Improvements in Buckles or Fastenings for Laces or the like
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 15th Nov., 1892-Accepted, 17th Dec., 892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Buckles or Fastenings for Laces or the like
I, REINHART VICTOR WAGNER of 9 Coleman Street in the City of London,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
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This invention relates to buckles or fastenings for securing boot and other laces
or the like so as to save the usual tying or knotting which is so commonly ineffective
and results in the fastening coming undone.
I form the improved buckle or fastening in two parts through both of which the
lace or cord to be fastened passes. One portion which I will call the base is
provided with an opening through which the laces pass and projecting from it is a
loop through which also the laces pass. The other portion which I may call the
clasp is pivotted or jointed to the base and is also provided with one or more loops
according to the number of strings to be secured and is so arranged that when folded
over in its fixed position it will remain as otherwise the fastening might come
undone. This fixing may be managed in a variety of ways by one or more springs
or catches or a convenient way is to make the clasp fit over the loop projecting
from the base with sufficient spring or frictional contact to prevent its escaping.
The operation is as follows:-Say the apparatus is designed for and applied to a
pair of boots. The ends of the two laces are passed upwards through the opening
in the base then through the loops in the clasp and then through the projecting loop
in the base and the laces being drawn tight the buckle is run down close to
the point where the laces are to be fastened and the clasp turned over the loops of
the clasp folding the laces into a kind of knot which holds them securely until the
clasp is released.
It will be understood that the precise design, size and materials of this buckle
may vary according to requirement. and that it may vary from a relatively large
clasp adapted to hold stout cords down to a fine clasp suitable for the lace of a lady's
glove.
Dand thin 10th dow of February 1899
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Buckles or Fastenings for Laces or the like.
I, REINHART VICTOR WAGNER of 9 Coleman Street, in the City of London,
Merchant, 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:-
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This invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying draw-
ings in which
Figure 1 represents the complete buckle without the laces and in position ready
for threading the laces through the buckle.
Figure 2 shows the same buckle in the position it occupies when the lace is in and
fastened.
Figure shows the buckle in the same position as Figure 1 but with the laces
threaded, and
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Figure 4 represents the upper portion of a boot with the buckle in its closed
position, and the laces thus securely fastened.
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page_text: Figure 5 is a view of a slightly modified buckle the position being similar to that
of Figure 1 but with the laces in.
Figure 6 is an edge view of the same buckle, and
Figure 7 shows the modified buckle closed with the laces in it and fastened.
Like letters represent like parts throughout the drawings.
In the buckle shown in Figures 1 to 4 A is what I will call the first part of the
buckle and B the second part. The first part is the part which if the buckle were
attached to the boot would be the fixed part and the second part is the one which
would be movable. Actually, neither part is fixed to the boot, but the first part
does not turn over in the same way that the second part does and may for the
purposes of description be regarded as the fixed part. The complete buckle thus
consists of two parts of which the part A may be made as preferably a flat plate
with any suitable ornamentation, a central opening A', lugs or ears A' in which
the part B is pivotted by the pins or journals B' and the inclined bars or faces A³
which serve to direct the laces into their proper positions when the part B is turned
over for the purpose of locking them. The part B consists of the bar or frame B
and two loops B preferably shaped as shown in Figure 1 though the exact contour
of these loops and of most other parts of the buckle may be varied without departing
from the spirit of the invention. The part B is capable of being turned upon the
pivots B' from the position shown in Figure 1 to the position shown in Figure 2;
in Figure 1 the bar B is at the top of the drawing while in Figure 2 it has been
turned completely over and lies at the bottom, one side, which I may call the top,
of the loops B' being shown in Figure 1 and the other side which I may call the
under side being shown in Figure 2.
The laces C are passed in the direction of the arrows in Figure 3 through the
opening A' in the first part and over and through the loops B2 and their ends may
then be knotted as shown in Figure 4 the object of the knots being to prevent the
buckle from falling off.
When it is desired to fasten the boot all that is necessary is to pull the laces
tight in the ordinary way as indicated in Figure 4 run the buckle upon the laces up
against the boot and turn over the bar B of the second part from the position shown
in Figure 1 which it naturally occupies into the position shown in Figures 2 and 4
by which means the laces are twisted or knotted as shown clearly in Figure 4, while
the bar B presses upon their loose ends at D the arrangement being such that the
greater the pull upon the laces the harder is the bar B pressed upon their free ends
at D. In practice it will be found that the twist or knot is quite sufficient to
securely hold the laces without any assistance from the bar B. I prefer to so
arrange the parts that in turning over the bar B from the position of Figure 1 to
that of Figure 2 the loops B2 press against the bars A³ the two parts having to
spring to a certain extent to allow the passage of the loops; this arrangement
prevents the second part of the buckle from turning round and undoing of its own
accord.
In the arrangements shown in Figures 5 to 7 the same principle and substan-
tially the same construction is adopted with the exception that the part A carries a
loop E through which the laces C are passed after being passed through the
loops B2 the bar B being extended so as to pass over the loop E when the buckle
is closed or locked. The loop E serves the same purpose as the inclined faces A³
and also tends to keep the laces strictly in their proper places. The loop E may in
fact be regarded as an extension or amplification of the inclined faces A³ the
loops B when turned over pressing against E, in Figures 5 to 7, as they did in
the former case against the inclined faces A'.
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The threading and operation of this buckle are the same as first described.
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 :-
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1. The combination in a buckle of two parts such as A and B constructed and

page_text: operating substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
2. In a buckle the combination with a part such as A having a central opening
through which the laces pass of another part such as B pivotted upon A and having
two loops such as B' through which the laces also pass substantially as described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. In a buckle the combination with a part such as A having a part such as B
pivotted to it of inclined bars or faces such as A³ secured to or forming part of A
substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
4. In a buckle the combination with a part such as A having a part such as B
pivotted to it of a loop such as E substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of Nover
1000
REINHART V. WAGNER.
W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicant.