Improvements in Buckles for Braces and other Articles.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Nov., 1890-Accepted, 28th Feb., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Buckles for Braces and other Articles.
We, FRED TAYLOR, of Spear Street, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Brace Manufacturer, and ALFRED SAMUEL WALKER, of Victor Works, Tenby
Street North, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Brace Buckle Manufacturer,
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 relates to the buckles of brace and other like suspenders or bands
and is designed with the object of providing or giving a spring to the plate which
carries the prongs for the purpose of holding it in a closed position when in use.
It consists essentially in applying to the cross bar of the buckle to which the
lever or prong plate is hinged a projecting lug or lip and to the prong plate a
corresponding lip or extension so that as the buckle is opened the one lip bears
against the other forming a spring to keep the prongs flat against the buckle frame.
It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1. front elevation of buckle constructed according to this invention.
Fig. 2. sectional side elevation of same.
Fig. 3. transverse sectional elevation.
The buckle is stamped or otherwise formed out of metal in the usual way
preferably with a rectangular frame A, and cross piece B, and a lever plate C which
carries the prongs D.
The cross plate B is stamped or formed with a projecting lip b standing out
approximately at right angles to the face of B and extending a little below the
part which forms the centre or pivot upon which the lever plate is hinged. The
lever or prong plate C is formed with a short lip e projecting down from the lower
edge of the plate.
The lever or prong plate C is connected to the cross piece B of the frame by the
pieces d which are inserted in holes in the cross piece B and bent over the outer
edge of such hole to form a hinge. We prefer to place the extended pieces d and
the holes in the cross piece at either side of the lips bc but if desired the parts
forming the hinge may take the central position and the lips be placed to either
side.
When in position as shown in Fig. 3. the downward projecting lip c of the prong
plate C lies flat against the outer edge of the outwardly projecting lip 6 of the
cross plate B. As the buckle is opened or the prongs D drawn away from the
top edge of the frame A the two lips are, by reason of being somewhat eccentric
to the hinge, forced together forming a spring which tends to prevent the buckle
opening or the prongs D leaving the frame A, or if partially opened springs them
back again. Instead of the lips and a one two or more lugs acting together may
be employed for the same purpose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same has to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A lever buckle having a projecting lip or lug on the cross piece of the frame
acting in conjunction with a lip or lug on the pronged lever plate substantially as
and for the purposes described.
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page_text: combined and arranged together substantially as and for the purposes described and
shown.
Dated this 21st day of November 1890.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.