US127048A

US127048A - Improvement in belt-buckles

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Publication number: US127048A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1872-05-21
Anticipated expiration: 1889-05-21

Description

PHILIP M. HAAS.

Belt-Buckle.

Patented May 21,18172.

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PHILIP M. IIAAS, OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN BELT-BUCKLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,048, dated Muy 21, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

,Be it known that I, PHILIP M. Enns, of

' Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Buckle for Machine-Belting; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective of the buckle applied to a belt. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section.

Similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawing. My invention has for its object to provide for public use a strong, durable, and cheap fastening for machine-belting, which can be readily' applied and adjusted without danger of slipping or y casual displacement, To this end the invention consists in a rectangular or quadrangular frame provided with a removable cross-bar having several lateral projections or tongues upon each side which pass through.

the ends of the belt, and bea-r equally upon the upper side of said frame, as I will now proceed to describe, the tension of the belt holding the cross-bar and its tongues securely in the frame.

In the accompanying drawing, A is a rectangular frame, composed of metal or other suitable material. B is the metallic cross-bar extending from end to end of the frame, where it is itted within notches or recesses C, which are formed by lugs d. rising from the upper surface of said frame. The ends of the crossbar B are placed within these recesses, being attened to lit evenly therein, and are prevented frorn lateral displacement by the lugs d. The longitudinal movement of the bar is prevented by the lugs or shoulders e upon its under side, bearing against the inner faces of the end bars of the frame, as shown in Fig. 3. The cross-bar is provided with two or more lateral projections or tongues F, upon each side which rest, at their ends, upon the sides of the. frame A. The number of tongues to be employed depends entirely upon the size of the buckles, and this differs to correspond with belts of different widths.

The buckle is applied to a belt by passing the ends Gr of the latter beneath the sides of the frame A, and extending the same upward between such sides and the crossbar toreceive the tongues F, as shown in Fig. 1. After the tongues are passed through the ends of the belt, the cross-bar is fitted in the recesses C, the weight and tension of the belt holding it securely in place. The tongues and flattened ends ofthe crossbar should bear equally upon the frame, so that the tension of the belt shall be evenly distributed among them. The side bars of the frame A are inclined outward or rounded upon their under vsurfaces to prevent the belt from being cut or worn at these points in its passage round the pulleys, which would be the case if the bars were left with sharp corners or angles.

To remove or adjust the belt it is only necessa-ry to slacken it or otherwise relieve the strain upon the cross-bar, when the latter can be easily lifted from its place in the frame, and the tongues withdrawn from the belt or applied thereto in a different place, as will be readily understood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- The buckle for machine-belting, consisting of the frame A, constructed with the end recesses O, and the crossbar having the tongues F, lugs c, and flattened ends, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Witnesses: PHILIP M. HAAS.

CHARLns Horns, TIMOTHY W. MURRAY.