AN IMPROVED STRAP FASTENER OR BUCKLE
Year: 1885

page_text: I WILLIAM HAMILTON HALL of N° 72 Denmark Villas, West Brighton in the
County of Sussex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention
for "AN IMPROVED STRAP FASTENER OR BUCKLE" to be as follows:-
This invention which is for straps without holes, consists in making a Buckle in
two parts, the said parts having a loose sliding connection and being formed and
arranged in manner following (viz :) one of the said two parts consists of a bar or
plate or other suitable means for attaching one end of the strap, connected by side
portions with a bar around which the other or loose end of the strap is drawn for
the purpose of adjustment (hereinafter called "adjustment bar N° 1"). The other
of the said two parts consists of a bar, which may be modified to the form of a
vertical edge which may be serrated or of other form suitable to its purpose (herein-
after called the "holding bar "), connected by side portions also with an adjustment
bar (hereinafter called "adjustinent bar No 2") and on its opposite side with a
third or tail bar. All the said bars of the said two parts being transverse and
parallel with one another. The said two parts are formed and connected in such
a manner that they slide the one within the other, and are so arranged that
adjustment bar N° 1 lies upon and above adjustment bar No 2.
It is necessary that the bolding bar and adjustment bar N° 2 should not be too
far apart, space only being allowed between the two to admit freely the strap.
One end of the strap being attached to the part of the buckle firstly above
described the loose end thereof is inserted under both the said adjustment bars
and between the same and the holding bar and drawn to the position required for
fastening.
The strap may be drawn to any position and is prevented from slipping back by
pressure of the same between adjustment bar No 1 and the holding bar-the action
of the Buckle being made effectual by adjustinent bar No 2 in its position beneath
adjustment bar No 1, the same whilst affording for the strap a means of inter-
lacement with the part of the buckle secondly above described, permits adjustment
bar No 1 to be freely actuated in an opposite direction by the tension of the fixed
end of the strap. To complete the fastening, the loose end of the strap is inserted
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page_text: under the said tail bar. The adjustment bar No 1 may be made sufficiently broad to
cover adjustment bar No 2. when the buckle is fastened for the purpose of protecting
the latter bar from any interference prejudicial to the fastening. The tail bar
hereinbefore referred to may be made as a portion of either part of the Buckle.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, Loudon,
Agent for the Applicant.
I WILLIAM HAMILTON HALL, of N° 72 Denmark Villas, West Brighton, in the
County of Sussex, Gentleman, 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 :-
This invention (which is for straps without holes) consists in making a buckle
in two parts the said parts having a loose sliding connection the one with the other
and being formed and arranged in manner following (viz) one of the said two
parts consists of a bar or plate or other suitable means for attaching one end of the
strap, connected by side portions with a bar around which the other or loose end
of the strap is drawn for the purpose of adjustment (hereinafter called "adjustment
bar No 1" The other of the said two parts consists of a bar, which may be
modified to the form of a vertical edge which may be serrated or may be of other
form suitable to its purpose (hereinafter called the " holding bar") connected by
side portions also with an adjustment bar (hereinafter called "adjustment bar
N° 2") and on its opposite side with a third or tail bar. All the said bars of the
said two parts being transverse and parallel with one another. The said two parts
are formed and connected in such a manner that they slide the one within the
other, and are so arranged that adjustment bar N° 1, lies upon and above adjust-
ment bar No 2. It is necessary that the holding bar and adjustment bar N° 2
should not be too far apart, space only being allowed between the two to admit
freely the strap.
The tail bar herein before referred to may be made as a portion of either part of
the buckle.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in which figure 1, is a plan
and figure 2 a side elevation of a strap fastener or buckle constructed according to
my invention and in which the tail bar is formed on the portion of the buckle
which includes also adjustment bar N° 2, and the holding bar and is level with the
latter; figure 3 is a side elevation of the buckle shewing the two ends of a strap
fastened thereby; figure 4, is a similar view to figure 3, but shewing a buckle

page_text: having the holding bar in the form of a vertical edge which is slightly elevated
and having the tail bar above the level of the holding bar; figure 5, is a plan of
figure 4; figure 6, is a side elevation, and figure 7, a plan of a buckle in which the
tail bar is formed on the portion of the buckle which includes also adjustment bar
No 1 and the bar for attaching the strap; figure 8, is a detached plan view of the
holding and lower adjustment bars and figure 9, is a plan of a metal blank from
which they can be formed; figure 10, is a longitudinal section shewing the two
ends of a strap fastened by the buckle shewn in figures 6 and 7. Similar letters
in all the figures represent similar or corresponding parts.
Referring to figures 1, 2 and 3, A and B, represent the two parts forming the
improved buckle or strap fastener, the said parts sliding loosely one within the
other. a, is the bar forming a portion of the part A, to which bar one end b, of
the strap is fastened as shewn in figure 3, by sewing or other suitable means;
c, c, are the side portions connecting the bar a, with the adjustment bar N° 1, shewn
at d, by means of the continuations of the ends e, of the bar a; g, is the holding
bar formed on the part B, of the buckle and g¹, g¹, are the side portions connecting
the bar g, with the adjustment bar N° 2, shewn at h, and with the tail bar
opposite. It will thus be seen that the two parts A and B can slide one within
the other and that the adjustment bar d, lies upon and above the other adjustment
bar h; the side portions c, of the part A, extend for a short distance past the ends e,
of the bar a, as shewn at j, in order to prevent the adjustment bar d, rising and
to give strength to the side portions g².
To make use of a buckle or strap fastener of this construction one end b, of the
strap is attached to the bar a, on the part A of the buckle as hereinbefore described
and the two parts A and B are by the intervention of the attached strap prevented
from becoming disconnected; the loose end f, of the strap is then inserted under
both the adjustment bars d, and h, and between the same and the holding bar g,
and drawn to the position required for fastening.
The strap can be drawn to any position and will be prevented from slipping
back by being pressed between the adjustment bar d, and the holding bar g, the
action of the buckle being made effectual by the adjustment bar h, in its position
beneath the adjustment bar d; the bar h, whilst affording for the strap a means
of interlacement with the part B, of the buckle permits the adjustment bar d, to
be freely actuated in an opposite direction by the tension of the fixed end b, of
the strap. To complete the fastening, the loose end f, of the strap is inserted under
the tail bar i, and is drawn into the position shewn in figure 3.
The buckle or strap fastener illustrated in figures 4 and 5, is similar in construction
to that hereinbefore described and shewn in figures 1, 2 and 3, with the exceptions
that the holding bar g, is in the form of a vertical edge which is slightly elevated
above the sides g¹, of the part B, and the sides g¹, are turned upwards at one end
so as to raise the tail bar i, also above the level of the same; by these means I am
enabled to make the buckle more secure and compact; the extension j, of the
sides c, of the part A, are in this case dispensed with.
In the buckle or strap fastener shewn in figures 6 to 10, the tail bar is formed
on the part A, instead of on the part B, which is constructed from a metal blank
of the shape shewn in figure 9; the ends e, of the blank are turned up and over
so as to clip the sides c, of the part A, and the holding bar g, is formed by cutting
the metal at the part shewn in dotted lines and turning the said part upwards into
the position shewn in figure S. The action of the buckle is substantially the same
as that herein before described and shewn in figures 1 to 5 and will therefore need
no further description.
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 buckle or strap fastener formed in two parts having a loose sliding connection,

page_text: drawn for the purpose of adjustment; one of such parts also having as a portion
thereof, suitable means for attaching one end of the strap, and the other of such
parts also having as a portion thereof a second bar, suitable to the purpose of a
holding bar the whole arranged and operating in such a manner that when the
loose end of the strap is drawn through the buckle and around the two first
mentioned bars to adjust the strap, the strap will be allowed to pass freely and
when the said loose end is released it will by means of the tension from the other
or attached end be held or gripped between an adjustment bar as aforesaid and a
holding bar as aforesaid substantially as herein before described.
2. The improved buckles or strap fasteners herein before described and represented
in the accompanying drawing.