Improvements in or relating to Buckles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Mar.. 1895
Complete Specification Left, 17th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 13th Feb., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Buckles.
I, ISRAEL PARKINSON of 2, Lilac Street, Halifax in the County of York,
Clerk in Holy Orders, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object improvements in or relating to buckles for
securing straps, belts or other articles and is designed to produce a buckle which
can be made at a very moderate price, and which will prevent the strap becoming
accidentally unfastened.
In carrying my invention into effect, the plan I prefer is to form a buckle in such
a manner that the strap will be pinched or gripped between two ends thereof of
the strap, while by moving the strap so as to release it from the buckle, the strap
or belt will be loosened. This is effected by forming my improved buckle in one
piece, having at one end a projecting transverse arm with a slot between it and the
main body of the buckle, to which one end of the strap is fastened underneath, and
at the other end a similar transverse arm by projecting in the opposite direction,
so that the entrance into the two slots is on opposite sides of the buckle. One of
the arms is smooth so as not to form any obstruction to the belt while the top surface
of the body portion is roughened, toothed or serrated, and the other arm may be
also serrated. The loose end of the strap to be fastened is passed under the first
arm into the slot and pulled tight, then let down flat so as to lie on the top of the
buckle and the strap will be pinched between the arm and the serrated surface of
the buckle body. It is then passed into the slot between the body and the buckle
and the other arm which makes a secure fastening.
Dated this 20th day of March 1896.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6 Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant..
Improvements in or relating to Buckles.
I, ISRAEL PARKINSON of 74, Manchester Road, Burnley in the County of
Lancaster late of 2, Lilac Street Halifax in the County of York, Clerk in Holy
Orders, 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 has for its object improvements in or relating to buckles for
securing straps, belts or other articles and is designed to produce a buckle which
can be made at a very moderate price, and which will prevent the strap becoming
accidentally unfastened.
The invention will be understood from the following description, reference being
had to the accompanying drawings, in which,
Figure 1 is a front view of the buckle;
Figure 2, a front view of the buckle in use;

page_text: I form the buckle in such a manner that the strap will be pinched or gripped
between the one or both ends thereof, while by manipulating the strap or buckle
so as to release the grip, the strap will be at once loosened. My improved buckle
is formed in one piece having at one end a projecting transverse arm A with a
slot B. between it and the main body C of the buckle to which one end of the
strap D is fastened underneath, and at the other end a similar transverse arm A¹
with a slot B' between it and the main body C. Originally I intended to make
the arm B project in the opposite direction to the arm B so that the entrance into
the two slots would be on opposite sides of the buckle. In some cases, however, I
propose to make the arms project in the same direction, and this is the arrangement
shown on the drawings. The arm A may be smooth on its outside face so as not
to form any obstacle to the belt, while the top or outer face of the body portion C
may be toothed or serrated, and the arm A¹ also serrated on its inside face; or an
equivalent result may be arrived at by making the inside edge of the arm A
oblique, and the adjacent edge of the body C similarly oblique and by preference
parallel to the other edge, so that there will be an acute angle a and an acute
angle con opposite sides of the plate, which will grip into, or pinch the belt when
slipped into the slot B and turned over. The edges of the slot B' on the other
side of the buckle are made in a similar way except that the obliquity of the
edges is in the opposite direction. I do not of course confine myself to making the
edges oblique, as the edges may be made of such other angle that the strap binds
on being turned over. The top of the arms is bent slightly backwards and the top
of the body slightly forwards to prevent the slipping out of the belt when engaged.
To use the device; one end may be fastened permanently to the body of the
buckle at C. The loose end of the strap is then slipped under the arm A¹ into the
slot between A' and C from back to front and pulled tight, then laid down flat so
as to lie on the top or outer face of the buckle, and the strap will be pinched
between the arm Al and the body C. It is then slipped into the slot between the
body C and the arm A from front to back, and laid flat, the angle a of the buckle
gripping the strap and making a secure and firm fastening. To release the strap,
áll that is necessary is to pull the buckle transversely out of engagement with the
strap, or so manipulate the strap that the grip of the oblique edges thereupon shall
be released.
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
1. The improvement in strap buckles, which consists in forming them of a plate
having means whereby one end of the strap may be permanently affixed thereto,
and with transverse arms with slots between the said arms and the main body,
through which the ends of the strap may be passed, the buckle being so formed as
to grip the loose end of the strap when slipped into the slots and prevent it
slipping back, substantially as described.
2. A buckle, consisting of a metal plate having transverse slots through which
the end or ends of the strap can be passed, said slots being so formed that their
edges will grip or pinch the strap when passed through the slots and turned over,
substantially as described.
3. The manufacture of buckles substantially as described and shown in the
accompanying drawing.
Dated thi Teh
2000
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool; Manchester, Birmingham, and London, Patent Agents.