An Improved Buckle for the Use of Harness and for General Purposes to which Buckles are now Applied.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Aug., 1889-Accepted, 7th Sept.,
1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Buckle for the Use of Harness and for General
Purposes to which Buckles are now Applied.
We FREDERIC PELHAM WARREN of East Court Cosham in the county of Hants
Captain (retired) Royal Navy and Mistress MABEL LOUISA SPARKES of the same
address.do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to reduce the amount of sewing or stitching in the
manufacture of Harness and also to provide a buckle for general purposes.
By the use of a buckle so formed straps can be joined together, or a loop formed,
without the necessity of any sewing, or means of attachment on the ends of the straps
required to be joined.
With this view'I join together two buckles of the form in ordinary use keeping one on a
different level to the other, which different level can be obtained by a curvature of the
joined buckles, so that the strapsigoing through the upper and lower buckles shall
pass clear of each other. The strap passing through one buckle may be retained in
the usual manner after being caught by its tongue. The strap of the other after being
caught by its tongue passes thro' an apperture between the two joined buckles so
arranged as to hold it securely in its place.
A buckle so shaped may have if required other buckles or loops attached to its
sides.
This buckle can be applied to all purposes where ordinary buckles are now used
when it is desired to avoid any sewing or attachments at the end or ends of the straps,
belts, or bands it may be desired to unite together.
Dated this 3rd day of October 1888
FREDERIC PELHAM WARREN.
MABEL LOUISA SPARKED.
MABEL LOUISA SPARKES.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Buckle for the Use of Harness and for General
Purposes to which Buckles are now Applied.
We, FREDERIC PELHAM WARREN, of East Court: Cosham, in the county of Hants,
Captain (retired) Royal Navy and Mistress MABEL LOUISA SPARKES, of the same
address, 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 buckles designed for attachment, without sewing, to straps,
bands and the like.
Such buckles constitute an important feature in harness. They are applicable also,
to general purposes and for connecting or linking together the ends of belts used in
driving pulleys.
The buckles in which this invention consists are made in various forms, all having
the same leading, feature, namely, being two ended, as hereinafter more, fully set forth.
With them may be combined at one or both sides additional buckles.
According to one form comprised in this invention the buckle ends are on different
levels.
The end of the strap or band which is retained by the tongue or spike at.one end of
the buckle is passed through an eye formed by providing a raised bar extending
across the front of the buckle towards the end thereof opposite to that at which the
band is retained by the tongue aforesaid.

page_text: The end of the strap or band retained by the tongue at the other end of the buckle
is conducted below a bar extending across the buckle frame and is carried up to bear
against the bar on which the tongue at the opposite end of the buckle is hinged. The
ends of both bands are thus confined, and with such a buckle as applied to harness,
rubbing or chafing of the horse by that end of the band which is passed to the back of
the buckle is obviated. As adapted for stirrup straps the buckle is made without the
eye above mentioned.
Under a modification, the two ends of the buckle are on the same level. This form
of buckle is for use with bands or straps sufficiently thin, as, for instance, in some
bridles and head-stalls, to pass one another in the manner above described without
necessitating difference of level in the buckle ends.
By jointing the frames at suitable points the buckles may be made flexible and
thereby adapted to pass round pulleys, rollers and the like.
In this form they are adapted for linking or coupling driving belts.
Referring to the accompanying drawings, Fig. I thereon illustrates one form of a
two-ended buckle comprised in this invention. "Fig. 2 represents a side view of the
same with bands attached.
The strap a is retained by the tongue A at one end of the buckle. The strap bis
retained by the tongue B at the opposite end of the buckle.
The strap a is confined towards its end by the keeper c, being a raised bar extending
across the buckle.
The strap is conducted from the tongue B below the cross bar e provided at a
suitable point between the bars on which the tongues of the buckle are hinged.
Thence it is carried up so that its end bears against the bar on which the tongue A
is hinged. It will be seen that the ends of the strap a and b are thus confined and
that the strap 6 as applied to harness offers no projecting end to chafe or rub a horse.
Further, the buckle is kept out of contact with the horse by the intervention of the
straps.
Fig. 3 is a side view of a two-ended buckle and illustrates the formation, without
sewing, of a loop as for bridle and other straps. Fig. 4 is a side view of a two-ended
buckle the ends of which are on the same level.
This form of buckle is for use with straps sufficiently thin, as, for instance, in some
bridles and head-stalls, to pass one another, as shewn, without necessitating difference
of level in the buckle ends.
As adapted to stirrup straps, the buckle is made without the eye or keeper c, the
cross bar e holding the end of the strap.
Fig. 5 represents a plan and Fig. 6 a side view of a two-ended buckle with an
additional buckle situated at one side
This form of buckle is for use in head-collars.
The buckle illustrated in plan at Fig. 7, and in side view at Fig. 8, is adapted for
crupper straps.
Similarly, the form of buckle may be varied in any obvious manner to adapt it to
the requirements of the particular strap or band to which it is applied.
Fig. 9 is a plan and Fig. 10 a side view of a flexible two-ended buckle constructed
in accordance with this invention.
The frame is jointed at g and the keeper c is loosely pivotted. to the bar h. This
form of buckle is designed for linking or coupling the ends of driving belts, being
adapted to pass round pulleys, rollers and the like.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we would have it under-
stood that the use of a two-ended rigid buckle per se is not claimed as constituting
this invention, as such has been used heretofore, but we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In a two ended buckle having a tongue or tongues at each end for linking or
coupling straps, bands and the like, the provision of a cross-bar such as e situated

page_text: between the bars on which the tongues are hinged, and the provision of a keeper such
as c situated at or near one extremity of the buckle, substantially as hereinbefore
described and shown in the accompanying drawings, and for the purposes specified.
2. A two-ended buckle the frame of which is jointed or articulated at desired
points, substantially as herein-before described with reference to Figs. 9 and 10 of the
accompanying drawings and for the purpose specified.
3. The combination with a two-ended buckle of an additional buckle, or of additional
buckles, situated at the side or sides of the main buckle, substantially as herein-before
described with reference to Figs. 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 25th day of July 1889.
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Applicants' Agent.