US27714A - Buckle - Google Patents

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.TOI-IN C. HALL, OF FAYETTE, MISSISSIPPI.

- BUCKLE.

Specification of 'Letters Patent No. 27,714, dated April 8, '1860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. O. I-IALL, of Fay ette, in the county of Jefferson and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and Improved Buckle; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l, is a longitudinal section of my invention taken in the line m, 00, Fig. el., and shown connecting the two ends of a band together. Fig. 2, a transverse section of ditto taken in the line y, y, Fig. 4. Fig. 8 a detached perspective view of ditto. Fig. 4t, an outer or face view of' ditto, shown connecting the two ends of a band together. Fig. 5, a longitudinal section of ditto, showing the ends of the band firmly clamped.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The object of this invention is to obtain a buckle or fastening which may be attached without stitching or sewing to the ends of the band, belt or strap it is t-o connect, and not only form a secure and permanent fastening, but also one which will readily admit of the band, belt, or strap being taken up or shortened as occasion may require.

The invention is applicable in all cases where the ordinary buckles are used to connect the ends of Hexible bands, belt-s or straps, and it :may be also advantageously used for connecting together the ends of metal hoops for cotton bales, as it admits of the compressing of the bales for the use of shippers without removing the original hoops from the bales, provided said hoops are connected or secured at their ends by my invention.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a square or quadrilateral metal frame, the sides a, a., of which are swaged or struck up a greater portion of their length in U-form as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Their sides a, a, serve as guides for a slide bar B the ends of which are bent or curved so as to fit into the grooves of the sides a., ci as shown at b, and also to pass under or around them as shown at c in the above named figures. The slide bar B is slotted longitudinally so as to form a loop as shown clearly in Figs. 2 and 3. This slide bar may be detached from the frame A, by simply shoving it along beyond the ends of the swaged portions of the sides a, ci. One end piece, l of the frame may be slotted longitudinally and bent as shown clearly in Fig. 3, to form a loop. The other end piece e may be solid or of' one piece.

The above parts constitute the buckle and it is applied or attached to the parts it is to connect as follows. One end f of the belt is passed through the end piece d, and the opposite end piece e of t-he frame A, and then back through (Z as plainly shown in Fig. l. The opposite end g of the belt is then passed through the loops of the slide bar B, as shown clearly in Fig. l, the belt passing around the wider portion of said bar. rIhe slide bar B is then fitted in the frame A by adjusting it to the sides a c at the ends of the swaged portions thereof` and the two ends of the belt being drawn apart, a clamp is formed by the slide bar B, and the end piece e of the frame A as shown in Fig. 5. By pulling the parts l, l, of the belt the slide bar B and the end piece e will be drawn together, and made to bind tighter as the pull is increased, but by drawing either of the 'ends 9., 9., the belt will be taken up or shortened as in the latter case the ends of the belt will slip respectively around the slide bar B and end piece e.

Thus it will be seen that a very simple and efficient buckle is obtained, one that may be applied to the parts to be connected without any stitching, sewing or any positive attachment, and still form a secure fastening, and one that will admit of a ready taking up or shortening of the belt, band or strap, the ends of which the buckle connects. TWhen applied to metal bale hoops all that is required during the operation of compressing is to draw out the exposed end 2, and when the bale is fully compressed and relieved of pressure, the eXpansion tightens at once the buckle, the draw on the ends `l, l, of the hoop, causing the slide bar B, and end piece e to clamp tightly the end of the belt and hold them firmly.

I would remark that for metal bale hoops it would not be essential to have the slide bar B. fitted on guides on the frame. It would be better to have a simple rod merely resting on the frame. This arrangement would Aadmit of the rod being shoved or adjusted longitudinally in proper position and obviate the necessity of its adjustment on the guides. The latter mode however band or hoop f, g, with a frame A and bar B, 1n the manner and for the purpose substantially as herein shown and described.

Witnesses JOHN C. HALL.

M. M. LIVINGSTON,

WM. THOMPSON.

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