A NEW OR IMPROVED FASTENER, APPLICABLE AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR BUCKLES AND SUCH LIKE PURPOSES.
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Deverna, of Liverpool, in the
County of Lancaster, for the Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED
FASTENER, APPLICABLE AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR BUCKLES AND SUCH LIKE
PURPOSES.'
Sealed the 7th August 1868, and dated the 13th February 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward
Deverna at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 18th February 1868.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD DEVERNA, of Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"A NEW OR IMPROVED FASTENER, APPLICABLE AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR BUCKLES
AND SUCH LIKE PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a new or improved construction of fastener
to be used for all the purposes to which buckles or such like fasteners are
applicable, as well as for other similar purposes. The fastener consists
of a plate or frame of metal having two side pieces attached thereto.
One end of the plate is turned up, and two openings or spaces are cut
out of such end, the division between the two spaces forming a bar,
around which the strap or band is attached, the upper space serving to
receive the other end or tab of the strap or band; the sides are pro-

page_text: longed beyond the plate, and contain a roller having a series of divisions
or fluted spaces with angular ribs or projections between them; the tab
of the strap or band is to be passed through the space between the plate
. and roller, and drawn upwards and above the upper part of the plate,
and, finally, through the aperture in the curved end of the plate.
Within the side pieces a flat finger plate is hinged, and provided with
a spring at the end nearest the curved end of the under plate on which
the spring bears; the other end of the spring plate comes sufficiently
near the roller as to keep the strap or band in contact with the roller,
thus when the strap or band is passed through the fastener it will be
impossible to loosen or withdraw it until the spring plate is tilted by
pressure of the finger so as to increase the space between it and the
roller; and until this is done the tighter the strap or band is pulled
the firmer it becomes fastened.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Edward Deverna in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 13th August 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD DEVERNA, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of February, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
first year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Edward Deverna, Her
special licence that I, the said William Edward Deverna, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William
Edward Deverna, 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, excrcise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain, and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "A NEW OR IMPROVED FASTENER, APPLICABLE AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR
BUCKLES AND SUCH LIKE PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said William Edward Deverna, my executors or adminis-

page_text: trators, 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Edward Deverna, 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 :-
My Invention relates to a new or improved construction of fastener
to be used for all the purposes to which buckles or such like fasteners are
applicable, as well as for other similar purposes. The fastener consists.
of a plate or frame of metal having two side pieces attached thereto,
one end of the plate is turned up, and two openings or spaces are cut
out of such end, the division between the two spaces forming a bar
around which the strap or band is attached, the upper space serving to
receive the other end or tab of the strap or band, the sides are prolonged
beyond the plate, and contain a roller having a series of divisions or
fluted spaces with angular ribs or projections between them, the tab of
the strap or band is to be passed through the space between the plate
and roller, and drawn upwards and above the upper part of the plate,
and finally through the aperture in the curved end of the plate.
Within the side picces a flat finger plate is hinged, and provided with
a spring at the end nearest the curved end of the under plate on which
the spring bears, the other end of the spring plate comes sufficiently
near the roller to keep the strap or band in contact with the roller;
thus when the strap or band is passed through the fastener it will
be impossible to loosen or withdraw it until the spring plate is tilted.
by pressure of the finger so as to increase the space between it and the
roller; and until this is done the tighter the strap or band is pulled the
firmer it becomes fastened.
In order that my said Invention may be completely understood,
I annex the accompanying Drawings, in which Fig. 1 represents a top
view of the fastener, and Fig. 2 an under plan view; Fig. 3 being a
side view, and Fig. 4 a section of the same. Similar letters denoting
corresponding parts in each Figure.

page_text: a, represents the frame of the fastener, in which two apertures b, b,
are cut for permitting the strap to be attached to the intervening solid
portion of the frame; c is the fluted roller at the other end of the plate;
and d is the top finger plate pivoted at e, and controlled by the spring f
pressing on the under plate g of the frame. The tab of the strap is
passed through the lower portion of the fastener between the roller and
the under plate, and upwards through the space between the finger plate
and roller, then over the finger plate and through the furthest aperture 6;
h, shows a portion of the strap as applied to the fastener.
This Invention is applicable to all purposes to which ordinary buckles
have been applied, and is especially suitable to saddlery and harness,
as the leather is not so liable to wear under the compression of the
roller and plate as when perforated and fastened by the prong of
a buckle.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, I would remark in
conclusion that I do not limit myself to the exact details and con-
figuration of parts which I have expressed and shewn, as the same may
be varied or modified without in any degree departing from the principle
of the Invention; but what I claim and desire to be secured to me by
the herein in part recited Letters Patent is, the new or improved fastener
to be used as a substitute for buckles, and consisting of a frame with
fixed under plate, moveable upper finger plate and spring, and fluted
friction roller, substantially as herein specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Deverna, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this First day of August, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-.
night
Witness,
WILLIAM EDWARD DEVERNA. (L.S.)
ALEX. C. M. PRINCE,
Office for Patents,
4, Trafalgar Square,
Charing Cross..