fitted
together.

page_text: Buckles made according to my Invention will be of stronger con-
struction, and having a smooth surface around them, thus prevent the
usual wearing out or fraying out of the parts of garments worn with
them.
Having thus described the object and nature of my said Invention, 5
and the manner in which the same is to be carried into effect, I claim
without limiting myself to these precise details, the several improve-
ments in buckles for braces, belts, or bands, as herein more fully set
forth and specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Newbold Eyland, have 1
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of
March, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and seventy-six.
CHARLES NEWBOLD EYLAND. (L.S.)