US518125A

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Publication number: US518125A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-04-10
Anticipated expiration: 1911-04-10

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(No Model.)

D. L. SMITH.

BUCKLE.

No. 518,125. PatentedApr. 10, 1894.-

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UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

DWIGHT L. SMITH, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO EARL A. SMITH, OF SAME PLACE.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 518,125, dated April 10, 1894.

Application filed November 1,1893-FSerialNc. 489,702. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DWIGHT L. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain 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 others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its general object. to simplify and cheapen the construction of buckles and at the same time to greatly improve the operation in use.

With these ends in view I have devised the novel buckle which I will now describe, referring by letters and numbers to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspeci'fication, in which- Figure l is an elevation illustrating one mode'in which I have carried my invention into effect; Fig. 2 an elevation illustrating another mode in which I have carried myinvention into efiect; Fig. 3 an end view corresponding with Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a front elevation illustrating still another mode in which I have carried my invention into effect.

A denotes the frame of the buckle which is made from a single piece of wire the ends of which are fastened together in any suitable manner as by a sleeve 3.

B denotes the hook which is engaged by the suspender ring, not shown, in the usual manner.

C denotes a cross bar preferably made of sheet metal and provided with eyes 4 through which the sides of the frame pass and by which it is secured to the frame, and with eyes 5.

D denotes the guard which retains the suspender ring in engagement with the hook. Either the hook or the guard is made integral with the frame. In Figs. 1 and 2 I have illustrated forms in which the hook is made integral with the frame, and in Fig. 4 a form in which the guard is made integral with the frame. It will of course be obvious that one of these members, 'i. e.,either the hook or the guard must be movable relatively to the others. In Fig. 1 I have illustrated a swinging guard, in Fig. 2 a yielding guard, i. e. a guard held inits normal position by the resiliency of the metal from which 1t1s formed, and in Fig. 4 I have illustrated a form in which the guard is rigid and the hook swings. In Figs. 1 and 2 the guard is attached at the front of the frame and in Fig. 4 the hook 'is attached at the back of the frame. In Figs. 1 and 2 the guard is provided with inwardly turned ends 6 which pass through eyes 5 on the cross bar and also pass through eyes 7 on the clamping lever E, the clamping lever being pivoted on the inwardly turned ends. At the lower edge of the clamping lever are inwardly turned teeth 8 and ordinarily a lip 9 which maybe engaged by the finger for convenience in releasing the web when adjusting the buckle in use. This feature of an independently pivoted clamping lever is very valuable in use as it enables the wearer to adjust the buckle upon the web at any time without detaching the suspender ring from the hook, while at the same time the possibility of slippage of the buckle upon the web is wholly avoided.

In the form illustrated in Fig. 1 the upper edge of the clamping lever is turned inward as at 10 so as to bear against the back of the web. This engagement of edge 10 with the web serves to swing the clamping lever on its pivotal points and disengage the teeth from the web when the buckle is raised on the web, or the buckle held and the web pulled down.

In the forms illustrated in Figs. 2 and4 the upper portion of the clamping lever constitutes a bearing plate 11 and the inwardly turned ends 6 of the guard are extended inward past eyes 7 and are suitably bent to form springs 12 which bear against plate 11 and act to hold the clamping lever in position to retain the teeth in engagement with the web and to swing the clamping lever back to its engaging position whenever it is released after disengagement as in the act of adj usting the buckle on the web.

In Fig. 1 the guard is provided with a loop 13 which slips over hook B and retains the suspender ring in engagement therewith in the usual manner. I I

In the form illustrated in Fig. 2 hook B is provided with a slot 14: in its back and the guard, which is a yielding or spring guard, is provided with a backwardly extending toe 15 which lies in said slot. lies wholly within the hook, that is to say the front of the guard, as at 16, lies against the inner side of the hook so that it cannot pass out from the hook, the'rear end of the guard, i. e. the toe, lying in the slot at the back of the hook. The sides of the front of the guard above point 16 are curved outward as at 17 for the several purposes of ornamentation, to form a bearing for the finger to press the guard backward, and also to serve as a stop to prevent the entire guard from being forced backward through the slot. In this form the downward and rearward incline of the toe is such as to insure that the suspender ring cannot becomedetached from the hook in use, while at the same time the guard will yield sufficiently to permit the ready removal of the ring from the hook by a direct upward movement or by a lateral twisting movement.

Inthe form illustrated in Fig. 4 the loop 13 is formed integral with the body of the buckle,

the hookin this form being the movable memher and being attached at the back of the frame, and swinging forward partially through the loop, the guard acting to retain the suspender ring in engagement with the hook in the usual manner.

It will of course be apparent that my invention is not limited to the precise details of construction illustrated and described as it is practicable to greatly vary said details with- In this-form the guard out departing from the principle of my invention.

I claim 1. A buckle consisting of a frame, a cross bar having eyes 4-. by which it is attached to the frame and eyes 5, a movable member having inwardly turned ends extending through and past eyes 5, and a clamping lever having eyes 7 through which said inwardly turned ends pass.

2. A buckle consisting of a frame, a cross bar having eyes 4 by which itis attached to the frame and eyes-5, a movable member having inwardly turned ends extending through and past eyes 5 and suitably bent to form springs 12, and'a clamping lever having eyes 7 through which said inwardly turned ends pass, and a bearing plate 11 against'which springs 12 bear to hold the clamping leverin engaging position.

3. A buckle consisting of a frame having at its lower end a loop 13, a cross bar having eyes 4 by which it is attached to the frame, and eyes 5, a hook having inwardly turned ends extending through and past eyes 5 and acting to engage the loop for the purpose set forth, and a clamping lever having. eyes 7 through which said inwardly turned ends pass.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' DWVIGI-IT L. SMITH.

\Vitnesses:

WM. L. KING, MINNIE M. TRIPP.