An Improved Strap Fastener or Buckle.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Dec., 1897--Accepted, 22nd Jan.,
1898
An Improved Strap Fastener or Buckle.
I, WILLIAM UNETT COATES, of Hill Vicarage, Falfield, Gloucestershire, Clerk
in Holy Orders, 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:—
The object of this invention is to construct a Fastener for straps instead of the
ordinary buckle, by which, the strap may be fastened at any place. The Fastener
is particularly adapted for straps used by travellers to strap up rugs, coats, &c, but
may be used for various other purposes.
The Fastener is made of metal or other hard material, and consists of two parts.
First, the Frame to which one end of the strap is fastened. Secondly, the Lever,
one end of which presses the strap into a groove or hollow in the bottom of the
Frame, and holds it securely. The strap passes between the end of the "lever"
and the inside of the bottom of the frame."
Fig. Side Elevation-A B the strap. EFGI the "frame" to which the
strap AB is fixed. H, a slot in the sides of the ". frame," which forms the
fulcrum for the "lever."
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Fig. 2 End Elevation-A, the strap, EGJL the "frame," H, the slot shown
by the dotted lines.
Fig. 3-Plan-EMLI, the corners of the bottom of the "frame"-S, the
groove cut in the bottom of the "frame" F, G, K, J, the tops of the sides of the
'frame."
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Fig. 4-Section of the "frame" through a b, Fig. 3-AB, the strap, S, the
groove cut in the bottom of the frame ML.
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H, the slot in the side of the frame, Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 Plan of the "lever"-T, the one end, P, the pin which works on the
slot, Fig. 1-N, O, the upper corners of the "lever" Fig. 6.
Fig. 6-Section of the "lever," through ed, Fig. 5-T, and Q, the ends of the
"lever," P, the pin-Q, the end which presses against the strap-Fig. 8.
Fig. 7-Section through ah, Fig. 3. QT the "lever," which is in position to
allow the strap CD, to pass between the bottom of the "frame" ML, and the
"lever "JK, the top of one side of the " frame," S, the groove in the bottom
of the "frame."
Fig. 8-Section through ab, Fig. 3. QTO, the "lever" in position to hold
the strap CD, by pressing it into the groove, S, Fig. 7.-A B the other end of
" frame."
the strap, JK, the top of one side of the
Fig. 9 The pin, which passes through the sides of the "frame" and the
'lever," Fig. 5-W, a washer-the pin is burred over at the end to keep the
washer on; it is sometimes made without the shoulder and washer, as in Fig. 5,
the pin is then fixed in the "lever" by a rivet or otherwise.
The arm PQ, of the "lever," Fig. 6. is made long or short according to the
thickness of the strap: if the strap is thin, the arm is made long, and the slot H.
Fig. 1-is extended towards G, in order to allow the "lever" to go further in

page_text: that direction, room will then be given to allow the end Q of the arm of the
"lever" to. enter the groove S, Figs. 4, and 8.
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To make use of the Fastener-Push the strap into its place as shown in Fig. 7
-pull the strap into the required position-then push the " "lever as far as it
will go towards G, Fig. 1-then lower the T end of the "lever," till the "lever"
comes into the position shown in Fig. 8-as this movement of the "lever" is
made, it will automatically fit into the groove, and press the strap into the groove.
The strap will then be firmly fixed. To release the strap, raise the T end of the
"lever," and the strap will be free.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is: -
1. A strap Fastener or Buckle constructed substantially as and for the purposes
herein described and as shown by the drawings.
2. A Strap Fastener or Buckle in which the strap
held fast, by being pressed
into a groove, by means of a lever which has a varying fulcrum.
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