Improvements in or connected with Braces or Suspenders for Garments.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 17th June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 16th Mar., 1894-Accepted, 21st Apr., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Braces or Suspenders for
Garments.
We, FRED TAYLOR, and SMITH TAYLOR, trading as Abraham S. Taylor
& Sons, Spear Street, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Brace and Belt
Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In the construction of braces with loose or movable ends it has hitherto been
customary to construct the same to move to and fro over a pulley or over a loop or
bar constructed for the purpose. The wear and tear upon the end so moving is
very great and it soon wears out.
This invention cousists in attaching the end rigidly to a clip carrying a small
pulley or roller, the said roller working or moving to and fro upon a metal loop
preferably curved or inclined and made either from wire or stamped affixed to the
brace or to the brace buckle so that according to the movements of the body of.
the wearer the palley will be drawn to one side or the other to relieve the
strain.
.
In carrying out the invention we make the brace ends of elastic webbing, cord,
leather or other material and attach thereto at or near the centre (for the front
preferably leaviug one end somewhat longer than the other) a small metallic or
other clip of suitable shape. This clip is rigidly attached to the pliable material,
or so that the same has no longitudinal movement thereon and is also provided
with a small pulley or runner to move to and fro on a loop or bar provided for the
purpose.
To the web of the brace or to the buckle or otherwise we attach a curved or
inclined loop or bar upon which this pulley is placed and is free to move backwards
and forwards to relieve the strain in either direction as more strain is placed on one
leg of the brace end or on the other. The loop may be pivoted or otherwise
attached to the buckle.
Both back and front of the braces may be fitted with this form of ends.
Dated this 16th day of June 1893
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Braces or Suspenders for
Garments.
We, FRED TAYLOR and SMITH TAYLOR, trading as Abraham S. Taylor
& Sons, of Spear Street, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Brace and Belt
Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
he same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
In the construction of braces with loose or movable ends it has hitherto been
customary to construct the same to move to and fro over a pulley or over a loop or
bar constructed for the purpose. The wear and tear upon the end so moving is
very great and it soon wears out.

page_text: This invention consists in attaching the end rigidly to a clip carrying a small
pulley or roller, the said roller working or moving to and fro upon a metal loop
preferably curved or inclined and made either from wire or stamped affixed to the
brace or to the brace buckle so that according to the movements of the body of
the wearer the pulley will be drawn to one side or the other to relieve the strain.
It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings.,
Fig. 1. Elevation of the front end of brace attached to one form of buckle.
Fig. 2. Elevation of same attached to another form of buckle.
Fig. 3. Elevation of back end of brace.
Fig. 4. Transverse section.
The buckle A may be of any convenient or well known form two shapes being
shown, in the drawings as examples.
The brace ends B are made of elastic webbing, cord, leather, chain or other
material and attached thereto at or near the centre (for the front preferably leaving
one end somewhat longer than the other) is a small metallic or other clip C of
suitable shape. This clip C is rigidly attached to the pliable material forming the
brace end B or so that the end B has no longitudinal movement.
The clip C is provided with a small pulley or runner D free to rotate on a pin
or pivot d. The pulley or runner D is placed upon and moves to and fro over a
rigid loop or bar E formed for the purpose.
In the case of the front end the loop or bar E is attached to, as in Fig. 1. or
formed as part of the buckle as in Fig. 2. and in case of the back end the loop or
bar E is attached to the web or brace as in Fig. 3.
In the illustration shown in Fig. 1 the second bar e of the loop E is secured to
the buckle by the two lugs a which have been stamped out and then turned over
around the bar e.
Upon the curved bar E the pulley D or the clip C is placed and is free to move
backwards and forwards to relieve the strain in either direction as more strain is
placed on one leg of the brace end or on the other.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inveu-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
1. A brace end constructed with a runner or pulley secured thereto in combination
a curved bar or loop attached to the buckle or brace upon which the runner moves
to and fro substantially as described.
2. In a brace the combination of the buckle A the brace end B the clip C
secured to the brace end, the runner or pulley D carried by the clip and the
rigid curved loop or bar E upon which the runner moves to and fro substantially
as described.
Dated this 15th day of March 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.