IMPROVEMENTS IN SHAWL STRAPS
Year: 1884

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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
We ISAAC SCHEUER and HERMAN SCHEUER, both of the City of New York, in
the County of New York, in the State of New York, one of the United States
of America, Merchants, do hereby declare the nature of our Invention 'for
IMPROVEMENTS IN SHAWL STRAPS, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
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This Invention relates to a shawl strap, composed of a supporting main bar
having end standards with inwardly bent U shaped guards. The guards and
standards support in suitable bearings an axially-turning handle provided with
fixed and flattened end shanks, to which looped straps are applied by clamping
staples or clasps, said looped straps being guided in slots of the supporting main
bar, and applied tightly to the package to be carried by turning the handle and
winding the straps around the end shanks of the same.
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In the accompanying Drawings:
Fig. 1, represents a side elevation of our improved shawl strap.
Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same on line x x Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 and 4 are detail sections, showing, respectively, the attachment of the
looped straps to the flattened shanks of the handle by means of clasps or staples.
Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.
A in the Drawings represents the supporting main bar of our improved shawl
strap. The bar A is made of suitable length and width, and provided at its ends
with upwardly-bent standards B. The upper ends of the standards B are first
bent inwardly and then downwardly, so as to form guards B' of inverted U shape.
The standards B B and guards B₁ B¹ are provided with perforations, which form
the bearings for the flattened shanks C¹ of the bandle C, said shanks being firmly
driven into the ends of the handle, and provided with enlarged heads & d at their
outer ends. To the flattened shanks C are applied looped straps E, of leather,
webbing, or other suitable material which are rigidly clamped thereto by clasps or
staples e, that are first pierced through the loops and then bent tightly around the
shanks and loops as shown clearly in Figs. 3 and 4. The clamping clasps or
staples e e hold the straps rigidly and securely on the shanks. The straps E E
are guided in slots of the main bar A, as customary in shawl straps of this class,
and are provided at their ends with links f, that act as stops and prevent the
pulling out of the straps from the bar A. As the handle C is capable of axial
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page_text: motion in the bearings of the standards B and the guards B¹, the straps E E can
be readily wound upon the shanks of the handle and applied tightly to the
package to be carried, after the same has been placed in position in the loops of
the straps below the bar A. When the straps Ê E have been tightly applied to
the package by the turning of the handle C, the latter is locked to one of the
guards by means of a pawl, F, that is pivoted to the guard B₁ and adapted to
engage a fixed ratchet, FL, at the end of the handle C. The pawl F is preferably
pivoted to the guard B¹, above the ratchet F', and thrown into engagement with
the same by a spring F₁ that acts upon the heel of the pawl F. When the pawl F
is disengaged from the ratchet F1 and thrown into upright position, as shown in
dotted lines in Fig. 2, the spring F engages the opposite side of the heel of the
pawl F and retains this in position, so that the handle can be turned and the
straps unwound without difficulty, so as to remove the article carried by the
straps.
For carrying the package, the straps are applied around the same. The handle
is then turned around its axis until the straps bind tightly on the package. The
pawl is then dropped into the ratchet, and thereby the package is firmly held by
the straps and conveniently carried by the handle.
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:-
The combination of the main bar, A, having end standards, B, and inwardly-
bent guards B¹, an axially-turning handle, C, having flattened end shanks, C¹,
turning in bearings of the standards and guards, looped straps E E, secured to the
shanks by clamping staples or clasps e e, a spring-pawl F, pivoted to one of the
guards, a ratchet F, applied to one end of the handle, and a spring, 'F', engaging
the heel of the pivoted pawl F, substantially as set forth..