IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BRACE ENDS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I PATRICK WILLIAM MARTIN of 24 Great Charles Street Birmingham in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BRACE ENDS to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to manufacture brace ends in an improved
manner, and my invention relates to such brace ends as are usually formed of
cord, and in which the button loops are usually formed also of cord.
Instead of forming such button loops of a continuation of the cord as is usually
done, I attach leather button loops thereto, which are capable of enduring greater
wear and have a neater and less bulky appearance than cord loops.
I attach such leather loops to the cord by means of metallic clips, the upper ends
of which clips surround and clasp the cord and the lower ends terminate in a
perforated disc or plate-This plate is laid upon the outer side of the leather loop
and a corresponding disc is placed on the opposite side. The two discs are then
rivetted together and the union of the leather loops to the cord is secure and
complete.
GEO. DOWNING,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: I, PATRICK WILLIAM MARTIN, of 24 Great Charles Street, Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BRACE ENDS," and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of my invention is to manufacture brace ends in an improved
manner; and my invention relates to such brace ends as are usually formed of
cord, and in which the button loops are usually formed also of cord.
The word "cord" includes all materials suitable for forming the same, such as
leather, catgut, woven cord, and analogous materials.
Instead of forming such button loops of a continuation of the cord, as is usually
done, I attach leather button loops thereto, which are capable of enduring greater
wear, and have a neater and less clumsy appearance than cord loops.
I attach such leather loops to the cord by means of metallic clips, the upper
ends of which clips surround and clasp the cord, and the lower ends terminate in
a perforated disc or plate. This plate is laid upon the outer side of the leather
loop and a corresponding disc is placed on the opposite side. The two discs are
then rivetted together, and the union of the leather loops to the cord is secure and
complete.
And in order that my said invention may be more particularly described and
ascertained, reference is liereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which
similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is a front view of a plate of metal which is stamped and cut to the shape
shewn. In the process of stamping this plate, the projection a is formed which
projection is used as a hollow rivet. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of Fig. 1, in which
the form of the rivet'a is clearly seen. Fig. 4 is a washer or plate to receive the
end of the rivet a. Fig. 3 shews the form of the clip after bending, and when it
is ready to receive the end or ends of the cord or cords. cc are sharp teeth,
which are bent inwards, and which penetrate the cord, and secure the same, when
finished. The clip may be used for single cords, as shewn in Figs 5 and 6, or for
double cords, as shewn in Fig. 7.
The circular end of the clip (d) is attached to the leather brace end e, by passing
the rivet a through a hole in the brace end; the plate bis then placed on the
opposite side of the brace end and pressed close: the rivet is then struck or
pressed, so as to spread its end in the hole formed in b, which operation completes
the junction of the clip with the rivet.
In fixing the clip to the shoulder strap g (Fig. 7) two pieces of leather aro
rivetted to the clip, one being placed on each side of the shoulder strap, and united
by sewing through both pieces of the leather and the shoulder strap.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The use and manufacture of clips for uniting cords formed of catgut or other
suitable materials, to brace ends, and shoulder straps, made and constructed
substantially as described and shewn on the drawings.
2. The general arrangement and construction of the several and respective parts
together forming my improvements in the manufacture of brace ends, substantially
as herein before described and shewn on the drawings.