IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACES
Year: 1884

page_text: I, FRANK STUBBS of Askern, near Doncaster in the County of York, Draper's
Assistant, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN BRACES" to be as follows:-
My improvements in braces consist in a new combination and arrangement of
parts whereby the said braces are rendered more durable, and more comfortable to
the person wearing them.
To enable me to carry out my Invention I employ for the middle part of the
brace, the usual elastic or other kind of webbing or girthing.
For connecting the webbing to the trowsers at the back thereof, I attach to the
said webbing a neat piece of bright or nickeled silver, and to this nickeled silver
fastening I attach six spiral springs, divided into two sets of three each, each set
of which are attached at their opposite ends, to another nickeled silver fastening
which also receives the end of a short narrow piece of webbing, having at their
opposite ends a button hole, or a piece of bent steel, or iron wire for hooking onto
the button or other device attached to the trowsers for that purpose.
The webbing which comes over the shoulders for attachment to the front part
of the trowsers is connected to a suitably shaped nickeled silver fastening, by
means of a buckle, or a piece of metal hinged at the back of the said fastening,
which hinged metal has serrated edges for firmly holding the webbing. To the
nickeled silver fastening last mentioned are connected six or other convenient
number of spiral springs, their opposite ends being attached to another suitably
shaped fastening provided with a piece of bent wire having a runner or anti-friction
roller thereon, over which passes a double ended narrow piece of webbing, provided
at each end with button holes, or bent metal wire for hooking onto buttons, or
other devices in place thereof.
By the combination of parts herein described, strong, durable, and elastic braces
are produced.

page_text: I, FRANK STUBBS of Askern, near Doncaster, in the County of York, Draper's
Assistant do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
BRACES," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My improvements in braces consist in a new combination and arrangement of
parts whereby the said braces are rendered more durable, and more comfortable
to the person wearing them.
In order that the invention may be better understood, reference is made to the
accompanying Sheet of drawings which illustrates my improvements:
Fig 1 is elevation of a pair of braces, A showing front end and B back end
thereof, C is an ordinary piece of webbing capable of adjustment in regard to its
length by means of a buckle D which may be of any suitable construction.
My improvements consist in a peculiar combination and arrangement of spiral
springs which are connected to each end of the webbing by suitably shaped metal
loops E. One end of each of the three springs F are attached to the loop E by
passing through a hole formed in the lower end of the said loop, or by hanging
onto a short cross bar passing through eyes in the loop; or other convenient means
of attachment may be employed as found most practical.
The three spiral springs F are connected at the bottom ends to a ring G, which
ring is also fastened to the cross bar H, the said bar being connected to the upper
ends of two sets of springs I and J, which are connected to short pieces of
webbing K employed for the purpose of being attached to the trowsers either by
a hole formed in the bottom of the webbing, or by means of a wire loop L. When
the wire loop L is used I prefer to use it in combination with the fastening M,
see Figs 2 and 3 where the former shews elevation, and the latter edge view
thereof. This fastening M is attached to the trowsers by means of pins a which
are turned down at the back of the cloth somewhat after the manner of paper
fasteners.
The arrangement of spiral springs at the back end of the braces are the same as
those in front, and it must be understood that a cord is placed and connected
within each spiral spring, so as to determine how far the springs shall stretch or
open out.
It must also be understood that the three springs F must be equal in
strength to the four springs I and J, so as to prevent one section of springs from
expanding more than the other.
A second arrangement of springs is shewn in Fig. 4 where six spiral springs S
are arranged side by side, the upper end being connected to the webbing C by a
suitable connection N, whilst the other end is connected to another connection P
provided with a hook 6 for receiving the metal loop c which is attached to the short
lengths of webbing K.
A third arrangement is shown in Fig 5 where instead of employing the
webbing K, a suitable cord R is used which passes over a small anti friction
roller d.
By the arrangement of spiral springs used in combination with webbing as
herein shown and described, durable and easy wearing braces are produced a
desideratum greatly desired and a long felt want supplied.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is,
In combination with webbing, the peculiar arrangement of spiral springs and
their means of attachment, substantially as herein shewn and described.
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TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Patent Agents,
Commercial Street, Halifax,
Agents for the Applicant.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Patent Agents,
Commercial Street, Halifax,
Agents for the Applicant.