Improvements in Buckles or Retaining Devices for Braces, Belts, Suspenders, and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 8th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 8th Sept., 1894
TROYIDIONAL DIMIFICATION.
Improvements in Buckles or Retaining Devices for Braces, Belts,
Suspenders, and the like.
I, JOSEPH ROTHSCHILD, of Siegesstrasse, Barmen, in the Empire of Germany,
Brace and Belt Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention relates to novel means for enabling braces, belts, suspenders and
the like to be retained at any length to which they may be adjusted.
According to my invention I provide a five-bar buckle frame so bent that the
third or central bar stands back to enable the material to lie flat, and I connect the
band of material forming the brace, belt or suspender thereto in the following
manner, that is to say, one end of such band is passed beneath the top bar from
back to front then beneath the fourth bar from front to back thence up and under
and over the central bar and thence down (after passing through the eye to which
the brace ends are attached or the belt fastener) to the lowermost bar to which it
is permanently attached, whereby the material twisted in such a manner that the
friction between the several bars of the frame and the fabric will be sufficient to
retain the brace, belt or suspender in any position in which it may be adjusted.
Dated this 18th day of November 1893.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Buckles or Retaining Devices for Braces, Belts,
Suspenders, and the like.
I, JOSEPH ROTHSCHILD, of Siegestrasse, Barinen, in the Empire of Germany,
Brace and Belt 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 :-
My invention relates to novel means for enabling braces, belts, suspenders and
the like to be retained at any length to which they may be adjusted.
According to my invention I provide a five bar buckle frame through which the
material is twisted in such a manner that the friction between the several bars of
the frame and the fabric will be sufficient to retain the brace, belt or suspender in
any position in which it may be adjusted.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved buckle frame or adjusting device; and,
Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2, Figure 1:
Figure 3 is a perspective view shewing my improved adjusting device applied to
a brace; and,
Figure 4 is a longitudinal section of the same:
Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4 illustrating a slight modification.
a indicates the buckle frame, and b, c, d, e, f are the five bars of the same; all of
which are preferably formed out of the same piece of metal.
g is the web of the brace, and his the eye or loop to which the brace-end i is
connected.

page_text: The web is threaded through the buckle in the following manner :-One end of
the band is passed between the bars b, c from back to front, then beneath the bar e
from front to back and over the bar d also from front to back, then through the
loop to which the brace-end i is attached and thence to the lowermost barf to
which the web is permanently attached, as shewn in Figure 4.
In the arrangement shewn in Figure 4, the back side of the web is visible at the
front of the brace between the bar f of the buckle and the loop and this in cases
where the two sides of the web are of different pattern is objectionable. In order
to obviate this objection the web after being passed over the bar dis passed
between the bars e and before being passed through the loop A and connected to
the bar as shewn in Figure 5.
It is to be understood that the buckle thus threaded can be moved along the web
to any desired position but that when any strain is put upon the web, such as when
it is being worn, the buckle will be prevented from slipping owing to the friction
between the web and the various bars.
In practice I find it advantageous to bend the buckle frame as shewn in the
drawing so that the front of the brace shall lie as flat as possible.
.
Although I have shewn my invention as applied for braces it is to be understood
that my adjusting device is also applicable to belts, garters, suspenders and
the like.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inveu-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is :-
The combination with the web of a brace, belt, garter, suspender or the like,
of a buckle having five bars between which the web is threaded substantially as
herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing for the purpose
specified.
كيم
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.