Improved Clasp or Buckle for Belts and other articles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 21st July, 1891
Complete Specification Left. 16th Apr.. 1892-Accepted. 21st May. 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Clasp or Buckle for Belts and other articles.
I, ALEXANDER WHEELER PATCHING, of Victor Works, Tenby Street North,
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention is chiefly designed for connecting together the two ends of belts
for wearing apparel though it may also be applied to other articles two ends of
which
may be required to be connected and disconnected at times.
It consists essentially of a clasp or buckle one part of which is formed with a
holt or bar attached thereto with a hole or recess behind the bar to receive a catch
on the other part and the other part formed with a socket or socket and catch to
receive the bolt the catch when the two are put together engaging with the hole or
recess of the other part.
In carrying out the invention the first part of the clasp or buckle is formed with
a bar or bolt attached to a tang or loop by which it can be connected to a flexible
belt made of leather or textile material. The bolt is preferably made approximately
round a plate or other connecting piece lying between it and the tang or loop. In
the connecting piece is formed a hole or recess into which a catch or projection fits
when the two parts are together and prevents them from being pulled asunder and
also from sliding laterally. The second part of the clasp or buckle is formed with
a socket or its equivalent to receive the bolt or bar attached to the other part. I
prefer at present to have formed with a closed socket at the end to receive the
end of the bolt or bar and an open socket at the centre or near the other end into
which the bolt slides and through the opening in which the connecting piece slides.
The opening in this is in such a position that one part of the buckle must be placed
at an angle to the other in order to insert the bolt into its place and connect the
two together and when drawn out straight the edge of this open socket or catch
enters the hole or recess in the other part and prevents any lateral movement.
front or covering piece on this part of the buckle covers over the bolt in the other
and behind it a recess is made for the bolt to lie in. Upon this part may be placed
by engraving stamping or otherwise any ornamental design.
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The buckle or clasp may be cast or stamped from metal and may be attached to
the belt by rivets sewing or the like or by the belt being passed through a loop.
Dated this 20th day of Jule 1801
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Clasp or Buckle for Belts and other articles.
1, ALEXANDER WHEELER PATCHING, of Victor Works, Tenby Street North,
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 :—
The invention is chiefly designed for connecting together the two ends of belts
forming part of wearing apparel though it may also be applied to other articles two
ends of which may be at times required to be connected together.
It consists essentially of a clasp or buckle in two parts of which one part is
formed with a bolt or bar attached thereto with a hole or recess behind it and the
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page_text: other part is formed with a socket and catch, the socket to receive the bolt and the
catch to engage with the hole or recess behind the bolt of the other part.
It will be fully described with reference to the annexed drawings in which as
examples four modifications of the buckle are illustrated.
Fig. 1. elevation of stamped buckle for belts.
Fig. 2. elevation of stamped buckle in different form.
Fig. 3. elevation of cast buckle.
Fig. 4. elevation of stamped brace buckle.
The side or part A of the buckle or clasp is formed with a bar or bolt B con-
nected or attached thereto by the connecting pieces b. The bolt B is preferably
made round or approximately so, the connecting pieces 6 connecting it to the tong
or loop C by which it is connected to the flexible belt of leather, textile material,
woven wire or other material. Behind the bolt B a hole or recess a is formed to
receive or engage with a catch or projection on the other part D of the buckle.
The part D of the clasp or buckle is formed with a socket E or its equivalent to
receive the bolt or bar Band with a projection or catch d which when the bolt B
is slid into the socket E engages with the hole or recess a and locks the bolt
preventing them from being drawn or slipping asunder.
The socket may in stamped buckles be open from end to end to allow the
connecting pieces 6 to pass through as in Figs. 1 and 2 or in cast buckles may be
closed at one end to receive the end of the bolt as in Fig. 3.
The opening through the side of the socket E is in such a position that one part
of the buckle must be held at an angle to the other in order to insert the bolt B
into its place in the socket E to connect the two parts A and D together. Then
when turned or drawn out straight the catch or edge of the open socket d enters
the hole or recess a in the part A and prevents any lateral movement locking the
two parts together.
An ornamental front or covering piece of any design may be attached to the
front of the part D which will cover both the bolt B and socket E upon which any
desired design may be stamped or engraved.
The buckle or clasp may be stamped or cast from metal and may be attached
to the belt in any ordinary way such as at present used.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A clasp or buckle in two parts formed with a bolt or bar on one part and on
the other an open socket which receives the bolt and a catch which engages with a
hole or recess behind the bolt substantially as described.
2. A clasp or buckle constructed or arranged substantially as described and
shown.
Dated this 1±th any or
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.