US694379A

US694379A - Buckle.

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Publication number: US694379A
Application number: US2103800A
Authority: US
Inventors: John Harry Hart
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1900-06-21
Filing date: 1900-06-21
Publication date: 1902-03-04
Anticipated expiration: 1919-03-04

Description

Patented Mar. 4, |902.

J. H. HART.

BUCKLE.

(Application led June 21, 1900.)

(N0 Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HARRY HART, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

BUCKLE.

SPECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,379, dated March 4, 1902.

Application led J'une 21,1900.

To @ZZ whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, JOHN HARRY HART, a citizen of the United Statesresidin`g at Memphis, in the State of Tennessee, Ahave invented certain new and useful .Improvements in Buckles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to ,which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements involved in the construction of buckles; and it consists of certain details of combination and construction of parts, as will be hereinafter particularly set forth, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to provide a buckle which may be cheaply and expeditiously manufactured and which will be found desirablev for meeting all of the various rcquirements and uses to which a buckle may be subjected, as upon the various parts of harness, dto.

A further object is to so construct and mount the tongue in position that it will be reliably anchored in place and will be largely relieved of the lateral strain now incident to buckle-tongues as commonly constructed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my buckle complete applied to use upon the end of the strap. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of Fig. 1 on line 2 2. Fig.

3 is a similar view to that presented in Fig.

2, except that the strap is removed. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of Fig. 1 on line :o x.

In order to conveniently refer to the several parts of my invention and their coperating parts, numerals will be employed, of which 1 indicates the buckle, which is provided with the

end bars

2 and 3 and the intermediate bars 4 and 5. This frame may be curved as desired, and the cross-bar 4 extends across the frame in a straight line therewith, as shown. The cross-bar 5 is bent downwardly, so that at its middle portion, where it cooperates with the tongue, it is considerably below the level of the buckle, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. This cross-bar is curved downwardly, as shown, sc that the tongue will be presented at a greater angle to the strap than would be done if the bar 5 extended Serial No. 21,038. (No model.)

straight across in a line with the frame, as is usual. By dropping the bar downwardly below the level of the frame the tongue, whether pivoted upon the end bar 3 or the cross-bar 5, is turned at a greater angle than usual, and hence there is less bending of the strap at that point Where the tongue passes through it. At the center of this curved cross-bar 5 there is formed a notch to receive the point of the tongue, and at the bottom of this notch lOis formed a small recess 11. The tongue (3 is curved, as shown, so as to cooperate with the downwardlycurved cross-bar, and passes through the strap E) at a greater angle than would otherwise be the case. Upon the under side of the free end of the tongue is formed a small projection 12, which tits in the recess 1l, while the outer end of the tongue itself catches in the notch lO, which extends transversely across the top of the cross-bar 5. It is immaterial wheth-er this tongue is pivoted upon the cross-bar 5 and rests upon the end bar 3 or Whether it is pivoted upon the end bar and has its free end cooperate only with the curved cross-bar 5. ln order to prevent any lateral movement of the tongue either upon the end bar 3 or the cross-bar 5, a notch 7 is formed in said bars where the tongue is wrapped around, and by the end of the tongue catching in the notch 7 and the projection 12 upon its free end catching in the recess 11 and the end of the tongue itself catching in the notch l0 all lateral movement of the tongue is absolutely prevented, and the tongue can be adjusted into an operative position, while permitting the same to be freely moved into engagement with the loop 8 of the strap. This strap is fastened to the buckle by being wrapped around the cross-bar 4 and properly sewed or riveted in placein the usual manner. If deemed desirable, the notch 10 may have the depression or recess 11, designed to receive the point 12, integrally formed upon the end of the buckle-tongue, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. By curving the body and the cross-bar I am enabled to get the'parts of the buckle between the ends on a plane below the plane through said ends, and the strain on the strap serves to keep the tongue down and prevents its accidental displacement. By disposing the tongue of the buckle as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the pointed end of the tongue ICO is hidden from view, being disposed beneath the strap-section 8, and therefore said end of the tongue will not be liable to scratch the hand of the operator or the animal upon which it is used or do other damage. By thus providingan extra bar upon which the tongue is disposed there is nO necessity of weakening v the strap by providing the usual aperture therein through which the tongue may extend; but said strap may be left in its full strength and simply loop around theend of the buckle-frame and secured by stitching, riveting, or otherwise.

By seating the buckle-tongue Within a recess formed upon the extra bar or upon the end of the buckleframe', as the case may be, I am not only enabled to avoid the necessity of cutting but a very small hole in the vstrap as itreaches around this portion of the buckle, but said groove also prevents any lateral movement of the tongue and insures that said tongue will be reliably held `in its adj usted position. The improvement, therefore, of providing a groove in which to seat the pivoted end of the buckle-tongue may be applied with advantage to buckles as now in common use.

My improved buckle may be mounted in position very readily, inasmuch as all that is necessary to vbe done is to loop the end of the strap around the end of the frame or around the extra bar, as the case maybe, and sew or otherwise secure the same, it being entirely unnecessary to provide an aperture in the strap, which must be more or less accurately located in Order to insure that the aperture will coperate with the tongue.

Believing that the advantages, construction, and use of my improved buckle and the different forms thereofhave been made fully apparent in the foregoing specification, further reference to the details thereof is deemed unnecessary.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture the buckle herein described comprising a body portion having curved side bars, a downwardly-curved cross-bar which extends below the level of the body of the buckle, and having a notch across its surface to receive the end of the tongue and a recess at the bottom of the said notch, combined with the curved tongue which cooperates with said cross-bar, concaved on its under face and provided with a right-angled projection On its under side inj dependent of and in addition toits point and disposed between said point and the pivot of the tongue to engage in the said recess of the said notch, all substantially as shown and described and for the purpose specified.

ln testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' JOHN HARRY HART. Witnesses:

C. L. WATSON, COOPER TURNER.