Friction buckle for joining two straps

摘要

A buckle incorporating separate spaced-apart strap-securing means through each of which, in use, a strap end can be threaded and then be pulled through the buckle to tighten the buckled strap progressively around - for example - a compressed bale; each of said strap-securing means comprising a pair of opposed gripping members or jaws between which the associated strap end can be passed and around which the adjacent region of the remainder of the strap can then be looped in a manner which will allow the strap parts to slide against one another as the strap is pulled through the buckle; and with each such pair of jaws being offset from the other pair in such a way so that the forces acting on the buckle after the strap is tightened, create a turning moment urging the buckle to rotate through substantially 180o thereby frictionally trapping the strap parts in the buckle.