SPRING FASTENINGS FOR SHOE BUCKLES
Year: 1789

page_text: KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that whereas His present
Majesty King George the Third hath, by His Royal Letters Patent, bearing
date at Westminster, the Eighth day of December last, been graciously
pleased to give and grant unto JOHN MAXWELL, of Brook Street, Holborn, in
the Parish of Saint Andrew above Bars, in the County of Middlesex, Buckle
Maker, his exors, adñiors, and assigns, for fourteen years from the date of the
said Letters Patent, especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, to
make, exercise, and vend, in His Dominions of England, Wales, and Town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, his said Invention of "SPRING FASTENINGS FOR SHOE
BUCKLES," which is represented in the Drawings, and constructed, executed,
and further described in manner following, first:-
Fig. 1st represents the shape, with the bar extending on each side. The
end a has a hole drilled through; the other end at 6 is a catch, rivetted and
prepared to receive the latch No. 1.
Fig. 2 represents the plate on which the whole depends, & has a mortice
hole through the narrow end. At a, the cheeks of the mortice are drilled
through to receive the pin or rivet on which the barr of the chape Fig. 1 at a
is jointed & turns. At 6 is a hole drilled into the mortice, & screwed to
receive the screwed pin which holds that end of the fastening firm in that side
of the buckle next the toe. At c on the plate is a hole to rivet the strap
spring No. 3 on, which lies in the mortice. At d is a hole to rivet the latch
At the end of the plate is a square hole through. At e is a hole
to rivet on the latch spring No. 2. The end of the plate is turned up square,
& through the square part is a hole to receive the steady pin at the broad
end of the latch spring No. 2, & an oblong hole for the latch to pass through
and move in. Atff, are two guides, turn'd down at a proper distance, to

page_text: receive and guide the catch b, Fig. 1. At g, g, are two holes, drilled and
screwed to receive two screws to fasten it into that side of the buckle next to
the instep.
Fig. 3 represents the component parts put together in their proper places,
and screwed into the buckle, shewing the under side thereof, being fixed at a
convenient distance from the under part of the rim of the buckle to admit the
strapp D, D, betwixt that and the plate. The latch spring steady pin No. 2,
being put into the hole made to receive it, must be then rivetted on firm. The
latch No. 1, being put through the oblong hole and brought to its place, must
be rivetted; the rivet being made secure, the latch moving thereon covers half
way over the square hole which is made through the plate to admit the head
of the catch to pass the latch. The strap spring No. 3, being put into the
mortice, must be rivetted on firm. Then put the end of the barr a, Fig. 1,
into the mortice, the sides of which are an effectual stay to the barr, and then
rivet it in. Then, by bringing the chape forward, the rising part of the bar
presseth the spring No. 3 through the mortice against the strap D, D, &
confines it against the under part of the rim of the buckle that it cannot
possibly be lost; and the end of the bar b, where the catch is rivetted, passing
between the guides ff, the latch gives back till the catch is quite in its place,
and then the latch spring forces it into the place prepared to receive it into the
catch, & cannot be released but by drawing the latch back by the end which
comes through a corresponding oblong hole through the bridge of the buckle
next the instep at 6, which is done with the utmost ease. At E, E, are the
screws which hold it in the buckle. The other screw cannot be seen at this
view, but is put through the centre of the bridge next the toe into the mortice.
These fastenings are made for the right and left feet, and cannot possibly be
mistaken. The springs and latch are made of steel, and tempered. The holes
are countersunk on both sides for the rivet ends. The other parts are made
of steel, iron, or other metal.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Eighth
day of January, in the thirtieth year of the reign of our Sovereign
Lord George the Third, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France,
and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, &c. &c. &c., and in the
year of our Lord One thousand cavan hundred and ninater
JOHN
(L.B.) MAXWELL.
Signed, sealed, and delivered, being first
duly stamped, in the presence of us,
BP KIRKHAM.
W. V. HEARTWELL.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Eighth day of January, in the
year of our Lord 1790, the aforesaid John Maxwell came before our said
Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification afore-
said, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form above
written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stampt according to the
tenor of the Statutes made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord One
thousand seven hundred and ninety.