Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 12th Jan., 1895
I, WILLIAM ARTHUR Lord, of 43 Latchmere Terrace, Kingston-on-Thames,
in the County of Surrey, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to a new or improved connecting device or buckle for straps
and the like.
In order that my invention may be readily understood I shall hereinafter describe
it with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which similar letters of
reference indicate similar parts.
In the said drawings,
Figure 1 is a plan view of a strap buckle constructed in accordance with my
invention and showing the strap held therein.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same,
Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same on the line 3-3 of
Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a plan view of the base piece hereinafter to be described.
Figure 5 is a plan view of the rocker hereinafter to be described.
Figure 6 is a longitudinal vertical section of a modified form of my strap
buckle.
Figure. 7 is a vertical longitudinal section of another modified form of my strap
buckle.
Figure 8 is a plan view of the intermediate piece shown in Figure 7.
Figure 9 is a vertical longitudinal section of yet another modified form of my
invention.
Referring now to the said drawings, A. is the base piece consisting of a perforated
plate or the like and B is a rocker also consisting of a perforated plate or the like
attached to the said base piece in such manner that it will rock thereon in what
may be termed a see-saw manner. The said rocker consists of a plate or sheet
with two perforations therein as shown. A convenient means of attaching the said
rocker to the said base piece consists in providing the latter with two lugs a a bent
upwards and furnished with orifices or depressions a' into which are inserted the
projections bbwhich serve as pivots upon which the rocking action takes place.
In this form of my invention one end of the strap is permanently attached to one
of the sides a or a³. Let us assume that it is attached to the side a² as shown in
Figures 2 and 3. To use the strap buckle the other end of the strap is now
passed through the buckle as shown in Figures 2 and 3 that is to say it is first
passed under the side a³ and the bar (passing from right to left) of the rocker,
over the said bar b¹, under side a passing from left to right, over side a³ and bar b
In this position
passing from right to left, and onwards under side 62 of the rocker.
it will be found that the strap is gripped tightly.
The form of strap buckle shown in Figure 6 differs from that just described in
that bar bis surrounded by a tube so as to form a roller by means of which the
strap be pulled tight its function being in this respect the same as in the existing
well known form of buckle.
In Figure 71 show a modified form of my invention which is designed to save
the body which the strap embraces from injury by the strap at the place marked c
In this case I furnish the
(see Figures 2 and 3) when the strap is pulled tight.

page_text: buckle with an intermediate piece D shown separately in Figure 8 and which in its
form is similar to one half of the rocker B. This intermediate piece D may be
pivotted to the base piece A in the same manner as is the rocker.
When this form
of my invention is employed the strap may be attached in the same manner as in
the former case except that the strap takes up the same position with regard to the
side d¹ as in the former case it took up with respect to the side a³.
The form of buckle shown in Figure 9 differs from that shown in Figure 7 in
that the intermediate piece is similar in form to the rocker instead of resembling
one half of the rocker. In this case the fixed end of the strap instead of being
attached to the side a of the base piece is attached to the side d' of the intermediate
piece. In this form it will be seen that the base piece A acts as a shield separating
the body embraced by the strap from that part of the strap which is gripped by
the buckle and that the intermediate piece fulfils the same function as does the
base piece in the form illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3. In this form of my
invention it is not necessary to perforate the base piece although it may be
convenient to do so for the purpose of obtaining lightness in weight. It is obvious
that in the forms illustrated by Figures 7 and 9 it is not necessary that both the
rocker and the intermediate piece should be movable. As a rule it will suffice if
one of these is free to rock or move. In some cases it is convenient to have the
base piece in the form shown in Figures 7 and 9 capable of rocking and in that
instance it is convenient to make it rock on the lugs which may then be rigidly
attached either to the intermediate piece or to the rocker.
It is obvious that tubes may be put round any of the sides either of the base
piece or of the intermediate piece of the rocker or round the bar d as well as round
the bar b'. It is to be understood that the dimensions of the parts will vary with
the width of the strap and that the distance of the parts apart will vary with the
thickness of the said strap.
For convenience of illustration, I have, in the figures, shown the rocker, the base
piece and the intermediate piece as being a greater distance apart than would be
the case in actual practice with a strap of the thickness shown.
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
] claim is:
1. The new or improved buckle for straps and the like substantially as set
forth.
2. In a buckle for straps and the like the combination of a base piece and a
rocker substantially as set forth.
3. In a buckle for straps and the like the combination of a base piece an
intermediate piece and a rocker substantially as set forth.
4. In a buckle for straps and the like the arrangement and combination of parts
substantially as set forth with reference to Figures 1, 2 and 3.
5. In a buckle for straps and the like the arrangement and combination of parts
substantially as set forth with reference to Figure 7.
6. In a buckle for straps and the like the arrangement and combination of parts
substantially as set forth with reference to Figure 9.
Dated this 6th day of December 1894.
For the Applicant,
J. G. LORRAIN, M. Inst. E.E., M. Inst. M.E.,
Norfolk House, Norfolk Street, Strand, London, W.C.,
Chartered Patent Agent.