Improvements in Bandings for Belts, Straps, and other purposes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 6th Mar., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bandings for Belts, Straps, and other purposes.
I, PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN of the Firm of Martin and Martins, of
Granville Street, in the City of Birmingham, Leather Goods 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 belts, bands and suspender lengths for personal wear,
such as ladies ornamental waist bands, garters, harness and saddlery straps, braces
and suspenders and other like purposes, and has for its object, a non-metallic chain
belt, composed of an assembled series of (preferably) leather or like links.
The said chain-belt, band or length consists of a series of linked-together or
staple shaped perforated and successively infibulated blanks, cut, for preference,
from scrap leather or like soft material.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents a non-metallic chain belt,
band or length made according to my invention.
Figure 2 is an edge view of the same, whilst Figure 3 is a longitudinal section
upon the dotted line x, Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a horizontal section upon the dotted line a¹, Figure 2.
Figure 5 represents an edge view and a section of one of the cut-out blanks
separately and in the flat.
Figure 6 is a plan of the same.
Figure 7 is a plan of the said blank bent up into a staple-shaped figure and in a
position suitable for the passage through its coincident pierced ends of the next
adjacent link, which, to effect this, is first doubled upon itself in its longer
direction.
Figure 8 represents an edge view and a section of Figure 7.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures
of the drawing.
In carrying out the production of a belt or like length Figure 1 according to my
invention, a series of blanks a, of a shape such as represented in Figures 5 and 6,
and preferably having a waist or narrow part a', and elliptical piercings a², in the
head ends a, are taken. The first of these links is bent up into the staple form
shown in Figure 7, and the next blank is bent nearly upon itself in its longer
direction and then inserted through the coincident piercings a³, up to about the
narrowed middle part when the said second blank is opened out and bent into a like
staple-shaped figure as the first one, and this operation is repeated with each
successive length until the desired length of banding has been formed.
I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the exact shape of link
shown in the drawing, which may be varied without departing from the nature of
my invention.
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 :-
A belt or band for personal and other wear, consisting of or comprising a series

page_text: of connected-together and pierced staple-shaped links made from leather or other
pliant non-metallic substance.
Dated this 6th day of January 1897.
PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN,
By Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.