Improvements in the Fastenings of Waist Belts and Straps.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application. 9th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 9th July, 1891-Accepted, 11th Aug., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Fastenings of Waist Belts and Straps.
I, GEORGE LOUIS PLATNAUER, Assistant Manager to Electro Plate Manu-
facturer, of 310 Monument Road, Birmingham in the County of Warwick do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to certain improvements in, or applicable to the fastenings
to "waist belts or straps.
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In "waist belts or "straps" so far as I know the fastenings are mostly made of
metal or some similar hard substance.
The object of my invention is to provide fastenings to "straps" or waist belts,
that shall have no metal or similar hard substance.
According to my invention, the one end of the strap or waist belt (which shall be
made of leather, or similar material) has a pear shape (or similar pattern) hole cut
in it, the point of the pear being away from this end of strap or waist-belt. In the
other end or tongue of strap or waist belt (which shall also be made of leather
or similar substance) I cut two or more slits or nitches, made from the edges of
strap or waist-belt. These slits shall be at right angles to the sides of tongue edge,
and an equal number of slits on either side of tongue, each two or pair being in a
straight line with one another.
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The tongue may then be passed through the pear shaped hole of other end,
parallel with the edges of "strap or waist-belt," and by then turning the tongue,
the tongue will catch in, or may be adapted, to any pair of slits or nitches as
required.
Dated this Seventh day of October 1893.
GEORGE LOUIS PLATNAUER.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Fastenings of Waist Belts and Straps.
I, GEORGE LOUIS PLATNAUER, Assistant Manager to Electro Plate Manu-
facturer, of 310 Monument Road, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick 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 pertains to waist belts or straps, principally to be worn by
gymnasts and athletes, and consists in means for connecting or uniting together the
ends or the terminal parts, without metallic fittings or furniture.
By my said invention, the means of connection is made from out of the leather
or material of the belt, band or strap, as hereinafter described.
According to one form of my improvements in connection with a leather waist
belt, one end of the band has a pear or like shaped hole or piercing cut from its
middle part, and which is adapted to form the she connection part of the belt.
The other end has its edges provided with a series of nitches or gaps, with each
pair preferably coming lignable, at right angles to the direction of the band, and
at distances apart, to admit of length adjustment.
The extremity of the said last-named end, coming forward of the first pair of
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page_text: nitches or gaps, forms a shouldered tongue which is preferably rounded off, and
makes the lead when the said gapped-edged end is being threaded through the
pear-shaped opening, in making the connection of one end with the other.
In a further form of my invention, one pair of gaps only is made upon the one
end, whilst the other end is provided with a series of pear-shaped openings, for
length adjustment.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents, in front elevation, a fastened
belt, with the ends made, or provided with fastening or connection means, in
accordance with one form of my invention.
Figure 2 represents an edge view of the same.
Figure 3 represents a horizontal section of the front portion of the belt taken
upon the dotted lines x-x Figure 1.
Figure 4 represents the pierced and she end of the belt, showing the he end being
introduced through the piercing.
Figure 5 shows the she end of the belt, separately, and Figure 6 the he or other
end, separately.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in Figures 1 to 6.
a is the belt or band, having terminal ends a¹, a²; the end a', which I call the
she end, has a single taper-sided piercing a³, with the narrow part a*, lying inwards
or towards the body of the band, and with the enlarged part a, being presented to
the extremity a', of the end a¹.
The other end a², which I call the he end of the belt, has upon its two opposite
edges a', a, a series of opposite gaps or notches a, disposed at equal distances
apart, to admit of length adjustment.
The tip a, of the belt end a³, lying forward of the first part of gaps, forms a
tongue or lead for introducing the said end through the opening a", in the she end
aforesaid, whilst the middle distance between the inner ends of the gaps on each
side of the one part, is equal to the greatest breadth of the piercing in the
other part.
In fastening the belt, or making the connection of one end with the other,
first pass the shouldered tongue part of the he end, from the back, through the
opening in the she end, when the one end is nearly at right angles to the other,
and when one or other of the pairs of gaps come opposite the edges of the
piercing, then the said he part is turned or rotated, and the gaps are made to
infibulate or engage with the sides of the piercing of the other part, and then on
taut being put upon the band, the ends become united, without the employment of
any further connection means. Instead of the end a being introduced through
the piercing a', from the back, it may, with equal advantage, be introduced from
the front, so that the loose end comes upon the inside of the belt, and next to the
body.
Figure 7 a front elevation of a fastened belt inade according to a further and
modified form of my invention, in which only one pair of gaps upon one end is
employed, thus forming a tongue piece, whilst the other end of the helt or band
has a series of pear-shaped openings, to admit of the band being adjusted to varying
waists.
Thus, in this modification, the length adjustment is effected from the she side of
the belt, instead of from the he side as in the first arrangement.
Figure 8 represents a back view of the said belt, whilst Figure 9 represents the
he end, and Figure 10 the she end, separately.
Figures 11 and 12 are edge views of Figures 9 and 10.
a is the band, a' the she end and a² the he end. a10 is the tongue of the latter
part, and a is a pair of gaps or nitches, with a space between their inner ends about
equal to the breadth of the larger part of one of the series of openings a³, lying
within the middle of the other part a¹.
Connection of the ends is made in the same way as already described in respect
to the first arrangement, whilst the differential adjustment is made by passing the

page_text: tongue piece through one or other of the openings, according to the length
required, instead of, as in the first arrangement, passing the shouldered tongue
forward to one or other of the pairs of gaps or nitches.
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. Connecting or uniting the ends of waist belts, bands and straps together,
by a gapped or nitched edged end of the one part, engaging with an opening, or a
pear-shaped opening, of the other part, substantially as described and set forth in
Figures 1 to 6.
Secondly. Connecting or uniting the ends of waist belts, bands and straps
together, by a tongue piece, or a shouldered tongue piece, of the one part, engaging
with an opening, or a pear-shaped opening, or with one or other of a series of
openings, in the other part, substantially as described and set forth in
Figures 7 to 12.
DL: AL 1
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GEORGE LOUIS PLATNAUER,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.