AN IMPROVED BUCKLE OR CLASP FOR BRACES, BELTS, GARTERS, AND ANY OTHER BAND WHERE SOFT MATERIAL IS USED."
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Halladay, of Burbury Street, Birming-
ham, in the County of Warwick, Eyelet and Buckle Manufacturer,
for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED BUCKLE OR CLASP FOR BRACES,
BELTS, GARTERS, AND ANY OTHER BAND WHERE SOFT MATERIAL IS USED."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Halladay at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th July 1878.
I, HENRY HALLADAY, of Borbury Street, Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Eyelet and Buckle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED BUCKLE OR CLASP FOR BRACES,
BELTS, GARTERS, AND ANY OTHER BAND WHERE SOFT MATERIAL IS USED," to be as
follows.
The buckle or clasp is pressed out of metal in one piece, and may be
made in different shapes. The centre of the blank is sheared and
perforated so as to leave it flat, tongue-shaped, being held in connection
with the body of the buckle or clasp by the hinder part of the tongue

page_text: only. An aperture is perforated in the tongue-through which the web
passes. The tongue being made to act as a spring is arranged to open
slightly to allow the web to pass between the tongue and outer part or
frame before entering the aperture in the tongue. By this arrangement
the brace-or belt may readily be lengthened or shortened, any increase |
in the tension or pressure serving only to tighten the grip and make the
fastening more secure.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters 'Patent,
filed by the said Henry Halladay in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 28th January 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
HALLADAY, of Burbury Street, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Eyelet and Buckle Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of July, in the year of:
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Henry Halladay, Her special licence
that I, the said Henry Halladay, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry Halladay, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, 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 "AN IMPROVED
BUCKLE OR CLASP FOR BRACES, BELTS, GARTERS, AND ANY OTHER BAND WHERE SOFT
MATERIAL IS USED," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Henry Halladay, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, 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 Henry Halladay, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be

page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement and accompanying Drawings, that is to say:-
The buckle or clasp is pressed out of metal in one piece, and may be
made in different shapes. The centre of the blank is sheared and
perforated so as to leave it flat, tongue shaped, being held in connection
with the body of the buckle or clasp by the hinder part of the tongue
only. An aperture is perforated in the tongue through which the web
passes. The tongue being made to act as a spring is arranged to open
slightly to allow the web to pass between the tongue and outer part or
frame before entering the aperture in the tongue. By this arrangement
the brace or belt may readily be lengthened or shortened, any increase
in the tension or pressure serving only to tighten the grip and make the
fastening more secure.
And in order that this my Invention may be clearly understood I will
now refer to the accompanying Drawings and the letters of reference
shewn thereon, the same letters referring to like parts :—
Fig. 1 is a side or end view of the buckle and web; Fig. 2, a sectional
view of same; Fig. 3, a plan view of same.
The details of the various parts being as follows:-a, the web; b,
body of buckle; c, spring tongue; d, aperture for web.
Having thus described the nature of this my said Invention, and the
mode of carrying the same into effect, now what I claim and desire to
be secured to me by the herein in part recited Letters Patent is, the said
Invention for an improved buckle or clasp for braces, belts, garters, and
any other band where soft material is used, substantially as herein
described, and as shown on the accompanying Drawings or any mere.
modification thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Heney Halladay, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of January, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.
HENRY HALLADAY (T.)