Improvements in or connected with Buckles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 16th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 16th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 17th Mar., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Buckles.
I, WILLIAM MARSH, of 218 Jubilee Road, Mile End Road, in the County of
Middlesex, Fancy Leather Goods Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said invention to be as follows:-
The improvements forming the subject of my invention are specially applicable
to buckles employed in connection with straps or belts, such as for example the
waist belts used by ladies, soldiers, policemen and others but they may also be
applicable to buckles used for many other purposes in which buckles and straps
are commonly employed. In ladies waist belts, for example, it is customary to
permanently attach one end of the belt to the buckle by stitching or sewing which,
besides being somewhat troublesome to do, frequently comes loose or undone and
the belt is thereby rendered useless until resewn. The chief object of my invention
is to overcome these objections and for this purpose I employ a buckle which
consists of a frame of oblong, elliptical or other suitable shape with a cross bar
preferably so arranged that it projects slightly from the back of the said frame
and is provided with a tongue which turns or hinges on such cross bar. A second
and somewhat similarly disposed cross bar is provided, but with no hinged tongue.
One end of the waist belt, for example, is first passed between the last named cross
bar and the buckle frame, and then over the front of and half round the first named
cross bar, the tongue of which is passed through a hole in the strap. The end of
the strap is then folded back on to itself and passed between the cross bar through
which it was first passed, and the back of the strap. It will be found that this
end of the belt is now securely attached to the buckle without any sewing or
stitching being required, while at the same time it may be easily disconnected if
desired, thus enabling a lady to employ one buckle for any number of different
coloured belts to suit her taste and the colour of the dress she is wearing.
The free end of the belt, after having been placed round the waste, is passed
under one end of the buckle frame, the beforementioned tongue is passed through
the regulating hole in the ordinary manner, and the end of the belt is finally passed
under the other end of the buckle frame and the whole remains secure.
Dated this 16th day of May 1893.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Buckles.
I, WILLIAM MARSH, of 218 Jubilee Street, Mile End Road, in the County of
Middlesex, Fancy Leather Goods Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
the 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 accompanying sheet of drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon,
that is to say :-
The improvements forming the subject of my invention are specially applicable

page_text: to buckles employed in connection with straps or belts, such as for example the
waist belts used by ladies, soldiers, policemen and others, but they may also be
applicable to buckles used for many other purposes in which buckles and straps are
commonly employed. In ladies' waist belts, for example, it is customary to
permanently attach one end of the belt to the buckle by stitching or sewing,
which, besides being somewhat troublesome to do, frequently comes loose or undone
and the belt is thereby rendered useless until resewn.
The chief object of my
invention is to overcome this objection.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings
Figures 1 and 2 represent in front view and section respectively a portion of a
waist belt and buckle constructed and arranged in accordance with my invention
and
Figures 3 and 4 represent similar views of a modification thereof.
Similar letters relate to like parts in all of the figures of the drawings.
A is the buckle frame which may be of oblong; elliptical or other suitable
shape. B is a cross-bar provided with one or more tongues Chinged thereto
or turning thereon in the usual manner. This cross bar B may be arranged to
project somewhat from the back of the frame A as shewn in Figure 2 for the
purpose of facilitating the arrangement of the belt as hereinafter described.
Or the said cross bar may be in the same plane as the frame A and one portion
of such frame set forward as shewn at A' in Figures 3 and 4 for the same
purpose. D is a second and somewhat similarly disposed cross-bar but with no
hinged tongue. E' represents that end of the waist belt for example which is
usually attached by sewing or otherwise to the buckle, and E2 is the free end
thereof. According to my invention the end E¹ of the waist belt is first passed
between the cross bar D and the buckle frame A and then over the front of and
half round the cross bar B the tongue or tongues C of which are passed through
a hole or holes in the belt E as shewn. The end of the said belt is then folded
back onto itself and passed between the cross bar D and the back of the belt
as shewn. It will be understood that this end E' of the belt is by these means
securely attached to the buckle without any sewing or stitching being required
while at the same time it may be easily disconnected if desired, thus enabling a
lady to employ one buckle for any number of different coloured belts to suit
her taste and the colour of the dress she is wearing. The free end E' of the
belt, after having been placed round the waist, is passed under one bar of the
buckle frame A the tongue or tongues C passed through a regulating hole or
holes therein in the ordinary manner, and the extreme end is finally passed,
under the other bar of the buckle frame A as shewn and the whole remains
secure. During the process of tightening the belt by pulling on the_end_E³,
there is a tendency to force the tongues C (by the tension thereby produced on
the end E) to turn over on the cross bar B. This movement may be restricted
in a variety of ways for example the cross bar B and the eyes of the tongue C
may be of square or other suitable shape, sufficient play being allowed for the
required amount of movement necessary for the insertion of the end E2 of the
belt. Or a tail piece C₁ may be formed as a continuation of the tongue C
which tail piece bears against the cross bar D as shewn in Figures 3 and 4, or
against any other suitable part of the buckle. Or if preferred the tendency of
the tongues C to turn over may be obviated by threading the end E¹ of the
belt in the reverse direction to that hereinbefore described, namely by first
passing the said end E¹ between the cross bar D and the back of the buckle
frame A, then round the back of the crossbar B to the front thereof (the
tongues C being passed through holes in the belt as before) then folded back
on to itself and finally passed again between the buckle frame and itself. The
objection to this last named method is that the underside of the extreme loose
end E of the belt is left exposed to view but this is hidden when the end E' is in
place.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
First. In buckles the combination of a supplementary cross-bar D with the
buckle frame A substantially as hereinbefore described, and illustrated in the
drawings, and for the purpose specified.
Second. The improved means of removably connecting the end of a strap or
belt to a buckle having a supplementary cross-bar D, which consists in first passing
the end of the strap or belt between the buckle frame and the said supplementary
cross-bar, then round the cross-bar carrying the tongue or tongues (the said tongue
or tongues being passed through the strap or belt) and finally passing the extreme
end of the strap or belt again between the buckle frame and the cross-bar D
substantially as described.