An Improved Buckle, Clasp, or Fastening for Belts, Bands, Straps, and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Oct., 1890
Date of Application, 29th Oct., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 12th July, 1897-Accepted, 14th Aug., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Buckle, Clasp, or Fastening for Belts, Bands, Straps,
and the like.
We FREDERICK MARX and LOUIS MARX both of 9 Lower James Street Golden
Square London Dressing Bag Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to construct buckles clasps belt fasteners and the
like in such a manner that the ordinary tongue and the necessity for piercing holes
in belts straps waistbands and other articles to receive the said tongue are dispensed
with our invention being particularly applicable to ladies waistbands of ribbon and
other fabrics which are liable to be disfigured by the tongues of ordinary buckles.
Now according to this invention we form our improved buckles or fasteners in two
pieces which may be of metal or any other suitable material. These pieces may or
may not be hinged to each other. The said pieces are of different sizes the larger
being the buckle or fastener and the smaller the substitute for the usual tongue or
tongues hereinafter called the gripper.
The said pieces if of metal may be formed by stamping from sheet metal or by
casting or otherwise. The buckle and the substitute for the tongue may be of any
suitable size and shape and preferably in the form of a hollow rectangle as ordinary
buckles or with a rectangular or approximately rectangular space therein. A suitable
bar is formed in or attached to the buckle to receive one end of the belt or band
which may be attached thereto in the usual way. If the gripper is not hinged to
the buckle it is secured thereto by passing the end of the belt or band over the
gripper and the bar of the buckle when the buckle is being attached to a belt or
band. To secure the free end of the belt it is passed through the buckle and gripper
from behind then over the gripper and behind the buckle. The tension on the
belt or band causes the free end to be securely fastened as it is gripped between the
buckle and the gripper.
Dated this 20th dor of Autober 1906
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Buckle, Clasp, or Fastening for Belts, Bands, Straps
and the like.
We FREDERICK MARX and LOUIS MARX both of 9 Lower James Street Golden
Square London Dressing Bag Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this
oll...ת

page_text: invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of this invention is to construct buckles clasps belt fasteners and the
like in such a manner that the ordinary tongue and the necessity for piercing holes
in belts straps waistbands and other articles to receive the said tongue are dispensed
with our invention being particularly applicable to ladies waistbands of ribbon and
other fabrics which are liable to be disfigured by the tongues of ordinary buckles.
Now according to this invention we form our improved buckles or fastener in two
pieces which inay be of metal or any other suitable material. The pieces may or
may not be hinged to each other. The said pieces are of different sizes the larger
being the buckle or fastener and the smaller the substitute for the usual tongue.
or tongues hereinafter called the gripper.
The said pieces if of metal may be formed by stamping from sheet metal or by
casting or otherwise. The buckle and the substitute for the tongue may be of
any suitable size and shape and preferably in the form of a hollow rectangle as
ordinary buckles or with a rectangular or approximately rectangular space therein.
A suitable bar is formed in or attached to the buckle to receive one end of the belt
or band which may be attached thereto in the usual way. If the gripper is not
hinged to the buckle it is secured thereto by passing the end of the belt or band
over the gripper and the bar of the buckle when the buckle is being attached to a
belt or band. To secure the free end of the belt it is passed through the buckle and
gripper from behind then over the gripper and behind the buckle. The tension on
the belt or band causes the free end to be securely fastened as it is gripped between
the buckle and the gripper,
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1. represents one portion of our improved
buckle or clasp.
Fig. 2. represents the other portion of same.
Fig. 3. shows buckle or fastening as attached to a strap or belt.
Fig. 4 is section of same shewing method of securing belt to and in the
buckle.
The same letters denote the same parts in all the figs. a is a piece of metal or
other suitable material formed with two or more apertures b c therein as shewn at
Fig. 1. of which the aperture b is longer than the aperture c. This portion of the
clasp is equivalent to the ordinary buckle.
The portion d which is the substitute for the tongue is also made of metal or
other suitable material and has two or more slots ff therein. The portion d may
be hinged to the portion or made detached therefrom and secured thereto by
passing one end of the belt band or strap over one side of the portion d as well as
round the bar g the end of the belt band or strap h being stitched to the body
thereof so as to form a loop (as shewn at h¹ Fig. 4) which embraces both portions
of the clasp or fastener.
To secure the free end of the belt band or strap h it is passed through the
aperture in the portion a through aperture over the portion d' and back through
the aperture 6 when the tension on the belt band or strap causes a frictional grip
between the said belt band or strap and the two portions of the clasp a and d the
greater the tension on the belt band or strap the more firmly will it be gripped.
To unloose the helt it is only necessary to raise the edge d' of the piece d
from the piece a. The belt or band may be tightened by pulling the free end.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A buckle clasp or fastening for belts, bands, straps and the like consisting of a
portion a having two or more apertures b and c therein in combination with a portion d
having apertures ff therein and being adapted to be secured to the portion a by
hinges or otherwise all substantially as hereinbefore specified and for the purpose
stated.

page_text: 2. Buckles clasps fastenings for belts bands straps and the like constructed as
herein before specified and shewn by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 12th day of July 1897.
T. E. HALFORD,
11 Furnival Street, Holborn, London, E.C., Agent for Applicant