US514516A

US514516A - Charles w

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Publication number: US514516A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-02-13
Anticipated expiration: 1911-02-13

Description

(No Model.)

0. W. STIMSON.

BUCKLE.

N0. 514,516. I Patented Feb. 13, 1894.

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PATENT FFICE.

CHARLES W. STIMSON, OF NEYV YORK, N. Y.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,516, dated February 13, 1894:.

Application filed beptember 5, 1893. Serial No. 484,840. (No model.)

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. STIMSON, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of New York, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

My=invention relates to buckles, and particularly to buckles used on garments; and it consists in the novel forms and arrangement of the parts of the buckle, as is more fully hereinafter described.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide a buckle which will hold the fabric passed through it firmly, yet without injury thereto; second, to provide means for preventing the buckle from loosening when there is no strain upon it; third, to provide means for holding the buckle open when so desired, without efiort on the part of the person manipulating the buckle; and fourth, to make thebuckle strong, simple,cheap, and not liable to derangement. These objects are attained in the buckle herein described and illustrated in the drawings which accompany and form a part of this application, in which the same reference numerals indicate the same or correspending parts, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the buckle plate detached. Fig. 2 is a sectional end view of the same, taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the tongue-plate of the buckle. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the complete buckle, the buckle-plate and tongue-plate having been united. Fig. 5 is a sectional end View of the buckle, taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a plan view of a modified form of buckle, and Fig. '7 is an end view of the same,the buckle being' shown partly open.

My buckle is applicable to a great variety of uses, and may be used with leather as well as with fabric; it is, however, more especially intended for use on garments, and the form shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive is especially intended for use as a suspender buckle, while the form shown in Figs. 6 and 7 may be used with the back straps of trousers and waistcoats, or in garment supporters, or for any other use for which the ordinary prong buckle is used.

In thedrawin gs, 10 is the buckle platemhich is preferably formed in one piece, by stamping or casting. or recessed, as shown, so that the edge of the tongue-plate, to be hereinafter mentioned, comes somewhat below the plane of the top of the buckle-plate. The rear part of the buckle-plate is rounded into a substantially cylindrical rod, 12, which forms the pintle of the hinge joint by which the buckleplate and tongue-plate are connected. The rod 12 is provided with a projecting lug 13 against which bears a spring projecting from the tongue-plate, as will be hereinafter described.

14 is the tongue-plate. As with the buckleplate, it is designed to be stamped out of a single piece of metal, which is preferably sheet brass or similar metal, having considerable spring. The front edge of the tongue-plate is turned downward so as to be nearly at right angles to the beveled surface 11 when the buckle is closed. The edge of the tongue platemay be serrated or wavy in outline, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, or its edge may be straight, as is the case with the buckle shown in Figs. 6 and 7. The serrated or wavy edge is perhaps preferable where used with soft fabrics which are not readily marked or creased, as in general it will afford a better hold; while the plain or straight edge is preferable for leather and for fabrics which are easily injured, as there is less danger of marking or injuring in any way the surface of the leather or fabric.

The tongue'plate is formed with two narrow strips, 15, 15, which, when the buckleplate' and tongue-plate are united, are bent around the pintle 12 to form the hinge joint connection. A strip 16 is likewise formed in the ton gue-plate, which is bent downward so that it bears against the under side of the lug 13. It therefore serves as a spring, tending to hold the buckle closed and to prevent it from opening. The breadth of the lug 13 is greater than its depth, so that the stress upon the spring 16 is greatest when the tongue plate is substantially at right angles to the buckle-plate. When,therefore, the buckle is opened to its full extent, the spring 16, since it rests upon the flat top of the lug 13, holds the buckle open, there being less stress upon it due to the lug 13 than when the tongueplate is at right angles to the buckle-plate, and force must be used to move the tongue- The front part 11 is beveled 1 ICO plate to this perpendicular position in closing the buckle.

The rear end of the tongue'plate, that is, the portion below the hinge joint, is triangular in shape. It is provided with a strip 17, cut away from the body of the plate on three sides, and bent into a hook which is adapted to receive the ring or loop of that part of the suspender which is directly attached to the trousers. The upper end of this hook 17 projects slightly below the surface of the tongue-plate, so that the ring or loop cannot become detached from the buckle without springing this hook outward. If desired, this book may be formed upon an extension of the buckle-plate instead of on the tongueplate.

The buckle shown in Figs. 6 and 7 differs from the one previously described in that, since it is intended for useas an ordinary garmentclasp, it is not formed with a hook for the reception of a ring or loop, but is formed with a loop to which fabric may be attached. It likewise hasa plain-edged tongue-plate, as previously stated, but the edge of the tongueplate may be serrated if desired. In general construction the buckle is identical with the one previously described.

In using my buckle, it is opened by pressing the tongue-plate outward, and the fabric is inserted from beneath between the beveled or recessed edge 11 of the buckle-plate and the edge of the tongue-plate. The tongueplate is then released, and the spring 16 forces it .down against the fabric, which is thus held between the buckle-plate and the tongue-plate. The loose end of the fabric may, ifdesired, be tucked through the opening between the hinges and the hook 17. If force be now applied to pull the fabric out of the buckle, since the pressure of the tongue against the fabric has pressed the fabric down somewhat upon the recessed or beveled edge 11, the edge of the tongue is caught by any little roughness which always exists on the surface of-cloth or leather, and the strain upon the fabric, though tending to pull the fabric out-of the buckle, at the same time presses the tongue-plate yet more firmly down upon the fabric, and thus prevents slipping of the fabric. If it is desired to pull more fabric through the buckle, however, when the buckle is closed, this maybe done by pulling upon the loose end of the fabric, for the tongue offers no resistance to the passage of the fabric in this direction. In a word, the shape of the tongue and of the buckle-plate is such that the tongue acts as a pawl, which engages with the fabric and prevents it from passing out of the buckle, but offers no obstruction to its passage through the buckle.

When it is desired to release the fabric from the buckle, the tongue-plate is pressed outward, so that it no longer bears against the fabric.

When used as a suspender buckle, the ring of the suspender is attached to the buckle by placing it over the end of the hook 17 and pulling downward, when the hook will spring outward sufficiently to permit the ring-to pass downward to the bottom of the book. When it is desired to cast off this ring, this may be done by pulling the ring upward.

Having thus completely described my invention, what Iclaim, and desire :to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a buckle, the combination, with a buckle-plate the front edge of which is ibeveled-or recessed, of atongue-plate hinged to said buckle-plateand having its front edge bent downward, a lug projecting fromthepintle of said buckle-plate, anda spring, bearing against said lug, and adapted to press the tongue-plate against the buckle-plate, substantially as described.

2. In a buckle, the combination, with a buckle-plate the froutedge of which is beveledor recessed, of a tongue-plate hinged to said buckle-plate and having its frontedge bent downward, a spring adapted to pressgthe edge of said tongue-plate against said buckleplate, and a clasp, formed upon the rear end of said tongue-plate, and adapted ,to receive and hold a ring or loop, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES WV. STIMSON.

Witnesses:

RALPH S. RoUNDs, H. M. MARBLE.