An Improved Tool or Device for Holding Jewels and Jewel-holes for Watches, Gems, and such like Articles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Apr., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 28th May, 1898-Accepted, 16th July, 1898
An Improved Tool or Device for Holding Jewels and Jewel-holes for
Watches, Gems, and such like Articles.
I, ALEXANDER GILL, Watchmaker, of 12, Bridge Street, Aberdeen, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved tool or device for holding jewels and
jewel-holes for watches, gems, and such like articles for examination and
cleaning purposes.
The said device consists of a metal case or tube fitted with a wooden or other
suitable slide or pusher extending a short distance beyond its rear end and kept
in place by means of a pin passing through a slot in the case or tube.
The other end of this slide or pusher is connected with a horizontal U shaped
slide acting as a clamp for holding the jewel or other article, and the said pusher
is fitted with a spring for keeping it in its rearward or protruding position, the
said slide or clamn works between two guide plates or strips fixed to the end
of the case or tube and fits around a tongue or projection carried between and
projecting beyond the said guide plates or strips.
The device is held between the fingers and thumb of the right hand, the
pusher resting against the palm.
The jewel-hole is picked up on the face of the fore-finger of the left hand,
the pusher is pressed forward and the slide passed over it where upon releasing
the pressure it is gripped between the said slide and the tongue and held
securely. Jewels and gems are also held in a similar manner.
By the ordinary method of holding jewel-holes or jewels by means of pliers
they are very liable to be lost, or injured, but by means of my invention they
are held safely and can be cleaned and dropped into their places with the greatest
ease.
30 An Improved Tool or Device for Holding Jewels and Jewel-holes for
Watches, Gems, and such like Articles.
I, ALEXANDER GILL, Watchmaker, of 12, Bridge Street, Aberdeen, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be

page_text: performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement. ⚫
This invention relates to an improved tool or device for holding jewels and
jewel-holes for watches, gems, and such-like articles for examination and
cleaning purposes. The tool or device consists of a metal case or tube fitted
with a wooden or other suitable slide or pusher extending a short distance
beyond its rear end and guided by a pin passing through a slot in the case or tube.
The other or forward end of the said pusher is connected with a horizontal
U shaped slide or link acting as a clamp for holding the jewel or other article
and fitted with a spring for keeping it and the pusher in their rearward position.
The said clamp or link slides between two guide plates or strips fixed to the
end of the case or tube and fits around a tongue or projection carried between
and extending beyond the guide plates or strips.
When using the device it is held between the fingers and thumb of the right
hand the end of the pusher resting against the palm, and in order to hold or
secure the jewel-hole of a watch the same is picked up on the face of the
fore-finger of the left hand and the pusher pressed forward by the right-hand
so as to leave a space between the end of the slide or link and the tongue on
the end of the case or tube.
The slide is then placed over the jewel-hole so that the latter enters the
said space and the pressure on the pusher is released thereby causing by the
action of the spring the jewel-hole to be gripped between the looped end of
the slide and the fixed tongue.
The jewel-hole is thus securely held for cleaning purposes or for dropping it
into its place in the watch for which purpose the pusher is pressed forward so
as to release the jewel-hole and permit of its falling into its required position.
The device may also be specially arranged for holding gems or stones of
different sizes by extending the end, of the link or slide and forming it into
a receptacle for receiving the said gem or stone.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings Fig. 1 is a longitudinal
section partly in elevation of the improved tool or device and Fig. 2 is a similar
view shewing a jewel-hole of a watch held therein.
Fig. 3 is a section of the forward end at right-angles to Fig. 2 and Fig. 4
shews a modification of the tool for holding a jewel or stone.
the plates d.
a is the case or tube and 6 the slide or pusher fitted therein. The pusher
is provided with the pin 1 which passes through the slot a¹ in the tube for
guiding the same. c is the U-shaped slide or link fitted. so as to slide between
the guide-plates d fixed together and to the forward end of the case a by the
pins d', d²
e is the tongue or projection carried between and extending beyond
The side arms of the link c sliding against each side of the tongue e, are
connected together at their rear ends by a plate or strip and the extension e
of the tongue e is surrounded by a coiled spring of bearing against the strip c
and keeping the end c¹ of the link c in its closed position against the tongue c.
The pusher bears against the strip and is formed with a recess b for
receiving the end of the extension e¹ which passes through and acts as a guide
to the strip 2.
When using the device for holding a jewel-hole such as g Fig. 2 the pusher b
is pressed forward so as to leave a space between the tongue e and the end c
of the link csufficient for receiving the jewel-hole g.
The pressure is then taken off the pusher thus causing the jewel-hole to be
gripped securely between the tongue and the link by the action of the spring f.
The jewel-hole may then be easily dropped into its place in the watch by pressing
forward the pusher so as to release it.
The modification shewn in Fig. 4 is specially adapted for holding gems or

page_text: stones such as h of various sizes the end of the slide or link c being enlarged
or formed with a receptacle c³ for receiving the said gem or stone.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
(1) The improved tool or device for holding jewels or jewel-holes for watches
gems, stones or such-like articles, comprising a case or tube fitted with a sliding
pusher acting upon a link or slide fitted with a spring for causing the jewel-hole
or gem to be gripped between the end of the said link or slide and a tongue
fixed to the forward end of the case or tube, substantially as described.
(2) In a tool or device as above claimed the combination of the case or tube a
formed with a slot a', the pusher b provided with a pin b', and a recess b³, the
slide or link c, c¹ strip or plate c³, guide plates d pins d¹, d, tongue or projection e
formed with the extension e¹ and the spring f arranged and operating substan-
tially as described and for the purposes specified.
(3) The modified construction of slide, or link c substantially as described
and shewn in Fig. 4 of the drawings.
Dated this 27th day of May 1898
J. B. FLEURET,
5, Hatton Garden, Holborn Circus, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.