A NEW OR IMPROVED SPRING ATTACHMENT FOR BRACES OR DRESS SUSPENDERS to be
Year: 1884

page_text: I JAMES CAULKIN of N° 2 Charles Road Handsworth in the County of Stafford
Military Ornament Maker do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"A NEW OR IMPROVED SPRING ATTACHMENT FOR BRACES OR DRESS SUSPENDERS
to be as follows:-
"
My said invention consists of a new or improved spring attachment for braces or
dress suspenders the parts of which are constructed and combined in the manner
hereinafter described.
"
I will describe my invention in connection with braces for trousers.
To the lower bar of the buckle of the brace I attach a light metallic case the
said case being made by doubling or folding at its middle a thin plate of brass or
other hard and ductile metal the two halves of the folded plate being parallel.
This case bangs on the lower bar of the buckle by its bend or fold. In each of the
sides of the said case a middle vertical slot is made the said slots being coincident
and extending from near the top to near the bottom of the case. A light metallic
frame carrying a roller or pulley engages in these slots and is capable of sliding up
and down in the said slots.
A helical or coiled spring is situated in the said slots the bottom of the said
spring resting on the bottonis of the slots and its top pressing upwards the light
metallic frame carrying the roller or pulley. A cord passes over the said roller or
pulley the ends of the said cord carrying the loops of the brace which connect it
to the trouser buttons. When the brace is not in use the frame carrying the roller
is supported by the coiled spring at the tops of the slots but when the brace is in
use the weight of the trousers and any pressure occasioned by the motion of the
wearer acting through the tabs and cord carrying them depresses the frame and
pulley more or less until the increased tension of the spring balances the pressure
on the tabs and cord. Where the pressure on the two loops of the tab is unequal
the cord travels over the pulley and by lengthening one and shortening the other
of the branches of the cord prevents an unequal strain on the two loops. Rollers
or pulleys are placed at the bottom of the case over which rollers or pulleys the
cord travels on emerging from the caso.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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I JAMES CAULKIN of N° 2 Charles Road, Handsworth in the County of Stafford
Military Ornament Maker, do heroby, declare the nature of my Invention for
"A NEW OR IMPROVED SPRING ATTACHMENT FOR BRACES OR DRESS SUSPENDERS
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My said invention consists of a new or improved spring attachment for braces or
dress suspenders, the parts of which are constructed and combined in the manner
herein after described.
I will describe my invention in connection with braces for trousers.
To the lower bar of the buckle of the brace I attach a light metallic caso the
said case being made by doubling or folding at its middle a thin plate of brass or
other hard and ductile metal; the two halves of the folded plate being parallel.
This case hangs on the lower bar of the buckle by its bend or fold. In each of the
sides of the said case à middle vertical slot is made the said slots being coincident
and extending from near the top to near the bottom of the case. A light metallic
frame carrying a roller, or pulley engages in these slots and is capable of sliding up
and down in the said slots.
A helical or coiled spring is situated in the said slots the bottom of the said
spring resting on the bottoms of the slots and its top pressing upwards the light
metallic frame carrying the roller or pulley. A cord passes over the said roller or
pulley, the ends of the said cord carrying the loops of the brace which connect it
to the trouser buttons. When the brace is not in use the frame carrying the roller
is supported by the coiled spring at the tops of the slots but when the brace is in
use the weight of the trousers and any pressure occasioned by the notion of the
wearer acting through the tabs and cord carrying, thein, depresses the frame and
pulley, more or less, until the increased tension of the spring balances the pressure
on the tabs and cord. Where the pressure on the two loops of the tab is unequal
the cord travels over the pulley and by lengthening one and shortening the other
of the branches of the cord prevents an unequal strain on the two loops. Rollers
or pulleys are placed at the bottom of the case over which rollers or pulleys, the
cord travels on emerging from the case.
Figure 1 represents in front elevation Figure 2 in side elevation; Figure 3 in
vertical section and Figure 4 in horizontal section a spring attachment for braces
or other dress suspenders constructed according to iny invention. In Figures 1
and 2 the parts are represented in position before, the brace tab is connected to
the trousers and in Figure 3 after tho brace tab has been connected to the trousers;
Figuro 5 represents the blank from which the case of the spring attachment is
made and Figure 6 représents the blank Figure 5 doubled or folded to form the
said case; Figure 7 represents a separate view of the sliding pulley or roller and
its frame.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures.

page_text: The Figures in the accompanying Drawing are drawn double the full size in
order the better to exhibit the parts of my invention.
a is the web of the brace and b the buckle which may be an ordinary prong
buckle or a lever buckle: c is the light metallic case hung to the lower bar b' of
the buckle frame b by its bend or fold c. The manner in which the case c is made
by doubling the blank Figure 5 at its middle so as to bring the two halves of the
folded plate nearly parallel is seen in Figure 6. In the sides of the said folded
plate or case c are vertical slots d, d the edges of which are turned outwards at d², d²
so. as to form vertical guides; e is the sliding roller or pulley carried by the light
metallic frame f shown separately in Figure 7. The frame f of the pulley e is
engaged in the slots d d and between the guides d³, d³ of the case c and is capable
of sliding up and down the said slots. The said pulley e is_supported in the
slots d, d by the coiled spring g also situated in the slots d, d. The bottom of the
said spring g rests on the bottoms of the slots d, d and is kept in its place by the
parallel spikes and the top of the spring g presses upwards the light frame f
carrying the roller or pulley e; k,l are loose rollers or pulleys at the bottom
corners of the case c. The pulleys k,l turn upon the pins m, m which are rivetted
in their places, the rivetting of the said pins also binding the sides of the case c
together at bottom; h is the tab cord having the usual tab loops n, n at its ends
to be connected to the buttons p, p on the trousers. The said tab cord / passes
over the middle sliding roller or pulley e and the sides of the looped cord pass over
or bear against the rollers or pulleys k, l at the bottom of the case c.
When the brace is not in use the metal frame f carrying the sliding roller e
is supported by the coiled spring g at the tops of the slots d, d as represented in
Figure 1, but when the brace is in use the weight of the trousers and any pressure
occasioned by the motion of the wearer acting through the tab loops n, n and tab
cord h depresses the frame and pulley f, e more or less until the increased tension
of the spring g balances the pressure of the tabs and cord.
Should the pressure
on the tab loops n, n be unequal, the cord h travels over the pulley e and against
the bottom pulleys k, land by lengthening one and shortening the other of the
branches of the looped tab cord & prevents an unequal strain on the two tab loops
as will be understood by an examination of the drawing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my suid
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
A spring attachment for braces or other dress suspenders consisting of a middle
slotted case made by preference in the manner described and represented the said
case being hung upon the bottom bar of the buckle frame and carrying the spring
supported sliding roller e over which the tab cord passes and travels and the lower
rollers k,l against which the tab cord bears as it emerges from the open bottom of
the case, the several parts being constructed, arranged and working substantially
as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing.