An Improved Fastening for the Back Bands of Harness, Dog Collars, and for other Straps and Bands.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Apr., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 7th Jan., 1895-Accepted, 16th Feb., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fastening for the Back Bands of Harness, Dog
Collars, and for other Straps and Bands.
1. CHARLES BROWN, of Wisemore Spring Hook and Chain Works, Walsall,
in the County of Stafford, Spring Hook and Chain Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention consists of the hereindescribed improved fastening for the back
bands of harness and for dog collars and for other straps and bands, my said
invention being designed to take the place of an ordinary buckle as by my
invention the strap or band can more readily be tightened up or unfastened than
when fitted with an ordinary buckle.
One form of my said improved fastening is constructed as follows:-I provide
a tubular open ended metal frame of a size to allow of the strap or band passing
through it this frame being lifted or otherwise fixed or connected to one end of
the strap or band the other end of which can be threaded through the tubular
frame and drawn up as tight as may be required. Jointed to a cross pin or cross
bar on the upper side and at the front end of the said frame I provide one or more
spring tongs which extends or extend backwardly and is or are bent downwardly
at their outer end or ends to engage in the usual holes in that part of the strap
which has been threaded through the frame. The said spring tong or spring
tongs can be readily made of a rigid metal tongue or tongues provided with a
coiled wire spring in that part which works on the joint pin or cross bar of the
frame.
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To connect the two ends of the strap or band together by the improved
fastening above described, the fastening is as above stated rivetted or otherwise
fixed to one end of the strap or band. The other end of the strap or band is
threaded through the frame and drawn up as tight as may be required the spring
tongue or spring tongues springing into and engaging with the hole or holes in the
strap or band so as to prevent the strap or band being withdrawn back out of
the frame until the tongue or tongues has or have first been lifted somewhat out of
the hole or holes in the strap or band.
When my invention is applied to dog collars and for some other purposes I may
joint a loop to the cross pin or bar of the frame for the purpose of attaching a
leading strap.
Instead of the said frame being rigidly rivetted or otherwise fixed to one end of
the strap as above described I may make the front part of the bottom of the
frame loose from the frame proper and rivet or otherwise fix this part to the front
of the strap so that the frame itself with the tongue or tongues can be threaded
on to the strap up to and against this separate bottom part of the frame which
latter is by preference made with upwardly projecting side pieces which engage
in notches in the front end of the frame and thus keep this separate bottom part
in its right position.
In another arrangement of my invention instead of the said frame being made
tubular as stated above the frame may be formed of wire or pierced from sheet
metal of a rectangular form somewhat similar to an ordinary buckle frame the
tongue or tongues being arranged as above described.
Dated this 5th day of Amuil 1904
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: An Improved Fastening for the Back Bands of Harness, Dog
Collars, and for other Straps and Bands.
1, CHARLES BROWN, of Wisemore Spring Hook and Chain Works, Walsall,
in the County of Stafford, Spring Hook and Chain 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 consists of the hereindescribed improved fastening for the back
bands of harness and for dog collars and for other straps and bands my said
invention being designed to take the place of an ordinary buckle as by my
invention the strap or band can more readily be tightened up or unfastened than
when fitted with an ordinary buckle.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved fastening shewn connected to a
strap or band; Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a sectional
plan of the same ;
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of the said fastening;
Fig. 5 illustrates a further modification and Fig. 6 shews separately a part of
the fastening and band shewn by Fig. 5.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all
the figures of the drawings.
One form of my said improved fastening is constructed as follows:-I provide a
tubular open ended metal frame A of a size to allow of the strap or band B
passing through it this frame being rivetted or otherwise fixed or connected to the
end B of the strap or band the other end B of which can be threaded through
the tubular frame A and drawn up as tight as may be required. Jointed to the
cross pin c or cross bar cn the upper side a' and at the front end of the frame A,
I provide a spring tongue D which extends backwardly and is bent downwardly
at its outer end d¹ to engage as shewn in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 in any one of the usual
holes in that part of the strap which has been threaded through the frame A.
The spring tongue D is by preference made as a rigid metal tongue as shewn
provided with a coiled wire spring e in that part 2 which works on the joint pin
or cross bar of the frame A. The spring e is so arranged as to cause the end of
the tongue D to press downwardly into the hole of the strap.
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To connect the two ends of the strap or band B together by the improved
fastening above described, the frame A is as above stated rivetted or otherwise
fixed to the end B' of the strap or band. The other end B of the strap or band
is threaded through the frame A in the direction shewn by the arrow in Fig. 1
and is drawn up as tight as may be required the spring tongue D springing into
and engaging with one of the holes in the strap or band so as to prevent the
strap or band being withdrawn back out of the frame A until the tongue D has
first been lifted somewhat out of the hole b as shewn by dotted lines in Fig. 2.
It will be seen that when a strap or band is fastened by my improved fastening
above described the end of the strap can at any time be released no matter what
the tension on the strap may be by raising the tongue D as shewn by the dotted
lines in Fig. 2 thus making my invention very serviceable for the back bands of
horses as by my invention the back band can be unfastened when a horse has
fallen down which is often impossible when the back band is fitted with an ordinary
buckle.

page_text: Instead of making the fastening with one spring tongue D as shewn in Figs. 1, 2
and 3 I may as shewn in Fig. 4 similarly make the fastening with two spring
tongues marked respectively D D' when the strap is wide enough to permit of it.
Or the said fastening may be similarly made with three or more spring tongues as
may be required.
When my invention is applied to dog collars and for some other purposes I may
as shewn by dotted lines in Fig. 1 joint a loop F to the cross pin c or bar of the
frame A for the purpose of attaching a leading strap.
Instead of the frame A being rigidly rivetted or otherwise fixed to the end B
of the strap as above described I may as shewn in Figs. 5 and 6 make the front
part A of the bottom of the frame A loose from the frame A and rivet or
otherwise fix this part A' to the front of the strap end B' so that the frame
itself A with the tongue or tongues D can be threaded on to the strap up to and
against this separate bottom part A' of the frame which latter is by preference
made with projecting side pieces a³ which engage in notches a² in the front end
of the frame A and thus keep this separate bottom part A' in its right position.
The accompanying drawings illustrate what I consider to be the best method
of carrying my invention into practice but it is to be understood that my invention
is not limited to the precise details shewn as the same may without departing
from the nature of my invention be modified slightly to adapt the fastening to the
particular purpose for which it is to be used.
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 1
claim is :-
1. The improved fastening for the back bands of harness dog collars and for
other straps and bands, herein before described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawings, that is to say, a fastening for the purposes described consisting essentially
of a tubular open ended metal frame, through which the strap or band can be
threaded and to which one end or part of the strap or band can be fixed, and a
spring tongue or spring tongues jointed to the outside of the said frame and shaped
at the outer end or ends so as to enter and engage in a hole or holes in that part
of the strap or band which is threaded through the frame to prevent the said part
drawing back, all substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
2. In a fastening for the back bands of harness dog collars and for other straps
and bands, the combination of the tubular open ended metal frame A, through
which the strap or band can be threaded and to which one end or part of the strap
or band can be fixed, and the spring tongue D or spring tongues D D¹ jointed
to the outside of the frame A and adapted to engage in holes in the part of the
strap or band which is threaded through the frame A, all substantially as
herein before described and illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the accompanying
drawings.
3. In a fastening for the back bands of harness dog collars and for other straps
and bands, the combination of the tubular open ended metal frame A, through
which the strap or band can be threaded and to which one end of the strap or
band is removably secured by side projections a³ engaging in slots a² in the end
of the frame, and the spring tongue D or spring tongues D D' jointed to the
outside of the frame A and adapted to engage in holes in the part of the strap or
band which is threaded through the frame A, all substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by Figs. 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 5th day of January 1895.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.