Improvements in Brace and other Buckles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 28th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 9th Nov., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Brace and other Buckles.
I, HENRY HALLADAY of Globe Works, Burbury Street, Birmingham in the County
of Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Lever buckles as ordinarily made, have a plain bar at the inner end of the gripping
lever, and between it and the back of the buckle frame, the webbing of a brace is
gripped and held.
My invention consists in providing the bar as aforesaid, with prongs, or wire
prongs, which when the lever is closed, punctures the webbing, and passes through
and rests upon the top of a series of piercings, made in the buckle frame.
In carrying out my invention, I take an ordinary buckle frame, with upright
piercings directed at equi-distances apart, across the middle of the frame, and whore-
through the extreme points of the prongs as herein-after described, pass, and rest
against their top ends."
The lever consists of a flat piece of cut out sheet metal, with its inner end folded
upon itself into a bar, from which outwardly directed equi-distant wire prongs proceed.
These prongs lie just within the joint of the lever, and are at the same distances
apart as the piercings within the frame; so that by turning the lever inwardly upon
its joint, the extreme points of the prongs pierce the webbing of a brace, or the like,
and pass into and rest upon the tops of the piercings in the frame, thereby securing
the brace or suspender webbing in its adjusted position.
It will be observed that the pull of the brace only tends to impress the extreme
points of the prongs more against their abutments; so that when once the lever is
turned inwardly, there is no getting away or slipping of the webbing.
The wire prongs are preferably made separate from the bar, and secured to it from
its inner side before turning down.
Although the prongs are preferred to be riveted in position, yet the same may be
made from out of the metal of the said bar or lever.
Instead of the points passing through piercings in the frame; they may pass into
pockets or recesses, and with the points of the prongs resting upon the tops or shoulders
of the pockets.
Dated this Fourteenth day of January 1889.
HENRY HALLADAY.
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Brace and other Buckles.
I HENRY HALLADAY of Globe Works, Burbury Street, Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, 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:-
Lever buckles as ordinarily made, have a plain bar at the inner end of the gripping
lever, and between it and the back of the buckle frame, the webbing of a brace is
gripped and held.
My invention consists in providing the bar as aforesaid, with prongs, or wire
prongs, which when the lever is closed, punctures the webbing, and passes through,
and rests upon the top of a series of piercings, made in the buckle frame.
In carrying out my invention, I take an ordinary buckle frame, with upright
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page_text: piercings directed at equi-distances apart, across the middle of it, and wherethrough
the extreme points of the prongs, as herein-after described, pass, and rest against
their top ends.
The lever consists of a flat piece of cut out sheet metal, with its inner end folded.
upon itself into a bar, from which outwardly directed equidistant wire prongs, proceed-
These prongs lie just within the joint of the lever, and are at the same distances
apart, as the piercings within the frame, so that by turning the lever inwardly upon its
joint, the extreme points of the prongs, pierce the webbing of a brace, or the like
and pass into, and rest upon the tops of the piercings in the frame, thereby securing
the brace or suspender webbing, in its adjusted position.
It will be observed, that the pull of the brace, only tends to impress the extreme
points of the prongs-more-against-their_abutments; so that when once the lever is
turned inwardly, there is no getting away, or slipping of the webbing.-
The wire prongs are preferably made separate from the bar, and secured to it from
its inner side before turning down.
Although the prongs are preferred to be rivetted in position, yet the same may
be made from out of the metal of the said bar or from the lever.
Instead of the points passing through piercings in the frame, they may pass into
pockets or recesses, and with the points of the prongs resting upon the tops or
shoulders of the pockets.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing, represents in front elevation, a brace buckle,
constructed and arranged according to my invention.
-Figure-2 represents a back elevation of the same. It will be seen that the gripping
lever, has prongs, upon its bar, which pass through the-wobbing or other material of
a brace, and-take-into holes or piercings, in the buckle frame, and with the tops of the
said holes or piercings, forming stops, against which the said-prongs take as abutments,
on the lever lying in its gripping position.
Figure 3 represents a transverse vertical section of the said buckle, upon the
dotted lines A B figure 1; and figure 4 represents a vertical section, on the dotted
lines CD of the said figure 1.
Figure 5 represents a like section as figure 6, but with the lever raised, or in
a position which it assumes, when the webbing or the like of a brace, requires to be
adjusted.
Figure 6 represents a front and side view of the prong lever, separately.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.
a is a buckle frame, with upright piercings a³, directed at equi-distant points across
its middle, and wherethrough, or wherein, the points of prongs 6, of a jointed lever b,
pass, and take their abutments upon the tops al of them.
The frame has a tab loop a; and ears a', with bearing holes a³, wherethrough
the joints 6, of the lever b, take.
In use, raise the lever 6, and adjust the webbing c of a brace, between the inner
end of the said lever, and the inside face of the buckle frame; and when in an
adjusted position, it is there secured, by closing or turning down the said lever, and
forcing the prongs of it, through the material of the brace, and into the holes or
gaps a, in the frame, and with the tips of the said prongs, resting upon the tops a¹,
of the suid holes or piercings, as stops, as shown at figure 4.
Figure 7 represents a modification of my invention, in which, instead of employing
piercings, the prongs pass into pockets or recesses, with the points of them upon
the tops or shoulders, as stops.
a is the buckle frame, a² the pocket, a' the top or shoulder of it, b the lever, the
prongs thereof, and 6 the joints of the said lever, turning within bearing holes, of
bracket ears as, of the frame a.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
First :—Directing the prongs (or their equivalents) of pronged buckles, into holes

page_text: or piercings in the framing, or front framing of a buckle, and with the points of
the said prongs, taking against the tops of the said holes or piercings, as stops,
substantially as described and set forth, in figures 1 to 6.
Secondly The combination with a pronged lever, of a lever buckle, of a
frame, with coincident prong piercing, with stops, substantially as described and set
forth.
Thirdly A brace or other buckle, constructed and arranged substantially as
herein decribed, and set forth in figures 1 to 6.
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Fourthly Making the prongs of a lever buckle, take into, and rest against the
tops of pockets or recesses, sunken in the back of the buckle frame, substantially as
described and set forth in figure 7.
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HENRY HALLADAY.
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.