US361993A

US361993A - dalton

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Publication number: US361993A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-04-26
Anticipated expiration: 1904-04-26

Description

(No Model.)

111". DALTON.

SHOE CLASP.

No. 861,993. Patented Apr. 26, 1887-.

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DAN F. DALTON, OF WATERBURY, ASSIGNOR TO JOSEPH O. HAMMOND, JR, OF ROOKVILLE, AND THEODORE E. KING, OF WESTPORT, CONN.

SHOE-CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,993, dated April 26. 1887.

Application filed May 18, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, DAN F. DALTON, of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ShoeOlasps, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein-' Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form shoes.

It consists in a tongue pivotally connected to a plate or like support, and having on the lower side a hook or like device for engaging loops or projections in acatch-plate, and above this a longer arm extending in position to serve as a means for moving the tongue to'fasten or unfasten the device, and in the combination of the several parts, as more particularly herein after described.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a denotes the tongue of a buckle or clasp which is formed from a piece of sheet metal folded back upon itself to form a pivot-socket, b,with a down-turned and hook-shaped arm, a, on the underneath part of the tongue, and the arm at extending above and beyond the lower arm. This tongue at is pivotally connected to the tongue-plate c,which is preferably of metal cut or stamped to shape by passing the tongue through the loop a in the tongue-plate and folding it over and inclosing the cross-bar on the plate which serves as the pivot for the tongue. The catch-plate d is of ordinary construction, preferably struck from metal, with the several openingsjd, into any one of which the hook-shaped arm a is thrust by pushing down upon the lever-arm a of the tongue, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

Serial No. 165,787. No model.)

The several parts of the device, when they are engaged, occupy the relative position substantially as shown in the crosssectional view in Fig. 2, and the tongue may be unclasped or disengaged by catching hold of the end of the lever-arm a of the tongue, and by lifting it and pulling the hook-shaped arm out of the opening in the catch-plate.

The tongue may be pivotally connected to the plate by forming the tongue-blank with projecting trunnions integral with it, as illustrated in Fig. 3-, and forming the sockets in the tongue plate by turning back the projections so that they may be closed down upon the trunnions.

It is obvious that there are forms of tongue plate or equivalent means for supporting the tongue and connecting it to an article of wearing-apparel which may be used without departing from the main feature of my improvement, which consists in the pivotallysupported tongue having the hook-shaped arm or equivalent means for engaging the catch-plate and the projecting lever-arm which serves as the means for disengaging or engaging the parts.

The several parts of my improved clasp are si mple in form,and may be quickly and cheaply made and assembled.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a buckle or clasp, the tongue-plate with its pivot-bearings, in combination with the pivotallysupported tongue (I, having below the pivot the hook-shaped engaging-arm, and above the pivot the forward-extending lever arm, all substantially as described.

2. In combination with the tongue-plate having a pivot-bar, the pivotally-supported tongue a, having below the pivot the hookshaped arm a and above the pivot the for ward-extending lever-arm a, and a catchplate, (I, all substantially as described.

DAN F. DALTON.

\Vitnesses:

D. F. Wnnsrnn, (Jr-rs. F. WIELLETTE.