Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Aug., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 24th May, 1899-Accepted, 29th July, 1899
EDWARD CANDISHI MILLARD, 39, Mincing Lane, London, E.C., Tea Taster,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in or relating to belts, straps and
the like, the object being to render the strap belt or the like more flexible,
and also in the case of belts for personal wear providing a means of ventilation
and rendering the belt ornamental.
In carrying out my invention I slit the belt or the like into three or more
sections, the slits extending in the direction of the length of the belt the required
distance. I then plait the strips which are formed by slitting the belt and
afterwards complete the plait by passing one end of the belt between the strips.
It will be seen that in the case of belts, for wear especially, a better gripping
surface is obtained and also ventilation provided for the wearer and by colouring
or ornamenting the strips a very pleasing and ornamental effect may be pro-
duced.
Although I have described more particularly my invention applied to belts
for wear, it will be seen that any other strip of leather or other material may
be so slit and plaited, and in the case of belts for machinery it may be an
advantage to so plait the belt.
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.
I, EDWARD CANDISJI MILLARD, 39, Mincing Lane, London, E.C., Tea Taster,
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 or relating to belts, straps and
the like, the object being to render the strap, belt or the like more flexible,
and also in the case of belts for personal wear providing a means of ventilation
and rendering the belt ornamental.
In carrying out my invention I slit the belt or the like into three or more
sections, the slits extending in the direction of the length of the belt the required
distance. I then plait the strips which are formed by slitting the belt and
afterwards complete the plait by passing one end of the belt between the strips.

page_text: It will be seen that in the case of belts, for wear especially, a better gripping
surface is obtained and also ventilation provided for the wearer and by colouring
or ornamenting the strips a very pleasing and ornamental effect may be pro-
duced.
Although I have described more particularly my invention applied to belts
for wear, it will be seen that any other strip of leather or other material may
be so slit and plaited, and in the case of belts for machinery it may be an
advantage to so plait the belt.
For purposes of illustration I will now describe my method of plaiting
applied to a belt for personal wear.
Figure 1, is a plan view shewing the belt completely plaited.
Figure 2, shews the belt partly plaited.
Figure 3, enlarged plan view shewing the arrangement of the strips for
finishing the plait.
Figure 4, enlarged view shewing final operation.
a is the material such as leather from which the belt is made, e being a buckle
of any convenient form, the end f being provided with apertures for securing
the buckle. The belt a in this case is slit or cut the required distance, as shewn,
so as to provide three strips-b, c, & d. These strips are formed into a plait by
the usual method of plaiting. After the strips have been plaited at or about the
distance shewn in Fig. 2 the remaining portions of the strips from 1 to 2 are
arranged as shewn in Fig. 3, and the end f of the strap is passed under and d
and over e, and after this is done, by pulling the end f back again under e and
over & as shown in Fig. 4 the strips of the belt are plaited as shewn in
Figure 1.
Although for purposes of illustration I refer to belts for personal wear, there
are many ways in which the same principle may be employed and by arranging
a number of strips so that a duplication of the movements may be gone through,
I need not confine myself to three strips.
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:
1. A belt or strap which is cut or slit the required distance of its length
into strips which are plaited together substantially as described and illustrated
herein & for the purpose set forth.
2. In plaited belts or straps; cutting or slitting the belt or strap the required
distance, plaiting the strips so cut, and terminating the plait in the manner
described and illustrated herein for the purpose of providing a continuous belt
or strap plaited the required distance. Substantially as described and illustrated
herein & for the purpose set forth.
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