US784810A - Cross-line buckle. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED MAR. 14, 1905.

H. L. SHBLDGN. caoss LINE BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21. 1904.

Inventor HLGhadoF/Q 'Umtnesses i 0&7, Bttornegs UNITED STATES Patented March 14, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

CROSS-LINE BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Le e s Patent NO. 784,810, dated March 14, 1905.

4 Application filed June 21, 1904. Serial No. 2131 T0 (ti/l whmn it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, HENRY L. SHELDON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sharon Springs, in the county of allace and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cross-Line Buckles,of which the following is a specification.

This invention provides a buckle which is designed particularly for use in connection with harness parts, and in its special adaptation the same is very advantageous in attaching cross-lines to the long line or rein of harness-lines in such a manner as .to readily admit of adjustment of the rein or quick detachment of the cross-line whenever these operations are necessary.

The buckle comprises a frame having a cross-bar pivoted to one side thereof, so as to swing either outwardly from the frame or longitudinally in the plane thereof in adjusting the long rein, and said cross-bar is provided with a strap-engaging tongue for engagement with the rein in a manner set forth more clearly hereinafter.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 isa perspective view ofa buckle embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view, the lines being in position upon the buckle.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

In the drawings, the numerals l designate the side bars of the frame of the buckle and the numerals 2 the end bars thereof. The frame may be of any suitable formation, generallyspeaking, so far as its contour is concerned, and it can be cast or otherwise formed as found most practical in the manufacture of the device. The side bars 1 of the frame are thickened vertically at a point about intermediate the ends thereof, as shown at 1, and one of these side bars is provided upon its inner side with an elongated longitudinal slot 3, and said slot is of appromimately L form, extending at one end to the upper side of the cross-bar in which it is formed. A cross-bar 4: is mounted upon the buckle-frame, and said cross-bar is pivoted at one end to a pivot-loop 5, projected from the side bar 1 opposite to that provided with the slot 3. The pivot-loop 5 is arranged horizontally and is projected from the sidebar 1 between the upper and lower sides of the thickened port on of the said side bar. The strap-engaging tongue 6 is pivoted to the cross-bar 4 and is designed to engage the long rein or line 7. The cross-line 8 is attached to the cross-bar 4 and permanently secured thereto in any suitable manner.

The free end of the cross-bar 4 is adapted to be received or engaged in the L-shaped slot 3, being introduced into this slot through the portion thereof which extends upwardly to the upper side of the side bar 1. The end of the cross-bar after being introduced into the slot 3 is moved to the innermost end of said slot by movement of the cross-bar in the plane of the frame of the buckle. The thickened portions 1 of the side bars lend strength and rigidity to the frame. and the disposition of the loop 5 is such as to admit of the strap parts being disposed in compact arrangement when attached to the buckle.

The cross-bar i, as has been before premised upon, is movable pivotally in the plane of the buckle-frame and also outwardly or upwardly from the said frame. In securing the long line 7 to the buckle the cross-bar 1 is thrown upwardly from the frame after having been disengaged from the slot 3 by a pivotal movement in the plane of the frame. The long line is then passed upwardly through the frame and looped about and over the cross-bar 4:, said long line being provided with openings at intervals therein to'admit of engagement of the tongue 6 therewith. The

long line may be readily adjusted whenever desired, and in order to detach the cross-line therefrom it is not necessary to thread the long line through the buckle, as requisite in many buckle devices at present in use.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a buckle, the combination of a frame composing end and side bars, a cross-bar pivoted to one of the side bars of the frame, a tongue carried by the cross-bar, the other side bar of the frame being provided with an elongated longitudinal slot upon the inner side thereof, said slot extending upwardly at one end to the upper side of the said side bar, the cross-bar having means for pivotal movement outward from the frame and for other pivotal movement in substantially the plane of the frame to introduce the free end thereof into the slot aforesaid.

2. In a buckle, the combination of a frame composing end and side bars, said side bars being thickened vertically between the ends thereof, a horizontal pivot-loop projected from the inner side of one of the side bars at the thickened portion thereof, the thickened portion of the other side bar being provided with an elongatedslot of approximately L form upon the inner side thereof, a portion of said slot extending longitudinally of the inner side of the side bar aforesaid, and the other portion extending at an angle to the first-mentioned portion to the upper side of the side bar, a cross-bar pivoted at one end to the pivot-loop and having its other end mounted in the L-shaped slot aforesaid, said crossbar being capable of pivotal movement outward from and in the plane of the frame, and a tongue carried by the cross-bar. V

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

HENRY L. SHELDON. Witnesses:

O. N. THoRENn, FRED. F. RosENoUIsT.

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