US1416417A

US1416417A - Buckle and band hook

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Publication number: US1416417A
Application number: US398027A
Authority: US
Inventors: James B Robinson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1920-07-21
Filing date: 1920-07-21
Publication date: 1922-05-16
Anticipated expiration: 1939-05-16

Description

J. B. ROBINSON.

BUCKLE AND BAND HOOK.

' APPLICATION FILED JULYZI, 1920. I 1,41%,417.

Patented May 16, 1922.

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barren stars JAMES ROBINSON, 0F GHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

BUCKLE AND BAND HOOK.

Application filed July 21,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES B. RoBINsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Chattanooga, in the county of Hamilton and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles and Band Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention belongs to that class of buckles and band hooks, which are used as part of the harness, to apply to the back band and to carry the traces.

The object of my invention is to produce a buckle and band hook of this character, which shall be cheap in manufacture, simple in construction and highly eflicient in use.

It will not allow the trace or trace chain to injure the animal, will hold the trace in proper alignment, will prevent the trace from leaving its position and hold and lock it in position.

It is stamped from sheet metal and made smooth and rounded at its inner and outer edges, and is comfortable for the animal to wear, and it possesses a marked degree of utility.

It is an improvement on my Patent No. 726,763, dated April 28, 1903.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification:

Fig. 1, is an isometric view of my device,

Fig. 2, is a plan view thereof,

Fig. 3, is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4, is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

The body of the device is made up of the wide part 1 and the contracted part 2, made integral; in the part 1, I place the elongated slot 3 and in the part 2, I place the peculiar shaped slot 4.

The corners of the parts 1 and 2 are round ed as shown, and the corners of

slots

3 and 4 are also rounded.

At each end of the body part 1, near the edges, I stamp a raised housing or bearing 5, into which fit the ends 7, of the tongue 6. The longitudinal slot 3 is present to enable the folded band to extend through from the 7 rear; the band is shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2 and is marked 8. The tongue 6 1s arranged parallel to and in front of the sa1d Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May is, 1922.

1920. Serial no. 298,027.

slot 3 and extends through the fold of the band 8 and said tongue is arranged to move toward and from said slot, the rounded hollow bearings 5, allowing the ends of the wire to play, when it is being moved forward and backward; and on account of their shape and the marked degree of play allowed to the tongue 6, back bands of various thicknesses can be accommodated and are held tight against the wall of the hollow bearing,

thus the band is held in an uniform, steady I and desirable position at all times.

- At the rear end of the slot 4, I place the hook 9, made materially wide at the base and rounded out and ending in a symmetrically shaped end, extending forwardly and downwardly in the slot 4. The slot 4 is narrowed toward its forward end as shown, and at its forward corners is provided with. the upwardly flared wings, lips or extensions 10, said wings meeting in a rounded arch as shown. These wings or lips 10, keep the trace, which is hooked into and onto hook 9 from falling out or becoming loosened from the hook, and assist in holding the trace in alignment and desirable position.

The tongue 6 is usually made of wire and the portion extending across the slot 3 is crimped, so as to enlarge its bearings within the fold of the band, whereby said fold is expanded to greater thickness than the width of said slot to the end that the 8X- terior faces of the band may be drawn against the metal at each side of said slot 3,, whereby the band is prevented from passing through the said slot; the formation I employ, to wit: the arched bearings 5, in which the ends of the tongue 6 engage, gives the wire more play so as to cling close to the rear of the slot, which constitutes the holding qualities of the buckle; forming a more dependable and durable connection between the buckle and the band. In other words, the use of the tongue and the arched 4 being elongated at 15, enables me to insert the link laterally and then turn it, preventing its unlocking to a certainty.

link of a trace, arched Wings at the opposite end of said siot and at each side thereof, for retaining the trace link in alignment, 15 at] the corners of said body part and the corners of the slots-and 0:52.11 the parts conrmcted therewith, having rounded ends and corners.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature 20 at Chattanooga, Tennessee, this 17th day of July, 1920.

JAMES B. ROBINSON.