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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE
RICHARD QUINCEY, OF EL PASO, TEXAS.
HAM E-STRAP.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,987, dated May 10, 1898.
Application filed September 2, 1897, Serial No. 650,422. (No model.)To all whom it may con-cern:
Be it known that I, RICHARD QUINCEY, of
El Paso, in the county of El Paso and State
of Texas, have invented a new and Improved
5 Strap to be Used as a Hame-Strap or other
Tightening-Strap, of which the following is a
full, clear, and exact description.
The object of the invention is to provide a
strap that will reduce to the minimum the lia-
'o bility to tear at the buckle-tongue, to increase
the strength and durability of the strap, and
by the use of it to so distribute the strain over
all parts of the strap as to prevent the liabil-
ity to break or tear.
15 The invention consists of the construction
and combination of parts, as hereinafter de-
scribed and claimed.
The invention also consists in the way the
strap is made, having the buckle nearer the
20 center of the strap instead of the end and
with both ends of the strap free.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying
photos or drawings, forming a part of this
specification, in which similar letters of ref-
25 erence indicate corresponding parts in all the
figures.
Figure I is the metallic hame-strap loop-
hook, one end of which, A, is hook-shaped
and is fastened into the loop on the hame.
3o (See Fig. III, C.) Fig. II represents the strap
attached to the said metal loop-hook. Fig.
III represents the improved strap and loop-
hook attached to the hames ready for use.The strap is passed through the opening B
in the metal loop-hook, so that it is two thick- 35
nesses from said loop-hook past the point
where it stands in the other hame, the buckle
D being placed in the strap between the two
thicknesses of leather below and near the
metal loop-hook. The metal loop-hook is 40
hooked into the hame C and then closed. The
strap is then inserted in the loop on the other
hame H from the outside and is brought
through until the short end of the strap E'
passes through the hame-loop H. It is then 45
passed through the loop C, over the loop-
hook, and through the buckle D.
Having thus fully described my invention,
I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
Patent- 50
A hame-strap doubled back on itself and
fastened so as to form two loops, a metallic
hook secured in the outer loop, and a buckle
and keeper held by the second loop, whereby
the wearing strain is taken off from the main 55
portion of the strap by the hook and looped
portion and whereby the strain on the buckle
is partially removed, substantially as de-
scribed.
RICHARD QUINCEY.
Witnesses:
F. E. HUNTER,
A. AINSA.
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Quincey, Richard. Hame-Strap., patent, May 10, 1898; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513354/m1/2/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.