An Improvement in Brace or Suspender Ends.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 31st Oct., 1000 Accepted, 1st Feb.
1890
Ovipicic specification Luty
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Brace or Suspender Ends.
I WILLIAM VARNEY of 123 Wood Street, Cheapside in the City of London,
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to prevent the chafing of the covering of movable
elastic brace or suspender ends.
According to this invention I form the brace or suspender end partly of elastic
and partly of non-elastic materia!, the portion of the end which forms the loop or
button hole I form of elastic material such as covered indiarubber or metal spring
and the portion passing over the pulley or roller or through the tube or other guide
I form of cotton or other cord or any other suitable material and I attach the
elastic portion to the non-elastic portion by tags or other suitable means.
These
ends may be used in connection with braces or suspenders made of either elastic or
non-elastic webbing or other material.
Unted this First day of February 1889.
BROWNE & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Brace or Suspender Ends.
I WILLIAM VARNEY of 123 Wood Street Cheapside in the City of London
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 object of this invention is to prevent the chafing of the covering of movable
elastic brace or suspender ends.
According to this invention, I form the brace or suspender end partly of elastic
and partly of non-elastic material the portion of the end which forms the loop or
button hole I form of elastic material such as covered indiarubber and the portion
passing over the pulley or roller or through the tube I form of cotton or other cord
or any other suitable material and I attach the elastic portion to the non elastic
portion by tags or other suitable means.
In order that my invention may be the better understood 1 will proceed to explain
the same with reference to the accompanying drawing in which Figs. 1 and 2
represent brace or suspender ends constructed according to our invention. Fig. 3
represents elastic portion forming one loop of Fig. 1. Same letters denote the same
parts in all the figures.
a is the non elastic portion of the end passing over the roller b, c c elastic portion
of same terminating in loops d d, ffare tags or clips fastening elastic to non-elastic
material gg are tags or clips fastening the loops.
In order to firmly attach the elastic to the non elastic portion of the brace end I
first wrap a piece of metal tightly round the end of the elastic portion and then
attach it to the non elastic portion afterwards closing the whole in a metal clip or tag
as shown at h Fio. 3.

page_text: 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
1st. In a brace or suspender end the combination of a non elastic portion with one
or more elastic portions attached thereto substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
2nd. The improved brace or suspender end substantially as described and shewn.
Dated this 31st day of October 1889.
BROWNE & Co.,
9 & 10, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for Applicant.