US42067A - Improvement in suspender-buckles - Google Patents

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Unrrno STATES PATENT OFFICE. y

iMeRovEMsnT IN sus'PENDEPe-BUCKLES;

i Specification forming part of Lett :i Patent No. 42,967', dated March 29, 1864. 'y

To .all whom, it 71mg' concer-12,.' Be ithnown that l, lniLos BLAKE, of New llavcn, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, 'have iuventedvcertain new useful Improvements in Suspender-Buckles; and .l hereby declare that4 the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionpf the saine, reference being `had to the accompanying' drawings, in which- Figure l is a front View; Fig. 2, aside, and

'lfigf a rear, elevation of in y iin proved buckle.

Fig. isa sectional View or diagram, andi Fig. 5 a perspective view, of the saine, sh'o\y ing the several parts of which the'bnchle is composed in position when the strap 'or`Webf 'with greatforceupon the strap that may-be bing is being' adjusted. f

Suspend er-huekles as lim-nt ohwo ppn-stumm@ ae generally niade in two' part iiz., of a tru-nie and of teeth'or prongs hinged vto the 'frame-and the arrangement is such that the webbing or strap is held in place'bythe teeth piercing it andthe points of the teeth resting against er closing with sonie portion of the traine, so as to prevent the strap from being disengaged. This inodeiof constructing buckles is objectionable, because the webbing is soon Worn bythe holes .formed by th e-,pron gs and the tendency to enlarge the vholes by the constant strain to which the strap is exposed When in use. rlhe object ot' my invention is to so combine the parts of a suspenderbuekle as that,'while the webbing is not necessarily 1 pierced or punctnrcd, the buckle is not increased in bulk- 1'. e., not caused to bulge out when holding 'a strap 5 and I have accomplished f the object of my invention bythe construcf tion and arrangement 'of suspender-buckles as follows: f

.l form the buckle of t-wo parts-that is to say, of a loop, in which the under straps of a suspender arel inserted or fastcned,fand of a shield. The former (marked in the drawings L) is a metal strip, having. cut or punched through it an opening, 1- O, for the under strap. On the upper side the 'metal strip isbcnt at right angles, as atb in Fig. 4, andut thecorners the upper edge orfolded edge vis provided with laterallyprojecting *Y lhe bent edge may be cutout so as to leave prongs or teeth ybut this -l deem 'pins p.

-set forth.

stri-pcf metai, corrugated on its face, asshown i'ilfthev drawings at c or, instead of thecor rugation or recess, a hole maybe cut in the face extending transversely the width of the bent edge b. At'the sides of the vshield ears are formed, which are perforated for the lodgnient of the pins before referred tot From this description ofthe construction of l the parts constituting int/'improved buckle their operation will berea'dily understood: It lwill be seen that the'loop piece L is hung in the shield Ain line with or slightly above the folded edge or prongs. the folded ed gel `will be caused to inpinge between it andthe shield,fand the strap mayT `be readily Adisen'gaged-and t-he pressure on it removed without first shortening the strapde., without drawing it downbnt bysimply upsetting the shield, as represented .in Fig. 5.

The. adjusting, of the strap or webbingv is therefore greatly facilitatethand it may be secured in anypositiondesiredwithout puneturing it.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claini 1. Forming a Ast lspender-buckleof .two parts-that is to s'ay,"of a loop `and a shieldwhen the formeris bentat right angles, or thereabouts, and hinged to the latter under the arrangement hereinbefo'redescribed, so as to operate in the manner andfor-the purposes 2. In combination with 'a looppiece bent at right angles, or thereabout, andhinged, as described, to a shield, corrugating or-reces'sing the face of the shield corresponding withv the bent part.of thelooppiece, substantially in the manner and for thepurposes as setforth.

'3. Hinging the loop-piece in line with or above 'the folded edge' thereof, for the better' imp ingin'g' ofthe strap and for its ready `adjust'inent, substantially as set forth. In testimonyT Whercof I v have signed 'my scribingwitnesses. 4PHILOS BLAKE.

lXlfitnesses: S. B. Pannen,

ALGN. II. Mousn,

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