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W. E. MINNELEY;

Patented Sept. 4, 1888.

HARNESS BUCKLE.

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WILLIAM MININELEYyOF wELLsvILnE, NEW YORK.

HARNESS-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION. forming part. of Letters'Patent No. 284,467, dated September 4, 1883.

A Application filed June 21. 1883. (X10 model.) i

To (ZZZ whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. MINNELEY, of -\Vellsville, in the county of Allegany and State of New York, have invented an Improved Harness-Buckle; andI do hereby declare the following to be afull and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the' accompanying drawings, making part of this specification. t

Figure 1 is a top View of the buckle; Fig. 2, a view of the under side of the same; Fig.3, a side view thereof; Fig. 4, a central longitudi nal section of the buckle, with a portion of a hame-tug and trace, to which it is attached.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

This invention is an improvement in leverbail buckles.

The frame A has parallel sides a a, concavely curved on top, so that the end bars, I) 0, may both rest upon the top of the trace,and it has two cross-bars, d f, across its middle, with sufficient space between them to admit the bail B. The sides of the bail rest in offset-openings g g, of sufficient size to admit its free play therein, the bailturningon the front extremities thereof, which form fulcra for the same. These middle cross-bars form a bed, on which the under side of the trace C rests, and the lever-bail firmly draws the trace directly down thereon when the hame-tug Dis drawn upon. From the under side, preferably, of the front end bar, I), projects a tongue, h, to enter the tongue-holes of the trace. This holds securely in the trace when draft is on the same, the other end bar, 0, which rests onthe trace, assisting to keep the tongue in place, and when the tongue is to be shifted to another hole in the trace the space between the bar I) and front middle bar, d, is sufficient to allow a free withdrawal and insertion of the tongue, while the bail, freely swinging, does not impede the manipulation of the trace. The buckle is therefore very convenient in use, as well as compact and handsome in form.

WhatI claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

In a harness-buckle, a buckle-frame, A, constructed with the two end bars, I) c, to rest upon the upper side of the trace, two middle bars, d f, upon which the under side of the trace bears, and a tongue, h, on the under sideof one end bar, I), in combination with a lever.

bail, B, working in openings 9 9 between the two middle bars,-for the purpose herein speci-

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