Improvements in Fasteners applicable for Braces, Belts, Straps, Girths, and other similar articles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 28th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 29th Apr., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fasteners applicable for Braces, Belts, Straps,
Girths, and other similar articles.
I, CARL WORTMANN, of Köln, in the Empire of Germany, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention is designed to provide a substitute for the ordinary buckle or
fastening, and to obviate the use of tongues or spikes for securing the same, and to
replace the ordinary use of such buckles in brace fittings, belts, straps, girths,
harness, and other like articles, irrespective of the object to which such are
applied.
It consists essentially in constructing the fastening or buckle with two rings or
frames through which the end of the strap or article is passed, one of the rings being
superimposed upon the other, and the end of the article passing around and between
the outer edges of the rings and secured by one ring being thereby tightly drawn
against the other.
In carrying out the invention the two rings or frames are preferably made of D
or other convenient shape and are secured together by a piece of leather or other
material, or a piece of the article to which they are attached being stitched round
them to hold the two together, the stitching being so arranged that at the outer or
unsecured edges the rings can be separated to allow of the loose end of the strap or
other article passing between them. Or they may be secured together by a tang
or lug being formed on the edge of one of the rings and turned or bent over the
other one.
In either case
prefer to make one of the rings with a flange or lip or its
equivalent against which the edge of the other when in position will bear to prevent
them being forced out of their respective and relative positions.
By this arrangement a simple and effective fastening is produced which can
secure the article at any point without the punching of holes or such damage as
may be occasioned by the penetration of sharp spikes or tongues.
1
1000
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fasteners applicable for Braces, Belts, Straps,
Girths, and other similar articles.
I, CARL WORTMANN, of Köln, in the Empire of Germany, 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
etatement:-
This invention is designed to provide a substitute for the ordinary buckle or
fastening and to obviate the use of tongues or spikes for securing the same, and to
replace the ordinary use of such buckles in brace fittings, garters, belts, straps,
girths, articles of saddlery, and other like articles, irrespective of the object to
which such are applied.
It consists essentially in constructing the fastening or buckle with two rings or
frames exercising a compressing or gripping action through which the end of the
strap or article is passed, one of the rings being superimposed upon the other, and
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page_text: the end of the article passing around and between the outer edges of the rings and
secured by one ring being thereby tightly drawn against the other.
It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
as an example it is shown applied to brace fittings and to a belt.
Fig. 1. front elevation as applied to braces.
Fig. 2. sectional elevation of same.
Fig. 3. front elevation as applied to belt.
Fig. 4. sectional elevation of same.
Fig. 5. sectional elevation showing slight modification.
Fig. 6. part a shown detached.
Fig. 7. part 6 shown detached.
The two D or yoke-shaped parts a and b are loosely placed one upon the other in
such a manner that the rod 6 takes up its position against the edge or flange a!.
In this position they are fixed to the article to be provided with a fastener in such
a manner that the other ends may be moved towards or from each other to the
desired extent, the bent flange a¹ forming as it were the pivot for these movements.
The edge a which may be bent either at right angles as in Fig: 4. or in a curve as
in Fig. 5. prevents the bent or yoke-shaped piece from being moved backwards,
so that a perfectly secure fastening is obtained.
In actual use, after the two loose yokes have been attached, as before stated, to
one end of the article, by it being sewn round them, the other end is passed through
the yoke-shaped piece & and the tension or strain to which the article is subjected
draws it down upon the other, the fastening taking place automatically between the
two yokes a and 6. The essential novel feature of this arrangement is that by the
loose superposition of the yokes and by simply pressing one against the other,
the desired fastening is obtained, it being, moreover, assisted and rendered more
reliable by the bent edge or flange.
By this arrangement a simple and effective fastening is produced which can
secure the article at any point without the punching of holes or such damage as
may be occasioned by the penetration of sharp spikes or tongues.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
A double fastener for braces, straps, garters, belts, girths, and articles of saddlery,
adapted to replace the ordinary buckle and to produce the desired joining or
fastening effect by the mere compression of two loosely superimposed parts
consisting of the yoke-shaped pieces a and b provided with a bent edge or flange a¹
which prevents any backward movement on the part of one of the yokes, say b,
whereby a perfectly secure fastening is obtained owing to the tension or strain to
which the article to be fastened is itself subjected.
Dated this 24th day of March 1893.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.