US565868A

US565868A - James v

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Publication number: US565868A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-08-11
Anticipated expiration: 1913-08-11

Description

(No Model.)

J. V. WASHBURNE.

, BUCKLE. No. 565,868. Patented Aug. 11, 1896.

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A UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

JAMES V. lVASl-IBURNE, OF VVATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE A. UPHAM, OF SAME PLACE.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,868, dated August 11, 1896.

Application filed November 20, 1895, Serial No. 569,512. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern} Be it known that 1, JAMES V. WAsHBUnNn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clasps or Buckles, of which the following is a specification. i i

My invention relates to an improvement in clasps or buckles, the object being to provide an article of this kind or character which shall be adapted for use in connection with garters, stocking-supporters, armlets, sus ponders, belts, and other like articles. where the fabric or elastic web is usually adjusted in its length to suit its particular requirement, and which clasp or buckle shall be simple and economical to manufacture, and so constructed that it will properly and effectually bind the fabric or elastic Web while the strain is imparted to it in the usual direction, and which will also allow, when the strain is removed, of the easy adjustment or movement of said web or fabric.

With these and other ends in view my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a clasp or buckle constructed in accordance with my invention, the strap or web being removed. Fig. 2 is a similar view thereof with the elastic web inserted. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a similar View, enlarged. Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view of the cross or binding bar. Fig. 6 is a plan view of a modified form thereof. Fig. 7 is a face view of the buckle having the two ends of a garter, belt, or armlet secured thereto. Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on the line 8 8 of Fig. 7. Fig. '9 is a view illustrating one way or manner of inserting the binding or cross bar in the frame. Fig. 10 shows a modified form of the frame. Fig. 11 is a view illustrating the manner of adjusting the web or fabric.

As illustrated in the d rawin gs, my improved clasp or buckle consists, preferably, of a frame provided with two vertical parallel sides A A, and an upper and lower side a a, the form or shape of which will depend upon the particular use for which the article is devised, Fig. 1 showing the upper and lower sides straight, Fig. 9 the lower side extended and bent into the form of a hook at, and Fig. 10 the lower side curved or bent into the form of a loop a This frame is preferably blanked out from sheet metal and is adapted to contain between its two parallel vertical sides one or more binding or cross bars B. This binding or cross bar B may be made of any desired shape or form, but is preferably constructed of that form shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 8, that is, in the form of an arc of a circle, itsouter ends being notched orrecessed, as shown at i b, for the purpose of receiving and partially overlapping thevertical sidesA of the frame, and thus prevented from becoming accidentally disengaged therefrom. If desired, however, this binding or cross piece B .may be made of a flat strip of metal, as shown in Fig. 6, or, if desired, made perfectly round, (not illustrated) said cross-piece being made of such length with relation to the frame that when at right angles or substantially so to the vertical sides of said frame it will engage and remain in engagement therewith, but when placed diagonally across the same may be engaged or disengaged therefrom, as illustrated in Fig. 9 of the drawings, this construction of the parts allowing of the easy and ready insertion of said cross piece or bar within the frame. I do not wish, however, to be understood as limiting my invention to this particular relation of the size or dimensions of the several parts, as other ways will suggest themselves of inserting the bindingpiece, as, for instance, the latter may be slightly curved in its length prior to its insertion within the frame, and subsequently straightened.

From the above description it will be understood that the binding or cross piece B is free to travel within the frame, and between the vertical sides thereof.

In use one end of the elastic web or fabric C is passed through the frame from the rear side thereof and below the binding or cross piece B, then back again through said frame over or above said cross-piece. If now a pull or strain be imparted to the web, the binding or cross piece 13 will ride up the sides of the frame until said fabric is tightly held or bound between said cross-piece and the upper side a of the frame, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings, the pull or strain on the Web 0 causing the latter to be forced into the recess or cavity formed by the bent sides of the said cross-bar B. It will thus be seen, by means of this construction and arrangement of the parts, that when the strain is imposed upon the elastic web 0 all sliding or movement of the web through the clasp or buckle will be prevented, by reason of the fact that the free end 0 of the web is first forced in between the curved sides of the binding-bar and against the edge of the upper plate of the frame, and is further held by being passed around and over one of the edges ofthe said cross-bar, as shown at c, Fig. 4, thus turning the fabric or web in a direction back upon itself. The strain upon the fabric 0 also has the tendency of causing the opposite side or edge of the cross-bar to bind the free end of the fabric between the side of said cross-bar, and the upper plate a of the frame, as is illustrated at 0 Fig. 4, thus effectually preventing all slipping of the web throughthe clasp. When, however, it is desired to adjust the clasp or buckle upon the web or fabric for the purpose of lengthening or shortening the same, the latter is simply turned down or back in a direction opposite to that in which the strain is usually imposed, as shown in Fig. 11 of the drawings. When in this position, a slight pull on the fabric in either direction will cause it to easily and readily slip through the clasp, as the web itself virtually passes over one of the rounded sides of the cross bar or piece B, and not over a straight or raw edge, as is usual in this class of devices, the notches in the ends of my improved cross-bar being sufficiently large to allow the latter to slightly rock or tilt, and thus present the curved surface thereof to the web to ride uponor over.

When my improved clasp or buckle is constructed for use as a suspender-buckle, or a retaining device for a stocking-supporter, one cross-piece only need be utilized. lVhen it is desired, however, to use the clasp or buckle in connection with the two ends of the elastic Web or fabric, as, for example, in a belt, garter, or armlet, two binding-pieces may be used, as indicated in Figs. 7 and 8, thus allowing the size of the same to be regulated or adjusted at either end thereof.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to construct a clasp or buckle with. a rectangular frame and a movable cross-bar traveling between the sides of said frame, in order to bind the Web or fabric between said bar and frame, and hence I make no claim thereto, the gist of my invention lying in the fact that the slots or recesses formed in the end of said crossbar are of such size that when it is desired to adj ustthe length of the web or fabric a slight pull thereon will serve to rock or tilt said bar, in order that said Web or fabric will travel along the side or rounded portion thereof and not against the straight binding edge of said bar.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A clasp or buckle consisting of a frame provided with two parallel sides, and a cross-bar bent in cross-section and provided on its ends with slots or recesses in which the sides of said frame fit, said slots or recesses being of such size as to allow said cross-bar to rock or tilt, substantially as described.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 14th day of November,.A. D. 1895.

' JAMES V. VVASHBURNE.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN F. FLAGG, GEORGE COOK.