Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Hangers, Hanger Brackets, and Tab Carriers for Braces.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 31st May, 1894-Accepted, 14th July, 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Hangers, Hanger
Brackets, and Tab Carriers for Braces.
I, THOMAS WALKER, of Brook Street Works, St. Paul's Square, in the City of
Birmingham, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in, and in the manufacture of, the
metallic fittings of braces, such as the hangers, hanger-brackets and tab carriers.
My invention pertains, first to improvements in, and in the manufacture of, the
hangers employed in connection with the runner cords of the tab ends of braces;
secondly to means for preventing the rising of the cords from the runners of the
carrying frames, and thirdly, to means for securing and hiding the rivet heads of
hangers or hanger brackets used in connection with the runners, over which the
runner cords of tab ends pass.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents, in front elevation, a brace end
with the hanger fitting constructed and made and provided with an improvement
in accordance with the one part of my invention.
Figure 2 represents a back elevation of the same.
Figure 3 is a vertical section of Figure 1, upon the dotted lines x-x.
Figure 4 represents an underside edge view of the said hanger or bracket, which
is suspended from the lower bar of the buckle frame.
Figure 5 represents a cross section upon the dotted lines A B Figure 1, showing
how the back plate is united to the front plate by eyelet studs, which act as pulleys
or rollers over which the runner cords of the tab ends pass.
Figure 6 represents a section upon the dotted lines Ċ D Figure 1.
Figure 7 represents the blank of the hanger and Figure 8 is an edge view of it.
In Figures 1 to 8, a is a hanger or depending bracket made from sheet metal
and suspended from the lower bar c', of the frames c, of the buckle c. a' is the
front plate of the said hanger, a² is the back, and a³ a supplementary hanger part,
carrying a guide or supplementary guide b, shown partly in section and partly in
elevation in Figure 1, and consisting of a headed and eyeletted stud with gathered-in
neck, against which, the inner cords d', of the runner cords d², which pass over the
uniting stud eyelets or guides e, come and are guided on their running.
The said studs e, consists of headed eyelets, with the head ends e¹, secured and
closed under part of the boundary edges a, of the circular parts of the front
plate a', by the turning inwards and over of the part boundary edges a*, of the
metal of the said parts of the front plate a', whilst the back plate a², is secured to
the front plate by passing the necked ends e², of the said eyelets e, e, through
central piercings in the said back plate and being there rivetted.
The back and front plates are also united together by tie-webs a³, made integral
with the blank which forms both the back and front sides of the hanger, and also
in one piece with the connecting part, marked a, and which is represented spread
out in Figures 7 and 8.
Thus the blank, Figures 7 and 8, is folded nearly upon itself upon the dotted
line x, and the eyelet studs are placed between the said back and front plates, and
are there affixed, whilst the shank part a, is then cranked and folded over the
bar c', of the buckle frame c², as best seen in the section Figure 3, and the terminal
edges a', of the front plate a', are brought close up to the front of the said cranked
and turned-over part a³.

page_text: Instead of the runner cords d, working on plain and fixed eyelet studs b and e,
the said studs may be furnished or fitted with grooved rollers or runners.
Figure 9 represents a section of a runner-carrying bracket, with its open gap or
entrance provided with a free spring tongue stop, for preventing the rising and
detachment of the runner cords of the brace or tabs.
Thus, a is the bracket carrier, e is the runner, rotating upon a pivot e². a¹ is
the open mouth or entrance to the bracket, and d is a spring tongue stop..
Figure 10 represents a brace hanger, with the head of the axis or rivet upon
which the runner turns, concealed from view or covered up.
Figure 11 represents a cross section of the same upon the dotted lines x-x
Figure 10.
Figure 12 represents the blank of the hanger, bracket or carrier.
Figure 13 represents the same with the rivet, axis or stud affixed by expanding
a shouldered end of it.
Figure 14 represents an edge view of Figure 13.
Figure 15 represents the metal at the head end turned over upon itself, and with
the flattened head of the rivet coming between the opposed faces of the adjacent
plates, and being thus concealed from view.
Figure 16 represents an end view of Figure 15.
Thus, a is a hanger, made by folding a piece of sheet metal upon its middle and
nearly upon itself, and with the middle part closed upon the cranked middle
part c², of the bar c', of the loop frame c, and with the sides a', a², united together
by a cross rivet, pin, stud or axis b, upon which a pulley or runner e, over which
the runner cords d, take, revolves.
The connections of the ends 1, 2, of the rivet are made by the same being
shouldered, and then by first passing the end b', from back to front through the
hole a³, in the circular carrier a, and then rivetting the said end by spreading the
metal of it outwardly into a flat head, as represented and marked a, in Figures 13
and 14, and afterwards folding the carrier end at upon the body part, with the flat
head and back of the rivet coming and being concealed between the opposed and
brought-together surfaces.
The body part is now folded about its middle upon the dotted line a Figures 15
and 16, into a bifurcated or U-shaped figure, the runner is threaded upon the rivet
and the hole a', is passed over the shouldered end 2, of the said rivet b, and
expanded, thus connecting the two sides or members together and forming a stay
for connecting the sides and an axis for the runner to work upon.
By taking or folding in an end of the metal of the hanger, that rivet end which
would come upon the front is hidden, so that the said front has nothing protruding
or standing from its face.
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 :-
First. In the end fittings of braces having runner cords, providing or fitting the
ɛame with a plain or rollered guide or supplementary guide 6 which directs and
forms a bearer for the running cords, substantially as described and set forth in
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Secondly. In the end fittings of braces having runner cords, connecting, uniting
or bonding together the sides, or the back and front parts, of carrier brackets or
bangers, by means of eyeletted rivets, which form both the ties for the sides, and
guides for the running cords, substantially as described and set forth in
Figures 1 to 5.
Thirdly. In the end fittings of braces having runner cords, the means of
connecting the eyelet studs to the front plate, by the closing over of the metal of
the edges of the same upon the heads of the eyelets, substantially as described and
set forth in Figures 1 to 5.
Fourthly. In the end fittings of braces having runner cords, making the carrier

page_text: brackets or hangers from sheet metal, and from a blank Figures 7 and 8,.
substantially as described and set forth.
Fifthly. In the metallic end fittings of braces, the general construction,
arrangement, combination and fitting of the parts, substantially as and for the
purpose as described and set forth in Figures 1 to 8.
Sixthly. In carrier brackets for the pulleys or runners of brace or suspender
fittings, providing the same with a spring tongue stop, whereby the running cords
are prevented from rising and being accidentally disconnected from the fitting,.
substantially as described and set forth in Figure 9.
Seventhly. In the metallic end fittings and braces, suspenders and analogous
articles, concealing or screening the heads of the rivets employed as the axes or
pivots and tie-studs, by first attaching the rivet to a supplementary end part,.
which is tucked or folded inwards upon the inner side of an adjacent part, and with
the expanded head of the said rivet coming between the said supplementary and
the other part, substantially as described and set forth in Figures 10 to 16.
Eighthly. In the metallic end fittings of braces, suspenders and analogous.
articles, the improvements in the construction, fitting and making of the same,.
substantially as described and set forth in Figures 10 to 16.
THOMAS WALKER,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.

page_text: Date of Application, 31st May, 1891-Accepted, 21st July, 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture or Production of Buckles, Loops,
and Runners for Braces, Belts, and other Articles.
I, THOMAS WALKER, of Brook Street Works, St. Pauls Square, in the City
of Birmingham, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture or production of
certain metallic fittings or furniture of braces, suspenders, belts, bands and other
analogous articles, and consists in improved means for tying or uniting the adjacent
terminal ends of the metal or the wire, forming the frames of all such fittings or
articles, together, as hereinafter described.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents, in front elevation, a brace
buckle, constructed according to my invention. It will be seen that the ends of
the metal or wire from which the frame is made are united together by à tongue
part of the one engaging within a piercing or recess in the other.
Figure 2 represents an underside plan of the said buckle.
Figure 3 represents an elevation of the length of wire or metal from which the
frame of the said buckle Figures 1 and 2 is made, showing the ends, which form
the tie, separately.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in Figures 1 to 3.
a is the buckle frame, which is made from a piece or length of wire or flat
metal, and a', a² are the terminal parts of the same. a3 is a he-dovetail end,
carried by the part a', and adapted to fit within the she-dovetail recess a', formed
within the other end part a².
In making up a buckle frame, a length of wire Figure 3 is taken, with parts of
the metal of the same spread out or flattened. This length of metal is then folded
into a frame, and the he-dovetail part a³, of the end a', is inserted into the she-
dovetail recess of the other end a², and the parts are secured. together by closing
the walls of the she part upon the he part by any suitable means.
Figure 4 represents a front elevation of a runner or loop, employed in connection
with snake dress furniture, constructed, or having the ends of the length of wire
forming it united together, according to my invention.
Figure 5 represents my invention applied to an ordinary runner, or to the loop of
any dress fastener.
Figure 6 represents the connection part of the frame upon an cularged scale.
Figure 7 represents a like view with the parts separated, whilst
Figure 8 is an edge view of Figure 7, but with the she part in section.
In Figures 6, 7 and 8, the same letters of reference indicate like parts as in
Figures 1 to 3.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
First. In the metallic buckles, frames, loops, runners and other fittings or
furniture of braces, suspenders, belts, bands and other analogous articles, uniting

page_text: the terminal ends of the length of wire or metal from which the same are made,
by he and she dovetail ends, or equivalents, substantially as described and set
forth.
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£ T 1004
THOMAS WALKER,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.