IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS BAD BRACER BELTS BANDS, AND OTHER LIKE ÅRTICLES
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Lawloy Parker, trading under the Firm
of Bent and Parker, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturers, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS
BAD BRACER BELTS BANDS, AND OTHER LIKE ÅRTICLES,"
Sealed the 12th February 1869, and dated the 3rd September 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left. by the said Edward Lawley Parker
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with-bis Petition, on
the 3rd September 1868.
I, EDWARD LAWLEY PARKER, trading under the Firm of Bent and
Parker, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, do
hereby declare the nature of the. said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FASTENINGS FOR BRACES, BELTS, BANDS, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES," to be as
follows:-
My Invention consists in constructing and arranging the parts of the
said fastenings in. the manner herein-after described.
I will describe my, Invention as a fastening for braces. The said
fastening, consists essentially of two metallic plates hinged or jointed.
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page_text: together. The under or back plate has two parallel slots in it through
which, the end of the brace is passed. The upper or front plate has a
series of teeth, which when the said plate is shut down upon the under
or back plate press the brace against the bar between the slots on the
under or back plate and hold it securely. Near the lower edge of the
under or back plate is a stud or hook, which when the upper or front
plate is shut down passes through a hole in the said upper or front plate.
The tabs of the brace are secured to a ring or plate of metal with a hole
in it, and when the said ring is hooked on the said hook, or when the
hole in the plate of metal is engaged with the head of the stud, the upper
or front plate is fixed down upon the under or lower plate, and the brace
is securely held between the said plates. When it is wished to lengthen
or shorten the brace the ring or plate carrying the tabs is removed from
the hook or stud described. The upper or front plate can then be raised
on the hinge or joint by which it is connected to the under or back plate,
and the brace which is now at liberty to move is drawn in one or other
direction through the slots in the under the under or lower plate. When
the brace has been adjusted to the required length the upper or front plate
is shut down on the under or back plate, and the ring or plate carrying
the tabs is hooked on the hook or engaged with the stud. The upper
or front plate is thereby fixed down upon the under or back plate, and the
brace is fixed at the length to which it has been adjusted.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Edward Lawley Parker in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 1st March 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COMEI, EDWARD
LAWLEY PARKER, trading under the Firm of Bent and Parker, of Bir-
mingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Third day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Edward Lawley Parker, Her special licence
that I, the said Edward Lawley Parker, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Edward Lawley Parker, my

page_text: executors, administrators, and assigus, 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 of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVE.
MENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR BRACES, BELTS, BANDS, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Edward Lawley
Parker, 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 Edward Lawley Parker, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say :-
My Invention consists in constructing and arranging the parts of the
said fastenings in the manner herein-after described.
I will describe my Invention as a fastening for braces. The said
fastening consists essentially of two metallic plates hinged or jointed
together. The under or back plate has two parallel slots in it through
which the end of the brace is passed. The upper or front plate has a
series of teeth, which when the said plate is shut down upon the under
or back plate press the brace against the bar between the slots on the
under or back plate and hold it securely. Near the lower edge of the
under or back plate is a stud or hook, which when the upper or front
plate is shut down passes through a hole in the said upper or front plate.
The tabs of the brace are secured to a ring or plate of metal with a hole
in it, and when the said ring is hooked on the said hook, or when the
hole in the plate of metal is engaged with the head of the stud, the upper
or front plate is fixed down upon the under or lower plate, and the brace
is securely held between the said plates. When it is wished to lengthen
or shorten the brace the ring or plate carrying the tabs is removed from
the hook or stud described. The upper or front plate can then be raised
on the hinge or joint by which it is connected to the under or back plate,
and the brace which is now at liberty to move is drawn in one or other
direction through the slots in the under or lower plate. When the brace

page_text: has been adjusted to the required length the upper or front plate is shut
down on the under or back plate, and the ring or plate carrying the tabs
is hooked on the hook or engaged with the stud. The upper or front
plate is thereby fixed down upon the under or back plate, and the brace
is fixed at the length to which it has been adjusted.
Having explained the nature of my Invention, I will proceed to
describe, with reference to the accompanying Drawing, the manner in
which the same is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in front elevation, and Figure 2 in section a
fastening constructed according to my Invention applied to a brace;
Figure 3 is a front elevation of the said fastening detached from the
brace, the tab plate being removed; Figure 4 is a back elevation, and
Figure 5 a side elevation of the same; Figure 6 is a front and side
elevation of the tab plate separately. The same letters of reference
indicate the same parts in each Figure of the Drawing. a is the front
or upper metallic plate, and b is the back or under plate of the fastening,
the said plates a, b, being jointed or hinged together at c. By means
of this joint the two plates a, b, may be raised from or closed upon one
another. In the back plate 6 are slots d, d, through which and over the
bar e between them the brace f is passed to connect it to the fastening;
as best seen in the section Figure 2; on the said bar e of the back
plate b is a projecting part or rib e³, and on the front plate a is a series
of teeth a³, which teeth when the said plate a is shut down upon the
back plate 6 press the brace f against the said projecting part or rib e²
of the bar e. Near the lower edge of the under or back plate b is a
stud g, and in the front or upper plate a and opposite the stud g is a
hole h, through which the said stud 9 passes when the two plates a, b,
are closed or shut down upon one another. The tabs i, i, of the brace
are fastened to the plate k, the said plate having a loop at bottom and
an opening and slot at its upper part. This tab plate is shown
separately in Figure 6. When the jointed plate a has been shut down
or closed upon the plate so as to secure the brace f between the
teeth a³ and rib e³, the said plates a, b, are fixed together by engaging
the tab plate k with the stud g. This is effected by placing the lower
opening in the said plate k over the stud 9, and then sliding the said
plate downwards, so as to cause the slot in it to engage under the head
of the said stud. The front or upper plate a is by this means forced
down upon and fixed to the back or lower plate 6 and the brace f held
b

page_text: securely between them. In order to adjust the length of the brace f
the tab plate is disengaged from the stud g by sliding it upwards,
when the front plate a can he turned on its hinge or joint c and raised
from the back plate 6 so as to release the brace; the brace can now be
lengthened or shortened by drawing it through the slots d, d, in the
back plate b. After adjusting the brace the front plate a is again
closed upon the back plate 6, and the two plates fixed together and the
brace secured between them by the engaging of the tab plate
stud y, as herein-before explained.
with the
Figure 7 represents in front elevation a fastening constructed according
to my Invention, in which the under or back plate is provided with a
hook m instead of a stud 9, upon which hook m a ring n carrying the
tabs is hooked; Figure 8 represents a back elevation, and Figure 9 an
end elevation of the fastening detached; Figure 10 represents the tab
ring a detached. The parts of this fastening are marked with the same
letters of reference as corresponding parts in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
In the arrangement Figures 7, 8, 9, and 10 the tab ring n is hooked
upon or unhooked from the hook m of the back plate 6 in order to fasten
or unfasten the two jointed plates a, b, for the purpose of fixing or
releasing the brace f, the action of the parts being the same as when a
stud and stud plate are used.
In applying my Invention to belts, bands, and other like articles the
jointed or hinged plates a, b, are secured to one end of the belt, band
or article by passing it through the slots in the back plate 6 and shutting
down the front plate a thereon, and the other end of the belt, band, or
article is secured to a plate of the kind represented in Figure 6, or a
ring or loop of the kind represented in Figure 10. By engaging the
plate or ring at one end of the belt, band or article with the stud or
hook on the fastening at the other end of the belt, band, or article the
ends of the said belt, band or article are fastened together. The length
of the belt, band, or article is adjusted in the manner described with
respect to a brace.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I
do not limit myself to the precise details herein described and illustrated,
as the same may be varied without departing from the nature of my
Invention; but I claim as my Invention the improvements in fastenings
for braces, belts, bands, and other like articles herein-before described

page_text: and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, that is to say, the com-
bination of two jointed or hinged plates, between which the brace, belt,
band, or other like article is held, and a fixing plate, ring, or loop, by
means of which the said jointed plates as fixed down upon one another
for the purpose of securing the brace, belt, or band, or other article, the
said jointed plates and fixing plate, ring, or loop being constructed and
arranged substantially as described and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Lawley Parker, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, 'this Twenty-sixth day of February,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
nine.
Witness,
GEORGE SHAW.
EDWARD LAWLEY PARKER. (L.s.)