US519504A - Buckingham st - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

B. ST. J. HOYT.

PASTBNING DEVICE.

Patented May 8,1894.

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v Ward its back. Fig. 4 is a View. in edge elethereof in the path of thestrap or other arti# vfastener to a buckle.

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FASTENING oEvlcE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 519,504, dated May 8, 1894.

Application filed March 24, 1893.

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, BUCKINGHAM Sr. J. I IOYT, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fastening Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in fastening devices for use either as a tip or Joint 1n connection with a garter, belt or other garment supporting device in which it is desirable to hold the end of a strapv temporarily in locked adjustment.

A practical embodiment of my invention isv represented in the accompanying drawings, in Whichy f Figure l represents a tip piece in side elevation, showing, the position of the end of the strap therein. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the tip piece from its face tovation of a device for removing the strap from the fastener. Fig. 5 is a view of the said releasing device in side elevation. Fig. 6 is a transverse section through the fastener, showlng the position of thev releasing device when adJusted within the fastener for the purpose of releasing the strap from the teeth of the fastener. Fig. 7 shows the application of the Figs. 8 and 9 show its application tothe tab and back straps of a suspender, and Fig. l0 shows the application of the fastener to a gathered portion of loose material for the purpose of suspendingsome article therefrom.

The several forms which I' have chosen to represent the practical use of the fastener are a few only of the many forms or slight modiiications of the fastener which might be adopted, as other forms would readily suggest themselves for the particular purpose in hand.

The gist of my inventionlies in a socket or slot for the reception of the end of the strap or other article to -be fasten-ed, the said slot inwardlyprojecting teeth extending obliquely across the'socket or slot or across a portion cle inserted in the socket or vs1otthe said leasing device.

tooth orteeth being constructed to yield lat-I erally for the purposeof permitting the fas-` vSerial No. 467,421. (No model.)

toward each other across the path of the strap y B. The casingl is preferably made of some resilient metal, such for example as spring brass or steel, and its teeth a? and a3 may be cut. from the portion of the metal along the opposite sides of the slot and the hollowsiuterior of the casing may be formed by turning the portions of the metal upon the opposite sides of the slot back substantially parallel with eachother and spaced apart the desired distance and united along theirback edges v by soldering together the flanges which may be turned toward each other from the edges of the sides of the metal. The teeth 0.2 and as will readily yield to permit the end of a piece of elastic, or other fabric or a piece of leather to be inserted' between them, but their direction is such that when an attempt is made topull the fabric out from between the teeth, the latter will embed themselves in the `opposite sides of the fabric and will hold the end of the strap or other article securely iu place.

For convenience iny removing the fastener for any purpose, l'provide a releasing device comprising a pair of thin blades 0,0 having their shanks c, c connected, the whole being conveniently formed -by stampingthe shanks and vblades from a continuous strip of thin metal and then rolling over the edges of the rs i backs, as sho'wnat c2A and the front edges vof the shanks', as shown at c'd to form stiffening ribs and for convenience in handling the rel To apply the releasing ldevice to release the fastener from thestr'ap or other article.`

held, the blades C, C maybe inserted within the slot a inl the face ofthe fastener and upon opposite sides of the strap or otherv arti cle held, thereby springing the teeth out of engagement fwith the fabric and forming a guard between the teeth and fabric to permit the latter to be freely drawn out, when the releasing device itself may be readily removed.

In the case of a buckle, as shown in Fig. 7, I provide the buckle frame D at one end with a slit orsocket having inwardly directed teeth d in a manner quite similar to that hereinabove shown and described. I have here shown the teeth CZ as of a more slender formation than the teeth a2 and a3 and I find it desirable to use such slender teeth in connection with a belt or strap of silk or other fine delicate material.

In the form shown in Fig. 8, the fastener is employed as an end piece for the suspender strap and has connected to its back a bearing piece (in the present instance a pulley E) for thereoeption of the cord, such as commonly employed to connect suspender tabs at the front.

In Fig. 9, I have shown a four-way fastener piece consisting of a body portion F terminating in aipair of diverging branchesf and f at the top and a pair ot' diverging branches f2 andlfat the bottom, the ends of each of the saidl branches being provided with a slot or socket for the reception of the end of a strap and with inwardly projecting teeth extending from the opposite wallsof the sockets.

In Fig. l0, I have shown the fastening device-in connection with a piece of loose fabric,

as for example the side of the garment, the garment being puckeredto form abight which is inserted between the toothed lips or jaws of the fastener, and the back of the fastener is provided with an eye g and a ring g for the purpose of suspending therefrom any ar- `ticlethat may be desired, suoli for example as a pair of eye-glasses.

The fastener has the advantage of being free from any separable parts which are liable to become displaced, it perfectly houses the end of the strap or material inserted within f it, it may be formed of a single piece of metal ,and readily removed for the insertion of a new piece of material when desired.

A removable fastening device, comprising a socket pieeehaving yielding teeth formed on its outer inturned edges integral therewith and extending obliquelyinward from the margin of its mouth in position to engage an article inserted Within the mouth, a sufficient space being left betweenthe opposite sides of the'mouth to permit 'the insertion of a thin

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