Improvements in or Additions to the Metallic Fittings of Waist Bands, Braces, Suspenders, and other Articles of a kindred nature.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 12th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 16th Nov., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Additions to the Metallic Fittings of Waist
Bands, Braces, Suspenders, and other Articles of a kindred
nature.
I, WALTER MARTIN HARRIS, of the Firm of D. B. Harris and Sons, of Newhall
Street, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to metallic fittings, such as buckles, clasps, loops, runners
and the like, for waist bands, braces, suspenders and other articles of a kindred
nature, and consists, in the one part, in a tic-clip attachment, disposed at, and
binged to, preferably the back of the upper bar of a buckle frame or like fitting,
and in another part, in the employment of clamping bar or bars located at the back
of one end or of both ends of a buckle frame, and adapted to grip an end or the
ends of the webbing of the band of a belt or other article.
In carrying out one form of the first part of my invention in connection with a
waist belt, I fit to the back side of the top bar of the same, or other suitable place
an attachment consisting of a hinged bar, jointed, at or near its one end, to a
concaved or other carrier seating, directed lignable with the gripping bar, and
having at its end a hook-shaped spring catch or other fastener.
When in use, the loose ends of a tie are placed between the gripping bar (when
open) and its seating, and on the said bar being closed and fastened, the material of
the loose end is held and firmly gripped between the seating and its buckle frame.
I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to the form of fastening
described, as the har may be made in the form of a spring clip, a turning-down
lever, a turning cam grip, or an excentric bar grip, which, when rotated or turned
out of acting position, leave a clearance for the easy passing of the material of a
tie into position for being gripped and held.
I wish it to be also observed that the fastener means may be carried by the
gripping bar instead of upon the frame.
As a further form, the attachment may consist of a series of depending or inclined
prongs directed from the back of the buckle frame, or it may consist of a jointed
brooch tongue, or a safety pin tongue, or as a still further form, a sliding bolt or
pin adapted to be drawn into and out of position and to take through the material
may be employed.
Or the grip may be performed by pivoted rollers working within inclined slots
near the ends of the bar, so that on the material of a tie or the like being inserted
and then drawn up tight, the same is gripped between the rollers and the frame.
In carrying out the second part of iny improvements, I take a buckle frame, with
a set-back slide loop or other bar in the middle, or other suitable place according
to pattern of buckle or clasp, and I provide one side or one end of the bar with an
attachment or fastener of either of, or any of the forms described in the previous
arrangements. The loose end of the webbing is passed through the buckle or over
the bar as usual, and the loose termination is passed between the gripping bar and
the frame (or the bearer, if any is employed). The other end of the band may be
made fast to a like gripping attachment at the other side of the buckle and be there.
adjustable, or it may be permanently secured thereto by any well-known means.

page_text: The application of my improvements to the other articles herein enumerated
differs in no essential respect from its application to a waist belt buckle as
described.
Dated this 11th L
WALTER MARTIN HARRIS,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.
Improvements in or Additions to the Metallic Fittings of Waist
Bands, Braces, Suspenders, and other Articles of a kindred
nature.
I, WALTER MARTIN HARRIS of the Firm of D. B. Harris and Sons of Newhall
Street, in the City of Birmingham, 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:-
My invention relates to metallic fittings, such as buckles, clasps, loops, runners
and the like, for waist bands, braces, suspenders and other articles of a kindrel
nature, and consists, in the one part, in a tie-clip attachment, disposed at and
connected to, preferably the back of the upper bar or other part of a buckle frame
or like fitting, and in another part in the employment of a clamping bar or bars
located at the back of one end or of both ends of a buckle frame, and adapted to
grip an end or the ends of the webbing of the band of a belt or other article.
In carrying out one form of the first part of my invention in connection with a
waist belt buckle, I fit to the back side of the top bar or other suitable part, of the
same an attachment consisting of a hinged bar, jointed, at or near its one end, to a
concaved or other carrier seating, directed lignable with the gripping bar, and
having at its end a hook-shaped spring catch or other fastener.
When in use, the loose ends of a tie are placed between the gripping bar (when
open) and its seating, and on the said bar being closed and fastened, the material of
the loose end is held and firmly gripped between the seating and its buckle frame.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a buckle, fitted to a waist
belt, and fitted with a tie-clip attachment made according to this form of my
invention. The ends of the tie are shown gripped between the gripping, bar and
the buckle frame.
Figure 2 represents a vertical section of the same upon the dotted liue...
Figure 3 represents a back elevation of Figure 1..
Figure 4 shows the buckle and tie clip in use..
Figure 5 is a cross section upon the dotted line a,. Figure 1, showing the material
of a tie pressed into a channel running coincident with, and in front of, the gripping
bar..
In Figures 1 to 5, a is a buckle frame, suitably attached. to a waist band b, whilst
situated at the back of the top bar 61, of the said frame, is a tie-gripping bar c,
with the outer and free end c¹, engaging with a catch a', carried by the buckle
frame a, and with the other and joined end c2, hinged at a², to the said buckle
frame. d is the tie, which when held in position by the bar is nipped between
the inner edge thereof and the longitudinal channel or seating a³, formed in the
buckle frame coincident with and in front of the buckle frame.
To secure the tie ends, release the bar from its catch and place the tie ends
between the said bar and the buckle frame and again connect the bar to the frame
by engaging same with its catch.
Figure 6 represents a buckle frame provided with a tie retainer in the form of
a spring clip or bar, having a free end and provided with inwardly raking teeth

page_text: (although the said bar may be plain, or roughen or serrated upon its inner face)
and between which bar and the frame the tie is gripped.
Figure 7 represents a horizontal section of the same through the dotted line x,
Figure 6.
a is the buckle frame, and d is the tie, which is gripped between the back face of
the frame and a spring clip c, having one end c¹, free, and the other end, made
fast to the frame, whilst cut out from the body of the clip (which is made from thin
sheet metal, are prongs c³, raking forwardly and inwards.
Figure 8 represents another form of my improvements, in which an excentric
gripping bar is mounted at the back of the buckle frame and secures the loose ends
of the tie thereto.
Figure 9 is a vertical section of the same.
a is the buckle frame, and c is an excentrically mounted or cam-shaped bar,
turning on pivot ends c', and having its acting face toothed or serrated at c², to give
a better grip to the tie (although the same may be plain). c is a lever end by
which the bar is turned into and out of a gripping position.
When the lever c', is turned into a horizontal position the grip on the tie ends is
relieved and they can be withdrawn from the buckle, but when forced into the
position represented, then the said ends are firmly held between the gripping face
of the cam bar and the back of the frame.
Figure 10 represents a modification of this last arrangement, in which the holding
of a tie is effected by a toothed-edged gripping bar, with the nipping part turned at
right angles to the lever, so that when the said nipping part is forced past the
centre (as shown in the drawing) by the turning down of the lever, the tie is
securely held between it and the back bar of the buckle.
a is a buckle frame, having pivoted to turn back ears a', carried at the back of
the same, a gripping bar b, having a lever part b', and a right angled gripping part ²,
between which and the back of the top member a², of the buckle frame, the ends d
of a tie are held, the said bar being retained in its holding position by the part 5*,
being forced beyond the centre e.
Figure 11 represents an edge view and Figure 12 a back view of a further form
of tie retainer, in which the tie ends are held by depending or downwardly inclined
prongs or teeth b, directed from the back of the top bar a', of the buckle frame a,
and which pierce the material of the said euds.
Figure 13 is a back elevation of a buckle fitted with a still further form of tie
retainer, which, in this case, takes the form of a sliding pin b, having an enlarged
end and with the body part sliding through an eye a² and the point end b²,
passing through and being secured by a spring or split eye a³ the whole coming at
the back of the buckle frame a, the said pin being adapted to be withdrawn out of
position prior to the pin being passed through the material of the ends of a tie.
The said pin is connected to the buckle and prevented from being lost by a light
chain 7.
In Figure 14, a buckle a, is shown fitted at the back of the top bar a', with a
jointed tongue and catch arrangement b and c, by which tie ends are secured to the
buckle frame by pinning.
Figure 15 is a back elevation of a buckle frame fitted with another form of tie
attachment and which is a modification of the sliding pin or bolt form as shown in
Figure 13.
Figure 16 is a vertical section on an enlarged scale of the bar holding means on
the dotted line, Figure 15 upon an enlarged scale.
a is a buckle frame, to the back of the top bar a', of which, a gripping har
carrying plate a², is attached, preferably by rivetting. a³ is a turned up and eyed
bracket end through which the ball-ended gripping bar b, freely slides. c is a
spring tongue or catch formed integral with the plate a³, and behind which the free
end 6, of the gripping bar snaps and is there held when in its holding position (see
Figure 16). The ends of the tie are gripped between the bar b, and a channel, long
piercing or seating a', formed in the plate a*.

page_text: To release the tie, the end b, of the bar is pressed downwardly and out of the
spring catch e, and if necessary drawn from behind the tie.
When the one end of the gripping bar is disconnected it can be turned into the
position represented in dotted lines.
Figure 17 represents a buckle fitted with another form of tie clip according to
my invention.
Figure 18 is a section upon the dotted line x Figure 17.
a is a buckle frame, and c is a frame, jointed or rivetted to the back of the
buckle, is a spring gripping bar, jointed at 6', and having a free en 162, adapted to
engage under the catch a³, carried by the buckle frame, and with the lower edge of
the said gripping bar furnished with teeth or serrations a, coming opposite a slit or
piercing e, formed along the bar b, so that when the gripping bar bis secured by
the catch, the teeth a', enter the material of the tie ends and securely hold the
same.
In carrying out the second part of my improvements, I take a buckle frame, with
a set-back slide loop or other bar in the middle, or other suitable place according
to pattern of buckle or clasp and provide one side or one end of the bar with an
attachment or fastener of either of, or any of, the forms described in the previous
arrangements. The loose end of the webbing is passed through the buckle or over
the bar as usual and the loose termination is passed between the gripping bar and
the frame (or the bearer, if any is employed). The other end of the band may be
made fast to a like gripping attachment at the other side of the buckle and be there
adjustable, or it may be permanently secured thereto by any well-known means, or
the loose ends of a band may be connected to two separate clasps or buckle halves,
connected together by hook, suake or other fastenings.
Figure 19 represents the two loose ends and connected to a single buckle
frame without sewing by gripping bars such as represented in connection with a tie
clip.
a is the buckle frame, e are gripping bars, jointed to the said frame and secured
by catches b, and with the loose ends ', of the band d, gripped between the said
bars C, and the buckle frame.
Figure 20 represents one part of a two-part clasp or a half buckle frame which
is connected to the other part clasp or part buckle by a hook and eye attachment,
and to which the loose end of a band is connected by a pronged spring bar as
represented applied to a tie clip in Figures 17 and 18.
a is the part of the clasp and d' is the loose end of the band d, secured to the
said clasp by the prong-edged gripping bar b. a² is the hook connection which
takes into an eye in the other part of the clasp.
When in use, the prongs at the edge of the bar press themselves into the webbing
and hold the loose end, either permanently or otherwise to the buckle frame.
Figure 21 represents a modified form of the last arrangement, in which teeth or
a bar are or is employed to affix the loose end of the webbing to the buckle frame
without sewing.
The two parts of the buckle are shown detached.
Figure 22 represents upon an enlarged scale, a vertical section of one of the parts
upon the dotted linee Figure 21.
Figure 23 represents the bar, which is secured to the back of the buckle or
frame with the toothed edge in the position before it is closed.
Figure 24 is a part plan of the same.
a is the buckle frame, and is a fixed bar, secured by rivetting or otherwise to
the back of the buckle frame, and having a toothed or serrated edge, coming
opposite the slot 2, and adapted to fix the loose end of the webbing to the buckle
frame when closed.
Figure 25 represents a further modification in which a ribbed edge is employed
in lieu of a toothed or serrated edge, and Figure 26 is a cross section of the same
upon the dotted lines a.
a is the buckle frame, b is a fixed bar, secured to the said frame by rivetting or

page_text: otherwise and having a ribbed edge 68, of a turned over part b₁, coming coincident
with the slot 62 in the bar b, and adapted to secure the end of a band to the buckle
by gripping the same between the edge 63 and the sides of the slot b'.
The application of my improvements to the other articles herein enumerated
differs in no essential respect from its application to a waist belt buckle as
described.
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 :-
First. Combining with a buckle frame, clasp or other furniture or fitting of a
belt, band or the like, a tie-end clip or securing means, consisting of a clamping
bar, spring or other clip, pin, prongs, or equivalent securing device substantially, as
described and set forth in Figures 1 to 18.
Secondly. Permanently or temporarily securing or affixing the loose ends of waist
belts, bands and the like to buckles, clasps or furniture, without sewing, in the ways
and by the means substantially as described and set forth in Figures 19 to 26.
Dated this 19th day of January 1895
WALTER MARTIN HARRIS,
By Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.