Improvements in Buckles and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Feb., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 10th Nov., 1891-Accepted. 24th Dec. 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by CHARLES HENRY FARMER, of 224, West
59th Street, New York, United States of America, Manufacturer.]
Improvements in Buckles and the like.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to that class of buckles and clasps in which the web is
held between two connected parts of the frame which seize it frictionally or by
means of blunt serrations without penetrating the same the button hole straps
being suitably connected to such frame.
The present improvement is embodied in a buckle having a wire back frame or
body and a wire presser-bar hinged thereon, the frame or body having a transverse
clamping bar connecting the ends, and being provided with a convex bow or open
loop, broader elsewhere than at its neck, extending and outwardly from its side
opposite the hinge. The said presser-bar is formed of a single wire, doubled
centrally to form an elongated loop, the parts of which stand at a slight distance
from each other and are adapted to spring laterally into the bow or loop on the
frame and to be held therein, to serve as a locking and unlocking lever, extending
beyond the open loop or bow, while the ends diverge, bearing on the front surface
of the web, opposite to the said clamping bar, and their extremities - encircle the
back frame on the side opposite the convex bow. The straps which extend to the
pants buttons are connected to this frame by a hook and ring, or otherwise.
Dated this 10th day of February 1891.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Buckles and the like.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 to the class of buckles and clasps in which the web is held
between two connected parts of the frame, which seize it frictionally or by means
of blunt serrations without penetrating through it, the button-hole straps being
suitably connected to such frame.
My present improvements is embodied in a buckle having a wire back frame or
body and a wire presser-bar hinged thereon, the frame provided with a convex bow
or open loop extending outwardly from its side opposite the hinge and the presser
bar being formed of a single wire doubled centrally to form an elongated loop.
adapted to spring laterally into the bow or loop on the frame and to be held therein
to serve as a locking and unlocking lever, while the ends diverge, bearing with
pressure on the front surface of the web, their extremities encircling the back
frame on the side opposite the convex bow. The straps which extend to the
trouser buttons are connected to this frame by a hook and ring or otherwise.
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page_text: Figure 1 is a front view and,
Figure 2 a rear view of a suspender-end with my improved buckle applied
thereto.
Figure 3 is a vertical central section of the same.
Figures 4 and 5 are perspective views of the buckle alone in its open and its
closed position.
A represents the wire body or main frame of the buckle and B a toothed strip
of sheet metal secured to the ends of said frame and extending across the back of
the web C, with which its teeth engage as in Figure 2. D is a sheet metal sleeve
into which the ends of the wire forming the frame A. enter. E is the presser-bar
formed of a single wire, its extremities encircling the wire forming the lower edge
of the frame A at each end of the sleeve D and constituting a hinge connecting the
two members of the clasp or buckle, so that they may open out, as in Figure 4, to
permit its adjustment up or down upon the web, and close as in Figures 1, 3, and 5,
to clamp the buckle in position for use.
The device for locking the frames together is peculiar to my invention.
Opposite to the hinge and sleeve D the frame-wire A is bent outwardly and
obliquely backward into a short and broad bulging loop F, slightly narrower in its
neck than elsewhere. Into this open loop the narrow elongated lever G enters,
such lever being the upward extension of the presser-bar E and formed by doubling
centrally the wire forming said presser-bar. From the foot of this doubled portion,
the wire ends diverge horizontally and extend in front of and. parallel with the
toothed bar B on a line just below the points of the teeth b punctured therefrom.
These ends then turn downward and are bent around the lower portion of the
frame A to form a hinge, as stated. The ends of the frame A are bent toward the
front immediately above the points of attachment of the toothed strip B.
The locking action of the device is due to the lateral yielding of the loop F and
lever G, the sides of the former springing slightly apart at the neck and those of
the latter approaching each other when the lever is pressed into the loop, the
spring action retaining them in engagement and clamping the web between the
cross-bar B and presser-bar E until it is desired to again adjust the buckle up or
down, when the parts of the lock are disengaged by a slight pressure. The strain
upon the buckle in use being vertical at a right angle to the clamping movement
of the frame and bar, does not tend to disengage them, and the spring lock is
effective..
The means shown for connecting the button-straps S and their ring R to the
buckle consist of the wire hook H doubled centrally bent to proper shape, and
having terminal trunnions extending in opposite directions from the longitudinal
center of the sleeve D. The portion broken away in Figure 5 shows this con-
struction. Instead of this hook connection the straps may be otherwise attached to
the buckle-frame.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
First. A clasp or buckle comprising two bent-wire clamping-frames, hinged the
one around the other at their lower edges and an attaching device or hook H for
the button-strap ring, connected to the hinged edge of the frame, the upper edge of
one frame opposite to said hook having centrally an upwardly and rearwardly bent
open loop or bow broader elsewhere than at its neck, and the other frame having a
central vertical lever G projecting materially beyond the loop F and formed of a
doubled wire the folds of which are not in contact, but are adapted to approach
each other and spring into the loop F and be held by its contracted neck, said
frames having each an intermediate transverse clamping portion bearing upon the
web, substantially as set forth.

page_text: Second. In a wire buckle the body or frame A the central serrated cross strip B
and the bulging open loop F curving outwardly from the upper edge of said body
in combination with the presser bar E, encircling at its ends the lower bar of the
body A and having a central vertical lever or elongated loop G extending through
and beyond the open loop F to serve as an unlocking lever and formed of doubled
wire, the parts of which stand at some distance from each other and are arranged
to spring laterally between and engage with the walls of said bulging loop to
lock the frames together, while the intermediate portion of the said presser-bar
bears transversely upon the web in front of the cross-strip B substantially as set
forth.
Dated this 10th dox of November 1891
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.