US1059303A - Cast-off buckle. - Google Patents

Description

H. KBRNGOOD.-

CAST-OFF BUCKLE.

APPLICATION rum) Mn 31, 1912.

1,059,303. Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

INVENTOR Attorney UNITED STATES; PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN KEBNGOOD, OF BALTIMDRE,.MARYLAND, ASSIGNOE TO ALMA MANUFAG' TUBING COMPANYOFBALTIMORE CITY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, A CORPORA'T TION 0F MARYLAND.

, CAST-OFF BUCKLE.

Patented Apr. 15, 11913..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN Knn veooo, a citizen of the United States, residing at- Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, haveindependent strap ends, attached at the side seams of the trousers and having their free ends long enough to be secured together at front. In this latter class of belts it is quite desirable that the buckle should be capable of adjustment upon the strap ends so that it can be located at the front and in. the, middle whatever changes in adjustment maybe made. It is. therefore, impracticable to permanently attach the buckle to:

either strap end and at the same time permit of the centering of the buckle in any adjustment. The object of the invention is to provide. a buckle, or, to be exact, a cast-ofi', de-l signed primarily and principally to meet these conditions. I

The invention consists of a cast-off or buckle having reversely' arranged similar. strap-end en aging devices, so that both of the strap en s maybe taken up at pleasure and the buckle centered with any adjustment, all as I will proceed now more par-; ticularly to explain and finally claim. In the accompanying drawings illustrat-i. ing theinvention, in the several figures off which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the body: portion of a pair of trousers having this invention applied. Fig. 2 is a erspective view of the device detached. ig. 3 is aj perspective view showing the three com ponent parts of the device detached. Fig. 4 is a top plan viewyFig. bis bottom plan. view, and Fi ,6 is a longitudinal section. F ig. 7 is a longitudinal section with the strap ends in engaged position in the buckle. Fig.8 is'atransverse section. While the buckle may be used for other than-the hereinabove specified purpose, I will confine this explanation to a buckle for .use in connecting the ends of a strap, or strap ends, without SGWIIIg'ODOthBIWISI-E unadjustably securing one such end to the buckle, -and so that both ends may be ad justed to take up slack or for other purposes. It is also to be noted that while the device is herein referred .to as a buckle, it is more exactly described by the term cast-oil, owing to its arrangement upon the goods.

The frame comprises side bars 1, connected by end bars Qand 3, and any suitable number, usually two, cross bars 4 and 5; and in the preferred construction, these elements are all arranged on the same level; that is to say, for the purposes of the pres ent invention, it is unnecessary to elevate or depress the cross bars, for example, or either of them, with relation to the side bars and end bars. The side barshave the introverted flanges .6, which form guideways for the sliding tongues, presently described. The buckle frame thus constructed is by preference bent to an arc of a circle, orgiven any other contour to conform to the body upon which it is designed for use.

If desired, the cross bar 5 maybe somewhat wider thanthe cross bar 4.

Two sliding tongues 7 and 8 of like con- .struction are used, one of them being arranged between the bars 4 and 5, to c0- operate with the ,cross bar 5, and serve as a medium for adjustably securing the under strap end, and as a substitute for sewing or other means for unadjustably fastening thestrap" end to the frame; and the other sliding tongue being arranged between the end bar 2 and cross-ban to cooperate with said end bar 2 to clamp the other strap end in any adjusted position; and these slidingtongues slide in opposite directions in order to effect their respective functions. j

The sliding tongues 7 and 8 are of identically or substantially the same construction as the sliding tongue of my application for patent filed May 10, 1912, Serial No. 696,417, (patented January 7, 1913, No. 1,049,732) and the (lBSCIiPtlOIllI) that case of the tongue therein shown may be repeated here, with the necessary changes, and while the description refers to one tongue only, it is equallyapplicable to the other.

Each sliding tongue has an end bar 9 with 'a depending finger-hold 10 on its inner edge; and another end bar 11 is connected with the end bar 9 by the side bars 12 and theseside bars are extended at 13 beyond and aft and upstanding sufiiciently toserve asstops, which by coming into contact with the transverse members of the frame when moved inopposite directions arrest the outward and inward movements of the tongues and hence prevent the escape of the tongues from the frame when once in position.

Thus, the it ridges 14 on the tongue. 7 cooperate with the crossbars 4] and 5, and the ridges 14 on the tongue 8 cooperate with thehrossbar 4 and end bar 5 for this pur- Pose-" -The'tonguemay be inserted in the frame inthe first instance in a number of difi'erent -way s' but, preferably by springing it into 1 g It will be 7 short of the forward or leading edge "3- end bar 11 on which they are made, and this 7 then leaves portions of this end bar extendw ing forwardly beyondthe ridges so that this introverted flanges.

tongue is oncelin place in the guideways, it isheld from escape from the frame. in

anyhdirection; the introverted flanges of the lace within the supporting guideways or After" the sliding sides of the frame holding it against escape faceward, backward and laterally, and its own stops cooperating with the adjacent -tran'sverse bars preventing it from escape lengthwise.

0f the 1' leading edge of the sliding tongue will have against I .a; tendency to crowd or bend the strap the adjacent transverse bar of the frame, and if the strap bethin this forward extension will crowd it underneath the adjacent;edge of the. transverse bar of the frame,

. 1 thus rendering the ridges doubly efficient in their supporting bar and the adjacent edge of the transverse bar of the frame.

gripping the strap between themselves and 'As already indicated, the upstanding .ridgesare 'interposed as obstacles to the cs cape of the strap end when once it is engage'd between the sliding tongue and the ad acent part of the frame, and they thus operate by;virtue 'of the fact that they put as many crimps in the strap as there are ridges. Ordinarily two parallel ridges are suificient.

The supporting grooves or guideways formed by the introverted flanges on the side barsiof the frame are of a width to take easilythe: sidebars of the tongue, andin su'ch'sway as to per'mit'the tongue to move therein lengthwise without cramping. The flat: straight edge character of the sides of the'tonguepeculiarly fits the tongue for free movement in said grooves or guideways.

observed that the ridges 14 fall" menses As shown," the tongue '7 is located between the cross bars 4 and 5, and its end bar 11 is arranged to underlie the cross bar 5 so as to grip the strap end under that bar, while the sliding tongue 8 is arranged between the cross bar 4 and end bar 2 and so as to grip its strap end between itself and the end bar 2.

As shown -in Figs. 1 to 7, one of, the strap ends 15, herein referred to as the under end, is passed up through the opening in the sliding tongue 7 and'thence between the cross bars 4 and 5 and then down over the cross bar 4 beneath the buckle frame. A pull upon the buckle in one direction and the strap on the right-hand in Fig. 7 in the other, will result in. drawing the tongue toward the cross bar 5 and hence crampingthe,

strap firmly and immovably in position. This then will serve as the buckle anchoring strap. The other strap 17 would then have its leading end passed up through the opening in the tongue8 and thence through the opening between the cross bar 4 and end bar 2 and thence down through the opening'16 between the cross bar 5 and end bar 3 when it would be engaged by the tongue at that end of the frame next to end bar 2. The end bar thus serves as a hold-down for the outer end of the strap 17 In these positions any pull upon the. strap ends in opposite directions would serve to tighten the holdof the buckle upon the strap ends;--- and yet in such a way that the necessary adjustment 4 may be glvento the strap ends without impairing the central position of the buckle with relation to. the body of the wearer.

' As one illustration of the use of the invention, attention is directed to Fig. .1, where the strap ends 15 and17 are securedto the sides of a pair of trousers, as at 18, and the necessary adjustment in such an arrangement may be made by drawing up the strap 15, or under strap, and then drawing'up'the I over strap 17 through the'buckle.

By virtue of the fact that the buckle is attacha-ble to its anchoring strap or strap end without sewing, or other permanent fastening, and by virtue of the further'fact that the buckle may be secured in an adjustable manner upon its anchoring strap, I have herein referred to: the buckle as a cast-0E buckle and it may be described also as a self-attaching buckle.

It is to be observed that the buckle of this invention engages the strap endswithout looping them, and that these strap ends overlie one another fiatwise. V I

What Iclaim is:- T p 1. A cast-off buckle, 'comprising a; frame having side bars, an.- end 'bar,1two:"intermediate cross-bars, and guidewaysiand supports for two tongues, combined :with-such tongues slidably mounted .in. guide:

ways and supports, one of said tongues an-i,

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thereby in the frame and adapted :to cooperate with one of said cross-bars to receive and engage an anchoring strap end, and the other tongue arranged at the other end of the frame between the end bar thereat and the adjacent cross-bar and retained therebfi in the frame and adapted to cooperate wit said end bar to receive and engage the other strap end, whereby the buckle may be ad justed equally on both strap ends and a cen: tral location of the buckle on the body of the user insured.

2. A cast-ofi' buckle, comprising a frame having sidebars, tongue-supporting means, end bars, and two intermediate cross-bars, combined with two sliding tongues provided with means to retain the tongues 1n longitudinal engagement with the frame and crimp the strap ends engaged thereby and to grip the strap ends transversely, said tongues adapted to be moved in opposite directions in: said tongue-supporting means,

one of the said tongues arranged between the two intermediate cross-barsand adapted 1 to grip an anchoring strap end between itself an one of the intermediate cross-bars so that said buckle maybe held'in definite position on said strap endya'nd the other tongue arran ed between the other intermediate crossar and the adjacent end bar,

and adapted to engage the other strap end

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