IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE AND USE OF FASTENERS SUITABLE FOR STRAPS, BANDS, AND SUCH LIKE
Year: 1873

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LETTERS PATENT to Herbert John Haddan, of the Firm of Herbert and
Company, Patent Agents, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE AND USE OF
FASTENERS SUITABLE FOR STRAPS, BANDS, AND SUCH LIKE."-A com:
munication from abroad by James Fairman, of the City of New
York, in the County and State of New York, in the United States
of America.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Herbert John Haddan
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 28th March 1873.
I,, HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of the Firm of Herbert and Company,
5 Patent Agents, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE AND USE OF FASTENERS SUITABLE FOR STRAPS, BANDS, AND SUCH
LIKE," a communication to me from abroad by James Fairman, of the

page_text: City of New York, in the County and State of New York, in the United
States of America, to be as follows:-
The improvements consist in the manufacture and use of a screw or
screws working in a plate, or in or on plates or in frames, and operating|
to press or clamp or secure straps or bands to which they may be con-
nected, or otherwise as a strap fastener, also of a serrated or roughened
surface to either the head of the screw, or to the plate or plates or
parts of the frames, or to both screw and plates when desired for the
more effectually holding such straps or bands; also of a key or spanner
for working said screw or screws.
The improvements may be performed by making the screw plate or
plates, or frames and the key or spanner of metal, wrought or cast, or
of any hard material suitable for the purpose, the plate, plates or frames
being made of any suitable shape and serrated or roughened by any
convenient process, and made so as to attach to and receive the strap
or band for which they are intended, and when desired made so that
they may be fastened on to a strap or band, buckle or other fashion, or
fastened on to a trunk or such like, or made so that they will slide along
the strap or band and be capable of being clamped in any position
thereon for receiving and holding part of said strap and so act as a
buckle.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Herbert John Haddan in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 26th September 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HERBERT 2
JOHN HADDAN, of the Firm of Herbert. and Company, Patent Agents,
of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by. Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of March, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight. hundred and seventy-three, in the a
thirty-sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Herbert John Haddan, Her special
licence that I, the said Herbert John Haddan, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Herbert John Haddan,

page_text: my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
excrcise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "Im-
PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE AND USE OF FASTENERS SUITABLE FOR
STRAPS, BANDS, AND SUCH LIKE," a communication to me from abroad by
James Fairman, of the City of New York, in the County and State of
New York, in the United States of America, upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Herbert John Haddan, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or
one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was
to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Herbert John Haddan, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same.
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
The improvements consist in the manufacture and use of a screw or
screws working in a plate, or in or on plates, or in frames, and operating
to press or clamp or secure straps or bands to which they may be
connected, or otherwise as a strap fastener, also of a serrated or
roughened surface to the plate or plates, or parts of the frames for the
more effectually holding such straps or bands, also of a key or spanner.
for working such screw or screws.
The improvements may be performed by making the screw plate or
plates, or frames, and the key or spanner of metal, wrought or cast, or
of any hard material suitable for the purpose, the plate, plates, or
frames being made of any suitable shape and serrated or roughened by
any convenient process, and made so as to attach to and receive the
strap or band for which they are intended, and when desired made so
that they may be fastened on to a strap or band, buckle, or other
fashion; or fastened on to a trunk or such like, or made so that they will
slide along the strap or band and be capable of being clamped in any
position thereon for-receiving and holding part of said strap and so act.
as a buckle. ·

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The accompanying Drawing serves to illustrate and further explain
the manner in which the Invention is to be performed. Two forms of
the improved fasteners are represented both as adapted for securely
closing an ordinary box or travelling trunk.
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Figure 1 shews a front view of a trunk with one of these so applied
and in the closed position. a is the front surface of the body of the trunk
and of the lid or cover; c a short leather strap rivetted or secured to
the lid d the plate and e the screw of the fastener. Figure 2 shews a
detached view of the strap, and Figures 3 and 4 detached views of the
plate and screw, Figure 3 shewing them apart, and Figure 4 screwed
together. d in Figure 3 shews the screwed hole in the plate into
which the screw fits. Should it be, desired that the screw should not
be removable a plate or burr may be rivitted, formed on, or attached
to it (after the end has been passed through the plate) as shewn by
dotted lines in the same Figure. The upper or outer surface of the
plate is jagged or serrated, as seen in Figures 3 and 4.. The strap c is
forked so as to pass the body of the screw, and when the trunk is to be
fastened the forked parts of the strap are to be passed one on either side
of the body of the screw between the head thereof and the jagged
surface of the plate d, and while pulled tightly the screw is to be turned
so that its head may securely clamp or hold the strap. The small holes
at the corners of the plate d are for attaching it to the trunk or to a
strap, or wherever it may be required. The other form of improved
fasteners above referred to and which avoids the forking of the strap as
above described is represented by the, following Figures, namely, 14, 2*,
34, and 4, which correspond with Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 respectively,
the principal difference being that the simple jagged plate d. is replaced
by a frame consisting of a jagged plate d and bridge or bridle piece d²
in one, and that the screw e is much larger in diameter, and works
through the bridge piece and that its, end (instead of its head), serves to,
clamp the strap, which is passed through the frame beneath the bridge.
piece and screw and between them and the jagged plate. It is also.
contemplated to employ an additional jagged or plain plate to press.
against the upper or outer surface of the strap, the screw, in such cases
pressing against such additional plate instead of directly on the strap.
In the case of either, form of fastener the screw may be turned to fasten
or loosen the strap in any convenient manner. Probably the most
convenient is that represented; a square hole e is formed in the screw

page_text: for the reception of a key or spanner with bit f thereon for fitting it,
as shewn in Figure 5, or an ordinary key may be formed with a suitable
bit f, as shewn in Figure 6. Or the head of the screw may have a kerf
thereon for application of an ordinary screwdriver, or may be made with
an ordinary "milled"-edging to admit of being gripped and turned by
hand.
It will readily be seen that the improved fasteners are effectual
substitutes for ordinary buckles, and that they firmly clamp a large
surface upon a strap instead of the mere spike, peg, or pin holding
through a hole which a buckle affords. No slackening occurs in
fastening, but the full tension exerted is effective. The can be used
with shorter, thicker, and consequently stronger straps, are not liable to
injury from violent contact, and they relieve from strain the lock and
hinges of a trunk and practically constitute an additional lock.
I would remark that any convenient modification may be made
without departure from the limits of the Invention so long as the
essential feature or features thereof consisting of pressing, clamping,
gripping, grasping, securing, or holding of a strap or such like article
between a plate (or substitute for a plate) and a screw or screws, or
between plates (or substitutes for plates) made to approach one towards
another by means of a screw or screws, and that subject to any such
modifications "I claim" the manufacture and use of fasteners" suitable
for straps, bands, and such like," substantially as represented in the
Drawings herein referred to and as herein further described though not
represented in the said Drawings.
In witness whereof I, the said Herbert John Haddan, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of September,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
three.