US1232546A - Buckle for webbing. - Google Patents

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BUCKLE FGI? WEII'IGf APPLICATION FILED MIG-F' SM5,

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BUCKLE FOR WEBBING.

specification of 'Letters LEPatent.A

Application To all whom z't'may concern:

Be it known that l, WALTER a citizen of the United States, residing at. Ansonia, in the county of New Haven and Connecticut, have invented a cerful improvement in Buc- State of againsty the eliminating of which the on :relates to lever buckles for designed to be strung so f webbing will be k of the buckle .and the garoducing what is known the rustless eEect, and its de a buckle of this characlever and back members ocking relation when when webbed and e buckle lies close ebbing thereby e of buckle.

l attain this and other objects vention in the buckle set forth i corresponding parts.

ln the drawing: Figure l is a fr strung with webbing transverse vertical sectional View trally of Fig. l, and

Figs. 3 and 4, rear before the webbing is buckle thereto.

My buckle gener ber B. The back member is bent up out of a sing middle portion being` le thel bottom bar wire are then end of this bar to form the lower bers 3, 3, then inwartheinselves to form the inwardly lingers 4, 5 parallel with wardly f ormin piece of rolled aroun taken together w g the upper sid 6, 6 and inwardly again terminating' in the pintles 7, 7 also para which pintles are preferabl ally meet.

y fashioned out tal having its top edge 8 d the pintles 7, 7 which pintles ith the rolled edge S A. HOLDEN,

n the following description and accompanying drawing in which like reference characters refer to ont view of the buckle g Fig. 2, an enlarged and side views of the le piece of wire its ft straight to fol-rn The extremities of the bent upwardly from each diy and back upon the bar 2, then upe members llel with the bar Q',

f continued un- The front mem- ?atented July 10, i917.

filed August 7, 1915. Serial No. 44,300.

be regarded as the top bar or side of the buckle.' In this manner connecting the front and back members. The middle of the lower edge of the front member is cut, preferably on a circle, andV bent to form the upwardly curled flangeA 9 the edge l0 of which under the bottom bar 2 so that the rlatter will become seated in the curled flange 9 t0 effect a locking engagement between the following interposed ber is further provided ywith depending lugs 11, 11 which may be grasped by the fingers to pull out the flange 9 from under the bar 2 to unlock and open the buckle. rality of web-holding teeth or spurs 12 project from the front member and arev located so that, when the frontend back members will lie in front of a vertical plane passed through the rear face 13 of the ltop side of the buckle. of my into punch them out of the body portion of the front member and then bend them rearwardly leaving an opening as shown. The teeth, however, may be formed in any other manner provided they do not project rearv wardlv of the top side of the buckle when the biickle is closed.- One way of webbing the buckle is to fold one extremity a of the webbing C around the lingers 4, 5, which fingers taken together may be regarded as the intermediate or This folded extremity a is fastened on itself, by stitches Z1, b. The ther extremity of the webbingis passed forwardly between the bottom and intermediate bars and then rearwardly between the intermediate and top bars leaving a loop in the webbing depending bel-ow the buckle carrying a cast-off 01` other suitable connecting piece able the buckle to slide more readily on the \w,libiiig the back member is preferably bent to bring the intermediate bar slightly to the rear of the top bar so that it will be out of vertical alinen'ient with the latter, but not to such an extent as to prevent the webbing from being deflected rearwardly by the top bar as shown. ln the preferred form of my buckle disclosed herein the teeth will bear against the webbing, when the front and back members are locked together,.at points whore the webbing passes the websupporting bar, in" to be more exact where the front layer of 'the webbing passes the underlying taken cen attached preferably side memprojecting of a single lll tty a hinge is formedis arranged to snap,

One way to form theseteeth is web-supporting bar.

D. To en-A front and back members when the buckle is' closed. The lower edge of the front mem- A pluare locked together, the ends of these teeth y invention.

however, in'l whatever form of buckle my' invention is embodied thatthe webengaging member of the lever should bear again the webbing at points'where the direction of the strain is-in a plane passed in back of. the axis ofthe hinge.

out the assistancev of the locking means which latter are employed to hold the bue# kle closed when thel webbing is slack.- It' should beobserved that the teeth-do' not de- `flect the webbing away from the top side of the buckle, as is the case in that style of ,buckle wherein the teeth snap over or' swing.

beyond the top edge of the web-supporting bar, and for this reason the top side of the buckle lies" close against the webbing. This from the top side of the buckle is one o he principal featuresjof my pression formed in the deflected portion of the webbing so that the hump caused by the extremity folded over this bar is relieved to such an eXtentaS to be' inappreciable. It

-should be further noticed that the front member li'es close 'against the webbing since no space is required between any of the members-to permit the swinging movement of aradially disposedlever arm. In the disclosure hereinl have employed a back member'-4 having webbing openings both above .and below' Athe web-supporting bar since, in such a case, the lower bar or' side of the back member offers a ready means for entering into locking relation with the lever. `Itxis tol be understood, however, that my invention is not confined .to any particular number of openings or other details inthe structure of the back member so long as this member is lprovidedrwith a web-supporting barand a pivotal connection for the lever above' the bar. Thebuckle constructed'ad 5 buckle comprising a back havin a web-supe porting bar and a web-holding ever pivoted .':o the back above said bar, the said buckle being strungv so that a running length of vbuckle but at pointswhere the pull on the In this manner the strain on the webbing holdsthe buckle'closed with-l It shouldl be noticed that theweb-supporting bar lies in a pocket or de-.

1 esame bar and' the .back of the buckle is covered with webbing, and the said lever being ar!4 ranged to engage the webbing .without def iiecting it away from the top side of the lever`will hold thel buckle'closed when the webbingis'under stress, andv means mounted on said lever and cooperating with said back which 'are arranged to enterinto locking engagement to hold the buckle closed when the we bing is'slack.

.2. A buckle comprising a back having an opening and a web-supporting bar underneath said opening, and a web-holdingflever pivoted 'te the back above said bar, in combination with webbing passed over the -ba'ck of said bar and a running length of webbing passed through said openingwhereby the back of the"buckle is coveredwith webbing, the said lever having al1 of that portion which engages theV webbing disposed in front of a yplane passedthrough the rear face of `hold the buckle closed4 when the webbing is slack. Y

3. A rustless' buckle comprising aback member having-a webbing opening `and a` "web-supporting bar underneath Said opening, and a web-holding lever hingedb to the back member above said bar andarran'gedte enter into lockin engagement with the back member when t' e buckle -is webbed 'and v105 closed, 'the said lever having its web-holding portion arranged to bear against the webbing in a position whe-rey the direction ofthe strain on the webbing is in a plane passed under the axis Vof the hinge', whereby the 1e- '110A ,ver will not deilect'the-webbing vaway from the'top side ofthe buckle and-the strain on the webbing will holdthe buckle closed.

4. A rustless buckle consisting solely ot 'a back member and a pivoted web-holding lever member' each of'which is made in a single integral piece, the said backv member havingI a web-supporting bar', andthe said lever member beingprovided with means arranged/to enter into locking engagement 12o with said back memberfwhen -the buckle is closed and having its web-holding portion, when the buckle is webbed and-'under stress,

v arranged to engage the' webbing without detectingitaway' trom the top side of the 125 buckle but at points where .the pull ony the lever will hold the b uckle closed.

A` rustless buckle comprising a back member having a web-supporting bar and webbing openings above and below said bar, 13d

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