IMPROVEMENTS IN BUCKLES OR FASTENINGS FOR BRACES, BELTS, AND BANDS
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Tyrer, of Aston, near Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, Commercial Clerk, for the Invention of
“IMPROVEMENTS IN BUCKLES OR FASTENINGS FOR BRACES, BELTS, AND
BANDS."
Sealed the 13th February 1874, and dated the 5th September 1873.

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use a frame the middle of which is furnished with a cross bar and two
parallel slots, and the lower part with the ordinary hook or loop to which
the brace tab is connected. The brace web is passed under the upper
part of the frame through the top slot, over the cross bar, and through
the bottom slot to the back of that part of the fastening carrying the
tab hook or loop.
To the upper part of the front of the frame I joint or pivot a longi-
tudinal gripping or fixing bar, the said bar being parallel with the cross
bar of the frame. The lower edge of the said fixing bar is serrated or
made into teeth, and the said bar is capable of being turned on its joints
or pivots so as to lift it from the frame or turn it down upon the frame.
When the fixing bar is turned down upon the frame its serrated edge is
situated a little above the top edge of the cross bar of the frame. The
brace web being passed through the frame in the manner before
described, the fixing or gripping bar is turned down, and its serrated
edge pressed upon and passed into the said web. The tension on the
web draws the gripping bar inwards, and the said web is thereby gripped
very firmly between the serrated edge of the said bar and the cross bar.
of the frame; the greater the tension on the web the tighter will the
web be held by the buckle.-
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In order to release the web the frame is held stationary and the web
is pulled down. By the motion of the web the serrated edge of tho
gripping or fixing bar is pressed outwards or lifted from the frame and
the web is released and may be lengthened or shortened without obstruc-
tion from the fixing or gripping 'bar. After the adjustment of the web
the pressing down of the fixing bar so as to cause its serrated edge to
enter the web effects the fastening of the bracc.
Instead of a jointed or pivotted bar as described a sliding bar or plato
may be employed. In this arrangement I use a frame having a wido
slot or opening in it with a fixed bar at the back of the frame crossing
the middle of the said wide slot, the said bar being bent out of the plane
of the frame. Between the said cross bar and the back of the frame,
the sliding bar or plate works, tho said sliding bar or plato being
secured to the frame and guided in its motion by slots or cut away parts
in its ends, working upon the ends of the cross bar.
The lower edgo of the sliding bar or plate is bent slightly out of the
plane of the other part so as to leave sufficient space between it and tho
back of the frame for the brace web to pass casily...

page_text: The brace web is passed at the back of the top of the frame through
the slot and over the front of the sliding bar or plate to the back of the
lower part of the frame. When the sliding bar or plate is at its lowest
position, the brace web is at liberty to move, and may be pulled down so
as to shorten it.
To lengthen the web it is necessary to hold the sliding bar or frame
in the position described. When the length of the wob has been
adjusted the tension on the web causes the sliding bar or plate to be
raised upon the frame. The upper edge of the sliding bar is thereby
brought over the lower edge of the upper part of the frame, and the
web is gripped firmly between the said edges. By pulling down the
web the sliding bar is moved with it and the web is released.
In another arrangement of my Invention I make the serrated bar in
the form of a lover situated at the front of the web grip the web between
it and the frame at the back of the web. The lower edge of the lever,
is provided with a hook or loop for the tab of the brace, and the said.
lever is jointed to the frame at the back of the web by pivots on its
ends taking into holes in ears at the ends of the frame. The upper
odge of the lever is bent at right angles to the other part, and constitutes
a bar, the edge of which is serrated. When the lever is turned down"
upon the front of the web the said serrated bar grips the web between
it and the back of the frame, and when the bar is raised from the web
the said serrated bar is moved from the frame and the web is released.
In applying my Invention to fastenings for belts and bands I construct
and combine the parts substantially as described with reference to braco
fastenings.

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One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-seventh
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said James Tyrer, Her special license that I; the
said James Tyrer, my exccutors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said James Tyrer, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of
Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BUCKLES OR FASTENINGE FOR
BRACES, BELTS, AND BANDS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,.
the said James Tyrer, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe. and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Tyrer, do hereby declaro,
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained,in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say :-
My Invention consists of the construction and combination herein-
after described of the parts of buckles or fastenings for braces, belts,
and bands.
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I will describo. my Invention as applied to braco buckles or fastenings.
In making a brace buckle or fastening, according to my Invention I.
use a frame, the middle of which is furnished with a cross bar and two
parallel slots, and the lower part with the ordinary hook or loop to which
the bracc tab is connected. The brace web is passed under the upper
part of the frame through the top slot, over the cross bar, and through
the bottom slot to the back of that part of the fastening carrying the
tab hook or loop.
To the upper part of the front of the frame I joint or pivot a longi.
tudinal gripping or fixing bar, the said bar being parallel with the cross
bar of the frame. The lower edge of the said fixing bar is serrated or
made into teeth, and the said bar is capable of being turned on its joints.

page_text: or pivots so as to lift it from the frame or turn it down upon the frame.
When the fixing bar is turned down upon the frame its serrated edge is
situated a little above the top edge of the cross bar of the frame. The.
brace web being passed through the frame in the manner before
described, the fixing or gripping bar is turned down, and its serrated
edge pressed upon and passed into the said web. The tension on the
web draws the gripping bar inwards, and the said web is thereby gripped.
very firmly between the serrated edge of the said bar and the cross bar.
of the frame, the greater the tension on the web the tighter will the
web be held by the buckle.
In order to release the web the frame is held stationary and the web is
pulled down. By the motion of the web the serrated edge of the
gripping or fixing bar is pressed outwards or lifted from the frame and
the web is released and may be lengthened or shortened without obstruc-
tion from the fixing or gripping bar. After the adjustment of the web
the pressing down of the fixing bar so as to cause its serrated edge to
enter the web effects the fastening of the brace..
Instead of a jointed or pivoted bar as described a sliding bar or plate
may be employed. In this arrangement I use a frame having a wide
slot or opening in it with a fixed bar at the back of the frame crossing
the middle of the said wide slot, the said bar being bent out of the plane
of the frame. Between the said cross bar and the back of the frame
the sliding bar or plate works, the said sliding bar or plate being secured
to the frame and guided in its motion by slots or cut away parts in its
ends working upon the ends of the cross bar.
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The lower edge of the sliding bar or plate is bent slightly out of the
plane of the other part so as to leave sufficient space between it and the
back of the frame for the brace web to pass easily.
The brace web is passed at the back of the top of the frame through
the slot and over the front of the sliding bar or plate to the back of the
lower part of the frame. When the sliding bar or plate is at its lowest
position the brace web is at liberty to move, and may be pulled down so
as to shorten it.
To lengthen the web it is necessary to hold the sliding bar or frame in
the position described. When the length of the web has been adjusted
the tension on the web causes the sliding bar or plate to be raised unon

page_text: the upper edge of the middle bar e of the frame a, best seen in
Figures 1, 2, and 5. When the fixing or gripping bar h is turned down.
upon the frame, as seen in Figure 1, and its serrated edge is pressed into
the web b the tension on the said web, in the direction of the arrow,.
Figure 1, draws the said gripping bar inwards, and the said web is.
thereby gripped very firmly between the serrated edge of the said bar h
and the
cross bar e of the frame, as seen in Figure 1. To release and
adjust the length of the brace web b the frame a is held stationary and
the web is pulled down. By the motion of the said web b the serrated
.edge of the gripping bar h is pressed outwards and lifted from the frame
and the web is released, as represented in Figure 2, and its length may
be adjusted. By again pressing down the serrated bar hits serrated
lower edge enters the brace web and effects the fastening of the said web
in its adjusted position.
Figure 6 represents in front elevation and section a brace buckle or
fastening constructed according to another part of my Invention, the
brace web being fastened, and Figure 7 represents a back elevation and
section of the same with the brace web unfastened.
Figure 8 represents the brace buckle detached from the web, and
Figure 9 represents the frame of the buckle, and Figure 10 the slide of
the buckle separately. The same letters indicate the same parts in
Figures 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.
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k is the frame of the buckle carrying at its lower end the tab hook 7.
In the middle of the wide opening in the frame / is a cross bar m. bent
considerably out of the plane of the said frame; n is the sliding bar or
plate working between the cross bar m and the back of the frame k.
The ends of the sliding bar or plate n are cut away at n³, and the said
ends n³ work upon the ends of the fixed cross bar m in the manner best
seen in Figures 7 and 8. The sliding bar or plate n is thereby connected
to the buckle frame and guided in its motion in the said frame. The
lower part of the sliding barn is bent of the form-represented for the
purpose of permitting of the ready passage of the web at the said
part. The brace web b is passed through the frame / and over cross
bar m, the said web being situated between the sliding plate or bar and
the frame.
..When tension is put upon the web bin the direction of the arrow,
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the frame to the position represented in Figure 6, and the upper edge n³
of the sliding bar 2 is thereby brought to or over the lower edge at 4ª of
the upper part of the frame, and the web is gripped or wedged firmly
between the said edges n³ and ³ and fastened to the frame. To release.
the web 6 the latter is pulled down, the sliding bar or plate n travelling 5
with it to the position represented in Figure 7. The web b is now at
liberty to move without obstruction from the sliding bar n, and the
length of the said web may be adjusted. On again putting tension on
the brace wob the slide » returns to the position represented in Figuro 6,
and effects the fastening of the said brace web.
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Figure 11 represents in front clevation and section a braco buckle
or fastening constructed according to another part of my Invention,
the braco web being fastened; Figure 12 represents the same with.
the web unfastened; Figure 13 is a back and side elevation of the
buckle; Figure 14 represents the buckle without the braco web; 1
Figure 15 represents the front, and Figuro 16, the back or frame
of the buckle. The same letters indicate the same parts in Figures
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16.
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The front of the buckle consists of the lever p turning on the
frame or back q, the said lever or front p being jointed to the frame 2
or back by pivots at p³. The said lover 2. carries the tab hook r. The
upper edge of the lever pis bent at right angles to the other part, -
and constitutes a bar p³, the edge of which is serrated. When the
lever pis turned down upon the front of the web b, as represented
in Figure 11, the serrated bar p³ grips the said web between it and 2
the back frame 2, and fastens the web, and when the lever p is
turned on its joint and raised on the web into the position represented
in Figure 12, its serrated bar p³ is moved outwards from the back
frame q, and the web is released, and there is sufficient space between
the said bar and back frame for the ready passage of the brace web for 30
adjusting its length. On turning down the lever p the gripping bar p
again comes into action and fastens the braco web.
In applying my Invention to fastenings for belts and bands, I con-
struct and combine the parts substantially as described and illustrated
with reference to brace fastenings, such changes only being made as 3
will fit the fastenings to the particular purpose for: which they are to

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Witness,
RICHARD SKERRETT,
Clork to George Shaw,
Birmingham.
JAMES TYRER. (L.S.)