Improvements in Buckles, and Metal Loops for the same.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Apr., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 16th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 28th Mar., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Buckles, and Metal Loops for the same.
GEORGE BRAZENOR Saddler and Harness Manufacturer Bristol Road North-
field near Birmingham. I GEORGE BRAZENOR do hereby declare the nature of.
this invention to be as follows:-
A combination of a buckle with a loop, or any number of loops, or a broad or
long loop (called by saddlers a pipe). The loops or pipe to be of the same metal
as the buckle, or metal loops in black or brown to match the colour of the leather
or material attached.
This invention consists in the shape and method of constructing buckles & metal
loops applicable to saddlery, to light and heavy harness of every description
gearing, straps, braces, and for riding bridle buckles-also buckles for garments,
also the method of attaching buckles and metal loops to each other and to leather
work or other material. My invention further consists in this-The bar of the
buckle is fited to the bar of the metal loop-the metal loops or pipes are formed
with side ribs with a bar at the end of the ribs which is fitted to the bar of the
buckle the loop is held in its position to the buckle by the bar of the buckle & the
bar of the loop being connected.
To use the buckle & loops the leather or other material with the slit for the tong
is to be bent round the bar of the buckle & bar of the metal loop with or without
u metal clip underneath the leather or other material it is then secured by riviting
and sewing.
All shapes, patterns and designes of buckles can be thus applied to metal loops.
The novelty of this invention is represented in the drawings subjoined by the
parts marked A Fig. 1st, B C D & A 1 Fig. 2nd, and E & F Fig. 3rd.
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A Fig. 1st represents the bar of the buckle with a concave hollow or groove,
B Fig. 2nd represents the bar of the metal loop with the tong of the buckle upon
it, CC represents the side ribs by which the loop is attached to the bar B, a con-
tinuance of the side ribs will connect the loops where it is desired to have more
than one, D shows the flat top of the metal loop, A 1 represents the open loop
under which the strap passes.
Fig. 3rd represents the buckle & metal loop in position E the bar of the loop
placed in F the concave bar of the buckle.
The improvement consists in the buckle and metal loop being part and parcel of
each other and not as heretofore held together at a distance-only by leather.
They are more effective in their use-less difficult in their application to harness
and saddlery-more elegant in appearance and more durable. The parts herein
called the bar of the loop and the ribs of the loop are new as also is the hollow
bar of the buckle.
I have invented several methods of attaching my ribed loop-or ribed and and
bar loop to buckles which shall be fully set forth by drawings and description in
the Complete Specification.
Boted this 18th day of May 1895.
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Improvements in Buckles, and Metal Loops for the same.
GEORGE BRAZENOR Bristol Road Northfield Worcestershire, Harness Manu-
facturer, 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 consists in the shapes and methods of constructing buckles and
metal loops fitted to each other and applicable to saddlery to light and heavy
harness of every description to riding bridle buckles gearing strap and brace
buckles also buckles for garments.
Also the method of attaching metal loops and buckles and metal loops to each
other and to leather work and other material.
By this invention a combination is effected between the buckle and metal loop
or any number of loops or between the buckle and a broad or long loop-called by
saddlers a pipe.
My invention is thus carried out.. The bar of the buckle is shaped and fitted to
a bar formed on the metal loop (see drawing-A Fig. 1st and B Fig. 2nd
1st method) and vice versa a bar formed on the metal loop is shaped and fitted to
the bar of the buckle.
Also my metal loops and pipes are formed with side ribs projecting from the
loop or pipe to the bar of the buckle, the said bar at the end of the ribs to the
loop connects at right angles the two side ribs, this bar corresponds to the bar of
the buckle thus the buckle and metal loop or loops or buckle and metal pipe when
placed in their relative position and made complete for use become part and parcel
of each other.
To use the buckles and metal loops the lether or other material (with the slit
for the tongue of the buckle cut out) must be bent round both the bar of the
buckle and the bar of the metal loop with or without a metal clip bent. round
underneath the leather or other material used as the case may require according as
strength is needed.
In the case of shaft and hame tugs the metal clip should be double that is the
clips will be inside & outside the buckle and loop bars, the one metal clip should
be continued all round the shaft tug and the full length of the hame tug, the
buckles and metal loops are secured to the leather or other work by rivetting and
sewing.
The loops or pipes can be made of the same kind of metal as the buckles to be
used with them or in any suitable metal in any colour required" (black or brown) {
to suit the colour of the leather or material attached.
I submit that by the use of my metal loops-made upon the principal I have
invented every description of buckle will be improved when used with these loops.
..I have four methods of attaching buckles and metal loops described as follows.

page_text: IIIRD METHOD.
A cavity or indent is formed in the bar of the metal loop in which the base of
the tongue on the bar of the buckle can move freely the bar of the buckle and the
bar of the loop being placed parallel.
By the IInd and IIIrd methods the bar of the loop as described is so shaped
that ordinary buckles of any shape pattern or design for every purpose can be
applied to and used with these netal loops or pips.
IIIITH METHOD.
The ribs of the metal loop are made without a bar-the buckle is made without
a bar.
A pin passes through the end of the one leg of the buckle then through the end
of one rib of the loop and through the base of the tongue of the buckle-thence
through the other rib of the loop and the other leg of the buckle as in an ordinary.
cock-eye for traces a worm is formed on one end of the pin which screws into the
second sides of the rib of the loop and the leg of the buckle, thus the pin becomes
the bar for the buckle and the bar for the metal loop or pipe. This pin may be
rivetted into the leg of the buckle and into the rib of the loop if desired and will be
less expensive than screwing.
The metal loops can be placed at any distance from the buckles and from each
other by means of the length given to the metal ribs of the loop..
Also any number of loops can be given to one buckle either on the top or on the
under side of the strap or other work, and also on both sides of the same strap if
required as in the case of pole straps with double pipes.
Metal loops and pipes can be made to any design or pattern with escutcheon or
monogram embossed or engraved.
They can be cast or made out of sheet metal.
The loops or pipes can be cast separately the ribs & bars cast by themselves and
when fitted to each other and finished then the loops or pipes must be brazed to
the ribs and bars and polished.
By this means no coreing will be needed.
TO MAKE PART OF SHEET METAL AND PART OF CAST.
The loops or pipes can be cut or stamped out of sheet metal-the ribs and bars
can be cast and when fitted and finished to be brazed together and polished.
Loops and pipes stamped from sheet metal will be lighter in weight less
expensive and equaly effective the first outlay to stamp loops and pipes will be
greater than to cast them but will be more remunerative.
Ordinary metal loops without the parts I have invented have been in use many
years in some respects their advantages are generally admitted to be superior to
leather loops their defects arise from the want of adequate means to secure them
to the leather work and to the buckles.
Hitherto separate or detached metal loops have been in use sewn into the leather
work, they soon get loose and cause friction and wear to the leather. By my
invention the friction and wear are obviated.

page_text: The means of applying them to harness and saddlery are facilitated--they are
more effective in their use-more elegant in appearance and more durable.
In the manufacture. of harness a very considerable saving of time is effected by
using my metal loops or pipes.
The invention is represented in the drawings left with the Provisional Specifica-
tion showing Ist method, by the parts marked A Fig. 1, B C D and A 1 Fig. II
and E & F, Fig. III.
A Fig. I represents the bar of the buckle with a concave hollow or groove-
B, Fig. II represents the bar of the metal loop with the tongue of the buckle upon
it, CC represents the side ribs by which the loop is attached to the bar B, a con-
tinuance of the side ribs C C will connect the loops where there is more than one,
D shows the flat top of the metal loop under which the strap passes.
Fig. III represents the buckle and metal loop in position-E the bar of the loop
placed in F the concave bar of the buckle.
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
1st. The invention of buckles with a grooved bar or with a loose pin in lieu of
the ordinary bar, each adapted to my make of metal loops or pipes.
2nd. I claim as my invention metal loops and pipes with side ribs and bars or
with side ribs without the bar, as herein described in the four methods of applying
and using them.
Dated this 10th day of February 1896.