IMPROVE- MENTS IN BUCKLES OR FASTENINGS FOR BRACES, BELTS, BANDS, AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Pemberton Turner, of Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN BUCKLES OR FASTENINGS FOR BRACES, BELTS, BANDS, AND OTHER
ARTICLES." A communication from abroad by Antoine Rollin, of
No. 26, Quai Castellane, Lyons, in the Empire of France.
Sealed the 18th March 1870, and dated the 25th September 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Pemberton
Turner at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 25th September 1869.
I, JOHN PEMBERTON TURNER, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BUCKLES OR FASTENINGS FOR BRACES, BELTS, BANDS,
AND OTHER ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
The said Invention consists in constructing and arranging in the
manner herein-after described the parts of tongueless buckles or

page_text: fastenings for braces, belts, bands, and other articles, whereby the parts
are made very simple and not liable to get out of order, and the
fastening and adjusting of the brace or other band is effected with great
facility.
According to one arrangement of this Invention the buckle or
fastening consists of two parts, namely, of a rectangular frame and a
moveable slide consisting of a single rounded bar working in the said
frame: The short sides of the frame are made hollow, and in the said
hollow sides the ends of the moveable slide or bar work; the said
hollow sides are made in one piece with the frame, that is, the frame
is provided with concave projecting pieces, which pieces by being bent
over concave parts in the frame form the hollow sides described; the
moveable slide or bar is placed in the lower half of the hollow sides
before the upper half is closed or bent upon the lower half; the said
slide is thereby retained in the frame and cannot be separated therefrom.
In using the buckle or fastening, described as a brace buckle, the
upper bar of the frame is connected with the web of the brace, and the
adjustable part of the brace carrying the tabs is passed over the slide
in the frame and between the slide and the inner edge of the bottom
bar of the frame, the loose end of the brace being situated at the back
of the bottom bar. When pressure is put on the adjustable part of the
brace the slide is forced towards the bottom bar of the buckle frame,
and the brace is gripped firmly between the said slide and the frame;
the greater the pressure put on the brace the tighter will it be held
between the slide and frame; on removing the pressure from the
adjustable part of the brace the slide rises in the frame and releases
the said brace. To shorten the brace the loose end is pulled down,
when the brace passes freely over the slide. To lengthen the brace the
bottom bar of the buckle frame is raised from the loose end of the brace,
when the latter may be pulled in the opposite direction over the slide.
The bottom part of the buckle frame may be provided with a slot,
through which the loose end of the brace may be passed.
In using the buckle for fastening belts, bands, and other articles one
end of the band is connected to the top bar of the frame, and the other
end is passed over the slide and between the said slide and the inner
edge of the bottom bar of the frame, as before described with respect to
the adjustable part of the brace.

page_text: Instead of making the frame of the buckle in the manner described
it may be made by taking a blank of double the size of the frame to.
be made, forming in the sides of the said blank hollows or depressions,
and bending one half of the blank upon the other half. The spaces
thus formed between the bent parts of the frame constitute the hollow.
sides in which the slide works. In this arrangement it is preferred
to make the slide of a rectangular frame instead of a single bar, the
short sides of the slide nearly filling up the hollow sides of the buckle
frame.
The buckle or fastening described may be modified in the following
manner:-In lieu of making the slide when in the form of a frame
work in the hollow sides of the buckle frame a detached slide may be
placed at the back of the lower part of a buckle frame without hollow
sides; the buckle frame is provided with a middle bar, against the
back of which the top bar of the slide bears; the fixed end of the
band is passed around the top bar of the slide and the middle bar of
the buckle frame; the slide is thus connected to and supported against
the buckle frame; the adjustable end of the band is passed around the
bottom bar of the frame and over the bottom bar of the slide, the loose
end of the band being situated at the back of the slide. The action of
this arrangement is the same as that first described, excepting that
the top of the frame is furnished with a lifting piece, by pulling which
the adjustable end of the band is released, and may be lengthened or
shortened.
5 SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Pemberton Turner in the Great Seal Patent.
Office on the 19th March 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
PEMBERTON TURNER, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
▸ Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of September, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the
thirty-third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,.

page_text: give and grant unto me, the said John Pemberton Turner, Her special
licence that I, the said John Pemberton Turner, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John Pemberton
Turner, 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, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BUCKLES OR FASTENINGS FOR BRACES, BELTS, BANDS, AND
OTHER ARTICLES," a communication to me from abroad by Antoine Rollin,
of No. 26, Quai Castellane, Lyons, in the Empire of France, upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Pemberton Turner,
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 John Pemberton Turner, 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 thereof, that is to say :-
The said Invention consists in constructing and arranging in the
manner herein-after described the parts of tongueless buckles or
fastenings for braces, belts, bands, and other articles, whereby the
parts are made very simple and not liable to get out of order, and the
fastening and adjusting of the brace or other band is effected with
great facility.
According to one arrangement of this Invention the buckle or
fastening consists of two parts, namely, of a rectangular frame and a
moveable slide consisting of a single rounded bar working in the said
frame. The short sides of the frame are made hollow, and in the
said hollow sides the ends of the moveable slide or bar work; the
said hollow sides are made in one piece with the frame, that is, the
frame is provided with concave projecting pieces, which pieces by being
bent over concave parts in the frame form the hollow sides described;
the moveable slide or bar is placed in the lower half of the hollow

page_text: sides before the upper half is closed or bent upon the lower half; the
said slide is thereby retained in the frame and cannot be separated
therefrom.
In using the buckle or fastening, described as a brace buckle, the
upper bar of the frame is connected with the web of the brace, and
the adjustable part of the brace carrying the tabs is passed over the
slide in the frame and between the slide and the inner edge of the
bottom bar of the frame, the loose end of the brace being situated at
the back of the bottom bar. When pressure is put on the adjustable
part of the brace the slide is forced towards the bottom bar of the buckle
frame, and the brace is gripped firmly between the said slide and the
frame; the greater the pressure put on the brace the tighter will it be
held between the slide and frame; on removing the pressure from the
adjustable part of the brace the slide rises in the frame and releases the
said brace. To shorten the brace the loose end is pulled down, when
the brace passes freely over the slide. To lengthen the brace the
bottom bar of the buckle frame is raised from the loose end of the brace,
when the latter may be pulled in the opposite direction over the slide.
The flat side of the buckle frame may be provided with a slot, through
which the end of the brace may be passed loosely instead of being sewn
as in an ordinary slide.
In using the buckle for fastening belts, bands, and other articles one
end of the band is connected to the top bar of the frame, and the other
end is passed over the slide and between the said slide and the inner
edge of the bottom bar of the frame, as described with respect to the
adjustable part of a brace.
Instead of making the frame of the buckle in the manner described
it may be made by taking a blank of double the size of the frame to be
made, forming in the sides of the said blank hollows or depressions,
and bending one half of the blank upon the other half; the spaces
thus formed between the bent parts of the frame constitute the hollow
sides in which the slide works. In this arrangement it is preferred
to make the slide of a rectangular frame instead of a single har, the
short sides of the slide nearly filling up the hollow sides of the buckle
frame.
.
The buckle or fastening described may be modified in the following.
In lieu of making the slide when in the form of a frame

page_text: work in the hollow sides of the buckle frame a detached slide may be
placed at the back of the lower part of a buckle frame without hollow
sides; the buckle frame is provided with a middle bar, against the
back of which the top bar of the slide bears; the fixed end of the
band is passed around the top bar of the slide and the middle bar of
the buckle frame; the slide is thus connected to and supported against
the buckle frame; the adjustable end of the band is passed around the
bottom bar of the frame and over the bottom bar of the slide, the loose
end of the band being situated at the back of the slide. The action of
this arrangement is the same as that first described, excepting that
the top of the frame is furnished with a lifting piece, by pulling which
the adjustable end of the band is released and may be lengthened or
shortened.
Having explained the nature of the said Invention I will proceed to
describe, with reference to the accompanying Drawings, the manner in 1
which the same is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in end elevation, front elevation, and cross section
a buckle or fastening constructed according to the said Invention, and
Figures 2 and 3 represent the same applied to a band or belt; Figure 4
represents the blank from which the frame of the buckle is made; and 2
Figure 5 represents the slide or moveable bar of the buckle separately.
The same letters indicate the same parts in each of the Figures of the
Drawings.
The buckle consists of two parts, namely, of a rectangular frame a, a³,
and a slide b, consisting of a single bar working in the said frame. The 2
ends or short sides c, c, of the frame a, a³, are made hollow, and in the
said hollow sides the ends of the slide or bar b work; the hollow
sides c, c, are made in one piece with the frame a, a³. To form these
hollow sides the blank from which the buckle frame is made is furnished
with projecting pieces or ears d, d, as represented in Figure 4; by 3
means of tools worked in a press the said pieces d, d, and the sides e, e,
of the blank near the said pieces d, d, are made of a concave or hollow
figure. When the buckle is in this stage of its manufacture the ends
of the slide or bar b are placed in the hollow parts at e, e, of the blank,
which hollow parts constitute the lower halves of the hollow sides. By 3
means of another pair of tools the upper halves d, d, of the hollow sides
are bent upon the lower halves e, e, and the hollow sides c, c, of the

page_text: buckle thereby formed, as represented in Figure 1. By the folding of
the hollow ears d, d, of the frame upon the hollow parts e, e, tho
slide 6 is retained in the frame a, a², and cannot be separated therefrom.
Instead of making the ends of the slide or bar 6 work in the hollow
sides of the frame the frame may be made without hollow sides, and the
ends of the slide or bar be hooked and work upon the flat short sides of.
the frame. This arrangement is represented in side elevation, back
elevation, and section in Figure 6, and front elevation in Figure 7. In
the said Figures 6 and 7 the frame is marked a, a³, and the slide or bar
is marked b. The hooked and expanded ends b² of the slide or bar 6 aro
made to work freely on the short sides of the frame a, a³, as represented
in the Drawing.
In using the buckle as a belt or band fastening the belt or band is
applied in the manner represented in front elevation in Figure 2, and
section in Figure 3. The end f of the belt or band is fastened to the
upper bar a of the frame, or made to slide loosely in a slot in the said
bar a, and the other end g of the belt or band is passed over the slide b
and between the said slide and the bottom bar a of the frame, as best
seen in the section Figure 3, the loose end g³ of the band being situated
at the back of the bottom bar a³. When pressure is put on the end g
of the belt or band the slide b is forced towards the bottom bar a³ of the
frame, and the belt or band is gripped firmly between the said slide and
bar, as represented in the Drawing; the greater the pressure put on the
belt or hand the tighter will it be held between the slide 6 and bar a³.
On removing the pressure from the end g the slide b rises in the frame
and releases the band. The length of band is adjusted in the following
manner: To shorten the band the loose end g³ is pulled down, when
the said band passes freely over the slide. To lengthen the band the
bar a of the frame is lifted or raised from the loose end g³ of the band.
The end of the band being now pulled down causes the slide 6 to rise
slightly in its frame, and allows the band g to pass freely between it and
the bottom bar a³. By an examination of Figure 3 it will be seen that
when the end g of the band is pulled down a perpendicular or direct
pressure is put on the slide 6, and the said slide is pressed towards the
bar a³, but when the end g of the band is pulled down an oblique
pressure is put on the under side of the slide b, and the said slide is
thereby slightly raised from the bar a³, the band being permitted to pass
freely between the said slide and bar.
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page_text: Figure 6ª represents in front elevation, and Figure 7ª in section, the
improved buckle used in combination with the ordinary belt slide for
fastening the loose end of the band or belt. In this arrangement it will
be seen that the end g of the belt or band is passed through the belt
slide / and over the bar a² and slide 6 of the buckle, the extreme end g³
of the belt being fastened to the middle bar i of the belt slide h; by
this means there is no loose end to the belt or band. When it is wished
to lengthen the belt the belt slido h is moved nearer to the buckle, the
belt g passing freely over the slide band bar a. When it is wished to
shorten the belt the bar a² is raised from the said belt, and the belt
slide is then moved from the buckle. The belt now passes freely in
the opposite direction over the bar a³ and slide b.
Figure 8 represents in front elevation, and Figure 9 in section the
improved buckle used as a brace buckle or fastening. The parts of the
brace buckle are marked with the same letters of reference as corre-
sponding parts of the buckle, Figures 2 and 3. % is the front end of
the web of the brace fastened to the bar a, and is the adjustable
part of the brace carrying the tabs 1, 13; 13 is the loose end of the
brace. The end of the brace is adjusted in the manner described
with respect to the end of the belt or band represented in Figures
2 and 3.
Figure 10 represents in front elevation and cross section a buckle
made from a blank double the size of the frame to be made; Figure 11
represents the blank before it is doubled; and Figure 12 represents the
slido separately, which slide in this arrangement is made in the form of
a rectangular frame, the said frame nearly filling up the sides of
the buckle frame. The blank, Figure 11, is provided with hollows or
depressions m, m, at its sides, which hollows or depressions when the
blank is bent at the dotted line n so as to fold one half of the blank
upon the other half constitute spaces marked m in Figure 10, in which
the ends of the slide p work, as represented in the said Figure 10. The
slide p is placed in the hollows m of the blank before one half of it a
is folded upon the other half. In applying the band or brace or other
article to this buckle or fastening one end of the band or brace is
connected to the top bar r of the buckle frame, and the other end of
the band is passed over the bottom bar of the slide p and between the
slide and the inner edge of the bottom bar of the buckle frame, as
described with respect to the buckles Figures 2, 3, 64, 74, 8, and 9. Two

page_text: separate bars or slides may be used in the frame of the buckle in place
of the slide p.
Instead of using a slide consisting of a single bar, as described with
respect to Figures 1, 2, 3, 64, 74, 8, and 9, a frame of bars of the kind
represented in Figure 12 and marked p may be employed in place
thereof.
Figure 13 represents in front elevation, and Figure 14 in section a
buckle or fastening constructed according to the said Invention, in which
a detached slide is employed; Figure 15 represents the frame of the
buckle separately; and Figure 16 represents the slide separately. The
frame is markeds and the slide is marked t. The buckle frame & is
provided with a middle bars, against the back of which the top bar {*
of the slide bears. The fixed end u of the band or web is passed
around the top bar of the slide and the middle bars of the frame s
in the manner represented in Figures 13 and 14; the slide is thereby
connected to and supported against the buckle frame s. v is the
adjustable end of the band which is passed around the bottom bar 8³ of
the frames and over the bottom bar 6s of the slide t, the loose end v² of
the adjustable end of the band being situated at the back of the slide.
To the top of the buckle frame a lifting piece to is affixed. When
pressure is put on the end of the band the said band is gripped
between the bars &³, &, and held firmly in its place. To adjust the end
of the band it is only necessary to lift the piece wo, when the two
bars,, are separated and the band released, and the said band may
be lengthened or shortened by pulling either the end or the loose end v³
of the said band.
Although in the accompanying Drawings the frames of the buckles
are represented as being made from sheet metal cut out and shaped by
press tools, yet I wish it to be understood that the said frames may
be made from flat, round, or half-round wire bent into the required
shape.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that
I do not limit myself to the precise details herein described and
illustrated, as the same may be varied without departing from the nature
of the said Invention; but I claim as the said Invention, the improve-
ments in buckles or fastenings for braces, belts, bands, and other articles

page_text: herein-before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings,
that is to say, the combination of a frame and a slide or sliding bar
working in or upon the said frame, the said frame and slide or sliding
bar being constructed and made to fasten or unfasten the brace, belt, or
band, or other article, substantially as described and illustrated.
Also the modification described with respect to Figures 13, 14, 15,
and 16 of the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Pemberton Turner, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of March,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.
Witness,
JOHN PEMBERTON TURNER. (L.S.)
RICHARD SKERRETT,
Clerk to George Shaw,
Birmingham.