Improvements in Fittings or Fastenings of Waist Belts, Bands, and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 15th July, 1892-Accepted, 20th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fittings or Fastenings of Waist Belts, Bands,
and the like.
I, DAVID BLOW HARRIS of Newhall Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates in the first part, to two part fittings or fastenings of waist
belts, bands and other like articles, and in the second part, to connecting fittings or
fastenings generally, to the said belts, bands and articles as aforesaid, without
stitching, eyeletting or rivetting.
I will first describe my invention in connection with a double and overlapping
horse shoe clasp or fastener.
The fitting or fastening of the one part, consists of a horse shoe, having rear-
wardly cranked and inwardly directed studs or pegs upon the inner boundary edge
of the inner member of the said shoe.
The fitting or fastening of the other part, consists of a horse shoe, partly
gapped upon
its front side, and having upon the back of the inner member, out-
standing lugs, with holes directed through them, in the plane of the said shoe, and
in positions suitable for the studs or pegs on the other part, as aforesaid, to engage
with.
The fastening of the two parts, is effected by overlapping the inner members
of them, with the member of the one, lying within the gap of the other, and with
the aforesaid pegs or studs upon the gapped member, taking within the holes in the
inner and adjacent member of the other, hence the connection of the two parts, by
a simple and efficient fastening.
The parts of the fitting, are secured to the belt or band, by rearwardly cranked
and inwardly directed studs or pegs, or inwardly directed and rear standing hooks,
which take through holes made through the material of the belt or band, at or near
the terminal or free ends of the same.
The adjustment of the belt or band is made by having a series of linable holes,
running in parallel directions from one end of the belt or band, and with which
the inwardly cranked studs, or the rearwardly and inwardly directed hooks, engage
respectively.
The application of the fastening part of our invention to other patterned fittings,
differs in no essential respect, to that of double and overlapping horse shoes, as
herein described, and further, the belt or band connection means of the fitting, may
be employed with clasps or fasteners of various constructions.
Besides connecting the fastenings of belts without stitching eyeletting or rivetting
the same to them, the fittings admit of being applied to any breadth of belt or
band, without making the fittings specially for given breadths, as is the case
where the bands have to pass through portions of the fittings, in making their
connections.
Dated this 14th day of October 1891.
DAVID BLOW HARRIS,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: COME LETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fittings or Fastenings of Waist Belts, Bands,
and the like.
I, DAVID BLOW HARRIS of Newhall Street in the City of Birmingham
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 in the first part, to two part fittings or fastenings of waist
belts, bands and other like articles, and in the second part, to connecting fittings or
fastenings generally, to the said belts, bands, and articles as aforesaid, without
stitching, eyeletting or rivetting.
I will first describe my invention in connection with a double and overlapping
horse shoe clasp, or fastener.
The fitting or fastening of the one part, consists of a horse shoe, having rear-
wardly cranked and inwardly directed studs or pegs upon the inner boundary edge
of the inner member of the said shoe.
The fitting or fastening of the other part, consists of a horse shoe, partly gapped
upon its front side and having upon the back of the inner member, outstanding lugs,
with holes directed through them, in the plane of the said shoe, and in positions
suitable for the studs or pegs on the other part, as aforesaid, to engage with. The
fastening of the two parts is effected by overlapping the inner members of them,
with the member of the one, lying within the gap of the other, and with the
aforesaid studs or pegs upon the gapped member, taking within the holes in the
inner and adjacent member of the other, hence the connection of the two parts, by
a simple and efficient fastening.
The parts of the fitting are secured to the belt, or band, by rearwardly cranked
and inwardly directed studs or pegs or inwardly directed and rear standing hooks,
which take through holes made through the material of the belt or band, at or near
the terminal or free ends of the same.
The adjustment of the belt or band is made by having a series of linable holes,
running in parallel directions from one end of the belt or band, and with which
the inwardly cranked studs, or the rearwardly and inwardly directed hooks engage
respectively.
The application of the fastening part of my invention to other patterned fittings,
differs in no essential respect to that of double and overlapping horse shoes, as
herein described, and further, the belt or band connection means of the fitting may
be employed with clasps or fasteners of various constructions.
Besides connecting the fastenings of belts without stitching, eyeletting or rivetting
the same to them, the fittings admit of being applied to any breadth of belt or
band, without making the fittings specially for given breadths, as is the case
where the bands have to, pass through portions of the fittings, in making their
connections.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents in front elevation, partly in
section, a waist belt or band two-part fitting, arranged fastened and provided
according to my invention and the members of which two-part fitting are shown
fastened or connected together, as when in use.
Figure 2 represents the said members of the two-part fitting and fasteners
separate, showing means of connection, and the cross recess, sunken across one
of the member part, and wherein a portion of the other member part lies, when the
two parts are together.
Figure 3 represents an edge view of one of the member parts showing the
fastening means of the fittings to each other, and also the fastening means for
attachment of the said fittings, to a belt, band or the like, without sewing.
Figure 4 is an edge view of one of the member fitting, showing the loops or

page_text: eyes, wherethrough the fastening pegs on the other part, take, in connecting one
member fitting part to the other.
Figure 5 represents a back elevation of one end of a belt, showing the hook
ended connections coming through.
In Figures 1 to 5., a is one fitting member, and b is the other fitting member, of
the two-part fitting. The fitting part a has rearwardly and inwardly cranked studs
or pegs a³, standing outwardly from the inner boundary edge of the inner limb of
the member a. These studs or pegs are adapted to take into holes or eyes 63, of
lugs &, located at the back of the inside limb of the member b.
The member b, has a recess 4, sunken across its crown part, and wherein the
part as, of the crown part of the member a, takes, so as to allow the faces of the
said member parts to lie flush, or nearly so.
Disposed at the backs of the outside limbs of the said members, are cranked
pegs, or hooks c, with the branches of them standing back a short distance from the
plane of the fittings, and with the ends of the said branches directed inwardly,
whilst the stems of these connections stand outwardly, making as it were, hooked
connections, which are inserted in the holes d, pierced through the material at the
ends of a bolt or band d.
Figure 6 represents another form of fitting, provided with belt or band connecting
means.
Figure 7 is a longitudinal section of Figure 6, upon the dotted lines A B.
Figure 8 represents a front elevation of one part of the fitting; Figure 9 is a
vertical section thereof, upon the dotted lines C D, and Figure 10 is a cross section
upon the dotted lines E F.
Figure 11 is a back elevation of Figure 8, and Figure 12 is a modification
of the fitting connecting means, or in other words, the means whereby the
fittings, or the members of the fittings, are connected to a belt or band without
sewing.
Figure 13 represents a back elevation of another pattern of belt or band fitting
attachment means, and Figure 14 is an edge view of the same.
In Figures 6 to 14, the means of connecting the part members to the ends of the
belt or band, are the same as is described with respect to the fitting Figures 1 to 5.
In the view Figure 6 the one part member is shown disconnected from the
other.
By employing rear and inwardly directed hook connections upon the backs of
the fittings, the whole of the material of the said belts or bands come behind the
said fittings, and are connected without stitching or eyeletting.
Thus, a is the one part fitting or frame, and is the other part frame, connected
together by parts a², 62. Both the two part fittings or frames, are connected
to the ends of the belts d, by the cranked pegs, or backward and inwardly
directed hooks c, carried by the said fittings, taking into the holes, of the said
ends.
In Figure 12 the terminal ends of the hooks c, are fitted with cross ends et, and
instead of employing holes in the ends of the belt, piercings with slittings may be
employed.
Figure 15 represents a modification of the means of connecting the metallic
furniture to the band or belt.
Figure 16 is an edge view of the same, with the band in section on the dotted
lines G. H.
a is the metallic frame, having directed from the back of it, headed studs or
pins c, which take through slitted holes or openings in the belt or band d.
Instead of headed studs being carried at the back of the furniture, the said
furniture may be provided with sockets, wherein pins or studs on the band of the
belt take and engage, and may be there secured by a snap action.
Figure 17 represents a belt furniture fitting, having improvements according to
a further form of my invention.
Figure 18 represents the band of the belt.

page_text: Figure 19 is a cross section of the said fitting Figure 17, applied to the band part
Figure 18.
is the fitting, with split headed studs c, directed from the backside of the frame
of the same.
d is the band of the belt, and d chambered eyelettings or sockets,
wherein the heads c³, of the said headed pins or studs c, engage, by a snap
action.
In attaching the fitting or furniture to the band of the belt, it is only necessary
to force the heads or ends c², into the eyelets d', when the said fitting or furniture
becomes connected to the band, without the employment of bars, tongues, prongs
or like expedients.
Instead of the chambered eyelets being carried by the band of the belt, they
may be carried by the fitting, whilst the split headed connections may be carried
by the band of the belt.
By my invention, the whole of the pattern of the fitting or furniture is displayed
without any interruptions, or in other words, the design of the furniture remains
undisturbed, by the non-employment of bars, tongues, prongs and similar devices
for connecting the said fittings to a belt, and further, besides the non-attachment
by sewing, the said furniture admits of easy and ready adjustment.
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 :-
First In a two-part-fitting of dress belt furniture, fastening the same by means
of pins or inwardly directed projections upon the one part, taking into eyes or
recesses of the other part, as described and set forth in Figures 1 to 5.
Secondly-Uniting or connecting together the two-part fittings of belt or band
furniture, by means, and in the way, as described and set forth in Figures 1 to 5.
Thirdly Connecting metallic belt fittings, fastening frames, or belt furniture,
to belts and bands, or to the euds of belts and bands, by rearwardly disposed and
cranked pegs, or by rearwardly disposed and inwardly directed hooks, located at
the backs of the said furniture, and taking within holes, piercings or the like, made
through the materials of the said bands, substantially as described and set forth in
Figures 6 to 11, whereby the fitting or furniture is adjustably connected to the
band without sewing, and the pattern, design or character of the said fitting, is
displayed undisturbed.
Fourthly-Connecting metallic belt furniture to belts, by headed or cranked
headed prongs, or by headed pins or studs or the like, taking through holes or
slittings, or combined holes and slittings, in the belt, or into chambered eyelettings
or snap connections, whereby the whole of the material of the said belt comes
behind or rearward of the pattern of the furniture or fittings, as set forth in
Figures 12, 15 and 16.
Dated this 13th day of July 1809
DAVID BLOW HARRIS,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.