Improvements in Braces.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Feb., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 6th Nov., 1899-Accepted, 6th Feb., 1900
Improvements in Braces.
I, EDMOND DEITZ, of 56, Rue d'Aboukir, Paris, in the Republic of France,
Manufacturer of Caoutchouc, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to braces wherein the tabs, instead of being inelastic
as is usually the case, are very flexible and elastic being formed of pure caout-
chouc or indiarubber. I make both the two back tabs and the four front tabs
of pure india rubber in this manner.
In carrying out the invention the six tabs are preferably cut from a sheet of
caoutchouc a thickness suitable for giving the necessary resistance to tension.
The small end of the tab is passed through a ring, turned back and cemented,
by a solution of india rubber, to the other part thereof. The whole is held
together by a riveted eye or the like, which is fitted in a hole formed in the
two superposed thicknesses of india rubber.
To fit together the two thicknesses of caoutchouc in the manner I preferably
employ a clasp or the like of metal and comprises a head and two arms or strips
which are passed through the holes in the tab and are then bent back so as to
clasp the tab.
Another mode of attachment comprises a clasp the lateral arms or strips of
which are turned back and are formed at the ends with serrations or teeth which
enter the indiarubber.
The two parts of the braces are formed with an elbow the elastic fabric being
suitably cut or curved at this point and held in position by a strip of leather
or the like.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in braces.
I, EDMOND DEITZ, Rubber Manufacturer, of 56, Rue d'Aboukir, Paris, in the
Republic of France, 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:-
The present invention relates to improved braces or suspenders provided
with tabs of pure rubber.
Makers who, up to the present time, have made use of rubber tabs, or other
parts made of rubber, such as rings, loops, and the like, in the manufacture of

page_text: braces, have not met with much success owing to the lack of durability, the
tabs breaking at the points of attachment under the normal but frequently
repeated strains produced in the use of braces.
In the improved construction of brace-tabs of pure rubber the attachment or
support of the tabs is so arranged and devised as to prevent their breaking at
the points of attachment, or connection with, the ordinary brace bands or the
like
In the accompanying drawing is represented by way of example, a pair of
braces, provided with tabs made of pure caoutchouc or rubber.
Figure 1 represents a pair of braces provided at A with a pair of single and
at B with a pair of united tabs
Figures 2, 3 and represent a single tab provided with means of attachment
to a ring.
Figure 2 showing it as ready for fastening to the ordinary buckle or ring C
Figure 3 represents in front and side views a tab made of pure rubber, pro-
vided on each face at the point of attachment, with a pad or washer of com-
pressible and unbreakable material.
Figure 4 is a cross section of the tab so provided.
Figure 5 shows in front and side views the attachment plate device for the
tab before the latter is connected to it
The brace bands D to which the improved tabs of pure caoutchouc are applied.
are of the usual form and shape, the branches DE being preferably
made of some elastic material, cut, if desired, at x, the cut ends being joined
The ends
by a piece of leather cloth or other comparatively rigid material b
are provided with ordinary buckles or plates C with either arched parts as shown
at a or with a hook or the like, as shown at a¹, by which the single or connected
tabs of pure caoutchouc are attached.
The single tab (Figures 1 to 4) is made of a flat strip g of pure rubber, pro-
vided with two terminal holes h to limit the cut or slit c forming the button
hole. The other end of the tab is provided, on each face, with a pad k of
leather, cloth, felt, cardboard, celluloid or any other simple non-tearable
or strong material, which are simply placed on the tab and cemented or other-
wise fastened to it. This part with its pads is then firmly enclosed in a metallic
clamping device 7 (Figure 5) formed of a single plate, with two wings m and
a top extension n, the latter being intended to be bent back, and fold under
the said wings m which are bent inwards and pressed over it The prolongation
is preferably provided with ribs, edges, or projections e pointing inwardly for
the purpose of gripping the pads. When the prolongation n, and the wings m
are folded and strongly compressed on the inserted end d of the tab provided
with its pads k, the attachment device will firmly secure the end d of the tab.
the projections e entering and becoming embedded in the pads without, however,
penetrating through or cutting the end d of the tab, whereby a uniform, regular
and perfect grip is effected, without however damaging or tearing the purc
rubber tab or subjecting it to damage consequent on the frequent strain to
which it is submitted during wear. A ring for the like is placed in the opening
formed by the folded part n.
The connected tabs B (Figure 1) are constructed of two flat and suitably
shaped rubber strips, provided with holes limiting the slits c forming the
button holes and connected by a rubber cord p or the like, which is arranged
to slide on a roller o.
The single or connected tabs are produced by cutting and stamping out the
caoutchouc material or by moulding and cutting.
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. In braces or suspenders with pure rubber tabs the arrangement of single
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page_text: tabs consisting of a flat rubber strip, the top of which is provided, on each side,
with a pad of leather, cloth, felt, cardboard, celluloid, or other strong material,
said top being firmly held and compressed in a metal attachment plate, the
surface of which is ribbed, or provided with projections, which press into the
pad beneath, thus establishing, without cutting into, or perforating, the rubber
tabs, a firm or intimate attachment of the part, substantially as described.
2. In braces or suspenders the arrangement of tabs, consisting of flat rubber
strips forming the ends united by a rubber cord, substantially as described.
3. The complete brace end substantially as described or illustrated in
Figures 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 6th day of November 1899
BOULT, WADE & KILBURN,
Agents for the Applicant.