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`ADJUSTING BUCKLE.
`APPLICATION FILED MAY 3. 1915.
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`BENJAMIN F. OREWILER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
`ADJUSTING-BUCKLE.
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`Speci?cation of Letters Patent.
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`Patented Mg. 1, rare.
`Application ?led May 3, 1915. Serial No. 25,589.
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`To all whom it may concern:
`Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. ORE
`WILER, a citizen of the United States, resid
`ing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and
`State of Illinois, have invented certain new
`and useful Improvements in Adjusting
`Buckles, of which the followingis a speci?
`cation.
`The present invention relates-t0 a buckle
`used in connection with the ordinary gar
`ment supporter, for the purpose‘ of regulat
`ing the length of the same.
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`The objects of the present invention are,
`to provide a buckle which'is cheap and sim
`ple of construction, and which, when at
`tached to the webbing, will lie in a ?at con
`dition, that is, there will be no undue lump
`or bulge at the point where the buckle is ap
`plied to the webbing; to provide a snap con
`nection between the» back and lever portion
`of the buckle, which snap connection will be
`the primary means for retaining the buckle
`in closed position; and in arranging the
`prong portion of the lever part of the buckle,
`whereby the points of said portion will be
`disposed in an angular downward direction,
`so that they will engage with the body of
`the webbing when the supporteris subjected
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`to strain.
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`The invention further consists in the fea
`tures of construction and combination of
`parts hereinafter described and'claimed.
`In the drawing: Figure 1 is a face View
`of a portion of a garment supporter with
`the adjusting buckle of the present invention
`applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a transverse sec
`tion on an enlarged scale, of the adjusting
`buckle of the present invention, applied to a
`webbing and showing the relation of the
`webbing to the prong portion of the buckle
`prior to the application of strain upon the
`webbing; Fig. 3 is a view similar toFig. 2,
`showing the position ofthe parts after the
`applicationof strain'tov the webbing; and
`Fig. 4 is ‘an elevation of the buckle, show
`ing it thrown into full open position; v
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`In thevart towhich the present invention
`relates, namely, a buckle which controls the
`length of a garment supporter, ‘there are sev
`eral characteristics‘ WhichImust be embodied
`in a buckle to make‘it commercially practical
`for the purpose intended. "First, it must be
`cheap and simple of manufacture, as well as
`simple of operation when applied; second,
`it must be so formed as to lie in a ?at con
`dition when applied to the webbing, where
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`by it does not create an undue lump or bulge
`at the point of application; third, it must
`permit of absolutely free running of the
`webbing through the buckle when the buckle
`is open; and, fourth, it must be of the so—
`called rustless nature, that is, all of the metal
`portion at the back of the buckle must be
`covered in some manner by a fabric. All of
`the above characteristics are embodied in the
`buckle of the present invention, as will be
`clearly understood from the following de
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`scrlption.
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`Referring now to the drawing, the buckle
`is shown as applied to the elastic webbing 5
`of an ordinary garment supporter. This
`webbing, as is usual, comprises a front reach
`6 and a rear reach 7, at the juncture of
`which is the usual loop 8, which retains some
`suitable form of garment fastener 9.
`The buckle consists of two parts, a back
`10, and a lever or clamping member 11. The
`back, as shown, is of sheet metal formation,
`and comprises an upper bar12, an interme
`diate bar 13, a lower bar, 14, side bars or
`rails 15. The intermediate bar 13, as will
`be seen from Figs. 2 and'3, is of U forma~
`tion in cross section, whereby a tongue 16 is
`formed. The end 17 of the reach 7 is in
`serted into the slot of the U-shaped bar 13;
`and then7 by a swaging operation, the tongue
`is clamped against the fabric, and thus one
`end of the fabric is ?xedly joined to the
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`The lever member 11-is provided with
`cars 18, which are bent'around the upper
`bar 12 of the back 10, so as to form a hinge
`connection between the lever and back por
`tions.
`The lever further comprises a ser
`rated clamping portion 19 at its upper part,
`and at its lower part, in the construction
`shown, is formed with outer tongues or pro
`'jections 20, forming ?nger pieces used in
`opening the buckle, and is further provided
`with av central inwardly extendinglip 21,
`which is designed and adapted to snap be
`neath the lower barlll of the ~back10, and '
`form a spring catch connecti
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`back and lever portions; '
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`The fabric, as stated, has one end secured
`to the buckle by thetongue>16;>and to thread
`the same through the buckle the fabric is
`looped over the top of this tongue, and then
`extends along the rear of the lower half of
`‘the back of the buckle.
`The fabric is then
`looped back about itself, as at 8, and the
`front reach is passed behind the bar 14,
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`through a slot 22 between the bars 14: and
`713, thence in frontmofthebar 13, thence
`through a slot 23 between the bars 13 and
`12, and thence to the rear of the bar 12,
`therebypassingtothe rear of the top por
`tionof'the back of the buckle.
`From the foregoing, it will be‘seen that
`the so-called rustless back is provided,~
`that is to say, the fabric passing along the
`rear of the buckle. Initially, the clamping
`member is thrown intothe position shown
`inFig. 2, whereby the lip 21‘is sprung or
`snapped beneath the bar 14; the prongs 19
`of the lever 11 will perform no active func
`tion ‘in retaining the fabric in place when
`the parts‘ are in this position. There is a
`crimp placed in the fabric, but this is due
`to the'method‘ of threading, and not to any
`.action of the prong or acting edge of the
`clamping member. It will be seen from
`Fig. 2, however, that the teeth of the prong
`surface 19 are extending in oblique clown
`Ward position. Then, when strain is ex
`erted upon the fabric, the effect of such
`strain Wlll be to cause the teeth of the prong
`portion to bite into the fabric and resist
`any tendency of the same to slide through
`the buckle. The greater the ‘ strain, of
`course, the greater the penetration, of the
`teeth, and the strain tends to throw the
`lever portion of the buckle toward the back
`portion ;_ and thus, byvreason of the strain,
`the two parts of the buckle are maintained
`in a closer engagement with one another.
`When it is desired to allow the fabric to
`slide through the buckle for adjusting pur
`poses, the lever member is released from its
`spring engagement with the back, by pres
`sure applied to either ‘or both of the ?nger
`pieces 20,,and' thrown outward, this move
`ment bringing the serrated surface 19 out
`of engagement with the fabric and permit
`tinga free sliding of the fabric through the
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`1. In a buckle, the combination of a back
`portion provided with an upper slot, a web
`bing secured at one end to said back and
`passing through said slot from the front to
`the rear of said back to produce a crimp
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`therein, a lever hinged to the upper part of
`thelback, said lever‘beingprovided with a
`webbing engaging member at the upper end
`thereof, ‘said member lying when the buckle
`is closed in diagonal disposition to the web
`bing and at the crimped portion thereof,
`and said engaging member when the buckle
`is closed reaching approximately to the po
`sition initially assumed, by- that part of the
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`webbing which it engages, and a spring
`catch connection between the back and lever
`to provide means for holding the same in
`closed position, substantially as described.
`' "2. A buckle, comprising a back portion
`and a ‘lever portion hinged together, said
`back being provided with upper and lower
`slots, a webbing-retaining member on the
`rear of the backbetween said slots, the web
`bing passing down and across the back of
`the retaining member, thence back upon
`itself to form a loop, thence through the
`lower slot to the front of the back, thence
`through the upper slot to the rear of the
`back, whereby a crimp is placed in the web
`bing and a fabric covering for the back pro
`duced, said lever embodying a webbing-en
`gaging member, said engaging member
`when the buckle 1S closed lylng 1n diagonal
`disposition to the webbing at a point where
`the webbing passes through the upper slot,
`and said engaging member when the buckle
`is closed reaching approximately to the po
`s1t10n initially assumed by that part of the
`webbing which it engages, and a spring
`catch connection between the back and lever
`to provide means for holding the same in.
`closed position, substantially as described.
`3. A buckle, comprising a back portion
`and a lever portion hinged together, said
`back being provided with upper and lower
`slots, a webbing-retaining member on the
`rear of the back between said slots, the web
`bing passing down and across the back of
`the retaining member, thence back upon
`itself to form a loop, thence through the
`lower slot to the front of the back, thence
`through the upper slot to the rear of the
`back_,'whereby a crimp is placed in the web
`bing and a fabric covering for the back
`produced, said lever embodying a webbing
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`engaging member, said engaging member
`when the buckle is closed lying in diagonal
`disposition to the webbing at a point where
`the webbing passes through the upper slot,
`and said engaging member when the buckle
`is closed reaching approximately to the po
`sition initially assumed by that part of the
`webbing which it engages, a spring catch
`connection between ‘the back and lever to
`provide means for holding the same in closed
`position, and a ?nger piece on the lever ad
`jacent the spring catch connection, substan
`tially as described.
`‘ BENJAMIN F. OREWILER.
`lVitnesses:
`WM. P.,BoND,
`FRANCES M. FRosT.
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