US1121403A - Buckle. - Google Patents

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H. ROSBNTHAL.

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APPLICATION FILED H1B, 19, 1912.

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HERMAN ROSENTI-IAL, OF NEW YORK, N.Y.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERMAN RosEN'rHAL, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have 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 tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to buckles, and is particularly designed to improve the buckles now. in use upon any garments of men, such as ythe side straps on trousers and the back upon the waistcoat.

Heretofore the buckles which have been used have the tines thereof arranged opposite to the strip of cloth they are adapted to engage, z'. e., that is, the pull exerted by the buckle is in the direction in which the tines extend. This construction often damages the cloth to such an extent that the same becomes absolutely useless by reason of the exceptional strain thereon.

It is the object of the present` invention to overcome this objectionable feature by having the tines of the buckle extend in the direction inwhich the pully is exerted by the strip of cloth which they engage.. This absolutely, by experiment, eliminates all damage to the strap engaged thereby and creates a strong, substantial buckle, which, by the elimination of strains thereon, constitutes a permanent connection between the buckle and the retaining strap.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all as hereinafter more particularly described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the straps cooperating with the buckle forming the subject matter of the present invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of a buckle and its coperating strap; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view thereof.

The buckle forming the subject matter of the present invention comprises a plate having an obliquely arranged projection at one terminal thereof, which is provided with Specification of Ietters Patent.

Patented Dec. 15,- 1914.-

Application led February 19, 1912. Serial No. 678,522.

a rectangular opening, which constitutes a keeper for the strap detachably connected to the buckle, and further provides a means for securing the retaining strap which passes through the rectangular opening formed in the body of the plate. At the opposite terminal of the plate is provided a pair of upwardly extending bearings, vbetween which is pivoted a curved plate, said curved plate being provided with tines extending toward the rectangular opening formed within said plate.

Reference being had more particularly to the drawings, 10 indicates a retaining or supporting strap which is adapted to be in direct alinement with a similar strap 11, the free terminal of which is adaptedto be retainedl by the buckle forming the subject matter of the present invention.

The buckle constituting the subject Inatter of the present invention comprises a plate 12 having formed therein a rectangular opening 13. One terminal of the plate 12 is bent upwardly at an angle and forms an obliquepprojection ltwhich is likewise provided with a rectangular opening 15, said opening constituting a keeper for the free terminal of the strap 11. At the op posite terminal of the plate 12 is provided a plurality of outwardly extending bearings 16 which are arranged at right angles to the body of the plate 12. An inwardly curved plate 17 is j ournaled in the bearings 16 and has formed on its inner surfaces a plurality of tines or teeth 18. The terminal of the strap l0 passes through the opening 15k of the projection 14 and is bent upon itself about the bar separating the openings 13 and 15 extending through said opening 13, and is secured to the body portion of the strap 10. The free terminal of the strap 11 is adapted to pass under the plate 17 and through the opening 15 of the projection 14 and be engaged by the tines 18 of said plate, and is thereby rigidly retained in c0- operative position with the buckle.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by U. S. Letters Patent, is:

A buckle comprising a frame provided with a plane base member at one end having upwardly bent pintle bearing ears, a curved nn STATES PATENT vornrcn. f 1

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' tongue plate having pintles pvoted. in said of said plate projecting toward said tuck years at one end of the buckle frame and loop when in closed position. 1 provided with projecting strap engaging In testimonyvwhereof I affix my signature prongs, said frame having a cross bar in the in presence of two Witnesses. y Y same planeas the base member and a tuck HERMAN ROSENTHAL.

loop comprising a bar oset from .the plane Witnesses:

of the base member at the end of the buckle CHARLES S. VILSON,

opposite the tongue plate, and the tongues CEAS. R. SGHRAPS, J1'.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissionerk of, Patents.

Washington, 33.0."

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