An Improved Clasp or Buckle for Waist-belts, Garters, and other Bands
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 31st Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 31st Oct., 1894-Accepted, 26th Jan., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Clasp or Buckle for Waist-belts, Garters, and
other Bands
We, FRANÇOIS LOUIS BRUNET, and JOSEPH LÉVY, trading as La Société
Brunet et Lévy, of 20, Rue Notre Dame de Nazareth, Paris, France, Manufacturing
Jewellers, 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 :-
The improved system of clasp or buckle for waist-belts, garters, and other bands,
forming the subject of the present application for Letters Patent, is principally
characterized by the special mode of mounting the buckle upon a double jointed
bar with latch for clamping the belt or band and securing it in the desired
position.
In order that the construction may be more readily understood, we have illustrated
it in the accompanying drawings, which represent the clasp or buckle as applied to
a waist-belt, the same construction being equally applicable for other kinds of
buckles by merely varying the dimensions.
Figure 1 is a front view of the buckle or clasp.
Figure 2 is a cross-sectional plan view of the clasp, shewing the two ends of the
ribbon which forms the waist-belt.
Figure 3 shews the clasp or buckle in its closed position and apart from the front
portion or plate.
Figures 4 and 5 shew respectively a vertical section and top end view of the clasp
in the same position.
Figure 6 shews the clasp alone, in the opened position.
The member is made of U-section and to its upper end is hinged a small elbow
lever c terminated by a knob and turning freely about its joint d, said lever c serving
to lock the parts in the closed position. To the two ends of the member b are
fixed the ends of the bar or loop e to which the one end of the waist-belt f is sewn.
The other member of the clasp consists of a bar g stamped out with teeth g' which
are received in the channelled portion of the first mentioned member wherein it
clamps and retains the free end of the waist-belt. The bar g is jointed at its lower
end to the member 6 and is provided at its opposite end with a groove i in which
the latch lever c is received with slight pressure so as to draw and lock together
the members g, b, of the clasp for the purpose of clamping the waist-belt
against the buckle, as shewn in Figure 2 which shews the closed position of the two
members of the clasp.
The means hereinbefore described of clamping together the two members b
and g upon the band f by means of the latch lever c, is very advantageous, being

page_text: both easy to manufacture and convenient to operate, but it is to be understood that
any other kind of latch fastening may be employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is―
1. A buckle or clasp, consisting essentially of two bar-shaped members hinged
together at one end, the one channelled and the other formed with teeth adapted
to grip the loose end of the band in the channel of the other member, the other
end of the band being made fast to one member, as specified.
2. A buckle or clasp, composed of two bar-shaped members hinged together at
one end, the one member being channelled and the other formed with teeth adapted
to grip the loose end of the band in the channel of the other member, and of a
latch lever adapted to lock together the two members of the clasp, substantially as
specified.
Dated this 31st day of October 1894.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.