US932596A

US932596A - Buckle.

Info

Publication number: US932596A
Application number: US41601008A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank P Tenney
Original assignee: UNITED BUTTON Co
Current assignee: UNITED BUTTON Co
Priority date: 1908-02-15
Filing date: 1908-02-15
Publication date: 1909-08-31
Anticipated expiration: 1926-08-31

Description

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FRA-NK P. TENNEY, or NEW YORK, N..Y Assienoa To UNITED mirroir/COMPANY, A coRPoRA'rIoN or New Yoan.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

A-ppneaaon niemeer-nary 15, 1908.. shaman-116,010

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that i, FRANK P. TENNEY, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city of New York, county of New York, and

State of New York, have invented certain new and us'eful Improvements in Buckles', of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates generally to buckles and is more particularly designed as an improvement on the construction shown in Letters Patent No. 710,641 of 'OctoberV 7,.

ln the patent above referredV to these opposed prongs on the frame and grip were located in alinement with each other, and without overlapping. It has been found that if the cloth or other material is heavy it will not be possible to close the grip properly owing to the short distance between the opposed prongs.

The characteristic feature of the present invention resides in staggering these prongs and in having a greater number of prongs on one side than on the other. The arrangement is preferably such that for every prong on one side there are two prongs on the other side so that the cloth or other material is gripped at three points as it were in a number of places. The fact that the prongs are staggered allows ample room for the cloth and the fact that the prongs are more numer.

ous on one side than on the other insures a firm hold on the material. Y

Another feature of the invention resides in the fact that when the grip is closed the prongs carried thereby are in a plane different from that of the prongs on the frame, whereby a heavy thickness of material can be accommodated.

Another feature of value resides in bending up the sides ofthe forward portion of the sheet metal frame to form bearings for the grip and in providing the frame with an eX- f tension at an angle to the main portion of the frame so as to produce a holding guide for the end of the strap or material held by the prongs of the frame and grip.

In the accompanying drawing the invention is embodied in a concrete and preferred `claims may of course rial is held by the prongs.

form but such changes of construction as come within the scope of the appended y e made wit out departing from the legitimate and intended scope of the invention.

Imthe said drawings'i Figure 1 is a plan -view oi 2a buckle embodying the invention `witlr the grip in its closed position. 11s a sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 2

Fig. 3 is a planview similar to Fig. 1.but partly broken away showing how the mate- Fig. l is a section on the line 4 4 ol' Fig. 3 with the gripV in its open position. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the irregular line 5 5 of Fig. 3 with the grip in its closed position.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different views.

1 indicates a frame, which may be of any convenient configuration, provided with the inwardly extending blunt prongs 2. Mounted on the pivots 3 is the grip 4 provided with a lurality of prongs 5 5, 6 6 and 7 7 Iin the manufacture of the buckle, the frame is preferably stamped out of a flat blank, and the sides at the forward portion of the frame are then turned up at right angles to form bearings for the pivots of the grip, this causing a twist 11, inthe rearward portion of the frame.

8 indicates a stop for limiting the closing movement of the grip, and 9 indicates a swelling on the frame which is intended to produce friction when the grip is being moved into its closed position. The rearward end of the frame is provided with an extension 10 which forms a holding guide for the end of the strap held by the frame and grip. This extension is formed integral with the main portion of` the frame, the stock being twisted at 11 and the extension being bent at an angle to the main port1on of the frame so as to facilitate the insertion of the end of the strap.

It will be seen from Fig. 2 that the prongs on the grip are in a plane different from the prongs on the frame when the grip is in its closed position.

When the material is inserted into the buckle and the grip is closed the blunt prongs on the frame and grip will hold the material as indicated in Fig. 3. As there shown each prong on the frame cooperates with two pron s as 5 5 for instance on the grlp so as to hogld or pinch the material at three polnts Patented Aug. 3l, 1909. l

n intervening between 1the prongs of the frame is Very great, ample room is afforded for the material without unduly {wrinkling the same.

1. Abuckle comprising a'frame and a grip, the latter swinging within the frame, and a plurality of prongs divided into two opposed sets on the frame and'gri'p, but located in different planes when the'grip is in its closed position, and the rongs of the two sets being'staggered wit relation to each other the prongs of the two setsV being so arranged that between any two adjacent prongs of one set will be a pair of prongs ofthe opposite set.

2. A buckle comprising a frame and a grip pivoted in the frame, a plurality of opposed prongs on the frame and grip, the prongs of one s et being more widely spaced and of fewer number than the'prongs of the other set, and the prongs of the two sets being arranged in staggered relation.

3. A buckle comprising a frame, and a ygrip pivoted in the frame, a plurality of opposed prongs on the frame and grip, the prongs of the opposing sets being arranged so that two prongs of one set will lie be# set.

4f. A buckle comprising a frame, and a grip pivoted in the frame, a plurality of o posed prongs on the frame and grip, `t1e prongs of the two sets being arranged in staggered relation, there being twice as many prongs on the grip as on the frame and two prongs of the grip lying between each two adjacent prongs of the frame and a strap holding guide extending from the rearward portion of the frame.

5. A buckle comprising a frame and a grip pivoted in the frame, a plurality of o posed prongs on the frame and grip, tie prongs of the two setsl being arranged in staggered relation, there being more prongs on the grip than on the frame and arranged so that two prongs of the grip will lie between each two adjacent prongs of the frame.

Signed at New York city, this day of January 1908.

FRANK P. TENNEY.

Vitnesses:

H. J. LEMMER, A. F. WISEBURN.

tween two adjacent prongs of the opposite"