USRE12086E - Buckle - Google Patents

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Nd. 12,086. REISSUBD FEB. 24, 1903.

J. s. SOURBK.

BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAB. 21, 1903.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

JOSEPH s. SOUREK, OF GHEN'I, OHIO.

BUCKLE.

SPECIEIOATION formingpart of Reissued Letters Patent No. 12,086, dated'lebruary 24, 1903. Original No. 714,828, dated December 2,1902. Application for reissue died January 21,1903. Serial No. 140,040.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH S. SOUREK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ghent, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Buckles, of which thefoll owing' is a specification.

Myinvention has a general'relation to im-' provements in buckles for securing straps of 7 it is pivoted, the rim.

belting, either of leatheror woven fabric, and is especially designed for connecting straps of the latter material of different widths, and particularly those for connecting the ends of harvestefibelts- The objects of my invention are to provide a new and improved buckle of the particular class designated which shall securely hold the belt withoutmaterially puncturing it, to .shield the points or tongues of the buckle, so

as not to catch or engage any object, and to simplify the manner of releasingthebuckle section of the same-at the line at as; Fig. 3, an-

end view of the same looking from the right of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a double buckle involving my improvement; Fig. 5, a"'section of ab'uckle substantially similar to Fig. 1, but showing a supplementalshort strap of. fabric to assist in opening the buckle when the main strap is tightly drawn. 7 a

' For convenience of description the movable part that engages .the strap will be termed the tongue and the other portion, in which Referring to Figs. 1,2, and 3, the rim consists of a bar 1, to which are rigidly secured two endpieces 2, that maybe riveted in place, as shown, or made integral, and the bar 1 has along its inner upper face a rabbeted groove forming a ledge 3 for the teeth of the tongue to rest on. The tongue 4 consists of a plate adapted to rest between the end pieces 2,"to which it is pivotally connected byslender trunnions 5 and is practically'rouuded and thick at the back and thencetapers to a thin edge, which is inwardly grooved-at in-' tervals, leaving conical points .6 between,arranged to rest on. the ledge 3. In the back of the tongue are two elongated openings or slots? for thepurpose of securing one end of n the belt. A single opening might be used; but the extreme length of the tongue would tend to render the rod that the belt is attached' to too weak under the necessarystrain of the belt, so that it would bend. Hence it is divided into two openings and the belt out so as to form two ends to be attached thereto.

This buckle is attached to one end of the belt, as just suggested, and in use the free end of the belt passed inside the rim, drawn tight, and the tongue pressed down to engage it in the usual manner. In this latter process the peculiar shape of the points 6 are of advantage, as they barely enter thecanvas, but do not project through to any appreciable extent, thus permitting the unclasping of the buckle when necessary. This is also more easily .done by the device shown in Fig. 5, which in addition to the belt 14 I secure to the end that passes around the loop of the tongue an additional piece Set the same ma terial and pass it into the buckle with the belt at the time of putting in the latter. This additional piece does not interfere with the action of the belt, and when it is desired to release the latter it is done by drawing the free end of the piece 8 outward, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5, thus lifting the tongue from engagement.

Instead of fastening one end of the belt permanentl-y to the loop of the tongue my-bncklc may be varied slightly in construction, as illustrated in Fig. 4. In this construction the tongue 10 is of the same general structure as the one in Fig. 1, except that it is doublethat is, it'has points at'each edge-*itdit has two rims 11 12, pivotally secured tlij'it, each having ledges for the teeth, as in 'the 'othe' form. By this arrangement both free endsot the belt may be quickly and securely united from opposite directions by passing them into the rims on their respective sides. .To facilir" 'tate unclaspiug this belt, I secure to'onp side' of the tongue a -projectiug plate 13, (indicated by dotted lines,) by which the tongue i I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An improved buckle consisting of a rim the ceutralportion of which is substantially round in cross-section with oppositely-disposed side arms to form bearings for the tongue-pivots, said central'portion having an angular groove toward the. pivot side to' form a seat for the tongue, and a tongue pivoted b'etweenthe side arms, with one edge arranged to rest on the lower ledge of said groove, and preferably corrugated to form I points in alinement with said tongue to engage the belt, andthe other having .ja longitudiual slot, leaving at its free end a rod to which to secure one end of the belt, substantially as shown and described.

2. An improved buckle having a tongue with opposite indented edges, and oppositelydisposed rims pivotally connected with the ends 0! said tongue, each rim having-ledges to arrest the .descent of the adjacent indented edge of said tongue, substantially as shown and described;

. 3. The combination wit-h a harvester-belt buckle having a rim, and a movable tongue to engage the belt, of a supplemental strap secured to said belt, having a rreeendaud passing therewith through said buckle 'to form a means for raising said tongue out of engagement with the belt when desired, substantially as shown and described.- Intestimony that I claim the above I;herefunto set my hand in the presence of two 'subscribing witnesses. v i

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