AN IMPROVED MAXHRACTURE OF BUCKLE
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Keats, of Leek, in the County of Stafford,
Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED
MAXHRACTURE OF BUCKLE."
Sealed the 1st February 1870, and dated the 25th November 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Keats at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
25th November 1869.
I, JOHN KEATS, of Leek, in the County of Stafford, Boot and Shoe
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF BUCKLE," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a novel mode of manufacturing what is
known as the anchor buckle, the chief object being to reduce the cost
of its manufacture. Out of thin sheet metal (using brass in preference)
I stamp the rectangular or other shaped frame of the buckle, forming
at the same time the central bar, from which projects on one side the
anchor that is to connect the buckle to its strap, and on the other side
an extension piece for lapping over the bar and thereby forming a

page_text: socket for the tongue of the buckle. The central bar I pierce transversely
with an elongated hole to receive the tongue of the buckle; this
tongue I stamp out also from sheet metal, forming it with a cross bar at
its root end. To give the buckle frame shape, strength, and finish I
hollow it at the back, rounding it at the same time at the front in
suitable dies, and the tongue I then insert in its place, passing its point
through the elongated hole from the back; the extension picce I then
fold back over the cross bar of the tongue and press back the anchor out
of line with the frame. The buckle may then be finished by lacquering
or otherwise as desired.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Keats in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
25th May 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, Jonn
KEATS, of Leek, in the County of Stafford, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date, the Twenty-fifth day of November, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said John Keats, Her special licence that I,
the said John Keats, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said John Keats, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times, thereafter during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle
of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF BUCKLE,'
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Keats, my
exccutors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Keats, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in. what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference_ being had to the Drawing hereunto
annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to
say) :-
:-
This Invention relates to a novel mode of manufacturing what is
known as the anchor buckle, the chief object being to reduce the cost of
its manufacture. To this end I stamp the buckle out of thin sheet metal
(using for small sizes sheet brass in preference), thereby forming it in
one piece, and I complete the buckle by the addition thereto of the
tongue, which is also made in a similar manner.
In the accompanying Drawing Fig. 1 shews in plan view and on an
enlarged scale the form of the buckle blank as it leaves the stamping
dies; and Figures 2 the tongue for the same; Fig. 3 is a plan view of
the finished buckle; Fig. 4 is an edge view of the same; and Fig. 5 is
a longitudinal section through the middle of the buckle..
a, a, is the frame of the buckle, which may be rectangular, as shewn,
or of any other approved form; 6 is the central bar, from which projects
on one side the anchor c that is to connect the buckle to one end of the
band or strap it is intended to fasten. On the other side of the bar is
an extension piece 6' for lapping under the bar, and a similar provision
is made at a to lap under one side of the frame, and present a rounded
edge to the leather or other strap which the buckle is intended to fasten.
The central bar is pierced transversely with an elongated hole a to
receive the tongue e of the buckle, and the extension piece b when bent
back as shewn at Fig. 5 forms a socket for the tongue to rock in. An
indent f is made in the frame of the buckle for the point of the tongue
to lie in. The tongue I stamp out from sheet metal and form it with a
cross bar at its root end. To give the buckle frame shape, strength, and
finish I hollow it at the back, rounding it at the same time at the front
in suitable dies, and the tongue I then insert in its place, passing its
point through the clongated hole from the back; the extension piece b¹
I then fold back over the cross bar of the tongue and thereby secure the
tongue in position; I also fold back the extension piece a', and press
back the anchor out of line with the frame or into the position shewn at
Fig. 5. The buckle may then be finished by lacquering or otherwise, as
desired.

page_text: The dotted lines in Fig. 1 indicate the lines in which the parts a', b',
and c are folded or bended back. When making large buckles I propose
to stamp them out of strong sheet iron or steel heated to redness, in
which state the blanks may be shaped up without risk of cracking.
Having now set forth the nature of my Invention of "An Improved
Manufacturo of Buckle," and explained the manner of carrying the
same into effect, I wish it to be understood that under the above in
part recited Letters Patent I claim, constructing anchor buckles from
sheet metal in the manner above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Keats, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the Twenty-third day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.