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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
HENRY G. BARDWELL, OF WINNTON, TEXAS.
BUCKLE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,221, dated July 20, 1880.
Applilhtion flil m 18, 1880. tAinodtL)
' To all whom it may concern: and E' are the side loops, to which parts of the 40
Be it known that I, fENrY GuIoN BaaD- harness maybe attached.
WELL, of Winnton, in the county of Gonzales This buckle is attached to a harness or other
and State of Texas, have invented a new and strap by making a hole in the end of the strap
5 Improved Buckle, of which the following is a and placing it over the fixed tongue a'. Then
specification. the strap is turned forward and the tongue b' 45
Figure 1 is a plan of the buckle. Fig. 2 is passed through an elongated hole in the strap;
a sectional side elevation of the same on line and the strap then turned downward and rear-
.v x, Fig. 1, showing its manner of attachment ward, and passed up through thie central loop,
io to harness, &c. and out through Ihe elevated one; then it is
Similar letters of reference indicate corre- reversed and repassed through tie central 5o
spending parts. loop of the buckle, making a loop ill thie strap,
The object of this invention is to furnish a all doverthe swill gingtoigneagaini,and finally
buckle of novel design and especially adapted forward under the fiont of the buckle, as shown
15 to bridles, cheek-line and hip straps for horses, in the drawing, Fig. 2, wherein the strap G is
and for trutk-straps, guin-straps, &e. represented in dotted lines. It will be seen 55
The invention conlsistsofareetangularframe that Iecause of the upright loop of the buckle
divided into three sections or loops of nearly the strap is held most firmly, and that the
equal area by t o transverse parallel bars, one buckle itself presents a neat mtu finished up-
20 of which is flat and carries two tongnes-a Ilearance.
fixed oine bent slightly upward id rearward For inside straps I sometimes make a buckle 60
and a swinging one pointing forward and rest- withll two lixed and two swinging tonges, that
ing on the Ifront of tile buckle; and the inven- the strap may het hel more evenly.
tion further consists inl bending tie last loop Having thus described my invention, I claim
25 of the buckle upward at an angle of about as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat-
sixty degrees, and uniting tlhe sides of tle ent- 65
flame wi th a hlat elliptical bar whose flat sur- The within-described buckle, consistillg of
face is parallel with the face of the buckle; ti he rectangular f'rme A, flat central bar, B,
and it further cousists of the rectangular loops provided with a fixed and a swinging tongue,
30 set oine oin each side of the bcklle for the at-i the bar C, elliptical bar D, raised above the
taechment of the harness-straps thereto. body of the buckle andll forming an elevated 70
Referring to the drawings, A represents ihe loop, and side loops, E and E', constructed and
frame of tile buckle; P,, tile flat hbar tarrying i arranged sllstantially as and for the purpose
the fixed tongue a' and the swinging tongue b', described.
35 and by its position forming tlhe front loop. i IENRY GUION BARDWELL.
C represents the next bar, and forms the con-
tral loop over which projects thle fixed tongne, Witnesses:
and D the lat elliptical bar which closes the W VILLIAI GREEN,
rear end of the buckle and elevated loop. E JNo. S. DOWNEY.
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Bardwell, Henery G. BUCKLE, patent, July 20, 1880; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170017/m1/2/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.