Year: 1895

page_text: We, ALEXANDER WHEELER PATCHING and JOHN SNOWDEN SMITHSON, of
Angelina Street, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates chiefly to a three pronged buckle and is designed primarily
to provide such a buckle with the prongs and frame of wire.
It consists essentially in constructing the buckle with the frame and two prongs
stamped or bent out of one piece of wire and the third prong constructed of a wire
or pin connected to the other two by a roller, also in stiffening the wire frame by
means of a cross bar or plate riveted, clipped or cast thereto.
In carrying out the invention we bend or stamp a piece of wire to the desired
shape to form the frame and we bend or form each end of the wire constituting
the frame into a prong thus forming two prongs of the buckle.
We connect the
two prongs thus formed by a roller and the third prong is formed of a piece of
stamped wire or a pin inserted in the centre of the roller the three prongs are thus
firmly connected together.
To strengthen the lower part of the wire frame a cross bar or plate is attached
thereto by rivets or clips or is cast thereon; we at present prefer to cast this
plate in position or secure it by molten metal run over or around the joints.
Dated this 30th day of July 1895.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
We, ALEXANDER WHEELER PATCHING, and JOHN SNOWDEN SMITHSON, of
Angelina Street, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, 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 :-
This invention relates chiefly to a three pronged buckle and is designed primarily
to provide such a buckle with the prongs and frame of wire for braces straps and
other articles.
It consists essentially in constructing the buckle with the frame and two prongs
stamped or bent out of one piece of wire and the third prong constructed of a wire
or pin connected to the other two by a roller also in stiffening the wire frame by
means of a cross bar or plate riveted, clipped, or cast thereto.
It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings.—
Fig. 1. Frame elevation partly in section.
Fig. Side elevation in section.

page_text: frame of the buckle and we bend or form each end of the wire A constituting the
frame into a prong a thus forming two prongs of the buckle. We connect the two
prongs thus formed by a roller B and the third prong C is formed of a piece of
stamped wire or a pin inserted in the centre of the roller B the three prongs are
thus firmly connected together.
To strengthen the lower part of the wire frame A a cross bar or plate D is
attached thereto by rivets or clips or ends or lugs turned over or is cast thereon;
we at present prefer to cast this plate in position or secure it by molten metal run
over or around the joints.
The invention may be applied to the form of buckle shown in the drawings
known as "Army's" but it may be also applied to other forms of buckles such as
"Straights ""Cantabs" "Hooks" and the like.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is.-
. A buckle constructed with a frame and two prongs of a single piece of wire in
combination with one or more central prongs of wire secured in position by a roll
either with or without the cross bar or plate D substantially as described and
shown.
ruary 1000,
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.