US751407A - Buckle - Google Patents

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No. 751,407. PATENTBD FEB.2I1904.

, H. L. PERRYMAN.

BUCKLE.

\ APPLICATION FILED 14:13.25, 1903. RBNBWBD JAN. 9. 1904.l

No MODEL.

me Nonms persas co., Pncrraurn. WASHINGTON. n. c.

Patented February 2, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

IIENRY L. PERRYMAN, oE SPRINGFIELD, oHIo.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 751,407, dated February 2, 1904.l Application filed February 25, 1903. Renewed annary 9, 1904. Serial No.'l88,408. (No model.) f l Be it known that'I, HENRY L. PERRYMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which the following -is a specification,l reference being vhad therein tothe accompanying drawings. A

This invention relates to buckles, and has for tain novel features, whichI will nowV proceed to describe and will then particularly point out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating, one form of my.

tions.

invention as applied to a belt for personal wear. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan section taken on the line w w of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the device fromthe rear,the` free end of the belt being removed from the buckle. Fig. 4. is fa detail perspective view of the tongue of the buckle detached, and Fig. 5 is a view of the engaging face of -the tongue.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown my invention as applied to a belt for personal wear, although it will be understood thatmy improved buckle is capable of other applica- In said drawings, 1 indicates the belt,y and'2 the body or frame of the buckle, which may be of any suitable form. On its rear face this body or frame is provided with a flat bearing-surface 3, lying in the general plane ofthe back of the body r`frame. I

luse the term flat in the sense of a smooth uninterrupted surface as contradistinguished from a 4surface havingv projections lwhich cooperate with the tongue to hold` the belt or strap. On each side lof this bearing-surface 3 there extends outward fromthe back of the body a lug or projection 4. and to these lugs is pivoted at 5 the tongueor cross-bar 6 of the buckle. This tongue extends across the back of the buckle, s0 as to swing across the bearing-surface 3 of the body thereof, and that portion of said tongue which lies between its pivotal axis and the bearing-surface of the body of the buckle is so constructed that' it lterminates yadjacent to said bearingisurface y1n two engaging edges or angles 7 and 8, the

former of which is preferablylocated at a greater distance from the pivotal axis of the tongue than the latter. the tongue of sheet metal, for the reason that it can thus be made lighter and stronger and at less expense. The body portion 9 of the buckle terminates in endpieces 10, connected therewith and provided with apertures 11, through which the pivots 5 pass. The face *ofV the tongue oppositethe bearing-surface 3 consists of a piece of metal 412, joined to the body 9 at its front edge only, its lateral margins being separated from the end piecesl 10 by slits13. The part 12 is deiiected upward or recessed between the engaging edges 'Tand 8, so as to form a clearance-space 14.. The part 12 being united to the body of the I prefer to construct tongue-'at one edgeonly and being of resilient material, the engaging edge 8 is free to yield away. from the bearing-surface 3 underpressure; the other engaging edge, '7 being rigid. In other words, the face portion ofthe tongue is connected at one end to the rigid edge of the body portion thereof and is provided at its opposite end with an engaging edge free to yield relatively to the body of the tongue. The partglQ is preferably provided adjacent to the engaging edge 8 witha flange or extension 15, inclined or curved so as to. present an outwardly-enlarging opening between it and the bearingface 3 when the tongue is sol turned as to bring said; angeA or extension opposite the bearing-surface. When one endof Vthe belt is attached to the tongue, which is the construction which I prefer, it is connected t0 said tongue on the opposite side ofthe pivotal 'axis thereof to that on which the engaging edges of the .tongue are located.- As a preferred means for effecting this connection I have shownthe attached end of the belt las provided witha loop 16, to which is connected a link 17, the ends of which enter sleeves l18, formed on the upper edge of the body 9 of the tongue. The tongue is also preferably provided at the upper edge of the body 9 with an extension or pressure piece 19, extending in a general way parallel with a plane connecting the engaging edges 7 and 8.

The body 2 of the buckle is preferably provided at one end with the usual guiding-loop 20. The tongue is preferably, but not necessarily, constructed of a single piece of resilient material.

In the operation of fastening the free end of the belt or strap by means of the buckle the lower part of the tongue is so turned to the left, Fig. 2, that the free end may be introduced (from right to left in Fig. 2 of the drawings) between said tongue and the bearing-surface 3, the ange 15 acting as a guide during this operation. To secure the belt or strap, the lower part of the tongue is then turned so as to bring the engaging edge 8 into contact with the belt or strap, and as the turning of the tongue to the right, Fig. 2, continues said engaging edge compresses the belt and is itself free to yield under the resistance which the belt offers to compression. This action continues until the engaging edge 8 has passed what may be termed the centen or, in other words, the shortest line connecting the pivotal axis of the tongue with the bearing-surface 8. As the turning motion of the tongue continues the resilience of the part 12 of the tongue and of the compressed material of the belt moves the engaging edge 8 away from the bearing-surface 3, at the same time bringing the engaging edge 7 sharply down upon the belt andholding it there against accidental displacement. The spring-supported engaging edge 8 thus serves as a locking device and automatic engaging device for the tongue. Any strain on the free end of the belt tending to move it out of the buckle will be resisted by the engaging edge 7 of the tongue, which is located at such a distance from the pivotal axis of the tongue as to prevent its passing by itself the center when the belt is interposed between the tongue and bearing-surface 3. This grippingaction of the engaging edge 7 of the tongue is of course intensiiied when the other end of the belt is attached to the tongue, since the natural strain exerted on the belt by the body surrounded thereby will tend to engage the edge 7 more firmly with the belt as the tensional strain increases, thus gripping the belt between the edge 7 of the tongue and the abutment formed by the bearing-surface 3. Since this bearingsurface is Without any projection, the belt lies fiat thereon and is not sharply bent and thereby marred or injured. The belt may be releasedby pressing on the pressure-piece 19 toward the body of the buckle, whereupon the spring-supported engaging edge 8 and the material of which the belt is composed will yield sufficiently to permit said engaging edge, moving to the left, Fig. 2, to pass the center in the reverse direction, after which the free end of the belt may be readily withdrawn from the buckle. The clearance-spacel formed in the engaging face of the tongue between the engaging edges facilitates the separate successive action of said engaging edges, which is a feature of the operation thereof hereinbefore described.

I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise details of construction hereinbefore described: and shown in the accompanying drawings, as it is obvious that these details may be modied without departing from the principle of my invention.

I make no claim in this application to a buckle having a body provided with a flat bearingsurface and a tongue pivoted to said body and having separated engaging edges located at different distances from the pivotal axis of the tongue and having a clearance space between them, as such a structure forms the subjectmatter of an application filed by me 7, 1902, Serial No. 118,712.

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

1. A buckle comprising a frame or body having a iiat bearing-surface on its rear face, in combination with a tongue pivoted .to said frame or body so as to swing across said bearing-surface, the engaging portion of the tongue terminating in separated engaging edges located at different distances from the pivotal axis of the tongue, the engaging edge nearest said axis being yielding or spring-supported and the other engaging edge being rigid, substantially as described.

2. A buckle comprising a frame or body having a iiat bearing-surface on its rear face, in combination with a tongue pivoted to said frame or body so as to swing across said bearing-surface, the engaging portion of the tongue terminating in lsepal'ated engaging edges located at different distances from the pivotal axis of the tongue and having a clearance-space between them, the engaging edge nearest said axis being yielding or spring-supported to form a locking device to hold the tongue in engaging position, and the engaging edge farthest from the pivotal axis being rigid serving to grip the belt or strap against the bearing-surface, substantially as described.

v 3. A buckle comprising a frame or body having a flat bearing-surface on its rear face, in combination with' a tongue pivoted to said frame or body so as to swing across said bearing-surface,the engaging portion of the tongue terminating in separated engaging edges located at different distances from the pivotal axis of the tongue, the engaging edge nearest August IOO IIO

said axis being yielding or spring-supported and the other engaging edge being rigid, and a belt or strap connected to the tongue on the opposite side of the pivotal axis from the engaging portion, substantially as described.

4. A buckle comprising a frame or body having a flat bearing-surface on its rear face, in combination with a tongue pivoted to said frame or body so as to swing across said bearing-surface, the engaging portion of the tongue terminating in separated. engaging edges located at diiferent distances from the pivotal axis ofthe tongue and having a clearance-space between them, the engaging edge nearest said axis being yielding or spring-supported to form a locking device to hold they tongue in engaging position, and the engaging edge farthest from the pivotal axis being rigid and serving to grip the belt or strap against the bearing-surface, and a belt or strap cbnnected to the tongue on the opposite side of the pivotal axis thereof from the engaging portion, substantially as described.

5. In a buckle of the character described,the combination, with a frame or body having a flat bearing-surface on its rear face, of a tongue pivoted to said frame or body so as to swing across said bearing-surface,y said tongue comprising a body portion provided with a rigid engaging edge and having end portions connected therewith to receive the pivots, and a face portion of resilient material connected to,

the rigid edge, and provided with an engaging edge at its opposite end free to yield relatively to the body of the tongue, substantially as described. p

6. In a buckle of the character described,the combination, with a frame or body having a flat bearing-surface on its rear face, of a tongue pivoted to said frame or body so as to swing across said bearing-surface, said tongue comprising a body portion provided' with a rigid engaging edge and having end portions connected therewith to receive the pivots, and a face portion of resilient material connected to the rigid edge, and provided with an engaging edge at its opposite end free to yield relatively to the body of the tongue, said face portion being curved or recessed to form a clearance-space, substantially as described.

7 In abuckle of the character described, the combination, with a frame or body having a lat bearing-surface on its rear face, of a tongue pivoted to said frame or body so as to swing across said bearing-surface, said tongue comprising a body portion provided with a rigid engaging edgeand having end portions connected therewith to receive the pivots, and a face portion of resilient material connected to the rigid edge and vprovided with an engaging edge at its opposite end free to yield rela-A tively to the body of the tongue, said face portion being provided with a guiding ange or extension adjacent to its engaging edge, substantially as described.

8. A buckle comprising a frame or body having a flat bearing-surface on its rear face, in combination with a tongue pivoted to said frame or body so as to swing across said bearingsurface,the engaging portion of the tongue terminating in separated engaging edges, one of which yis spring-supported so as to yield relatively to the body of the tongue, the other engaging edge being rigid, substantially asidescribed.

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

HENRY L. PERRYMAN.

Witnesses:

E. O. HAGAN, IRVINE MILLER.

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