US2099387A - Combined center-bar buckle and belt-connecter - Google Patents

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Nov. 16, 1937. g. H. COHN ET AL I 2,099,387

COMBINED CENTER BAR BUCKLE AND BELT CONNECTER Filed NOV. 28, 1936 Patented Nov. 16, 1937 UNITED STATES COMBINED CENTER-BAR BUCKLE B L'r-coNN o'rEn Samuel H. Gohn and Samuel Levin, New York,

Application November 28, 1936, Serial No. 113,104

4 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in combined center-bar buckle and belt connecter.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a buckle having a center-bar and tongue with a connecter and preferably a clinching connecter for securelyfastening to the buckle, the rear end of a belt while the forward end will be capable of being fastened by the tongue of the buckle.

Another object of our invention is to utilize the rear half of the frame of a center-bar buckle to mount cinch-bar members thereon so that the holeless, rear end'of the belt may be guided into connection with said cinch-bar members whereby said end of the belt may be threadedinto cinching engagement with the said cinch-bars and the rear buckle post for the purpose of pro- 'moting the cinching action between said members and the belt.

Another object of our invention is to enable adjustment of the length of the belt so as to eliminate the multiplicity of sizes of belts which it is now necessary to stock and to make it possible to satisfy the trade with small, medium and large sizes only.

Another object of .our invention is to provide a pair of cinch-bars in one piece and to mount the same in the buckle frame in a facile manner.

Still another object of our invention is to provide a positive locking engagement between the belt endand said cinch-bars.

With these and other objects in view, the invention comprises the combination of members and. arrangement of parts so combined as to coact and co-operate with each other in the performance of the functions and the accomplishment of the results herein contemplated, and comprises in one of its adaptations the species or preferred form illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in Which:

1 is a front elevation of a center-bar buckle and connecter embodying our invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged rear elevation of the belt-buckle and connecter shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation, partly broken away, of our buckle removed from the belt;

Fig. 4 is a sectionon the line 4-4 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of cinch-bar members in one piece before mounting the same in the buckle frame;

Fig. 7 is arear view of a modified form of combined buckle and connecter embodying our inve i n:

Fig. 8 is a rear elevation, partly broken away, of still another modified form of buckle and connecter embodying our invention;

Fig. 9 is a section on the line 99 of Fig. 8 showing the buckle of Fig. 8 connected and positively locked to a belt, and

Fig. 10 isa. sectionon the line ill-l0 of Fig. 8 showing the cinch-bars removed from the buckle and in positive belt-locking position.

Referring now to Figs. 1 to 6 of our invention, l indicates a. center-bar belt buckle comprising a conventional hollow frame l' embodying front and rear posts or bars 6 and l and having mounted therebetween a center bar 2 provided with a pivoted tongue 3 which, as shown, is engaged in one of the holes 4 of the belt 5 to fasten or lock the forward holed end of the belt in cooperation With the front bar or post ,6, to the buckle-frame at one side of said center-bar 2, in the conventional manner.

In accordance with this invention we mount between the center-bar Zand the rear post or bar 1 9f the buckle, a pair of belt- cinching membars 3 and 9 which are spaced apart a sufl'icient distance to permit'the rear holeless end of the belt to be threaded beneath the rear frame bar 1, thence over the cinching bar 9, thence to be looped around the other cinching bar 8 and threaded beneath the belt portion extending over said bar member 5 and thence beneath the rear post or frame bar 1 of the buckle. By so threading the end of the belt, the frame bar 1 cooperates with the bar members 8 and 9 to cause a guiding and bending of the end of the belt first into a. loop and then into cinching contact with the bar 9. In accordance with our invention, the cinch - bars 8 and 9 are formed in one piece from a single strip of metal, as shown in Fig. 6. In said figure, the said cinch-bars are bent into U-shape and provided with raised or elevated attaching end-portions l0 and H adapted to be inserted between a face member I and a back member l of the hollow buckle .l and the center portions 8', ll'of the cinch-bars are depressed be ow he; rame: nsa ine portions 10 and "H in proper position to cooperate with the frame bar or post 1 so that the rear end of the belt may be threaded beneath the frame bar or post 1, looped around the looping bar 8 and above the cinchingbar 9 to provide a cinching engagement of said belt with the buckle.

In Fig. '7 we have shown a construction in all respects similar to Figs. 1 to 6 except that a cinching-bar 9 is provided with corrugations 9 9 which assist in fastening the belt and producing a better cinching engagement between the same and the buckle.

In Figs. 8, 9 and 10 we have shown another modified form of our invention in which a looping-bar 8 is provided with end attaching-members l0 and with depressed bracket-portions I2 Within which a cinching-bar 9 having corrugations 9 is pivotally mounted to permit said corrugations 9 to be swung inwardly and outwardly for the purpose of enabling more ready threading of the belt and a positive locking of the belt to the buckle. The cinching bar 9, in the construction shown in Figs. 8 to 10 inclusive, is provided with a finger operable handle-portion 9 by which the corrugated cinching-bar member 9 may be swung within the pivot portion l2 of the pivotbracket [2 for the aforesaid purpose of fastenin and releasing said bar to permit more ready insertion or threading of the belt and also a positive locking of the belt by the corrugations 9 In the construction shown in Figs. 8 to 10, it will be seen also that the bar 9 is positioned in a plane above the plane of the looping bar 8 and between'said looping bar and the frame member or post I so that the belt will be given a sharper bend at 5 in relation to the looping bar 8 and frame bar or post portion member 1*. It will be apparent that the greater the bend at 5 the more effective will be the cinching action and the more secure will be the fastening of the belt to the buckle.

The operation of the device will be obvious from the above description.

. It will be understood, that we have utilized the rear half of the frame of a center-bar belt-buckle (which conventionally has no function whatsoever except to hold down the end of the belt) for the purpose of mounting cinch-bars and for providing a cinching connection of the rear end of the belt with such belt-buckle; that We have provided a single-piece construction of cinching-bars which is simple and cheap and may be readily mounted in a conventional two-part buckle or fastened to a one piece center-bar buckle, and which, when so mounted or fastened, will cooperate with the rear frame bar in order to guide the rear end of the belt into threading and cinching engagement; that the provision of corrugations in one of the cinch-bars and particularly in the bending-bar, will assist and promote the gripping or cinching action, and that the pivotallymovable corrugated bar facilitates the threading of the belt and thereafter produces a positive locking of the belt.

It will be seen, also, that in all these forms, frame post or bar I cooperates with the binding bar to cause a suitable bending of the belt to enable effective cinching action.

Having described our invention, we claim:

1. A center-bar belt buckle embodying a frame including front and rear frame bars and having at one side of the center bar means to provide a buckling engagement with the forward end of a belt and mechanism at the rear side of said cen' ter bar for connecting the rear end of the belt to including front and rear frame bars and having at one side of the center bar means to provide a buckling engagement with the forward end of a belt and mechanism at the rear side of said center bar for connecting the rear end of the belt to the buckle and comprising a pair of substantially parallel cinch-bar members composed of round wire mounted in said frame between the center-bar and the rear frame bar, said cinchbars having opposite end portions supported in said frame and depressed bar portions arranged to cooperate with said rear frame bar to provide for a threading, looping and bending of the belt around and over the said cinch bars to produce a cinching action, one of said two cinch-bars being positioned in a plane closer to the plane of the bottom of the buckle frame than the other bar to cause an increased bending of the belt and a more secure cinching thereof.

3. A center-bar belt buckle embodying a frame including front and rear frame bars and having at one side of the center bar means to provide a buckling engagement with the forward end of a belt and mechanism at the rear side of said center bar for connecting the rear end of the belt to the buckle and comprising a pair of substantially parallel cinch-bar members composed of round wire mounted in said frame between the center-bar and the rear frame bar, said cinchbars having opposite end portions supported in said frame and depressed bar portions arranged to cooperate with said rear frame bar to provide for a threading, looping and bending of the belt around and over the said cinch bars to produce a cinching action, and one of said cinch bars having corrugations between its ends.

4. A center-bar belt buckle embodying a frame including front and rear frame bars and having at one side of the center bar means to provide a buckling engagement with the forward end of a belt and mechanism at the rear side of said center bar for connecting the rear end of the belt to the buckle and comprising a pair of substantially parallel cinch-bar members mounted in said frame between the center-bar and the rear frame bar, said cinch-bars having depressed bar portions arranged to cooperate with said rear frame bar to provide for a threading, looping and bending of the belt aroundand over the said cinch bars to produce a cinching action, one of said bars having corrugations between its ends and being pivoted at its opposite ends to permit a turning in and out of said corrugations.

SAMUEL H. COHN. SAMUEL LEVIN.

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