An Improvement in the Means of Fastening Straps, Belts, and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in the Means of Fastening Straps, Belts, and the like.
I, SAMUEL MARSH, Westminster House, Gildredge Road, Eastbourne, Sussex,
Notary Public, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of two laps of wire or some suitable metal or substance
so made in themselves or so fastened to each other or to a plate or to the strap
that they are fixed one above the other a little apart the upper lip being pre-
ferably smaller in size than the under one to give only sufficient space for the
strap to pass perpendicularly down between the two lips.
There must be an opening between both lips and the opposite side of the strap
where permanently attached to the holder or fastener large enough for the strap
to pass freely through. To fasten or connect the end of the strap to the fastener
it is (after compassing the article or articles around or over which the strap is
required) passed up through the aforesaid opening and over the top of the
upper and smaller lip and down through the interstice between the two lips
and parallel to the other part of the strap. Immediately that part of the
strap which forms the band is made taut the lip side of the band aided by the
resistance from the upper lip presses or nips the end part of the strap against
the lower lip and fixes it there most securely and however tight the end strap
may be pulled it does not afterwards slip back or loosen. It is only when the
pressure by the under strap against the strap end and the lower lip is removed
that it becomes possible to loosen the strap or to pull the strap end out from
between the two lips. To remove the pressure and loosen the strap the fastener
has only to be slightly turned up or down or away on its lip side from the
strap end.
In order to put the strap into position quickly and to keep the end from
slipping through the lips without a sharp pull when the strap is loosened the
end (if necessary) is stiffened by the application thereto of some suitable substance.
In some cases to make the fastener more effective the surfaces of the strap
have grooves or indentations from edge to edge or may be specially prepared
for the purpose of increasing its clinging power or friction where it may be
necessary.
To the back part of the lips where the strap is permanently attached a safety
pin or spring levers arrangement may be made as part of the fastener or fixed
thereto so that the strap end can be transfixed by the pin or held between the
two levers or a lever and plate-the hemmed edge of the strap end preventing
it from slipping through when the strap is tightened from the other end.
Instead of lips as hereinbefore described I may use a frame of any convenient
shape and size and on the frame a rim or har of sufficient thickness is so fixed
that on the side opposite to that which is to be permanently attached to the
strap only sufficient opening is left for the strap (which has been pushed up
through the opening on the other side of and over the bar or rim) to pass through

page_text: and down as herein before described in connection with the said lips and with
the same result.
Wherever the word "strap" is used it is meant to refer as well to belt band
and the like.
Dated this 25th day of December 1899.
An Improvement in the Means of Fastening Straps, Belts, and the like.
I, SAMUEL MARSH, of Westminster House, Gildredge Road, Eastbourne, Sussex,
Notary Public, 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:-
My invention consists of a fastener for straps belts and the like formed by
placing or making a lip bridge or cross bar on or as part of an open frame which
frame is of any convenient shape but the openings must not be longer than the
strap is wide.
The position of the lip bridge or cross bar must be sufficiently near to the
fastening side of the frame--usually allowing a space not more than equal to
twice the thickness of the strap-and sufficiently higher than the level of such
side that the bridge will by its resistance to the outward pull or strain of the
strap when in use as hereinafter described cause that part of the strap which is
in tension next to the fastening side of the frame to firmly fix and hold against
sucli side the loose end of the strap which has been pulled under and beyond
it. To bring about this effect the loose end of the strap is passed round the
article to be enclosed, up through the opening in the frame next to the side
to which the other end of the strap is attached. over the bridge, down through
the smaller opening between the bridge and the fastening side of the frame,
and under such fastening side and between it and the gripping part of the strap
and then pulled tight.
To remove the retaining pressure and loosen the strap it is only necessary
to slightly lift up the fastening side of the frame from the strap.
In the accompanying drawing Figures 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 illustrate the forms
in which the fasteners can be made. For some uses they are preferably made
convex as shewn by Figure 7 and as a double fastener as shewn by Figure 4.
Fig. 2 illustrates the manner in which the strap is attached to the side of the
single fastener and passed through the openings therein and Figure 3 illus-
trates the gripping effect caused by tightening the strap and the resistance
from the bridge.
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The letter A indicate the bridge of the fastener. "B" the fastening side
of the frame. C" " and "D" the openings through which the strap. passes E"
the side to which the strap is attached for a single fastener "F" the point where
the loose end of the strap is fixed in position by the part in tension.
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. A fastener for straps belts and the like the novelty of which is a raised
lip bridge or bar in such a position on or in connection with an open frame that
when the loose end of the strap, after being passed round the article to be
enclosed up through the frame over and between the bridge and the near side

page_text: of the frame and under it, is drawn tight the tense part of the strap will firmly
nip and hold such loose end of the strap against the under part of such near side
of the frame.
2. A fastener for straps belts and the like formed or made in the manner
and with the effect herein before described and as illustrated in the accompany-
ing drawing.