US519547A - Albert e - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

A. E. MOGLURE.

BUCKLE.

Patefited May 8, 1894.

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ALBERT E. MCOLURE, on SEDALIA, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE MOCLURE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or SAME PLACE.

BUCKLE.

SPEGIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 519,547, dated May 8, 1894;

Application filed July 1.1;1893.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT E. MOCLURE, a citizen of the United States, residing at sedalia, in the county of Pettis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to that class of buckles which comprises an under link or base plate having a cross bar, and an upper link pivotally mounted upon the under link and having a cross bar adapted to operate in conunction with the cross bar of the under link.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and improved buckle of this class, which will possess advantages in point of simpllcity, inexpensiveness, convenience, effectlveness, and general efficiency and in which the strap can be engaged or disengaged from the buckle with great facility and conveni ence and without the usual process of threadlng or unthreading it through the buckle.

In the drawings:-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the buckle embodying my improvements, the strap being shown in secured position. Fig. 2 is a correspondi'ngview, show- 1ng the cross bar of the upper link in raised position. Fig. 3 is a sectional view, taken centrally through Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the buckle in normal position. Fig. 5 is a corresponding view, showing the cross bar of the upper link in raised position. Fig. 6 is a perspective view illustrating a modification.

Corresponding parts in all the figures are denoted by the same letters of reference.

Referring to the drawings, A designates an under link or base plate, which is preferably of open or skeleton form comprising side bars, act, a front bar, a, and a rear cross bar, o

B designates the upper link or member, which is preferably of corresponding open or skeleton form and comprises side bars, b b, a front projecting portion, B, forming a free lifting end, and rearwardly projecting spring arms, 12 I), having gudgeons or ends, 72 The upper link B is pivotally mounted upon the Serial 110.480.180. (No model.)

main under link, preferably by means of the pivotal locking connection herein shown and described, in which thegudgeons or ends b have bearings in eyes, a formed in the side bars a of the under link,-the spring arms I) being adapted to engage projecting lugs, a provided upon the main link and shouldered or recessed, as shown ate.

0 designates a cross bar which is pivotally mounted upon the upper link B ata pointin rear of the front projecting portion B, so that the pivoted cross bar of the upper link will come adjacent to the front crossbarof the main under link. The cross bar 0 is pivoted at its rear end to one of the side bars I) of the upper link in any suitable manner, and its outer end is adapted to swing freely as shown in the drawings. The pivotal connection of the swinging cross bar 0 is preferably formed by an eye, 0, embracing bearings, 0,, upon .one

of the side bars b of the upper link, and the opposite side bar is preferably provided with a recess, 0 in its top surface, said recess being adapted to receive the free end of the pivoted cross bar and'relieve strain upon the pivotal connection of the latter.

In operation,*the strap, S, may be passed up through the under link and upper link and inserted over the pivoted or hinged cross bar 0 as the latter is raised, as shown in the drawings, thus obviating the necessity for threading the strap through the buckle. The tension of the strap holds the pivoted or hinged cross bar 0 firmly down in position and the strap is retained by engagement with cross bar 0 is provided with an enlarged or extended bearing eye 0 embracing a correspondingly extended bearing, 0', upon the side bar of the upper link. This modification also illustrates another form of pivotal looking connection between the spring arms of 5 the upper link and the main link, this pivotal connection being formed by upwardly projecting lugs, a struck up from the central portion of the main link and provided with the bearin e es a with recessed or shou1- zoo a 2 J I dered outer faces, a, the spring arms of the upper plate being arranged to embrace the outer faces of the lugs, as shown.

I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement as herein shown and described, as the details of construction and the form of pivotal connection between t'helinks may be varied or modified Without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. reserve the right to all such variations or modifications as properly fall within the terms of the following claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. An improved buckle, comprising an under link or base plate having a cross bar, a, and an upper link or member pivotally mounted upon the under link and havinga pivoted or hinged cross bar, 0, operating in conjunction with the cross bar of the under link; substantially as set forth.

2. An improved buckle, comprising the under link or base plate having the front cross I therefore bar a, and an upper link or member pivotally mounted upon the under link and provided with side bars and a front projecting portion forming a free lifting end, a cross bar, 0, being pivoted or hinged upon one of the side bars of the upper link in rear of the front projecting portion and having its free end received by a recess in the opposite side bar; substantially as and for the purpose set forth. m

3. An improved buckle, comprising the main link or base plate having the cross bar a, and an upperlink or member having spring arms forming a pivotal locking connection with the under plate and carrying a pivoted cross bar, 0, operating in conjunction with the cross bar of the main link; substantially as set forth.

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

ALBERT MOCLURE.

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