Improvements in or connected with Buckles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Apr., 18-1-Acc-pted. 23rd May, 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Buckles.
I, THOMAS BARKER, of 6 Patmos, Todmorden in the County of York, Buckle
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:-
My invention relates to elastic buckles for which a Patent numbered 520 and
dated the 11th January 1890 has been granted to me and consists in arrangements
by which the cross-bar sliding on the sides of the buckle frume described and
claimed in the Specification for said Patent is dispensed with, and the spring secured
in a ready manner to the bottom bar of the buckle frame.
On the drawings appended hereunto
Figure 1 shows a view of one kind of my improved buckle with the clip in
section and
Figure 2 an outside of the same.
The buckle frame is made similar to that described in the Specification herein-
before referred to, with shoulders a on the side bars and bent inwards in the middle
of the bottom bar b. The flat coiled spring is formed with an extended coil d at
the top, the end of the wire being turned upwards and passed through the clip e
made of leather or similar material and bent over, whereby the upper end of the
spring is secured to said clip and prevented from shifting its position. At the
bottom the spring is placed upon the indented part of the bottom bar of the buckle
frame with its second or last but one coil, the last coil being bent to one side for
this purpose and then turned over the outside end of the buckle frame, a small
recess being made at each side for securing its position. The spring is thereby
attached to the buckle frame and cannot be lifted off the same after the clip has
been attached to the buckle. The clip e may be made broader than the buckle
frame and slit at each side of the centre so that when placed into the buckle and
folded the part of the same fits between the side bars of the frame and is guided
thereby, while the edges outside the frame are sewn or otherwise connected together,
a ring or its equivalent being attached to the bottom. For narrow bands, like
garters and similar articles, the clip or its equivalent may be made of the outside
width of the buckle frame only with short slits for the side bars to enter into, and
the sewing of the edges dispensed with. There is thus no metal part sliding on
another metal part and the noise resulting from such sliding is prevented, while the
cost of the buckle is also reduced.
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This arrangement of frame, spring and clip can be applied to various kinds of
buckles and the frame with side and bottom bars and with or without a top bar
may be made as a separate piece hooked or otherwise attached to ordinary buckles.
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,
Firstly. The arrangement of buckle frames, springs and clips substantially as
hereinbefore described.
Secondly. In buckles or frames containing an elastic coiled spring, the method or
arrangement for securing said spring substantially as herein before described and
illustrated by the drawings.
Dated this 16th day of April 1891.
W. T. EMMOTT,
Agent for the Applicant.