Harness, and the like. SECURING STRAPS &C. BY AN IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT INSTEAD OF THE PRESENT FORM OF BUCKLE
Year: 1885

page_text: Harness, and the like.
I WALTER CHIDIOCK NANGLE, Colonel late of Her Majesty's Service residing
at Beckington Castle, near Bath Somersetshire do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for SECURING STRAPS &C. BY AN IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT INSTEAD OF
THE PRESENT FORM OF BUCKLE to be as follows:-
Take as an example a strap to go round a bundle of rugs. At one end of it is
secured a sort of four sided, or suitably shaped flattened "ring," wide and high
enough to let the other end of the strap pass (round the rugs) through it. Through
the top part of this so called "ring" which may be of brass or iron or any suitable
material is placed a screw. This so called ring is fastened on to the strap by
rivets or wires or any suitable means which will leave the interior surface of the
bottom of said "ring" somewhat rough, so that, when the strap is passed round
the bundle through the so called "ring" and drawn tight the screw is turned and
so the strap secured. Where this so called "ring" is placed the strap must be
slightly wider. The bottom of the screw which presses thus on the strap is wider
than the shaft of the screw.

page_text: An Improved Fastening Contrivance or Device for Straps, Belts,
Harness, and the like..
I, WALTER CHIDIOCK NANGLE, Colonel, late of Her Majesty's Service, residing
at Beckington Castle, near Bath, Somerset, 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, reference being had
to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that
is to say :-
My Invention relates to an improved fastening contrivance or device for straps,
belts, harness and the like, whereby the inconvenience attendant on buckles at
present in use is obviated, and the necessity for holes in the strap or belt is likewise
avoided.
I proceed to describe my Invention, as applied, by way of example, to a strap
for securing a travelling rug, or a bundle of rugs,
In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1, is a side elevation of the fastening
contrivance, Fig. 2, a plan thereof, and Fig. 3, a cross section, taken on the line x, y,
of fig. 2.
My improved fastening contrivance or device consists of a rectangular, or other
suitably shaped frame, chape, or flattened ring a, of metal, or other suitable material,
to which one end A of the strap is secured, either by rivets, wires, or by other
suitable means. This frame or chape (the upper face of the bottom plate of which
is roughened) is of sufficient height and width to allow the other or free end A¹ of
the strap to be passed through. On this frame, chape, or flattened ring is a tapped
neck b, through which a vertical screw o, provided at its upper end with a milled
button or head d, of suitable shape, for operating the same, and at its lower end
this screw is provided with a flange or plate 6. On the screw being depressed,
this flange or plate is brought against the strap and secures it firmly in place. Or
the lower end of the screw, with or without the flange or plate above mentioned,
may be provided with an independent disc or plate f, seen in longitudinal section
in fig. 4, which is so arranged as not to revolve with the screw but simply to press
upon or against the free end of the strap, and to hold it in place while the revolution
of the screw causes it to bear firmly against the strap and prevents it from shifting
or becoming loosened.
The under surface of the flange, plate or disc may be roughened or striated, so
as to exert a greater grip or clamping effect on the strap.
Having now described and ascertained the nature of this invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim.:-
The improved fastening contrivance or device, substantially as herein described
and shewn in the drawings whereby the necessity for holes in the article to which
it is applied, is obviated.
Dated this 6th day of February 1886.