IMPROVEMENTS IN YIELDING CONNECTIONS FOR BRACES, SUSPENDERS, STRAPS, BANDSTAND FOR OTHER LIKE ARTICLES
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,
We, JOEL CADBURY of Great Hampton Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, and JOSEPH GEORGE ROLLASON of Richard Street,
Hockley, Birmingham, aforesaid, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of
said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN YIELDING CONNECTIONS FOR BRACES,
SUSPENDERS, STRAPS, BANDSTAND FOR OTHER LIKE ARTICLES".to be as follows:-
Our invention consists in constructing yielding connections, for braces,
suspenders, straps, bands and for other like articles, in the manner herein-after
described; whereby the said brace or other article to which the connection is
applied, is always kept in a uniform state of tension, and is capable of yielding or
accommodating itself according to the changes of posture of the wearer; that is, the
principal object of our invention is to produce yielding connections for braces and
other like articles, so that the tabs, brace or other article shall give or yield to the
varying conditions to which the brace or other article is or may be subjected, on
pressure being applied thereto; and our said invention consists in arranging within
a buckle or other frame, a coiled spring or springs which is or are compressed or
acted upon by a slide, which compresses the spring or springs on the distention or
stretching of the tabs, brace or other article to which the said connection is applied
imparting flexibility or elasticity thereto.
The attachment of the frame or buckle- carrying the spring is adjusted on the
webbing or other material by an excentric jointed shoulder, which compresses and
holds the webbing or other material of the brace, or other article against the
underside of the buckle bar or frame.
For convenience of description we will describe our invention as applied to a
brace.
The brace connection consists essentially of a rectangular frame of bars which
are connected together so as to form an enclosed frame; that is, the frame consists
of three parallel bars closed top and bottom, so that the frame has longitudinal
openings on either side the middle bar, and upon the outer bars coiled springs are
wound, and also situated above the top of the aforesaid coiled springs, a hooked
slide presses and works upon the bars as guides. The coiled springs are supported
at their lower ends by the bottom cross bar, the usual buckle loop is attached to
the top of the bars; so that on the loop of the tabs having been passed over the
spring or other hook on the slide, the distention of the tabs or brace causes tho

page_text: slide to yield or to be drawn down the bars, thereby compressing the coiled springs
to the extent equal to the amount of pressure put upon the tabs or brace; on the
relaxation of tension of the brace or tabs, the slide again pressed to the top of
the frame by the tension of the coiled springs, and the parts resume their normal
positions. Or the frame of the connection may be made of a continuous bar or loop
semicircular at its lower end, so that a single coiled spring encircles the frame on
both sides and bottom. The bars on the sides pass through holes in the slide as
before described; or the yielding connection may consist of a single bar passing
down the middle of tlie frame upon which the coiled spring is situated and the
slide works. The upper end of the slide has a cylindrical neck which encircles the
single bar and abutts against the top of the spring, the other end of the hooked
slide is free, a stop on the top of the rod limits the upward motion of the slide.
The frame is troughed or grooved down its middle in which the slide works.
The buckle is adjusted on the brace webbing, by employing a rectangular_frame
having longitudinal bars running in the direction of its length; and upon the
bottom of this frame, is a jointed flap or plate with an excentric shoulder running
the whole length of the said frame, so that on turning down the narrow flap the
webbing of the brace is liberated from between the cross bars, and the buckle can
be adjusted thereon, but on turning back_the_excentric jointed shoulder and flap,
-the-brace-webbing-is-gripped-between-its-shoulder;_and_the_underside_of_the_
-middle. bar crossing the frame; the brace web is thereby held firmly so long as the
excentric shouldered flap remains in this last named position.

page_text: We JOEL CADBURY of Great Hampton Street, Birmingham in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, and JOSEPH GEORGE ROLLASON of Richard Street,
Hockley, Birmingham aforesaid, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN YIELDING CONNECTIONS FOR BRACES
SUSPENDERS, STRAPS, BANDS, AND FOR OTHER LIKE ARTICLES
" and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :—
Our invention consists in constructing yielding connections, for braces, belts,
suspenders, straps, bands and for other like articles, in the manner hereinafter
described; whereby the said brace or other article to which the connection is
applied, is always kept in a uniform state of tension, and is capable of yielding or
accommodating itself according to the changes of posture of the wearer; that is, the
principal object of our invention is to produce yielding connections for braces and
other like articles, so that the tabs, brace or other article shall give or yiold to the
varying conditions to which the brace or other article is or may be subjected, on
pressure being applied thereto, and our said invention consists in arranging within
a buckle or other frame, a coiled spring or springs which is or are compressed or.
acted upon by a slide which compresses the spring or springs on the distention or
stretching of the tabs, brace or other article to which the said connection is
applied, imparting flexibility or elasticity thereto.
The attachment of the frame or buckle carrying the spring is adjusted on the
webbing or other material by an eccentric jointed shoulder, which compresses and
holds the webbing or other material of the brace or other article against the
underside of the buckle bar or frame.
For convenience of description we will first describe our invention as applied to
a brace.
The brace connection consists essentially of a rectangular frame of bars which are
connected together so as to form an enclosed frame; that is, the frame consists of
three parallel bars closed top and bottom, so that the frame has longitudinal
openings on either side the middle bar, and upon the outer bars coiled springs
encircle, and also situated above the top of the aforesaid coiled springs, a booked
slide presses and works upon the bars as guides. The coiled springs are supported
at their lower ends by the bottom cross bar, the usual buckle loop is attached to the
top of the bars; so that on the loop of the tabs having been passed over the
spring or other hook on the slide, the distention of the tabs or brace causes
the slide to yield or to be drawn down the bars, thereby compressing the coiled
springs to the extent equal to the amount of pressure put upon the tabs or brace;
on the relaxation of tension of the brace or tabs, the slide is again pressed to the
top of the frame by the tension of the coiled springs, and the parts resume their
normal positions. Or the frame of the connection may be made of a continuous bar
or loop semicircular at its lower end, so that a single coiled spring encircles the
frame on both sides and bottom. The bars on the sides pass through holes in the
slide as before described; or the Fielding connection may consist of a single
bar passing down the middle of the frame upon which the coiled spring is situated
and the slide works. The upper end of the slide has a cylindrical neck which
encircles the single bar and abutts against the top of the spring, the other end of
the hooked slide is free; a stop on the top of the rod limits the upward motion of
the slide. The frame is troughed or grooved down its, middle in which the slide
works.

page_text: The buckle is adjusted on the brace webbing by employing a rectangular frame
having longitudinal bars running in the direction of its length; and upon the
bottom of this frame, is a jointed flap or plate with an eccentric shoulder running
the whole length of the said frame; so that on turning down the narrow flap the
webbing of the brace is liberated from between the cross bars, and the buckle can
be adjusted thereon, but on turning back the eccentric jointed shoulder and flap,
the brace webbing is gripped between its shoulder, and the underside of the middle
bar crossing the frame; the brace web is thereby held firmly so long as the
eccentric shouldered flap remains in this last named position.
Having now described the nature of our invention, We will proceed to describe
with reference to the accompanying Drawings the manner in which our invention
is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in front elevation a yielding brace connection constructed
according to our invention, the parts being in their normal or non-compressed
positions. Figure 2 represents the same view under tension, with the springs
partially compressed. Figure 3 shows the yielding connection in the same position
as figure 2 with the slide in section, in order to better exhibit the abuttment of the
springs. Figure 4 is a side view of figure 1. Figure 5 is a longitudinal vertical
section of figure 3 on the dotted lines. Figure 6 is a plan on the dotted lines
figuro-2,-and-figure-7-some-of-the-parts-separately. Figure-8-represonts-a-
-modification-of-the-yielding-connection-figure-1, a single-spring encircles a semi-
circular ended frame. Figure 9 is the same connection in its partially compressed
position and figure 94 is the slide connector partly in section Figure 10 is another
form in which a single central guiding bar passes down the middle of the frame and
upon which a single coiled spring encircles. The slide abuts, or presses_upon the
top of the spring, and slides upon the bar. Figure 11 is a back view of figure 10
partly in section; figure 12 is an end view of the same, and. figure 13. is..a.
modification of figure 1 in which the springs are compressed upwards instead of
_downwards. Figures-14, 15-and-16-represent-our-improvemonts-applied-to-a-band-
or belt.
The brace connection figure 1 consists essentially of a rectangular frame a a with
a middle bar a³, and are connected together so as to form an enclosed framo, in
other words, the frame consists of threo parallel bars closed top and bottom, and
upon the outer bars of the frame a a coiled spring b b encircle; and situated above
the aforesaid coiled springs, a hooked slide c presses, the said slide moves upon the
bars a, a a³ as guides, the said guides pass through eyes or holes c³. The coiled
springs b b are supported at their lower ends, by the bottom cross bar a³, the usual
buckle or other loop d is attached to the top of the bars, so that on the loop of the
tabs e having been connected with the hook c² of the slide c, the distention of the
tabs or braco causes the slido to yield, or to be drawn down the bars; thereby
compressing the coiled springs bb to an extent equal to the pressure put upon the
tabs or brace as in figure 3. So that the brace connection is capable of yielding or
accommodating itself according to the changes of posture of the wearer by the
flexibility or elasticity imparted thereto. On relaxation of tension of the brace or
tabs, the slide c is again pressed to the top of the frame by the tension of the
coiled springs and the parts resume their normal positions as in figure 1.
The modification figure 8 represents the frame which is made semicircular at its
lower end, and around the said frame a single coiled spring b encircles; when
pressure is put upon the brace it takes the position as represented in figure 9. The
modification represented in figures 11 and 12 represents a yielding connection
applied with a single bar, which passes down the middle of the frame and upon
which the coiled spring b is situated, so that the slide compresses the spring and
works down the bar a. The upper end of the slide has preferably a neck c which
encircles the single bar as a guide, and abuts and presses upon the top of the
coiled spring b as in figures 1 and 8. A stop a' on the top of the rod limits the
upward motion of the slide. The frame as is troughed or grooved on its middle
in which the neck c* of the slide c works,

page_text: Having described the nature of our invention and the manner in which the
same is to be performed we wish it to be understood that we claim as our
invention
First. The improvements in yielding connections for braces suspenders, straps,
bands and for other like articles as described and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawings; that is to say, effecting the necessary yielding and adjustment of the
said connections herein before described, by the compression of a coiled spring or
springs as set forth.
Secondly A yielding connection for braces, suspenders, straps, bands and for
other like articles, of a frame consisting essentially of a bar or bars a, a coiled
tension spring (or springs) 6 which yields to or recoils upon the moveable pressure
slide c carrying a hook or other connector, the parts being constructed, combined
and working in the ways as described and for the purpose set forth.
Thirdly. The combination with the bar or bars a of the frame, the yielding or
recoil spring or springs b which encircle around the said bar or bars, the moveable
slide c which acts upon the top of the coiled spring or springs on pressure being
applied to the braco or tabs, and also recoils on the relaxation of pressure, the bars
of the frame forming guides upon which the slide moves, while the spring or
springs allow the connector to be shortened or lengthened according to the posture
of the wearer of the brace or other articlo substantially as described and
illustrated.
Dated this thirteenth day of September 1884.
1
JOEL CADBURY.
JOSEPH GEORGE ROLLASON.
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham,
Agent to the Applicant.