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Description

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' C. W. WHEELER.

BUCKLE.

IMQ-340,469. Patented Apr. Z0, 1886.

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CLARK W. WHEELER, OF KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO HERIWIANN F. HOEHN AND DANIEL TONER, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

BUCKLE.

EOIiEiK/ATION forming part o Letters Patent No. 340,469, dated April 20, 1886.

Application tiled December 24, 1885. Serial No. 156.602. (Xomodeld To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatyl, ACLARK W. WHEELER, of Kenoshmin the county of Kenosha and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specioation.

The objects of my invention are, first, facility in changing and adjusting the trace; second, to relieve the tongue of strain and to prevent thc breakiugof the trace about the buckle-holes, and, third, simplicity' and cheap.

ness in the manufacture of the buckle. These objects I att-ain by a buckle constructed and operatingiu the mannerhereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings like letters desi gnate thefsame parts in the several figures.

Figure lis a perspective view of my improved buckle, particularly designed for use as a trace-buckle, the position of the hametug and trace being shown by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section illustrating the method of changing the trace, and Fig. 4 is a plan view of a modification.

Although l'or the purposes of illustration I have selected a trace-buckle, my invention is equally applicable to buckles tor many other uses.

B is t-he section ofthe buckle permanently attached by means of the cross-bar g to the hametug M, from which the side sections are curved outwardly or upwardly. It is provided at the rear end with the cross-barb,and near the front end with the cross-bar d, adjacent to the ends of which are formed the lugs or projections a a. The sides of said section B are upwardly and outwardly turned or curved at or near its rear end.

A is the remaining section of the buckle, the sides of which are upwardly or outwardly turned or curved at its front end and connected by the cross bar c, which is provided at the 5o center of its under face with the tongue or pin f. It is provided at the rear end with the cross-bar e, which rests upon the sides of see-l tion B. Itis also provided with the sideloops, C C, by means of which the buckle is attached to the pad and girth.

When properly placed,the trace passes from the rear underneath the cross-bar b, over the cross-bars d and @,and at the front end of the buckle underneath the tongue bearing crossbar c, where the tonguef engages with one of 6o the holes in said trace, as seen in Fig. 2. When the trace is drawn taut and the buckle subjected to draft, the section A is carried back until its curved sides near the front end engage the projections a a on section B, and thel cross-bar e bears upon, the upwardlycurved sides of said section B near its rear end, thereby drawing the cross-barsc and d at the front end of the buckle and the cross-bars b and e near the rear end thereof toward each other and clamping the trace firmly between them. In this way thegreater the draft upon the trace the tighterit will be gripped between the cross-bars on the buckle-sections, thus relieving the tonguef of strain and preventing the tearing or breaking ofthe trace around the buckle-holes.

W'hen it is desired to change or disengage the trace N from the buckle, it is thrust forward until the cross-bar e on section A is '80 brought close to the cross-bar d on section B, as shown in Fig. 3. In this position a slight cramping or bending of the trace will throw the crossbar c out from the trace and withdraw the tongueffrom the buckle-,hole with 85 out pulling said trace from the loop on the hametug M. -Although the tonguef is thus easily withdrawn from the trace N when desired, the ordinary and natural movements of said trace and the shifting of the buekle-sec 9o tions forward and back upon each other will not release the trace. The tongue f may be dispensed with, it' desired, and one ormore of the cross-bars b c d e roughened or provided with teeth to engage the trace N, and instead of the arrangement of the sections shown in the first three figures of the drawings I may make the section A to tit within the sides of section B, form the loops C C on section B, and the lugs or projections a a o n section A roo adjacent to the ends of the cross-bar e, all to the trace to draw said cross-barsband cto- 2o though I prefer the construction previously described.

It is obvious that the size and design of the buckle may be variously modified to adapt it to the several purposes for which it may be used without departure from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

I. The combination, iu a buckle, ofthe section A, having its sides upwardly inclined at one end and provided with cross-bars cand e, and a section, B, having its sides upwardly inclined at the opposite end and provided with Cross-bars b and d, the curved sides of each of said sections being arranged to engage with tbe other section, and when draft is applied ward said cross-bars d and e and clamp said trace at dierent points between them, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, in a buckle, ot' the scction A, upwardly or outwardly curved at its 25 front end and provided with cross-bars c and e and depending,r tongue f, and the section B, upwardly or outwardly curved at its rear end and provided with the cross-bars b and d and the lateral projections aa, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as lnyown I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLARK W. WHEELER.

Witnesses:

MICHAEL HARKIN, G. GILLETT.

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