improvements in Straps and CHC
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Apr., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 28th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 2nd Apr., 1898
improvements in Straps and CHCIT
I, PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN, of the Firm of Martin and Martins, of Granville
Street, in the City of Birmingham, Leather Goods Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to straps and their buckles applicable for all purposes to
which ordinary buckles and straps are now applied, but particularly to buckling up
hard or non-yielding substances or articles, such as in securing metallic inflators
to metallic parts of cycles, and other analogous purposes, and has for its object, to
admit of a fine adjustment of such straps whereby the same allow of being pulled
up and secured perfectly tight, and being without the least slack, they prevent
any rattling or the like due to loose connections.
According to one form of my invention, I take a strap and form in the fastening
end of the same, two, three or more parallel rows of holes, each hole relatively
differentiating from the one next adjacent to it in the contiguous row to the extent
of a hole or a part of a hole; that is to say, assuming that there are two parallel
rows of holes separated laterally by a solid part of a breadth equal to that of a hole,
any one hole of the one row comes opposite the solid part between the opposite pair
of holes in the other row, and these pair of rows are the equivalent, for buckling
purposes, of a long continuous hole, and admit of an infinitely fine adjustment in
tightening up the strap.
as
The buckle may consist of a frame with the outer bar broader than the inner or
tongue bar upon which the tongue, which is laterally immovable, turns
breadth
The increased
of the
a joint centre.
outer bar is for
the purpose of admitting of the strap having a greater lateral reach
in passing either of the series of holes over the tip of the tongue. In making
the connection the strap has to be simply pulled on one side in a direction which
will bring the tongue opposite to the particular hole in the strap that will strap up
an article without slack.
Or the buckle may consist of an ordinary frame having a single tongue which
admits of either a slight transverse sliding movement along the bar to which its
inner end is connected, or a slight rocking movement by being loosely fitted on
the said bar.
The outer bar of the buckle may be longer than the tongue bar, as in the first
arrangement so as to admit of the tip end of the same making a longer transverse
reach in being engaged in any particular hole of one or other of the series.
Thus, supposing the tongue is required to be engaged with one of the holes in
the right hand row, then the tongue is moved to that side, but if it so happens that
there is then a slight slack in the strap, the tongue is moved along the bar a short
distance and made to engage one of the holes in the left hand series.
Instead of the tongue moving, it may be made integral with the bar which may
be capable of a slight lateral movement to give the required shift, or the buckle
may be provided with a pair of side by side tongues, either of which are capable
of turning back and being used independently. One tongue is arranged to engage

page_text: one set of holes and the other tongue with the other set and when a strap is drawn
over the tips of them in the ordinary way, one of them engages in the required hole,
and the other lies, unengaged in the back of the strap, or I may make the tongues
yielding and arrange for them to be pushed home or engaged by a spring, so that
the tongue coming opposite the required hole automatically engages therein, whilst
the other is kept back by the pressure of the strap.
Or the tongue may swivel on its bar and the tip is made crankwise, so that by
turning it round it may be made to engage a hole in either one or other series.
Dated this 15th day of April 1896.
I, PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN, of the Firm of Martin and Martins, of Granville
Street, in the City of Birmingham, Leather Goods 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 straps and their buckles applicable for all purposes
to which ordinary buckles and straps are now applied, but particularly to buckling
up hard or non-yielding substances or articles, such as in securing pumps or inflators
to parts of cycles, and other analogous purposes, and has for its object, to admit
of a fine adjustment of such straps whereby the same allow of being pulled up and
secured perfectly tight, so that being without the least slack, they prevent any
rattling or the like due to loose connections.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a strap and buckle made in
accordance with one form of my invention.
Figure 2 represents the strap separately and Figure 3 a plan and an edge view
of the buckle separately.
Figure 4 represents the said buckle and strap in use as when applied to a cycle
pump or inflator carrier, the strap in this view being buckled up.
According to this form of my invention, the strap a, has formed along the fasten-
ing end a, of the same, two parallel rows a, a, of holes each hole relatively
differentiating from the one next adjacent to it in the contiguous row to the extent
of a hole or a part of a hole; that is to say, assuming that the two parallel rows a³, a',
of holes are separated laterally by a solid part a³, of a breadth equal to that of a
hole, any one hole of the row comes opposite the solid part a, between the opposite
pair of holes in the other row, and these pair of rows are the equivalent, for
buckling purposes, of a long continuous hole, and admit of an infinitely fine
adjustment in tightening up the strap.
The buckle b, may consist of a frame with the outer bar b', longer than the
tongue bar 2, whereon the tongue 63, which is laterally immovable,
turns as a joint centre. The increased length of the other bar is
for the purpose of admitting of the strap having a greater lateral reach
in passing either of the series of holes over the tip of the tongue. In
making the connection the strap has to be simply pulled on one side in a direction
which will bring the tongue opposite to the particular hole in the strap that will
strap up an article without slack.
Instead of employing a double row of holes, as described I may employ three
- rows arranged as in Figure 5, or more rows may be employed if required.

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Or the buckle b, may consist of an ordinary frame as represented in connection
with a strap in Figure 6 having a single tongue 63, which admits of either a slight
transverse sliding movement along the bar 2, the buckle attachment end of the
strap a, having a central gap a", providing sufficient
admit of the buckle tongue having the required amount of lateral
play
a hole of either series a³, a³,
upon the bar for engaging with
or for the same purpose, the buckle may be constructed as represented
in Figure 7, in which the eye 65, of the tongue 63, is flared or coned at each end to
admit of it having a slight rocking movement upon the bar b².
In both these last arrangements the outer bar b', of the buckle b, may be longer
than the tongue bar, as in the first form so as to admit of the tip end of the same
making a longer transverse reach in being engaged in any particular hole of one or
other of the series in the strap.
Thus supposing the tongue is required to be engaged with one of the holes in the
right hand row, then the tongue is moved so as to bring the tip to that side, but if
it so happens that there is then a slight slack in the strap the tongue is moved
along or rocked upon, the bar a short distance and made to engage one of the holes
in the left hand series.
Instead of the tongue 63, moving, it may (as represented in plan and edge view
in Figure 8) be made integral with the bar 63, which may be capable of a slight
lateral movement to give the required shift, this being effected by reducing the
ends 6, which turn and are capable of lateral play within bearings 6, in the sides,
or as a further modification which is represented in Figure 9, the buckle b, may be
provided with a pair of side by side tongues 63, either of which is capable of turning
back and being used independently. One tongue is arranged to engage with one
set of holes a³, in the strap a, and the other tongue to engage with the other set a³,
and when a strap is drawn over the tips of them in the ordinary way, one of them
engages in the required hole, and the other lies unengaged, at the back of the strap,
or I may make the arrangement for the tongues to be pushed home or engaged with
the strap holes by a spring, so that the tongue coming opposite the required hole
is automatically engaged therein, whilst the other is kept back by the pressure of
the strap.
Figure 10 represents a still further form of buckle according to my invention, in
which the tongue 63, is swivelly connected to the bar 2 of the buckle and the tip b³,
is bent or cranked, so that by turning it round it may be brought opposite to and
made to engage with a hole in either one or other series of the double or triple
parallel rows in a strap. Instead of tongues, I may employ non-penetrating prongs
spikes or like fastening extensions, which may be mounted upon a suitable frame
or carrier and are adapted to be engaged with one or other of the double series of
holes in the strap, the same as described in connection with tongues.
Having now' particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
:
First A strap for use with buckles having tongues, prongs, spikes or like
fastening extensions, in which the fastening part of the same is provided with two
or more rows of adjusting holes, with the holes of one series coming opposite the
solid parts between the holes of the adjacent series, substantially as described and
set forth.
Secondly-The combination with a strap of the kind referred to in the first
claim, of a tongued buckle having a widened front part which admits of the said
strap being moved laterally therein for engaging the tongue with a hole of any
required row, substantially as described and set forth in Figures 1, 3 and 4.
Thirdly-The combination with a strap of the kind referred to in the first
claim of a buckle or fastening in which the tongue is capable of sliding along or
rocking upon the tongue bar, substantially as described and set forth in Figures 6
and 7.

page_text: Fourthly: The combination with a strap of the kind referred to in the first
claim, of a buckle or fastening in which the tongue bar carrying the tongue is
capable of a lateral sliding movement, substantially as described and set forth in
Figure 8.
Sixthly The combination with a strap of the kind referred to in the first
claim, of a buckle having a number of tongues corresponding to the series of rows
of adjusting holes in the strap, substantially as and for the purpose described and
set forth in Figure 9.
Seventhly: The combination with a strap of the kind referred to in the first
claim of a buckle having a swivelly connected and crank ended tongue, substan-
tially as and for the purpose described and set forth in Figure 10.
Dated this 24th day of December 1897.
PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN,
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.