IMPROVEMENTS IN BUCKLES
Year: 1881

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jules Belicard at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd June 1881.
"
JULES BELICARD, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Civil Engineer.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BUCKLES."
This Invention relates to that class of buckles in which the straps or bands are
hold or kept tight by jamming or friction, there being no holes in the straps nor
spikes in the buckles, the object of the Invention being to prevent the possibility
of the straps from slipping or loosening when in use; and to attain this object I
employ an improved form and arrangement of the jamming part, and use an arm
or lever. To the central pin or bearing fixed to the frame of the buckle is jointed
the stationary part of the buckle, and on the pin there is a moveable jam, which
is either notched or plain as required, and to one end of the frame of the bucklo
is jointed the locking arın or lever. When the buckle is to be used the strap or
band is passed through the front of the buckle frame, and the jam pressed upon it,
and after the strap is brought through the space at the back of the frame and
pulled tight, the locking arm is brought over it to prevent any loosening or slipping
of the strap, there being a catch on the buckle frame for preventing the locking
arm from shifting, and this improved buckle can be used with great advantage
and certainty for boots and shoes, leggings, skates, driving bands, harness, knap-
sacks, travelling bags, and for any purpose or object in which buckles for fastening
are required.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Jules Belicard in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 22nd
December 1881.
JULES BELICARD, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Civil Engineer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BUCKLES."
This Invention relates to that class of buckles in which the straps or bands
are held by jamming, there being no holes in the straps nor spikes in the buckles,
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page_text: the object of the Invention being to prevent the straps or bands from slipping or
loosening when in use. For this purpose in all the varied forms and sizes of
buckles I use in each a locking arm or lever, and I may here state that this locking
arm or lever is the main feature of my Invention, it being understood that these
improved buckles can be used with great advantage and certainty for boots and
shoes, leggings, skates, harness, braces, body bands, knapsacks, gaiters, belts,
bracelets, and for all the various objects or purposes for or in which buckles are
required.
In one arrangement of my improved buckles the central pin or bearing connected
to the frame of each buckle has jointed to it the stationary part of the buckle, and
on the pin there is a moveable jam which is either notched or plain as required,
and to one end of the frame of the bucklo is jointed the locking arm or lever, and
in the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, represent
detached parts of this buckle; Fig. 9 is a plan of the buckle without the straps
and the locking lever in its unlocked position; Fig. 10 a plan of the bucklo with
the straps in position, and the buckle locked; Fig. 11 a side view of the straps,
one connected to the stationary part of the buckle and the other jammed by the
jamming lever; and Fig. 12 a side view of the buckle and straps in their locked
position, and in the various Figures a represents the frame of the buckle; b, the
central pin; c, the part permanently fixed to one side of the article to be
buckled; d, the jamming arm or lever ; c, f, the straps; and g, the locking arm or
lever.
When the buckle has to be used the band or strap e is passed through the front
opening h, Fig. 1, and the jamming arm or lever à pressed upon it, after which
the strap is passed through the space i, Fig. 1, and under the back part of the
frame, as shown in Figs. 10 and 12, and when the strap is pulled tightly the
locking arm or lover g is brought over it to prevent the strap from slipping or
loosening, there being a catch k, Figs. 1, 9, and 10, for preventing the locking arm
from shifting until required; Figs. 13, 14, and 15 are plans of buckles in which the
locking arın or lever is simply a spring plato without a hooked end, and Fig. 16
is a plan and Fig. 17 a side view of a buckle in which the locking arm m has at
the front a hook or catch which when the strap is in its proper position is brought
over the front end of the frame to lock the strap to the buckle, and Fig. 18 is a
plan of a buckle adapted for braces, the locking arm or lever being shewn detached
in Fig. 19, and the course of the strap or webbing in the section, Fig. 20.
Having now described the nature and particulars of my said Invention, I desire
it to be understood that I claim the arrangements of buckles, each with a locking
arm or lever, as shewn on the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, and also the
application of locking arms or levers to all descriptions and sizes of buckles used
for any purpose whatever.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jules Belicard, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.
Witness,
CHA. W. COLLINS,
Engineer & Patent Agent,
Manchester,
JULES BELICARD. (L.S.)