US179170A - In overalls - Google Patents

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G. R. EAGER.

OVERALLS.

No.179,170. Patented June 27,1876f f WITNESSES INVEJVT R NV PETERS, PHDTO-LITHDGHAPHER. WASHINGTON. D, CA

GEORGE R. EAGER, OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

lMPROVEiVlENT IN OVERALLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 379.170, dated June 27, 1876; application led April 12, 1876.

' Pantaloon Garments 5 and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying` drawings, and to the letters ot reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specication, in which'- Figure l represents a view, in perspective, of a pair of overalls to which my improvement has been applied; and Fig. 2, a crosssection of the same through the waistband, illustrating the mode of adjusting the latter to the person of the wearer, the front being left open. Fig. 3 represents a detached view of a portion ot' the waistband, showing a side elevation of the clamp as applied to the latter, and the mode of clamping the cord; and Fig. 4, another detail'view, being a vertical section through the line .r ot' Fig. 3.

My invention relates to a new and improved mode of adjusting the waistband ot' a blouse, overall, or other similar garment to the person of the wearer; and it consists of a clamp formed by-two eccentrically-pivoted frictionrolls,- between which a cord or narrow thick strap is passed, the eocentricity of each of the two -rolls being so arranged with respect to each other that while they 'allow the cord to be freely drawn through in adjusting the garment to the wearer, they will, by the pressure ofa spring acting simultaneously on both rolls, as soon as the drag on the cord is relaxed, cause the rolls to react and clamp the cord, and thus prevent its being drawn back through them again, thereby holding it firmly between them.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my improvement, I will now describe it in detail.b

In the drawings the improvement is represented as being applied to a pair of overalls; but it is equally applicable to overshirts, blouses, drawers, pantaloons, or other garments provided with a hollow waistband, and a cord orstrap for adjusting it to the person ot' the wearer.

In Fig. l, A represents the body of the garment, and B the hollow waistband, 4in which is arranged a cord, a. The hollow waistband and cord a are better represented in Fig. 3, which, for th-is purpose, is slightly enlarged. [n these Iigures the waistband is represented as being only hollow in the back; but it may be extended as much farther as desired, or it may be made as much less as may be deemed sufficient to give ample room for adjustment to persons of different-sized waists, but the first is deemed the better plan.

The cord a is fastened in any known way, at its inner end b, to the waistband, and is then protruded through an opening, c, at the other end of the hollow of the waistband, where it is then passed between two rolls, c c', eccentrieally pivoted by means of the two legs ot' the staple d, which are riveted to a metal plate, f, andwhich, in turn, is r-iveted to the waistband by a ri'vet, g, passing through plate f, waistband B, and, if deemed advisable, small washer h. Upon the face of' friction-roll c is secured a stud-pin, m, and on roll e a similar stud, m. To these two pins are secured the two ends of a curved or bent spring, the tendency of the pressure ofthe spring being such as to force the eccentric portion of the rolls, through'their stud-pins m m', around, so as to clamp the cord between them. One or both ofthe eccentric rolls are furnished with a small crank-lever, L, by which to release the pressure on the cord when it is desired to loosen the latter, which, when let loose again by the action ofthe spring, will Hy around again and rcclamp the cord. Or, instead ot fastening both ends of the springt to the stud-pins, but one end may be fastened, and the other end simply curved, so as to pass around the other and bear against another stud-pin, o, which is arranged slightly in advance of the stud, around which the loose end of the spring is passed.

This plan is illustrated in Fig. 8, in which roll m carries the additional stud o, andtheroll m the crank-lever. This arrangement gives a greater leverage or power to the spring z' ou roll e.

The lower side face of the rolls e e may, at their rear side, be slightly flattened, and two stop-studs, u u', beseoured to platef, to arrest the backward throw ofthe rolls, and these may be suiieiently prolonged to form a back support for the bent spring i; or they may be so arranged as to be used for the latter purpose alone, and thus indirectly stop, through the spring, the back throw ot' the rolls.

The rolls e e may either be made with a plain straight periphery or grooved, as shown in Fig. 4. I/Vhere a oord is used for adjusting the waistband, the latter form is preferred; but where a narrow thick strap is usedthe plain periphery might be better.

Instead of a spring to force the rolls to clamp, two small pinions of equal 'diameter might be used, there being one formed on each eccentric roll, and geared together, the party adjusting the garment turning a small cranklever ou one of the rolls. like that shown at V, Fig. 3, to make them take hold, the drag of the oord completing the tightening operation.

Havingdeseribed myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Iat- GEORGE R. EAGER.

Witnesses: i

CIL/ls. A. OHENY, FRED. H. MATTHEWS.

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