Improvements in Belt and Brace Connections.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Sept., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 6th June, 1890-Accepted, 26th July, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Belt and Brace Connections.
I, PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN of 26 Great Charles Street Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:
My invention relates to the formation of Belt and Brace Connections having barbed
or bearded ends, and has for its object a more secure and ornamental means of
connection, than hitherto obtained. I construct my invention of suitable material by
preference metal. For a belt connection I take a piece of brass and form it in the
shape of an anchor (or any other suitable design) the gripping ends of which, I barb
or beard after the fashion of an anchor, one of these barbed ends I pass through a
loop attached to one end of the belt and to the other end of the belt I secure the
cross piece of the anchor, thus, the anchor forms an ornamental centre, and acts as a
belt connection similar to a clasp or snake book, but having barbed ends it has
additional security from becoming disconnected. As a brass connection I utilize
the anchor (or any other suitable design) as a lever pivoting in a frame, which
grips the webbing, the cross piece pivoting in the frame and on the gripping pieces
I place the tabs and utilize their barbed ends to keep the tabs in position and prevent
them from becoming disconnected.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Belt and Brace Connections.
I, PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN of 26 Great Charles Street, 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 brace and belt connections, and consists 1st in providing
belt connections of the anchor, snake, and other like types, with fluked, barbed, or
flanged ends, so that the said connections are prevented from being accidentally
detached. 2ndly in applying the said barbed ended connections, to braces. 3rdly in
making the said connections and fittings from sheet metal.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings, represents in front elevation, a dress belt,
provided with belt connections, constructed and arranged according to my said
invention. It will be thus seen, that the terminal ends of the belt are coupled
together, by a link-connection in the form of an anchor, whose arms are provided with.
fluked or bearded ends, which constitute safety means, for retaining or keeping the
said arms, within the eye of an eyed-loop of an end connection.
Figure 2 represents a longitudinal vertical section of the same, showing the loops,
and the other ineans of connection.
a is the band of the belt, with the respective terminal ends a², a", provided with
loops b, b. The loop b, has jointedly connected with it, the anchor c, whilst the
loop 62, has an eye 63 wherethrough one of the arms c², of the said anchor, passes, and
is there retained, or kept fastened, by the fluked end c. The connection is made by
the fangs of the said flukes, resting or coming upon the top of the metal of the eye
as aforesaid,. when the anchor is in a slightly inclined position, as shown in the said
figure 1, and in order that the fluked ends may be withdrawn from the said eye, it is
necessary for the arm to become vertical, or nearly so.
Although I have represented a ships anchor as the junction piece employed in the

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accouplement of the loops at the ends of the band of the belt, yet I may substitute
other shaped connections in lieu of a ships anchor.
Thus I may take a snake fastener, with the head part having its tongue, distended
rearwardly, alike unto a barb or fang, which will act in manner alike unto the flukes
of an anchor as aforesaid. Or the tail (turned back) of the representation of an
animated object may be taken, or any other connection where the end is fanged, or
made alike unto the shape of a harpoon.
Figure 3 represents my invention applied to a webbing belt, and with the con-
nections formed from sheet-metal and figure 4 is a longitudinal section of the same-
a is the belt, with the end a², provided with a connection consisting of a lever
slide b, with an anchor whose arms c², have flukes cs, which engage with an eye b³,
of a loop 62, connected to the other end a³ of the band a, as aforesaid.
The lever of the slide b, is marked b', and is adapted when turned down as in
figure 4, to grip the material between its bar, and the slide-part.
The loop 2, with its eye 63, is cut out from flat sheet metal, and with the said eye,
twisted at right-angles, at the junction of it with the loop.
Figure 5 represents my invention applied to the front connection of a brace.
Figure 6 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same, on the dotted lines A B.
Figure 7 represents the anchor connection separately.
Figure 8 the lever-slide, and figure 9 the frame or front part of the said lever-
slide.
a is the material or webbing of the brace, c is the connection, consisting of an
anchor, with arms c*, terminated by flukes c³, over which the looped inner ends d², of
the tabs d, are passed and there secured, by coming behind the flukes.
The slide b, whose front forms the stock to the anchor, has returned ends 6ª, made
pivot-like, and taking into bearing sleeves 6, formed from the opposite sides of the
metal of the lever 6', whose bar 66, is serrated, to give a firm hold upon the material
gripped between the said bar and the slide.
The lever-slide, as will be seen, admits of being adjusted upon the webbing or
material of the brace, by turning backwards the lever, in the ordinary way, and then,
when the same is in its adjusted position, to close or press back the lever.
It will be seen that the whole of the parts of the said brace connection, are cut out
and fashioned from sheet metal.
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 Providing belt connections, junctions, or accouplements, with fluked,
barbed, fanged, or harpoon ended parts, whereby the said belt connections, junctions,
or accouplements, are held, or prevented from being accidentally detached from the
eyes or loops, through which they are passed, substantially as described and set
forth.
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Secondly Connecting the tabs, or the tab ends of braces, to their metallic
connections, by the looped ends of the said tabs, taking over flukes, barbs, fangs,
or the like, substantially as described and set forth in figures 5 and 6.
Thirdly
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-Connecting the metallic connection part, to the lever part, of a lever-
slide, by the returned ends 64, of the slide part, taking into tubular ends 66, of the bar
or lever part, substantially as set forth.
Date this day of June 1830.
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PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN.
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.