Improvements in Strap Fasteners.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 7th D.C., 1.94
Complete Specification Left, 25th July, 1895-Accepted, 23th Sept., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Strap Fasteners.
We GEORGE HENRY THOMSON of 3 Gorrell Street, Rochdale, Machinist,
WILLIAM THOMSON of 192 Buckstone Road, Shaw, near Oldham, Foreman
Mechanic, and THOMAS WILCOX, of 14 Park Road, Shaw near Oldham, Cashier
all in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to fasteners for connecting together the ends of belts
or straps used for driving machinery, our object being to make a fastener which
shall be easily adjusted and have a firm grip upon the ends of the said belts or
straps without stitching rivetting or punching through the latter.
According to our invention we provide a plate of steel or other suitable metal of
suitable thickness, and slightly wider than the belt or strap to which it is to be
applied, and by preference provided with a flange or its equivalent at each side on
the inner side of the plate or fastener for strengthening the saine.
At either end of the plate or fastener we form a slit of such dimensions that one
end of the strap er belt can be passed through each slit, but with little or no space
between the strap or belt and the sides and ends of the slit, and it will be found
that although the ends of the said strap or belt can be freely drawn vertically
through the said slits, and the length of the strap or belt adjusted as required, yet
when the strap is pulled in position to work over the driving pulleys, the ends
thereof will be firmly secured by the fastener.
In some cases we form a tooth or teeth upon the upper surface of the inner side
of each slit in the fastener plate, or upon the under surface of the outer side of
each slit, or upon both sides of the slits, in order to make the grip of the said
fastener upon the strap or belt more secure.
Our improved fasteners are therefore very readily adjusted with the utmost
exactness, as there is no necessity for cutting or punching holes in the strap or
belt, or for driving prongs through the same.
Dated this 6th day of December 1894.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in Strap Fasteners.
We GEORGE HENRY THOMSON of 3 Gorrell Street, Rochdale Machinist,
WILLIAM THOMSON of 192 Buckston Road, Shaw near Oldham, Foreman
Mechanic, and THOMAS WILCOX of 14 Park Road Shaw near Oldham, Cashier,
all in the County of Lancaster, 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 tasteners for connecting together the euls of bolts or
straps used for driving machinery, our object being to make a fastener which shall

page_text: he easily adjusted and have a firm grip upon the ends of the said belts or straps
without stitching, rivetting, or punching through the latter.
The nature of our said invention and the manner in which the same is to be
performed or carried into practical effect will readily be understood on reference
to the sheet of drawings hereunto annexed and the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1 on the drawing is an underneath view and Fig. 2 a face view of one o
our improved strap fasteners, Fig. 3 is a side view of the same, and Fig. 4 a
sectional view showing the method of gripping the two ends of a strap or belt.
According to our invention we form a kind of buckle made from a plate of steel
or other suitable metal of suitable thickness, and rather wider than the belt or
strap to which it is to be applied and by preference provided with a flange a (or
its equivalent) on each side on the inner side of the plate or fastener for
strengthening the same.
At either side of the plate or fastener we form a slit of such dimensions that
one end of the strap or belt c can be passed upwards through each slit (as shown
at Fig. 4) but with little or no space between the strap or belt c and the sides and
ends of the slit and it will be found that although the ends of the said strap can
be freely drawn vertically through the said slits and the length of the strap or belt
adjusted as required, yet when the strap c is pulled into position to work over the
driving pulleys (as shown at Fig. 4) the ends thereof will be firmly secured by the
fastener.
In some cases we form a tooth or teeth d upon the upper surface of the inner
side of each slit as shown on the drawings, or upon both sides of the slits if
preferred, in order to make the grip of the said fastener on the strap or belt c
more secure.
Our improved fasteners can therefore be very readily adjusted with the utmost
exactness by an unskilled person, as there is no necessity for cutting or punching
holes in the strap or belt or for driving prongs or teeth through the same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:
The construction and use of slotted plate fasteners for straps or belts made
either with or without teeth substantially as hereinbefore particularly described
and illustrated by the drawings annexed.
Dated this 19th day of July 1895.
GEO. DAVIES & SON.