Improvements in or relating to Buckles for Shaft Tugs.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 30th June, 1898-Accepted, 27th Aug., 1898
Improvements in or relating to Buckles for Shaft Tugs.
I, ALFRED ERNEST KELLAWAY, of Mount Charles, Saint Austell, in the County
of Cornwall, Harness Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
1
This invention relates to the improvements hereinafter described in or relating to
buckles for shaft tugs such as are used for connecting the tug straps to the shafts
of vehicles, and has for its object to provide means by which such buckles are made
with a specially formed heel whereby they are prevented from opening when a
vehicle is going up-hill and when there is a heavy load on the back of the vehicle.
My improved buckle will also prevent the usual strain and jerking of the backband
and the wearing of the backband narrower as in buckles of ordinary construction.
My said invention consists essentially of a metal buckle frame and tongue the
heel of which is set back some little distance diagonally terminating into a metal
band which fits around the back of the tug, thus preventing the buckles opening
when in use they being kept upwards by means of a band which obviates the
strain on the back-band and the wearing of the same. I provide the said buckle
with a bar near the top, the said bar being set back so as to allow the back-band
to rest thereon thus preventing the wear of the said band and relieving the strain
on the tongue of the buckle. This said arrangement also prevents the back-band
holes wearing or breaking out. The tongue of the said buckle I crank and arrange
so as to allow the back-band when buckled having a straight pull on the tug. My
improved buckle may be made in any size and pattern and of any suitable
metal.
100%
Improvements in or relating to Buckles for Shaft Tugs.
I, ALFRED ERNEST KELLAWAY, of Mount Charles, Saint Austell, in the County
of Cornwall, Harness 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:-
This invention relates to the improvements hereinafter described in or relating to
buckles for shaft tugs such as are used for connecting the tug straps to the shafts

page_text: of vehicles and has for its object to provide means by which such buckles are made
with a specially formed heel whereby they are prevented from opening when a
vehicle is going uphill and when there is a heavy load on the back of the vehicle.
My improved buckle will also prevent the usual strain and jerking of the backband
and the wearing of the backband narrower than in buckles of ordinary construction.
My said invention consists essentially of a metal buckle frame and tongue the
heel of which is set back some little distance diagonally terminating into a metal
band which fits around the back of the tug, thus preventing the buckles opening
when in use they being kept upwards by means of a band which obviates the
strain on the backband and the wearing of the same. I provide the said buckle
with a bar near the top, the said bar being set back so as to allow the backband
to rest thereon, thus preventing the wear of the said band and relieving the strain
on the tongue of the buckle. This said arrangement also prevents the backband
holes wearing or breaking out. The tongue of the said buckle I crank and arrange
so as to allow the backband when buckled having a straight pull on the tug. My
improved buckle may be made in any size and pattern and of any suitable
metal.
The nature of my invention will be more clearly understood from the accom-
panying drawings the same letters of reference indicating similar parts throughout.
Figure 1 represents in front and side elevation respectively a tug buckle made in
accordance with my invention.
Figure 2 shows a front elevation of the same buckle engaged with a tug.
A represents the buckle frame provided with the tongue B which is cranked and
connected to the bar C. D is a flat projecting bar extending around the back of
the tug strap E which prevents the buckle from opening when the same is in
use on the shaft. The bar F being set back forms a rest for the backband which
prevents the wear of the said band and relieves the strain on the tongue 13 of the
buckle this arrangement prevents the backband holes wearing or breaking out.
The cranking of the tongue B allows the back when buckled having a straight
pull on the tug.
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;-
The improvements in or relating to buckles for shaft tugs consisting of the
frame A the cranked tongue B the projecting loop D and the bar F substantially as
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings and for the purpose set
forth.
ד
DJO.
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36, Temple Street, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicant.