A IMPROVED TONGLESS BUCKLE WITH CONTINUOUS PRESSURE
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Louis Hyacinthe Dethion and Frédéric Beaubry,
of the City of Paris, in the French Empire, Merchants, for the Inven:
tion of "A IMPROVED TONGLESS BUCKLE WITH CONTINUOUS PRESSURE."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Louis Hyacinthe Dethion
and Frédéric Beaubry at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,.
with their Petition, on the 28th May 1867.
We, Louis HYACINTHE DETHION and FRÉDÉRIC BEAUBRY, of the City of
Paris, in the French Empire, Merchants, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED TONGLESS BUCKLE WITH CONTINUOUS
PRESSURE," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in dispensing with the tong of the buckle and in
lieu thereof adapting to the frame a spring pressing on an inclined plane';
the band or belt passing between the two is there secure.l; this spring is
connected to one side of the frame, which in turn is attached to the inclined
plane by means of rings serving as hinges for the frame to work upon..
Bosses or projections serving as stops or stays to the spring are either made
on it or on the frame, the object thereof being to prevent the possibility of
the spring being strained or broken. The frame may be made of 'round or
flat metal, the form and dimensions thereof as well as that of the spring

page_text: varying according to taste or desire. This species of buckle is applicable to
military or naval accoutrements or clothing as well as to harness or saddlery ;
the advantage of this system over that in present use being that the belt or
band, as the case may be, is not cut or otherwise destroyed by its use.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Iouis Hyacinthe Dethion and Frédéric Beaubry in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 22nd November 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, LOUIS
HYACINTHE DÉTHION and FRÉDÉRIC BEAUBRY, of the City of Paris, in the
French Empire, Merchants, send greeting...
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors; give and grant unto us, the
said Louis Hyacinthe Dethion and Frédéric Beaubry, Her special licence
that we, the said Louis Hyacinthe Déthion and Frederick Beaubry, our exe-
cutors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said Louis
Hyacinthe Déthion and Frédérick Beaubry, our 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 "AN IMPROVED TONGLESS BUCKLE WITH CONTINUOUS PRESSURE," upon the
condition (amongst others) that we, the said Louis Hyacinthe Déthion and
Frédérick Beaubry, our executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under our, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
ticularly describe and ascertain the nature of 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.
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NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Louis Hyacinthe Déthion and
Frédérick Beaubry, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement and accompanying
Drawings, that is to say :-
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The object of the present Invention is to do away with the tongue of the

page_text: buckle substituting in its place a spring pressing on an inclined plane; the
spring is strengthened on one side by a frame bearing the plane, and is
furnished with elbows or projections acting as stops for preventing the
overstraining of the spring whilst inserting the belt or band between it and
the inclined plane. This species of buckle is adaptable to either civil,
military, or naval clothing and equipments, or to harness and saddlery.
The nature of the Invention will be readily understood on reference to the
accompanying Drawings, and by aid of the following description thereof :-
Fig. 1 is a reverse or bottom view of a buckle adapted to a sword belt;
e is a metal plate on which two rings d (see Fig. 2) acting as hinges to the
frame a of the buckle are soldered; this frame is made of, flat wire or bands
of metal occupying an inclined position in relation to the plane (c, Fig. 6)
at the part where the pressure takes place, the opposite side to this is almost
flat for receiving the spring 6, which is fixed by the small clasps f, f, which
fit in small notches made inside and outside the spring. The spring is
supplied with a small flat plate g, to prevent cutting the band or strap, this
plate is secured to the spring by means of rivets. The belt, band, or strap,
as the case may be, being passed between the frame a and spring b is there
held securely; the opposite part of the frame forms an opening to admit of
the insertion of the ordinary clasp h, Figs. 1 and 4, which as usual is fixed at
the other end of the belt or band, and when buckled forms an arch on the
plate e, which forces it to maintain a perpendicular position on the band or
belt..
Fig. 3 is a top or obverse view of the buckle. Figs. 5, 6, and 7, shew the
buckle frame supplied with two elbows or projections 0, 0, which form the
stops to the spring b, when the belt is inserted to prevent its opening further
than required, and by this means its elasticity is maintained as it is impossible
to force or strain it. In adapting the buckle to the leather or other belt
it is simply necessary to press gently on the spring, by which means the
opening K, Figs. 1 and 2, is widened, consequently admitting its insertion, or
when inserted allows of its being shortened or lengthened as desired.
In Figs. 8 and 9 the position of the projections is changed, and in lieu
of having them on the frame of the buckle, they may be made on the spring,
as in Fig. 10, or the form may be varied as in Fig. 11.
5 In Fig. 12 it will be observed that the shape of the spring is changed,
having open spaces at i, to admit of the passage of the rings or hinges d, d,
at the back of the spring instead of in front, as in Figs. 1 and 2.
Figs. 13 and 14 are large and small buckles for naval use; the cable or
rope is fixed at one end of the frame a, and at n the other end passes through
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page_text: the opening m, and is held secure by the pressure of the spring b, the piece g
which terminates the spring may be striated to hold the cable firmly.
Figs. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 'represent buckles destined to be applied
to.articles of clothing such as waistcoats, trousers, garters, and for various
other purposes. In Fig. 20 it will be seen that the piece 9, fixed on the spring
(to prevent its damaging the belt, band, or strap) instead of being fixed by
rivets, is secured by three small tongue pieces; two u, u, passing above, and
one u below. The size of the opening for the passage of the belt, strap, or
band would be determined according to the thickness of the stuff.
Having thus described our Invention, what we claim as the essential
features of novelty, and which we desire to secure by Letters Patent is, the
peculiar construction of tongless buckle, as herein described and illustrated,
and consisting of a frame furnished_at one-of-its-inner sides with an inclined
plane, on which the necessary locking is produced by aid of a spring the
opposite end of which is connected to the frame.
In all the several Figures described the form and dimensions of the frame
would vary to suit the requirements of the case as well as the metal of which
it is composed.
In witness whereof, we, the said Louis Hyacinthe Déthion and
Frederic Beaubry, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Six-
teenth day of November, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven.
LOUIS HYACINTHE DETHION. (L.S.)
FRÉDÉRIC BEAUBRY.
(L.S.)