Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Oct., 1886
Complete Left, 20th Aug., 1887
Complete Accepted, 25th Oct., 1887
ABRAHAM SMITH TAYLOR, 56 Lever Street Manchester, Brace Manufacturer and
WILLIAM HENRY WALKER, Victor Works Tenby Street North, Birmingham Brace
Buckle Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Consisting of a new lever prong or tongue used in Brace Buckles for the purpose
of securing the web or shoulder strap portion of Braces to the Buckles, with
reference to the accompanying drawings Fig. 1. represents a plate or piece of metal
or other suitable substance cut into the desired shape, the portion marked A A is
afterwards formed, as to turn, bend or roll into the slot or hole pierced in the
body of the Buckle, as shewn at B. B. Fig. 2. in such a manner as to work freely at
will, and to give the desired position for securing the web as shewn at D. D. Fig. 3.
Dated this 25th day of October 1886.
ABRAHAM SMITH TAYLOR.
WILLIAM HENRY WALKER.

page_text: Buckles.
We MARY ANN TAYLOR Executress to the late Abraham Smith Taylor of 56 Lever
Street, Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Brace Manufacturer, and WILLIAM
HENRY WALKER of Victor Works Tenby Street North, Birmingham in the County of
Warwick, 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 buckles of brace and other like suspenders and bands,
and consists essentially of a buckle frame, having a bar disposed longitudinally across
its middle, and near the lower edge of which said bar, a lever, or a lever plate is
connected and loosely jointed at its lower end while the upper edge of the said jointed
lever or lever plate, is provided with upwardly directed prongs or tongues, which
puncture or pierce the material of a suspender, band or the like, which comes between
the points of the prongs, and the lower edge of the top bar of the buckle frame; and
on the material of a brace, suspender or band being pulled upwardly, or tension being
put upon it, the prongs are drawn inwardly and upwardly towards the buckle frame,
which thereby holds the suspender or band in any position to which it may have been
placed.
Thus, the buckle consists essentially of an upwardly directed lever plate, having
prongs upon its upper edge, while its lower end is loosely jointed to the buckle frame;
and on upward pull being made by a suspender or band, when in position, an automatic
and instantaneous hold is taken thereof, by the prongs.
Brace and suspender buckles arranged as described, are simple in their construction,
most efficient in their action, and are not liable to become deranged, or to get out of
order on use, as is common with lever buckles of other constructions, when the
material of a brace or band becomes thinned by wear.
Figure 1 represents in front elevation, a brace or suspender buckle constructed
according to our invention. Figure 2 represents a back elevation of the same, while
figure 3 represents upon an enlarged scale, a transverse vertical section of the said
buckle, and upon the dotted lines A B figure 1. Figure 4 represents a like transverse
section as figure 3, but with a length of webbing secured by a pronged lever of the
second order; that is, the lever turns at the one end upon a joint or fulcrum centre,
while the other end is provided with prongs, which pierce the webbing or other
material employed as a shoulder strap or suspender webbing. Figure 5 represents
the buckle frame, and figure 6 a front and side elevation of the pronged lever.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures of
the drawing.

page_text: a is a rectangular shaped buckle frame, divided about its middle, by a parallel cross
bar a², provided with a longitudinal piercing a³, centrally disposed, and coming near
its lower edge.
The divisional bar a³ coming between the top and bottom bars of the buckle frame,
make long slots or openings a, through which the webbing or other material of a brace
or suspender passes, and is directed from back to front, and then again to the back of
the buckle, over the divisional bar.
and
b is a lever or flat plate of sheet metal, connected and jointed at its lower end d to
the bottom end of the cross bar a², and which connection and jointing is made by
extended portions of the metal of the said lower end, passing through the slit a³,
then being turned over the narrow portion of metal, formed between the slit and the
bottom of the bar, and which narrow portion forms the fulcrum upon which the
pronged lever turns as a centre.
The other or top end of the said lever, or lever plate, is provided with upwardly
directed prongs c, arranged at equi-distant points along its top edge, and with the
extreme points or tips of the said prongs, resting or taking their bearings against an
inwardly directed inclined lower edge of the top bar, as represented in figure 1.
When in use, the webbing, band or strap, passes from back to front, and then again
from front to back, through the openings of the buckle frame, as represented in
figure 4; and on upward pressure or tension being applied to the webbing, band or
the like e, the prongs and the lever or lever plate carrying them, is forcibly turned
inwardly and upwardly, with the points thereof, piercing or puncturing the material
of the webbing or the like, which is interposed and compressed between the said
points, and the chamfered lower edge of the top bar of the buckle frame.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is :-
First. Providing or furnishing the top or upper edge of a lower jointed plate of a
lever buckle, with upwardly directed prongs or tongues c, and with the points thereof,
coming a little above the lower edge of the top bar of the said buckle frame,
substantially as described and set forth.
Secondly. The combination with a loosely and lower jointed lever, or lever plate,
which works upwardly and inwardly, of upwardly directed prongs, substantially as
set forth.
Thirdly. The combination with a buckle frame, of an under edge jointed lever plate,
with prongs upon its upper edge, substantially as set forth.
Dated this Dichtannth day of Amunt 1007
MARY ANN TAYLOR,
Executress to the late Abraham Smith Taylor.
WILLIAM HENRY WALKER.
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicants.