Applicable also to other Useful Purposes.
Year: 1885

page_text: Applicable also to other Useful Purposes.
I SAMUEL TAYLOR of 56 Lever Street Manchester in the County of Lancaster
Brace Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED
CLIP OR FASTENING FOR BRACE ENDS OR BELTS, APPLICABLE ALSO TO OTHER
USEFUL PURPOSES to be as follows:-
This invention is designed principally for the purpose of attaching looped cords
or other brace ends to the india rubber or other webbing which forms the body of
the brace, but it is also applicable for fastening the ends of belts or bands and for
other similar purposes.
The clip as applied to a brace consists of a piece of tin, sheet brass, or other
suitable metal, doubled or folded in the centre so as to form a loop and bring the
two ends together. In each fold I cut or form an angular notch so as to leave a
tongue-shaped piece attached at one end and loose at the other, the notch in one
fold being near to the end, and that in the other near to the fold so that they are
not opposite to each other.
Each of the tongues so formed I bend inwards at right angles and I make a
narrow cut or slit in the opposite fold corresponding with each tongue.
The looped cord buckle or brace end being passed through the fold of the clip
and the end of the elastic or other web being placed between the two ends thereof
I force the tongues through the web and through the slits on the opposite fold of
the clip and I then turn the ends of the tongues downwards at the back of the plate
so as to fasten the clip securely.
It will be evident that my improved clip may be used for attaching buckles to
straps and for garters, and for a variety of other similar useful purposes, and that
the plates may be folded so as to bring their edges together (instead of the ends);
or the clip may be formed of two separate plates.

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Improveu cup orг Fastening for Drace MUS OF DOLLS,
Applicable also to other Useful Purposes.
I SAMUEL TAYLOR of 56 Lever Street Manchester in the County of Lancaster
Brace manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED
CLIP OR FASTENING FOR BRACE ENDS OR BELTS APPLICABLE ALSO TO OTHER
USEFUL PURPOSES and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention is designed principally for the purpose of attaching looped cords
or other brace ends to the india rubber or other webbing which forms the body of
the brace, but it is also applicable for fastening the ends of belts or bands and for
.other similar or analogous purposes.
The nature and practical application of my invention will be readily understood
on reference to the annexed drawings and to the following explanation thereof.
One form of the clip as applied to brace ends consists of a piece of tin, sheet
brass, or other suitable metal a, a (Fig. 1 on the drawings) in each half of which
I cut or form an angular notch so as to leave a tongue-shaped piece b, b attached at
one end, and loose at the other. The notch in one half being near to the end, and
that in the other half nearer to the centre, so that when the piece a, a, is folded in
the centre, the tongues are not opposite to each other.
I bend each of the tongues b, b, inwards at right angles (as shown at the edge
view Fig. 2) and I make a narrow cut or slit c, c, in the opposite half corresponding
with each tongue.
I then fold the piece a, a in the centre as shown at Fig. 3. and the looped cord,
buckle, or brace end being passed through the fold of the clip and the end of elastic
or other web being placed between the two ends thereof, I force the tongues b, b,
through the web and through the slits c, c, in the opposite fold of the clip, and
I then turn or clinch the ends of the tongues upwards or downwards at the back of
the plates as shown at Fig. 4. so as to fasten the clip securely.
Fig. 5 is a face view of the clip thus secured.
Fig. 6 shows a modified form of the clip in which the tongues b, b, are made,
with a square end, and Fig. 7. shows the clip made with a single tongue b, b at one
end and a slit c, c, at the other end. In this case I prefer to punch a small angular
piece out of the metal at d close to the slit c, c, to give the front of the tongue a
tirmer hold when clinched.
Fig. 8. shows two brace ends attached to a buckle by this form of clip.
Figs. 9 and 10 show a double form of this clip.
Fig. 11 shows the form of clip adapted for connecting together the two ends of
garters or other bands and Figs. 12 and 13 illustrate the same as adapted for
attaching a buckle to an ordinary strap in which case a hole e is punched out for
the passage of the tongue of the buckle.
It will be evident that the plates may be so formed that their edges shall be
folded together (instead of their ends) and the precise form of my improved clip
may be otherwise varied to suit the different uses to which it may be applied, and

page_text: that it is applicable for a variety of similar useful purposes, where it is required to
fasten a cord, strap, band, belt, buckle or other appliance to a piece of webbing,
cloth, leather or other fabric or material or to fasten or connect together the two
ends of a piece of webbing, strap, belt or band.
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 t
The improved clip or fastening for brace ends or belts or other similar or
analogous purposes constructed and applied substantially as hereinbefore described
and illustrated by the drawings annexed.