AN IMPROVED EYELET CONNECTOR FOR THE TABS OF BRACES, STRAPS AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES to be as follows
Year: 1884

page_text: and other like Articles.
We, THOMAS EVANS, of Summit Buckle Works, Walsall, Staffordshire, Manu-
facturer, and WILLIAM DEAYMAN, of 4, Sandwell Street, Walsall, aforesaid, Works
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of our invention for "AN IMPROVED
EYELET CONNECTOR FOR THE TABS OF BRACES, STRAPS AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES
to be as follows:-
"
Our Invention has reference to an improved eyelet connector for securing the
tabs of braces, straps or other like articles to the buckles or other fastenings with
which they are used; and has for its object to provide an eyelet connector which,
besides serving the purposes of a connector, shall enable the brace tab, strap or
other like article to wear longer than heretofore.
An ordinary form of eyelet connector now in use for such articles consists of a
disc of metal having formed therewith or attached' thereto a tubular metal shank
of smaller diameter than the said disc. It is used as follows:-One end of the
brace tab, strap or other like article is passed around the bar of the buckle or other
fastening and folded upon itself forming thereby a loop. The loop is maintained
by the eyelet connector, its tubular shank passing through two thicknesses of
material and being afterwards spread out and secured by suitable tools as is well
known. The folded part of the loop by 'rubbing on the said bar to which it
secured soon wears through.
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According to our Invention we increase the wear of the said folded part by our
improved eyelet connector formed and used as follows:
One form of our improved eyelet connector consists essentially of a disc of
metal having formed therewith or attached thereto a tubular metal shank of
smaller diameter than the said disc. In the said tubular shank we provide two
longitudinal' slots or grooves opposite each other and extending from its outward
end almost to its base: The holes in the loop of the brace tab, strap or other like
article for the eyelet connector are made nearer to the folded part than ordinarily
so that the said bar, which is between, passes preferably across the centre of the
said holes. When the eyelet connector is inserted in the said holes the two parts
of its tubular shank pass one on each side of the said bar. The projecting ends
are then spread out Jand secured, preferably over a 'washer, by a suitable tool or
tools.

page_text: It will be seen that the folded part of the loop is to a certain extent protected
from wear by that part of the tubular metal shank which passes between it and
the said bar.
We sometimes use, as above described, another form of our improved eyelet
connector which is in general form similar to an ordinary eyelet but it differs
therefrom in having slots or grooves in the tubular shank for the purposes above
described.
According to another modification of our Invention we make that part of the
tubular shank, which passes between the said bar and the folded part of the loop,
of the same shape as the inside of the loop so as to present a large wearing surface
to the said bar. The holes in the loop of the brace tab, strap or other like article
may be the same distance from its folded edge as with an ordinary eyelet connector.
The tubular shank is made of the same diameter at each end and the aforesaid
disc is dispensed with. When in position each end is spread over a washer or
plate and secured as hereinbefore described.
and other like Articles.
"
We, THOMAS EVANS, of Summit Buckle Works, Walsall, Staffordshire, Manu-
facturer, and WILLIAM DEATMAN, of 4, Sandwell Street, Walsall, aforesaid, Works
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of our invention for "AN IMPROVED
EYELET CONNECTOR FOR THE TABS OF BRACES, STRAPS AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement reference being had to the..
accompanying drawing and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is
to say:-
Our Invention has reference to an improved eyelet connector for securing the
tabs of braces, straps or other like articles to the buckles or other fastenings with
which they are used; and has for its object to provide an eyelet connector wbich,.
besides serving the purposes of a connector, shall enable the brace tab, strap or
other like article to wear longer-than heretofore.
An ordinary form of eyelet connector now in use for such articles.consists of a.
disc of metal having formed. therewith or attached thereto a tubular shank of.
smaller diameter than the said disc. It is used as follows:-One end of the brace
tab, strap or other like article is passed around the bar of the buckle or other

page_text: fastening and folded upon itself forming thereby a loop. The loop is maintained
by the eyelet connector, its tubular shank passing through two thicknesses of
material and being afterwards spread out and secured by suitable tools as is well.
known. The folded part of the loop by rubbing on the said bar to which it is
secured soon wears through.
According to our Invention we increase the wear of the said folded part by our
improved eyelet connector formed and used as follows:
One form of our improved eyelet connector consists essentially of a disc of
metal having formed therewith or attached thereto a tubular metal shank of
smaller diameter than the said disc. In the said tubular shank we provide two
longitudinal slots or grooves opposite each other and extending from its outward
end almost to its base. The holes in the loop of the brace tab, strap or other like
article for the eyelet connector are made nearer to the folded part than ordinarily
so that the said bar, which is between, passes preferably across the centre of the
said holes. When the eyelet connector is inserted in the said holes the two parts
of its tubular shank pass one on each side of the said bar. The projecting ends
are then spread out and secured, preferably over a washer, by a suitable tool or
tools.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawing represents in longitudinal section and side
and end elevations an eyelet connector made according to our Invention; Fig. 2
represents a modified form of the same; Fig. 3 shews in front elevation and Figs. 4,
and 5 in-section on line X X of Fig. 3 the application of our improved eyelet
connector for securing the tabs to a brace buckle; Figs. 6, 7 and 8 shew further
modifications of our improved eyelet connector as hereinafter described.
The same letters of reference. indicate the same parts in Figs. 1 to 5, both
inclusive.
One form of our improved eyelet connector is illustrated by Figs. 1 to 5, both
inclusive, and consists of a disc of metal a having formed therewith a tubular
metal shank b of smaller diameter than the said disc (see Fig. 1) or the said disc
and shank instead of being formed together, as shewn in Fig. 1, may be formed
separately and attached by closing one over the other, as shewn in Fig. 2. In the
tubular shank we provide two longitudinal slots or grooves c¹, c², opposite each
other and extending from its outward end almost to its base.
In applying our eyelet connector we make the holes d in the loop of the brace
tab e, or in the strap or other like article, for the eyelet connector to pass through,
nearer to the folded part e¹ than ordinarily so that the said bar f of the buckle g or
other fastening which is between passes preferably across the centre of the said
holes d (see Figs. 3, 4 and 5). When the eyelet connector is inserted in the said holes
(see Fig. 4) the two parts of its tubular shank b pass one on each side of the said
bar f. The projecting ends of the tubular shank are then spread out and secured
(see Fig. 5) preferably over a washer by a suitable tool or tools. It will be seen
that the folded part e¹ of the loop is to a certain extent protected from wear by
that part of the tubular shank b which passes between it and the said bar ƒ (see
Figs. 4 and 5).
We sometimes use, as above described, another form of our improved eyelet
connector, illustrated in longitudinal section and side and end elevations by Fig. 6
in the accompanying drawing, which is in general form similar to an ordinary
eyelet but it differs therefrom in having slots or grooves c³, c² in the tubular shank b
for the purposes above described..
According to another modification of our Invention illustrated by Figs. 7 and 8 in
the accompanying drawing we make the part 6' of the tubular shank b, which passes
between the said bar f of the buckle or other fastening and the folded part e¹ of
the loop, of the same shape as the inside of the loop e¹ so as to present a large
wearing surface to the said bar f. The holes & in the loop of the brace tab 6,
strap or other like article may be the same distance from its folded edge e¹ as with
an ordinary eyelet connector. The tubular shank is made of the same diameter
at each end and the aforesaid disc a is dispensed with. When in position (see

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8) each end of the shank-6 is spread over a washer or plate h and secured by a
tool or tools as hereinbofore described.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the. nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
to"
1. The improved eyelet connector for the tabs of braces, straps and other like
articles hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs. 1 to 5 in the accompanying
drawing; that is to say, an article for the purposes described consisting essentially
of a tubular metal shank having formed therewith or attached thereto at one end
a disc, and having at each side extending inwards from the other end a slot
substantially as described and illustrated.
2. The modified form of our improved eyelet connector herein before described
and illustrated' by Fig. 6. of the accompanying drawing; that is to say, an article
for the purposes described consisting essentially of a tubular metal shank baving
at each side extending inwards from one end a slot substantially as described and
illustrated.
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3. The modified form of our improved eyelet connector hereinbefore described
and illustrated by Figs. 7 and 8 of the accompanying drawing; that is to say, an
article for the purposes described consisting essentially of a tubular metal shank
having an enlarged lateral part bland at each side extending inwards froin one end
a slot substantially as described and illustrated
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