US1563360A

US1563360A - Buckle

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Publication number: US1563360A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1925-12-01
Anticipated expiration: 1942-12-01

Description

Dec. 1, 1925. 1,563,360

W. E. HATHEWAY BUCKLE Filed Nov. 22, 1923 Patented Een. i, i925,

`UNITED STATES FATENT OFFICE.

BUCKLE.

Application filed. November 22, 1923.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I. IVILLIAM E. I-IA'rHn- WAY, citizen ot the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairield and State of Connecticut, have invented cern tain 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 Iothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to buckles of the character adapted for Suspenders and similar articles, it being an improvement on my former application, Serial No. 620,872, wherein the security of the webbing depended entirely on the clamping pressure of the floor sections. My presentimprovement consists in providing teeth on the inner edge of the opening in the floor and elevating them above the floor to engage the webbing while the floor sections serve to maintain such engagement and etliectually prevent withdrawal of the webbing.

Referring to the accompanying` drawings wherein the same numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views;

Figure 1 represents a detail plan view of the buckle frame;

Figure 2 is a detail rear side elevation of the buckle trame showing` the tioor sections and the teeth elevated.;

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view ot the buckle frame on line 3 3, of Figure 1 with the teeth upturned;

Figure 4 is a rear elevation ot the assembled buckle;

Figure 5 is a view of the assembled buckle with the lever in open position showing the webbing secured to the buckle frame;

Figure 6 is an underside view of the assembled buckle with the webbing secured thereto;

Figure 7 is the preferred Jform of the buckle frame, and Figure S is a sectional view of the buckle and webbing on line 8-8 of Figure 5.

In constructing the buckle frame, Figure 1, the

openings

1, 2, 3, and 4, are pierced in the floor, and portions of the floor broken away to form the

clamping sections

5, 6. In breaking out these sections the openings 1 to Serial No. 676,218.

4 become merged into the larger openings 7-8, see also Figure 6, which are separated by the bridge 9, which bridge connects the two

narrow portions

10, 11, of the floor.

In separating the clamping sections 5 6 from the main body of the floor, the teeth 12 are formed along the inner edge or line of severance of the part 11 of the floor and are turned up at right angles thereto, as shown in Figures 2, 3, and 4. The lever 13, having the teeth 14, is of common construction and is journaled in the upturned ears 15 of the buckle frame.

In attaching the webbing 16 to the buckle, the

sections

5, 6, are raised and the end ot' the webb-ing brought thereagainst, then said sections are closed down on the webbing with sutlicient pressure to force it on to the upturned teeth 12., as shown in Figure 5. These teeth will effectually hold the webbing against any longitudinal strain applied thereto, and the

clamping sections

5, 6, will hold the webbing firmly to the floor of the frame.

To avoid the possibility of shearing the webbing when the clamping sections are forcibly brought thereagainst, I prefer to partially divide the sections into the parts 5, 6a, by means of the slots 17, 18. These slots only extend far enough to give the parts 5a,

6a, a certain amount of flexibility that will prevent their shearing the webbing when forcibly brought in contact therewith. To carry the slots the full depth of the sections would make these narrow clamping parts too sensitive to maintain the webbing against the retaining teeth 12. l

Having thus described my invention what I claim is A buckle construction comprising a frame and a lever journaled thereto, said frame having a floor, webbing clamping sections pierced from the floor vand forming teeth on the edge of the opening in the floor and at the point of severance of said sections, said sect-ions partially divided to give flexibility thereto, said teeth elevated above the floor to be engaged by the webbing, and such engagement maintained by the liexible nature of the partially divided sections.

In testimony whereof I afHX my signature.

WILLIAM E. HATI-IEWAY.