US603401A

US603401A - Joseph foesheim

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Publication number: US603401A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-05-03
Anticipated expiration: 1915-05-03

Description

(No Model.) J." PORSHEIM.

v CLASP.

No. 603,401. X Patented May a, 1898.

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J OSEPH FORSHEIM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,401, dated May 3, 1898. Application filed September 8, 1897. Serial No. 650,901. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:-

Be it known that LJosnrH FORSHEIM, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Clasps, of which the following is a specification. r

This invention relates to certain improvements in olasps which are more particularly adapted for use in connection with suspenders, garters, and the like, the object being to provide a clasp which will consist of a very small number of parts so secured together as to do away with the necessity of soldering or riveting, whereby the cost of manufacturing the said clasp is materially reduced.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a front or face view of the clasp with a portion of a suspender or garter strap pa'ssed therethrough. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section in the plane of the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. at is a reverse or back view of the clasp and strap. Fig. 5 represents the blank which forms the front plate, the dotted lines indicating where the blank is to be bent. Fig. 6 is a face view of the front plate. Fig. 7 is a view of the blank which formsthe back plate, the dotted lines indicating where portions of the said blank are to be bent; and Fig. Sis an inside view of the back plate.

The strap is denoted by A, one,end of which is adapted .to be secured permanently to the clasp and its other end adapted to be removably engaged therewith. The'front plate is denoted by B, the back plate by O, and the 1ocking-ro11er, which is adapted to be interposed between the two plates, by D.

The back plate 0 is provided with a pair of Wings 0, having inclined edges, as shown. These wings c are provided at their narrow portions with projecting tongues c, which are adapted to be bent over to secure the front plate permanently tothe back plate.

The front plate B is provided with laterallyextended flaps 'b, which areadapted to embrace the wings c of the back plate and overlap the outerface of the back plate. The portions of'the flaps b which engage the wings c are preferably provided with notches b,

which are adapted to receive the tongues 0 when the said tongues are folded outwardly, thereby insuring a smooth surface upon the opposite sides of the clasp and at the same time securely fastening the front plate to the back plate.

Because of the inclined edged wings cthe front plate is spaced from the back plate at an inclination thereto, leaving a small opening or slot along one edge and a wider opening or slot along the other edge for the passage through the clasp of the free end of the strap A. A stop .0 projects inwardly from one of the platesin the present instance the back platewhich stop partially fills the larger opening through the clasp and retains the roller within the clasp in operative position.

The bending inward of the stop 0 serves to form a loop 0 to which one end of the strap A may be permanently secured.

The back plate 0 is further provided with a thumb or finger opening or hole 0 there through, whereby the roller may be held at the wider portion of the clasp when it is desired to partially or wholly withdraw the strap.

The operation of the clasp is as follows: When it is desired to adjust the strap, it is drawn through the clasp in one direction freely, the roller seeking the wider portion of the clasp, and when force is exerted tending to Withdraw the strap it will roll the roller toward the narrower portion of the clasp, thereby clamping the strap between the front plate and the roller. When it is desired to withdraw the strap, the roller is engaged by the thumb or finger of the person and held against movement toward the narrower portion of the clasp, thereby preventing it from looking the strap.

By constructing. the clasp as above described I am enabled to do away with the use of solder or rivets, the clasp at the same time being formed of only three pieces-viz., the front plate, the back plate, and the roller, the

front and back plates being readily stamped rangement of the several partswithout departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I do not Wish to limit myself strictly to the structure herein shown and described; but

\Vhat I claim is- A clasp comprising a blank forming a back plate having inclined edged wings bent inwardly therefrom, the said wings being provided with securing-tongues and a stop bent inwardly from the blank thereby forming a [0 strap-retaining loop, a second blank forming interposed between the said plates, substan- 15 tially as set forth.

JOSEPH FORSIIEIM. Vitnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, O. S. SUNDGREN.