AN IMPROVED BELT, BAND, OR STRAP FASTENER
Year: 1854

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Peter Haworth, of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Currier and Leather Dealer, for the Invention of "AN
IMPROVED BELT, BAND, OR STRAP FASTENER."
Sealed the 24th April 1855, and dated the 28th December 1854.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Peter Haworth at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th December 1854.
I, PETER HAWORTH, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Currier
and Leather Dealer, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "AN
IMPROVED BELT, BAND, OR STRAP FASTENER" to be as follows:-
I employ a plate of metal, having secured to its back or inner side surface
three small bars or rods; two forming spaces for the reception of the belt, band,
or strap, and the third for the reception of a broad bent piece of metal, which
forms the connecting link. Two of the bars are placed within a small distance
of the vertical edge of the plate; the other is fixed very near to the bar, under
which the belt, band, or strap passes. The belt, band, or strap is brought under
both these bars, which are near together, returned over the inner bar and
under the outer; the effect of which is, that the greater the pressure on the belt,
band, or strap, the more securely is the fastener retained. The connecting link

page_text: is formed of a bent piece of broad metal plate, having a slot, wherein to receive
and secure one end of the strap, the hooked end of which is passed on the
inner side of the slot, so as to prevent friction against the dress. The tongue
of the bent piece of metal is also passed between the bar and the plate, so as to
present nothing but a rounded surface to the dress.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Peter Haworth in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
28th June 1855.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, PETER
HAWORTH, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Currier and Leather
Dealer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, in the eighteenth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Peter Haworth, Her especial license that I, the said Peter
Haworth, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Peter Haworth, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any.
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after 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 BELT, BAND, OR STRAP FASTNER," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Peter Haworth, by an instrument in writing under my
hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of
the said Invention, 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 Peter Haworth, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement and accompanying Drawings (that is to say):-
I employ a plate of metal, having secured to its back or inner side surface
three small bars or rods; two forming spaces.for the reception of the belt, band,
or strap, and the third for the reception of a broad bent piece of metal, which

page_text: forms the connecting link between the belt, band, or strap, and the fastner;
two of the bars are placed within a small distance of the vertical edge of the
plate; the other is fixed very near to the bar, under which the belt, band, or
strap passes. The belt, band, or strap is brought under both these bars, which
are near together, returned over the inner bar and under the outer; the effect
of which is, the greater the pressure on the belt, band, or strap, the more securely
is the fastner retained. The connecting link is formed of a bent piece of
broad metal plate, having a slot, wherein to receive and secure one end of the
strap, the hooked end of which is passed on the inner side of the slot, so as to
prevent friction against the dress. The tongue of the bent piece of metal is
also fast between the bar and the plate, so as to present nothing but a
rounded surface to the dress.
In order that my Invention may be the better understood and explained
in detail, I have hereunto attached a Sheet of Drawings, made full size,
and having on the various Figures shewn similar letters of reference on
corresponding parts throughout. In the Drawing hereunto attached this
improvement is shewn as applied or attached to three different designs of
fastners.
Fig. 1 represents a back elevation, Fig. 2 a front elevation, and Fig. 3 a
back elevation, of belt, band, or strap fastners; Figs. 4, 5, and 6 being their
respective top or plan views. For the perfect understanding of this improve-
ment, it will but be necessary to describe the arrangement of one fastner, and
will be best understood by referring to Figs. 3 and 6. a represents the back
of the metal plate of the fastner; b and b* being the extremities of the belt,
band, or strap, in this case fastened; (in Fig. 2 the band, belt, or strap is shown
loose or unfastened,) and in Fig. 1 the fastner is shewn without the band or
belt being attached. c, d, e, are the bars, (d being the square or angular bar,
for the purpose of better binding or biting the strap or band,) forming slots or
loops, all of which are firmly secured to the metal plate a. f is the broad bent
piece of slotted metal, which forms the hook or connecting link. It will now
be observed, that by securing one end of the band, belt, or strap to the slotted
part of the metal hook f, and by passing the other end of the band, belt, or
strap under the two loops c and d, returning the end of the band or belt over
the loop d, and under the loop c, the band or belt when fastned will be
secured in its extended limit or circumference simply by the pressure exerted
by the loop c binding or forcing the surfaces of the band, belt, or strap beneath
it together, and thus permanently retain it from slipping. It will be seen in
Fig. 2 that the metal hook f is notched at the lower part of the bend, so that by
falling over the bar e it is secured from being slipped off the bar. Should

page_text: it. be desired to lengthen the band or belt, it is only necessary to press in
the upper layer of the belt or band at 6 and withdraw, the lower layer, when the
belt or band may be lengthened, as desired. Should it be necessary to shorten
the band or belt, then it will be only necessary to press in the lower layer and
draw out the upper one.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I wish it to be distinctly understood that
I claim the application, employment, and use of three rigid or permanent fixed
lots or loops formed by the bars c, d, e, and secured to the back of the front
plate of fastners, as herein particularly set forth and described, and fully
illustrated in the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Peter Haworth, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of June, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
PETER HAWORTH. (L.S.)