US386293A

US386293A - Buckle

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Publication number: US386293A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1888-07-17
Anticipated expiration: 1905-07-17

Description

(No Model.)

G. BRADSHAW.

BUCKLE. No. 386,293. Patented July 17, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE RADSHAW, OF MATTOON, lLLlNOlS.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,293, dated July 17, 1888.

Application led November 2G, 1837. Serial No. 256.233.

To @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, GEORG-n BRADsHAw, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Mattoon, in the county ofColes and State ofIlli nois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Buckles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or tigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specilication.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and is a back View. Fig. 2 is a vertical section. Fig. 3 is a perspective View. Fig. 4 is a plan View of a blank from which one of the parts is made. Fig. 5 is a perspective view ofthe otherpart after being bent into shape.

The invention relates to improvements in buckles, the object being to provide a simple and cheap article of the kind, which can be quickly and easily applied, which will engage its parts automatically when pulled by the web to which it is attached, and which can besubstituted for buttons or equivalent fastenings on garments.

The invention consists inthe construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A and B, respectively, designate the two separate parts of which the device is made, and which are caused to engage andare held together by the connecting-web, as hereinafter fully explained.

- The piece A consists of theplate C,the transverse loop D at one end of said plate, and the keeper-socket E at the other end and on one side thereof, the said soeketkeeper being preferably made by bending up the end and bend ing inward the correspondidg edge portions of the plate C, which edge portions stand outward from the part of the plate forming the bentup portion ofthe keeper-socket. Thus all the parts of the piece A are integral and made from a blank represented by Fig. "L of the drawings.

(No model.)

The piece B is made of a single strip of bent wire, and consists ofthe transverse loop F, the inger-hold G, made on the center of one bar of said loop, and the pin or tongue H, depending froni the opposite bar thereof'.

The end of the tongue H, when the pieces A B are engaged, enters the keeper-socket, and loop F of the piece B stands above the loop C ot' the piece A with the inger-hold G on the side opposite to that on which the keepersocket stands. The web is used to engage the two parts A and B ofthe buckle.

l represents asnspcnder-strap, which passes down through the loop F, the finger-hold G being outward from said strap. The strap then passes downward through the loop D ol' the piece A, and then up through the loop F. It then bends over the lower bar ofthe latter loop, and has the tongue H stuck through it to retain it in place, the end of the tongue rest ing in the keepersocket.

J J are end straps, which extend below the suspender-strap. The said end straps are engaged by the tongue H, which holds them to the upper part ol' the device.

As the tongue has a hold upon the suspender-strap, the piece B is connected to the tongue, and the suspender-strap passes through the loops of both pieces A and B, it is plain that when the strap is drawn upward the pieces A B will be drawn together bythe sus ponder-strap and held together thereby, the pull on the strap Yforcing the point of the tongue down in the keepensocket.

The end straps of the suspender are either transfixed on the tongue or passed between it and the part A of the device. rlhe latter arrangement is used more especially when the suspender-ends are integral with each other.

To disengage the buckle, the finger-hold G is pushed up, and the tongue H thereby disengaged t'roln the keeper-socket.

The device as thus described is of simple construction. There are but two parts, each made of a single piece, and the said two parts are held rnily together by the pull of the web.

Having described my invention, I claiml. The combination of the piece A, of sheet metal, provided at one end with a keeper socket and at the other end with a transverse loop, and the piece B, made of wire and pro- ICO vided with the transverse loop,thengerhold, and the tongue adapted to engage the keeper7 su bstantiall y as specified.

2. The combination of tlie piece A, consist-V with the strap or web engaging the pieces A I5 and B, substantially as specified.

4. rlhe combination of the metallic piece provided with a transverse 'loop and a keeper, the metallic piece B, having a transverse loop and a tongue or pin extending therefrom, and 2o the web engaging said parts, substantially as specified.

In testimony Whereofl affix my signature in presence 'of two witnesses.

GEORGE BRADSHAW.

Witnesses:

O. C. HONNARY, A. B. GRUYCRAFT.