Improvements in and in the Ornamenting of Dress Belts.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Dec., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 6th Sept., 1890-Accepted, 11th Oct., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in the Ornamenting of Dress Belts.
I, ISAAC EVANS of Lionel Street in the City of Birmingham Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention relates to the production, and the ornamentation of dress belts, usually
worn by ladies, as hereinafter described.
Waist dress belts are usually ornamented, by impressing or scoring tools, which
either emboss, score, or otherwise ornament, the outside surfaces of the said belts.
My said invention, has for its object principally, the ornamentation, by setting or
inlaying the cut out parts of one belt, into the cut out parts of another, and
dissimilar colored belt, which give the said belt, so set or inlaid, a highly ornamental
effect.
In carrying out this form of my invention, I take a plain black leather belt, and a
plain white one, of the same, or nearly the same thickness, I then by means of cutting
out tools, perforate or pierce them with ornamental designs or patterns. The cut out
parts of the white belt, are then inserted, set, or inlaid within the perforations or
piercings, of the black belt, whilst the cut out parts of the black belt, are inserted or
laid within the piercings of the white belt, thereby producing belts with the
patterns or ornamental patterns of them, of a dissimilar color, which has an highly
ornamental effect.
The using of the cut out parts of one belt, for ornamentating another of a dissimilar
color, is a great advantage, as the whole of the cuttings out are utilized.
The said settings or inlayings, are affixed or secured in their assigned positions, by
an adhesive cement, or other means.
I propose to back the said belts with a canvas, leather, or other lining, to protect
the setting from injury or displacement.
The transposing of the cuttings out of one belt, to the cut out piercings of the
other, is immaterial as to color, so long as they are dissimilar, as the inlayings of one
belt may be of two or more colors, if necessary.
The cuttings out may if necessary be embossed, incised, tinted or otherwise
embellished.
In ornamenting belts according to another form of my invention, I attach by
stitching, cement or otherwise, the cuttings out of one belt, (in the case of a per-
forated belt, according to the invention described in an application made by me,
No. 6401 year 1889,) to the plain surface of an unpierced one. Thus, the ornamental
cuttings out of a white belt, are stitched, cemented or otherwise attached to, and upon
the plain outside surface of a dissimilar colored plain belt.
By ornamenting belts according to this second part of my invention, the pattern
stand out from the plain face, with sharp boundary edges, unattainable in embossed
or other raised work. Objects such as watch pockets, carried by the belt, can be
ornamented in manner as aforesaid.
Dated this 5th day of December 1889.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in the Ornamenting of Dress Belts.
1, ISAAC EVANS, of Lionel Street in the City of Birmingham, 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 primarily to the ornamentation of dress belts, or belts or
bands, usually worn by ladies around the waist.
Waist dress belts, are usually ornamented, by impressing, or scoring tools, acting
upon the outside surface in manner, that the same, have imparted to them, a desired
pattern.
By my invention, the said dress belts are ornamented or patterned, by setting or
inlaying, by inserting the cut out parts of one belt, or the cut out parts of a piece of
leather, into the cut out pierced parts of another belt, of a dissimilar color, whereby
the belt or band is ornamented.
In carrying out my invention, as an illustration, I take a plain black leather belt,
and also a plain white one, of the same, or like thicknesses. I then by means of
cutting out tools, perforate or pierce them, with ornamental designs or patterns. The
cut-out parts of the white belt, are then inserted, set, or inlayed within, the
perforations or piercings of the black belt, whilst the cut-out parts of the black belt,
are inserted or layed within the piercings of the white one, whereby a highly ornamental
effect is produced.
The employment of the cut out parts of one belt, as set ornaments for another
one of a dissimilar color, is a great advantage, as the whole of the cuttings out are
utilized.
The said settings or inlayings are affixed or secured in their assigned positions, by
an adhesive cement, or by other means.
A belt may, if desired, be inlayed with varying colored settings.
I propose to back the said belts, with a canvas, leather, or other lining, to protect the
settings, from injury or displacement.
It may be further observed, that the transposing of the cuttings out of one belt, to
the cut-out piercings of the other, is immaterial as to color.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing, represents in front elevation, a portion of
an inlaid or pattern set dress belt, or a ladies waist belt, ornamented, or patterned, and
made according to my invention.
Figure 2 represents a longitudinal section, upon the dotted lines A B Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a transverse section on the dotted lines CD of the said Figure 1,
and Figure 4 is a transverse section upon the dotted lines E F, of the said
Figure 1.
Figure 5 is a cut or stamped out pattern, intended to be set or inlayed, within a
like shaped hole or piercing made within the belt.
Figure 6 is an edge' view of the same.
Figure 7. is another example of a portion of a belt, ornamented according to my
inlaid or pattern set principle.
Figure 8 are the stamped or cut out patterns, intended to be placed within like
shaped holes or piercings.
In carrying out my invention, I take an ordinary belt a, and pierce the same, with
ornamental patterned openings b, and insert within the said openings, like shaped
patterns and affix the same in position, by cement or other means, and if necessary,
by longitudinal or cross stitchings d.
The piercings on the left hand side of the belt, are shown unset, whilst the patterns
on the right-hand side, are shown inlaid or set.
I prefer to employ dissimilar colored settings on inlayings, to that of the band to be
patterned or ornamented, and if necessary the said settings may be incised, scored,
bossed, or left plain.

page_text: The settings or inlaid patterns, are protected by a backing 1, which is sewn and made
up with the belt or band.
In practice, I prefer to insert the cut-out patterns of one belt, into the cut out
piercings of a dissimilar colored one. Thus, I take a blue colored cut out pattern c,
and insert the same in a like shaped piercing b, made within a belt or band, of a buff,
or other dissimilar color, by which means the settings are dissimilar in color to the
belt or band, so that the cut out patterns of one belt, are not wasted, but are utilized
as the settings for another.
Some of the piercings may if necessary, be inset, by which means a belt is
ornamented, by combined piercings and settings, and which piercings are left open
through the backing.
If necessary, the belt or band, after being ornamented, or set may be passed
through rolls, to give finish to the same.
Figure 9 is another illustration of ornamenting, according to my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inveu-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
:-
First An inlaid or pattern set belt or band, whereby the said belt or band, is
ornamented or patterned, substantially as described and set forth.
Secondly-An inlaid or pattern set belt, in combination with pattern piercings,
substantially as set forth.
Thirdly An inlaid or pattern set belt, with a backing or lining, for protecting
the inlayings, or settings, constituting the ornamental pattern or patterns, substantially
as described and set forth..
Dated this 30th day of Anonst, 1890.
.
Anonst
ISAAC EVANS.
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.