Improvements in Buckles.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Buckles.
I, JOHN BIDGOOD, 26 Saltwell View, Gateshead, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
I make the buckle in such a manner that the tongue as a whole, or its terminal
portion only, can move backwards & forwards in the direction of its own length,
so that when the strap passed through the frame of the buckle is drawn up as
tightly as is necessary, the tongue can be moved forward until its point passes
through the hole in the strap made to receive it. To unfasten the buckle the
tongue may be moved back until its point leaves the hole in the strap, and then
the strap can be withdrawn.
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This movement of the tongue may be brought about in various ways.
manner in which I accomplish it is by attaching the tongue to a cross piece whose
ends clasp the opposite sides of the frame in such a manner that the cross piece can
slide on the frame. A bend upwards in each of these two opposite sides of the
frame near its back allows the cross piece to slide backwards only by rising.
When the buckle is properly fastened the pressure of the strap down on this cross
piece prevents the tongue being withdrawn from the hole in the strap by
preventing the cross piece rising. Tongue and cross piece may be preferably made
in one piece.
1906
Dated this 11th day of June
June 1906
JOHN BIDGOOD.
I, JOHN BIDGOOD, 26 Saltwell View, Gateshead, Teacher 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:-
I make the buckle in such a manner that the tongue can move backward and
forward in the direction of its own length, so that when the strap, of leather or
other material, is passed through the frame of the buckle, and is drawn up as
tightly as is necessary, the tongue can be moved forward until its point passes
through a hole in the strap. To unfasten the buckle the tongue can be
moved back until it leaves the hole in the strap, and then the strap can be
withdrawn.
1. One manner in which I accomplish this is by attaching the tongue (Fig. 1A)
to a cross piece B, whose ends C clasp the opposite sides of the frame D in such a
way that the cross piece can slide to and fro on the frame. Tongue and cross
piece may be made in one piece.
11. Or, I enlarge the ends of the cross piece which then moves to and fro in
grooves on the inner surfaces of opposite sides of the frame. Fig. 2, D is a

page_text: transverse section of one of the sides of the frame showing the groove and the
enlarged end of the cross piece B in the groove.
But do not confine myself to the exact form of details as set forth in the
foregoing paragraphs I and II, and figured in the Figures 1 and 2. In
some cases it is necessary to adopt some device in order to prevent the accidental
withdrawal of the tongue from its hole in the strap. When this is so, I use one of
the following means:-
III. A bend upwards (Fig. 3, E) in each of the two opposite sides of the frame,
on or in which the ends of the cross piece slide, forces the cross piece to rise
when sliding backwards. When the buckle is properly fastened and the end of
the strap is passed under the usual loop, the pressure of the strap on the cross
piece prevents the tongue being accidentally withdrawn from the hole in the strap,
by preventing the cross piece rising.
IV. Or, I have projecting upwards from the middle of the cross piece, at or
behind the base of the tongue, a piece of about the same diameter as the tongue.
"This may project directly upwards as in Fig. 5, F, or obliquely upwards and
backwards as in Fig. 4, F. When the extremity of the tongue is passed through
a hole in the strap, this upward-projecting piece may also be passed through a
hole, and the strap be thus safely secured.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
-claim is :
In buckles consisting of frame and tongue, and used with a strap either
perforated beforehand, or by the pointed extremity of the tongue at the time of
use, the combination of a frame with a tongue which moves backward and forward
in the direction of its own length, substantially as described and figured.
. Dated this Tenth day of March 1897.
JOHN BIDGOOD.